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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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1987 Season (VFA Division 2) Fixture

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Sunshine's 1987 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sunshine 4.29.516.822.11 143 WON Northcote 5.35.59.516.8 104 39 SKI Apr 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sunshine 7.411.712.913.12 90 WON Prahran 2.36.66.117.14 56 34 TOO Apr 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sunshine 9.99.913.1420.16 136 WON Dandenong 2.24.98.1614.19 103 33 SKI Apr 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Sunshine WON Moorabbin West TBA May 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Sunshine 1.38.710.1113.16 94 WON Oakleigh 3.46.410.913.10 88 6 SKI May 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sunshine 15.13 103 LOST Werribee 18.17 125 -22 CHI May 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sunshine 10.915.1327.1837.26 248 WON Caulfield 1.45.67.119.14 68 180 PPC May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sunshine 4.26.711.1216.14 110 WON Waverley 3.38.811.1114.16 100 10 SKI Jun 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 A Sunshine 6.410.1015.1220.18 138 LOST Camberwell 4.48.916.1721.19 145 -7 CBW Jun 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Sunshine 11.717.1227.1931.23 209 WON Berwick 1.13.34.58.9 57 152 SKI Jun 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Sunshine 1.78.1013.1120.19 139 WON Mordialloc 3.37.516.717.11 113 26 BKR Jul 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sunshine 6.514.1119.1824.23 167 WON Northcote 4.49.511.1316.16 112 55 NOR Jul 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Sunshine 6.69.815.1218.17 125 WON Prahran 1.14.84.117.16 58 67 SKI Jul 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Sunshine 18.14 122 WON Dandenong 13.12 90 32 SHE Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sunshine WON Moorabbin West TBA Aug 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Sunshine 3.34.57.811.10 76 LOST Oakleigh 3.59.912.1516.16 112 -36 WAR Aug 13 (Thu, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sunshine 1.15.49.813.9 87 LOST Werribee 5.69.913.1118.16 124 -37 SKI Aug 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sunshine WON Caulfield SKI Aug 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF A Sunshine 5.28.512.1115.14 104 LOST Prahran 2.69.914.1219.18 132 -28 JUN Aug 30 (Sun, 11:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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