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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sunshine Football Club

Known as
Sunshine

Nickname
Crows

Formed
1959 (various Sunshine-based teams (under the Sunshine FC umbrella) came together to form a VFA side)

Disbanded
1989

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Sunshine Districts; Sunshine Districts Seconds; Sunshine Thirds

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1959–1989

Home Ground
Selwyn Park (1959-1965) Skinner Reserve (1966-1989)

VFA Premierships
Second Division: 1971 (1 total)

Sunshine



After running third in 1970, Sunshine appointed former Footscray player Don McKenzie as captain-coach the following year and the players responded by qualifying for the second division finals for the ninth straight time before winning the premiership, and promotion to first division, in style. Only 3 losses were sustained all year, and on grand final day the Crows overwhelmed Brunswick in devastating fashion, 22.26 (158) to 16.8 (104) at Toorak Park.

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1969 Season (VFA Division 2) Fixture

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Sunshine's 1969 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sunshine 15.11 101 WON Williamstown 10.16 76 25 WCG Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sunshine 4.38.814.1421.25 151 WON Mordialloc 2.34.66.97.10 52 99 SKI Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sunshine 2.68.1018.1523.22 160 WON Werribee 4.25.76.106.11 47 113 CHI Apr 27 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sunshine 7.719.1228.1436.20 236 WON Camberwell 1.32.44.58.6 54 182 SKI May 4 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Sunshine 3.56.1110.2014.21 105 WON Northcote 1.23.34.48.5 53 52 SKI May 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sunshine 5.211.515.1017.12 114 WON Frankston 4.49.811.1013.11 89 25 FRA May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sunshine 5.911.1314.1819.24 138 WON Box Hill 5.49.413.614.8 92 46 BOX May 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sunshine 6.311.414.621.11 137 WON Caulfield 0.13.56.76.8 44 93 SKI Jun 1 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sunshine 6.312.717.1021.11 137 WON Coburg 2.15.39.616.8 104 33 SKI Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Sunshine 5.37.89.913.11 89 LOST Williamstown 6.29.315.719.9 123 -34 SKI Jun 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Sunshine 3.08.39.715.16 106 WON Mordialloc 5.96.138.179.17 71 35 BKR Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Sunshine 5.111.513.818.10 118 WON Werribee 4.29.413.418.6 114 4 SKI Jul 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sunshine 9.912.1619.2323.30 168 WON Camberwell 1.34.95.138.15 63 105 CBW Jul 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Sunshine 4.56.1012.1014.16 100 WON Northcote 2.29.712.1114.15 99 1 NOR Jul 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sunshine 2.312.616.925.13 163 WON Frankston 4.66.814.1115.12 102 61 FRA Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Sunshine 5.47.49.913.14 92 WON Box Hill 1.33.75.810.12 72 20 SKI Aug 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Sunshine 4.18.613.918.10 118 WON Caulfield 7.38.513.916.13 109 9 PPC Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sunshine 1.59.611.819.15 129 WON Coburg 3.44.510.911.11 77 52 SKI Aug 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Sunshine 4.411.816.1219.17 131 WON Coburg 3.210.416.718.13 121 10 TOO Aug 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
GF H Sunshine 4.37.511.1212.12 84 LOST Williamstown 2.28.810.915.14 104 -20 TOO Sep 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.