Manningham United
Full nameManningham United Blues Football Club
Nickname(s)Blues
Founded1965 (1965) as Fawkner
GroundPettys Reserve
Capacity1,500
PresidentNick Raptopoulos
ManagerGeorge Karkaletsis
LeagueNPL Victoria
20232nd of 14 (Promoted)
NPL Victoria 2
WebsiteClub website

Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. 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. The merge only lasted until 2006. The club played in the 2005 and 2006 Victorian Premier League. In 2005 they finished fourth[1] but only six points from first. The following year, the final year before Fawkner-Whittlesea dissolved, it finished 10th.[2] 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, who have been known as Moreland Zebras FC since 2011.

In 2013, Manningham were playing in the Victorian State League 5 and had finished 5th.[3] Fawkner on the other hand playing in State League 1 would finish dead last, below Eastern Lions by 6 points.[4]

Manningham United player taking a shot against Bulleen Lions in a friendly

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.[5] In the 2014 season Fawkner finished 3rd behind Preston Lions and Moreland City.[6]

Manningham United Blues

On 27 November 2014 it was announced that Manningham United, a then Victorian State League 4 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 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.[7]

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[8] would ultimately be disappointing for Manningham.

Manningham United celebrate promotion in 2018

In 2018, Manningham achieved promotion from State League 1 to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 with a league championship.[9] Dean Lorenzi finished as the club's and league's top goalscorer with 21 goals.[10]

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Manningham United reached an agreement with the Veneto Club in Bulleen, Victoria to play its senior home games for the 2019 season.

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.

Kit provider and sponsor

Period Kit Provider Shirt Sponsor
2008 Australia Covo
2009
2010
2011 United States Nike
2012
2013
2014 Janev Building & Painting
2015 Italy Legea United Petroleum
2016 Italy Stanno AL-KO
2017
2018
2019
2020 Australia Konqa AUSREO

Specialised Fire Protection

2021
2022 Australia Armadura

FFA/Australia Cup Record

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
FFA Cup 19 11 0 8 69 36 +21

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Score Win/Loss
2014 FFA Cup 1P Manningham vs Brimbank Stallions FC 2–1(AET) Loss
4P Fawkner Blues vs Eltham Redbacks 4–2 Win
5P Fawkner Blues vs Beaumaris 1–0 Win
6P Fawkner Blues vs South Springvale 0–1 Loss
2015 FFA Cup 3P Heatherton United SC 1–0 Win
4P North Geelong Warriors FC 6–1 Loss
2016 FFA Cup 3P Sydenham Park SC 2–3 Win
4P Oakleigh Cannons FC 0–5 Loss
2017 FFA Cup 3P Mazenod United FC 3–1 Win
4P FC Bulleen Lions 4–1 Loss
2018 FFA Cup 3P Tatura 13–0 Win
4P Mooroolbark 6–2 Win
5P Kingston City FC 3–1 Loss
2019 FFA Cup 4P Fitzroy City SC 2–1 Loss
2020 FFA Cup 3P Greenvale United SC 8–0 Win
4P Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 FFA Cup 3P Brandon Park SC 5–2 Win
4P Doncaster Rovers SC 6–0 Win
5P Port Melbourne SC 0–1 Loss
2022 Australia Cup 4P Keilor Park SC 5-0 Win
5P Port Melbourne SC 0–4 Loss

Records

Biggest Win

Manningham United 13–0 Tatura SC

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

Billy Romas: (4)

Most Appearances

David Lorenzi (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 FFA Cup.

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
Dockerty Cup 61 31 5 25 115 105 +10

