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.
History
The league was initially called the Goulburn Valley District Football Association 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.
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a Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association competition that was based in and around Shepparton, that was superseded by the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1937.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. 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 Tungamah FL | |
| 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 | City United and SPC & Shepparton East | |
| Tatura | Bulldogs | 1894 | Founding club |
Former clubs
- Avenel
- Murchison
- Nagambie
- Prisoner of War Group 13
- Rushworth
- Shepparton Imperials
- Shepparton Ramblers
- Shepparton Preserving Company
- Stanhope
- Stanhope-Girgarre
- Tongala
- Toolamba
- Undera
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
Medal winners / Leading Goalkickers
2007 Ladder
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
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
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
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
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
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 |