# Mitta United Football Club

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 - 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