The Melton Central Football Club, known as the "Blues", is an

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

football club based in the satellite city of Melton, 35 km west of

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. The club is affiliated with the

Riddell District Football League The Riddell District Football Netball League (RDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, Australia. The RDFNL covers towns in the Macedon Ranges and an area from Rockbank in the south to Broadford in the north. T ...

. Formed by the RDFL when it became obvious that the two other Melton-based sides ( Melton and Melton South) were on the brink of leaving the competition to play in the

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. The RDFL wanted to keep representative side from the growing Melton urban area. Consistently overshadowed by its two larger football clubs, 'the Centrals' have had to grind out an existence against the glamour of the larger clubs. Success has not been forthcoming as the club struggled throughout their time in the Riddell. Their best season was 2003 when they made it as far as the Preliminary Final. The most recent Premiership was in 2009 when Melton Central won the Reserves Grand Final.

Results

Community

The club is a part of a number of projects aimed at improving awareness of charities and promotion of having a healthy lifestyle. They are currently a part of the Good Sports program, which targets local sporting clubs to "build a healthier sporting nation". They currently have level 2 accreditation as a part of the program. They also support the Call to Arms charity, which focuses on supporting males who have survived cancer. They have been supporting the charity since 2008, and have raised over $1500.

Team Song

We are the Navy Blues, We are the old, dark, navy blues We're the team that never lets you down We're the only team from Melton town With all the champions They like to send us We'll keep our end up And they will know that they've been playing Against the famous old dark blues Go Centrals!

References

Books

*History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - *100 Years of Football in the Riddell District - John Stoward

Melton Central Football Club The Melton Central Football Club, known as the "Blues", is an Australian rules football club based in the satellite city of Melton, 35 km west of Melbourne. The club is affiliated with the Riddell District Football League. Formed by the ...

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