Aquinas Old Collegians Football Club
The Aquinas Old Collegians Football Club, nicknamed the Bloods and also known simply as Aquinas, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood.
As of 2024, the club's men's team competes in Division 2 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, while the women's team is in Premier B of the VAFA Women's competition.
History
In 1980, discussions were held between former students of Aquinas College about forming a football club. At a meeting at the Ringwood Parish Hall on 18 February 1891, the club was formally established as the "Aquinas Old Boys Football Club", entering E Grade in the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association.In its second year, the club made the E Grade senior and reserves premiership, winning the latter. Back-to-back senior and reserves premierships came in 1983 and 1984.
Aquinas moved to the Victorian Amateur Football Association at the start of the 1987 season, entering F Section. The club, now renamed to "Aquinas Old Collegians", finished first on the ladder with just one loss for the season, and won the grand final by 1 point over Whitefriars.
The club won its second senior premiership in E Section in 1996, defeating Yarra Valley Old Boys by 37 points. A third senior premiership came 21 years later in Division 4 in 2017 with a grand final win over Manningham Cobras, which was followed by a 2-point victory − also against Manningham − in the 2019 Division 3 grand final.
Seasons
Grand finals
| Year | League | Division | Grade | Opponent | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date | Report |
| 1982 | ESCFA | E Grade | Seniors | St Patrick's Mentone | |||||
| 1982 | ESCFA | E Grade | Reserves | Springvale Districts | |||||
| 1983 | ESCFA | D Grade | Seniors | St Patrick's Mentone | 16.11 7.5 | ||||
| 1983 | ESCFA | D Grade | Reserves | Black Rock | 11.14 d. 4.6 | ||||
| 1984 | ESCFA | C Grade | Seniors | St Paul's Bentleigh | |||||
| 1984 | ESCFA | C Grade | Reserves | St Paul's Bentleigh | |||||
| 1985 | ESCFA | B Grade | Reserves | Mazenod Old Collegians | 7.11 d. 2.9 | ||||
| 1986 | ESCFA | B Grade | Reserves | St Kevin's Ormond | 20.23 10.8 | ||||
| 1987 | VAFA | F Section | Seniors | Whitefriars | 12.13 d. 12.12 | ||||
| 1996 | VAFA | E East | Seniors | Yarra Valley Old Boys | 18.9 d. 12.8 | ||||
| 2017 | VAFA | Seniors | Manningham Cobras | 14.10 d. 10.9 | |||||
| 2019 | VAFA | Seniors | Manningham Cobras | 8.14 d. 7.18 |