Shepparton East Football Club

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Shepparton East Football Club
Names
Full nameShepparton East Football Club
Nickname(s)The Eagles, The Bombers (previously)
Club details
Founded1924
Colours  Blue and   Yellow
Competition Kyabram District Football Netball League
CoachDuanne Hueston
Captain(s)Leyton Corish
Premierships17 (1926, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2012)

The Shepparton East Football Club, now nicknamed the Eagles, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Kyabram District Football League. The club was formerly known as the Bombers. [1]

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The club is based in the central Victorian city of Shepparton.

Club history

The Shepparton East Football Club was originally called the Settlement United Football Club [2] and was formed in 1920 and was based at Shepparton East and originally played their games on the Central Recreation Oval. [3]

The Settlement United FC originally played in the Shepparton District Junior Football Association in 1920 [4] and the club's first president and "founder" was Neal Hanlon. [5] [6]

The Shepparton East Football Club were first admitted into the Ardmona Central Junior Football Association in 1924. [7]

The Shepparton East Football Club won the 1926 – Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association premiership, but folded in 1927, due to a lack of playing numbers. [8]

Shepparton East FC reformed in 1944, winning the 1944 Shepparton Sunday Football Association premiership, then moved across to the Goulburn Valley Football Association, Saturday competition in 1945, wearing the black and gold colors. [9]

The club now known as Shepparton United Football Club was originally called City United. It was admitted to the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1950 and had grown out of the Shepparton Preserving Company Football Club (SPC) and Shepparton East Football Club, [10] who had previously fielded separate teams in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League. [11] Shepparton East retained their own side in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League from 1950 to 1952.

When the Central Goulburn Valley Football League folded n 1953, Shepparton East applied for admission into the GVFL Second 18 competition, but their application was rejected. [12]

Shepparton East played in the Kyabram & District Football League from 1956 to 1961, winning four consecutive premierships between 1958 and 1961.

Shepparton East played in the Tungamah Football League between 1968 and 1995, then played in the Goulburn Valley Football League – Division 2 competition between 1996 and 1998.

Shepparton East played in the Central Goulburn Football League from 1999 to 2005.

Following the collapse of the Central Goulburn Football League in 2005, Shepparton East entered the Picola & District Football League in 2006 and won the premiership in their first season. The Eagles have played off for the last four Picola & District South East premierships, winning in 2010 and 2012.

The club was forced to changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the Picola & District Football League. [13]

They spent 2018 in the Murray Football League before transferring to the Kyabram District Football Netball League for the 2019 season

Football Premierships

Seniors

Football: Runners Up

Seniors

Club Leaders

SeniorsReserves
YearB & F WinnersLadderYearB & F WinnersLadder
Tungamah Football League
1968
1969
1970
Central Goulburn Football League
2000
20011st
2002
2003
20041st
2005
Picola District Football League
20061st
2007
2008
20092nd
20101st
20112nd
20121st
20135th
20144th
2015Jamie Spencer3rd
2016Jamie Spencer1st
2017Simon Russel3rd
Murray Football League
2018Mathew Rendina10th
Kyabram District Football League
2019Jeromy Aynsley11th
2020

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References

  1. ↑ Full Points Footy, Picola & District Football League , retrieved 22 October 2008
  2. ↑ "1925 - Settlement FC - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 30 March 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  3. ↑ "1921 - Central Recreation Ground". Shepparton Advertiser. 23 May 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ↑ "1921 - Shepparton District Junior FA - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 28 April 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  5. ↑ "1923 - Settlement United FC - President". Shepparton Advertiser. 7 May 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ↑ "1949 - Neal Hanlon - Obituary". Shepparton Advertiser. 30 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 1 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  7. ↑ "1924 - Ardmona Central Junior FA - Draw". Shepparton Advertiser. 15 May 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  8. ↑ "1927 - Goulburn Valley Seconds Eighteen FA - Meeting". Shepparton Advertiser. 19 May 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  9. ↑ "1945 - Shepparton East FC Reforms". Shepparton Advertiser. 27 February 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ↑ "1949 - Shepparton East & SPC Merger". Shepparton Advertiser. 16 December 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ↑ "1950 - CGVFL - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 21 March 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  12. ↑ "1953 - Goulburn Valley FL - Delegate's Meeting". Shepparton Advertiser. 2 April 1953. p. 6 – via Trove Newspapers.
  13. ↑ Johnston, David (6 March 2018). "AFL Goulburn-Murray refuses affiliation of Picola and District Football-Netball League on eve of 2018 season".
  14. ↑ "1948 - Central Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 28 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  15. ↑ "1945 - Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 25 September 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  16. ↑ "1944 - Shepparton Sunday FA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 19 September 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  17. ↑ "1926 - GVSEFA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 6 September 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 26 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  18. ↑ "1925 - Ardmona Central Junior FA - Grand Final". Shepparton Advertiser. 7 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2020– via Trove Newspapers.


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