Lalor Football Club is an
Australian rules
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football club located 18 km north of
Melbourne
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in the suburb of
Lalor, Victoria
Lalor () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Whittlesea Local government areas of Victoria, local government area ...
which has a population of 19,561 c. 2006. The club fields a Senior and a Reserves team and for the 2019 Season fielded a combined U 19's team with North Heidelberg known as Bulldog Bloods and affiliated with the
Northern Football Netball League.
Lalor first fielded a senior team in the
Panton Hill
Panton Hill is a town in Victoria, Australia, 32 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Panton Hill recorded a population of 1,063 at the 2021 census.
Histo ...
Football League in 1964. After winning premierships in 1966 and 1967 the club transferred to the Diamond Valley Football League in 1968.
For many years the Kernaghan family were heavily involved in the club, Mrs K was there every week selling raffle tickets while over the years her 7 boys played. She remained active in the club up until her death in 1994.
Timeline of the Lalor Football Club
*1964–1967 Panton Hill Football League
*1968–1980 Diamond Valley Football League
*1981–2000 Diamond Valley Football League Division One
*2001 Diamond Valley Football League Division Two
*2002 Diamond Valley Football League Division One
*2003–2004 Diamond Valley Football League Division Two
*2005–2006 Diamond Valley Football League Division One
*2007 Northern Football League Division Two
*2008–2010 Northern Football League Division One
*2011–2017 Northern Football League Division Two
*2018-2019 Northern Football League Division Three
*2020 Northern Football League Division Three (Season cancelled due to COVID-19)
*2021 Northern Football League Division Three (12 Match Season due to COVID-19)
*2022 Northern Football League Division Three
Senior Premierships (10)
*Panton Hill Football League (2):
1966, 1967
*Northern Football League (Diamond Valley Football League) (8):
*Division 1
1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998.
*Division 2
2001, 2004, 2007.
Runners up (6)
Division 1
1982, 1984, 1989, 1994.
Division 2
2003, 2015.
See also
*
Athas Hrysoulakis, part of the 1998 premiership team.
External links
Lalor Football Club Website
Northern Football Netball League clubs
Australian rules football clubs established in 1955
1955 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Sport in the City of Whittlesea
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