Mitta United Football Club Explained
| Clubname: | Mitta United |
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| Fullname: | Mitta United Football Netball Club |
| Nicknames: | Mountain Men, Blues |
| Chairman: | Lawrence Hodgkin |
| Coach: | Luke Hodgkin |
| Ground: | Eskdale reserve/Mitta Football Ground |
| Premierships: | 22 |
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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 1940, then 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
- Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
- 1883–1906: – local games[2]
- 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 & 1938: Club in Recess. Mitta applied to join the Dederang & District Football League in 1937, but were refused and went into recess in 1937 & 1938[3]
- 1939: Mitta Mitta Junior FC active playing matches against other local teams.[4]
- Premierships
- Yackandandah & District Football League
- 1932: Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52[5]
- Eskdale Football Club - Timeline
- 1907: Mitta Mitta Football League
- 1908: Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1935–1939: Dederang District Football Association
- 1940: Kiewa & Mitta Football League as Mitta Valley
- 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
- Premierships
- Dederang & District Football Association
- 1935 - Eskdale: defeated Tawonga: by 4 goals[6]
- 1938 - Eskdale: 16.14 - 110 d Kiewa: 5.6 - 36[7]
- Kiewa & Mitta Football League (1940)
- 1940 - Mitta Valley: 14.7 - 91 d Kiewa: 6.7 - 43[8]
Football Premierships
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.
VFL / AFL Players
The following footballers played with Mitta prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football.
The following footballers played VFL / AFL prior to playing with Mitta.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mitta United FC profile . australianfootball.com . 17 August 2024.
- Web site: 1886 - MEMORIES OF THE PAST . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 20 August 2024 . 3 . 26 April 1886.
- Web site: 1937 - Mitta refused entry . Trove Newspapers . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 11 October 2020 . 37 . 28 May 1937.
- Web site: 1939 - Junior Football Match Tallangatta v. Mitta Mitta . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 20 August 2024 . 2 . 15 June 1939.
- Web site: 1932 - Football Final . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic. : 1885 - 1955) . 13 August 2024 . 2 . 15 September 1932.
- Web site: 1935 - Gundowring . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 19 August 2024 . 37 . 16 August 1935.
- Web site: 1938 - Dederang Association: Eskdale Wins Premiership . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 20 August 2024 . 2 . 11 August 1938.
- Web site: 1940 - Football . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 20 August 2024 . 5 . 30 July 1940.
