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Euroa Football Club

The Euroa Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club sited in the town of Euroa, in the north-east of Victoria.

The Euroa Football Club was first established in 1880 and initially competed in the Euroa Challenge Cup in 1886 and 1887.

In 1900, Euroa hosted a match between Collingwood and the North Eastern Football Association, with Collingwood: 12.15 - 87 d NEFA: 7.4 - 46.

In the interest of football in Euroa in 1909, the Euroa Magpies FC and Euroa FC merged to form one club and entered the North East Football Association. The Euroa Wednesdays FC entered a team in the Euroa (Wednesday) Football Association.

In May 1934, Euroa FC and the Euroa Imperials FC merged to form Euroa United FC and entered one team in the Waranga North East Football Association

In June 1952, 17 year old Euroa footballer, James Arthur Clarke was fatally injured in his first senior match against Seymour at Euroa when his head collided with the knees of a Seymour player.

The club teams has competed in the Goulburn Valley Football League since 1971.

There were a number of other Euroa football clubs that existed in the early 1900's that played in the Euroa District Football Association -

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