THE EMERGENCE OF WAVERLEY BLUES FOOTBALL CLUB Inc. – 1999
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The Mount Waverley Football Club (MWFC) was formed in 1925 and first played in red jumpers with a white sash before adopting its familiar navy blue jumpers with the white monogram (similar to today's Carlton jumper). Apart from a brief disbanding in 1929-1935 the club has enjoyed a successful history at the Mount Reserve in Charles Street Mt.Waverley.
To transport the members of the Mount Waverley Football Club back through the decades to its first season click on this link http://home.vicnet.net.au/~whsvic/MtWaverleyFootballClubHistory.htm from the Waverly Historic Society.
MWFC played in the South Eastern Football League and won a flag in 1964. As the SEFSL grew MWFC played all it's games in it's top Division. The SEFSL became the Southern League and MWFC continued in First Division until 1993.
In 1994 the club merged with the Burwood Football Club, a Second Division Southern League Club. The Mount Waverley Burwood Football Club participated in First Division in the Southern League from 1994 - 1997.
The Waverley Football Club (WFC) was another club steeped in tradition. WFC was formed in 1908 and wore the familiar black & red stripes in the Victorian Football Association (VFA - a fore runner of today's VFL). Waverley Football Club had success in 1965 winning the Division One Premiership in that year. The club played at Central Reserve on the corner of Waverley and Springvale Road during the VFA years. WFC joined the Eastern Football League in 1991 and had moderate success from 1991 until 1998 and played its home games at Columbia Reserve.
Waverley Blues Football Club Inc. During the 1998 season, the committees of both the Waverley & Mount Waverley Burwood Football Clubs discussed the possibility of joining forces to form a new dynamic club that would represent the Waverley district of the City of Monash.