Masala Dandenong Football Club

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Full nameMasala Dandenong Football Club
Nickname(s)Tigers
Club song"Oh We're From Masala"
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Founded2012;12 years ago (2012)
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Competition VAFA
PresidentWilliam Bolch
CoachAdam Lagerewskij
Captain(s)Flynn Cassar & Jordan Gibbon
PremiershipsNone
Ground(s)Lois Twohig Reserve, Dandenong North
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The Masala Dandenong Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Dandenong North which compete in the VAFA. The club was registered in 2012 and played its first season in 2013.

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History

The club was the brainchild of Ash Nugent who had served as Team Manager of the India Tigers at the 2011 Australian Football International Cup. [1] Nugent wanted to provide a platform for the Melbourne-based players from the team to keep playing together, whilst creating a football club that embraced diversity and encouraged new Australians to play football.

Supported by Trevor Banerjee, Fevin Mascarenhas and William Fernandes (original committee), who were all players for the Tigers at the International Cup, the club was incorporated in 2012 as the Masala Football Club and was accepted to field a side in the Club XVIII competition of the VAFA in 2013.

For its initial seasons Masala co-shared BJ Powell Reserve, Noble Park North with the Lyndale Football Club. They eventually secured their own ground at WJ Powell Reserve, Noble Park North. In 2018 the club relocated to Fotheringham Reserve, Dandenong. In 2020 the club relocated again to Lois Twohig Reserve, Dandenong North.

In February 2019, the club was renamed and became the Masala Dandenong Football Club. [2] [3]

In 2022 the club introduced a junior football program to their club with the team playing under 'North Dandenong Masala' in the SEJ Football League. [4]

Results

YearLeagueDivisionPosition (Snr)CaptainCoachSenior Best & FairestReserves Best & FairestMasala Award
2013VAFAC XVIII (3)6/6 [5] B. NugentM. PeddlesdenB. NugentN/AL. Moyo
2014VAFAC XVIII (1)6/6 [6] B. NugentV. RishiS. FreemanN/AR. Prestwich
2015VAFADivision 410/11 [7] B. NugentB. RobinsonZ. KellyP. KailasanathanC. Jacobs
2016VAFADivision 48/9 [8] B. NugentB. RobinsonN. CunninghamT. GrimshawK. Bailey
2017VAFADivision 48/9 [9] S. Freeman / B. KellyB. RobinsonB. KellyT. ShahW. Chaplin
2018VAFADivision 410/10S. FreemanA. SutherlandD. GibbA. MorabitoS. Becker
2019VAFADivision 47/9S. FreemanA. SutherlandB. KellyD. CrkvenacJ. Kumaralingham
2021VAFADivision 46/8D. HoffmanA. LagerewskijB. KellyS. Grewal /

R Gowriswaran

J. Williams
2022VAFADivision 44/7B. KellyA. LagerewskijT. WilliamsonD. HarrisW. Bolch
2023VAFADivision 45/6B. KellyA. LagerewskijD. VelardoJ. HallettH. Lagerewskij
2024VAFAThirdsF. Cassar/

J. Gibbon

A. Lagerewskij

Masala Team Of The Decade

In 2022 to commemorate a decade since the establishment of the club - the decision was made to form a team of the decade. All players past and present were eligible for selection. In addition to 22 players, in the team of the decade a President of the decade and a Coach of the decade was also selected:

BStephen Daw

79 Games | 10 Goals

Daniel Hoffman

50 Games | 4 Goals

Ben Nugent (C)

86 Games | 32 Goals

HB:Matt Decarne

102 Games | 53 Goals

Nicholas Cunningham

31 Games | 1 Goal

Jaryd Coghill

50 Games | 50 Goals

C:Declan Lee

90 Games | 5 Goals

Brandon Kelly

85 Games | 27 Goals

Vishnu Rishie

12 Games | 3 Goals

HF:Anthony Dorrington

56 Games | 74 Goals

Samuel Freeman (VC)

93 Games | 186 Goals

Anthony Morabito

33 Games | 15 Goals

F:Jana Kumaralingam

52 Games | 26 Goals

Declan Fowler

33 Games | 122 Goals

Jordan Toikalkin

24 Games | 28 Goals

Foll:Dale Lawrence

50 Games | 12 Goals

Josh Kyle

50 Games | 52 Goals

Tom Williamson

22 Games | 14 Goals

Int:Zac Kelly

50 Games | 19 Goals

David Crkvenac

95 Games | 10 Goals

Wayne McMahon

93 Games | 22 Goals

Luke Decarne

33 Games | 6 Goals

CoachAdam Lagerewskij

2019 Reserves Coach

2021-2022 Seniors Coach

PresidentAsh Nugent

Founding President

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References

  1. ↑ Northey, Brett. "IC11 Preview - India's biggest challenge getting to the tournament" . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Nugent, Ash. "The making of Masala" . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Masala Football Club Guernsey Presentation". 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Media, VAFA (3 February 2022). "Masala Dandenong set to expand with juniors and women". VAFA. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "VAFA Club XVIII (3) Ladder - 2013" . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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