The Wallan Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football club located 45 km north of Melbourne in the town of Wallan and is affiliated with the Riddell District Football League and wears black and white vertical stripes.
History The club appears to of played its first game of Australian Rules football in 1891 against the Kilmore Rose Football Club.
Football Competitions Timeline 1891 - 1895: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides. 1896 - Power Trophy 1897 - 1906: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides. 1907 - 1911: Central Mernda Football Association 1912: Club active, but did not play any competition football. 1913 - 1915: Midlands District Football Association. Association abandoned in July 1915 due to war enlistments from footballers. 1916 - 1918: Association / Club in recess due to World War I 1919 - 1920: Mernda Football Association 1923 - 1931: Bourke Evelyn Football League 1935 - 1939: Hume Highway Football Association 1940 - 1945: Association / Club in recess due to World War II 1945 - 1946: Hume Highway Football Association 1947 - 1953: Riddell District Football League 1954 - 1964: Panton Hill Football League 1965 - 2001: Riddell District Football League 2002 - 2006: Diamond Valley Football League 2007 - 2007: Northern Football League 2008 - 2024: Riddell District Football League
Football Premierships (9) Seniors Central Mernda Football Association 1907, 1908, 1909 Midlands Football Association 1914 Riddell District Football League - Division One 1985 Riddell District Football League - Division Two 1977 1989 1992
Runners Up (4) Central Mernda District Football Association 1910 Midlands Football Association 1913 Riddell District Football League - Division Two 1984 Riddell District Football League - Division One 1998, 2000, 2019
Football League Best & Fairest Winners Seniors Riddell District Football League 1952 - Ken Cleve * 1971 - Les Benjamin 1982 - Ian Benjamin 1998 - Gavin Langborne 1999 - Dean Fitzpatrick 2001 - Brett Spencer 2018 - Jesse Davies 2021 - Ricky Schraven 2022 - Steven Boyall 1952: Ken Cleve (Wallan) tied with Ray Russell (Lancefield) on 14 votes, but received the runners up award and has never received a retrospective "co-winners" medal from the RDFL.
Leading Goalkickers Seniors Riddell District Football League 1970: Ian Benjamin 44 1972: Greg Wood 130 1973: Greg Wood 179 1976: Pat Delaney 111 1977: Pat Delaney 133 1984: Bernie Laffin 63 1991: David Fowler 78
Highest Score Wallan 56.25.361 (v North Fawkner 1.2.8) – Riddell DFL – 1997
Most goals in a game 34 – David Fowler – Wallan (v North Fawkner) – Riddell DFL – 1997
References
Books History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - 100 years of Football in the Riddell District - John Stoward
External links Wallan FNC website 1953 - Wallan FC Ball photos