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KEY FACTS

Official name
Katandra Football Club

Known as
Katandra

Formed
c 1900s

Colours
Navy blue and white

Emblem
Kats

Affiliation (Current)
Picola & District Football Netball League (PDFNL) 1996–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Katandra District Football Association (KDFA) 1927–1932; Goulburn Valley Assocation (GVA) 1933–1941; Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) 1946–1951; Tungarmah Football League (TFL) 1952–1995

Senior Premierships
Benalla Tungamah Football League (BTFL) - 1955-6-7-8, 1966 (5 total); Tungamah Football League (TFL) - 1973-4, 1977, 1983-4, 1990, 1992 (7 total); Picola and District Football League -1998, 2003-4 (3 total)

Website
www.katandrafc.vcfl.com.au/

Katandra

Having claimed a total of fifteen senior grade premierships since the second world war Katandra must rank as one of Victorian country football’s most successful clubs. The Kats’ most noteworthy achievement was probably its run of four successive grand final victories in the Benalla Tungamah Football League between 1955 and 1958. Competition in the BTFL was always extremely intense, and over the course of the league's entire fifty-plus years of existence no other club came close to equalling Katandra’s achievement, with back to back premierships the best any other team could manage. Moreover, only one club ever achieved the feat of back to back senior premiership victories on more than one occasion. That club was Katandra, which went top in 1973-4 and again in 1983-4. All told, Katandra won a competition record of a dozen senior grade premierships in the BTFL and its successor the Tungamah Football League.

The Kats’ success has continued since they transferred to the Picola and District Football League in 1996. So far, their twenty-two seasons in this competition have yielded three senior grade flags, which were claimed at the expense of Katunga in 1998, Tungamah in 2003 and Katamatite in 2004.

Apart from a disappointing 2007 season in which they finished mid-table the Kats have fairly consistently remained among the PDFL’s pace-setters since their last premiership triumph, both in the single section competition, and under the two division format which commenced in 2009. In 2008 they managed 14 wins from 18 home and away matches to qualify for the finals in third place. They then lost their qualifying final clash with Tungamah before recovering to overcome Deniliquin Rovers in a semi final and Waaia in a preliminary final, thereby lining up a re-match with Tungamah in the grand final. However, just as three weeks earlier the Bears proved too strong, and won with something to spare, 21.17 (143) to 12.10 (82). Grand final day proved disappointing all round for the Kats as their reserves also went down to Tungamah.

This remains the Kats' last grand final appearance, although they have continued to contest the finals on a regular basis. That said, the 2017 season proved to be something of a nightmare as the side only managed 1 win from 18 matches to finish last. The following season brought only marginal improvement as the side won just 3 times to finish one place off the bottom of the ladder.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications


 

Footnotes

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