Stats & History Gumbies FFC: A Comprehensive History

Falconista · Jun 3, 2018

A comprehensive history of Geelong Gumbies/Geelong Wolves/Gumbies FFC

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Full player list
League Awards
Captains
Win-Loss Records
Grand Finals
Season by season record
Logo history
Uniforms
History by Era (Work in progress_)

Established: Season 04
Home Ground: The House of Gumby
Colours: Cobalt, Navy, White
Premierships: S16 and S36
Minor Premierships: S11, S18, S21, S31, S36
Most Games Played: peterss (377)
Most Goals: winty (437)
Previous Names: Geelong Gumbies (S4-18), Geelong Wolves (19-23)
Links: Club History and Wiki page

Captain: Falconista
Leadership Group: beez, cats_09, GWS Goose, Hydatina Physis and Falconista.
S39 Record: 12-4 (3rd)

Season	Pos.	Finals	Captain(s)	Catman Medal (Best & Fairest)	StFly Medal (Best Citizen) *~Referred to as Best Clubman prior to S37*	krisholio Rising Star	Ninty2Winty Award (Best Forward) ^if goals listed in brackets, player was also the golden boot.	peterss Trophy (Best Defender)
4	11		Catman				RIZZO (84)

5	2	PF	Catman				RIZZO (106)

6	11		Catman	Carn The Cattas			Carn The Cattas (51)

7	5	EF	cats2rise -> Carn_The_Cattas and Metallica_Man	Catman			Mooney D'King (30)

8	3	PF	Metallica_Man -> krisholio14				Hairy Cat Mooney (70)

9	4	EF	krisholio14 -> Ninty				winty (48)

10	7		Ninty	Perth Swans			winty (45)

11 i ii	1	GF	Ninty -> peterss	peterss	ShaunDuggan	Bucketss	winty (66)

12	2	PF	peterss	Rojo Junior	Ghossein	StFly	winty (45)

13	5		peterss	StFly	StFly	Jeremias	winty (69)
					peterss	Claypigeon

14	5		peterss and StFly	Claypigeon	StFly	TheDoctor11	winty (32)

15	8		peterss and StFly	Claypigeon and Marklar_33	Claypigeon	Mr Gor	TheDoctor11 (24)

16	2	PREM	peterss and StFly	Mr Gor	Mr Gor	Tayl0r	StFly (39)

17	3	EF	peterss -> A Bit High	BostrichBurger	A Bit High	GETSOMENUTS	Bucketss (63)

18	1	SF	A Bit High	A Bit High	A Bit High	Spanna65	DREAM TEAM BUFF (43)

19	10		A Bit High	SM		Willo_	DREAM TEAM BUFF (62)

20	8	EF	Hatchy1992 and SM	A Bit High			DREAM TEAM BUFF (62)

21	1	GF	Hatchy1992 and SM	SM			DREAM TEAM BUFF (57)

22	12		Quivorir	mike123			Knifey Spoony (45)

23	9		Quivorir and Willo_	pantskyle			SM (58)

24	8	EF	Noobz0r and Golumless	Fryer Tuck	SM	MattWriting	Quivorir (48)

25	12		Golumless	hotkorma		hotkorma	Jade (46)

26	2	SF	Fryer Tuck	Fryer Tuck		Jivlain	Jivlain (56)

27	3	SF	Fryer Tuck and BRAB	DERO	DERO	snozulu	Jivlain (70)

28	9		Barrybran and haydo	DERO	Jivlain	Ned Ryerson	okeydoke7 (55)

29	12		Barrybran and haydo	Barrybran	Taylor	GWS Goose	okeydoke7 (35)

30	5	PF	Barrybran	GWS Goose	Genghis Tron	omgfridge	Rodney Dangerfield (78)

31	1	SF	Barrybran	omgfridge	Barrybran and GWS Goose	Grimesy87	Rodney Dangerfield (69)

32	7	SF	Barrybran	Barrybran	GWS Goose	Dory_77	Rodney Dangerfield (48)	omgfridge

33	2	SF	DenieD	GWS Goose and Brick Loosener	Barrybran	CatToTheFuture	Dory_77	beez

34	3	PF	DenieD	DenieD	GWS Goose	rye	Barrybran (58)	ossie_21

35	8	EF	DenieD and Falconista	beez	Barrybran	Aucklander	Dory_77 (67)	CatToTheFuture

36	1	PREM	Falconista	GWS Goose	Falconista	cats_09	rye (36)	BlueE

37	8	EF	Falconista	beez	cats_09	DinoSoar	Barrybran	BlueE

38	5	SF	Falconista	cats_09 and Falconista	Falconista	The_Wookie	GWS Goose (64)	Aucklander

39	12		Falconista	GWS Goose	beez	Not awarded	beez (60)	bone2468

40	3	PF	Falconista	Supercheapgiants	Hydatina Physis	Matthew Jelley	Hydatina Physis (72)	StFly

41			Falconista

Thanks to fumbler for commencing this thread and project on June 3, 2018.

fumbler · Jun 3, 2018

Gumbies FFC - Clay of Fame

The Gumbies Clay of Fame is a take on the SFA's Hall of Fame. This idea was originally mooted by a few player midway through season 15 and it was decided it would be implemented at the end of 16, Sthe Gumbies went through the club's history and record books and are pleased to announce our first 4 inductees, and from next season onwards a further 2 inductees each season will make the Gumbies FFC Clay of Fame.

Season 16 Recipients
Ninty – A former captain of the side and even though he had an in-ceremonial exit at the end of season 15 he still remains one of the greatest ever players to pull on the boots for the Gumbies. In total Ninty played 109 for the club kicking 73 goals. However it was his presence at CHF and his foil for fellow team-mate winty that made him a real team player. He was dubbed as part of the deadly Ninty2winty combo that combined for many great goals over the years.

winty – Well well, what can be said about this player, he is one of the oldest players in the game at the moment and whilst his age is slowly catching up to his football abilities he remains a legend in the SFA ranks and is the all time leading SFA goalkicker. He has played a grand total of 192 games for the club and has kicked a whopping 405 goals. It is quite clear as to why he is being inducted tonight and it is great to see such a legend being an inaugural inductee.

peterss – The current co-captain of the club and former best and fairest winner, he has been a revelation since moving from the Wonders to the Gumbies several season’s ago and to transform the club into what it is today which is a powerhouse on and off the field is an achievement in itself. He very rarely plays a quite game and hasn’t missed a game for years, Always polls well in the Mobbs medal count and has been very unlucky not to win one yet. He is also ranked 9th across the whole history of the SFA for disposals which is a great effort! Congratulations petey boy!

krisholio14 – Another former captain of the club and he is still going strong today, the ultimate team player who is willing to play in any position on the ground if it means success for the Gumbies, He has played a nice total of 178 games for the club and whilst not always spectacular his efforts over the years haven’t gone astray and he deserved a premiership medallion more then anyone in a few peoples books! A true professional and ultimate team player, a player every club would love to have on their books. Congrats Krish!

Needs more info added.

fumbler · Jun 3, 2018

Fred Medal Winners*

Previously known as the AlfAndrews Medal

krisholio Rising Star Medallist

Buckets (S11)
StFly (S12)
Jeremias and Claypigeon (S13)
TheDoctor11 (S14)
Mr Gor (S15)
Tayl0r (S16)
GETSOMENUTS (S17)
Spanna65 (S18)
Willo_ (S19)

StFly Medal
Best Clubman Winners

ShaunDuggan (S11)
Ghossein (S12)
StFly and peterss (S13)
StFly (S14)
Claypigeon (S15)
Mr Gor (S16)
A Bit High (S17)
A Bit High (S18)

Gumbies Finals Player of the Year

Perth Swans (S11)
peterss, krisholio14 & ballanFYNE (S12)

Tool of the Year

Rojo_Jnr (S13)
Striker475 (S14)
crystalbreathx (S16)
ninty (S24)

fumbler · Jun 3, 2018

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StFly · Jun 6, 2018

The logo when I started;

Was also on our twitter which is no longer active @geelonggumbies I believe Pete had access to it, I know I don't. Also, no real high dpi image variant that I could find.

