History
Two Australians living in Clapham in 1990, Sean Angle and Craig Stephens, sourced a list of names in the area and held the first training session on 14 February, and the club was born. The club went on to win the inaugural season despite being regarded as underdogs in the Grand Final, beating Earl's Court by two points.
For the majority of the 1990s Wandsworth wore the jumpers of the Melbourne Demons club from the AFL, and these were replaced with the club's own design in the early 2000s, a jumper based on a pre-season cup jumper of the WAFL side the Perth Demons.
Their club song is sung to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The senior team has always been a force in the league and has never missed finals. The seniors have played in ten Grand Finals, winning seven of them and so claiming premierships in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2010. The reserves side won their first Conference Premiership in 2009. The thirds side won the Social Division premiership in 2007 and 2009.
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