Melton Football Netball Club

The Melton Football Netball Club, nicknamed The Bloods, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian town of Melton.

Melton
Names
Full name	Melton Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Bloods
Club details
Founded	1879 (1879)
Colours
Competition	Ballarat Football League
Premierships	(21): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1963, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022
Ground(s)	McPhersons Park
Uniforms
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The football team currently plays in the Ballarat Football League.

History

Melton Football Club was formed in 1879 when it was known as the Bloods, playing in the Melton and Bacchus Marsh District Football League where the club was successful winning twelve premierships between 1913 and 1963. Melton moved into the Riddell District Football League in 1973.

Upon entering the Riddell League in 1973 Melton won the premiership in its first year.

With the depth of football standard in the RDFL on the decline, together with considerable opposition from former second division clubs on the formation of one division, the club voted to make the move to the highly rated Ballarat Football League with Sunbury, Darley and Melton South clubs for the commencement of the 1997 playing season.

The club has won three BFL premierships.

Football Premierships

Seniors

• Ballarat Football League
  • 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022
• Riddell District Football League
  • 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986
• Bacchus Marsh Football League
  • 1963
• Melton & Bacchus Marsh Football League
  • 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1935

Football League Best & Fairest Awards

Seniors

• Riddell District Football League
  • 1987 - Mark Hunter
• Ballarat Football League
  • 2000 - Darren Stanley

Bibliography

• History of Football in the Ballarat District, John Stoward, ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0

External links

• Facebook site