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| Full name | Williamstown Seagulls Football Club |
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| Nickname | Seagulls |
| Strip | Blue guernsey with gold sash, white shorts with blue and gold stripe, blue and gold hooped socks |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Sport | Australian Rules football |
| League | Victorian Football League |
| First season | 1884 |
| Ground | Burbank Oval (formally Point Gellibrand Oval) |
| Club song | 'Stand & Deliver' |
| President or chair | Trevor Monti |
| Coach | Brad Gotch |
| Captain | Brett Johnson |
| 2007 | 4th of 13 |
The Williamstown Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League. The seagulls were formed in 1864 and the club is one of the oldest in Australia.
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The Seagulls were aligned to the Collingwood Football Club from 2000 until 2007, enjoying success in the 2003 season when they won their most recent VFL premiership. The alliance was broken at the conclusion of the 2007 season, when both sides came to a mutual agreement to cancel the final year of the contract so that Collingwood could establish their own stand alone VFL side. [1]
Shortly after Collingwood had broken ties with the club, Williamstown announced that they had signed a 3 year deal with the Western Bulldogs Football Club, with the alliance starting before the 2008 VFL season. The Bulldogs had originally been aligned with the Seagulls in 2000 (a partial-allignment shared with Werribee. [2]
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| Back | Eric Beitzel | Max Munday | John Ramsay |
| Half Back | Brett McTaggart | Gerry Callahan | Colin Wilcox |
| Centre | Jim Caldwell | Max Papley | John Martin |
| Half Forward | Ray Smith | Ron Todd | Ian Rickman |
| Forward | Harry Simpson | Mark Fotheringham | Saade Ghazi |
| Ruck | Barry Round | Eric Glass | Alby Linton |
| Interchange | Reg Harley | Bob Jones | Len Kent |
| Kim Kershaw | Tony Pastore | Tom Russell | |
| Captain | Gerry Callahan | ||
| Coach | Wally Carter |
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