Bacchus Marsh Football Club
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Bacchus Marsh Football and Netball Club, is located in Bacchus Marsh and competes in the Ballarat Football League
which is part of the Victorian Country Football League
.
The home ground of Bacchus Marsh is Maddingley Park, located to the south of Bacchus Marsh.
The club was originally two different clubs: the Bacchus Marsh Tigers who wore a black guernsey
with a yellow strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right, and the Maddingley Spiders who wore a black guernsey with a red strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right. The two teams merged in 1979 to form Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC who now wear a black guernsey
with two "v" shape strips, one red, one yellow starting at the top left and finishing on the top right. The team changed their name to the Bacchus Marsh FC in 1980
There have been a few great footballers to go through the club including, Fred Wooller
, Sandy Talbot, Frank Pomeroy. Current Fremantle AFL player Nic Suban
played his junior football with Bacchus Marsh.
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
which is part of the Victorian Country Football League
Victorian Country Football League
The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...
.
The home ground of Bacchus Marsh is Maddingley Park, located to the south of Bacchus Marsh.
The club was originally two different clubs: the Bacchus Marsh Tigers who wore a black guernsey
Guernsey (clothing)
A guernsey, or gansey, is a seaman's knitted woollen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated in the Channel Island of the same name.-Origins:...
with a yellow strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right, and the Maddingley Spiders who wore a black guernsey with a red strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right. The two teams merged in 1979 to form Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC who now wear a black guernsey
Guernsey (clothing)
A guernsey, or gansey, is a seaman's knitted woollen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated in the Channel Island of the same name.-Origins:...
with two "v" shape strips, one red, one yellow starting at the top left and finishing on the top right. The team changed their name to the Bacchus Marsh FC in 1980
There have been a few great footballers to go through the club including, Fred Wooller
Fred Wooller
Fred Wooller is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.Recruited from Bacchus Marsh, Wooller started his career as a full forward and topped Geelong's goalkicking with 56 goals in 1957, his tally being the equal second highest in the league for that season...
, Sandy Talbot, Frank Pomeroy. Current Fremantle AFL player Nic Suban
Nic Suban
Nicholas 'Nick' Suban is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, who plays for the Fremantle Football Club....
played his junior football with Bacchus Marsh.