The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an

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and

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competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of

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. It is a member of the

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and has won the Victorian Country Football Championships in 2003 and 2005.

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. The five original clubs that made up the 1893 GVDFA draw were – Kyabram, Mooroopna, Shepparton, Shepparton Ramblers and Tatura with Mooroopna playing the Shepparton Ramblers in the 1893 GVDFA grand final. 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 The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah, ...

, which was based out of Numurkah, which was made up from club's in the northern Goulburn Valley region. Between 1926 and 1936, there was a

Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah, ...

competition that was based in and around Shepparton, that was superseded by the

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

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in 1999. This league ceased in 2005.

Current clubs

Former clubs

* Avenel * Murchison *Prisoner of War Group 13 * Rushworth * Shepparton Imperials * Shepparton Ramblers *

Shepparton Preserving Company Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton ...

(SPC) * Stanhope *Stanhope-Girgarre * Toolamba *

Undera Undera is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and north-west of the regional centre of Shepparton. At the ...

Premiers

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

Grand Finals

Medal winners / Leading Goalkickers

2007 Ladder

FINALS

2008 Ladder

FINALS

2009 Ladder

FINALS

2010 Ladder

FINALS

2011 Ladder

FINALS

2012 Ladder

FINALS

References

External links

Official Goulburn Valley Football League Website
{{Aussie Rules in Victoria Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (Australia) Goulburn Valley Football League 1894 establishments in Australia Netball leagues in Victoria (Australia)