Formed: 1924

Colours: Back and red

Emblem: Cougars

Senior Grade Premierships: Ringwood District Football League (RDFL) - 1938 (1 total); Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League (CFGFL) Division Two - 1950-1-2 (3 total); E(D)FL Division Two - 1975 (1 total); Division Three - 1995 (1 total); Division Four - 1990 (1 total)

Senior E(D)FL Best and Fairest Player Awards: Division One - Jim Peart 1957; John Klegg 1965; Phil Lord 1966 (3 total); Division Three - Gavin McNay 1991 & 1994; Steve Adams 1992 & 1993 (2 Winners/4 Wins); Division Four - Gavin McNay 1989; Quentin Van Veen 2003; Brad Carroll 2005 (3 total)

Between the time of its formation in 1924 and the outbreak of the second world war Kilsyth is only known to have enjoyed premierships success once, in 1938 in the Ringwood District Football League. The 1950s proved to be the most successful decade in the club’s history, spawning a hat trick of Croydon Ferntree Gully Division Two grand final triumphs between 1950 and 1952. The Cougars also reached the grand final, only to lose, in 1953, 1954 and 1958.

When the CFGFL metamorphosed into the Eastern District Football League in 1962, Kilsyth was among the competition’s founder members. Competing initially in division one, the Cougars were competitive at that level for several seasons, but never managed to ‘bring home the bacon’. Their first EDFL flag arrived in 1975, in division two, when they accounted for the grand final challenge of Mulgrave by a margin of 8 points, 17.16 (118) to 16.14 (110). This remains arguably the crowning achievement of the club’s post-war history.

Over the past three decades the club has added two further senior grade EDFL premierships to its haul, downing Heathmont by 50 points in the 1990 division four grand final, and overcoming Templestowe in the 1995 division four grand final by 40 points.

Between 1982 and 1984 Kilsyth undertook an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful stint in the Victorian Football Association. Competing in division two, the seniors managed just 9 wins from 53 matches, with a highest finishing position of eighth (out of ten) in its first season. The highlight of the club’s time in the VFA was the achievement of captain-coach Russell Hodges in tying for first place in the voting for the 1982 Field Trophy. Hodges, a former Sandringham and Fitzroy player, was originally consigned to the runner-up position on a countback, but later given a retrospective award.

Since commencing in the EDFL Kilsyth’s reserves have managed a marginally better record than the seniors, claiming flags in division one in 1967, and division four in 2003, 2006 and 2008. The colts meanwhile have yet to achieve EDFL premiership success.

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