West Footscray Football Club

The West Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in West Footscray.

West Footscray
Names
Full name	West Footscray Football Club
Former name(s)	Tottenham Imperials
Nickname(s)	Roosters
Club details
Founded	1932; 93 years ago (1932)
Colours	Red   White
Competition	Western Region Football League
President	Steve Lane
Coach	Troy Beamond
Captain(s)	Christopher Long
Premierships	Div 1 Seniors: 5 (1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982) Div 2 Seniors: 2 (1941, 2007) Div 1 Reserves: 4 (1967, 1984, 1985, 1993) Div 2 Reserves: 2 (2007, 2015) Div 2 Womens: 1 (2021- Minor Premiers)
Ground(s)	Kevin Shorten Reserve
Uniforms
Home

The club entered the Footscray District Football League in 1932 and won a premiership in 1934 and again in 1935. West Footscray have won five premierships; four in Division 1 and, most recently, the 2007 Division 2 premiership.^[1] The club has 2 senior Men's Teams, a Women's Team (Founded in 2018) and 9 junior teams, including under 15 and 12s girls teams, as well as Auskick junior development.

Notable players

• Marty McDonnell, a defender who played 92 VFL games with Footscray, in a war-interrupted career.
• Laurie Sandilands, a former Footscray captain, who played a total of 164 games with both Footscray and Collingwood.
• Robert McGhie, played juniors at West Footscray in the 1960s before embarking on a 13-year, dual-premiership career in the VFL with Footscray, Richmond, and the South Melbourne Football Clubs.

Honours

• Western Region Football League
  • Division One (5): 1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982
  • Division Two (2): 1941, 2007