Australian Football

Central United

Although the Bulldogs have only won a total of four senior grade premierships they can boast the impressive distinction of having claimed two of them unbeaten. The first was in 1980, in the Northern Metropolitan Football League, while the second was the club’s most recent, secured via a 21.8 (134) to 12.9 (81) defeat of Greenacres in the SAAFL Division Six grand final of 2006. This latter triumph earned the Bulldogs promotion to Division Five, but their stay in the higher grade only lasted two years as they finished the 2008 season in last place. 

Subsequent fortunes have been mixed and in recent years the Bulldogs have slipped down the grades, ending up in Division Seven in 2016 and enduring a disappointing season which produced just seven wins from 18 games and saw them finish seventh (of nine). The 2017 season was similarly disheartening as the Bulldogs again came seventh after managing one fewer win than in 2016. This was followed by a modicum of improvement in 2018 when 10 wins and a draw from 18 matches was good enough for sixth position on the 10 team premiership table. Subsequent seasons saw the Bulldogs finish sixth in both 2019 and 2020, with the latter season being conducted on a reduced scale with just six clubs because of the coronavirus pandemic.