Mansfield Football Club
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The Mansfield Football Club is an Australian rules football
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 Kelly
    Craig 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-Collingwood
    Collingwood Football Club
    The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

     player in the Australian Football League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

  • Craig Flint - ex-Carlton
    Carlton Football Club
    The 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...

     reserves player
  • Andrew Tranquilli
    Andrew Tranquilli
    Andrew Tranquilli is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

     - ex-Collingwood
    Collingwood Football Club
    The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

     player in the Australian Football League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

  • David Mensch
    David Mensch
    David 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-Geelong
    Geelong Football Club
    The 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 League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

  • Trent Hotton
    Trent 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...

     - ex-Carlton
    Carlton Football Club
    The 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 League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

  • Brendan Hehir - ex-Geelong
    Geelong Football Club
    The 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 League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

  • Josh Fraser
    Josh Fraser
    Josh 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 League
    Australian Football League
    The 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 Hawthorn
    Hawthorn Football Club
    The 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 League
    Australian Football League
    The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...


Current squad

  • 1 Matt Storer (C)
  • 2 Mitch Wareham
  • 3 James Herridge
  • 4 Ben Millot
  • 5 Tim Demetriou
  • 6 Sam Armstrong
  • 7 Nick Gieschen
  • 8 Simon Hart
  • 9 Sean Purcell
  • 10 Fraser Stevenson
  • 11 Jim Hopgood
  • 12 Phil Doeven
  • 13 Warren Smith
  • 14 Brett Mahoney
  • 15 Adam Boshevski
  • 16 Tim Van Der Klooster
  • 17 Ross Brown
  • 18 Dom Vincent
 
  • 19 Travis Leitch
  • 20 Brant Anselmi
  • 21 Simon Dick
  • 22 Sam Dolling
  • 23 Scott Heveran
  • 24 Casey Briggs
  • 25 Stuart Quinn
  • 26 Nathan Dundas
  • 27 Guy Taylor (C)
  • 28 Kane Blunt
  • 29 Luke McMillian
  • 30 Troy Mahoney
  • 31 David Mensch
  • 32 Simon Jones
  • 33 Nick Gray
  • 34 Jarrad Mahoney
  • 35 James O'Grady
  • 36 Mark Jones
  •  
  • 37 Sam Christopher
  • 38 Josh Briggs
  • 39 Andrew Nunn
  • 40 Rhys Steward
  • 41 Anthony Burgess
  • 43 Elliot Christopher
  • 44 Adam Mahoney
  • 45 Chris Laing
  • 46 Stephen Collins
  • 48 Liam Scales
  • 50 Lawrence Apps
  • 52 Tom Niewenhuizen
  • 54 Ben Cios
  • 55 Aaron Stephens
  • 57 Ross Hopkins
  • 58 Eddy Oliver
  • 59 Ben Ryan
  • 60 Alby Hill


  • 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 Hotton
    Trent 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...


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