SIMPSON
Current Affiliation: Colac and District Football League (CDFL) since 2003
Home Ground: Aussie Drain Oval, Simpson Recreation Reserve
Formed: 1965
Colours: Black and yellow
Emblem: Tigers
Senior Premierships: Purnim and District Football League (PDFL) - 1970 (1 total); Purnim-Heytesbury Football League (PHFL) - 1975-6 (2 total); Heytesbury Football League (HFL) - 1979, 1981-2, 1987, 1991 (5 total); Heytesbury-Mt Noorat Football League (HMNFL) - 1992-3 (2 total)
The Simpson Football Club was established in February 1965, and a few weeks later it affiliated with the Purnim and District Football League. The seniors did not manage to win a game in their first season, but progress was swift thereafter. In 1969 they contested their first grand final, but went under by 20 points against Timboon. The 1970 season brought revenge, and a first ever senior premiership, as Simpson overcame the grand final challenge of Timboon by 8 points. The triumph was a prelude to a decade of success, spawning another three premierships from a total of half a dozen grand final appearances.
The 1980s proved similarly successful as the Tigers contested the ultimate match of the season on six occasions for three wins. Even better was to follow as both seniors and reserves procured unbeaten premierships in 1991, with the seniors eventually going on to make it a club record three flags in succession.
At the end of the 2002 season the Heytesbury-Mt Noorat Football League, with which Simpson was affiliated, disbanded, and the club sought, and was granted, admission to the Colac and District Football League for 2003. It would probably be fair to describe the CDFL as being a somewhat more demanding competition than the HMNFL, and understandably the Tigers took time to adjust. However, adjust they did, and in 2005 the seniors reached their first finals series, accounting for Otway Districts by 2 points in the elimination final before going down by 40 points to Alvie in the following week's 1st semi final. The reserves meanwhile did even better, losing just 1 match - the 2nd semi final - all year en route to the club's first CDFL flag.
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