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Mitta United Football Club

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.

History

The club is a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale football teams, which initially occurred in 1940, then again in 1945, after World War Two

The club then was de-merged in 1947, into Mitta Town and Mitta Valley Football Club's.

The club's then remerged in 1952 as a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale (formerly Mitta Valley).

A Gard won the club's inaugural best and award in 1952.

Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
  • 1883–1898: – local games
  • 1899: Benambra Football Association
  • 1900 - 1901: Nobel's Hamburg Trophy
  • 1902 - 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 & 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
  • 1939: Mitta Mitta Junior FC active playing matches against other local teams.
  • 1940: Kiewa & Mitta Football League as Mitta Valley
  • 1944: Mitta Valley Patriotic Football Association
Premierships
  • Benambra Football Association
  • 1899: 1st - Mitta FC
  • Nobel's Hamburg Football Trophy
  • 1900 - Mitta Mitta d Eskdale
  • Kiewa & District Football Association
  • 1928 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Granya: 4.11 - 35
  • Tallangatta & District Football Association
  • 1930 - Mitta Mita: 5.11 - 41 defeated Granya: 4.14 - 38
  • 1931 - Mitta Mitta: 8.17 - 65 d Tallangatta: 2.1 - 13
  • Yackandandah & District Football League
  • 1932: Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52
Eskdale Football Club - Timeline
Premierships
  • Dederang & District Football Association
  • 1935 - Eskdale: defeated Tawonga: by 4 goals
  • 1938 - Eskdale: 16.14 - 110 d Kiewa: 5.6 - 36
  • Kiewa & Mitta Football League (1940)
  • 1940 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Tallangatta: 9.12 - 66

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

League Best & Fairest Awards

  • Kiewa & Mitta Valley Football Association
  • 1940 - W Hodgkin: Mitta Mitta & Norm Webb: Granya - 12 votes each
Tallangatta & District Football League
  • Seniors - J A Paton Trophy
  • 1947 - Colin Scales (Mitta Town)
  • 1948 - W L "Raff" Webb
  • 1966 - Des Dower
  • 1976 - Gary Fox
  • Seniors - Barton Medal
  • 1984 - P Tobin
  • 1985 - John Smith
  • 1988, 1989, 1991 - Hughie Giltrip
  • 2003 - Justin Nelson
  • 2007 - Chris Nelson
  • 2012 - Nathan Reynoldson
  • Reserves

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.

References

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