Wangaratta Football Club
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| Full name | Wangaratta Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Magpie Magpie Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia... s |
| Strip | Black and white vertical stripes |
| Founded | 1909 |
| League | Ovens & Murray Football League Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League... |
| Ground | Wangaratta Showgrounds |
| Premierships years | 1976, 2007, 2008 |
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
at the Wangaratta Showgrounds.
The Wangaratta Magpies FC was the first football club to be founded in Wangaratta in 1909.
Recent premierships: 1976, 2007, 2008.
The football club consists of seniors, reserves and under 18s.