Nickname(s) Blues President Luke Neofytou | Ground Capacity 1,500 | |
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Full name Manningham United Blues Football Club Founded 1965; 52 years ago (1965) as Fawkner Ground Timberidge Reserve/Wilsons Road Reserve | ||
Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 by local Italian Australians and was formerly known as Fawkner Blues. In 2010, Fawkner SC split from the club. Manningham United play's their senior games at Wilsons Road Reserve while majority of their junior games are played at Timberidge.
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History
After humble beginnings in 1999 with only three junior teams, the club originally known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club's inaugural committee led by Paul Martinello and Tari Mallia would never have imagined the growth of the club. On Thursday 27 November 2014 it became official that Manningham united a then Victorian State League Division 4 team would merge with Fawkner Blues a Victorian State League Division 1 and Manningham United Blues Football Club was born. In 2014 they fielded 30 junior teams and have grown to be the biggest community club in Manningham.
Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
in 2004 Fawkner Blues merged with Whittlesea Stallions to form Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues. Their home games were played at Whittlesea's home stadium Epping Stadium the merge only lasted until 2006. They did play in the 2005 and 2006 Victorian Premier League seasons. In 2005 they finished 4th but only 6 points from first. In 2006 the final year before Fawkner-Whittlesead dissolved they finished 10th At the end of 2006, Fawkner and Whittlesea dissolved the merger, with Fawkner opting to go back to being a stand-alone club, and Whittlesea forming a partnership with Bulleen to form the Whittlesea Zebras who have been known as Moreland Zebras FC since 2011.
Manningham United Blues
On Thursday 27 November 2014 it became official that Manningham (founded 1999) united a then Victorian State League Division 4 team would merge with Fawkner Blues (founded 1965) a Victorian State League Division 1 and Manningham United Blues Football Club was born. They moved from CB Smith Reserve which Fawkner SC now plays at to play at Mannigham's ground Timberidge or alternatively Wilson Road Reserve. In the inaugural season Manningham finished a disappointing 10th. However the future lookes bright as in 2016 they finished 5th.
2013 Season
Manningham were playing in the Victorian State League Division 5 and had finished 5th while their reserves would finish in a similar position in 6th but still just 4 points from 4th. Fawkner on the other hand playing in Victorian State League Division 1 would finish dead last, below Eastern Lions SC by 6 points. Fawkners U21's in 2013, the equivalent of the reserves also finished last but only 1 point behind Heidelberg United FC.
2014 Season
The season before the merge Manningham had just escaped the bottom of the ladder finishing above Brandon Park SC who only managed 1 win in the entire season. Manningham ended the season on 19 points with 6 wins and 1 draw Croydon City Arrows would be winners that season. The reserves would finish 3rd but still 17 points behind 2nd place Melbourne University SC and 20 points behind champions Ringwood City. In the 2014 season Fawkner finished 3rd behind Preston Lions FC and Moreland City FC. Their reserves however finished second last although only 3 points separated them and 9th.
2015 Season
First season of the merge and Manningham United Blues would finish 10th on 21 points however just above them were Casey Comets and Morwell Pegasus SC on 24 and 26 points. Their reserves however managed to pull of a much better performance in the 2016 season with 42 points and a 4th-place finish.
2016 Season
Manningham's seniors had a relatively slow start to the season with only two wins in the first five matches. however form hit when they won six matches in a row from round 7–12 and were only stopped by eventual winners Mornington SC. It looked at that point even though there was a loss to Mornington there was still a good chance of a high place finish or even the title. However, with one win in the last five matches including a 3–3 draw to bottom side Frankston Pines FC a fifth-place finish would ultimately be disappointing for Manningham. The reserves would feel unlucky at the start of the season losing two of their first three games 1–0. It didn't come until their fourth game against South Springvale SC where they smashed them 7–1 where they got their first win. The reserves would finish 10th in the end but would be dissapoined not only because of the low position on the ladder but because of the good football that they played and surely would have felt they deserved to be higher up. Manningham lost by a one-goal margin six times during the season including a 5–4 loss to Langwarrin SC and drew a further 5 times throughout the season.
Logo
Fawkner's original logo has not been touched except for their brief merge with Whittlesea Stallions in 2004 which would eventually end in 2006. After Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues dissolved Fawkner changed back to their original logo. When they would eventually merge with Manningham it would stay relatively the same, however that cannot be said for Manningham.
Manningham started off in 1999 with a soccer ball as the foundation of their logo with blue pentagons and blue and white stripes on it. In 2011 a name change and a new logo as well the ball still featured heavily but
instead of blue and white it would be blue and black to match their new colours. This new logo would only last three years because in 2014 Manningham and Fawkner would merge and the logo stayed relatively the same
and it so happened that a soccer ball once again featured heavily on the logo.
Name
The club that is now Manningham United Blues originally was founded in 1965 under the name Fawkner however in 1994 they changed their club name to Fawkner Blues, with a brief change to Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues after a merge with Whittlesea in 2004 which ended in 2006.
merge with Manningham United in 2014 as Manningham adopted the blues to become Manningham United Blues. Manningham have also had several name changes. Beginning as Manningham Junior Soccer Club in 1999
the club swapped out the soccer for a more traditional football. The name and logo lasted only three years after a merge with Fawkner in 2014 and they adopted part of their name and majority of their badge.
