failed to qualify for the finals for the first time in eighteen seasons. The 1980s started in the best way imaginable with the club's sixth OKFL premiership which came thanks to a solid 16.15 (111) to 13.6 (84) grand final defeat of a Whorouly side that had won the 2nd semi final encounter between the teams by a point. Geoff Lacey, who would go on to win a Baker Medal in 1984, was in the first of an eventual three season stint as captain-coach, but he proved unable to build on the 1980 success. Indeed, although the Blues fielded some talented teams over the course of the remainder of the decade, it was to be 1993 before they again went top. Opposed in the grand final by archrival Chiltern, Greta was really only supposed to be there to make up the numbers, but ended up winning at a canter by 66 points, 19.13 (127) to 9.7 (61). Further grand final appearances followed in 1995 (beat Beechworth by 20 points), 1997 (lost by 84 points to North Wangaratta), and 1999 (won by 5 points against Moyhu). In addition to its nine senior flags, Greta won four reserves premierships. In both 1965 and 1999 it achieved the 'double' of senior and reserves premierships in the same year. Arguably the club's most famous playing product was Ian Montgomery, who played for Greta between 1960 and 1962, spent a season with Wangaratta in the OMFL, and went on to play with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Bibliography References See also Greta Bunyip Local History of Greta A History of Greta North-Eastern Historical Society (1972) Towns in Victoria (Australia) Rural City of Wangaratta