Springvale Football Club
| Casey Demons | |
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| Names | |
| Full name | Casey Demons Football Club |
| Former name(s) | Springvale Football Club (1903–2005) Casey Scorpions (2006–2016) |
| Nickname(s) | Demons |
| Former nickname(s) | Scorpions, Vales |
| 2016 season | |
| After finals | 2nd |
| Home-and-away season | 1st |
| Leading goalkicker | Tim Smith (31 goals) |
| Best and fairest | Jack Hutchins |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Colours | Navy blue Red |
| Competition | Victorian Football League |
| President | John Sharkie |
| Coach | Justin Plapp |
| Captain(s) | Jack Hutchins |
| Premierships | VFA/VFL D1: 5 (1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999) |
| Ground(s) | Casey Fields (capacity: 4,000) |
| Other information | |
| Official website | scorpions.com.au |
The Casey Demons Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the "Springvale Football Club" and the "Casey Scorpions" (2006–16) and was based in Springvale, currently plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It has a reserves affiliation with the Melbourne Football Club.
The club changed its nickname to Demons prior to the 2017 season to strengthen its alliance with the Melbourne Football Club, also known as the Demons.
The club was founded in 1903 as the Springvale Football Club, and from 1915 it played at what became its traditional home ground, the Springvale Recreation Reserve at Newcomen Road, Springvale. After initially playing in the Mulgrave Football Association, the club joined the Berwick District Football Association in 1911, where it played until the Second World War; in its time in the BDFA, the club won seven premierships. After the war, the club switched to the more metropolitan-based Caulfield Oakleigh District League. After winning the 1956 premiership, the club switched to the Federal Football League, the top suburban league in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club became a powerhouse of the Federal League, and in its 25 years in the league from 1957–1981, it won seven premierships, including four in a row from 1960–1963, and missed the finals only twice. Overall, the club won fifteen senior premierships at suburban level.
Due to Springvale's strength as a club, it was seen as a strong contender to join the Victorian Football Association, the second-highest level of senior football in Melbourne. The club was offered entry to the VFA in 1961, after its first Federal League premiership, but the club turned down the offer, seeking to consolidate its strength in the Federal League, and worried that the proximity of Oakleigh and Dandenong could stifle its competitiveness. The club applied for VFA membership in 1978, but the VFA was not looking to expand at that time. Finally, as part of the VFA's expansion and restructure in 1982, Springvale was admitted to Division 2. Springvale won the Division 2 premiership in its second year in 1983, and was promoted to Division 1 in 1984, and narrowly avoided relegation for the next three years.
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