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Diamond Creek Football Club 
Names Full name Diamond Creek Football Club Nickname(s) The Creekers, Demons, Creek, Diamo 2009 season Best and fairest Tim Cusak Club details Founded 1904 Colours Navy and Red Competition Northern Football League Coach Greg Whitcroft Captain(s) Tim Cusak Ground(s) Coventry Oval Other information Official website diamondcreekfc.com.au The Diamond Creek Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Diamond Creek – an outer north-eastern suburb of Melbourne.[1]
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History
Formed in 1904, the club was a founding member of the Whittlesea District Football Association. A move to the Bourke-Evelyn Football League in 1906 was very successful with premierships in 1906 and 1908 and being runners-up in 1907 and 1912.
Nevertheless, Diamond Creek moved to the Heidelberg District Football League after World War I and, in 1922 joined Eltham, Greensborough, Kangaroo Ground, Templestowe and Warrandyte as founding members of the Diamond Valley Football League.
2005 Division 2 Premiership
Diamond Creek's last premiership was in 2005 in division 2 defeating Greensborough Football Club.
Premiership team 2005 v Greensborough B: R.McDonald A.Taylor D.Bishop HB: S.Perryman M.Kankanpaa B.Hardman C: T.Cusak S.Logan (c) G.O'Conner HF: S.Ferraro F.Cokelek C.Burton F: B.Gallichio L.Nott J.Burrell Foll: B.Phelan L.Carey B.Hoppe Int: M.Sinclair D.Andrew M.Yin {{{interchange4}}} {{{interchange5}}} {{{interchange6}}} Coach: N.Carroll Current Status
The club now plays in the Northern Football League , fielding 3 senior and 8 junior teams with a netball team in the Northern Football League Netball Comp. To go with this they also field a superules team for over 35's
In 2009 Diamond Creek finished 2nd in division 2 after the home & away season, but lost both finals matches to finish 3rd overall
Tim Cusak is the Current Club Captain and best and fairest.
AFL/VFL Players
Diamond Creek Football club has launched the careers of many AFL players including
- Gordon Coventry – champion Collingwood full forward
- Syd Coventry – Collingwood premiership captain and Brownlow Medallist
- Rhyce Shaw current Sydney player
- Heath Shaw current Collingwood player
- John Anthony current Fremantle player
Women's Team
Diamond Creek had an affiliate women's team formed in 2002 with 1 team that expanded to 2 sides in 2007(Seniors & Reserves)competing in the Victorian Women's Football League.
In 2009 it formed a Youth Girls side and the following year had 2 Youth Girls teams (U18's & U15's).
The Diamond Creek Women's Football Club affiliated as its own sporting Body officially separating from the Diamond Creek Football Club in 2009 and now plays out of Plenty Memorial Park.
Premierships
- 2005 Division 3 defeating North Heidelberg
- 2006 North West Division defeating Hadfield
Currently the senior Side competes in Premier Division in the VWFL and has competed in the Grand Final in 2009 & 2011.
Superules Team
In 2009 Diamond Creek for the 1st time fielded a Superules team
References
- ^ Full Points Footy, Diamond Creek, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Diamond_Creek.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
External links
Clubs in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League) Bundoora · Diamond Creek · Fitzroy Stars · Eltham · Epping · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg West · Hurstbridge · Lalor · Lower Plenty · Macleod · Mernda · Montmorency · North Heidelberg · Northcote Park · Panton Hill · Parkside · Reservoir · South Morang · St Mary's Seniors · Thomastown · Wallan (Juniors) · Watsonia · West Preston Lakeside · WhittleseaCategories:- Clubs in the Northern Football League (Australia)
- Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia)
- Sports clubs established in 1904
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