Mooroopna Football Club

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Mooroopna
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Names
Full nameMooroopna Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Cats
Club song'Cheers Boys Cheer'
Club details
Founded1877;147 years ago (1877)
Colours  
Competition GVFL
PresidentBill Dowling [1]
CoachJohn Lamont [1]
Premierships12
Ground(s)Mooroopna Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
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Other information
Official website http://www.mooroopnafnc.com.au

The Mooroopna Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Cats, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the rural town of Mooroopna, Victoria.

Contents

Mooroopna currently competes in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL), [2] of which Mooroopna is a founding member.

History

The first apparent details of a game of Australian Rules football between Mooroopna and Shepparton was published in The Weekly Times in July 1879 [3] [4] [5]

After short periods prior to and following World War II playing in the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) and Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL), Mooroopna returned to the GVFL in 1949, [6] where it has played to the present day.

Competition Timeline

Football Premierships

Seniors
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s) [7]
Goulburn Valley FL
12
1893, [8] [9] 1894, 1895, 1896, 1907, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1985, 1986.
Goulburn Valley Football Association
1
1939 [10]
Central Goulburn Valley Football League
1
1946 [11]
Reserves
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s)
Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football League
2
1928, 1929
Goulburn Valley FL
6
1954, 1969, 1982, 1984, 2012, 2015
Under 18's / Thirds
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s)
Goulburn Valley FL
2
1982, 1986

League Best & Fairest

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Mark Blake
Senior Football

VFL/AFL players

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Clayton Oliver

The following footballers played with Mooroopna, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

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References

  1. 1 2 Mooroopna Football Club. "Trophy Room". SportsTG. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mooroopna". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "1879 - The Riverine Herald". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 18 July 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "1879 - THE PEERYBINGLE PAPERS". The Weekly Times. 26 July 1879. p. 13. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "1879 - Victoria: Violt Town". The Age. 16 July 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Mooroopna Football Club – Stats". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mooroopna FCAustralianRulesFootball.com.au". www.australianrulesfootball.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "1893 - Goulburn Valley DFA Grand Final Challenge". The Kyabram Union Newspaper. 15 September 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  9. ↑ "1893 - MOOROOPNA WINS THE TROPHY". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 30 September 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "1939 - Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final review". Shepparton Advertiser. 2 October 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ↑ "1946 - Central Goulburn VFL - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 10 September 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 21 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
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