CANNING-VICTORIA PARK-SOUTH PERTH
Current Affiliation: Sunday Football League (SuFL) since 2001
Home Ground: Wyong Reserve, Baldock Street, Bentley
Club Address: P.O. Box 154, Bentley 6982, Western Australia
Formed: After the 2000 season, following a merger between Victoria Park-South Perth and Canning
Colours: Black and gold
Emblem: Tigers
Senior SuFL Premiers: Nil [Canning won the 1994 premiership.]
Bowden Medallists: Nil [Canning: T.Watson 1987; H.Soutar 1993 (2 total); South Perth: L.Liddelow 1991 (1 total); Vic Park-South Perth: R.Biddescombe 1999 (1 total)]
The Tigers were formed in 2000 when Victoria Park-South Perth merged with Canning. Both clubs had, prior to that, competed in the Sunday Football League (SuFL), with South Perth having joined forces with Victoria Park Junior Football Club in 1997.
Canning Football Club was originally established in 1922, and participated in a number of competitions prior to the formation of the SuFL in 1984, when it was one of sixteen founder members. The club's 1994 SuFL premiership was its nineteenth all told at senior level.
South Perth also enjoyed a long and intermittently illustrious history. Formed in 1931, it was a member of the Western Australian Amateur Football League between then and 1966, winning senior premierships in 1947, 1952 and 1953. The 1967 season saw the club commence a four year association with the South Suburban Murray Football League before crossing to the WAFA where it contested five senior grand finals in thirteen years for one flag. Like Canning, South Perth was a founder member of the SuFL, but the closest it got to winning a premiership was 3rd place in 1986.
The 2006 season was not particularly memorable for the Tigers senior side who managed just 2 wins from 18 matches to avoid the wooden spoon only on percentage. By contrast, the reserves did extremely well to lift the premiership after qualifying for the finals in 3rd place.
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