The Melbourne Thistle Football Club was an Australian Anglo-Celtic backed association football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, presumably in the suburb of Albert Park.[1] The club was founded in 1912[2] and spent most of its existence in the first division league of the Victorian soccer system.[3][4] The club won seven titles within the state's tier one and tier two leagues, including the Dockerty Cup three times.[5][6][7]
| Full name | Melbourne Thistle Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1912 |
| Dissolved | 1935 |
| Ground | Middle Park (presumed) |
The league was in recess from 1916-1918 due to World War 1. Of the 34 Thistle players that enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, nine members did not survive the war. [8]
Off the field, little is known about the club itself other than a handful of recorded home games were played at the former Middle Park ground in the neighboring suburb of Albert Park.[9][10] The club was dissolved after resigning from the Victorian First Division mid-season in July 1935.[11]
Honours
editLeague
edit- First Division
- Premiers (4): 1914, 1915, 1920 (Section B), 1925
Cup
editDoubles
edit- First Division and Dockerty Cup: 3
References
edit- ^ "Soccer". emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "BRITISH ASSOCIATION". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Mulgrave". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Melbourne Thistle Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Dockerty Cup Winners & Runners-Up". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia - List of Regional Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Victoria Division One Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Syson, Ian (24 April 2015). "Soccer also made its sacrifice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "1934 Dockerty Cup - Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "The Story of Football in Victoria - Roy Hay & Ian Syson.pdf - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "HAKOAH-CALEDONIANS MATCH MAY DECIDE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 July 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.