Recommissioned around S13/14 when I joined the co-captaincy in a larger capacity, again Pete did most of the heavy lifting getting it done.

Jumpers;

Don't recall seeing any around in S12 or when I trawled through the archives later, but then I was rather clueless that season about how clubs were established and things like this and stats really wasn't a thing in any large capacity and couldn't really see anything but higher level stuff in the archives.

We kinda pushed boundaries of expanding the LG beyond 2 people with change to everyone identifying as a Gumby, to both build a sense of people belonging to an idea, and building actually getting to know the person and just having a good time. Sim's random, everyone poked fun or hated us for existing so focus on the positives and what we can control.

Unfortunately during my 3 year hiatus, I had a Gumbies folder with stats, images and whatnot that got lost in the great purge of updating PC's from a P4 to an I5 which had things like HOF lists, the shortlist I had for expanding it, B&F's, pallet changes and etc.

A Bit High should have the Wolves designs for that period of the history, I've only got a couple of posit images from his PM's to me at the time which had as of end of S18 when I was barely here;

Not sure if the Direwolves was ever used, but it's just a tad different;

As far as colours;

Variation of blue (primarily teal, navy), white, greys.

hotkorma · Jun 17, 2018

It’s like walking through rainbow road

fumbler · Jun 20, 2018

Fixed the awards.
Will add some other info and tidy it up a bit more asap.

cats2rise · Jul 12, 2020

Awesome stuff. I’m going to try and add a little bit over the coming weeks regarding the background of the early seasons.

Falconista · Dec 14, 2023

All Time Player List (correct at completion of season 40)

