Football

  • Lions pulled pin three days before season opener

    There were only three days until the first round of the 1986 Colac district football season when Forrest went into recess for the first time.

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  • 1980: Colac-Coragulac’s historic first victory

    The Tigers roared, whimpered, then roared again in racing to a history-making win in their first ever Hampden Football League match.

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  • 2004: Blues legend notches up 500 games

    Winchelsea footballer Trevor Wilson capped off a career that spanned more than 35 years when he played his 500th game for the Blues.

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  • Saints coach urges league to ‘try anything’

    Birregurra coach Ricky O’Toole says he hopes league officials consider all options when football restarts, even playing finals as late as November.

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  • Mates still keen for footy reunion

    Colac football product Matt Jackson had every reason to think 2020 might just be one of his best years yet.

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  • Coaching export learnt from first AFLW season

    Colac export Jason Armistead says his first season in the AFLW system was an interesting one.

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  • Rising star joins Demons, returns to soccer

    One of the Colac district’s emerging football stars is preparing to juggle life at a new club with a return to soccer.

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  • Saints end rumours about defender’s return

    Birregurra football officials have quashed speculation that a premiership star is making a return to the club, while a gun recruit has arrived this week.

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