Local players first played under the name of Mount Pleasant Football Club in 1889. Prior to this, players from around the Runnymede district, including Creek View, played under the name Runnymede and for many years they played in the paddocks of local farming families. It was not until 1952 that the club’s headquarters became the Toolleen Recreation Reserve.
The club’s name comes from the Mount Pleasant Creek, a eminently close to the original farming paddocks played on, and an old map indicates a Mount Pleasant existed at Creek View. MPFC was made up of families who settled in the Runnymede district, mainly from Ireland and England, families who still to this day have a large influence and presence in the club. In their time they have seen many clubs come and go including Runnymede, Avonmore, Muskerry, Fosterville, Goornong, Axedale, Knowsley, Toolleen, and Crosbie, in which MPFC has welcomed players and supporters from each and everyone one of them into their fold.
Success (1962 – present)
Mount Pleasant is the oldest and most successful team in the HDFNL and has been for a long time now, winning 21 premierships and crowned runners-up nine times. It has had a massive amount of success in the HDFNL and has always been a consistent team, winning flags back to back on more than one occasion and also being runners-up back to back on more than one occasion as well. The club has the biggest success story in the HDFL and has a lot of talent coming through the senior team, as well as having a lot of time to find their feet because a lot of teams won't be able to grasp their kind of success. Especially for a town as small as Toolleen.
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