Cap #	Player	Matches for club	Debut
1	Catman	92	Season 4, Round Two
2	Akalon	51	Season 4, Round Two
3	Benny’s Buddy	47	Season 4, Round Two
4	Bobby Giovanni	70	Season 4, Round Two
5	catattack	62	Season 4, Round Two
6	GeeCat	69	Season 4, Round Two
7	Jim Boy	65	Season 4, Round Two
8	JUBJUB	30	Season 4, Round Two
9	Mr X	46	Season 4, Round Two
10	mung	16	Season 4, Round Two
11	Murph	43	Season 4, Round Two
12	nananana catman	75	Season 4, Round Two
13	peelzy	46	Season 4, Round Two
14	phatandphreaky/phat	47	Season 4, Round Two
15	Rizzo	80	Season 4, Round Two
16	SammyD	72	Season 4, Round Two
17	ScouseCat	2	Season 4, Round Two
18	Shaitan (later Seb)	70	Season 4, Round Two
19	Unwritten_Law	68	Season 4, Round Two
20	you_idiot	8	Season 4, Round Two
21	bugeyz	19	Season 4, Round Three
22	LeBron James	21	Season 4, Round Four
23	catalyst	12	Season 4, Round Five
24	Catters	21	Season 4, Round Nine
25	skywalk750	22	Season 4, Round Nine
26	Andrew Bogut	13	Season 5, Round One
27	D0nk	38	Season 5, Round One
28	NakedDeadGuy	45	Season 5, Round One
29	Pepi	45	Season 5, Round One
30	Tweak Talent	14	Season 5, Round Three
31	RoyalCatFan	29	Season 5, Round Four
32	YOTC	17	Season 5, Round Six
33	Renegade	71	Season 5, Round Nine
34	carn_the_cattas	45	Season 6, Round One
35	Cats2rise	99	Season 6, Round One
36	Fugsy	81	Season 6, Round Three
37	ablettjnr	13	Season 6, Round Ten
38	Billybrownless16	18	Season 7, Round One
39	BlueNWhite	10	Season 7, Round One
40	Catman Forever	13	Season 7, Round One
41	davey magik	11	Season 7, Round One
42	grantyc77	66	Season 7, Round One
43	Jess 555	23	Season 7, Round One
44	Metallica Man	70	Season 7, Round One
45	Mooney d'King	47	Season 7, Round One
46	Oaksy	11	Season 7, Round One
47	Pezza76	46	Season 7, Round One
48	Portentous	86	Season 7, Round One
49	Remember Me	7	Season 7, Round One
50	ripitup27	66	Season 7, Round One
51	Rota69	40	Season 7, Round One
52	Winty	247	Season 7, Round Three
53	AndSmithMustScore	6	Season 7, Round Five
54	Hairy Cat Mooney	55	Season 7, Round Twelve
55	king Brown	36	Season 7, Round Twelve
56	MmkMrMackie	36	Season 7, Round Twelve
57	AirBlue	7	Season 7, Round Fourteen
58	sherrthecat	34	Season 7, Round Fourteen
59	AFKAJR	24	Season 8, Round One
60	diablo14 (now Krisholio14)	229	Season 8, Round One
61	dtrainum	24	Season 8, Round One
62	G.F.C	64	Season 8, Round One
63	nick savo	24	Season 8, Round One
64	Soltice Raver	24	Season 8, Round One
65	BlueFan4	19	Season 9, Round One
66	DeledioToTambling/DTT (now Deledio2Conca)	19	Season 9, Round One
67	eliiiiiza	43	Season 9, Round One
68	Flawed Genius	54	Season 9, Round One
69	mellowyellow	108	Season 9, Round One
70	Ninty	109	Season 9, Round One
71	powaflag08	19	Season 9, Round One
72	re cat	19	Season 9, Round One
73	swansational05	32	Season 9, Round One
74	V_Townsend	19	Season 9, Round One
75	Young Gun #6	19	Season 9, Round One
76	camrynero75	1	Season 9, Elimination Final
77	Bf4 (aka BlueFan4)	12	Season 10, Round One
78	Fatty Lumpkin	21	Season 10, Round One
79	Figi_Bati	21	Season 10, Round One
80	Hurley's Hawkers	9	Season 10, Round One
81	lewigie	42	Season 10, Round One
82	Magpie Matty	10	Season 10, Round One
83	mickey_ashman	12	Season 10, Round One
84	Perth Swans	77	Season 10, Round One
85	peterss	377	Season 10, Round One
86	RangaInTeal	60	Season 10, Round One
87	Rojo_Junior	67	Season 10, Round One
88	Sean_09	22	Season 10, Round Two
89	eliminator28	15	Season 10, Round Seven
90	Jonesy86	15	Season 10, Round Seven
91	matera_goal	13	Season 10, Round Nine
92	snake93	13	Season 10, Round Nine
93	jrussell	8	Season 10, Round Ten
94	Cat_Lover	16	Season 10, Round Thirteen
95	The Paranormal	9	Season 10, Round Thirteen
96	2121	82	Season 10, Round Eighteen
97	Bartel	52*	Season 11, Round One
98	Buckets007 (also Bucketss)	228	Season 11, Round One
99	CarnTheTiges	8	Season 11, Round One
100	Double07	24	Season 11, Round One
101	Ghossein	55	Season 11, Round One
102	Scared Scotland	63	Season 11, Round One
103	Shaucob_Burjan	5	Season 11, Round One
104	ShaunDuggan	30	Season 11, Round One
105	swannies	121	Season 11, Round One
106	Marklar_33	48	Season 11, Round Three
107	BettsMagic	2	Season 11, Round Four
108	Leet11	9	Season 11, Round Nine
109	Stokes-Selwood-Prismall	15	Season 11, Round Nine
110	WaLkEr_ThE_StAr	161	Season 11, Round Ten
111	One Eyed Sainter (nowSaintbilly)	17	Season 11, Round Fifteen
112	Barkly St End	83	Season 12, Round One
113	clivewaterhousen	21	Season 12, Round One
114	Crowgirl74 (now Rankine2Rachele)	15	Season 12, Round One
115	J Selwood 14	32	Season 12, Round One
116	lions_den	5	Season 12, Round One
117	StFly	401*	Season 12, Round One
118	Kellymagic	1	Season 12, Round Two
119	Ballanfyne	14	Season 12, Round Three
120	Kapow!!!	3	Season 12, Round Six
121	Mr Buddha B	2	Season 12, Round Eight
122	TheStinger	9	Season 12, Round Eight
123	Eagleoz83 (now Eagleoz)	65	Season 13, Round One
124	gothedons18	6	Season 13, Round One
125	wotdoiput	68	Season 13, Round Two
126	roostersgal4eva	10	Season 13, Round Four
127	Claypigeon	66	Season 13, Round Eight
128	Jeremias	180*	Season 13, Round Eight
129	Normy132	10	Season 13, Round Eight
130	Lion Club 16	46	Season 13, Round Thirteen
131	ACTHAWK	11	Season 14, Round One
132	axis_miles03	15	Season 14, Round One
133	BigCats96	2	Season 14, Round One
134	safman	17	Season 14, Round One
135	Striker475 (now LeverPuller)	17	Season 14, Round One
136	TheDoctor11	41	Season 14, Round One
137	TommyJay	10	Season 14, Round One
138	whoopsman (now BotsMaster)	141	Season 14, Round One
139	A Bit High	117	Season 14, Round Ten
140	A Flying Pube	8	Season 15, Round One
141	Armitage2Riewoldt	9	Season 15, Round One
142	Covvy	40	Season 15, Round One
143	Curlza	16	Season 15, Round One
144	Dogs r Barking	1	Season 15, Round One
145	Krazy Kris	34	Season 15, Round One
146	Thecatattack	4	Season 15, Round One
147	The Doctor	17	Season 15, Round One
148	Redemptionin09	26	Season 15, Round Five
149	Mr Gor	70	Season 15, Round Ten
150	Skittler	10	Season 15, Round Eleven
151	magicgronson	11	Season 16, Round One
152	Tayl0r	132	Season 16, Round One
153	BoshtrichBurger (now Ordinary Joel)	31	Season 16, Round Eleven
154	Teeth149	11	Season 16, Round Twelve
155	Bacon Warrior	15	Season 17, Round One
156	DREAM TEAM BUFF	97	Season 17, Round One
157	JStar589 (later Sparkle)	7	Season 17, Round One
158	GETSOMENUTS	49	Season 17, Round Four
159	Druitt Soldier	10	Season 17, Round Five
160	blaze036	11	Season 17, Round Six
161	Hawthorn United	68	Season 17, Round Seven
162	SuperCats9	7	Season 17, Round Seven
163	fizzler	36	Season 17, Round Eleven
164	Hatchy1992	94	Season 17, Round Twelve
165	SM	154	Season 17, Round Thirteen
166	apollo_creed	34	Season 17, Round Fourteen
167	RookieListed	5	Season 17, Round Fifteen
168	Fyfetheknife	6	Season 18, Round One
169	grimlock	38	Season 18, Round One
170	SelwoodTaylor	19	Season 18, Round One
171	SOPH_CROSS	19	Season 18, Round One
172	typeclub	27	Season 18, Round One
173	Spanna65	45	Season 18, Round One
174	Cooksen	51	Season 19, Round One
175	manboob	70	Season 19, Round One
176	TN25	9	Season 19, Round One
177	Willo_	46	Season 19, Round One
178	yyou	68	Season 19, Round One
179	akkaps	36	Season 20, Round One
180	Beng (now iBeng)	16	Season 20, Round One
181	KangaFan35	53	Season 20, Round One
182	Nakia (now Jhye Clark 13)	7	Season 20, Round One
183	Shiv	45	Season 20, Round One
184	BB 8 (now Knifey Spoony)	36	Season 21, Round One
185	gym4life	38	Season 21, Round One
186	jd2010	100	Season 21, Round One
187	Jordie_tackles	37	Season 21, Round One
188	mike123 (Bianconeri on SweetFA+)	36	Season 21, Round One
189	Stew42	27	Season 21, Round One
190	Papa Juggs	15	Season 21, Round Five
191	Quivorir	88	Season 21, Round Fifteen
192	Kangaroos4eva	17	Season 22, Round One
193	GWBogan	68	Season 22, Round One
194	Bet on Blue	17	Season 22, Round One
195	Patto4592	16	Season 22, Round Two
196	DemonTim	30	Season 22, Round Five
197	NickCC (now Wojcinski)	8	Season 22, Round Ten
198	miggs	53	Season 23, Round One
199	Nate7	17	Season 23, Round One
200	NSWCROW	281*	Season 23, Round One
201	pantskyle	16	Season 23, Round One
202	Phillyroo	17	Season 23, Round One
203	Thomas9 (now undefined)	7	Season 23, Round One
204	06Premiers	53	Season 23, Round Two
205	Jimmy_The_Gent	16	Season 23, Round Two
206	William Wonka	16	Season 23, Round Two
207	The City Boyz	36	Season 23, Round Three
208	gaskin	13	Season 23, Round Five
209	footy_fumbler (now fumbler)	10	Season 23, Round Eight
210	Wise Guy Sam	10	Season 23, Round Eight
211	dennis ClarkeM (now Halorad)	17	Season 24, Round One
212	Fryer Tuck	56	Season 24, Round One
213	Golumless	33	Season 24, Round One
214	Noobz0r	17	Season 24, Round One
215	sjohns12	33	Season 24, Round One
216	Uncle_Leo	49	Season 24, Round One
217	matty_boy08	11	Season 24, Round Seven
218	Dadadadaaaaaa	6	Season 24, Round Twelve
219	MattWriting	65	Season 24, Round Twelve
220	DERO	85	Season 25, Round One
221	HawkPatrol	16	Season 25, Round One
222	hot korma	22	Season 25, Round One
223	Jade	16	Season 25, Round One
224	jmoo wan	77	Season 25, Round One
225	scezza	16	Season 25, Round One
226	BLERN	19	Season 26, Round One
227	BRAB	48	Season 26, Round One
228	Jivlain	125	Season 26, Round One
229	neal09	1	Season 26, Round One
230	roo2macca (now Tubbs Farquhar)	53	Season 26, Round One
231	RU_	19	Season 26, Round One
232	The Bandwagon	11	Season 26, Round One
233	Morning_Fog	47	Season 26, Round Eight
234	Great8	11	Season 26, Round Eleven
235	Man0Gwar74	16	Season 26, Round Twelve
236	acuguy	18	Season 27, Round One
237	Orasia Fantazio (now Haychh)	12	Season 27, Round One
238	snozulu	34	Season 27, Round One
239	THE THIN MAN	5	Season 27, Round One
240	Vdubs	50	Season 27, Round One
241	haydo	48	Season 27, Round Two
242	Brick Loosener	218*	Season 27, Round Five
243	Huntercrow	16	Season 27, Round Five
244	Barrybran	180	Season 27, Round Nine
245	Ned Ryerson	55	Season 28, Round One
246	okeydoke7	53	Season 28, Round One
247	Rodney Dangerfield	140	Season 28, Round One
248	saintkildaman	101*	Season 28, Round One
249	Gratees	6	Season 28, Round Eleven
250	beez	208*	Season 29, Round One
251	BlueE	139	Season 29, Round One
252	GWS Goose	208*	Season 29, Round One
253	MatthewB	12	Season 29, Round One
254	TalkingFootyNow1223	53	Season 29, Round One
255	The Victorian	8	Season 29, Round One
256	bone2468	193*	Season 29, Round Nine
257	omgfridge	56	Season 30, Round One
258	Riviat	75	Season 30, Round One
259	Spuddd	45	Season 30, Round One
260	Tiger God (now Hydatina Physis)	122*	Season 30, Round One
261	Grimesy87	38	Season 31, Round One
262	wherearemykeys	29	Season 31, Round Five
263	Dory_77	153*	Season 32, Round One
264	DenieD	65*	Season 33, Round One
265	Aristotle Pickett	19	Season 33, Round One
266	Bulldogs85	4	Season 33, Round One
267	Cattothefuture	135*	Season 33, Round One
268	Dayts	4	Season 33, Round One
269	eDPS	31	Season 33, Round One
270	ossie_21	135*	Season 33, Round One
271	Supercheapgiants	116*	Season 33, Round One
272	Ned Flanders	18	Season 33, Round Two
273	Falconista	129*	Season 33, Round Six
274	Catsnlakers	15	Season 34, Round One
275	rye	91*	Season 34, Round One
276	Sky	15	Season 34, Round One
277	The Foolback	14	Season 34, Round One
278	AJMLaird (now Thailander)	34	Season 35, Round One
279	Aucklander	82*	Season 35, Round One
280	Mop	92*	Season 35, Round Nine
281	cats_09	84*	Season 36, Round One
282	HotPiesWithSauce	57*	Season 36, Round One
283	nobbyiscool	45*	Season 36, Round One
284	DinoSoar	51*	Season 37, Round Two
285	The_Wookie	33	Season 38, Round One
286	Cactus_	24*	Season 39, Round Ten
287	Matthew Jelley	16*	Season 40, Round One
288	Spooky17	16*	Season 40, Round One
289	weltschmerz	16*	Season 40, Round One

