Wangaratta Football Club

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Wangaratta FNC
Names
Full nameWangaratta Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Magpies
Club details
Founded1875; 147 years ago (1875)
Colours   
CompetitionOvens & Murray Football League
PremiershipsO&MFNL 1sts:(14) 1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1976, 2007, 2008, 2017. O&KFNL 1sts:(6) 1905, 1906, 1920, 1931, 1932, 1941.
Ground(s)Norm Minns Oval
Uniforms
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The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds and play on the Norm Minns Oval.[1]

The Wangaratta Football Club was the first football club to be founded in Wangaratta, in 1875,[2] when matches were played intermittently against other local towns like – Albury, Beechworth, Benalla, Chiltern, Corowa, Howlong, Rutherglen, Tarrawingee and Wahgunyah.[3]

There were two Wangaratta teams that entered the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1893, Wangaratta Central FC and West End FC (1893 only), with Wangaratta Central (Magpies) remaining in the O&MFA and moving between the Ovens & King Football League on a number of occasions prior to World War Two. These two teams played in the Wangaratta Football Association in 1892, with Wangaratta FC finishing on top of the ladder and winning the premiership.[4]

Wangaratta FC moved into the Ovens and King FL in its first year of competition in 1903.[5]

Wangaratta FC entered two sides into the Ovens & King FL in 1941 and they both played off in the grand final, with the "Rainbows" defeating Wangaratta.[6]

In 1945 Wangaratta entered a team in the Murray Valley Football League and they became undefeated premiers.[7]

Wangaratta FC have been in the Ovens & Murray Football League continuously since 1946.

Since 2012, the club has fielded three football teams and four netball teams in the Ovens & Murray Football League.

Football competition timeline[]

Seniors

Football Premierships[]

Seniors
League Total flags Premiership year(s)
Wangaratta Football Association 1 1892[8]
Murray Valley Junior Football Association 1 1898[9][10]
Ovens & King Football Association[11] 6 1905, 1906, 1920, 1931, 1932, 1941[12]
Murray Valley Patriotic Football Association 1 1945[13]
Corowa & District Knockout Competition – "VFL Cup" 1 1949 [14]
Ovens & Murray Football League[15] 14 1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1976, 2007, 2008, 2017

VFL / AFL Footballers[]

The following footballers played for Wangaratta FC prior to making their VFL / AFL debut & / or were drafted to an AFL club, with the year indicting their debut.

References[]

  1. ^ "Funds boost targets showgrounds revamp". ABC Goulburn Murray. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ^ "1875 - Football". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 15 June 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Formation of the Wangaratta FC". The Corowa Free Press Newspaper – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ^ "1892 - Wangaratta Football Association". Flickr. Wangaratta Chronicle. 20 August 1892. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. ^ "1903 - Ovens & King FL Teams". Ovens & King FL. Ovens & King FL.
  6. ^ "1941 - Country Sport: Wangaratta". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 15 September 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ "1945 - Wang wins MV Premiership". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 14 August 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  8. ^ "1892 - Wangaratta Football Association". Flickr. Wangaratta Chronicle. 20 August 1892. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "1898 Murray Valley FA Premiership". Ovens and Murray Advertiser – via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ^ "1900 - Football". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 28 August 1900. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Ovens & King FNL Premierships". Ovens & King FNL. Ovens & King FNL.
  12. ^ "1941 - Rainbows Premiers". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 15 September 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  13. ^ "1945 - Wangaratta win MV League Premiership". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 14 August 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  14. ^ "1946 - Corowa & District Knockout Competition = "VFL Cup"". The Corowa Free Press. 24 September 1946. p. 1 – via Trove Newspapers.
  15. ^ "Ovens & Murray Premierships". Ovens & Murray FNL. Ovens & Murray FNL.

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