Bill Serong, who died a month ago, drank at the North Fitzroy Arms. John Harms had a few beers with him over the years.
Bendigo Football Netball League Qualifying Final – Strathfieldsaye v Golden Square: Dreams
August 28, 2022 by 16 Comments
It’s Qualifying Final day in Bendigo. David Wilson writes of an open, flowing game, of The Cranberries, of the diggings and the oval ball.
Almanac Obituaries: South Bendigo’s Bernie McCarthy passes away
February 27, 2019 by 2 Comments
Bernie McCarthy, legendary South Bendigo footballer, has died. Richard Jones pays tribute.
Almanac Footy History: Not one, but two famous George Ogilvies
November 6, 2018 by 4 Comments
Richard Jones recounts the football history of George Ogilvie Snr, named as one of the 20 inaugural inductees of the Bendigo Football Netball League’s first Hall of Fame created in 1986.
Almanac Footy History: Sandhurst in the 1890s – Bendigo’s Cardinals of yesteryear
March 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Worthy of Mastermind, Richard Jones fills in all your blanks concerning Sandhurst Football Club’s record of the 1890s. [Sandhurst is the former name of Bendigo, Victoria – Ed].
Bendigo and Shepparton: Queen Elizabeth Oval or Deakin Reserve?
October 4, 2016 by 3 Comments
Peter Sweeney has always loved Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval. But watching Kyabram v Rochester at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve had him wondering – which is the best footy ground? [Leave your Australia-wide nominations].
Northern United FC – 30 and 40 year Premiership reunion is on June 13
May 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Northern United premiership teams of 1975 and 1985 are having a premiership reunion on June 13.
Northern United Football Club – 30 years
July 2, 2014 by 4 Comments
Northern United was a powerhouse of the newly formed Bendigo Football League in the 1980s. Their 1984 premiership will be celebrated this weekend, Trevor Ludeman has all the details.
Footy in the 20s: East folds, three country clubs arrive
February 25, 2014 by 9 Comments
Richard Jones looks at the 1920s in the Bendigo footy league.
Bendigo footy in the Forties …. war and rationing intervene
February 3, 2014 by 8 Comments
Richard Jones offers a splendid history of Bendigo League football during the war years of the 1940’s.
Never a dull moment in central Victorian footy
December 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Controversies and heated clashes all form part of the rich tapestry of footy in central Victoria. Richard Jones recalls a willing Grand Final of the `80s.
Saints walk off at Maryborough in 1993 sensation
August 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Richard Jones re-visits an infamous incident in Bendigo football when Kennington walked off.
Ah, what a relief…bush footy’s back and all is well
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
EVEN though I’ve always loved summer and dreaded the looming freeze of June and July, I must say Good Friday couldn’t come around quickly enough for me this year. That’s the day when the Bendigo Football Netball League season kicked off and so it was again this year. Four-time premiers Golden Square hosted suburban neighbours [Read more]
Charger: a key member of four Square premiership sides
November 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
PETER ‘Charger’ Davey was a key figure in defence during Golden Square’s dominant Bendigo Football League period in the Seventies. His four premiership successes attest to that, and additionally he was also a vital component of Bendigo’s inter-league campaigns. He first wore the blue and gold jumper of the Square when he played for [Read more]
Country footy: Weeks poised on the cusp of Bendigo FL greatness
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
GOLDEN Square’s outstanding full-forward Grant Weeks is poised to etch his name into Bendigo Football League history. Needing four goals in Saturday’s senior grand final against Gisborne to pass a goalkicking record which has stood since the Great Depression, Weeks has the footy world on the edge of their seats. In the 1933 season Eaglehawk’s [Read more]
Flying in to play country footy with Thommo and Simmo
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
This year I played five games as a fly-in, fly-out player for Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League. It definitely got a bit tedious due to spending over 10 hours of my weekend either on a plane or at the airport but generally it was an awesome experience and I got to meet [Read more]
The burgers are better at Kyneton but Bloods prevail
July 31, 2012 by 4 Comments
By Shane Goss South Bendigo have been made to work hard to overcome a gallant Kyneton to win by 26 points in their round 14 BFL clash at the Kyneton Showgrounds. Had the Tigers kicked straight the result may well have been different. In a low scoring and scrappy affair, Kyneton began well, registering seven [Read more]
From the BFL: 60 Years Ago
April 5, 2012 by 8 Comments
From the Bendigo Football League Records 1952 A reflection on how much things have, or haven’t changed in 60 years Season start April 26 1952, Editorial- B.F.L football made an auspicious start for 1952-the total revenue of 534 pounds set a new high for the opening round; the weather was kind after threatening wet conditions [Read more]
Sandhurst All-Stars
March 25, 2012 by 16 Comments
As relayed by Richard Jones. As authored by Darren Lewis.
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