Names in bold represent currently listed players

List of Premiership Players

#	Player	Season(s)	Notes
2	St Fly	16, 36	S16 premiership captain
2	Jeremias	16, 36
1	peterss	16	S16 premiership captain
1	A Bit High	16
1	Barkly St End	16
1	BoshtrichBurger	16	S16 Deestroy Medallist
1	Bucketss	16
1	Claypigeon	16
1	covvy	16
1	Krazy Kris	16
1	krisholio14	16
1	mellowyellow	16
1	Mr Gor	16
1	Redemptionin09	16
1	Tayl0r	16
1	Teeth149	16
1	TheDoctor11	16
1	whoopsman	16
1	winty	16
1	wotdoiput	16
1	Falconista	36	S36 Premiership Captain
1	Aucklander	36
1	Barrybran	36
1	beez	36
1	BlueE	36
1	bone2468	36
1	cats_09	36
1	CatToTheFuture	36
1	Chat Pile	36
1	Dory_77	36
1	GWS Goose	36
1	HotPiesWithSauce	36
1	Mop	36
1	nobbyiscool	36	S36 Deestroy Medallist
1	NSWCROW	36
1	ossie_21	36
1	rye	36
1	saintkildaman	36

User names as shown on grand final team sheets.

Falconista · Dec 14, 2023

Mobbenfuhrer (Mobbs) Medal

S09: BlueFan04
S14: Claypigeon
S23: pantskyle
S29: Barrybran
S31: GWS Goose

Frankston Rover Award

S12: peterss
S31: Barrybran
S36: Falconista
S37: Falconista
S39: Falconista

beez Trophy

S31: Barrybran
S37: Falconista

AFLAndrews Award/Fred Medal

S05: RIZZO
S13: winty
S19: DREAM TEAM BUFF
S34: Barrybran

Deestroy Medal

S16: BostrichBurger
S36: nobbyiscool

EKA Medal

S19: Willo_

All SFA representatives by chronology

Season	Player/s (position)
4	Unwritten Law (INT).
5	Peelzy (CHB), RIZZO (FF) and Unwritten Law (INT).
6-8	No ALL SFA team announced.
9	Portentous (C) and Flawed Genius (INT).
10	peterss (INT).
11	Ghossein (FB) and peterss (RO).
12	StFly (FB) and peterss (HFF).
13	peterss (HBF), Claypigeon (FP) and StFly (RO).
14	Claypigeon (C) and StFly (INT).
15	Claypigeon (W) and StFly (CHB).
16	Tayl0r (CHB) and Mr Gor (C).
17	A Bit High (HFF) and Tayl0r (HBF).
18	A Bit High (HFF).
19	A Bit High (HBF) and Willo_ (INT).
20	A Bit High (W).
21	SM (FB) and BB 8 (HFF).
22	Nil selected.
23	Quivorir (FP) and pantskyle (RO).
24	Noobz0r (BP).
25	Nil selected.
26	Fryer Tuck (BP).
27	haydo (W).
28	Barrybran (FB and captain).
29	Barrybran (RR).
30	Rodney Dangerfield (FP).
31	Genghis Tron (HBF) and omgfridge (HBF).
32	Barrybran (HFF and captain) and omgfridge (HBF).
33	beez (HBF) and Brick Loosener (W).
34	Barrybran (FF).
35	beez (INT).
36	Nil selected.
37	Falconista (HBF).
38	Nil selected.
39	GWS Goose (RR)

All SFA representatives by number of appearances

#	Player	Season(s)
4	peterss	10, 11, 12, 13
4	StFly	12, 13, 14, 15
4	A Bit High	17, 18, 19, 20
4	Barrybran	28, 29, 32, 34
3	Claypigeon	13, 14, 15
2	Unwritten Law	4, 5
2	Tayl0r	16, 17
2	omgfridge	31, 32
2	beez	33, 35
1	peelzy	5
1	RIZZO	5
1	Flawed genius	9
1	Portentous	9
1	Ghossein	11
1	Mr Gor	16
1	Willo_	19
1	BB 8	21
1	SM	21
1	Quivorir	23
1	pantskyle	23
1	Noobz0r	24
1	Fryer Tuck	26
1	haydo	27
1	Rodney Dangerfield	30
1	Genghis Tron	31
1	Brick Loosener	33
1	Falconista	37
1	GWS Goose	39

Falconista · Dec 14, 2023

CAPTAINS BY CHRONOLOGY:

Seasons 4-6	Catman
Season 7	cats2rise handed over to Metallica_Man and carn_the_cattas
Season 8	Metallica_Man handed over to krisholio14
Season 9	krisholio14 handed over to Ninty
Season 10	Ninty
Season 11	Ninty handed over to peterss
Seasons 12-13	peterss
Seasons 14-16	peterss and StFly
Season 17	peterss and A Bit High
Seasons 18-19	A Bit High
Seasons 20-21	Hatchy1992 and SM
Season 22	Quivorir
Season 23	Quivorir and Willo_
Season 24	Noobz0r and Golumless
Season 25	Golumless
Season 26	Fryer Tuck
Season 27	Fryer Tuck and BRAB
Seasons 28-29	Barrybran and haydo
Seasons 30-32	Barrybran
Seasons 33-34	DenieD
Season 35	DenieD and Falconista
Season 36- ?	Falconista

CAPTAINS BY LENGTH OF TENURE:

7 seasons	peterss
6 seasons	Falconista (incumbent)
5 seasons	Barrybran
3 seasons	Catman, StFly, A Bit High, DenieD
2 seasons	Metallica_Man, Krisholio14, Ninty, Hatchy1992, SM, Quivorir, Golumless, haydo, Fryer Tuck
1 season	cats2rise, carn_the_cattas, Willo_, Noobz0r, BRAB

^Rounded up to whole seasons.

