Murchison Football Club

Murchison F.N.C.

Full name	Murchison Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	The Grasshoppers
Strip	Bottle green with gold sash
Founded	1881
Sport	Australian rules football
League	Kyabram & District Football League
Ground	Murchison Recreation Reserve
Club song	It's a Grand Old Flag
President	Mick Kerrins
Coach	Justin Williams
Captain	...
2010	6th

Murchison Football Club, nicknamed the Hoppers, is an Australian rules football team based in the small north eastern Victorian town of Murchison, near Nagambie.

The club was established in 1881 and began in the Upper Goulburn Football Association in 1897. It now competes in the Kyabram District Football League, where they field three teams in three grades of football (Seniors, Reserves & Under 18's), and five grades of Netball (A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, Under 17's & Under 15's).

Season 2010 was a successful season for the club, with 6 out of 8 teams competing in the finals series, Jess Guilfoyle winning the K.D.N.L. "A-Grade" Best & Fairest, James Milne winning both the K.D.F.L. Under 18's Best & Fairest and the Goalkicking award with 118 goals, and the Under 18's, under the leadership of Peter Cantlin & Peter Milne winning the Premiership against perpetual contenders, Stanhope. becoming the first Murchison side to win a title in the Under 18's in 30 years.

But, despite this recent success in the juniors & individually, Murchison haven't enjoyed sustained success since 1982, when the club won both the Senior & Reserve titles, and the Under 18's finished Runners-Up, in what was the most successful year in the clubs 130 year history.

The club (despite finishing Runners-Up in 1988, and finishing in 3rd place in 1995 & 1998) hasn't been able to climb those heights ever since, and as such, now have the longest senior premiership drought of all the K.D.F.L. clubs, and the Netball Club hasn't won a single premiership title since the K.D.N.L. competition started in 1979, despite having several fine players, numerous league Best & Fairest winners & strong, competitive teams during the 31 year history of the Murchison Netball Club.

The clubs current colours are bottle green with a gold sash. These have been the colours of the club since 1910, before that the club wore black & white stripes with a green sash (1908–1909), Green & Gold Stripes with a Red Sash (1895–1907) and a Navy Jumper with Navy Knickerbockers, Red hose & Cap (1881–1894).

The Current Coach is Justin Williams & the President is Mick Kerrins.

Premierships 1st XVIII

• Upper Goulburn Football Association
  • 1897
• Waranga Football Association
  • 1904
• Goulburn Valley Football League
  • 1910
• Waranga-North East Football League
  • 1914
• Euroa District Football League
  • 1945
• Kyabram District Football League
  • 1964, 1966, 1982

Premierships 2nd XVIII

• Kyabram District Football League
  • 1967, 1972, 1982, 2001

Premierships 3rd XVIII

1970, 1980, 2010