CASEY SCORPIONS (Springvale)
Affiliated: Various junior competitions 1904-56; Federal Football League (FFL) 1957-81; VFA 1982-95; VFL 1996-present
Club Address: P.O. Box 25, Springvale 3171, Victoria
Home Ground: Casey Fields, Cranbourne East
Formed: 1904
Colours: Navy blue, red and white
Emblem: Scorpions
Premierships: Berwick District Football Association - 1911, 1920-1, 1930, 1932-3, 1939 (7 total); FFL - 1960-1-2-3, 1965, 1975-6 (6 total); VFL/VFA/1st Division - 1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 (5 total) 2nd Division - 1983 (1 total)
J.J.Liston Trophy: S.Nicol 1990; D.Robins 2000 (2 total)
Highest Score (against current VFL clubs only): 29.25 (199) vs. Sandringham in 1990
Most Games: 203 by Michael Jeffs and Simon Clark
Record Home Attendance: 6,122 on 15 June 1986: Brunswick 19.17 (131); Springvale 15.15 (105)
Record Finals Attendance: Records unavailable
| MINI-BIOGRAPHIES: | Laurie Fowler |
Springvale was originally invited to enter a team in the VFA in 1961, when the Association introduced a two division format. However, the club was happy to continue in the Federal Football League, where it was the reigning premier.
Springvale continued to compete in the FFL for another twenty-one seasons, further honing its winning culture during that time by claiming another half a dozen senior premierships. When finally admitted to the VFA in 1982 the competition was significantly weaker than it had been two decades earlier, and the Vales took a mere twelve months to find their feet, downing Brunswick 17.9 (111) to 13.16 (94) in a fiery 2nd division grand final in 1983 before rapidly consolidating at the top level. That consolidation process was furthered in 1987 when Phil Maylin captain-coached the side to a 14.16 (100) to 7.20 (62) demolition of Port Melbourne in the 1st division grand final.
Since then, the Scorpions have been consistent finals participants in both the VFA and its replacement competition, the VFL, with grand final defeats of Sandringham in 1995, Frankston (1996), Werribee (1998) and North Ballarat (1999) representing the 'icing on the cake'.
Along with the majority of other clubs in the VFL, the Scorpions have aligned themselves with an AFL partner, in their case St Kilda. The arrangement has been in existence since 2001.
In these volatile times there is no such thing as long term security for any football club, but Casey Scorpions as the club became known in 2006 following its relocation to a new $4.5 million home ground at Casey Fields in Cranbourne East, appear to be as well equipped as any of their VFL compatriots to confront the challenges which the future will inevitably bring, and still be around to talk about it.
The Scorpions qualified for the finals in third place in 2010 but then bowed meekly out of the flag race with losses to North Ballarat in a qualifying final and Northern Bullants a week later in a semi final.
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