Mitta United Football Club


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.

History

The 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.
The club's then remerged in 1952 as a merger of Mitta Town and Eskdale.
A Gard won the club's inaugural best and award in 1952.
;Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
;Premierships
  • Benambra Football Association
  • *1899: 1st - Mitta FC
  • Nobel's Hamburg Football Trophy
  • *1900 - Mitta Mitta d Eskdale
  • Kiewa & District Football Association
  • *1928 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Granya: 4.11 - 35
  • Tallangatta & District Football Association
  • *1930 - Mitta Mita: 5.11 - 41 defeated Granya: 4.14 - 38
  • *1931 - Mitta Mitta: 8.17 - 65 d Tallangatta: 2.1 - 13
  • Yackandandah & District Football League
  • *1932: Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52
;Eskdale Football Club - Timeline
;Premierships
  • Dederang & District Football Association
  • *1935 - Eskdale: defeated Tawonga: by 4 goals
  • *1938 - Eskdale: 16.14 - 110 d Kiewa: 5.6 - 36
  • Kiewa & Mitta Football League
  • *1940 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Tallangatta: 9.12 - 66

Football Premierships

The 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

League Best & Fairest Awards

  • Kiewa & Mitta Valley Football Association
  • *1940 - W Hodgkin: Mitta Mitta & Norm Webb: Granya - 12 votes each
;Tallangatta & District Football League
  • Seniors - J A Paton Trophy
  • *1947 - Colin Scales
  • *1948 - W L "Raff" Webb
  • *1966 - Des Dower
  • *1976 - Gary Fox
  • 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

The following footballers played with Mitta prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football.
The following footballers played VFL / AFL prior to playing with Mitta.