Myrtleford Football Club

Myrtleford Football Club
Myrtleford
MyrtlefordSaints.jpg
Full name Myrtleford Football Club
Nickname(s) Saints
Strip Black, white and red
Founded 1886
Sport Australian rules football
League Ovens & Murray Football League
Ground McNamara Reserve
Club song "Oh When The Saints Go Marching In"
President Adrian Villella
Coach

1sts - Stan Magro

2nds - Shane Roche / Brad McPherson

3rds/ Alpine Eagles - Michael Quirk
Captain Josh Chapman
2010 Last

The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL).

The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River.

The club was initiated into the Bright League in 1886, which later became the Myrtleford Bright District Football League. The club joined the OMFL in 1950. Myrtleford's only premiership triumph was against Wangaratta Rovers in 1970.[1] The Saints were runners-up in 2001, 2005 and 2006.

Myrtleford has produced VFL/AFL players including Len Ablett, Sam Kekovich, Steve McKee and Guy Rigoni.

Other VFL/AFL footballers who have played with Myrtleford include Albert Rodda, Jim Deane, 1970 premiership coach Martin Cross, Gary Ablett, Sr. and Ben Beams.

In 2008 the Myrtleford Saints under 18s merged with the Bright under 18s to become the Alpine Eagles. The Eagles field a side in both the OMFL and the Ovens and King Football League. The Eagles have been relatively successful under coach Michael Quirk, reaching the OMFL grand final in 2010.

In 2009 former Murray Bushrangers player and coach Mark Knobel was appointed coach of Myrtleford, but just before the start of the 2009 season Knobel pulled out for medical reasons. He was succeeded by Matthew Crisp. Myrtleford failed to win a game in the 2009 season.

In 2009 the Myrtleford reserves side coached by Paul Muraca was close to pulling out of the OMFL due to lack of numbers.

The 2010 season saw an overhaul of the board and coaching staff, with Adrian Villella becoming president and former Collingwood player Stan Magro appointed senior coach.

Despite the changes, Myrtleford failed to win a senior match in the 2010 season.

Myrtleford broke through for its first win in 62 matches on 2 April 2011 when the Saints defeated Corowa-Rutherglen. Long-suffering supporters crammed into the changerooms and the team song was belted out with gusto after the victory, which Magro described as "bloody good".[2]

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