Euroa FNC
Names
Full nameEuroa Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Magpies
Club details
Founded1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Colours   
CompetitionGoulburn Valley Football League
Premierships(17) 1894, 1905, 1911, 1913, 1922, 1936, 1937, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1990
Ground(s)Memorial Oval
Uniforms
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Other information
Official websiteEuroa FNC

The Euroa Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club sited in the town of Euroa, in the north-east of Victoria.

History

The Euroa Football Club was first established in 1880 and initially competed in the Euroa Challenge Cup in 1886 and 1887.

In the interest of football in Euroa in 1909, the Euroa Magpies FC and Euroa FC merged to form one club and entered the North East Football Association. The Euroa Wednesdays FC entered a team in the Euroa (Wednesday) Football Association.[1]

In May 1934, Euroa FC and the Euroa Imperials FC merged to form Euroa United FC and entered one team in the Waranga North Eastern Football Association[2][3]

In June 1952, 17 year old Euroa footballer, James Arthur Clarke was fatally injured in his first senior match against Seymour at Euroa when his head collided with the knees of a Seymour player.[4]

Euroa hosted an official VFL match in June 1952 when Carlton defeated Hawthorn in front of a crowd of 7500 spectators.[5]

The club teams has competed in the Goulburn Valley Football League since 1971. [6]

There were a number of other Euroa football clubs that existed in the early 1900's that played in the Euroa District Football Association -

Football Leagues

Euroa Football Club has played in the following football competitions -

Senior Football Premierships (All Leagues)

Euroa FC
Euroa Imperials FC
Euroa Wednesdays FC
Euroa Magpies FC

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers originally played with Euroa FC prior to making their VFL / AFL debut.

The following footballers came to Euroa after playing in the VFA, VFL, AFL, with the year indicating their debut with Euroa FC.

Notable local Euroa players

References

  1. ^ "1909 - Euroa and Magpies Combine". Euroa Advertiser (Vic). 7 May 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "1934 - Football". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic). 27 April 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "1934 - Euroa Teams Combine". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 19 May 1934. p. 64. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. ^ "1952 - PLAYER FATALLY HURT IN FOOTBALL MATCH". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 2 June 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "1952 - Carlton's big men swamp young Hawks". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 14 June 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Euroa". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  7. ^ "1886 - Euroa District Challenge Cup". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 11 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "1886 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 18 June 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ^ "1887 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 24 June 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ^ "1887 - Euroa District Football Challenge Cup". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 8 July 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  11. ^ "1887 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 30 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  12. ^ "1894 - Football Fixtures". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 1 June 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ "1895 - Euroa". The Violet Town Sentinel (Vic. : 1894 - 1904; 1914 - 1920; 1939 - 1946). 7 June 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  14. ^ "1939 - EIGHT LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAMS". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 5 May 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  15. ^ "1940 - FOOTBALL". The Violet Town Sentinel (Vic). 16 April 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d "Australian Football - Euroa Football Club - Info". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  17. ^ "1894 - Position of clubs". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 24 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  18. ^ "1913 - Euroa Premiers". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 15 September 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  19. ^ "1922 - Euroa's fine performance". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 2 September 1922. p. 79. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  20. ^ "1922 - WNEFA Premiers - Euroa FC Premiership Team Photo". Weekly Times. The Weekly Times Newspaper. 18 November 1922.
  21. ^ "1922 - Digger Footballer". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 14 September 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  22. ^ "1926 - FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic). 13 September 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  23. ^ "1926 - Violet Town". Benalla Standard (Vic). 7 September 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  24. ^ "1926 - Football". Benalla Standard (Vic). 10 September 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  25. ^ "1930 - Country Games: Euroa". The Age (Melbourne, Vic). 11 August 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  26. ^ "1930 - Football Appeal". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic). 13 October 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  27. ^ "1911 - Euroa wins premiership". Benalla Standard (Vic). 29 September 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  28. ^ "1907 - The Magpies Victorious". Euroa Advertiser (Vic). 30 August 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  29. ^ "1907 - Euroa". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 11 September 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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