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Mooroopna Football Club

{{Short description|Australian rules football and netball club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox Australian football club

|clubname = Mooroopna

|image = Mooroopna_Football_Club_logo.png

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| fullname = Mooroopna Football Netball Club

| nicknames = Cats

| mottos ="We are Mooroopna!"

| founded = {{start date and age|1877}}

| dissolved =

| colours = {{color box|#1C3C63}} {{color box|#ffffff}}

| league = GVFL

| president = Bill Dowling {{cite web|last1=Mooroopna Football Club|title=Trophy Room|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/trophyroom.cgi?c=1-6165-80582-337599-21790790&a=TR_HB|website=SportsTG|accessdate=18 November 2016}}

| coach = John Lamont

| captain =

| ground = Mooroopna Recreation Reserve

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| premierships = 12

| clubsong ='Cheers Boys Cheer'

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| pattern_sh1 = _whitesides

| pattern_so1 = _3whitehoops

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| url = http://www.mooroopnafnc.com.au

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The Mooroopna Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Cats, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the rural town of Mooroopna, Victoria.

Mooroopna currently competes in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL),{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/mooroopna.htm| title=Mooroopna| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=11 July 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414214149/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/mooroopna.htm| archive-date=14 April 2008| url-status=usurped}} of which Mooroopna is a founding member.

History

The first apparent details of a game of Australian Rules football between Mooroopna and Shepparton was published in The Weekly Times in July 1879{{cite web |title=1879 - The Riverine Herald |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115124012 |publisher=The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002) |access-date=10 December 2024 |page=2 |date=18 July 1879}}{{cite web |title=1879 - THE PEERYBINGLE PAPERS. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219422334 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=10 December 2024 |page=13 |date=26 July 1879}}{{cite web |title=1879 - Victoria: Violt Town |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199370035 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=3 |date=16 July 1879}}

After short periods prior to and following World War II playing in the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) and Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL), Mooroopna returned to the GVFL in 1949,{{cite web|last1=Devaney|first1=John|title=Australian Football – Mooroopna Football Club – Stats|url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/Mooroopna/1126/|website=AustralianFootball.com|accessdate=18 November 2016}} where it has played to the present day.

Competition Timeline

Football Premierships

;Seniors

class="wikitable"
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s){{cite web|title=Mooroopna FCAustralianRulesFootball.com.au|url=http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/mooroopnafc|website=www.australianrulesfootball.com.au|accessdate=18 November 2016}}
Goulburn Valley FL{{center|12}}{{center|1893,{{cite web |title=1893 - Goulburn Valley DFA Grand Final Challenge |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65711312 |via=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Kyabram Union Newspaper |access-date=21 April 2020 |date=15 September 1893|page=2}}{{cite web |title=1893 - MOOROOPNA WINS THE TROPHY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269057588 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=25 December 2024 |page=2 |date=30 September 1893}} 1894, 1895, 1896, 1907, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1985, 1986. }}
Goulburn Valley Football Association{{center|1}}
1939 {{cite web |title=1939 - Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final review |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186110945# |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Shepparton Advertiser |accessdate=20 July 2020 |date=2 October 1939|page=5}}
Central Goulburn Valley Football League{{center|1}}
1946 {{cite web |title=1946 - Central Goulburn VFL - Grand Final match review |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187172189/19284163# |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Shepparton Advertiser |accessdate=21 July 2020 |date=10 September 1946|page=2}}

;Reserves

class="wikitable"
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s)
Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football League{{center|2}}{{center|1928, 1929}}
Goulburn Valley FL{{center|6}}{{center|1954, 1969, 1982, 1984, 2012, 2015}}

;Under 18's / Thirds

class="wikitable"
LeagueTotal FlagsPremiership year(s)
Goulburn Valley FL{{center|2}}{{center|1982, 1986}}

League Best & Fairest

File:Mark Blake playing for Geelong.JPG

;Senior Football

VFL/AFL players

File:Clayton Oliver 2017.8.jpg

The following footballers played with Mooroopna, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

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References

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External links

  • [https://twitter.com/mooroopnafnc Twitter page]
  • [https://www.facebook.com/mooroopnafnc/ Facebook page]
  • [http://www.mooroopnafnc.com.au/ Mooroopna FNC Website]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187171497/ 1903 - Mooroopna FC team photo]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187171166/ 1928 - Goulburn Valley FC Premiers: Mooroopna FC team photo]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223824576/23877322#/ 1931 - Mooroopna FC & Rushworth FC team photos]

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{{Goulburn Valley Football League}}

Category:Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state)

Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1877

Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1877

Category:1877 establishments in Australia

Category:Goulburn Valley Football Netball League clubs

Category:Netball teams in Victoria (state)