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KEY FACTS

Official name
Longwood Football Club

Known as
Longwood

Formed
c 1890s

Colours
Red and white

Emblem
Redlegs

Associated clubs
Avenel; Avenel Longwood

Affiliation (Current)
Kyabram District League (KDL) 2010–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
North Eastern Football Association (NEFA) 1895–1903, 1909–1912; Waranga North East Football League (WNEFL) 1919; Euroa District Football League (EDFL) 1904–1908, 1913–1914, 1920, 1920–1949; Hume Highway Football Association (HHFA) 1950–1954; Benalla & District Football Netball League (BDFNL) 1970–2009

Senior Premierships
Euroa District Football League (EDFL) - 1906, 1908, 1924, 1934-5-6 (6 total); Hume Highway Football League (HHFL) - 1953 (1 total); Benalla and District Football League - 1977, 1985, 2000 (3 total)

Website
www.longwoodfc.vcfl.com.au

Longwood

The Redlegs have been winning premierships for over a century now, having claimed their first in 1906 in the Euroa District Football League, the competition the club was to call home for almost half a century. A second premiership followed in 1908, but it was between the wars that Lockwood really began flexing its muscles. The 1920s brought five grand final appearances, but only once, in 1924 against Euroa Imperials, were the Redlegs successful. The following decade brought one fewer grand final appearance but a much better strike rate as the side won three of them.

In 1950 Longwood crossed from the EDFL to the Hume Highway Football League where it would spend five seasons. The club was a force to be reckoned with during this time, qualifying for grand finals in 1951 (lost), 1953 (won) and 1954 (lost). The opposition on all three occasions was provided by Strathbogie.

The Redlegs’ next home, the Benalla and District Football League, saw them achieve premiership success on three occasions, in 1977, 1985 and 2000. Overall, the Redlegs had a good record of contesting finals, but once there things often did not go their way. 

The Benalla and District Football League disbanded after the 2009 season and the following year saw Longwood commencing in the Kyabram District Football League. To date the Redlegs have struggled, finishing every season until 2017 in either last or second from last place. In 2017 they managed a couple of wins which saw them clamber up to eleventh place on the thirteen team premiership ladder, avoiding twelfth spot only on percentage from Undera. A year later they finished twelfth of fourteen teams.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications

 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.