Formed: 1887

Club Address: P.O. Box 119, Baxter 3911, Victoria

Colours: Black and red

Emblem: Bombers

Senior Grade Premierships: Peninsula Football Association (PFA) - 1911, 1919, 1922-3, 1931 (5 total); Peninsula and District Football Association (PDFA) - 1929 (1 total); Mornington Peninsula Football League (MPFL) - 1937-8-9, 1949, 1952, 1961 (6 total); MPNFL Division Two/Nepean League - 1991, 2009 (2 total)

Formed in 1887, Frankston engaged primarily in social and scratch matches for a couple of decades before becoming a foundation member in 1908 of the Peninsula Football Association. The club enjoyed considerable success in this competition, qualifying for a total of eight grand finals and winning five of them over the course of some two decades of involvement. During the late 1920s and in 1930 Frankston participated in the Peninsula and District Football Association, winning a premiership in 1929 and finishing runner-up the following year.

In 1934 the PFA and the PDFA merged to form the Mornington Peninsula Football League and Frankston was among the founder members of this competition. Between 1937 and 1939 the club managed to win a hat trick of flags for the only time in its history, accounting for Mornington Somerville by 5 points, Navy by 99 points, and Mornington by 56 points in the grand finals.

Frankston continued as a force after world war two, contesting eight consecutive grand finals between 1946 and 1953, and emerging victorious from those of 1949 against Mornington and 1952 against Seaford. This comparatively poor record in grand finals was compounded by further losses in 1955, 1957 and 1958.

The Bombers’ sixth and final MPFL flag arrived in 1961 after a 12.15 (87) to 9.14 (68) grand final triumph over Carrum, and their last grand final appearance came two years later when they went down by the narrowest of margins to Chelsea.

Since commencing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League in 1987 the club’s achievements have been modest, with victorious division two/Nepean League grand finals against Rosebud in 1991 and Sorrento in 2009 the highlights. The Bombers have also contested losing grand finals on three occasions.

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