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2019 - A Premiership Year
Tony Lombardi is re-elected as President. Kimberley Robbins comes in as Vice President. After the AGM the Committee is now an equal 50/50 male to female ratio. Coburg now adopts five teams adding an Over 50's team to the existing Premier Division teams, the Over 45's and the Women's Over 35's. Mark Gillman is reappointed as Supers Coach. Scott Ryan stays on to coach the Reserves and Paul Pitman continues as Over 45's Coach. Ben Matricardi is appointed to the Over 50's coaching role and experienced coach John Marshall is appointed as Women's Coach after a long search. In Round 8, club stalwart and legend Paul Pitman plays his 180th game to break the Club Games Record and surpass Allan Mathews' long standing record which he held from 2011. The Over 45's came from four goals down against Box Hill North in cold, wet and windy conditions at Elgar Park to win by 4-points and do Paul proud. 2018
Tony Lombardi is re-elected as President. Mark Gillman and Shane Fredrickson are appointed as co-Coaches of the Supers another first for the club. LIfe Members Scott Ryan and Paul Pitman stay on as Coaches for the Reserves and Over 45's (formerly Over 50's) respectively. Jason Dean and Mark Ryan are appointed co-Captains of the Supers, while Paul Turner and Tony Lombardi are appointed as Vice Captains. Frank Massara, Kane O'Brien and Bernie Quinn are appointed co-Captains of the Reserves. Peter Soligo and Richard Price share they captaincy in the Over 45's with Jamie Arnold and Ben Matricardi appointed as Vice Captains. Coburg pursuit of a Women's Superules team becomes a reality when in mid-April 2018 it is confirmed that Coburg will be entering a team in the inaugural AFL Women's Masters competition. Life Member, ex-President (3 terms) and 161-games player Vince Simeone retires prior to the commencement of the 2018 season. Craig "Macca" McKay becomes the 20th player to play 100 games for the club in a round 2 victory over Cranbourne. The Women's team play their first unofficial match on the 12th of May 2018 against Waverley winning by the narrowest of margins 1-point at Moorleigh Reserve, Bentleigh. Danny "Bones" Allen plays his 100th game for the club in round 5 and becomes the 21st player to join the 100 club. The inaugural Women's O30's competition plays it first official round on the 23rd of June. Coburg Women's team are pitted against Werribee losing the match by 67-points. Irrespective of the result it is a history making moment for Coburg Superules. Big man and Life Member Carlo Federico plays his 100th game in Round 7 at home against Beaconsfield. He becomes the 22ndth player to join the 100 club. Ange Chiodo becomes only the sixth player to reach 150 games in Round 8. A fitting milestone for a champion of the club. The Womens Over 30's team get their first win defeating Waverley Warriors at home by 4-points in a thriller. Reserves Co-Captain Kane "Sugar" O'Brien racks up game 100 in Round 9 becoming the 23th player to reach the milestone. Coburg retain the Love Me Love You Cup for the third successive season. The Over 45’s, who do not play finals, finished the home and away season in 4th place and Jamie Arnold finished runner up in the Over 45’s League Goal Kicking on 18 goals. The Supers and Reserves both finished second on percentage and therefore qualified for finals. The Women compete in a round robin playoff for 3rd and 4th positions but unfortunately go down to Waverley Warriors wrapping up their inaugural season. The Supers are bundled out of the finals once again at the hands of Marcellin in the semi final however, the Reserves earn a berth in the "big dance" in a thrilling victory. With scores level, Shane Mahony receives a free kick, 50 metres out, with 30 seconds remaining on the clock. He fulfils a childhood dream when he kicks truly after the siren, to send the Reserves through to the grand final. The Reserves become the first team at Coburg ever to reach a Premier Division Grand Final additionally they are the first Reserves team to make finals and grand final. Sadly they were defeated in the grand final in controversial circumstances. After leading all day they went down in the dying minutes by 5-points to Williamstown. Williamstown 5.14-44 defeated Coburg at Casey Fields. Kane O'Brien was name best afield in the losing grand final. On the same day as the grand final, club legend Paul Pitman was awarded AFL Masters Vic Metro League Life Membership. A well deserved award to a man that has given tons to Superules football. Paul was quoted as saying on receiving the award after the grand final loss to the Reserves, "I'd give it back for just one more goal". Reserves Player Coach Scott "Wiz" Ryan played his 100th game in the grand final. Not the way he wanted to remember the occasion. He became the 24th player to join the 100 club. 2017
