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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 (formerly Mitta Valley).
A Gard won the club's inaugural best and award in 1952.

Mitta Mitta Football Club - Timeline
1883–1898: – local games
1899: Benambra Football Association
1900 - 1901: Nobel's Hamburg Trophy
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
1939: Mitta Mitta Junior FC active playing matches against other local teams.
1940: Kiewa & Mitta Football League as Mitta Valley
1944: Mitta Valley Patriotic Football Association
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
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
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
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)
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
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


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 (Mitta Town)
1948 - W L "Raff" Webb
1966 - D Dower
1976 - G 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.

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






External links


Mitta United FNC on Facebook
Gameday website
The team most feared. A history of Mitta United Football Netball Club. By John Scales
1928 - Kiewa District Football Association Premiers: Mitta Valley FC team photo
1951 - Mitta's Captain: Alan Gard

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• Tallangatta & District Football League
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• Wodonga Raiders Football Club
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