1909 in Victorian soccer

Football Victoria 1909 1910 The 1909 Victorian soccer season was the first competitive season of soccer in the Australian state of Victoria, under the association of the governing body, Football Victoria. The season consisted of one league made up of six district teams from Melbourne that were known as the 'Amateur League'.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1909Overview.html Victorian Season - 1909 Overview www.ozfootball.net This league season is recognized as being the first season of first-tier Victorian state soccer that is now formally recognized as National Premier Leagues Victoria. Carlton United were crowned as the inaugural premiers. The calendar season also saw the commencement of the Dockerty Cup, in which Carlton United defeated St Kilda 2–1,http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/Cup.html Dockerty Cup making United the first club in the state's history to achieve both respective accolades in the same season. League establishment As interest grew from what was referred to as the "British Association" sport, local businessman Harry Dockerty placed advertisements in local Victorian newspapers The Agehttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197351858 22 Jul 1908 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1908-07-22 2022-06-08 and The Argushttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10190192 26 Sep 1908 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1908-09-26 2022-06-08 in mid-1908 to unite all local enthusiasts of association football (soccer). On 3 August 1908, the modern Victorian league system was established with the intention of commencing a competitive league in 1909.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197350585 03 Aug 1908 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1908-08-03 2022-06-08 Along with a competitive league, a cup tournament was also established and was named the Challenge Cup, but was eventually renamed the Dockerty Cup.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1909Overview.html Victorian Season - 1909 Overview There was no league final series to determine the league champions, nor a league cup tournament involving teams from the upper side of the premiership ladder. The first final series of any kind implemented by Football Victoria was introduced in the 1913 season for the second tier league,http://www.socceraust.co.uk/VIC/Past%20Seasons/VIC13Tables.htm Victoria soccer 1913 socceraust.co.uk with finals being introduced for the first division league in the 1915 season.http://www.socceraust.co.uk/VIC/Past%20Seasons/VIC15Tables.htm Victoria soccer 1915 socceraust.co.uk The league was scheduled to consist of eight local clubs from metropolitan Melbourne, being Albert Park, Carlton United, Fitzroy, Melbourne United, Prahran, South Melbourne, St Kilda and Williamstown, however only six of the clubs actually competed. In the recess between the last practice matches in September 1908 to the pre-season practice matches of April 1909, Albert Park was never mentioned in local media until early 1910, while it appears that South Melbourne was the second team to withdraw, despite playing practice matches only weeks before the season's commencement. In the following season of 1910, a club named South Melbourne that would later be renamed to Albert Park (and later Glenroy), competed from 1910 through to 1934. It is possible that this may be the same club or both the original Albert Park and South Melbourne clubs had merged, however this remains unknown.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_G.html#Glenroy Victorian Football Club Archive - Galveston to Glenroy When a second division was established in 1910, a team under the name of Albert Park competed but lasted only a solitary season.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1910JLT.html Victorian Junior League 1910 Season Table It is unknown whether this particular Albert Park was the same one to appear in 1908 or if it was connected to the South Melbourne team that would later be renamed Albert Park. Of the six clubs that competed, only Prahran still presently exists under the identity of Brighton Soccer Club. While Carlton United, Fitzroy, Melbourne United, St Kilda and Williamstown all eventually folded, Prahran amalgamated with Brighton prior to the 1988 season, where the club's senior male squad presently competes in the Victorian State League Division 3, the sixth tier of Victorian soccer. Overview Dockerty Cup The calendar season also saw the commencement of the Dockerty Cup, then known originally as the Challenge Cup, as the Federation's cup tournament. The first ever competitive match took place at the Gardens Reserve in Williamstown on 24 July 1909, the same venue as the first ever first tier league match, in which the home team Williamstown, were defeated 5-2 by St Kilda.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198478411?searchTerm=%22British%20Association%22 26 Jul 1909 - STATE SCHOOLS FOOTBALL. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-07-26 2022-06-08https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10721926 26 Jul 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-07-26 2022-06-08https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69685726 31 Jul 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-07-31 2022-06-08 In the grand final, league premiers Carlton United defeated St Kilda 2–1,https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198484112 17 Aug 1909 - FOOTBALL. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-08-17 2022-06-08https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241943551 20 Aug 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-08-20 2022-06-08 making United the first club in the state's history to achieve both respective accolades in the same season. Premiership season The first ever competitive league match recognized by Football Victoria took place on 8 May 1909 at the Gardens Reserve in Williamstown. Hosted by Williamstown, St Kilda defeated the home team 3-0.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10709666 10 May 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-05-10 2022-06-08https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196116447 10 May 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-05-10 2022-06-08https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69685369 08 May 1909 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION TEAM. - Trove Trove.nla.gov.au 1909-05-08 2022-06-08 The biggest win of the season was by St Kilda over Williamstown again, this time by ten goals finishing at 10-0 during the sixth round of the season on June 12 1909 at Middle Park. The inaugural league premiers, Carlton United, went the season undefeated, finishing ahead of St Kilda by five points being exactly two wins and one draw ahead.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1909ALR.html Victorian Amateur League - 1909 Season Results League Tables 1909 Victorian Amateur League 1909 Victorian Amateur League main WDL 2 1 0 CU Carlton United SK St Kilda MU Melbourne United WS Williamstown FD Fitzroy PR Prahran City 9 1 0 40 4 4 0 6 23 34 3 1 6 14 34 7 0 3 40 17 3 1 6 22 32 2 1 7 11 29 #D0F0C0 1909 Amateur League Premiers LC 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1909ALT.html Victorian Amateur League - 1909 Season Table www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_C.html#CarltonUnited Victorian Football Club Archive - Camberwell City to C.Y.M.S. Glenroy Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_S.html#StKilda Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_M.html#MelbourneUnited Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Morwell Pegasus Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_W.html#Yarraville Victorian Football Club Archive - Waterside Workers Federation to Youth United Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_F.html#Fitzroy Victorian Football Club Archive - Fairfield to Frankston City Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Active_B.html#Brighton Victorian Football Club Archive - Ballarat City to Bunyip & District Ozfootball.net 2022-06-08 References Football Federation Victoria Category:1909 in Victorian soccer Category:Soccer in Victoria (state)