The club celebrates a quarter of a century in existence and 2017 is marked as the 25th Anniversary of the club. A 25th Anniversary reunion is conducted mid year to celebrate this momentous milestone. Coburg has it's most successful season since 2009 with both the Supers (7 wins, 3 losses) and Reserves (8 wins, 3 losses) finishing in third place and making the finals. It was the first time in the club's history where a Reserves (Masters) team made the finals. The Legends struggled finishing 8th in a 12 team competition with a 4-6 win/loss record. Coburg host the Love Me Love You Foundation Cup and go back to back thrashing Ascot Vale in the final round of the home and away season. Unfortunately both the Supers and Reserves failed to go on with it in the finals were bundled out by Marcelling and Parkdale respectively in the Semis. Long time servant Barry Saunders (130 games) retired after a serious shoulder injury ended his season, Ray Ransome (150 games) called time on the game in the final round and became the 5th player to join exclusive 150 games group, while Gary Gardener and Mick Noble became the 18th and 19th players to join the 100 game club. Mark Gillman and Jason Dean both polled 14 votes to finish equal second in the Vic Metro League Premier Supers Best & Fairest while Kane O'Brien finished just one vote behind to be runner up in the Reserves. Ashley Flavel finished runner up in the Premier Supers League Goal Kicking, two goals off the pace after playing in 6 games during the season. Michael Salloum had a top 5 finish also. Mick Noble and Adam Lewis finished 3rd and 5th respectively in the Reserves. It was a big year for representative football with 13 players from Coburg selected to play for Vic Metro in various age groups at the AFL Masters National Carnival held in Geelong. Jason Dean and Ashley Flavel were honoured by being selected in the O35’s All Australian team. Mark Gillman was appointed Captain of the Over 35's team while Cedar Ferri was appointed Vice Captain of the Over 50's team. Ashley Flavel kicked 15 goals over the three matches ensuring Vic Metro took the honours. Given 2017 was the 25th Anniversary year four long term members were honoured with Life Membership. Frank Veri, Luca Pozzobon, Scott Ryan and Dave McIntosh all became Life Members. Paul Pitman was inducted as the sixth person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the football category. After three seasons at the helm, Adam Bruni stood down at Senior Coach. Club stalwart Carlo Federico also stood down from his role as Co-President. 2016
The Premier Supers miss the finals on percentage and finish 5th despite beating 4th placed Ascot Vale in the last round. As a consolation they win the inaugural Foundation Cup, a fundraising challenge between Coburg and Ascot Vale to raise funds for the Love Me Love You organisation. Vince Simeone and Paul Pitman reached the magnificent milestones of 150 games being the 3rd and 4th players to join this exclusive group of players. Frank Massara and Ron Torcasio joined the 100 game club in the same round becoming the 17th and 18th players to join that illustrious group. Steve Moss and Phil Crapper are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ron Torcasio and Frank Massara are honoured as Life Members. Ange Chiodo becomes the second player in the history of the club to win the Best & Fairest award in all three grades (Supers, Masters & Legends). Jamie Arnold stood down as Reserves Coach after two seasons in charge handing the baton over to Scott Ryan who would step out in season 2017 in his inaugural stint. 2011
Coburg win the Semi Final by 10-points outlasting Plenty Valley to make the Division 1 Grand Final. Plenty Valley 7.9-51 defeated by Darebin 9.7-61 at Bill Lawry Oval. Two weeks later Coburg finish runners up in the 2011 Grand Final to Essendon. Essendon were too strong winning 15.15-105 to Darebin 11.2-68 at St Bernard's Oval. 2009
