Rainbow Football Club (Vic)
Guernseys & Nicknames :
???? - Rainbow were known as the Saints, and wore red, white & black panels.[source]
Timeline :
1907-08 - Rainbow FA(?) : Rainbow participated.
1910 :
Rowe Trophy - Rainbow participated.
Rainbow FA(?) - Rainbow participated.
1911 - Rainbow FA(?) : Rainbow participated.
1919 - Rainbow DFA Grand Final : Yaapeet 3.5.23 defeated Rainbow 2.2.14.
1920 - Rainbow DFA : Rainbow were premiers.
1921-25 - North Wimmera FL : Rainbow participated.
1926 - North Wimmera FL Grand Final : Jeparit 3.10.28 defeated Rainbow 2.7.19.
1927 - North Wimmera FL : Rainbow participated.
1929 - Mallee FA : Rainbow participated.
1930 - Rainbow DFA Grand Final : Wheatlands 8.13.61 defeated Rainbow 6.10.46.
1931 - Rainbow DFA Grand Final : Rainbow 6.5.41 defeated Yaapeet 5.6.36.
1932 - North Wimmera FL Grand Final : Jeparit 13.21.99 defeated Rainbow 4.8.32.
1933 - North Wimmera FL Grand Final : Rainbow 15.15.105 defeated Jeparit 14.10.94.
1934 - North Wimmera FL Grand Final : Jeparit 13.14.92 defeated Rainbow 7.10.52.
1935 - Southern Mallee FA : Rainbow participated.
1936 - Jeparit DFL : Rainbow participated.
1937 - Southern Mallee FA : Rainbow participated.
1938 - Southern Mallee FA Grand Final : Hopetoun 21.11.137 defeated Rainbow 11.6.72.
1939-40 - Southern Mallee FA : Rainbow participated.
1941-45 - Rainbow FA(?) : Rainbow participated.
1946 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow rejoined when the league resumed.
1947 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1948-58 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1959 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Rainbow 14.11.95 defeated Woomelang-Lascelles 8.16.64.
1960 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Woomelang-Lascelles 5.14.44 defeated Rainbow 3.16.34.
1961 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow finished 4th.
1962 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Beulah 13.16.94 defeated Rainbow 14.8.92.
1963 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Rainbow 9.20.74 defeated Woomelang-Lascelles 10.12.72.
1964-67 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1968 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Woomelang-Lascelles 13.8.86 defeated Rainbow 11.10.76.
1969 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Hopetoun 11.12.78 defeated Rainbow 7.11.53.
1970 - Southern Mallee FL Grand Final : Rainbow 13.12.90 defeated Hopetoun 13.10.88 @ Woomelang.
1971 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow finished 4th.
1972-73 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1974 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow finished 3rd.
1975-76 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1977 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow finished 4th.
1978-92 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow participated.
1993 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow made the finals.
1994 - Southern Mallee FL : Rainbow did not make the finals.
1995 (Southern Mallee FL) :
Rainbow finished 9th (last).
This was the final season for Rainbow as a stand-alone club.
1996 - Southern Mallee FL : Jeparit and Rainbow merged to form Jeparit-Rainbow FC.
Nearby, Like-Named or Otherwise Related Clubs & Leagues :
- Casterton Rainbow (Casterton).
- Jeparit-Rainbow FC (Wimmera).
- Rainbow FA (Wimmera).
- Rainbow FC (Melbourne).
- Rainbow Imperials FC (Wimmera).
- Rainbows FC (Ovens & King).