The Frankston Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston, Victoria and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Frankston is a seaside suburb of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia. History The Victorian Football Association (VFA was founded in 1877 on 17 May. It was formed in 1887. The Dolphins have no alignments to any AFL clubs and are not seeking a partner in the foreseeable future. Therefore, Frankston are at a disadvantage in the competition, as players from AFL clubs cannot be dropped back to play for them. However, this enables the Dolphins to continue as a true local football club, without being enveloped and overwhelmed by an AFL partner. .
2006 saw full-forward Aaron Edwards shine for the Dolphins and saw them reach the finals only to go down to the Northern Bullants in the second week. Aaron Edwards (born 2 March 1984 in Samoa) is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club. The Northern Bullants a gay Football Club is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston and currently playing in the Victorian Football .
On the morning of February 13,2008 the Frankston Football Club's historic grandstand named after stalwart Bryan Mace was destroyed by fire. The police are treating it as suspicious. This grandstand had been there since the early 1930's and was an icon of the local community. Damage is estimated at over $1million.