The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) was formed in 1892 and comprised ten clubs. Today, Collegians is the only surviving original founding club. Old Scotch first joined the VAFA in 1894 as “Scotch Collegians” together with three other clubs, none of whom are still competing today. The club disbanded at the conclusion of the 1895 season.

Old Scotch rejoined the VAFA in 1921 as the “Old Scotch Collegians Football Club”, and with the exception of the five years of the Second World War, has competed continuously in the VAFA since that year.

Old Scotch has competed in ‘Premier A’ section for 72 years out of a possible 88 years, the most of any club and boasts the longest continuous playing record of any club in that division.

Old Scotch has won nine ‘A’ Grade Premierships and three ‘B’ Grade Premierships.

The Club’s last Premiership was back in 1978 … a long time ago!

The club changed its name from ‘Old Scotch Collegians Football Club’ to ‘Old Scotch Football Club’ in 2003, and introduced its first women’s team in 2018 – the Old Scotch Stars. The Club celebrated its centenary in 2021.

Past Club Champions have included Hec Ingram – long-term club President; Laurie Muir – Club Captain; Ian Law – former Hawthorn star, Brownlow Medal runner-up and former Old Scotch Coach; Euan Campbell – former Melbourne VFL player; Ian Wilson – club Captain, VAFA representative, All Australian Amateur Representative; Rob Fuller – All Australian Captain for five years; Nick Hooper – club games record holder – 316 games; Manson Russel – All Australian representative and VAFA President; Bryan Steele – Old Scotch Coach; John Wilson – VAFA representative; Peter Brown – former Fitzroy VFL player and VAFA representative; John Morgan – former Melbourne VFL player and VAFA representative; Wayne Harmes – former Carlton player and Old Scotch Coach; Russell Greene – former Hawthorn/St Kilda player and Old Scotch Coach; Barry Price – former Collingwood player and Old Scotch Coach; Peter Banfield – former Essendon/Brisbane player and Old Scotch Coach; Dean Anderson- former Hawthorn/St Kilda player and Old Scotch Coach; Stuart Powell – current Director of Scotch College Sport and former Old Scotch Coach; and Mimi Hill – current Carlton FC AFLW player.

Past player Mark Gnatt is the current Old Scotch Men’s 1^st XVIII Coach and former OSFC Men’s senior coach Dean Anderson is the coach of the Old Scotch Stars, the club’s Women’s 1^st XVIII team.