Manningham United FC

Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 by local Italian Australians and was formerly known as Fawkner Blues. 
In 2010, Fawkner SC split from the club. Manningham United plays their senior games at Park Avenue Reserve while the majority of their junior games are played at Timberidge.
History.
In 1999, the club, originally known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club, had just three junior teams, with a committee led by Paul Martinello and Tari Mallia.
Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues.
In 2004 Fawkner Blues merged with Whittlesea Stallions to form Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues. Their home games were played at Whittlesea's home stadium Epping Stadium. The merge only lasted until 2006. The club played in the 2005 and 2006 Victorian Premier League. In 2005 they finished fourth but only six points from first. The following year, the final year before Fawkner-Whittlesea dissolved, it finished 10th. At the end of 2006, Fawkner opted to go back to being a stand-alone club and Whittlesea forming a partnership with Bulleen Lions to form the Whittlesea Zebras, who have been known as Moreland Zebras FC since 2011.
In 2013, Manningham were playing in the Victorian State League 5 and had finished 5th. Fawkner on the other hand playing in State League 1 would finish dead last, below Eastern Lions by 6 points. The season before the merger, Manningham had just escaped the bottom of the ladder finishing above Brandon Park who only managed one win in the entire season. Manningham ended the season on 19 points with 6 wins and 1 draw. In the 2014 season Fawkner finished 3rd behind Preston Lions and Moreland City.
Manningham United Blues.
On 27 November 2014 it was announced that Manningham United, a then Victorian State League 4 team would merge with Fawkner Blues, a State League 1 team, and Manningham United Blues Football Club was born. In 2014 they fielded 30 junior teams and have grown to be the biggest community club in Manningham. They moved from CB Smith Reserve which Fawkner SC now plays at to play at Mannigham's ground Timberidge or alternatively Wilson Road Reserve. In its inaugural season Manningham finished a disappointing 10th. In 2016, it finished in fifth.
In the first season of the merger, Manningham United Blues would finish 10th.
Manningham's seniors had a relatively slow start to the season with only two wins in the first five matches. however form hit when they won six matches in a row from round 7–12 and were only stopped by eventual winners Mornington SC. It looked at that point even though there was a loss to Mornington there was still a good chance of a high place finish or even the title. However, with one win in the last five matches including a 3–3 draw to bottom side Frankston Pines FC a fifth-place finish would ultimately be disappointing for Manningham. 
In 2018, Manningham achieved promotion from State League 1 to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 with a league championship. Dean Lorenzi finished as the club's and league's top goalscorer with 21 goals. 
National Premier Leagues Victoria.
Manningham United reached an agreement with the Veneto Club in Bulleen, Victoria to play its senior home games for the 2019 season. 
Club Name and Logo.
Logo.
Fawkner's original logo has not been touched except for their brief merge with Whittlesea Stallions in 2004 which would eventually end in 2006. After Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues dissolved Fawkner changed back to their original logo. When they would eventually merge with Manningham it would stay relatively the same, however that cannot be said for Manningham.
Manningham started off in 1999 with a soccer ball as the foundation of their logo with blue pentagons and blue and white stripes on it. In 2011 a name change and a new logo as well the ball still featured heavily but
instead of blue and white it would be blue and black to match their new colours. This new logo would only last three years because in 2014 Manningham and Fawkner would merge and the logo stayed relatively the same
and it so happened that a soccer ball once again featured heavily on the logo.
Name.
The club that is now Manningham United Blues originally was founded in 1965 under the name Fawkner however in 1994 they changed their club name to Fawkner Blues, with a brief change to Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues after a merge with Whittlesea in 2004 which ended in 2006.
merge with Manningham United in 2014 as Manningham adopted the blues to become Manningham United Blues. Manningham have also had several name changes. Beginning as Manningham Junior Soccer Club in 1999
the club swapped out the soccer for a more traditional football. The name and logo lasted only three years after a merge with Fawkner in 2014 and they adopted part of their name and majority of their badge.
