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The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed the Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown. The club currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women's (VFLW) competitions.
"Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" is a 1966 song. The song was written by Brill Building songsmith Kenny Young who himself made the original recording of the song – as "Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt)" – leading a session group credited as the Seagulls.
The song reached No. 66 in the UK [4] despite the album not charting. [5] It was their last single to chart in the UK. [4] The song has a BPM of 144 and plays in 4/4 time signature. [6] Author Dave Thompson notes that the song "marked the end of the classic Seagulls line-up". [7]
The 1990 Victorian Football Association season was the 109th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Springvale in the grand final on 30 September by two points; it was Williamstown's twelfth top-division premiership.
The song exemplifies "synth-pop's spaced-out loneliness" and yearning for imagined, absent lovers, [3] and is noted for its Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding – a "multi-layered, hypnotic song", according to AllMusic. [2] According to lead singer Mike Score, "Wishing" was based on a real person. When recalling the experience ...
He served as club captain in 1983, [11] after the sacking of captain-coach, Rod Oborne, and was vice-captain for the rest of his time at the VFA Seagulls. He won his only career VFA premiership with Williamstown in 1986 [7] and played in the losing 1985 grand final. Fotheringham won the Club best and fairest trophy in 1982 and was awarded the ...
Len Kent (16 June 1930 – 31 August 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] He also played for Williamstown Seagulls in the VFA from 1953 to 1959, and was honoured in the Williamstown Football Club Team of the Century.
Papley played 54 games for the Seagulls, and kicked 108 goals, and his contribution was recognized with selection in Williamstown's official 'Team of the Century' in 2003 as centreman. [6] Papley captained the VFA representative team against Tasmania in one match in June 1968; [7] it was the VFA's last representative match during Papley's ...