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| Full name | Surrey Park Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Founded | 1994 |
| League | Eastern Football League |
| Home ground | Surrey Park Reserve |
| Strip | |
| Black and white | |
TheSurrey Park Football Club is anAustralian rules football team that commenced in 1994. It is based in the eastern suburbs ofMelbourne,Victoria,Australia and is part of theEastern Football League.
The club is a merger of the Surrey Hills Football Club and the East Camberwell Football Club.
The Surrey Hills FC first appeared in 1887. It played in the Reporter District Football League, theVictorian Amateur Football Association, the East Suburban Football League, the Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League and the Eastern Districts Football League.[1] For a few years it served as the third open-age team forBox Hill, calling itself Box Hill/Surrey Hills.
The East Camberwell FC was formed in 1946 and played in the Catholic Youth Men's Society (CYMS) competition until 1963 when it moved to the YCW competition where it remained until 1972. In 1973 it transferred to the Eastern Suburbs Churches competition and joined theSouthern Football League in 1993.[2]
The merger of Surrey Hills and East Camberwell Football Club occurred in late 1994 and the newly formed club played its first season as Surrey Park Football Club in the SFL in 1995. The merged club adopted its name after the venue where it plays its home games.
The club won its first senior-grade premiership in 2023, and has also won reserve-grade premierships in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2019.
The club transferred to the more geographically appropriateEastern Football League in 2002.[3] It holds the EFL record for the most losses in a row at 67.[4]
The club is affiliated with theSurrey Park Junior Football Club, who play in theYarra Junior Football League. Many players from their junior team move into the senior team.[5]
