Goulburn Valley Football Netball League

The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian Country Football Championships in 2003 and 2005.

Goulburn Valley Football Netball League

Sport	Australian rules football Netball
Founded	1894
President	David Roff [1]
No. of teams	12
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Kyabram (2019)
Sponsor(s)	GoTafe
Related competitions	VFL MFL

History

The league was initially called the Goulburn Valley District Football Association(GVDFA) and dates back to May, 1893. Clubs from the townships of Kyabram, Mooroopna, Nagambie, Nathalia, Numurkah, Shepparton, Shepparton Ramblers, Tatura, Undera and Wunghnu were present at the inaugural meeting.[2] The five original clubs that made up the 1893 GVDFA draw were - Kyabram, Mooroopna, Shepparton, Shepparton Ramblers and Tatura[3] with Mooroopna playing the Shepparton Ramblers in the 1893 GVDFA grand final.[4]

Later clubs from Rushworth, Murchison, Tongala and Echuca would spend time in this league.

At the 1914 - GVDFA - Annual General Meeting, the club delegate's voted to change the name of the competition to the Goulburn Valley Football League to save a lot of confusion with another local football competition, the Goulburn Valley Football Association, which was based out of Numurkah, which was made up from club's in the northern Goulburn Valley region.[5]

Between 1926 and 1936, there was a Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association competition that was based in and around Shepparton, that was superseded by the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1937.

Prior to World War II this league used to play on Wednesday afternoon, but in 1939 the league decided to change to Saturday afternoon, Shepparton and Mooroopna objected and refused to play on Saturdays so both clubs went into recess.

In 1995 the league absorbed the clubs from the Tungamah Football League and had a second division for three seasons (1996–1998). These second division clubs left and formed the Central Goulburn Football League in 1999. This league ceased in 2005.

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Estab.	Previous league
	Benalla	Saints	1896	Ovens & Murray FL
	Echuca	Bombers	1876	Bendigo FL
	Euroa	Magpies	1880	Waranga NE FL
	Kyabram	Bombers	1886	Founding club
	Mansfield	Eagles	1880s	from Goulburn Valley FL - Division 2 in 1998
	Mooroopna	Cats	1877	Founding club
	Rochester	Tigers	1874	Bendigo FL
	Seymour	Lions	1880	Waranga NE FL
	Shepparton FC	Bears	1880s	Founding club
	Shepparton Swans	Swans	1928	Lemnos
	Shepparton United	Demons	1950	SPC & Shepparton East merged to form City United in 1950
	Tatura	Bulldogs	1894	Founding club

Former clubs

• Avenel
• Murchison
• Nagambie
• Prisoner of War Group 13
• Rushworth
• Shepparton Imperials
• Shepparton Ramblers
• Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC)
• Stanhope
• Stanhope-Girgarre
• Tongala
• Toolamba
• Undera

