Glen Eira

GLEN EIRA

Current Affiliation: Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) since 1999

Home Ground: Packer Reserve, Leila Road, Carnegie

Formed: 1999, via the amalgamation of Glenhuntly and St Kilda- South Caulfield

Colours: Black, green, blue, gold and red

Emblem: Saints

Senior VAFA Premierships: Nil

Senior Competition Best and Fairest Awards: L.S. Zachariah Medal (C Section) - C.Massis 2003 (1 total)

Formed in 1999 as a result of a merger between Glenhuntly and St Kilda-South Caulfield, Glen Eira competed in C Section of the VAFA initially, but has since twice suffered relegation. The senior side's best season to date was 2001 when it reached the preliminary final in C Grade. In 2007, in D2 Section, the Saints won 7 of their 18 matches to finish 6th (out of ten teams).

Both Glenhuntly and St Kilda-South Caulfield were formed in 1991, the former as a consequence of a merger between Balaclava Amateur Football Club and Glenhuntly St Anthony’s, and the latter via an amalgamation of St Kilda Christian Brothers College Old Boys Amateur Football Club and Murrumbeena South Caulfield. Tracing the club's roots back still further, we find that Balaclava had been formed in 1963 as AMP Society, under which name it had won VAFA E Section premierships in 1968 and 1979. After changing its name to Balaclava in 1982 it won another E Section flag two years later, followed by an E Grade pennant in 1986.

Glenhuntly St Anthony's Football Club was established in 1957 and competed in the Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association (ESCFA), winning a D Grade flag in 1982.

St Kilda Christian Brothers College Old Boys was a VAFA stalwart between 1958 and 1990, winning a total of five senior premierships in various grades. Murrumbeena South Caulfield had its roots in the YCW Football League where it commenced in 1970 under the name of South Caulfield. It won C and B Grade premierships in that competition, and later added a B Grade flag in the ESCFA.

Further enriching Glen Eira's heritage, during the 1990s St Kilda-South Caulfield contested two C Section grand finals, beating Melbourne High School Old Boys in 1994, and losing to St Kevin's Old Boys two years later. All told, therefore, the current Glen Eira Amateur Football Club can lay claim to a total of nine senior premierships over the course of its immensely convoluted but noteworthy history. Moreover, belying its somewhat tortuous background, the club now appears to be on a solid footing, and with every prospect of adding to its record of success in the imminent future.

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