Full name Sunshine Football Club | Nickname(s) Kangaroos | |
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Founded 1959; 58 years ago (1959) Competition Western Region Football League Premierships YCW (3): 1966, 1969, 1976 Ground(s) Kinder Smith Reserve, Braybrook, | ||
The Sunshine Football Club, nicknamed Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League since 1978. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook.
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History
Formed as the Sunshine YCW Football Club in 1959 as a junior club. They joined the "YCW National Football Association" playing its first senior game was in 1963. After winning three premierships in the YCW NFA, the club transferred to the Footscray Districts Football League in 1978.
After losing consecutive Grand Finals in 1994 and 1995 in A2 grade the club was promoted to A1 grade (division 1) in 1996 and have remained in the top level of the competition ever since.
At the end of the 2000 season with the change in the League's name the club followed suit by dropping the YCW from its title.