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Bullioh Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an
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club which plays in the
Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football Netball League (UMFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the rural Victoria (Australia), Victorian town of Corryong, Victoria, Corryong. The UMFNL contains four clubs from around the towns ...
. The club is based in
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district of Bullioh and plays its home games 13 km away at Wyeebo Recreation Reserve in the
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district of
Tallangatta Tallangatta () is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately south-east of Albury-Wodonga along the Murray Valley Highway. At the , Tallangatta had a population of 1 ...
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History

;Bullioh FC The Bullioh Football Club was established in 1928. (wore yellow and black colours & were known as the Carnaries) ;Leagues Timeline *1928: Yackandandah & District Football Association. *1929 - 1930: club in recess *1931: Tallangatta & District Football Association (green & gold colours) *1932 - 1946: club in recess. ;Tallangatta Valley FC The Tallangatta Valley Football Club was established in 1909 (wore gold and black colours) ;Leagues Timeline *1909 - 1913: "Mitta Valley Football Association" *1914: "Wodonga & District Football Association" (1914 - as "Federal Railway FC"); *1921: "Kiewa & District Football Association" *1934: "Tallangatta & District Football Association" ;Premiers *Mitta Valley Football Association **1909, 1911, 1913, *Tallangatta FC Knockout Competition **1948 - Bullioh: 8.4 - 52 d Albury: 3.9 - 27


Bullioh Valley Football Club (1947-1977)

The Bullioh Valley Football Club (as it was then known) was originally formed in 1947 as a result of a merger between the Tallangatta Valley and Bullioh football teams after WWII. The newly merged club participated in the
Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria and the southern border area of the Riverina region of New South Wales. The clubs compete across four c ...
from 1947 until 1977. The club won its only Senior TDFL flag in 1950 when Bullioh Valley defeated Granya by one point. The club changed its colours to red, white and blue in 1964. Despite the Bulldogs being Runners Up in 1976 it was apparent by the end of 1977 that both the Bullioh and nearby Tallangatta Football Club's would both struggle for survival unless steps were taken to remedy the situation. A merger between the two club's paved the way for the Tallangatta Valley Football Club to debut in the TDFL in 1978 with home games being shared between the two former clubs. The merged club was immediately successful winning flags in 1979 and 1980. However, by the early 1990s all home games were played at the Tallangatta football ground. * ''Tallangatta & District Football League: Grand Finals'' * ''In 2009 the "Tallangatta Valley FNC" were renamed to the " Tallangatta FNC" no longer recognizing their connection to the "Bullioh Valley FC" after almost 10 years since the re-formation of the "Bullioh FNC".''


Upper Murray Football Netball League

By 2000 a group of residents of the Bullioh community had decided it was time to reform the Bullioh Football Club. Although both the Tallangatta Valley and Cudgewa clubs protested their players would be poached and after it was initially turned down by the VCFL the club was granted the right to play in the Upper Murray Football League in 2001. That season they fielded senior, reserve and junior sides along with the formation of the Bullioh Netball Club. The senior side managed four victories in their inaugural season.

Since first taking to the field in the Upper Murray league Bullioh has been among the most successful clubs in country Victoria, making the finals in all but its first season and winning their maiden Upper Murray flag in 2004. Since the appointment of Mark Nichol as senior coach in 2007 the club has made 5 grand finals in a row. After finishing the home and away season in 2007 with only one loss the Bulldog's were shock losers to Federal in a near unbackable grand final. However, this only strengthened the club's resolve with the club now having won four premierships in succession (2008–2011).


See also

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Australian rules football in Victoria In Victoria, Australian rules football is the most popular sport overall, being the most watched and second most participated code of football. Australian rules football originated in Melbourne in the late 1850s and quickly came to dominate in ...
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Australian rules football in New South Wales In New South Wales, Australian rules football dates back to the 1860s Colony of New South Wales, colonial era, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1880s. It is traditionally popular in the outback areas of the state near the ...
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Yackandandah & District Football League The Yackandandah & District Football Association was a minor rural Australian Rules Football competition in North Eastern Victoria. The competition ran from 1928 to 1932, 1940, then from 1946 to 1953, when it folded in early 1954. History The ...


References


External links


Gameday website

1950 - Tallangatta & DFL Premiers: Bulloh Valley FC team photo
{{Tallangatta & District Football League Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) Netball teams in Victoria (state) Multi-sport clubs in Australia 1947 establishments in Australia