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| Full name | Calder Cannons Football Club |
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| Nickname | Cannons |
| Strip | Navy Blue guernsey with orange and white trim, navy blue and white shorts, navy blue and orange socks |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | TAC Cup |
| First season | 1995 |
| Ground | Coburg City Oval - Coburg |
| Club song | "See the Cannons Fire Up" |
| President/Chair | Andrew Johnston |
| Coach | David Flood |
| Captain | Mitchell Farmer |
| 2006 | 3rd of 12 |
The Calder Cannons are a TAC Cup club who fields squads in the U15, 16 and most importantly the U18's. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Current Season 2008 Ladder Finals Will be held at Visy Park ( Princes Park) but the grand final will be held at the Telstra Andrew Johnston may refer to Andrew Johnston (American actor Andrew Johnston (Australian actor Andrew Johnston (comedian Mitchell Farmer is an Australian Rules Footballer currently listed with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. Current Season 2008 Ladder Finals Will be held at Visy Park ( Princes Park) but the grand final will be held at the Telstra The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs.
The club has been a strong competitor since its inception, and in 2006 lost in the final to eventual premiers the Oakleigh Chargers at the MCG. They won the competition in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007, and have appeared in 6 out of the last 7 grand finals, all played on the MCG, usually before the AFL Grand Final. The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in
In the 2007 TAC Cup Final, Calder beat the Murray Bushrangers, with Ashley Arrowsmith the winner of the TAC Medal for best on ground. Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. Victorian representatives for Calder at the U18 Championships included Addam Maric, James Polkinghorne, captain Mitchell Farmer and Arrowsmith. Mitchell Farmer is an Australian Rules Footballer currently listed with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL.
The club train and play home matches at the Coburg City Oval which is also shared by the Coburg Tigers Football Club. Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football /cricket Stadium located in Coburg, Australia. The Coburg Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian
The Calder Cannons have had the most amount of players from its club drafted onto an AFL teams senior list via the AFL draft, having a total of 71 players drafted. [1]
Notable players currently playing AFL that have been drafted from the Calder Cannons include:
- Jude Bolton
- Darren Milburn
- Brent Reilly
- Andrew Welsh
- David Rodan
- Brock McLean
- Adam Bentick
- Ryan Crowley
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