| Mitta United | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Mitta United Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Mountain Men, Blues | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1952 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | TDFL | |
| Chairman | Lawrence Hodgkin | |
| Coach | Luke Hodgkin | |
| Premierships | 22 | |
| Ground(s) | Eskdale reserve/Mitta Football Ground | |
| Uniforms | ||
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The Mitta United Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Mountain Men or the Blues, is an Australian rules football and netball club playing in the Tallangatta & District Football League. The club is based in Mitta Mitta, Victoria and Eskdale, Victoria.
The club is a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale football teams, which initially occurred in 1945, was de-merged in 1947, in Mitta Town and Mitta Valley. The club's remerged in 1952 as a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale (formerly Mitta Valley).[1]
History
[edit]- Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
- 1883–1906: – local games
- 1907: Mitta Mitta Football League
- 1908: Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1909–1923: Club in Recess
- 1924–1926: Mitta Mitta Football League
- 1927–1931: Club in Recess
- 1932: Yackandandah & District Football League
- 1933: Tallangatta & District Football Association
- 1934–1935: Club in Recess
- 1936: Chiltern & District Football Association
- 1937–1944: Club in Recess. Mitta applied to join the Dederang & District Football League in 1937, but were refused and went into recess in 1937[2]
- Premierships
- Yackandandah & District Football League
- 1932: Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52[3]
- Eskdale Football Club - Timeline
- 1907: Mitta Mitta Football League
- 1908: Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1935–1939: Dederang District Football League
- 1945–1946: Tallangatta & District Football League as Eskdale-Mitta
- 1947–1950: Tallangatta & District Football League as Mitta Valley
- 1951: Tallangatta & District Football League as Eskdale
Football Premierships
[edit]The Mitta United FC has won five senior football T&DFL grand finals by one point and was the first club in T&DFL to win four consecutive Grand Finals in - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
- Seniors
- Tallangatta & District Football League (22)
- 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012.
External links
[edit]- ^ "Mitta United FC profile". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "1937 - Mitta refused entry". Trove Newspapers. The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 28 May 1937. p. 37. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "1932 - Football Final". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic. : 1885 - 1955). 15 September 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2024.