Rutherglen Football Club
Encyclopedia
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football
club playing their home games in Rutherglen
, Victoria
, Australia
.
The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League
sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC and played in the
Coreen & District Football League
for 13 years. A stint in the
Ovens & King Football League
followed before moving to the
Tallangatta & District Football League
. The club dropped the Corowa part in their name in 2002.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club playing their home games in Rutherglen
Rutherglen, Victoria
Rutherglen is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, near the Murray River border with New South Wales. The town was named after the Scottish town of Rutherglen which lies just outside Glasgow...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC and played in the
Coreen & District Football League
Coreen & District Football League
The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales. The league was disbanded at the end of the 2007 season after 98 years of competition...
for 13 years. A stint in the
Ovens & King Football League
Ovens & King Football League
300px|thumb|right|O&K 2007 Thirds Grand Final between Whorouly and North WangarattaThe Ovens & King Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in Northeastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla....
followed before moving to the
Tallangatta & District Football League
Tallangatta & District Football League
The Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina...
. The club dropped the Corowa part in their name in 2002.
Rutherglen F.C.
- 1893-1910: Ovens & Murray Association
- 1911-1913: Rutherglen & District Football League
- 1914-1915: Ovens & Murray Football LeagueOvens & Murray Football LeagueThe Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
- 1916-1925: Club in Recess
- 1926-1978: Ovens & Murray Football LeagueOvens & Murray Football LeagueThe Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
Corowa F.C.
- 1902-1904: Rutherglen & District Football League
- 1905-1920: Club in Recess
- 1921-1978: Ovens & Murray Football LeagueOvens & Murray Football LeagueThe Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
Corowa-Rutherglen F.C.
(Rutherglen & Corowa Merged)- 1979- NOW: Ovens & Murray Football LeagueOvens & Murray Football LeagueThe Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
Rutherglen-Corowa F.C./Rutherglen F.C.
(Rutherglen Stand-Alone Club)- 1979-1991: Coreen & District Football LeagueCoreen & District Football LeagueThe Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales. The league was disbanded at the end of the 2007 season after 98 years of competition...
- 1992-2003: Ovens & King Football LeagueOvens & King Football League300px|thumb|right|O&K 2007 Thirds Grand Final between Whorouly and North WangarattaThe Ovens & King Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in Northeastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla....
- 2004–present: Tallangatta & District Football LeagueTallangatta & District Football LeagueThe Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina...