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 - 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. 1921 - Joe Scales - 1923 - Jack Scales - 1948 - Gordon Yea - 2009 - Jack Ziebell - 2018 - Ben Paton -
The following footballers played VFL / AFL prior to playing with Mitta. 1975 - Frank Hodgkin -
References
External links
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