Sydney
Names
Full nameSydney Football Club
Nickname(s)Reds
Club details
Founded7th August, 1880
Dissolved1954

The Sydney Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded on 7 August 1880[1] and based in Sydney.[2]

In 1886 the club went undefeated winning 12 games and drawing 2.[3] In that season, they scored 52 goals, the record for goals scored up to that point.[4]

References

  1. "NEW SOUTH WALES". Evening Journal. Vol. XII, no. 3528. South Australia. 7 August 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Australian Football - sydney+%28original%29 Football Club - Stats".
  3. "Australian Football - Sydney Football Club, 1886". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "Sydney Football Club, 1886". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912). 23 October 1886. p. 872. Retrieved 7 August 2020.


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