The Walkerville Football Club was officially founded in 1901 but before then there have been previous Walkerville-based clubs. On 19 April 1876, there was a meeting to start a proposed Walkerville Football Club, and there was a Walkerville club that played at Gilberton in 1883. But the current club was founded in 1901 and took the field in 1902. The club played in the parkland area opposite the Buckingham Arms Hotel and wore red and white colours, playing on an oval located northwest to a field used by the North Adelaide Lacrosse Club. In 1911, the club recruited more men to play for them from the Walkerville Methodist Club, around the time when the club relocated its home ground to 'Pockers Paddock', a ground located on Smith Street, Walkerville. Known as Walkerville United, in 1912, the undefeated club was scheduled to play a match against West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League but the game was never played.
The North Adelaide District Football Association was founded in 1921 where Walkerville was a founding member and went to win three of its first five premierships and remained in the North Adelaide association until it joined the South Australian Amateur Football League in 1936. Walkerville won the Division 2 flag against Eastwood and won another in 1940. The club's first Division 1 flag was against Exeter in 1950, winning by 3 points. A second Division 1 flag followed in 1953 after minor premiers University lost to Exeter in their first semi final and played Walkerville who had beaten Exeter in the initial decider. The game was played at Alberton Oval and Walkerville won by 8 points. In 1955, the club changed to a new guernsey with royal blue and white hoops from a chocolate and blue guernsey and won a 1966 Division 5 flag prior to new clubrooms being built three years later, in 1969. The 1978 season saw the club relocate to Park 11 (Graduates Oval) in North Adelaide. The club amalgamated with North Adelaide Reserves in 1979 and joined the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in 1980.[1] The 1990 move back to the SAAFL saw the Cats a very successful era with three A-Grade premierships in 1990 (D6), 1992 (D4), and 1999 (D3), along with a C-Grade premiership and 6 reserves premierships before the club changed its guernsey again to the current navy blue and white hoops in 1998. After the 1992 Division 4 flag, Walkerville and Flinders Park became the only clubs to win premierships in all grades from Division 1 to Division 6.[2]
Since the 2000s, Walkerville has won another three A-Grade premierships, two in Division 3 in 2003 and 2009 and one in Division 4 2020.[3]
Guernseyedit
The Walkerville Cats Senior Guernsey consists of white and navy blue horizontal stripes, similar to the Geelong Cats. The Juniors Guernsey are both the vertical hoops and a Baby Blue guernsey with a white sash and the junior logo in the middle.
Home Groundsedit
1901-1910 - Robe Terrace, Medindie (Opposite the Buckingham Arms Hotel)
1911-1977 - 'Pockers Paddock', Smith Street, Walkerville
1978 - Park 11 (Graduates Oval), North Adelaide
1979–present - Walkerville Oval, Smith Street, Walkerville
walkerville, football, club, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, art. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Walkerville Football Club news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The Walkerville Football Club nicknamed the Cats is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Adelaide Footy League and is based in Walkerville Adelaide Walkerville Football ClubNamesFull nameWalkerville Football ClubNickname s The CatsClub song The Walky Shuffle Club detailsFounded1901 123 years ago 1901 ColoursWhite navy blue CompetitionAdelaide Footy LeagueGround s Walkerville OvalTraining ground s Walkerville OvalUniformsHomeOther informationOfficial websitewalkervillefc com au Contents 1 History 2 Guernsey 3 Home Grounds 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe Walkerville Football Club was officially founded in 1901 but before then there have been previous Walkerville based clubs On 19 April 1876 there was a meeting to start a proposed Walkerville Football Club and there was a Walkerville club that played at Gilberton in 1883 But the current club was founded in 1901 and took the field in 1902 The club played in the parkland area opposite the Buckingham Arms Hotel and wore red and white colours playing on an oval located northwest to a field used by the North Adelaide Lacrosse Club In 1911 the club recruited more men to play for them from the Walkerville Methodist Club around the time when the club relocated its home ground to Pockers Paddock a ground located on Smith Street Walkerville Known as Walkerville United in 1912 the undefeated club was scheduled to play a match against West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League but the game was never played The North Adelaide District Football Association was founded in 1921 where Walkerville was a founding member and went to win three of its first five premierships and remained in the North Adelaide association until it joined the South Australian Amateur Football League in 1936 Walkerville won the Division 2 flag against Eastwood and won another in 1940 The club s first Division 1 flag was against Exeter in 1950 winning by 3 points A second Division 1 flag followed in 1953 after minor premiers University lost to Exeter in their first semi final and played Walkerville who had beaten Exeter in the initial decider The game was played at Alberton Oval and Walkerville won by 8 points In 1955 the club changed to a new guernsey with royal blue and white hoops from a chocolate and blue guernsey and won a 1966 Division 5 flag prior to new clubrooms being built three years later in 1969 The 1978 season saw the club relocate to Park 11 Graduates Oval in North Adelaide The club amalgamated with North Adelaide Reserves in 1979 and joined the South Australian Football Association SAFA in 1980 1 The 1990 move back to the SAAFL saw the Cats a very successful era with three A Grade premierships in 1990 D6 1992 D4 and 1999 D3 along with a C Grade premiership and 6 reserves premierships before the club changed its guernsey again to the current navy blue and white hoops in 1998 After the 1992 Division 4 flag Walkerville and Flinders Park became the only clubs to win premierships in all grades from Division 1 to Division 6 2 Since the 2000s Walkerville has won another three A Grade premierships two in Division 3 in 2003 and 2009 and one in Division 4 2020 3 Guernsey editThe Walkerville Cats Senior Guernsey consists of white and navy blue horizontal stripes similar to the Geelong Cats The Juniors Guernsey are both the vertical hoops and a Baby Blue guernsey with a white sash and the junior logo in the middle Home Grounds edit1901 1910 Robe Terrace Medindie Opposite the Buckingham Arms Hotel 1911 1977 Pockers Paddock Smith Street Walkerville 1978 Park 11 Graduates Oval North Adelaide 1979 present Walkerville Oval Smith Street WalkervilleReferences edit WFC History in the SAAFL from 1990 Walkerville FC History WFC 1990s External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walkerville Football Club amp oldid 1147653866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