FFA Cup Record
Each team is entered at a different stage of the competition depending on the division that they play in, in 2014 before Manningham's official merge with Fawkner SC they were still playing in Victorian State League Division 4 and so they were drawn in the 1st round. Since the merge they are now drawn in the 3rd round along with the other Victorian State League Division 1.
Records
Biggest Win
Fawkner Blues 4–2 Eltham Redbacks
Manningham United 3-1 Mazenod United
BIggest Defeat
North Geelong Warriors FC 6–1 Manningham United FC
Manningham United FC 0–5 Oakleigh Cannons FC
Best Result
Sixth Round Preliminary, 2014
Top Goalscorer
Vojtech Engelmann: (2)
Michael Godfrey: (2)
Most Appearances
Aaron Root, David Lorenzi (6)
P: Preliminary Round
Dockerty Cup Record
From 2014 onwards, the Dockerty Cup is also a qualifying completion for the FFA Cup.
Which is why the results are the same as the FFA Cup.
Matches
1995 Dockerty Cup Group Eight
1996 Dockerty Cup Group Ten
Records
Biggest Win
Karingal United 0–6 Fawkner (14 October 1984)
Fawkner 7–1 Springvale United (27 February 1993)
St Albans 0–6 Fawkner Blues (31 August 2004)
Biggest Defeat
Brunswick Juventus 7–0 Fawkner (17 October 1987)
Notes
Manninham's score is always in bold
AFL1: Affiliated Leagues Round One
PR: Provisional League Preliminary Round
PL2: Provisional League Second Round
P1: First Preliminary Round
P2: Second Preliminary Round
P3: Third Preliminary Round
R: Round
QF: Quarter Final
SF: Semi Final
F: Final
AET: After Extra Time
†: Match Went to Penalties
ALL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM OZFOOTBALL.NET VICTORIAN STATE LEAGUE ARCHIVE
Team App Cup Record
The Team App Cup is an annual women's cup which was introduced in 2012 under the name Women's State Knockout Cup, Manningham first competed in 2017 entering in the qualifying round.
Matches
Notes
Manninham's score is always in bold
QR: Qualifying Round
Club Theme Song
Lyrics
Oh we're from Manningham,
A fighting fury,
We're from Manningham,
In any weather you will see us with a grin,
Risking head and shin,
If we're behind then never mind,
We'll fight and fight and win.
For we're from Manningham,
We never weaken till the final whistles blown
Like the B-oys of old,
We're strong and we're bold,
For we're from Manning...
The blue and the black
We're from Man-ning-ham
Individual Records
Most Appearances- (485) Tony Schipano (1980-1983, 1985-1992, 1994-2003)
Top Goalscorer- (45) Bruno Cozzella (1983-1986, 1988)
Team Records
Highest League Position: 1st Victorian Premier League (2002)
Lowest League Position: 7th Victorian Metropolitan League South-East (2009)
Most Wins In A Single Season: 22, (1982)
Most Draws In A Single Season: 13, (1994)
Most Losses In A Single Season: 17, (1989 and 2008)
Most Points In A Single Season: 46, (1982, and 1999)
Most Goals Scored In A Single Season: 81, (1978)
Most Goals Conceded In A Single Season: 59, (2008)
Biggest League Win: Fawkner 11-0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional League 10 September 1977
Biggest League Defeat: Fawkner Blues 0-6 Heidelberg United, Victorian Premier League 13 July 2008
Highest Scoring League Game: Fawkner 11-0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional League 10 September 1977
Manningham 4-7 Albert Park, Victorian Metropolitan League Central 9 April 2011
Attendances
Highest ever attendance: 6,500 vs Preston Lions at Bob Jane Stadium, Victorian Premier League Grand Final, 25 August 2002
Highest home attendance: 4,750 vs Preston Lions at Epping Stadium, Victorian Premier League 4 July 2005
Highest away attendance: 2,000 vs Maribyrnong Polonia at Olympic Park, Victorian State League 15 May 1983
vs South Melbourne at Bob Jane Stadium 12 February 2006
vs Preston Lions at B.T. Connor Reserve 11 March 2007
Lowest home attendance: 168 vs Springvale White Eagles at CB Smith Reserve, Victorian Premier League 26 August 2007
Lowest away attendance: 150 vs Kingston City at The Grange Reserve, Victorian Premier League 8 July 2007
Highest cup attendance: 2,000 vs Western Suburbs at Olympic Park, Dockerty Cup semi-final 28 October 1984
vs Morwell Falcons at CB Smith Reserve, Victorian State League Cup semi-final 30 September 1984
Lowest cup attendance: 500 vs Box Hill at Crinigan Reservse, Victorian State League Cup third place play-off 7 October 1984
vs Brunswick Juventus at Olympic Park, Dockerty Cup third round 25 September 1986
League
Cup
Individual Honours
VPL Player of the Year
Bill Fleming Medal
VPL Goalkeeper of the Year
VPL Coach of the Year
VPL Under 21 Player of the Year
Wienstein Medal
Jimmy Rooney Medal