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Score Win/Loss
1972 Dockerty Cup AFL1 Geelong SC 2–6 Loss
1973 Dockerty Cup PR Melton 1–3 Loss
1974 Dockerty Cup PL2 Frankston Pines FC 0–3 Loss
1975–78 Results Not Available
1979 Dockerty Cup P2 Ballarat 1–3(AET) Win
P3 Frankston Pines FC 2–0 Loss
1980 Dockerty Cup P1 Morwell Falcons 2–4 Loss
1981 Dockerty Cup P2 Dandenong City SC 4–0 Win
R1 Prahan 1–1† Loss
1982 Dockerty Cup P1 Morwell Falcons 1–2 Loss
1983 Dockerty Cup R1 Western Suburbs SC 3–0 Win
QF Box Hill United SC 3–1 Loss
1984 Dockerty Cup R1 North Dandenong 1–0 Win
R2 Karingal United 0–6 Win
QF St Albans 2–1 Win
SF Western Suburbs SC 4–1 Win
F Maribyrnong Polonia 2–3 Champions
1985 Dockerty Cup R1 Holland Park 2–2† Win
R2 Croydon City 2–3 Loss
1986 Dockerty Cup R1 Broadmeadows City 1–0 Win
R2 North Dandenong 0–0† Win
R3 Brunswick Juventus 0–1 Win
QF Green Gully SC 0–5 Loss
1987 Dockerty Cup R1 Doveton SC 5–1 Win
R2 Northcote City FC 2–3 Win
R3 Brunswick Juventus 7–0 Loss
1988 Dockerty Cup R1 Lalor United 4–0 Win
R2 Maribyrnong Polonia 1–4 Loss
1989 Dockerty Cup R1 Brighton 0–1 Loss
1990–92 Results Not Available
1993 Dockerty Cup R1 Springvale United 7–1 Win
R2 Doncaster Rovers S.C. 0–2 Win
R3 Broadmeadows City 2–3 Loss
1994 Dockerty Cup R1 Fitzroy City SC 3–1 Win
R2 Werribee City FC 3–1 Win
R3 Thomastown Devils 1–2 Win
R4 FC Bulleen Lions 0–0† Loss
1995 Dockerty Cup Group

Eight

 Waverly City 4–1 Win
Seaford United 0–3 Win
Brunswick City SC 0–4 Win
R2 Bentleigh Greens SC 2–2† Loss
1996 Dockerty Cup Group

Ten

 East Richmond 1–0 Loss
Endeavour Hills w/o Win
Stonnington City 2–3 Loss
1997–2003 Not Played
2004 Crazy John's Cup R5 Western Suburbs SC 1–2 Win
R6 Heidelberg United FC 1–2 Win
QF Northcote City FC 2–1 Win
SF St Albans 0–6 Win
F Green Gully SC 0–1 Runners Up
2005–2010 Not Played
2011 Mirabella Cup R4 Moreland City 3–2 Loss
2012 FFV State Knockout Cup R1 Old Trinity Grammarians 3–0 Loss
2013 FFV State Knockout Cup R2 Moreland City vs Fawkner Blues 3–0 Loss
Old Carey vs Manningham 3–1 Loss
2014 Dockerty Cup R1 Brimbank Stallions FC vs Manningham 2–1(AET) Loss
R4 Fawkner Blues vs Eltham Redbacks 4–2 Win
R5 Fawkner Blues vs Beaumaris 1–0 Win
R6 Fawkner Blues vs South Springvale 0–1 Loss
2015 Dockerty Cup R1 Heatherton United SC 1–0 Win
R2 Oakleigh Cannons FC 0–5 Loss
2016 Dockerty Cup R3 Sydenham Park SC 2–3 Win
R4 Oakleigh Cannons FC 0–5 Loss
2017 Dockerty Cup R3 Mazenod United FC 3–1 Win
R4 FC Bulleen Lions 4–1 Loss


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

Ref: [11]

State knockout cup

The State knockout cup 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

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
State knockout cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1

Matches

Season Competition Round Team Score Win/Loss
2017 Team App Cup QR Ringwood City 1–2 Loss
2018 Did not enter
2019
2020

Notes

Manninham's score is always in bold

QR: Qualifying Round

Competition timeline

As Fawkner
League Finals Dockerty Cup FFA Cup Top Goalscorer
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Player/s Goals
1970 Victorian District Premier League 22 9 2 11 45 37 +8 20 8th
1971 Victorian District Premier League 22 14 3 5 49 30 +19 31 3rd
1972 Victorian Provisional League 20 9 4 7 33 25 +8 22 5th AFL1
1973 Victorian Provisional League 22 14 6 2 52 22 +31 34 2nd PR
1974 Victorian Provisional League 22 14 4 4 62 28 +34 32 3rd PL2
1975 Victorian Provisional League 22 17 2 3 70 37 +33 36 2nd
1976 Victorian Provisional League 22 14 3 5 45 23 +22 31 3rd
1977 Victorian Provisional League Division 1 22 14 5 3 66 31 +35 33 2nd
1978 Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4 22 18 3 1 81 16 +65 39 1st
1979 Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3 22 12 4 6 46 27 +19 28 3rd P3
1980 Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3 22 13 6 3 51 26 +25 32 2nd P1 Frank Fragale 14*
1981 Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2 22 12 7 3 51 26 +25 31 1st R1 Bruno Sabidussi 14
1982 Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1 26 22 2 2 73 27 +46 46 1st P1 Emilio Anselma 16
1983 Victorian State League 26 10 5 11 38 50 −12 25 8th QF Bruno Cozzella 10
1984 Victorian State League 26 15 6 5 61 35 +26 36 3rd Champions Bruno Cozzella

