Moonee Valley Football Club Moonee Valley Football Club Mooney Valley Football Club, is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) and is located 13 km north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Moonee Ponds. Founded in 1933, the club has won one (1) Senior "A" Grade Premiership (Only 14 of the current 26 clubs in the EDFL have won a Senior "A" Grade Premiership), four (4) Senior "B" Grade Premierships and one (1) C Grade Premiership. The Club was first founded in 1933 at a meeting held in Dench's Butcher shop in Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. On
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