Falconista · Dec 14, 2023

OVERALL WIN-LOSS RECORD:

Season 4 to present

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	638	326	304	8
FINALS	48	17	31	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	686	343	335	8

RECORD BY OPPOSITION:

AFL All-Stars (Seasons 7 and 9)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	4	1	2	1
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	4	1	2	1

Blues Brothers (Season 4)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	2	2	0	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	2	2	0	0

Baghdad Bombers (Season 4 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	64	37	26	1
FINALS	5	2	3	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	69	39	29	1

Coney Island Warriors (Season 18 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	31	19	11	1
FINALS	1	0	1	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	32	19	12	1

Dragons (Seasons 5-7)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	6	3	3	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	6	3	3	0

Dragons FFC (Seasons 8 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	55	28	27	0
FINALS	3	0	3	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	58	28	30	0

East Side Hawks (Season 6 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	58	24	33	1
FINALS	4	3	1	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	62	27	34	1

Fighting Furies (Season 4 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	69	31	38	0
FINALS	7	1	6	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	76	32	44	0

Fremantle Dockers (Seasons 4-5)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	4	3	1	0
FINALS	1	1	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	5	4	1	0

Gold City Royals (Season 16 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	40	21	17	2
FINALS	1	1	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	41	22	17	2

Junkyard Dogs (Season 4)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	2	0	2	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	2	0	2	0

Koalas (Season 6)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	2	1	1	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	2	1	1	0

Las Vegas Bears (Seasons 5-7 and 18 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	39	21	18	0
FINALS	4	2	2	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	43	23	20	0

Mod Squad (Seasons 9-10)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	5	3	2	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	5	3	2	0

Mount Buller Demons (Season 4 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	65	36	28	1
FINALS	5	2	3	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	70	38	31	1

Ophidian Old Boys (Seasons 34 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	9	2	7	0
FINALS	2	2	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	11	4	7	0

Razors (Seasons 4-5)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	4	1	3	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	4	1	3	0

Roys FFC (Seasons 4-8 and 11 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	59	30	29	0
FINALS	5	1	4	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	64	31	33	0

Sin City Swamprats (Seasons 4-7, 9 and 16 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	43	27	15	1
FINALS	5	2	3	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	48	29	18	1

Southern Sharks (Season 7)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	2	1	1	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	2	1	1	0

Titans FC (Seasons 4-6)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	6	3	3	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	6	3	3	0

West Coast Magic (Season 4)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	2	1	1	0
FINALS	0	0	0	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	2	1	1	0

West Coast Wonders (Season 4 to present)

	P	W	L	D
HOME & AWAY	67	31	36	0
FINALS	5	0	5	0
	P	W	L	D
OVERALL	72	31	41	0

Correct as at end of season 40.

Falconista · Dec 17, 2023

MATCH SUMMARIES OF OUR GRAND FINALS:

SEASON 11
Writeup by Barrybran.

B: Scared_Scotland - Ghossein - Double07
HB: Bartel - Ninty - Marklar_33
C: WaLkEr_ThE_StAr - RoJo_Junior - Buckets007
HF: One Eyed Sainter 66 - ShaunDuggan - krisholio14*
F: swannies - winty - Stokes-Selwood-Prismall
R: RangaInTeal - Perth Swans - peterss

I/C: lewigie - 2121

The Gumbies made their first Grand Final in their eighth season, against the neighbouring Furies. peterss led a team that included most of the Gumbies’ Hall of Famers with winty lining up at full forward, Buckets007 on a wing and krisholio14 on a half forward flank.

The first quarter was a reasonably tight affair with the Furies edging narrowly in front. Two early goals in the second quarter stretched the lead to 21 points and momentum was with the Furies. The Gumbies managed to hang on, going goal for goal and closing the half down by only seven points.

Both teams kept going goal for goal in the third term, piling on four each, and the Furies took a slender four-point lead into the final change. peterss gave the Gumbies a pump at at three-quarter time, sniffing an opportunity to win the club’s first flag.

The Gumbies kicked the first goal of the final term through ruckman, RangaInTeal, to take the lead for the first time in the game. That lead lasted only minutes as the Furies piled on four goals in five minutes to take the wind out of the Gumbies’ sails. The damage was done and when the final siren rang, the Furies ran out 18-point winners.

peterss (27 disposals, 9 tackles) and Perth Swan (25 disposals, 12 tackles) led a tag team for the Gumbies while winty kicked four goals.

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SIREN SOUNDS FOR THE END OF QUARTER 4
Geelong Gumbies : 14.11.95
Fighting Furies : 17.13.115
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SEASON 16
Writeup by Barrybran.

Backline: Covvy - Barkly St End - Teeth149
Half Back: krisholio14 - Tayl0r - mellowyellow
Centre: Claypigeon - Mr Gor - A Bit High
Half Forward: wotdoiput - Bucketss - Jeremias
Forward: TheDoctor11 - StFly - winty

Rover: BoshtrichBurger - peterss - whoopsman

Interchange: Krazy Kris - Redemptionin09

peterss was at the helm again when the Gumbies returned to the final week of the season, alongside co-captain and current Gumby, StFly. The Gumbies won the wooden spoon in season 15 so a Grand Final appearance came as a surprise to many. Another current Gumby, Jeremias, featured alongside the likes of krisholio14, Bucketss and winty, who had played in the season 11 decider.

The Gumbies got on the board early through StFly and winty but the Furies struggled to score, kicking only behinds until their first goal midway through the first quarter. Inaccuracy cost the Gumbies an opportunity for early momentum, kicking 3.7 for the quarter and taking only a ten-point lead into the first change.

An early goal to the Furies in the second quarter was countered by three goals in three minutes to the Gumbies before the Furies kicked three of their own. The Gumbies tried kicking away again but the Furies fought back, taking the lead with a goal on the half time siren.

The Gumbies put pressure on the Furies in the third quarter but inaccuracy cost them again, kick five straight behinds before a peterss goal put them back in front. The Furies levelled and then kicked ahead but the Gumbies took back the lead and went into the final quarter with a 7-point lead.

Both teams peppered the scoreboard early in the final quarter but neither team could wrestle the match away. Both teams ticked over 100 points but the arm wrestle continued as neither team would score for another 7 minutes, when Mr Gor kicked a goal with five minutes to play to give the Gumbies a 7-point lead.

The Furies weren’t done though. 90 seconds later, rfctigerarmy kicked a goal and had closed the deficit to one point with just three minutes remaining for the season.

That would prove to be enough as the Gumbies held on to win by one point and claim their first Sweet FA premiership. Last to first was complete.

Mr Gor was best on ground for the Gumbies with 31 disposals and 7 marks. Teeth149 and peterss were also strong, racking up 27 disposals each. And winty kicked four goals once again. Jeremias would probably want to forget kicking five behinds though.

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SIREN SOUNDS FOR THE END OF QUARTER 4
Fighting Furies : 17.10.112
Geelong Gumbies : 16.17.113
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SEASON 21
Writeup by Barrybran.

FB: swannies - KangaFan35 - Cooksen
HB: gym4life - krisholio14 - Jordie_tackles
C: stew42 - Hatchy1992 - akkaps
HF: DREAM TEAM BUFF - jd2010 - Quivorir
FF: manboob - Papa Juggs - yyou

Foll: BB 8 - SM - mike123
Int: Shiv - Jeremias

The club returned to the big dance for the third time in 11 seasons, this time as the Geelong Wolves. krisholio14 would line up for his third Grand Final for the club while Jeremias would line up for his second. The Wolves would take on the West Coast Wonders, featuring a lineup including Marklar_33, who played for the Gumbies’ losing season 11 side, and future Gumbies/Wolves captains, Golumless and haydo.