Ian Tuffield

 15
1985 Victorian State League 26 9 7 10 41 36 +5 25 7th R2 Bruno Cozzella 10
1986 Victorian State League 26 12 6 8 28 24 +4 30 6th QF Bruno Cozzella 10
1987 Victorian State League 28 16 6 6 45 24 +21 38 3rd R3 Doug Brown 14
1988 Victorian State League 30 9 6 15 28 35 −7 24 14th R2 Doug Brown 8
1989 Victorian State League 30 8 5 17 28 47 +19 21 14th R1 David Hanna 8
1990 Victorian State League 34 16 8 10 53 19 +34 40 5th David Hanna 9
1991 Victorian Premier League 26 10 9 7 33 30 +3 29 6th David Hanna 10
1992 Victorian Premier League 26 13 5 8 30 27 +3 31 5th Minor Semi-Final Danny Gnjidic 10
1993 Victorian Premier League 26 14 5 7 49 31 +18 33 2nd Runners Up R1 Carlos Retre 23
1994 Victorian Premier League 26 4 13 9 25 37 −12 21 9th R4 Carlos Retre 6
1995 Victorian Premier League 26 9 5 12 25 35 −10 32 8th R2 Danny Gnjidic 9
1996 Victorian Premier League 26 4 7 15 24 49 −25 19 13th Group Stage Marco di Sauro,

Tony Ujgunovski

 4
1997 Victorian Premier League 26 6 9 11 37 47 −10 27 12th Peter Psarros 10
1998 Victorian Premier League 26 12 7 7 40 28 +12 43 6th Santo Emmanuele 17
1999 Victorian Premier League 26 14 4 8 48 33 +15 46 4th Santo Emmanuele 11
2000 Victorian Premier League 22 6 9 7 28 27 +1 27 7th Peter Psarros 13
2001 Victorian Premier League 22 8 8 6 36 22 +14 32 6th Santo Emmanuele 7
2002 Victorian Premier League 22 11 8 3 38 21 +17 41 1st Runners Up Henry Fa'arodo 8
2003 Victorian Premier League 22 9 4 9 31 35 −4 31 8th Chimaobi Nwaogazi 8
2004 Victorian Premier League 22 6 5 11 34 29 +5 23 9th Runners Up Tony Sterjovski,

Mark Tsiorlas

 6
2005 Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
2006
2007 Victorian Premier League 26 9 6 11 26 28 −2 33 11th Mark Tsiorlas 9
2008 Victorian Premier League 26 6 3 17 22 59 −37 21 13th Joey Youssef 6
2009 Victorian State League Division 1 22 10 5 7 33 27 +6 35 5th Robert Dolevski 7
2010 Victorian State League Division 1 26 11 5 6 36 26 +7 28 3rd Robert Dolevski

Ridvan Saglam

 12
2011 Victorian State League Division 1 22 6 3 13 21 27 −6 21 11th R4 Robert Dolevski 11
2012 Victorian State League Division 2 22 14 5 3 49 20 +29 47 1st Jamie Meehan 7
2013 Victorian State League Division 1 22 3 5 14 12 38 −26 14 12th R2 Josip Loncaric 4
2014 Victorian State League Division 1 22 12 2 8 46 31 +15 38 3rd R3 6P Franc Carafa,

Nathan Jones

 8
As Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
League Finals Dockerty Cup FFA Cup Top Goalscorer
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Player/s Goals
2005 Victorian Premier League 26 12 7 7 47 37 +10 43 4th Elimination Final Zoran Petrevski

