About
The Allansford Cats compete in the Warrnambool & District Football League.
The club came into being early in 1971 through the amalgamation of West End (from the WDFL) and the original Allansford Football Club, which had been competing in the Purnim and District Football League since shortly after the war. Both merger partners had enjoyed reasonable amounts of success, with West End having claimed 9 senior post-war flags and Allansford three, but the late 1960s had seen them both fall on hard times.
The wisdom of the decision to merge was shown immediately as the new club, known initially as West End Allansford, won a WDFL premiership in their first season, downing Merrivale by 3 points in the 1971 grand final.
During the 1970s and 1980s the Cats were a consistent force. Between 1976 and 1987 they contested all but two grand finals, winning premierships in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1987.
In 2000 the club dropped West End from its name and is now known as Allansford.
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Allansford Cats
Home Ground
Allansford Recreation Reserve, Ziegler Parade, Allansford
Location
Allansford is a town in the Western District of Victoria, located 252 km southwest of Melbourne and 10 km east of Warrnambool. The Hopkins River flows through the town.
Premierships
1971, 1976, 1978, 1980-81, 1983, 1987
