| Inner West Magpies | ||
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| Full name | Inner West Magpies Football Club | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1926; 99 years ago (1926) | |
| Colours | Black and White | |
| Competition | AFL Sydney | |
| Ground(s) | Picken Oval | |
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| Official website | innerwestmagpiesafl.com.au | |
Inner West Magpies (formerlyWestern Suburbs AFC) is anAustralian rules football club competing in theAFL Sydney league. The club is based in theinner west ofSydney,New South Wales, and its senior teams play their home games at their home ground of Picken Oval; having previously played out ofHenson Park in 2009 and 2010. TheWestern Wolves AFC women's team fully integrated with the men's team before the 2019 AFL Sydney season; in conjunction with this integration the club changed its name in order to better represent its region and community.
The Magpies were formed in 1926 and re-formed in 1947. The club, which became the first licensed Australian rules football club in New South Wales in 1962, is located inCroydon Park, next to Picken Oval. During the 1960s and 1970s, Western Suburbs was by far the most successful club in the competition. They made every grand final from 1963 to 1969 and every grand final from 1971 to 1979 bar one.
In 2005, in the premier division Western Suburbs only lost one of the 16 minor round games and secured the minor premiership. However, they lost the grand final to old rivals North Shore. In 2009 and 2010, the club under the coaching tutelage of Craig Tognolini, made the preliminary final.[1]
Many fine players have been recruited from the Magpies to theAFL includingPaul Bevan (Sydney), Arthur Chilcott (Sydney),Terry Ingersoll (Hawthorn) andGreg Stafford (Sydney/Richmond) amongst others. Paul Bevan was aSydney Swans premiership player in2005.[2]John Northey coached at the club before coaching atAFL Level.
Senior men's premierships have been won in 1951, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1996.
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