The new amalgamated club was based at McKinnon but known as Moorabbin, taking the same colours and nickname as the former Moorabbin Football Club, which disbanded in 1965.

[2] The club was then admitted to the expanded VFA second division in 1983.

[3] In 1983, the club played its games at Moorabbin Oval, sharing it with St Kilda, and trained at McKinnon Reserve,[4] but began playing its games in McKinnon in 1984 due to the high cost to rent Moorabbin Oval, then moved to the Bentleigh Recreation Reserve from 1985.

[5] The club competed for just over four years in Division 2, its best performance coming in 1985 when it recruited champion goalkicker Fred Cook[6] and missed the finals on percentage.

[7] After playing the first two matches of the 1987 season, the club forfeited two successive games after coach Graham Stewart resigned over a dispute with the board, and a large group of players walked out in support;[8] the club was suspended by the VFA for its inability to field a team in all three grades, and then went into recess and ultimately folded.