North Albany Football Club

Nicknamed the Kangas, the club play in the Great Southern Football League,[1] with home games being hosted at Collingwood Park.

Another period of sustained dominance started with North Albany's 1979 Southern Districts National Football League Grand Final.

[8] Former AFL players Tarkyn Lockyer (Collingwood) and Ryan Brabazon (Sydney), started their football careers playing for the Kangas.

In 1982, playing for Deniliquin in the Murray Football League (NSW) Sutton kicked 249 goals, an Australian record.

[10] Gordon Collis ex-Carlton player and Brownlow medalist coached the North Albany Football Club for two years, winning a Premiership in 1969.

In 2003 the West Coast Eagles held a pre-season Community Camp in Albany, using Collingwood Park for training and practise games during their stay.

In recent years the Collingwood Park CC A Grade has won titles in 2007-08,[12] 2006–07,[13] 2005-06[14] and 2003-04[15] The newly formed North Albany Bears Soccer Club, made up of predominately NAFC players, won the Albany Soccer Association Trophy in its first year of competition.