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Leading goalkicker
  
Brent Gutterson (56)

Colours
  
Navy and      Red

Founded
  
1904

Ground
  
Coventry Oval

Best and fairest
  
Jai Norman

Coach
  
Brian Hardman

Competition
  
Northern Football League

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Full name
  
Diamond Creek Football Club

Nickname(s)
  
The Creekers, Demons, Creek, Diamo

The Diamond Creek Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Diamond Creek – an outer north-eastern suburb of Melbourne.

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History

Formed in 1904, the club was a founding member of the Whittlesea District Football Association. A move to the Bourke-Evelyn Football League in 1906 was very successful with premierships in 1906 and 1908 and being runners-up in 1907 and 1912.

Nevertheless, Diamond Creek moved to the Heidelberg District Football League after World War I and, in 1922 joined Eltham, Greensborough, Kangaroo Ground, Templestowe and Warrandyte as founding members of the Diamond Valley Football League.

2005 Division 2 Premiership

Diamond Creek's last premiership was in 2005 in division 2 defeating Greensborough Football Club.

Current Status

The club now plays in the Northern Football League, fielding 3 senior and 8 junior teams with a netball team in the Northern Football League Netball Comp. To go with this they also field a superules team for over 35's

In 2009 Diamond Creek finished 2nd in division 2 after the home & away season, but lost both finals matches to finish 3rd overall

AFL/VFL Players

Diamond Creek Football club has launched the careers of many AFL players including

  • Gordon Coventry – champion Collingwood full forward
  • Syd Coventry – Collingwood premiership captain and Brownlow Medallist
  • Rhyce Shaw current Sydney player
  • Heath Shaw current Greater Western Sydney Giants player
  • Jack Anthony former Collingwood and Fremantle player
  • Women's Team

    Diamond Creek had an affiliate women's team formed in 2002 with 1 team that expanded to 2 sides in 2007(Seniors & Reserves)competing in the Victorian Women's Football League.

    In 2009 it formed a Youth Girls side (U18's)

    The Diamond Creek Women's Football Club affiliated as its own sporting Body officially separating from the Diamond Creek Football Club in 2009 and now plays out of Plenty Memorial Park.

    Premierships

  • 2005 Division 3 defeating North Heidelberg
  • 2006 North West Division defeating Hadfield
  • 2012 Premier Division defeating Darebin
  • Currently the senior Side competes in Premier Division in the VWFL and has competed in the Grand Final in 2009 & 2011.

    Superules Team

    In 2009 Diamond Creek for the 1st time fielded a Superules team

    References

    Diamond Creek Football Club Wikipedia