A slower start to the club’s two previous Grand Finals, the Wolves kicked two early goals while the Wonders struggled to score but a 90-second burst midway through the quarter put the Wonders in front. The rest of the quarter ebbed and flowed but both teams kicked five goals and the Wonders took a 4-point lead into quarter time.

Two early goals in the second quarter were countered by the Wonders then another two goals were countered again. The Wolves’ third attempt to kick away was more successful, kicking three unanswered goals and taking a 14-point lead into the main break.

A shootout ensued early in the third team with both teams going goal for goal before a three-goal burst by the Wonders put them back in front, a five goal to two run in just seven minutes of play. Both teams went toe-to-toe for the rest of the quarter, each ticking over 100 points and ending the term tied on 104 with a quarter to play.

Both teams continued to exchange goals for first 20 minutes of the final term before the Wonders gained the upper hand, stretching the lead to 13 points with five minutes to play. The Wonders grew confident, kicking another goal a minute later to seal their club’s fifth premiership with a 19-point win.

Jeremias redeemed his season 16 performance with 21 disposals and 12 tackles, Hatchy1992 was important as well with 28 disposals and six marks, and manboob and yyou each kicked five goals for the Wolves.

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SIREN SOUNDS FOR THE END OF QUARTER 4
Geelong Wolves : 19.10.124
West Coast Wonders : 22.11.143
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SEASON 36
Writeup by Falconista.

B: saintkildaman / Aucklander / bone2468
HB: ossie_21 / Falconista / BlueE
C: Dory_77 / Barrybran / beez
HF: HotPiesWithSauce / Chat Pile / StFly
F: rye / Mop / Jeremias
FOLL: cats_09 / GWS Goose / nobbyiscool
INT: NSWCROW / CatToTheFuture

After a very long wait, the Gumbies proved their minor premiership was no fluke, cruising to two comfortable wins in the qualifying and preliminary final. Their opponents, the Las Vegas Bears, have a near-identical narrative by cruising through their two finals after finishing second. Both teams were breaking significant premiership and grand final droughts with each in grand final number four and seeking premiership number two.

The game did not begin well for the Gumbies, with the Bears racing out to a 2.3 (15) to nothing lead half way through the opening quarter. A lack of grand final experience amongst the playing group was certainly showing with just five players playing on the big day before- StFly and Jeremias for the Gumbies along with Mop (Wonders), beez (Bombers) and saintkildaman (Bombers).

Gradually, the Gumbies moved the ball forward and recorded two behinds before rookie cats_09 kicked our opening goal in the 19th minute. From there, it was all Gumbies with beez scoring a goal just before the opening bell, to astoundingly give us a one point quarter time lead.

The second quarter began with more of the same and we had opened up a twenty point lead just 5 minutes into the quarter. Then, just as suddenly, the Bears awoke and in just 7 minutes, scores were level. A ten minute arm wrestle ensued with neither side registering a score for almost ten minutes captivating a full house at SFA Park. Two quick Mop goals saw the Gumbies enter half time fourteen points in front.

The third quarter began sloppily with the Gumbies adding three behinds and the Bears not registering a score. Jeremias broke the deadlock at the 11 minute mark before the Bears immediately responded. That was their last score for the quarter as we flexed our muscle kicking three further goals and taking control in the midfield.

Two goals in the opening two minutes of the last quarter extended the lead to 47 and if the horrors of the season 34 finals series weren't fresh in our minds, we'd be soaking up a likely premiership. As it happened, there was no need to fear as the Bears were denied consecutive goals and a huge 54 point win resulted (the third largest grand final margin to date).

beez and nobbyiscool were dominant in the midfield. The former had 30 disposals and the latter, 23 with 9 tackles. The Deestroy judges rated the tackles more highly, with nobbyiscool taking home the medal for best on ground as the exclamation point on an impressive debut season.

FAST FACT: ruck-rover extraordinaire, GWS Goose, was given just 10% game time by the sim/coach Qraig Bellamy.
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SIREN SOUNDS FOR THE END OF QUARTER 4
GUMBIES FFC : 16.12.108
LAS VEGAS BEARS : 8.6.54
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Falconista · Dec 18, 2023

SEASON BY SEASON RECORD

.................HOME & AWAY .............................FINALS...............................OVERALL...................................................

Season	P	W	L	D	Rank	P	W	L	D	Finish	P	W	L	D	For	Ast	%
4	24	9	15	0	11/13	0	0	0	0	Eleventh	24	9	15	0	2133	2427	87.89%
5	22	14	8	0	2/12	2	1	1	0	PF	24	15	9	0	2610	2310	112.99%
6	22	9	13	0	11/12	0	0	0	0	Eleventh	22	9	13	0	2170	2280	95.18%
7	22	12	10	0	6/12	1	0	1	0	EF	23	12	11	0	1888	1924	98.13%
8	21	12	8	1	3/8	3	1	2	0	PF	24	13	10	1	2424	2335	103.81%
9	18	9	8	1	4/10	1	0	1	0	EF	19	9	9	1	1780	1700	104.71%
10	21	8	13	0	7/8	0	0	0	0	Seventh	21	8	13	0	1866	2069	90.19%
11	21	14	7	0	1/8	2	1	1	0	GF	23	15	8	0	2280	2021	112.82%
12	14	8	6	0	2/8	2	0	2	0	PF	16	8	8	0	1333	1366	97.58%
13	17	9	8	0	5/8	0	0	0	0	Fifth	17	9	8	0	1631	1608	101.43%
14	17	8	9	0	5/8	0	0	0	0	Fifth	17	8	9	0	1473	1593	92.47%
15	17	4	13	0	8/8	0	0	0	0	Last	17	4	13	0	1334	1641	81.29%
16	18	12	6	0	2/10	4	3	1	0	Premiers	22	15	7	0	2182	2127	102.59%
17	18	11	7	0	3/10	1	0	1	0	EF	19	11	8	0	1893	1820	104.01%
18	17	12	5	0	1/12	2	0	2	0	SF	19	12	7	0	2006	1895	105.86%
19	15	6	9	0	10/12	0	0	0	0	Tenth	15	6	9	0	1383	1534	90.16%
20	16	6	10	0	8/12	1	0	1	0	EF	17	6	11	0	1717	1817	94.50%
21	16	12	4	0	1/12	3	2	1	0	GF	19	14	5	0	2086	1810	115.25%
22	17	5	12	0	12/12	0	0	0	0	Last	17	5	12	0	1740	1915	90.86%
23	17	7	10	0	9/12	0	0	0	0	Ninth	17	7	10	0	1664	1681	98.99%
24	16	7	8	1	8/12	1	0	1	0	EF	17	7	9	1	1550	1574	98.48%
25	16	3	11	2	12/12	0	0	0	0	Last	16	3	11	2	1580	1662	95.07%
26	17	12	5	0	2/12	2	0	2	0	SF	19	12	7	0	1917	1888	101.54%
27	16	10	6	0	3/12	2	0	2	0	SF	18	10	8	0	1776	1876	94.67%
28	16	7	9	0	9/12	0	0	0	0	Ninth	16	7	9	0	1628	1532	106.27%
29	17	4	12	1	12/12	0	0	0	0	Last	17	4	12	1	1513	1669	90.65%
30	16	9	7	0	5/12	3	2	1	0	PF	19	11	8	0	1890	1878	100.64%
31	17	11	5	1	1/12	2	0	2	0	SF	19	11	7	1	1848	1839	100.49%
32	16	7	9	0	7/12	2	1	1	0	SF	18	8	10	0	1794	1834	97.82%
33	17	11	6	0	2/12	2	0	2	0	SF	19	11	8	0	1917	1706	112.37%
34	12	7	5	0	3/13	3	1	2	0	PF	15	8	7	0	1509	1365	110.55%
35	16	8	8	0	8/13	1	0	1	0	EF	17	8	9	0	1681	1742	96.50%
36	14	9	5	0	1/13	3	3	0	0	Premiers	17	12	5	0	1677	1590	105.47%
37	16	7	8	1	7/13	1	0	1	0	EF	17	7	9	1	1720	1783	96.47%
38	16	9	7	0	5/13	2	1	1	0	SF	18	10	8	0	1694	1748	96.91%
39	16	7	9	0	12/13	0	0	0	0	Twelfth	16	7	9	0	1513	1921	78.76%
40	14	11	3	0	2/13	2	1	1	0	PF	16	12	4	0	1775	1580	112.34%

Falconista · Dec 18, 2023

CLUB LOGOS (where known):

Seasons 4-11:
Logo(s) unknown.