Mark Tsiorlas

 10
2006 Victorian Premier League 26 10 1 15 38 51 −13 31 10th Mark Tsiorlas 13
As Manningham
League Finals Dockerty Cup FFA Cup Top Goalscorer
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Player/s Goals
2009 Victorian Metropolitan League South-East 18 3 1 14 31 49 −18 10 7th Roberto Rositano 7
2010 Victorian Provisional League South-East 22 4 3 15 28 53 −25 15 12th Roberto Rositano 14
2011 Victorian Metropolitan League Central 20 12 1 7 57 36 +21 37 3rd Tiago Da Silva 15
2012 Victorian Metropolitan League Central 20 12 2 6 53 28 +25 38 3rd R1 Tiago Da Silva 17
2013 Victorian State League Division 5 21 10 4 7 46 39 +7 34 5th R2 Roberto Rositano 12
2014 Victorian State League Division 4 22 6 1 15 25 44 −19 19 11th R1 1P Jordan Cirianni 4
2015 Victorian State League Division 1 22 6 3 13 30 44 −14 21 10th R2 4P Zane Sole 10
2016 Victorian State League Division 1 22 12 3 7 43 35 +8 39 5th R2 4P Vojtěch Engelmann 11
2017 Victorian State League Division 1 22 8 6 8 26 29 −3 30 7th R2 4P Lucas Johns 4
2018 Victorian State League Division 1 21 17 1 3 61 18 +43 52 1st 1st R5 5P Dean Lorenzi 18
2019 NPL Victoria 2 28 12 5 11 48 44 +4 41 5th R4 4P Billy Romas 11
2020 NPL Victoria 2 Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 NPL Victoria 2 14 2 4 8 24 36 −12 10 Abandoned R5 5P Billy Romas 5
2022 NPL Victoria 2 22 6 6 10 29 34 −5 24 8th R5 5P Jacob Byrns 6

Records

Individual Records

Most Appearances- (485) Australia Tony Schipano (1980–1983, 1985–1992, 1994–2003)

Top Goalscorer- (45) Australia Bruno Cozzella (1983–1986, 1988)

Team Records

Highest League Position: 1st Victorian Premier League (2002)[12]

Lowest League Position: 7th Victorian Metropolitan League South-East (2009)[13]

Most Wins In A Single Season: 22, (1982)[14]

Most Draws In A Single Season: 13, (1994)[15]

Most Losses In A Single Season: 17, (1989 and 2008)[16][17]

Most Points In A Single Season: 46, (1982, and 1999)[14][18]

Most Goals Scored In A Single Season: 81, (1978)[19]

Most Goals Conceded In A Single Season: 59, (2008)[17]

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

Manningham 4–7 Kingston City, NPL Victoria 2, 1 May 2021

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

Honours

League

  • Victorian Premier League / NPL Victoria (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

Individual honours

FFV Best and Fairest

  • 2011 Mens Metro Central – Steven Dimitriovski

VPL Player of the Year

Bill Fleming Medal

VPL Goalkeeper of the Year

  • 2007 – Steve Tilovski

VPL Coach of the Year

VPL Under 21 Player of the Year

  • 2002 – Steven Panebianco

Wienstein Medal

Jimmy Rooney Medal

  • 1993 – Adrian Pender

Current squad

Senior squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Australia AUS Matt Banovic
31 GK Australia AUS Stefan Taleski
44 GK Australia AUS Evan Markogiannakis
52 DF Australia AUS Michael Godfrey
2 DF Australia AUS Baley Row
3 DF Australia AUS Dylan Facci
4 DF Italy ITA Filippo Gattari
20 DF Australia AUS Nathan Prince
5 MF Australia AUS Dominic D'angelo
8 MF Australia AUS Travis Chalk-Hatton
12 MF Australia AUS James Newman
33 MF Australia AUS Dylan Bresolin
22 MF Australia AUS Mark Vangeli
16 MF Australia AUS Sebastian Barrero
7 MF Australia AUS Josh McMonagle-Ihasz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Australia AUS David Morovic
14 FW Australia AUS Lucas Johns
18 FW Australia AUS Billy Romas
9 FW Australia AUS Yanni Barberoglou
11 FW Australia AUS Jhoan Barrero
13 FW Australia AUS Franc Carafa
10 FW Australia AUS Dean Lorenzi

Notable players

Notable managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "VPL table 2005". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "VPL table 2006". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "State League 5 ladder 2013".
  4. ↑ "state League 1 ladder 2013".
  5. ↑ "State League 4 ladder 2014".
  6. ↑ "State League 1 ladder 2014".
  7. ↑ "State League 1 ladder 2015".
  8. ↑ "State League 1 Ladder 2016".
  9. ↑ "Ladder for Men's State League 1 South-East". SportsTG. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Competition Stats for Men's State League 1 South-East". SportsTG. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Victorian State League Archive".
  12. ↑ "2002 VPL Table".
  13. ↑ "2009 Victorian Metropolitan League South-East Table".
  14. 1 2 "1982 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One Table".
  15. ↑ "1994 VPL Table".
  16. ↑ "1989 VPL Table".
  17. 1 2 "2008 VPL Table".
  18. ↑ "1999 VPL Table".
  19. ↑ "1978 Metropolitan League Division 4 Table".
  20. ↑ Sangghvi, Malavika (11 August 2017). "The beautiful game". mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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