Mansfield Football Club
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The Mansfield Football Club is an Australian rules football
club in the Goulburn Valley Football League
, they are based in Mansfield, Victoria
. The club is officially known as the Mansfield Eagles Football/Netball club, but have been nicknamed "The Eagles" by supporters. The Eagles home ground is the Mansfield Recreation Reserve.
Matt Storer and Guy Taylor are Eagles Co-Captains for the 2010 season.
The Eagles Seniors are coached by ex-Collingwood player, Craig 'Ned' Kelly.
, who played for the Eagles last season, won the league best and fairest in 2007. The Eagles won their first GVFL
premiership in 2004 since moving to the league in 1997. In 2009 the Eagles capped off a fantastic year with a win in the GVFL Grand Final over Kyabram, capturing their second GVFL flag in five years.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club in the Goulburn Valley Football League
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...
, they are based in Mansfield, Victoria
Mansfield, Victoria
Mansfield is a small town in the foothills of the Victorian part of the Australian Alps. It is approximately 180 km north-east of Melbourne...
. The club is officially known as the Mansfield Eagles Football/Netball club, but have been nicknamed "The Eagles" by supporters. The Eagles home ground is the Mansfield Recreation Reserve.
History
- 1925-1933 Mansfield Line Association
- 1934-1940 Mansfield-Alexandra FA
- 1945-1946 Upper Goulburn FL
- 1946-1977 Waranga North East FL
- 1977-1995 Tungamah FL.
- 1996-1997 Goulburn Valley FL 2nd Division
- 1998-Current Goulburn Valley FL
Notable past/present Mansfield Eagles players
- Craig KellyCraig Kelly (footballer)Craig Kelly was an Australian rules football player with Collingwood Football Club and is now a successful player manager. He is the grandson of famous free marketeer and former Government Minister, C.R. "Bert" Kelly.-Pre VFL/AFL:...
- ex-CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
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reserves player - Andrew TranquilliAndrew TranquilliAndrew Tranquilli is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
- ex-CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
player in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... - David MenschDavid MenschDavid Mensch is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Australian Football League.Mensch was a half forward and played in two losing grand final teams...
- ex-GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
player in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... - Trent HottonTrent HottonTrent Hotton is an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Carlton in the Australian Football League .Collingwood picked up Hotton, from Preston, with the 28th pick of the 1994 Pre-Season Draft...
- ex-CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
player in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... - Brendan Hehir - ex-GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
rookie in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... - Josh FraserJosh FraserJosh Fraser is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League and formerly of the Collingwood Football Club....
- current player for Gold Coast in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... - Jarrod Kayler-Thomson - current player for HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
Current squad
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Matt Storer and Guy Taylor are Eagles Co-Captains for the 2010 season.
The Eagles Seniors are coached by ex-Collingwood player, Craig 'Ned' Kelly.
Awards and Premierships
Trent HottonTrent Hotton
Trent Hotton is an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Carlton in the Australian Football League .Collingwood picked up Hotton, from Preston, with the 28th pick of the 1994 Pre-Season Draft...
, who played for the Eagles last season, won the league best and fairest in 2007. The Eagles won their first GVFL
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...
premiership in 2004 since moving to the league in 1997. In 2009 the Eagles capped off a fantastic year with a win in the GVFL Grand Final over Kyabram, capturing their second GVFL flag in five years.
| 2004 GVFL Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia... Grand Final |
G | B | Total |
| Tatura | 11 | 8 | 74 |
| Mansfield | 20 | 15 | 135 |
| Venue: Deakin Reserve, Shepparton Shepparton, Victoria Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station... |
| 2009 GVFL Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia... Grand Final |
G | B | Total |
| Mansfield | 16 | 12 | 108 |
| Kyabram | 13 | 9 | 87 |
| Venue: Deakin Reserve, Shepparton Shepparton, Victoria Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station... |