page_title: Geelong Football Club
section_title: Guernseys
hierarchical_section_title: Geelong Football Club / Club identity and culture / Guernseys
caption_attribution_description: English: Photomechanical print of Jim McShane, from Geelong Football Club. Original uploader was Longhair at en.wikipedia
context_page_description: The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, the highest level of Australian rules football in Australia. The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with three in the AFL era. The Cats have also won ten McClelland Trophies.
  The club was formed in 1859, making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world. Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association in 1877 and the Victorian Football League in 1897.
  The club first established itself in the VFA by winning seven premierships, making it the most successful VFA club leading up to the formation of the VFL in 1897. The club won a further six premierships by 1963, before enduring a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership—an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final. Geelong have since won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011.
context_section_description: Geelong's traditional navy blue and white hooped guernsey has been worn since the club's inception in the mid-1800s. The design is said to represent the white seagulls and blue water of Corio Bay. 
  The team have worn various away guernseys since 1998, all featuring the club's logo and traditional colours.
caption: Club attire in 1895 (Jim McShane pictured)
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