Formed: 1903 as South Yan Yean; changed name to Mernda in 1913 and to Plenty Rovers in 1932; reverted to the name of Mernda in 1965

Colours: Red and royal blue

Emblem: Demons

Senior Grade Premierships: Bourke Evelyn Football League (BEFL) - 1909-10-11-12, 1914, 1920 (6 total); Panton Hill and District Football League (PHDFL) - 1936 (1 total); Panton Hill Football League (PHFL) - 1947, 1949-50-1, 1971, 1981-2-3 (8 total); Diamond Valley Football League (DVFL) Division Two - 1991 (1 total)

Mernda has enjoyed considerable success in various competitions over the years, under three different names. The club has been in existence for more than a century, having been established, under the name of South Yan Yean, in December 1903. The following year saw the club joining the Whittlesea District Football Association as a foundation member. After two seasons in this competition South Yan Yean transferred to the Bourke Evelyn Football League where it would remain for the better part of three decades, claiming a total of half a dozen premierships including four in a row from 1909 to 1912.

At the end of the 1913 season the club was renamed Mernda. It continued under that name until 1932 when it became known as Plenty Rovers. This change coincided with a move to the Panton Hill and District Football League in which the team performed strongly, reaching the finals in 1934 and 1935, and winning a premiership in 1936. Between 1937 and 1939 Plenty Rovers competed in the Diamond Valley Football League for the first time, but the move was not a success, and the 1940 season found the club back in the PHDFL.

After the war Plenty Rovers had a second stint in the DVFL but after just a single season the club left to become a founder member in 1947 of the Panton Hill Football League. Over the course of its forty season stint in this competition the club achieved senior grade premiership success eight times. Since 1965 the club has been known as Mernda. Its most recent senior flag came in division two of the Diamond Valley Football League, in which it began competing in 1987, in 1991.

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