About
Collegians Football Club (the Lions) is the 2nd oldest club in the VAFA, after Melbourne University Football Club, formed in 1891. The Lions have the longest continuous membership of the VAFA and its antecedents.
In 1891, L.A. Adamson established an Wesley College Old Boys’ XVIII which formally became Collegians Football Club in 1892. Adamson, who was for 30 years the Headmaster of Wesley College, was the President of the club for its first 40 years. In 1892, Adamson established the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (of which he was President for 37 years), which in 1932 became the VAFA. Their 17 A grade premierships is more than any other club.
Website
Collegians Lions
Home Ground
Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park
Location
Albert Park is a suburb of Melbourne, located 3 km south of Melbourne’s CBD. It was settled residentially as an extension of Emerald Hill (South Melbourne). The main park after which the suburb was named was declared a public park and named in 1864 to honour Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert. Since 1996 Albert Park has been home to the Australian Grand Prix.
Premierships
1892, 1896, 1898-99, 1902, 1904, 1926, 1936-37, 1956, 1957-58-59, 1961, 1986, 1992-93, 2006, 2011-12