FFA Cup Record.
Records.
Biggest Win
Manningham United 13-0 Tatura SC
BIggest Defeat
North Geelong Warriors FC 6–1 Manningham United FC
Manningham United FC 0–5 Oakleigh Cannons FC
Best Result
Sixth Round Preliminary, 2014
Top Goalscorer
Billy Romas: (4)
Most Appearances
David Lorenzi (9)
Manninham's score is always in bold
P: Preliminary Round
Dockerty Cup Record.
From 2014 onwards, the Dockerty Cup is also a qualifying completion for the FFA Cup.
Which is why the results are the same as the FFA Cup.
Matches.
1995 Dockerty Cup Group Eight
1996 Dockerty Cup Group Ten
Records.
Biggest Win
Karingal United 0–6 Fawkner (14 October 1984)
Fawkner 7–1 Springvale United (27 February 1993)
St Albans 0–6 Fawkner Blues (31 August 2004)
Biggest Defeat
Brunswick Juventus 7–0 Fawkner (17 October 1987)
Notes
Manninham's score is always in bold
AFL1: Affiliated Leagues Round One
PR: Provisional League Preliminary Round
PL2: Provisional League Second Round
P1: First Preliminary Round
P2: Second Preliminary Round
P3: Third Preliminary Round
R: Round
QF: Quarter Final
SF: Semi Final
F: Final
AET: After Extra Time
†: Match Went to Penalties
ALL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM OZFOOTBALL.NET VICTORIAN STATE LEAGUE ARCHIVE
State knockout cup.
The State knockout cup also known as the previously known as the "Team App Cup" now known as the "Nike F.C. Cup" is an annual women's cup which was introduced in 2012 under the name Women's State Knockout Cup, Manningham first competed in 2017 entering in the qualifying round.
Matches.
Notes
Manninham's score is always in bold
QR: Qualifying Round
Club Theme Song.
Lyrics
Oh we're from Manningham,
A fighting fury,
We're from Manningham,
In any weather you will see us with a grin,
Risking head and shin,
If we're behind then never mind,
We'll fight and fight and win.
For we're from Manningham,
We never weaken till the final whistles blown
Like the B-oys of old,
We're strong and we're bold,
For we're from Manning...
The blue and the black
We're from Man-ning-ham
Records.
Individual Records.
Most Appearances- (485) Tony Schipano (1980-1983, 1985-1992, 1994-2003)
Top Goalscorer- (45) Bruno Cozzella (1983-1986, 1988)
Team Records.
Highest League Position: 1st Victorian Premier League (2002)
Lowest League Position: 7th Victorian Metropolitan League South-East (2009)
Most Wins In A Single Season: 22, (1982)
Most Draws In A Single Season: 13, (1994)
Most Losses In A Single Season: 17, (1989 and 2008)
Most Points In A Single Season: 46, (1982, and 1999)
Most Goals Scored In A Single Season: 81, (1978)
Most Goals Conceded In A Single Season: 59, (2008)
Biggest League Win: Fawkner 11-0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional League 10 September 1977
Biggest League Defeat: Fawkner Blues 0-6 Heidelberg United, Victorian Premier League 13 July 2008
Highest Scoring League Game: Fawkner 11-0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional League 10 September 1977
Manningham 4-7 Albert Park, Victorian Metropolitan League Central 9 April 2011
Attendances.
Highest ever attendance: 6,500 vs Preston Lions at Bob Jane Stadium, Victorian Premier League Grand Final, 25 August 2002
Highest home attendance: 4,750 vs Preston Lions at Epping Stadium, Victorian Premier League 4 July 2005
Individual Honours.
FFV Best and Fairest
VPL Player of the Year
Bill Fleming Medal
VPL Goalkeeper of the Year
VPL Coach of the Year
VPL Under 21 Player of the Year
Wienstein Medal
Jimmy Rooney Medal
See also.
Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues