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Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club from
Templestowe Templestowe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Templestowe recorded a population of 16,966 at the . The ...
, a suburb of
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
. The club was formed in 1999 by local residents and was known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club. In 2010, Manningham Juniors Soccer Club obtained a Senior Men's license from Fawkner SC. Manningham United plays their senior games at Pettys Reserve.


History

In 1999, the club, originally known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club, had just three junior teams, with a committee led by Paul Martinello and Tari Mallia.


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 Epping Stadium is an Australian soccer ground on Harvest Home Rd in Epping, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Opened in 1999 the stadium has a capacity of 10,000, with approximately 1000 seats in its sole grandstand. The venue was host to severa ...
. The merge only lasted until 2006. The club played in the 2005 and 2006
Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...
. In 2005 they finished fourth but only six points from first. The following year, the final year before Fawkner-Whittlesea dissolved, it finished 10th. At the end of 2006, Fawkner opted to go back to being a stand-alone club and Whittlesea forming a partnership with Bulleen Lions to form the
Whittlesea Zebras Brunswick Juventus FC is an Australian soccer club based in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner. The club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 2 (VPL 2). The earliest traces of the club date back to 1948 with the founding of Brunsw ...
, who have been known as
Moreland Zebras FC Brunswick Juventus FC is an Australian soccer club based in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner. The club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 2 (VPL 2). The earliest traces of the club date back to 1948 with the founding of Brunswic ...
since 2011. In 2013, Manningham were playing in the Victorian State League 5 and had finished 5th. Fawkner on the other hand playing in State League 1 would finish dead last, below Eastern Lions by 6 points. The season before the merger, Manningham had just escaped the bottom of the ladder finishing above Brandon Park who only managed one win in the entire season. Manningham ended the season on 19 points with 6 wins and 1 draw. In the 2014 season Fawkner finished 3rd behind
Preston Lions Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matche ...
and
Moreland City Moreland City Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Coburg, Victoria, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 1. History It was founded in 1990, when Moreland Park Rangers, formerly Moreland FC, me ...
.


Manningham United Blues

On 27 November 2014 it was announced that Manningham United, a then
Victorian State League 4 The Victorian State League, known as VETO Sports State League for sponsorship purposes is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of five divisions (separated by t ...
team would merge with Fawkner Blues, a State League 1 team, 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. They moved from
CB Smith Reserve CB Smith Reserve is a football facility based in Fawkner, Victoria, a suburb 12 km north of the centre of Melbourne. The venue is home to the Pascoe Vale Soccer Club and Brunswick Juventus who compete in the National Premier Leagues Vic ...
which Fawkner SC now plays at to play at Mannigham's ground Timberidge or alternatively Wilson Road Reserve. In its inaugural season Manningham finished a disappointing 10th. In 2016, it finished in fifth. In the first season of the merger, Manningham United Blues would finish 10th. 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 Frankston Pines Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club based in Frankston North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed by local Scottish Australians in 1965. Their home ground is Monterey Reserve, which holds approximately 4,000 ...
a fifth-place finish would ultimately be disappointing for Manningham. In 2018, Manningham achieved promotion from State League 1 to the
National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 The National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria or NPL VIC) is a semi-professional association football, soccer league in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level w ...
with a league championship. Dean Lorenzi finished as the club's and league's top goalscorer with 21 goals.


National Premier Leagues Victoria

Manningham United reached an agreement with the Veneto Club in
Bulleen, Victoria Bulleen ( ) is an eastern suburb in Melbourne, Australia, 13 km north-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Manningham Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Bulleen recorded a popul ...
to play its senior home games for the 2019 season.


Club name and logo


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. File:Fawkner Blues Logo.jpg, Fawkner Blues Original Logo File:Manningham JSC Logo.jpg, Manningham Junior Soccer Club Logo 1999-2010 File:Manningham United old logo from 1999-2011.png, Manningham United Logo 2011-2014 File:Manningham United Logo.jpg, Current Manningham United Blues 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.


Kit provider and sponsor


FFA/Australia Cup Record


Overall


Matches


Records

Biggest Win Manningham United 13–0 Tatura SC BIggest Defeat
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6–1 Manningham United FC Manningham United FC 0–5
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Best Result Sixth Round Preliminary,
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Top Goalscorer
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: (4) Most Appearances
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(9) ;Notes Manninham's score is always in bold P: Preliminary Round


Dockerty Cup Record

From 2014 onwards, the Dockerty Cup is also a qualifying completion for the
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.


