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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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1967 Season (VFA Division 2) Fixture

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Sunshine's 1967 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sunshine 13.10 88 WON Werribee 9.9 63 25 SKI Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sunshine 13.11 89 LOST Oakleigh 13.12 90 -1 WAR Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sunshine 3.17.37.79.10 64 WON Box Hill 2.52.56.86.11 47 17 SKI Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Sunshine 2.36.813.1115.13 103 LOST Frankston 2.77.1011.1017.14 116 -13 FRA May 5 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 H Sunshine 1.31.57.98.11 59 WON Caulfield 1.02.23.48.6 54 5 SKI May 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sunshine 1.41.97.139.18 72 LOST Northcote 3.28.611.1015.13 103 -31 NOR May 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sunshine 2.23.46.79.12 66 LOST Geelong West 4.56.1211.1614.19 103 -37 SKI May 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Sunshine 3.47.129.1413.18 96 WON Camberwell 6.39.69.1210.17 77 19 CBW Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sunshine 2.74.117.1311.16 82 WON Mordialloc 2.06.19.410.6 66 16 SKI Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sunshine 3.25.67.139.13 67 DRAW Werribee 1.53.86.148.19 67 0 CHI Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sunshine 1.13.74.99.13 67 LOST Oakleigh 5.48.813.1314.16 100 -33 SKI Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sunshine 3.34.49.713.13 91 WON Box Hill 3.24.45.67.8 50 41 BOX Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Sunshine 2.19.910.1314.18 102 WON Frankston 1.31.45.65.10 40 62 SKI Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Sunshine 8.59.615.1318.16 124 WON Caulfield 0.27.78.812.15 87 37 PPC Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Sunshine 8.411.714.716.12 108 WON Northcote 2.14.211.713.10 88 20 SKI Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Sunshine 1.14.75.97.11 53 LOST Geelong West 4.48.513.914.9 93 -40 WES Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sunshine 9.516.1121.1224.19 163 WON Camberwell 4.38.512.615.6 96 67 SKI Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Sunshine 4.64.68.811.10 76 WON Mordialloc 1.04.54.57.6 48 28 BKR Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1SF A Sunshine 5.86.106.108.14 62 LOST Frankston 2.110.614.1114.16 100 -38 COB Aug 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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