Victoria's never-say-die footy team has won its first game in two years The Ardmona Football Club led by captain Brent Ralph (with champagne bottle) celebrate their win over Longwood at their home ground. ONE game has healed two years of heartache for Victoria's never-say-die footy team, which has claimed its first victory since 2011. Ardmona Football Club, winless last season by an average 237 points, triumphed over lowly-placed Kyabram District league rival Longwood by 23 points on Saturday, breaking an agonising 29-game losing streak. A tearful captain Brent Ralph struggled to restrain his emotions more than 24 hours after the historic win as the veteran stood in front of the scoreboard, which read 9.5 (59) to 4.12 (36). "Playing without a win in over two years, this is a special moment, particularly experiencing it with my brothers, cousins and some of my greatest mates," he said. Meet the footy team that never says die This feels very much like a premiership win. The boys will cherish this moment for a long time. The Cats completed the 2012 season with a percentage of 7.7 - a state low - and would regularly concede around 60 goals per match. That year their leading goalkicker was a defender, full-back Jimmie Trazzera, who kicked 11 goals. "It certainly changes things now that you've had a win," coach Gavin Gledhill said. The monkey's finally off our backs and now, having tasted success, we'll develop the belief that we can win. So strong is the team's camaraderie that its players will donate $50 of their match payments as wage protection and to offset medical costs to injured forward Shaun Wilson, who broke his leg in five places early in the first quarter. The goalsneak recently bought a house and is expecting a child with his wife, Nicole. "The care and generosity these boys share between each other is something the better performing teams can't win," president Dwayne Young said. It's actions like these that shapes a football culture. With nine matches remaining, Gledhill and Young have identified three more winnable matches ahead of their round 14 clash against third-placed Stanhope. But Gledhill admits his biggest challenge is harnessing the weekend's emotions and in hope of striking a second victory. "I've just got to try and get everyone's heads back in the right place and get them back up for another week," he said. It's only one week at a time here in Ardmona-land.