Seasons 12-13 (Geelong Gumbies):

Seasons 14-18 (Geelong Gumbies):

Seasons 19-23 (Geelong Wolves):

Seasons 24-27 (Gumbies FFC):

Season 28 (Gumbies FFC):

Seasons 29-30 (Gumbies FFC):

Season 31- Early Season 38 (Gumbies FFC):

Early Season 38- Season 39 (Gumbies FFC):

Season 40 (Gumbies FFC):

Falconista · Dec 18, 2023

CLUB UNIFORMS:

Seasons 4-8 (Geelong Gumbies):


Home	Away

Seasons 9-13 (Geelong Gumbies):


Home	Away

Seasons 14-18 (Geelong Gumbies):

Seasons 19-23 (Geelong Wolves):


Home	Away

Seasons 24-25 (Gumbies FFC):

Seasons 26-27 (Gumbies FFC):

	Listed as 'coming soon'. Spoiler- sadly, it never did.
Home Designed by BLERN	Away

Seasons 28-29 (Gumbies FFC):

Designed by Barrybran.

Season 30 (Gumbies FFC):

Heritage

Designed by Barrybran.

Seasons 31-32 (Gumbies FFC):

Designed by Barrybran.

Seasons 33-current (Gumbies FFC):

Possibly season 32 as well- TBC with Barrybran.
Home, Away, Clash Designed by Barrybran	Season 35 Heritage Round Designed by TheInjuryFactory	Season 36-40 Heritage Round Designed by TheInjuryFactory

Miscellaneous:

Season 16 Premiers Jumper

Thanks to The Half Back for their assistance in providing the guernsey details for the club's early years.

Falconista · Dec 31, 2023

CLUB SUMMARY

Founded: Season 3 off-season by Catman.
Commenced: Season 4
Colours: Variations of blue and white.
Home Ground: House of Gumby
Former Home Grounds: Stadium Gumbania, The Lair
Premierships: Two- seasons 16 and 36.

CLUB HISTORY
Sources and Authors: Seasons 1-16 history taken from the Wiki page, S33-35 by DenieD and Falconista, S36-present by Falconista.

The Gumbies FFC were created in Season 04 under the moniker of "Gumbies" through the application to then administrator EaglesKickAss and remains the 5th oldest club in the league. Under inaugural captain Catman during an expansion and consolidation of the league which saw 2 licenses revoked, and five given to interested parties. Since their addition to the league, the Gumbies have forged a strong identity. Despite an envied top end of talent, the Gumbies continue to struggle to retain players of a good standard which often leaves them always on the cusp of promise.

Geelong Gumbies' first game was in Season 2 Round 2 August 2 2004 versus Blues Brothers, which they won 17.11 (113) to 17.8 (110).

The inaugural side was:

B: catattack - Akalon - Murph
HB: Mr X - peelzy - you_idiot
C: GeeCat - phatandphreaky - SammyD
HF: Jim Boy - Catman - Benny's Buddy
F: ScouseCat - Rizzo - JUBJUB
Ruck: Unwritten_Law - Shaitan - mung
Inter: Bobby Giovanni - nananana catman

Emerg: catalyst - LeBron James - Catters - bugeyz - skywalk750

S04 to S06 - The Early Years
After been born into the Sweet FA the Geelong Gumbies had a few lean years while they watched their other newly formed brethren in the Bombers and the Swamprats tasted early positive results. Despite this The Gumbies had a period of stability under the guidance of inaugural captain Catman which lasted three years from Season 04 to Season 06.

S07 to S10 - The Promising Start
In a promising start to Season 07 the Geelong Gumbies made the pre-season grand final in Season 07 and were triumphant over the Alberton Swamprats.

S07 Pre-Season Grand Final: Geelong Gumbies 11.9.75 def Alberton Swamprats 10.9.69

This was a promising start to what was once again a frustrating period at the clubs. During the period from Season 07 through to Season 09 The Gumbies had six different captains in three years.

Ninty to Winty: In Season 10 the Gumbies would once again settle into some stability under new captain Ninty famously known for the Ninty2Winty (CHF to FF) set up.

S11 and S12 - The High before the Low
A strong season, where The Gumbies finished Minor Premiers, would see them meet the Fighting Furies in the Season 11 Grand Final. The Furies were looking to make it back-to-back premierships after winning in Season 10 and they succeeded with The Gumbies going down by 20pts.

Fighting Furies 17.13.115 def Geelong Gumbies 14.11.95

Despite being Minor Premiers there was little shame in losing against a team that were in the middle of a Furious Dynasty that had them win three premierships in four years (S08, S10 & S11).

Season 11 would also see captain Ninty hand over the reigns to Peterss after 2 strong years as captain. This was possibly a sign of things to come as the activity of The Gumbies would steadily drop away from this season to Season 12.

S13 and S14 - Rebirth of The Gumbies
After a disappointing Season 13 both on and off the field, The Gumbies decided to build on some solid recruiting by starting a serious rebuild of the club. These recruits would include StFly (S12), Claypigeon (S13) and Lion Cub 16 (S13) who would eventually form the leadership group in the following seasons.

Through out Season 14 the team would cop the tag of inactivity despite showing marked improvement on the previous season. The Gumbies would cop this on the chin though and use it as motivation to continue the rebuild they had already embarked on.

S15 - The Beginning
During the Off-Season leading up to Season 15 the team would continue this recruitment which would see it turn over nearly half of it's list. Other clubs have done similarly but a minor point of difference is that most of The Gumbies recruits have come from outside the league, a nod to the leadership's ability to attract new players to the club.

During Season 15 Pre-Season, The Gumbies would blood much of their youth dropping the Ninty2Winty to the bench and pushing new players into core roles on the field to encourage them, reward activity and create a hunger in the group. The karma-like reward for this would see the Gumbies make the Grand Final of this competition.

Unfortunately it didn't translate to the Premiership season as the Gumbies found their way to their first wooden spoon in the club's history.

S16 - From Worst to First
After claiming the wooden spoon the previous year, spirits remained high at the beginning of Season 16 as they all concluded that they could only move up. The team quickly adopted the message "Year of the Clay" and it could be seen chanted through every match thread, against every opponent.

This upbeat tempo proved successful as the Gumbies finished 2nd on the ladder after the Home & Away season in a stunning turnaround of form. The Gumbies weren't content with that though as the marched onwards with the sole aim of claiming their maiden Premiership.

First Qualifying Final V East Side Hawks
Their first game of the SFA Finals Series would be on the road against the East Side Hawks. The Hawks would lead at every change but the Gumbies slowly closed the gap and took the lead in the last quarter, only to have PooMonkey equalise for the Hawks. At the 12 minute mark, Matt121 missed from point blank range to give the Hawks a 1 point lead in a low scoring quarter. But as the clock ticked over to 13 minutes, the floodgates opened for the boys in blue with goals to Krazy Kris, BoshtrichBurger, Redemptionin09 & Teeth149 as the Gumbies ran out 23 point winners.

