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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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1977 Season (VFA Division 1) Fixture

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Geelong West's 1977 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Geelong West 1.83.119.1513.22 100 WON Williamstown 3.17.39.812.12 84 16 WES Apr 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Geelong West 3.510.813.1317.15 117 LOST Brunswick 5.78.1416.1622.19 151 -34 AGO Apr 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Geelong West 4.610.1313.2119.25 139 WON Sandringham 3.29.415.616.11 107 32 WES Apr 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Geelong West 9.313.415.616.8 104 WON Dandenong 4.27.611.1413.18 96 8 SHE Apr 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Geelong West 1.34.96.1313.18 96 LOST Coburg 7.69.817.1717.20 122 -26 COB May 1 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Geelong West 3.211.519.729.14 188 WON Preston 5.37.810.1011.14 80 108 WES May 8 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Geelong West 0.93.1411.1715.23 113 LOST Caulfield 5.111.714.1024.13 157 -44 PPC May 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Geelong West 6.39.912.1616.17 113 LOST Prahran 6.113.518.1025.13 163 -50 TOO May 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Geelong West 3.37.711.1116.13 109 LOST Port Melbourne 8.210.614.1016.14 110 -1 WES Jun 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A Geelong West 5.26.28.49.9 63 WON Williamstown 1.53.84.124.12 36 27 WCG Jun 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 H Geelong West 5.110.818.1123.14 152 WON Brunswick 6.910.913.1119.14 128 24 WES Jun 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Geelong West 2.210.413.619.11 125 LOST Sandringham 10.311.818.1422.15 147 -22 BRO Jul 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Geelong West 9.312.620.1125.12 162 WON Dandenong 5.59.1012.1218.17 125 37 WES Jul 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H Geelong West 3.73.136.1610.19 79 WON Coburg 1.24.77.97.13 55 24 WES Jul 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Geelong West 1.44.74.119.14 68 LOST Preston 3.77.813.1618.18 126 -58 PRE Jul 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Geelong West 6.410.613.819.13 127 WON Caulfield 4.36.414.1015.15 105 22 WES Aug 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 H Geelong West 3.57.913.1417.21 123 WON Prahran 4.57.710.1114.13 97 26 WES Aug 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Geelong West 5.510.511.1418.19 127 LOST Port Melbourne 1.34.810.1323.15 153 -26 NPO Aug 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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