Premiers

Year	Seniors	Reserves	Thirds
2018	Shepparton	Kyabram	Echuca
2017	Kyabram	Kyabram	Shepparton United
2016	Kyabram	Mansfield	Shepparton United
2015	Benalla	Mooroopna	Benalla
2014	Shepparton Swans	Euroa	Benalla
2013	Kyabram	Shepparton United	Kyabram
2012	Tatura	Mooroopna	Shepparton
2011	Shepparton United	Tatura	Shepparton
2010	Shepparton United	Kyabram	Shepparton
2009	Mansfield	Tatura	Kyabram
2008	Rochester	Seymour	Echuca
2007	Seymour	Echuca	Seymour
2006	Seymour	Seymour	Shepparton
2005	Seymour	Shepparton	Shepparton
2004	Mansfield	Shepparton	Benalla
2003	Tatura	Benalla	Kyabram
2002	Echuca	Shepparton Swans	Benalla
2001	Echuca	Shepparton Swans	Shepparton
2000	Shepparton	Shepparton	Shepparton
1999	Rochester	Shepparton United	Kyabram
1998	Tatura	Kyabram	Benalla
1997	Echuca	Euroa	Shepparton
1996	Kyabram	Echuca	Rochester
1995	Tatura	Echuca	Kyabram
1994	Shepparton	Shepparton	Echuca
1993	Shepparton	Shepparton United	Lemnos
1992	Rochester	Kyabram	Shepparton
1991	Seymour	Kyabram	Shepparton
1990	Euroa	Kyabram	Shepparton
1989	Shepparton United	Shepparton United	Shepparton
1988	Shepparton United	Tatura	Shepparton
1987	Shepparton United	Shepparton	Shepparton
1986	Mooroopna	Seymour	Mooroopna
1985	Mooroopna	Lemnos	Kyabram
1984	Tongala	Mooroopna	Shepparton United
1983	Tongala	Seymour	Kyabram
1982	Seymour	Mooroopna	Mooroopna
1981	Seymour	Shepparton	Shepparton United
1980	Shepparton United	Shepparton United	Shepparton United
1979	Echuca	Kyabram	Shepparton United
1978	Shepparton	Echuca	Kyabram
1977	Echuca	Echuca	Shepparton United
1976	Seymour	Echuca	Echuca
1975	Kyabram	Echuca	Shepparton United
1974	Shepparton United	Kyabram	Lemnos
1973	Shepparton	Lemnos	Shepparton United
1972	Shepparton	Tatura	Lemnos
1971	Euroa	Kyabram	Lemnos
1970	Lemnos	Shepparton	Lemnos
1969	Shepparton	Mooroopna	Shepparton
1968	Shepparton	Tatura	Shepparton
1967	City United	Shepparton	Shepparton United
1966	Shepparton	Tatura	Kyabram
1965	Shepparton	Shepparton	Kyabram
1964	Shepparton	Tongala
1963	Shepparton	Kyabram
1962	City United	Shepparton
1961	Tongala	City United
1960	Lemnos	City United
1959	Lemnos	Kyabram
1958	Kyabram	Tongala
1957	Shepparton	Tongala
1956	City United	Shepparton
1955	City United	Shepparton
1954	City United	Mooroopna
1953	Tatura	Tongala
1952	Tatura	City United
1951	Shepparton	Kyabram
1950	Kyabram	City United
1949	Tongala	Kyabram
1948	Kyabram	Tatura

Seniors

1894 Mooroopna 1895 Mooroopna 1896 Mooroopna 1897 No competition 1898 Tatura 1899 Shepparton 1900 Tatura 1901 Tatura 1902 Tatura 1903 Shepparton 1904 Tatura 1905 Tatura 1906 Shepparton 1907 Mooroopna 1908 Shepparton 1909 Shepparton 1910 Murchison 1911 Shepparton 1912 Shepparton 1913 Shepparton 1914 Rochester 1915-1918 No competition due to World War I 1919 Kyabram 1920 Shepparton 1921 Kyabram 1922 Kyabram 1923 Mooroopna

1924 Mooroopna 1925 Shepparton 1926 Kyabram 1927 Kyabram 1928 Kyabram 1929 Shepparton 1930 Rushworth 1931 Rushworth 1932 Rushworth 1933 Rushworth 1934 Shepparton 1935 Rushworth 1936 Mooroopna 1937 Mooroopna 1938 Mooroopna 1939 Nagambie 1940 Benalla 1941-1945 No competition due to World War II 1946 Nagambie 1947 Nagambie

Medal winners / Leading Goalkickers

	Best & Fairest (Morrison Medal)		Leading Goalkicker
Year	Player	Club	Player	Club	Goals
2017	Simon Buckley	Echuca	Kayne Pettifer	Kyabram	88
2016	Simon Buckley	Echuca	Kayne Pettifer	Kyabram	81
2015	Ashley Watson	Rochester	Joshua Mellington	Benalla	95
2014	Will Martinello	Benalla	Grant Weeks	Rochester	103
2013	Luke Morgan	Benalla	Saad Saad	Seymour	102
2012	Mark Blake	Mooroopna	Saad Saad	Seymour	117
2011	Guy Campbell	Rochester	Damien Yze	Mooroopna	74
2010	Kristan Height	Echuca	Russell Robertson	Shepparton Swans	106
2009	Brian Durbridge	Shepparton Swans	Saad Saad	Seymour	89
2008	Lincoln Withers Rowan Priest	Kyabram Benalla	Mark Jansz	Euroa	103
2007	Trent Hotton	Mansfield	Saad Saad	Seymour	96
2006	Colin Durie	Echuca	Balraj Singh	Mooroopna	92
2005	Matt Byers	Shepparton	Ricky Symes	Benalla	103
2004	Shane Schottner	Seymour	Damien Yze	Shepparton Swans	78
2003	Rhys Archard Stephen Ash	Echuca Shepparton	Damien Yze	Shepparton Swans	124
2002	Jarrod Sutherland	Shepparton Swans	Brenton Cooper	Benalla	90
2001	Craig Sholl	Echuca	Jason Wells	Shepparton	87
2000	Stephen Ash	Shepparton	Anthony Mellington	Shepparton	119
1999	Tony Pasquali	Benalla	Adrian Baker	Euroa	109
1998	Adrian Baker Adam Brunt	Euroa Tongala	Adrian Baker	Euroa	105
1997	Stephen Orr	Echuca	Brenton Cooper	Shepparton United	128
1996	Mark Lambourn	Lemnos	Steve Ryan	Tatura	119
1995	Ty Esler Simon Eishold	Tatura Echuca	Daryl Taylor	Lemnos	109
1994	Phillip Morgan	Rochester	Chris Stuhldreier	Kyabram	116
1993	Benny Gugliotti	Kyabram	Chris Stuhldreier	Kyabram	164
1992	Peter Foott	Shepparton United	Chris Stuhldreier	Kyabram	142
1991	Brendan Parker	Tongala	Chris Stuhldreier	Kyabram	112
1990	Russell Byrnes	Tongala	Paul O'Bree	Euroa	106
1989	Jonathan Solomon	Seymour	Mick Souter	Tongala	78
1988	Mick Keenan	Rochester	Ken Murray	Shepparton	102
1987	Peter Gittos	Kyabram	Darren Comi	Shepparton	96
1986	Brian Kennaugh	Echuca	Perry Meka	Lemnos	97
1985	Gary Cooper	Mooroopna	Ken Murray	Lemnos	126
1984	John Williams	Shepparton United	Shane Loveless	Tatura	100
1983	Gary Cooper	Mooroopna	Darren Comi	Seymour	86
1982	Phil Harrison Gary Reese	Tongala Shepparton	Paul McCarty	Mooroopna	77
1981	David Code	Shepparton	Peter Fuller	Rochester	57
1980	David Code	Shepparton	Peter Fuller	Rochester	87
1979	Barry Ough	Mooroopna	Gary Elliott	Lemnos	89
1978	Greg Liddell	Seymour	Ray Stomann	Seymour	91
1977	Gavin Saunders	Mooroopna	Neville Mills	Euroa	81
1976	Gary Cooper	Tatura	Robert Downie	Tatura	87
1975	Norm Smith	Lemnos	Neville Mills	Euroa	107
1974	Norm Smith	Tatura	Trevor Eddy	Shepparton United	114
1973	Dowie Bux	Mooroopna	Trevor Eddy	Shepparton United	125
1972	Dowie Bux	Mooroopna	Daryl Twitt	Shepparton	62
1971	Chris Hutchins	Shepparton	Vin Edwards	Euroa	63
1970	Jack Greenwood	Tatura	Daryl Twitt	Shepparton	83
1969	Jack Greenwood	Tatura	Ron Cobbledick	Lemnos	76
1968	Ray Willett	Mooroopna	Terry Mangles	Mooroopna	55
1967	Ray Willett	Mooroopna	Greg Riddell	Tongala	68
1966	Ed Murray	Stanhope	Freddo McMahon	Tatura	63
1965	Ray Willett	Mooroopna	Jock Spencer	Shepparton United	61
1964	Dick Clay	Kyabram	Dick Clay	Kyabram	103
1963	Charlie Stewart	Kyabram	Jock Spencer	City United	71
1962	Brian McCarty	Mooroopna	Kevin Fruend	Tatura	59
1961	Jeff Cooper	Kyabram	Ron Files	Tongala	59
1960	John Dalgliesh	Shepparton	Stewart Florence	Rushworth	64
1959	Robbie Orrman	Lemnos	John Dainton	City United	78
1958	Jeff Cooper	Kyabram	John Dainton	City United	78
1957	L. Turnbull	Rushworth	Joe Forster	Tatura	75
1956	K. Shaw	Nagambie	Alan Pickering	Nagambie	68
1955	Con O'Toole	Rushworth	Alan Pickering	Nagambie	64
1954	Robbie Orrman	Lemnos	Tom Alexander	Tatura	82
1953	W. Cruz	Rushworth	Ben Chilcott	Shepparton	86
1952	R. Barrett	Stanhope	Stan Finn	Lemnos	84
1951	Robbie Orrman	Lemnos	Doug Brown	Tatura	86
1950	R. Dawson	Tongala	Ian Greening	Kyabram	113
1949	Bill Tyquin	Lemnos	Joe Purdey	Tongala	69
1948	K. Dunstall G. Sexton	Stanhope Rushworth	A Mitchell	Kyabram
1947	W. Pritchard	Tatura	A Mitchell	Kyabram	51
1946	A. Downing	Stanhope
1940	Cec Froelich	Seymour
1939	K. Kane	Rushworth
1938	K. Kane	Rushworth	J Piper	Mooroopna	37
1937	Eric James	Shepparton	Norman Staritt	Mooroopna	66
1936	Leo Dwyer	Murchison	Norman Staritt	Mooroopna	60
1935	Eric James	Shepparton	Norman Staritt	Tatura	60
1934	Wilf Cox	Kyabram	Norman Staritt	Mooroopna	37

