MEENIYAN-DUMBALK UNITED
Current Affiliation: Alberton Football League (AlbFL) since 1969
Formed: 1964, through the merger of the Meeniyan and Dumbalk Football Clubs
Colours: Navy blue and red
Emblem: Demons
Senior Premierships: 1975-6, 1981, 1988, 1990 (5 total)
The Demons were established in 1964, and competed initially in the South Gippsland Football League. In 1969 they crossed to the Alberton Football League where they endured a torrid debut season to finish last. After that, however, improvement was steady. In 1972 they qualified for their first senior grand final, but lost to Yarram. Another losing grand final followed a year later, this time by the narrowest of margins at the hands of Toora. Finally, in 1975 it was a case of third time lucky as the Demons brushed aside the grand final challenge of Woodside, winning by 75 points, 17.19 (121) to 5.16 (46). A year later they went back to back after seeing off the grand final challenge of Yarram.
Between 1977 and 1984 Meeniyan-Dumbalk United was a consistent force, contesting the finals almost every season, and the grand final three times. However, only once, in 1981 against Foster, was the team able to bring home the bacon.
After enduring a mediocre time in the mid-1980s the Demons re-emerged as a force in 1988 when they downed Fish Creek in the grand final to claim their fourth senior flag. The fifth followed two seasons later when they battled their way through to the grand final from the first semi and overcame warm pre-match favourites Foster with surprising ease by 25 points, 14.19 (103) to 11.12 (78).
The Demons reached another grand final in 1998, but it proved to be a day to forget as they went down to Devon Welshpool-Won Wron Woodside by the humiliating margin of 87 points.
In recent seasons, the Demons have tended to struggle somewhat, with the nadir being reached in 2007 when a dismal 1-17 record consigned them to the wooden spoon.
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