Mount Pleasant Football Club
| Mount Pleasant Football Club | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Mount Pleasant Football & Netball Club |
| Nickname(s) | Blues |
| 2017 season | |
| After finals | DNQ |
| Home-and-away season | 9th |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Colours | Navy Blue White |
| Competition | HDFL |
| Premierships | HDFL (17) 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 |
| Ground(s) | Toolleen Recreation Reserve, Toolleen |
| Other information | |
| Official website | MPFNC |
The Mount Pleasant Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club which competes in the HDFL.
The club, known as the Mount Pleasant Blues, is based in Toolleen, Victoria and has participated in the HDFL since 1935.
The Blues have appeared in 24 grand finals, winning seventeen; the most recent in 2006.
Location
History
Success (1962 – 2006)
Mount Pleasant is the most successful team in the HDFL and has been for a long time now winning 17 premierships and been crowned runners-up 7 times. It has had a massive amount of success in the HDFL and has always been a consistent team winning flags back to back on more than one occasion and have also been runners-up back to back on more than one occasion as well. However their success has died down in the recent era having not won a flag or been runner-up in over 10 years which is the biggest drought of success in the clubs history. The club has the biggest success story in the HDFL and has a lot of talent coming through the senior team as well as have lot of time to find their feet because a lot of teams won't be able to grasp their kind of success in the past years. Especially for a town as small as Toolleen.
The Future (2010 – present)
Since 2006 Mount Pleasant haven't played in a Grand Final, and have only featured in the finals three times. Despite this they have a very talented team and are always a tough team to play home or away and have got a lot of history behind them which not all teams have in the HDFL.
Rivalries
Because of the relatively small sized league rivalries are few and far between in the Heathcote District Football League. Mount Pleasant's rivals are Heathcote, Colbinabbin, and Elmore. two of the clubs come from within the same region, Shire of Campaspe.
Honours
HDFL
Premierships & Grand Finals
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote Rovers | 65 – 43 |
| 1966 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote North | 74 – 62 |
| 1967 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 94 – 71 |
| 1968 | Mount Pleasant | Rushworth | 101 – 89 |
| 1971 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 122 – 68 |
| 1979 | Mount Pleasant | Colbinabbin | 112 – 107 |
| 1980 | Mount Pleasant | Elmore | 115 – 84 |
| 1981 | Mount Pleasant | Colbinabbin | 108 – 100 |
| 1983 | Mount Pleasant | Stanhope | 62 – 44 |
| 1984 | Mount Pleasant | ||
| 1990 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 108 – 84 |
| 1993 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 100 – 80 |
| 1994 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 91 – 83 |
| 1995 | Mount Pleasant | Heathcote | 82 – 77 |
| 1997 | Mount Pleasant | Elmore | 86 – 78 |
| 2000 | Mount Pleasant | Colbinabbin | 118 – 54 |
| 2001 | Mount Pleasant | Broadford | 68 – 44 |
| 2005 | Mount Pleasant | White Hills | 110 – 87 |
| 2006 | Mount Pleasant | Elmore | 127 – 90 |