2007 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
S United	15	0	3	0	2010	1352	148.67%	60
Seymour	14	0	4	0	2446	1533	159.56%	56
S Swans	13	0	5	0	2037	1430	142.45%	52
Euroa	12	0	6	0	2134	1681	126.95%	48
Mansfield	12	0	6	0	1758	1538	114.30%	48
Echuca	11	0	7	0	1877	1386	135.43%	44
Rochester	8	0	10	0	1749	1821	96.05%	32
Mooroopna	8	0	10	0	1782	1919	92.86%	32
Shepparton	6	0	12	0	1681	2045	82.20%	24
Benalla	6	0	12	0	1635	2003	81.63%	24
Kyabram	2	0	16	0	1409	2267	62.15%	8
Tatura	1	0	17	0	942	2485	37.91%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Mansfield	24	20	164	Euroa	14	7	91
Elimination	S Swans	27	9	171	Echuca	10	12	72
Qualifying	Seymour	20	13	133	S United	12	10	82
1st Semi	S United	18	11	119	Mansfield	13	13	91
2nd Semi	Seymour	11	15	81	S Swans	10	10	70
Preliminary	S Swans	14	18	102	S United	8	7	55
Grand	Seymour	18	9	117	S Swans	13	12	90

2008 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Seymour	16	0	2	0	2402	1330	180.60%	64
Mooroopna	15	0	3	0	2049	1263	162.23%	60
Rochester	14	0	4	0	2117	1535	137.92%	56
S Swans	12	0	6	0	1910	1571	121.58%	48
Kyabram	11	0	7	0	1982	1521	130.31%	44
Echuca	8	0	10	0	1617	1729	93.52%	32
Mansfield	8	0	10	0	1600	1736	92.17%	32
Euroa	7	0	11	0	1987	1846	107.64%	28
S United	7	0	11	0	1458	1664	87.62%	28
Benalla	6	0	12	0	1493	1829	81.63%	24
Shepparton	4	0	14	0	1510	2173	69.49%	16
Tatura	0	0	18	0	901	2829	31.85%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	S Swans	19	14	128	Kyabram	11	14	80
Elimination	Rochester	14	20	104	Echuca	8	15	63
Qualifying	Seymour	18	10	118	Mooroopna	13	9	87
1st Semi	Mooroopna	18	20	128	S Swans	12	11	83
2nd Semi	Seymour	15	13	103	Rochester	13	10	88
Preliminary	Rochester	19	10	124	Mooroopna	13	16	94
Grand	Rochester	15	9	99	Seymour	13	18	96

2009 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Rochester	16	0	2	0	2154	1102	195.46%	64
Mansfield	14	0	4	0	2290	1387	165.10%	56
Kyabram	14	0	4	0	2041	1391	146.73%	56
Tatura	12	0	6	0	2134	1595	133.79%	48
Seymour	9	0	9	0	1952	1598	122.15%	36
Mooroopna	11	0	7	0	1739	1593	109.17%	44
Shepparton	8	0	10	0	1652	1805	91.52%	32
Euroa	7	0	11	0	1432	2188	65.45%	28
Echuca	6	0	12	0	1457	1908	76.36%	24
S Swans	5	0	13	0	1552	2082	74.54%	20
S United	5	0	13	0	1361	1876	72.55%	20
Benalla	1	0	17	0	1179	2418	48.76%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Tatura	14	21	105	Mooroopna	9	16	70
Elimination	Kyabram	21	22	148	Seymour	15	6	96
Qualifying	Mansfield	15	12	102	Rochester	14	4	88
1st Semi	Rochester	20	14	134	Tatura	8	12	60
2nd Semi	Kyabram	21	12	138	Mansfield	12	15	87
Preliminary	Mansfield	14	22	106	Rochester	7	5	47
Grand	Mansfield	16	12	108	Kyabram	13	9	87

