Holroyd-Parramatta Blacktown AFC Goannas
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Holroyd-Parramatta-Blacktown Australian Football Club are an Australian rules football
club based in the Western Suburbs of Sydney
, Australia
. The club colours are blue and yellow and they are nicknamed the Goannas. They currently have teams in the Second Division, Third Division and Fourth Division of the Sydney AFL
league.
The Goannas home ground is Gipps Road Oval located in the western Sydney
suburb of Greystanes
, part of the local city of Holroyd
.
Premierships: 1990, 2001
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club based in the Western Suburbs of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The club colours are blue and yellow and they are nicknamed the Goannas. They currently have teams in the Second Division, Third Division and Fourth Division of the Sydney AFL
Sydney AFL
The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:...
league.
The Goannas home ground is Gipps Road Oval located in the western Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Greystanes
Greystanes, New South Wales
Greystanes is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Greystanes is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd.-History:...
, part of the local city of Holroyd
City of Holroyd
Holroyd is a Local Government Area and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the Western Sydney region. Originally known as the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood it was incorporated in February 1872, in 1927 it was renamed the Municipality of Holroyd after Arthur Holroyd,...
.
History
The club formed in 1979 (reserves only) as Parramatta with a senior team instigated in 1980. The club changed its name to Holroyd-Parramatta in 1983 before a merger with Blacktown in 1995.Premierships: 1990, 2001