Nickname(s) Eagles Ground Newtown | Colours Black and Red Date founded 1933 | |
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Full name Newtown & Chilwell Football Club Premierships 1937, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1986. Official website | ||
Newtown & Chilwell Sporting Club plays in the Geelong Football League in Victoria, Australia. They play their home games at Elderslie Reserve.
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Early formations
Chilwell Football Club (formed 1874) and Newtown Football Club (formed 1874/75) were affiliated with the following leagues:
Merger
In 1933 the Newtown Football Club and the Chilwell Football Club merged to form the Newtown & Chilwell Football Club. The merger of two of Geelong's oldest clubs was because Newtown had difficulty getting players so they looked to their neighboring club, Chilwell. The club also has a historical link to the Barwon Football Club, which at its peak in the mid-1870s was one of the strongest clubs in Victoria, before it merged into Chilwell in 1879.
Geelong Football League
When the league was formed in 1979 the Eagles were one of the 10 clubs that broke away from the Geelong & District Football League. The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL.