Melbourne Thistle FC

Melbourne Thistle
Full name	Melbourne Thistle Football Club
Founded	1912
Dissolved	1935
Ground	Middle Park (presumed)

The Melbourne Thistle Football Club was an Australian Anglo-Celtic backed association football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, presumably in the suburb of Albert Park.[1] The club was founded in 1912[2] and spent most of its existence in the first division league of the Victorian soccer system.[3][4] The club won seven titles within the state's tier one and tier two leagues, including the Dockerty Cup three times.[5][6][7]

Off the field, little is known about the club itself other than a handful of recorded home games were played at the former Middle Park ground in the neighboring suburb of Albert Park.[8][9] The club was dissolved after resigning from the Victorian First Division mid-season in July 1935.[10]

Honours

League

First Division
- Premiers (4): 1914, 1915, 1920 (Section B), 1925

Cup

Dockerty Cup
- Winners (3): 1914, 1915, 1925
- Runners-up (1): 1932

Doubles

First Division and Dockerty Cup: 3
- 1914, 1915, 1925

References

"Soccer". emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"BRITISH ASSOCIATION". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
"Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Mulgrave". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"Melbourne Thistle Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"Dockerty Cup Winners & Runners-Up". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"Australia - List of Regional Cup Winners". rsssf.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"Victoria Division One Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
"1934 Dockerty Cup - Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
"The Story of Football in Victoria - Roy Hay & Ian Syson.pdf - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"HAKOAH-CALEDONIANS MATCH MAY DECIDE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 July 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.

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[eMelbourne-1] "Soccer". emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[FOUNDED-2] "BRITISH ASSOCIATION". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.

[ozfootball-3] "Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Mulgrave". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[ozfootball2-4] "Melbourne Thistle Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[ozfootball5-5] "Dockerty Cup Winners & Runners-Up". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[rsssf-6] "Australia - List of Regional Cup Winners". rsssf.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[socceraust-7] "Victoria Division One Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[ozfootball3-8] "1934 Dockerty Cup - Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[google-9] "The Story of Football in Victoria - Roy Hay & Ian Syson.pdf - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[DISSOLVED-10] "HAKOAH-CALEDONIANS MATCH MAY DECIDE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 19 July 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.