The club's membership continues to grow and a third team is introduced. The Legends Over 47's take the field for the first time. It is also a premiership year for the club after the Division Supers 2 finish second after an impressive home and away season. They go on to defeat cross town rivals Northern Districts in the Grand Final after a 7-goal third quarter. Darebin 15.10-100 defeat Northern Districts 9.9-63 to take out their third premiership at St Bernards College, Essendon on 13th of September. Zan Useinov is named best on ground. Prior to that they outclassed Frankston in the Semi Final, Darebin 10.13-73 defeated Frankston 4.7-31 at Ben Cavanagh Reserve, Mordialloc on the 30th of August. Scott Ryan finishes equal 5th in the Division 2 Supers League Best & Fairest, followed by Tony Vescio in equal 6th, Kane O'Brien also has a top 10 finish. Mark Egan has a top 5 finish in the Division 2 Masters League. In that same year Mick Noble wins the Division 2 League Goal Kicking with 34 goals. 2008 - The Mustangs
The club's third name change and the Darebin Mustangs is established to reach a wider area and capture more players from the region. The club is on the rise and they make the Division 2 Supers finals but are bundled out in the Semi Final on Sunday the 31st of August. Darebin 4.4-28 defeated by Peninsula Raiders 9.8-62 at Epping Recreation Reserve. Scott Ryan finishes equal 5th in the Division 2 Supers League Best & Fairest, followed by Tony Vescio in equal 6th, Kane O'Brien also has a top 10 finish. Mark Egan has a top 5 finish in the Division 2 Masters League. Kane O'Brien finishes 2nd in the Division 2 Supers League Best & Fairest with Scott Ryan finishes equal 3rd. Craig McKay and Alex Talarico have top 10 finishes in the same season. Sam Talarico finishes top 10 in the Division 2/3 Masters League Best & Fairest. 1993 - The Beginning
It all started with a notice in a Reservoir pub. Life Member and Hall of Fame Inductee Allan Mathews placed a flyer calling for players for the inaugural Reservoir Superules team, expecting it would generate interest for the locals. The early incarnation of the club known as Reservoir Districts Superules FC. By the end of the week, Mathews had received calls from about 20 perspective players who wanted to be part of the club’s first Superules campaign. The rest they say is history and on Sunday the 4th of April 1993, which was round 1, the club had a “bye” but played in practice match against a combined Sunbury, Geelong and Werribee team at Sunbury. And so, Coburg Superules began its journey as Reservoir District Superules, they won that day beating Sunbury by 8 points, 11.16-84 to 11.8-76. They were a few short early on but finished the game with a full complement when players eventually arrived at the ground. They did well, surprising themselves whilst enjoying the game. The club played their inaugural competition match at home in round 2 on Sunday the 18th of April at Crispe Park, Reservoir, a game which they won by 17-points against North Sunshine. The match was played before a very good crowd which made the atmosphere around the ground and in the rooms later tremendous. Reservoir kicked four goals in nil in the last quarter to seal the victory. Throughout the season Reservoir was always thereabouts knocking on the door of the final four. They went into the final round of the season (round 13) needing to win against North Heidelberg to secure a place in the finals in their debut season. Despite a five goal to one last quarter they weren’t able to reduce a large three quarter time deficit eventually going down by 22-points and missing out on the finals marginally on percentage.
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Premierships1999 Division 2 Supers,
2000 Division 2 Supers 2009 Division 2 Supers 2019 Premier Reserves Runners Up2010 Division 1 Supers
2018 Premier Reserves Team StatisticsHighest Winning Score
SUPERS: 6/5/2018, Round 3, Essendon 1.4-10 v Coburg 25.15-165 at Martin Reserve
MASTERS: 29/7/2018, Round 9, Coburg 23.10-148 v Ascot Vale 1.6-12 at Shelley Park LEGENDS: 27/4/2014, Round 3, Coburg 19.11-125 v Northern 4.4-28 at Piranha Park WOMENS: 21/7/2018, Round 3, Coburg 1.2-8 v Waverley 0.4-4 at Piranha Park Greatest Winning Margin
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SUPERS: 13/4/2014, Round 1, Melbourne 10.10-70 v Coburg 9.13-67 at Ross Gregory Oval
MASTERS: 27/4/2014, Round 2, Coburg 10.10-70 v Northern 17.11-113 at Piranha Park LEGENDS: 13/4/2014, Round 1, Melbourne 14.7-91 v Coburg 8.8-56 at Piranha Park WOMENS: 7/7/2018, Round 2, Mordialloc 1.3-9 v Coburg 1.2-8 at Meade Reserve Greatest Losing Margin
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