YARRAM
Current Affiliation: Alberton Football League (AlbFL) since 1946
Formed: 1888
Colours: Red and white
Emblem: Demons
Senior Premierships: Alberton Shire Football Association - 1889, 1893, 1895-6, 1902-3, 1905 (7 total - records incomplete); Gippsland Football League - 1936, 1939 (2 total); AlbFL - 1954, 1972, 1977, 1986, 2007 (5 total)
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Yarram's long, illustrious history has seen the club participate in five different competitions and claim at least fourteen senior premierships. The club's pedigree is further enhanced by the consistency of its record, with its flag winning seasons having occurred at regular intervals throughout its twelve decade existence.
The Demons were founder members in 1946 of the Alberton Football League, and after a slow start gradually began to build in strength, contesting three successive preliminary finals between 1949 and 1951. The breakthrough senior premiership finally arrived in 1954 when Yarram overcame the grand final challenge of Fish Creek.
The 1970s proved a most productive decade with the Demons reaching four grand finals for two wins. The 1986 flag was one of the most memorable as the side overcame the setback of a second semi final loss to Devon to trounce the same opposition by 64 points a fortnight later in the 'big one'.
Yarram is the AlbFL's reigning premiership side, and the flag was won in most conclusive fashion with 19 wins from 20 matches for the year. In the finals, Yarram twice defeated reigning premier Wonthaggi Power, by 19 points in the second semi final, and by 9 points in the grand final. At half time of the grand final the Demons led 11.6 (72) to 5.3 (33) and looked 'home and hosed', but they then had to withstand a determined Power fight back. Their victory in the end was compensation for a loss against the same opponent in the previous season's flag decider.
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