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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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1982 Season (VFA Division 1) Fixture

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Geelong West's 1982 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Geelong West 3.58.1014.1521.23 149 WON Dandenong 5.36.410.610.8 68 81 WES Apr 4 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Geelong West 0.46.613.1218.16 124 LOST Prahran 3.610.1317.1726.17 173 -49 TOO Apr 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Geelong West 3.67.1314.1822.25 157 WON Sandringham 2.53.67.1111.13 79 78 WES Apr 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Geelong West 3.65.711.1716.24 120 WON Williamstown 5.112.416.1117.13 115 5 WCG May 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Geelong West 2.47.611.1214.13 97 LOST Preston 2.47.77.716.15 111 -14 WES May 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Geelong West 4.55.86.108.19 67 LOST Port Melbourne 7.813.1022.1429.19 193 -126 NPO May 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 H Geelong West 6.612.1115.1522.16 148 WON Camberwell 3.27.613.719.10 124 24 WES May 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Geelong West 7.311.515.820.10 130 WON Frankston 4.711.1416.1917.23 125 5 FRA Jun 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Geelong West 7.310.617.1224.17 161 WON Werribee 8.313.715.818.8 116 45 WES Jun 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Geelong West 4.29.516.922.11 143 WON Waverley 5.111.611.915.15 105 38 WES Jun 27 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Geelong West 3.56.714.1116.14 110 LOST Coburg 4.411.1015.1128.18 186 -76 COB Jul 4 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Geelong West 5.39.713.1216.12 108 WON Dandenong 6.59.712.814.17 101 7 SHE Jul 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Geelong West 4.58.1112.1318.17 125 WON Prahran 3.38.611.815.11 101 24 WES Jul 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Geelong West 6.48.810.916.14 110 LOST Sandringham 6.311.919.1223.18 156 -46 BRO Jul 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 H Geelong West 9.115.619.1121.13 139 WON Williamstown 4.19.712.1020.13 133 6 WES Aug 1 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Geelong West 2.43.54.87.8 50 LOST Preston 2.32.118.1918.25 133 -83 PRE Aug 8 (Sun, 2:01) Scores
17 H Geelong West 4.59.913.1120.12 132 WON Port Melbourne 7.210.414.920.10 130 2 WES Aug 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Geelong West 4.310.1214.1518.18 126 LOST Camberwell 4.59.713.1121.16 142 -16 CBW Aug 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF A Geelong West 2.26.510.816.12 108 LOST Port Melbourne 6.611.919.1725.20 170 -62 JUN Aug 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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