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KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong West Football Club

Known as
Geelong West

Nickname
Red West

Formed
1878

Disbanded
1988

Colours
Red and white

Emblem
Roosters

Associated clubs
Geelong West Giants

Affiliations (Historical)
Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL) 1879–1945; Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL) 1946–1962; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1963–1988

Home Ground
West Oval

Senior Premierships
Geelong and District Football Association/League 25 premierships total; Ballarat Football League 1956-7-8-9 (4 total) VFA First Division 1975 (1 total); VFA Second Division 1964, 1968, 1972 (3 total)

Geelong West



The Roosters joined Division Two of the VFA in 1963 having been successful members of the Ballarat Football League since 1946. They quickly proved competitive, missing the finals in their first season by the merest whisker of percentage, and downing Sunshine by 21 points in the following year’s Grand Final.

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1970 Season (VFA Division 1) Fixture

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Geelong West's 1970 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Geelong West 2.16.48.512.11 83 LOST Waverley 7.716.821.1529.18 192 -109 WES Apr 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Geelong West 1.21.68.810.13 73 LOST Williamstown 8.414.1018.1621.20 146 -73 WCG Apr 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Geelong West 4.46.127.1613.19 97 WON Oakleigh 3.99.1012.1512.18 90 7 WES May 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Geelong West 5.28.1010.1317.16 118 WON Yarraville 6.46.515.617.8 110 8 YAR May 10 (Sun, 10:05) Scores
5 A Geelong West 1.32.85.119.14 68 LOST Dandenong 3.59.715.1317.16 118 -50 SHE May 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Geelong West 3.26.710.1414.20 104 LOST Sandringham 4.47.813.1116.13 109 -5 WES May 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 H Geelong West 4.44.89.1712.20 92 LOST Preston 2.48.911.1415.20 110 -18 WES May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Geelong West 2.63.117.1212.14 86 LOST Port Melbourne 3.311.1118.1720.18 138 -52 NPO Jun 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Geelong West 4.28.513.615.8 98 LOST Prahran 3.48.1215.1725.22 172 -74 WES Jun 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A Geelong West 4.76.96.179.17 71 LOST Waverley 3.311.1116.1423.21 159 -88 CR2 Jun 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 H Geelong West 6.711.1113.1415.19 109 WON Williamstown 3.05.610.1013.14 92 17 WES Jul 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Geelong West 6.69.912.918.10 118 LOST Oakleigh 5.310.815.1321.14 140 -22 WAR Jul 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Geelong West 3.84.108.1210.14 74 LOST Yarraville 3.48.810.1113.15 93 -19 WES Jul 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H Geelong West 2.67.1113.1117.14 116 LOST Dandenong 8.413.520.924.16 160 -44 WES Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Geelong West 2.62.97.158.16 64 LOST Sandringham 3.18.719.924.16 160 -96 BRO Aug 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Geelong West 5.17.48.515.10 100 LOST Preston 2.83.1412.2514.26 110 -10 PRE Aug 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 H Geelong West 2.03.26.27.4 46 LOST Port Melbourne 5.17.88.139.15 69 -23 WES Aug 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Geelong West 3.16.78.148.16 64 LOST Prahran 2.810.1115.1425.18 168 -104 TOO Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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