Second Semi Final V Fighting Furies
Next up were the Fighting Furies in front of a sell-out crowd at the House of Gumby. There wasn't much to write home about though as the Gumbies got demolished by a clean, technically sound Furies outfit who shot out of the gates, never to be seen again as the yellow and black won by a very convincing 70 points.

Preliminary Final V East Side Hawks
Due to the unique nature of the SFA Finals Series that year, the Gumbies moved on the Preliminary Final against the Hawks yet again who had already lost twice that series. The House of Gumby was sold out again although it was slightly easier to spot opposition supporters this time but for the fans that showed up, they were not disappointed. In a complete reversal from the week before, the Gumbies were handing out the punishment as the Hawks went down by 63 points. This set up a clash yet again with the Fighting Furies and would be a rematch of the Gumbies only other Grand Final appearance back in S11.

Grand Final V Fighting Furies
Gumbymania had exploded as hundreds of thousands of fans made the trek to Boncer's Castle for the S16 Grand Final. Little did anyone know, just how historic this game would become. The Gumbies lead at every change albeit by 10 or less points. Their inaccurate kicking kept the Furies in with a chance all day and they looked to strike as fightingfury_88 put the Furies ahead 100-99 early in the last quarter. After a miss by wotdoiput, Filthy Sanchez slotted a goal from point blank to give the yellow and black a 6 point lead at the 12 minute mark.

With Jeremias 5th behind for the day, Gumbies fans couldn't bare to see another loss eventuate to the Furies. The cool head of winty shone through as he kicked his 4th for the day and put the Gumbies ahead by 1 with 10 minutes remaining. It was at the 20th minute when the Gumbies began to dream as the standout Best and Fairest for the Gumbies all season, Mr Gor, kicked home a marvellous goal that put the Gumbies up by 7 and looked to seal the fate of the Furies.

The Furies wouldn't be discouraged though as they took just 90 seconds to bring the margin back to just 1 point. The last 3 minutes would be a vicious tussle for possession as the Gumbies ran the clock out to hold on by 1 point in what many are calling the best Grand Final in the history of the Sweet F.A.

BoshtrichBurger would cap it off by winning the Deestroy Medal.

S17-18 - A changing of the guard

S19-23 - The Wolves

Season 21 Grand Final

S24-27 - So many struggles

S28-33 - The Barrybran Build

Season 28:
INS: Ned Ryerson (rookie), okeydoke7 (Wonders), Rodney Dangerfield (Royals), saintkildaman (returning), Gratees (Free Agent).
OUTS: acuguy (delisted), Great8 (delisted), Man0gwaR74 (permabanned), THE THIN MAN (delisted), Uncle_Leo (Bears).

Season 29: TBD
INS:
OUTS:

Season 30:
INS: cats2rise (Demons), Tiger God (Bears), omgfridge (rookie), Riviat (Bombers), Spuddd (returning).
OUTS: Dero (Demons), jmoo wan (Demons), haydo (Wonders), Jack The Godfather (Wonders), Fryer Tuck (delisted), Morning_Fog (retired).

Season 31:
INS: Grimesy87 (rookie), EagleOz (returning), wherearemykeys (rookie).
OUTS: cats2rise (Roys FFC), The Victorian (delisted), 2121 (delisted), MatthewB (delisted), Vdubs (delisted).

Season 32:
INS: Dory_77 (rookie), miggs (returning).
OUTS: okeydoke7 (delisted), Taylor (retired).

S33-35 - The baton passes to DenieD, then Falconista

Season 33: TBD
INS: DenieD (Coney Island Warriors), Aristotle Pickett (Roys FFC), Ned_Flanders (Fighting Furies), eDPS (Returning), CatToTheFuture (Rookie), Dayts (Rookie), Supercheapgiants (Rookie), Bulldogs85 (Rookie), ossie_21 (Rookie), Falconista (Rookie).
OUTS: omgfridge (Gold City Royals), Party Gull (Las Vegas Bears), TalkingFootyNow1223 (delisted), wherearemykeys (delisted), Jivlain (retired), peterss (delisted), Bulldogs85 (delisted).

Season 34: TBD
INS:
OUTS:

Season 35:
INS: Aucklander (rookie), AJMLaird (rookie), Mop (returning) and Jeremias (returning).
OUTS: Catsnlakers (East Side Phoenix), Sky (permabanned) and Grimesy87 (delisted, as no longer Bigfooty account holder).

Season 35 saw Falconista join DenieD as co-captain..

S36 - The drought breaks!
INS: Chat Pile (returning), nobbyiscool (rookie), cats_09 (rookie) and HotPiesWithSauce (rookie).
OUTS: DenieD (retired), Supercheapgiants (retired), The Foolback (delisted), Rodney Dangerfield (Sin City Swamprats) and Brick Loosener (Fighting Furies).

A flurry of change hit the Gumbies to start season 36. Former captain DenieD retired meaning Falconista took on sole captaincy, long-time players Rodney Dangerfield and Brick Loosener headed to other clubs and a member of the class of '33 Supercheapgiants retired.

MORE TO ADD HERE

The finals:
For the first time in club history, the Gumbies went through a finals series undefeated.

Qualifying Final: Gumbies FFC 18.9 (117) defeat Sin City Swamprats 13.5 (83)
Preliminary Final: Gumbies FFC 21.8 (134) defeat Baghdad Bombers 13.7 (85)
Grand Final: Gumbies FFC 16.12 (108) defeat Las Vegas Bears 8.6 (54)

S37-present: An outbreak of incrementalism.
A period of rare stability followed the premiership triumph. The Gumbies mostly avoided losing key posters and continued the program of recruiting rookies, while on-field, finals appearances remained a regular occurrence.

Season 37:
INS: DinoSoar (rookie), Brick Loosener (returning) and Supercheapgiants (returning).
OUTS: nobbyiscool (delisted, as no longer Bigfooty account holder), miggs (deceased).

Season 38:
INS: The_Wookie (rookie).
OUTS: Barrybran (Coney Island Warriors), Chat Pile (delisted, as no longer Bigfooty account holder) and BlueE (retired).

The Gumbies suffered a huge blow in thje offseason as they bid farewell to club great Barrybran, leading the club to pivot further to newer leaders cats_09 and Falconista. It didn't knock the club off its axis though as the season began with three wins and ended after a ninth consecutive finals campaign.

Season 39:
INS: UncleImpairedRetina (returning), nobbyiscool (returning), Cactus_ (returning) and Bartel (returning).
OUTS: Ned Ryerson (retired).

On-field, this is one of the most perplexing seasons in the history of the league. The Gumbies winning a respectable 7 of 16 matches, yet finishing with the dismal percentage of just 78.76 (fifth worst in league history and worst by a non-wooden spooner). One positive though was after a nearly 200-game career of class, GWS Goose was finally awarded an All-SFA berth. Posting also looked up with the return of three former Gumbies and the boon-recruitment of the highly-regarded Cactus_.

Season 40:
INS: Spooky17 (rookie), Matthew Jelley (rookie), weltschmerz (returning) and DenieD (returning).
OUTS: eDPS (delisted).

TO ADD FOLLOWING CONCLUSION OF SEASON

Falconista · Dec 9, 2024

Correct to conclusion of season 40.
Names in yellow represent a currently listed Gumbies player.

TheInjuryFactory · Dec 9, 2024

Lovely work Falconista. Love a good club history thread.

Headless · Dec 9, 2024

Falconista said:
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Correct to conclusion of season 38.
Names in yellow represent a currently listed Gumbies player.

Some great names in there.

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