• Source: Mansfield Football Club

      • The Mansfield Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Eagles, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Mansfield, Victoria.
      The Mansfield teams currently compete in the Goulburn Valley League. The Eagles home ground is the Mansfield Recreation Reserve.


      History


      The seed of the Mansfield FC was planted because of an advertisement in the Mansfield Guardian on 18 May 1878. The ad called for a meeting to be held at the Mansfield Hotel with the purpose of forming a football club.
      Surviving records of those times describe a game between Mansfield and Jamieson in July 1883. Nevertheless, in 1886 the Mansfield Courier reported that Mansfield had fielded teams in 1881.
      Early games were played against neighbouring towns on a round robin basis with the teams playing for trophies donated by prominent businessmen. The original shirt worn by Mansfield was white with red stripes. In 1900 these local clubs formed an Association, adopted a constitution and began a formal competition for points culminating in a final series. Mansfield played many clubs in this era in various leagues and associations. Jamieson, Bonnie Doon, Merton, Maindample, Delatite, Mt Battery, Swanpool, Tolmie, Yarck, among others.
      Between the wars the district became unable to maintain numerous clubs, so the various smaller ones morphed towards the larger Mansfield FC and Mount Battery FC. Eventually these two formed the "Mansfield Battery FC", adopting a navy blue guernsey with a white monogram.
      Mansfield competed continuously in the various District Associations until after World War II when the club joined the Waranga North East FL. The netball section would be added later.
      Trent Hotton, won the league best and fairest in 2007. The Eagles won their first GVFL premiership in 2004 since moving to the league in 1997. In 2009 the Eagles capped off a fantastic year with a win in the GVFL Grand Final over Kyabram, capturing their second GVFL flag in five years.


      Leagues


      Since its foundation, the club has participated in the following leagues:

      1925–33: Mansfield Line Association
      1934–40: Mansfield-Alexandra FA
      1945–46: Upper Goulburn FL
      1946–77: Waranga North East FL
      1977–95: Tungamah Football League
      1996–97: Goulburn Valley FL (2nd Division)
      1998–present: Goulburn Valley FL


      Players




      = 2010 Football Squad

      =

      Matt Storer and Guy Taylor are Eagles Co-Captains for the 2010 season.
      The Eagles Seniors are coached by ex-Collingwood player, Craig 'Ned' Kelly.


      VFL / AFL Players


      The following footballers played with Mansfield prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football. The year indicates their VFL / AFL debut.

      1922 - Jim Fraser - Carlton
      1950 - Bill Reardon - Footscray
      1953 - Tom Tarrant - Collingwood
      1955 - Alan Jewell - Hawthorn
      1955 - Ray Yeoman - Hawthorn
      1957 - Peter Barran - Geelong
      1962 - Peter Dolling - South Melbourne
      1962 - Bob Lockhart - Richmond
      2000 - Josh Fraser - Collingwood & Gold Coast
      2005 - Jarrod Kayler-Thomson - Hawthorn
      2017 - James Cousins - Hawthorn
      The following players/coaches came to Mansfield, with prior VFL / AFL senior football experience -

      1942 - Ted Leehane - Essendon
      1982 - Peter Tossol - Melbourne
      1989 - Craig Kelly - ex-Collingwood and player manager.
      1990 - Brendan Hehir - Draft Number 17, in AFL 1990 National Draft. Geelong, Australian Football League
      1993 - Andrew Tranquilli - ex-Collingwood player in the Australian Football League
      1992 - David Mensch - ex-Geelong player in the Australian Football League
      1994 - Trent Hotton - ex-Carlton player in the Australian Football League
      1997 - Darren Hulme - Carlton
      1999 - David A. Clarke - Geelong & Carlton
      2005 - Craig Flint - Number 17 in 2005 AFL Rookie Draft. Carlton


      Premierships


      Mansfield Hotel / Bremner's Cup (1):
      1900
      Mansfield FA (3):
      1900, 1904, 1905
      Mansfield District FA (3):
      1911, 1912, 1913
      Mansfield Swanpool District FA (1):
      1927
      Mansfield Line FA (1):
      1929
      Waranga North Eastern Football Association (4):
      1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
      Tungamah Football League (2):
      1987, 1989
      Goulburn Valley 2nd. Division (1):
      1996
      Goulburn Valley FL (2):
      2004, 2009


      Grand Finals




      Football League Best & Fairest honors


      Seniors
      Tungamah Football League

      1987 - Bruce McCormack
      1988 - Bruce McCormack
      Goulburn Valley Football League - Division 2

      1997 - Dennis Sheahan
      Goulburn Valley Football League

      2007 - Trent Hotton


      Notes




      References




      External links



      Official website

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