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#63 - Mount Buller Demons
- Apr 10, 2005
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Welcome to a thread established to document and celebrate the proud history of one of the Sweet F.A.'s foundation clubs - the Mt. Buller Demons. Herein you will find evidence of what makes this the greatest Qooty club in the land.
Thanks to everyone who has played a critical role in documenting our history and providing content for this thread.
| Established | Season 01 [as 'Team Pump'] |
| Home Ground | The Snow Dome (capacity 30,000) |
| Colours | Cardinal, White & Midnight Blue |
| Premierships | 3x (S18, S26 & S31) |
| Minor Premierships | 3x (S03, S17, S28) |
| Pre-season Premierships | 2x (S10, S11) |
| Most Games Played [up to mid-S36] | Headless 491* / Cooney 477* / cats2rise 341* |
| Most Goals Kicked [up to mid-S36] | Cooney 610* / cats2rise 396* / Tarkyn_24 389* |
| Rivalry | West Coast Wonders – as foundation clubs, we play the Wonders for the Foundation Cup each year to mark our rivalry |
The beginnings of our proud Qooty club started, as they tend to do, via a rather humble post from our founder - BIG POPPA PUMP…
Such a provocative call to arms was of course met with a rush of interest, and before too much longer, Team Pump was formally established, just in time for Season 01 of the Sweet Football Association competition. A Geocities website was created for the burgeoning club, which is a sure sign we’d ‘made it’.
However, the club almost finished before it really started, with its founder being banned on the eve of Season 01.
Regardless, the club held strong and made the finals in its first competitive season. Following this, the sponsors came knocking, with VB signing as the club’s first major sponsor for Season 02.
The club’s failure to reach finals in Season 02 led Deestroy to drive a re-brand to what we know the club as today – the Mt. Buller Demons. As part of the re-brand, the club’s colours were changed from Blue, White and Black to Red and Blue and its headquarters were moved up to the slopes of Mt. Buller.
The re-brand had instant benefits, leading to a minor premiership in Season 03 (which unfortunately could not be converted into a Premiership) and an unsuccessful Grand Final berth. Another preliminary final was played in Season 04 (a loss to the Roys).
While the team flourished and the new club rooms at Mt. Buller hosted many famous luminaries and wild parties, the ultimate success eluded the Demons between Seasons 05 and 17.
Then, when it was fully anticipated that we were cursed to never win a Sweet F.A. premiership, this happened in Season 18:
Official Match Thread - Season 18 Sweet FA Grand Final: Fighting Furies vs. Mt Buller Demons @ Okey's Outhouse
By this time, the club had attracted a range of household name players, including current games record-holder Headless, club goal-kicking record holder cooney, cats2rise, Eth, Logger and Deestroy himself.
With our first premiership behind us, it was only a matter of time before our proud club saluted once more.
The time that it actually took was another 8 seasons when, in Season 26, this happened:
Official Match Thread - Season 26 SFA Grand Final: Mount Buller Demons vs Fighting Furies at SFA Park
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The club’s second premiership (with the team led strongly by Yakker) also represents the largest Grand Final winning margin in Sweet F.A. history, marked by an astonishing 11 goals to FinBar19 (who won the Deestroy Medal as the best player on the day).
In what has become somewhat of a golden age for the club, we saluted again in Season 31 under the leadership of manangatang - this time against the Baghdad Bombers. This win came off the back off a couple of heartbreaking GF losses and some scintillating H&A and finals performances across a number of seasons.
Official Match Thread - Season 31 SFA Grand Final: Mt Buller Demons vs Baghdad Bombers at SFA Park/Dun Lop Stadium
The Big One. The One Day in June. The Final Countdown. The Last Gasp. A Contest that Both Teams Need to Win, and Neither Team Can Afford to Lose. THIS IS THE SWEET FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION GRAND FINAL FOR SEASON 31. This season, one of the competition's recent powerhouses takes on a...
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The club has a proud heritage that we continue to honour and strengthen as our journey in the Sweet F.A. continues.
(Broadbridge_20 and Mrs Broadbridge_20 at the S01 B+F)
(Deestroy led the club to the S05 Grand Final)
(EBIAC (left) with Gus and Joe King, B+F winners in S13)
(Season 14 team photo)
(Eth, one of the most decorated Demons, after the S18 flag)
