Winchelsea Football Club (Vic)

Guernseys & Nicknames :
1875-1920 - Winchelsea wore Geelong-style guernseys.
1925 - Winchelsea had two teams in 1925, one wearing black and white vertical stripes, the other maroon guernseys.
1926 - Upon the two teams again becoming one, Winchelsea adopted maroon guernseys.
1937-82 - Winchelsea adopted Carlton colours.
1983 - Winchelsea's football team became known as the Blues, giving rise to the term 'Winny Blues'.

Timeline :
1875 - Scratch Match : Winchelsea played Inverleigh.
1876 - Winchelsea FC was formed officially.
1896 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1897 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1903 - Birregurra & DFA : Winchelsea participated.
1910 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1911 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1912 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1913 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1919 - Winchelsea & DFA : Winchelsea participated.
1920 - Winchelsea & Birregurra FA : Winchelsea participated.
1921 - Geelong DFL : Winchelsea participated.
1922 - Winchelsea FC existed.
1923 - Polwarth FA : Winchelsea participated.
1924 - Polwarth FA : Winchelsea were premiers.
1925 - Polwarth FA : Winchelsea split into Winchelsea No1 and Winchelsea No2.

1926 (Polwarth FA) :
Winchelsea No1 and Winchelsea No2 merged to reform Winchelsea.
Winchelsea were premiers.

1927-31 - Winchelsea FC existed.
1932 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were were premiers.
1937 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1938 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1939 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1940 - Winchelsea FC existed.
1946 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1951 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1952-56 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1957 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1958 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1959 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1960 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1961-63 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1964-65 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1966-68 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea participated.
1969 - Polwarth FL Grand Final : Winchelsea defeated Queenscliff.
1970 - Polwarth FL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1971 - Bellarine FL : Winchelsea were a founding club.
1972-81 - Bellarine FL : Winchelsea participated.
1982 - Bellarine FL : Winchelsea's final season in this league.
1983 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea commenced.
1984-86 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea participated.
1987 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea were premiers.
1988-92 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea participated.
1993 - Colac & DFL Grand Final : Apollo Bay defeated Winchelsea.
1994 - Colac & DFL Grand Final : Birregurra 15.5.95 defeated Winchelsea 8.3.51.

1995 (Colac & DFL) :
Winchelsea completed the home and away season in fourth position on the ladder.
Elimination Final : South Colac 126.7.103 defeated Winchelsea 12.12.84.

1996 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea participated.
1997 - Colac & DFL (April 28) : Winchelsea 27.11.173 defeated Forrest 4.7.31.
1998-99 - Colac & DFL : Winchelsea participated.

2000 (Colac & DFL) :
First Semi-Final (August 13) : Winchelsea 20.8.128 defeated Apollo Bay 14.7.91.
Preliminary Final : Winchelsea were defeated by Alvie.

2001 (Colac & DFL) :
Winchelsea completed the season in 7th position on the ladder.
This was Winchelsea's final season in the Colac DFL.

2002 - Geelong DFL : Winchelsea commenced.
2003-04 - Geelong DFL : Winchelsea participated.

Links :
 - Winchelsea FNC.