Footscray Thistle Football Club was an Anglo-Celtic backed association football (soccer) club from Melbourne, Australia. Throughout its existence, the club participated in the Football Victoria state league system, where it spent twenty-two of its twenty-four seasons in the Victorian State First Tier league, now the National Premier Leagues Victoria.^[1] As of the 2020 season, Footscray is still regarded as one of the most successful Victorian clubs, with five first tier premierships, one conference premiership^[2] one championship and four Dockerty Cups.^[3]

Honours

• Victorian State First Tier

Premiers (5): 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1932

Runner's Up (3): 1919, 1923, 1927

• Victorian State First Tier Conference

Premiers (1): 1930 (north)

• Victorian State Second Tier

Runner's Up (1): 1938

• Dockerty Cup

Premiers (4): 1919, 1927, 1930, 1932

Runner's Up (2): 1924, 1936

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