- Mernda Football Club
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Mernda Full name Mernda Football Club Nickname Demons Strip Red with Blue lighting spikes Founded 1903 League Northern Football League Ground Mernda Recreation Reserve, Mernda Premierships 18 Premiership Years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1991 The Mernda Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Mernda – a rural north-eastern town of Melbourne.
History
The Mernda Football Club was formed in 1903 and was known as the South Yan Yean Football Club. The club went on for 11 years before changing its name to the Mernda Football Club in 1914. In 1932 the club changed again this time to become the Plenty Rovers Football Club, the Plenty Rovers enjoyed short stints in the DVFL in 1936-7 and in 1947. In 1963 the club returned to the Mernda Football Club name. In 1987 the club rejoined the DVFL in Division 2. In 1991 Mernda won the first and only DVFL premiership.
Current status
The club currently fields Seniors, Reserves and Under 19's teams in Division 2. The teams play its home games at the Mernda Recreational Reserve, which is located in Mernda.
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Clubs in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League) Bundoora · Diamond Creek · Fitzroy Stars · Eltham · Epping · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg West · Hurstbridge · Lalor · Lower Plenty · Macleod · Mernda · Montmorency · North Heidelberg · Northcote Park · Panton Hill · Parkside · Reservoir · South Morang · St Mary's Seniors · Thomastown · Wallan (Juniors) · Watsonia · West Preston Lakeside · WhittleseaCategories:- Clubs in the Northern Football League (Australia)
- Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia)
- Sports clubs established in 1903
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