Old Haileybury Football Club
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Women's: Hearts
VAFAW: 9th
| Old Haileyburians | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Old Haileybury Amateur Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Men's: Bloods Women's: Hearts | |
| 2025 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | VAFA: 5th VAFAW: 9th | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1961 | |
| Colours | Magenta Black | |
| Competition | VAFA: Premier VAFAW: Division 1 | |
| Coach | VAFA: Daniel Ward VAFAW: Sean Brady | |
| Premierships | VAFA (9) VAFAW (1)
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| Ground | Princes Park | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | oldhaileyburyafc.com.au | |
The Old Haileybury Football Club (also known as Old Haileyburians), nicknamed the Bloods, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South.[1][2] The club was originally associated with Haileybury College and remains sponsored by the school.[3][4]
Since its founding in 1961, Old Haileybury have won ten Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) senior premierships, including the A-Grade premiership in 2006.[5]
As of 2025, the club's men's team competes in the Premier Division of the VAFA, while the women's team is in Division 1 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW).[6]
Origins
The original Old Haileybury Football Club was formed in 1925 and joined the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA, now VAFA).[7] However, because of poor performance, it entered a merger with Old Trinity to form the Old Haileybury-Trinity Football Club in 1928.[8] By 1934, Old Haileybury-Trinity had dissolved after only a single finals appearance shared between the merged team and its preceding clubs.[3]
Modern club
The current incarnation of the Old Haileybury Football Club entered the VAFA's E Section (now known as Division 2) in 1961.[9] The club played their first match its former partners Old Trinity, winning by 50 points.[9] Success came early, with Old Haileybury promoted to D Section in 1962 and winning the premiership in that grade in 1963.[9]
Old Haileybury maintained a position of success in D Section but struggled in the C Section, making it a yo-yo club for the remainder of the 1960s.[9] In 1969, the Bloods secured another D Section premiership, which saw it solidify a position C Section club for the next two decades, achieving promotion to B Section only once in this time.[9]
In 1989, the Bloods won its first C Section premiership, going on to win back-to-back grand finals with a B Section premiership in 1990.[9] Further success came in 1995 with another B Section premiership, before the club won its first A Section premiership in 2006 against Old Xaverians.[10]
Old Haileybury entered the inaugural season of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition in 2017, with the team nicknamed the Hearts.[11]