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.
| Mitta United | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Mitta United Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Mountain Men, Blues | |
| 2024 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | 9th of 12 | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1952 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Tallangatta & DFL | |
| Chairman | Lawrence Hodgkin | |
| Coach | Luke Hodgkin | |
| Premierships | 22 | |
| Ground(s) | Eskdale reserve/Mitta Football Ground | |
| Uniforms | ||
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History
editThe 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.[1]
The club's then remerged in 1952 as a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale (formerly Mitta Valley).[2]
A Gard won the club's inaugural best and award in 1952.[3]
- Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
- 1883–1898: – local games[4]
- 1899: Benambra Football Association
- 1900 - 1901: Nobel's Hamburg Trophy[5][6]
- 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[7]
- 1939: Mitta Mitta Junior FC active playing matches against other local teams.[8]
- 1940: Kiewa & Mitta Football League as Mitta Valley
- 1944: Mitta Valley Patriotic Football Association[9]
- Premierships
- Benambra Football Association
- 1899: 1st - Mitta FC[10]
- Nobel's Hamburg Football Trophy
- 1900 - Mitta Mitta d Eskdale[11]
- Kiewa & District Football Association
- 1928 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Granya: 4.11 - 35[12]
- Tallangatta & District Football Association
- Yackandandah & District Football League
- 1932: Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52[15]
- Eskdale Football Club - Timeline
- 1907: Mitta Mitta Football League
- 1908: Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1913: Mitta Valley Football Association
- 1935–1939: Dederang District Football Association
- 1940: Kiewa & Mitta Football League as Mitta Valley
- 1944: Mitta Valley Patriotic Football Association[16]
- 1945–1946: Tallangatta & District Football League as Eskdale-Mitta
- 1947–1950: Tallangatta & District Football League as Mitta Valley
- 1951: Tallangatta & District Football League as Eskdale
- Premierships
Football Premierships
editThe 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
- Tallangatta & District Football League (22)
- 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012.
League Best & Fairest Awards
edit- Kiewa & Mitta Valley Football Association
- Seniors - J A Paton Trophy
- 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
editThe following footballers played with Mitta prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football.
- 1921 - Joe Scales - Fitzroy
- 1923 - Jack Scales - Fitzroy
- 1948 - Gordon Yea - North Melbourne
- 2018 - Ben Paton - St Kilda
The following footballers played VFL / AFL prior to playing with Mitta.
- 1975 - Frank Hodgkin - St Kilda
References
edit- ^ "1947 - Registered Players". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 8 July 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Mitta United FC profile". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "1952 - MITTA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB'S BEST & FAIREST". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 17 April 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "1886 - MEMORIES OF THE PAST". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 26 April 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "1900 - NOBEL'S HAMBURG FOOTBALL COMPETITION". Upper Murray & Mitta Herald (Vic). 5 July 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "1901 - Granya: Noble's Hamburg Football Trophy". The Albury Banner & Wodonga Express (NSW). 13 September 1901. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "1937 - Mitta refused entry". Trove Newspapers. The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 28 May 1937. p. 37. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "1939 - Junior Football Match Tallangatta v. Mitta Mitta". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 15 June 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "1944 - Football". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 27 April 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "1899 - Benambra Football Association". The Albury Banner & Wodonga Express (NSW). 15 September 1899. p. 23. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "1900 - Obituary". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 14 September 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "1928 - Mitta Valley v Granya". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 23 August 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "1930 - GRAND FINAL FOOTBALL MATCH". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 18 September 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "1931 - Mitta again Premiers". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 17 September 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "1932 - Football Final". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic. : 1885 - 1955). 15 September 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "1944 - Football". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 27 April 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "1935 - Gundowring". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 16 August 1935. p. 37. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "1938 - Dederang Association: Eskdale Wins Premiership". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 11 August 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "1940 - Premiership to Mitta". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 6 August 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "1940 - Football". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 30 July 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "1940 - Football". Upper Murray & Mitta Herald (Vic). 11 July 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "1940 - Mitta Valley FA - Best & Fairest Award". Border Morning Mail. 21 September 1940 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1947 - Mitta Mitta People". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 3 September 1947. p. 15. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "1947 - MITTA MITTA MUBMURINGS". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 9 October 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "1948 - Football Notes". Upper Murray & Mitta Herald (Vic). 9 September 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "1948 - BANQUET AT FERNVALE". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 23 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "1948 - MITTA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB'S BANQUET". Upper Murray & Mitta Herald (Vic). 28 October 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2024.