Overall


Matches


Records

Biggest Win
Karingal United Karingal is a local area within the suburb of Frankston located in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It is in the local government area of the City of Frankston (app. 45 km South East from the Melbourne CBD). The locality has no predefin ...
0–6 Fawkner (14 October 1984) Fawkner 7–1 Springvale United (27 February 1993)
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0–6 Fawkner Blues (31 August 2004) Biggest Defeat
Brunswick Juventus Brunswick Zebras Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club that based in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East. The club fields both senior and reserves teams for men & women, and operates a junior academy under license fro ...
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 Ref:


State knockout cup

The
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also known as the previously known as the "Team App Cup" now known as the "Nike F.C. 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.


Overall


Matches

Notes Manninham's score is always in bold QR: Qualifying Round


Competition timeline


Records


Individual Records

Most Appearances- (485)
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(1980–1983, 1985–1992, 1994–2003) Top Goalscorer- (45)
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(1983–1986, 1988)


Team Records

Highest League Position: 1st
Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...
(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 Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently ...
, 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 Manningham 4–7
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, NPL Victoria 2, 1 May 2021


Attendances

Highest ever attendance: 6,500 vs
Preston Lions Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matche ...
at
Bob Jane Stadium Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
,
Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...
Grand Final, 25 August 2002 Highest home attendance: 4,750 vs
Preston Lions Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matche ...
at
Epping Stadium Epping Stadium is an Australian soccer ground on Harvest Home Rd in Epping, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Opened in 1999 the stadium has a capacity of 10,000, with approximately 1000 seats in its sole grandstand. The venue was host to severa ...
,
Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...
4 July 2005


Honours


League

*Victorian Premier League /
NPL Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria or NPL VIC) is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer league syste ...
(Victorian First tier) **Minor Premiers(1) 2002 **Runners Up(1) 1993 * NPL Victoria 2 / Victorian Premier League 1 (Victorian second tier) **Runners Up(1) 2023 *Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1/ State League 1 (Victorian third tier) **Champions(2) 1982, 2018 *Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2/ State League 2 (Victorian fourth tier) **Champions(1) 1981 **Runners Up(1) 2010 *Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2/ State League 2 North-West (Victorian fifth tier) **Champions(1) 2012 *Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3/ State League 3 North-West (Victorian sixth tier) **Runners Up(1) 1980 *Provisional League/Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4 (Victorian seventh tier) **Champions(1) 1978 **Runners Up(3) 1973,1975,1977 *Metropolitan League 5 South-East **Champions(1) 2017


Cup

*
Dockerty Cup The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the fo ...
**Winners(1) 1984 **Runners Up(1) 2004


Individual honours

FFV Best and Fairest *2011 Mens Metro Central – Steven Dimitriovski VPL Player of the Year *1989 – George Campbell *1990 – Claude Lucchesi Bill Fleming Medal *2002 –
Henry Fa'arodo Henry Samuel Luito'o Fa'arodo Jr. (born 5 October 1982) is a Solomon Islands professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker or a midfielder for Solomon Islands S-League, Telekom S-League clu ...
*2003 –
Tony Schipano Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot for Frosted Flakes cereal * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * M ...
VPL Goalkeeper of the Year *2007 – Steve Tilovski VPL Coach of the Year *2002 –
Josip Biskic Josip Biskić (born 20 May 1959, in Croatia) is a retired Australian Association football player who played for National Soccer League club Melbourne Knights, Malaysian club Selangor FA, and Victorian Premier League clubs Heidelberg United ...
VPL Under 21 Player of the Year *2002 – Steven Panebianco Wienstein Medal *1997 –
Michael Ferrante Michael Ferrante (born 28 April 1981) is an Australian former footballer. He is currently the senior men's head coach of Essendon Royals SC. Biography He attended St. Joseph's College Melbourne from years 1992–1997 being a star week in wee ...
Jimmy Rooney Medal *1993 – Adrian Pender


