Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: The St Kilda Football Club was formed on 2 April 1873 , containing many elements of the previous South Yarra Football Club which had disbanded a year earlier .
Simplified: The first mention of a football team in St Kilda was made in 1859 . The current club was started in 1873 , based on the South Yarra Football Club which had closed the year before .