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KEY FACTS

Official name
Ringwood Football Club

Known as
Ringwood

Formed
1903

Colours
Black, white and red

Emblem
Redbacks

Associated clubs
Ringwood WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL) 1962–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Reporter District Football League (RDFL) 1903–1926; Eastern Suburban Football League (ESFL) 1945–1954; Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League (CFGFL) 1928–1941, 1955–1961

Senior Premierships
Reporter District Football Association - 1923-4 (2 total); Ringwood District Football League - 1932, 1934 (2 total); Eastern Suburban Football League East Section A Grade - 1948 (1 total); Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League A Grade/Division One - 1955-6-7, 1959 (4 total); Eastern Football League Division One - 1962, 1978 (2 total); Division Two - 1976, 2005 (2 total)

Postal Address
P.O. Box 5059, Ringwood, Victoria 3134

Ringwood

Prior to becoming a founder member in 1962 of the Eastern Districts Football League Ringwood had already enjoyed senior grade premiership success a total of ten times in various competitions. The club promptly added an eleventh flag by becoming the inaugural premier of the EDFL. Since then there have been three further senior grade grand final triumphs, in Division One in 1978, and in Division Two in 1976 and 2005. Perhaps the club’s most famous playing product was Paul Van Der Haar - “the flying Dutchmen” - who went on to eke out an illustrious, if sometimes injury impaired, 201 game VFL career with Essendon.

The Redbacks have spent the last seven seasons competing in Division Three and qualifying for finals football in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. They came closest to winning a flag in the last of these seasons when they went into their grand final clash with Boronia with 19 consecutive wins for the year behind them, only to inexplicably underperform in going down to a 16 point defeat.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications

 

Footnotes

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