Current squad


Senior squad


Notable players

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Adrian Zahra Adrian Zahra (born 24 September 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Victoria Premier League 1 club Bentleigh Greens. Career Melbourne Knights Zahra started his career being coached by Billy Vojtek in the youth system of ...
(Youth Career) * Andreas Govas (Youth Career) *
Patrick Kisnorbo Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian professional football manager and former player who was last serving as the head coach of J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos. As a player, Kisnorbo was a primarily a centre-ba ...
(Youth Career) * Doug Brown (1987–1988) * Scott Fraser (1988) * George Campbell (1989) *
Dean Anastasiadis Dean Anastasiadis (born 6 June 1970) is a former Australian soccer player. Biography A goalkeeper, he played for many years at a variety of clubs in the National Soccer League. This included being part of the 2000–01 championship side at Wo ...
(1991–1992) * Chris Jackson (1993–1994) *
Brian Bothwell Mohammed Brian Iman Abdullah Bothwell is a former professional footballer most known for leading Brunei FA to their first Malaysian Cup title in 1999. He won the Penang Sports Club International Soccer Sevens tournament in 2007 with the Brunei ...
(1993, 1994 & 1996) *
Ante Juric Ante Juric (; born 11 November 1973) is an Australian football manager and former professional player. He was recently the Matildas assistant coach (201-15), the Australian under-17s and 19s women's national coach (2014–16) and was the ...
(1994) *
Marcus Stergiopoulos Marcus Stergiopoulos (born 12 June 1974) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a midfielder. Stergiopoulos made 89 appearances for Morwell Falcons in four separate stints at the club in Latrobe Valley, under the Falcons' three ...
(1996, 2011) *
Jeff Olver Jeffrey Olver (born 25 December 1960) is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Olver is a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame. Playing career Club career Olver played for Heidelberg and Melbourne Croatia ...
(1997) *
Josip Biskic Josip Biskić (born 20 May 1959, in Croatia) is a retired Australian Association football player who played for National Soccer League club Melbourne Knights, Malaysian club Selangor FA, and Victorian Premier League clubs Heidelberg United ...
(1998–2001) *
Henry Fa'arodo Henry Samuel Luito'o Fa'arodo Jr. (born 5 October 1982) is a Solomon Islands professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker or a midfielder for Solomon Islands S-League, Telekom S-League clu ...
(2002,2004) * Chimaobi Nwaogazi (2003) *
Massimo Murdocca Massimo Murdocca (born 2 September 1984) is an Australian retired professional soccer player who last played as a right or central midfielder for National Premier Leagues club Nunawading City FC. Club career Before joining Brisbane Roar, Murdo ...
(2004–2005) *
Andrew Marth Andrew Marth (born 10 February 1969) is a retired Australian soccer player who played 380 times in the National Soccer League (NSL) over 15 years for Sunshine George Cross, Melbourne Knights and Carlton SC. He also represented Australia men's n ...
(2004) *
Michael Ferrante Michael Ferrante (born 28 April 1981) is an Australian former footballer. He is currently the senior men's head coach of Essendon Royals SC. Biography He attended St. Joseph's College Melbourne from years 1992–1997 being a star week in wee ...
(2004) *
John Markovski John Markovski (born 15 April 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer League (NSL) for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions (former Preston Makedonia), Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, ...
(2004–2006) *
Saša Ognenovski Sasa Ognenovski (; born 3 April 1979) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a central defender, who played for the Australia national team on 22 occasions, and who last played for Sydney FC in the A-League. He is currently work a ...
(2005) *
Vince Lia Vince Lia (born 18 March 1985) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays for Essendon Royals in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3. Born in Shepparton, Lia played youth football in Victoria before making his senior ...
(2005) *
Carl Recchia Carl Recchia (born 13 December 1984) is an Australian footballer. Biography Recchia played as a central midfielder for the Melbourne Victory in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League. He was let go at the end of the season, and returned ...
(2006–2007) *
Ben Sigmund Benjamin Robert Sigmund (born 3 February 1981) is a New Zealand former international footballer. He represented New Zealand at under-17, under-20 and senior level. Club career Born in Blenheim, Sigmund spent his early career with Football K ...
(2006) * Dakota Lucas (2015) *
Vojtěch Engelmann Vojtěch Engelmann (born 4 July 1989) is a professional Czech football player who last played for Manningham United FC Engelmann arrived at Dukla in January 2012 from third division side TJ Kunice. He made his Czech First League debut at the a ...
(2016) * Siddharth Singh (2016–2017) * Nicolas Chalmet (2022–)


Notable managers

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Branko Čulina Branko Culina (; born 1 October 1957) is a soccer coach and former player. He previously managed Sydney FC and the Newcastle Jets in the A-League. Playing career Culina was born in Zadar, Socialist Republic of Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia and em ...
(1994) * Michael Micevski (1994) * Kenny Murphy (1997–2000) * Josip Biskić (2002–2003) *
Eddie Krncevic Eduvard "Eddie" Krncevic ( ; ; born 14 August 1960) is an Australian retired football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal ...
(2003) *
John Markovski John Markovski (born 15 April 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer League (NSL) for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions (former Preston Makedonia), Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, ...
(2004–2006)


See also

* Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues


References


External links


Official SiteFootball Federation Victoria Official website
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