VFA in celebration of the Prahran Football Club's Grand Final victory, 1951 Prahran Football Club was formed at a meeting at Prahran Court House on 20 March 1886. The club was admitted to the
Victorian Football Association (VFA) in
1886 playing its home games at the
Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. In
1887, it moved to nearby Wesley College Ground. After the 1887 season, the VFA reduced the number of clubs and Prahran amalgamated with the neighbouring
St Kilda Football Club, which was based less than a mile away. Prahran was reformed as a club on 15 March 1899, and rejoined the VFA
that season, this time playing at
Toorak Park, approximately two miles from St Kilda. It played in the VFA between 1899 and 1994, with the exception of
1959 when it competed in the
Metropolitan Football League (MFL) because the
Prahran City Council would not lease Toorak Park to Prahran's
reserves team, leaving the club expelled from the Association's requirements for failing to meet its minimum home ground requirements. At the end of
1994, when administration of the VFA was turned over to the
Victorian State Football League, Prahran left the Association as part of the VSFL's efforts to reduce the size of the VFA and align it with the
TAC Cup. Although Prahran's identity was carried on within the TAC Cup from 1995, when the
Central Dragons club moved to Toorak Park and were renamed the Prahran Dragons (a name it carried until the end of 1999), there was no affiliation with Prahran Football Club.
VAFA The club continued to exist in an administrative capacity after its departure from the VFA, and continued to operate the Prahran Tabaret – a gambling bar it owns and operates in
Chapel Street, Prahran – despite having no on-field presence. Following the
1998 VAFA season, the club merged with
Southbank Football Club and joined the
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) under the stewardship of
Herald Sun racing writer Tim Habel. It also re-established its junior arm, and, after commencing with just two junior teams, the club now has eight junior teams and has formed a joint under-19s team with
Caulfield Football Club. In 2010, a joint venture with Assumption College was approved, and in
2011 the club changed its name to Prahran/Assumption Football Club. The club won 2 premierships in 2011 and 2017 as Prahran Assumption, before reverting to the "Prahran" moniker in
2023. Prahran returns to Premier C Section in 2025 after a dominant season in 2024 culminated in another premiership. ==Honours==