Geelong Gumbies

The Geelong Gumbies are a fantasy football club competing in the Sweet FA, based at the House of Gumby, a makeshift ground comprised entirely of clay, playdough and other water based products.

The Gumbies were born in Season 04 under inaugural captain Catman during an expansion and consolidation of the league which saw 2 licenses revoked, and five given to interested parties. Since their addition to the league, the Gumbies have had eight captains, culminating in the current co-captaincy arrangement between incumbent peterss and the anointed from Season 12; StFly, who had held the Vice Captains role for Season 13. Despite an envied top end of talent, the Gumbies continue to struggle to retain the middle group of player, which often leads them always on the cusp of promise.

History
The Geelong Gumbies were created in Season 04 through the application to then administrator EaglesKickAss and remains the 5th oldest club in the league behind the West Coast Wonders, Mount Buller Demons, Fighting Furies and Roys_FFC.

S04 to S06 - The Early Years
After been born into the Sweet FA the Geelong Gumbies had a few lean years while they watched their other newly formed brethren in the Bombers and the Swamprats tasted early positive results.

Despite this The Gumbies had a period of stability under the guidance of inaugural captain Catman which lasted three years from Season 04 to Season 06.

S07 to S10 - The Promising Start
In a promising start to Season 07 the Geelong Gumbies made the pre-season grand final in Season 07 and were triumphant over the Alberton Swamprats.

S07 Pre-Season Grand Final: Geelong Gumbies 11.9.75 def Alberton Swamprats 10.9.69

This was a promising start to what was once again a frustrating period at the clubs. During the period from Season 07 through to Season 09 The Gumbies had six different captains in three years.

Ninty to Winty
In Season 10 the Gumbies would once again settle into some stability under new captain Ninty famously known for the Ninty2Winty (CHF to FF) set up.

S11 and S12 - The High before the Low
A strong season, where The Gumbies finished Minor Premiers, would see them meet the Fighting Furies in the Season 11 Grand Final. The Furies were looking to make it back-to-back premierships after winning in Season 10 and they succeeded with The Gumbies going down by 20pts.

Fighting Furies 17.13.115 def Geelong Gumbies 14.11.95

Despite being Minor Premiers there was little shame in losing against a team that were in the middle of a Furious Dynasty that had them win three premierships in four years (S08, S10 & S11).

Season 11 would also see captain Ninty hand over the reigns to Peterss after 2 strong years as captain. This was possibly a sign of things to come as the activity of The Gumbies would steadily drop away from this season to Season 12.

S13 and S14 - Rebirth of The Gumbies
After a disappointing Season 13 both on and off the field, The Gumbies decided to build on some solid recruiting by starting a serious rebuild of the club. These recruits would include StFly (S12), Claypigeon (S13) and Lion Cub 16 (S13) who would eventually form the leadership group in the following seasons.

Through out Season 14 the team would cop the tag of inactivity despite showing marked improvement on the previous season. The Gumbies would cop this on the chin though and use it as motivation to continue the rebuild they had already embarked on.

S15 - The Beginning
During the Off-Season leading up to Season 15 the team would continue this recruitment which would see it turn over nearly half of it's list. Other clubs have done similarly but a minor point of difference is that most of The Gumbies recruits have come from outside the league, a nod to the leadership's ability to attract new players to the club.

During Season 15 Pre-Season, The Gumbies would blood much of their youth dropping the Ninty2Winty to the bench and pushing new players into core roles on the field to encourage them, reward activity and create a hunger in the group. The karma-like reward for this would see the Gumbies make the Grand Final of this competition.

Colours
The Gumbies sought to retain their association to the Geelong Cats of the AFL by taking their traditional hooped design and general blue and white colour scheme. Each season the club has accepted offers or petitioned for alterations to their jumpers, variations of a theme as the colour scheme was always kept, Season 14 being no exception.

Season 14 Variant
In Season 14 the Home jumper saw a return to the hard edge with muted colours; navy blue and teal, being the primary set, adorned with white trimming. The Away jumper replaces the hoop design with a horizontal tri-colour, divided by a white line at the chest, this theme is inverted for the Clash variation.

Current Squad
Delisted During S15: Bartel, Safman and Axis_Miles03

Club honours

 * Premierships: none
 * Minor premierships: Season 11
 * Pre-season premierships: Season 07

Best and Fairest (Construction Certificate)

 * Carn_The_ Cattas (S06)
 * Perth Swans (S10)
 * peterss (S11)
 * Rojo_Jr (S12)
 * StFly (S13)
 * Claypigeon (S14)

Mobbenfuhrer Medal winners

 * BlueFan04 (S09)
 * Claypigeon (S14)

Geelong Gumbies Rising Star Award winners

 * Bucketss (S11)
 * StFly (S12)
 * Jeremias & Claypigeon (S13)
 * TheDoctor11 (S14)

Best Clubman winners

 * ShaunDuggan (S11)
 * Ghossein (S12)
 * StFly & peterss (S13)
 * StFly (S14)

Golden Boot winners

 * winty (S11) 66 Goals
 * Not Officially Awarded - Most likely winty though
 * winty (S13) ?? Goals
 * winty (S14) 32 Goals

Gumbies Finals Player of the Year

 * Perth Swans (S11)
 * peterss, krisholio14 & ballanFYNE (S12)

Tool of the Year

 * Rojo_Jnr (S13)
 * Striker475 (S14)

Frankston Rover Award winners

 * peterss (S12)

AlfAndrews Medal winners

 * RIZZ0 (S05)
 * Winty (S13)

Match records

 * Highest score: 26.12.168 S08R15 vs Wonders
 * Lowest score: 6.15.51 S14R10 vs Hawks
 * Highest losing score: 23.12.150 S04R05 vs Razors
 * Lowest winning score: GUM 9.4.58 S14R13 vs Bombers
 * Biggest winning margin: 100 S04R07 vs Dockers
 * Biggest losing margin: 80 S04R17 vs Swamprats

Records set by players
*At the end of Season 13
 * Most matches:  156 WaLkEr_ThE_StAr
 * Most goals in career: 361 winty
 * Most goals in a season: 106 Rizzo - S03
 * Most goals in a single match: 10 Rizzo - S05R13 vs Furies
 * Most Best and Fairest awards: 1 Carn-The_Cattas ; Perth Swans ; Peterss ; Rojo Jnr ; StFly ; Claypigeon
 * Most Dream Team points in career: 8896 peterss
 * Most Dream Team points in a season: Unknown
 * Most Dream Team points in a single match: 184* Portentous