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| Mordialloc Football Club | ||
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| Full name | Mordialloc Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Bloodhounds, Bloods | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1891; 134 years ago (1891) | |
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| Competition | Southern Football Netball League | |
| President | Jason Zealley | |
| Coach | Brendon Moore (Men's Football) Jason Zealley (Women's Football) Sophie Durnan/Traci Stafrace (Netball) | |
| Captain(s) | Nathan Evans (Men's Football) Gabbrielle boyle/Megan Tymko (Women's Football) Sophie Durnan (Netball) | |
| Premierships | FFL (7): 1923, 1924, 1929, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952 VFA Div 2 (1):1977 SFNL (3): 1999, 2014 SFNL (Netball) (1): 2018 | |
| Ground | Ben Kavanagh Reserve (capacity: 2,500) | |
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TheMordialloc Football Club, nicknamed theBloodhounds, is anAustralian rules football andnetball club that currently participates in theSouthern Football Netball League (SFNL). The club formerly played in theVictorian Football Association (VFA) from 1958 until 1988.
The club is based in the Melbourne suburb ofMordialloc and started out in theFederal Football Association. They played in the FFA from 1909 to 1957 and were premiers on seven occasions - 1923, 1924, 1929, 1939, 1950, 1951 & 1952. Since 1927, the club has played at Ben Kavanagh Reserve in McDonald St, Mordialloc, a ground which is notable for its long length & similar size playing area as the MCG.[1] In 1958 they joined the Victorian Football Association. The club was initially allocated to Division 1 when the Association was first divided into two divisions, but was relegated to Division 2 after finishing last in 1962, and spent most of its remaining time in the Association in the lower division. Mordialloc lost the 1965 Grand Final toPreston and made another second division Grand Final in 1976 but lost again, this time toWilliamstown. The following season the club broke through for their first VFA premiership with a 38-point win overYarraville, under the leadership of captain-coach Geoff Rosenow. As a result of the premiership, Mordialloc was promoted to Division 1, but lasted only one season before being relegated.[2]
Mordialloc's time in the VFA ended three matches into the 1988 season when they resigned due to poor onfield performances and the uncertain future of the VFA's second division.[3][4] The club then joined theSouth East Suburban Football League (SESFL), which later became theSouthern Football Netball League (SFNL), where it has played since. Since 2013, the has been officially known as the "Mordialloc Football Netball Club".
The club has won two Men's football second division SFNL premierships: in 1999 and 2014 and in 2018 won its first Netball Division 1 flag.