2010 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Kyabram	15	0	3	0	2299	1416	162.36%	60
Echuca	15	0	3	0	2169	1422	152.53%	60
Shepparton United	14	0	4	0	1895	1207	157.00%	56
Mooroopna	14	0	4	0	2123	1429	148.57%	56
Shepparton Swans	11	0	7	0	2137	1843	115.95%	44
Mansfield	9	0	8	1	1753	1703	102.94%	38
Rochester	9	0	9	0	1775	1664	106.67%	36
Tatura	7	0	10	1	1711	1878	91.11%	30
Seymour	7	0	11	0	1635	1855	88.14%	28
Benalla	4	0	14	0	1471	2044	71.97%	16
Euroa	2	0	16	0	1175	2627	44.73%	8
Shepparton	0	0	18	0	1216	2271	53.54%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Shepparton United	22	11	143	Mansfield	6	6	42
Elimination	Mooroopna	10	14	74	Shepparton Swans	9	22	76
Qualifying	Kyabram	12	9	81	Echuca	4	9	33
1st Semi	Echuca	20	10	130	Shepparton Swans	13	10	88
2nd Semi	Shepparton United	17	13	115	Kyabram	10	13	73
Preliminary	Kyabram	12	18	90	Echuca	10	11	71
Grand	Shepparton United	12	12	84	Kyabram	8	12	60

2011 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Shepparton United	15	0	2	1	1957	1038	188.54%	62
Echuca	14	0	4	0	1942	1269	153.03%	56
Mooroopna	14	0	4	0	1811	1289	140.50%	56
Rochester	12	0	5	1	1586	1288	123.14%	50
Tatura	10	0	6	2	1783	1453	122.71%	44
Kyabram	11	0	7	0	1649	1474	111.87%	44
Mansfield	9	0	9	0	1625	1485	109.43%	36
Benalla	8	0	10	0	1430	1646	86.88%	32
Shepparton	6	0	12	0	1360	1817	74.85%	24
Seymour	3	0	14	1	1284	1758	73.04%	14
Shepparton Swans	2	0	16	0	1393	2156	64.61%	8
Euroa	1	0	16	1	1119	2266	49.38%	6

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Tatura	12	25	97	Tatura	5	7	37
Elimination	Kyabram	16	19	115	Rochester	13	13	91
Qualifying	Shepparton United	11	6	72	Echuca	10	8	68
1st Semi	Echuca	22	9	141	Kyabram	11	8	74
2nd Semi	Shepparton United	12	22	94	Mooroopna	8	8	56
Preliminary	Mooroopna	18	10	118	Echuca	13	14	92
Grand	Shepparton United	11	12	78	Mooroopna	9	9	63

2012 Ladder

Goulburn Valley FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Tatura	16	0	2	0	1998	996	200.60%	64
Rochester	14	0	3	1	1903	1257	151.39%	58
Shepparton United	14	0	4	0	1680	1099	152.87%	56
Mooroopna	13	0	5	0	2079	1286	161.66%	52
Mansfield	11	0	7	0	1641	1339	122.55%	44
Seymour	9	0	9	0	1852	1518	122.00%	36
Kyabram	8	0	9	1	1401	1739	80.56%	34
Echuca	7	0	11	0	1555	1791	86.82%	28
Shepparton	7	0	11	0	1419	1960	72.40%	28
Shepparton Swans	4	0	14	0	1342	1736	77.30%	16
Euroa	2	0	16	0	1232	2061	59.78%	8
Benalla	2	0	16	0	982	2302	42.66%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Mooroopna	16	9	105	Mooroopna	14	12	96
Elimination	Shepparton United	15	10	100	Mansfield	11	6	72
Qualifying	Tatura	21	17	143	Rochester	9	3	57
1st Semi	Seymour	17	12	114	Rochester	6	11	47
2nd Semi	Tatura	13	7	85	Shepparton United	10	7	67
Preliminary	Seymour	16	14	110	Shepparton United	11	8	74
Grand	Tatura	10	11	71	Seymour	5	13	43

References

1. "President / Chairman". Goulburn Valley Football League - SportsTG. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
2. "1893 - Inaugural Goulburn Valley DFA Meeting". Trove Newspapers. The Kyabram Union newspaper. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
3. "1893 - Goulburn Valley DFA Draw". Trove Newspapers. The Kyabram Union newspaper. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
4. "1893 - Goulburn Valley DFA Grand Final Challenge". Trove Newspapers. The Kyabram Union Newspaper. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "1914 - Goulburn Valley FL - AGM". Trove Newspapers. Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate. 5 May 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

External links

• Official Goulburn Valley Football League Website
• Full Points Footy Profile of the GVFL