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GISBORNECurrent Affiliation: Bendigo Football League (BFL) since 2000 Colours: Blue, red and white Emblem: Bulldogs Senior BFL Premierships: 2002-3, 2005-6 (4 total) Gisborne entered the Bendigo Football League in 2000 making it the competition's most recent addition. After performing indifferently at first, the seniors developed into the leading side in the league, claiming four of the last seven premierships. The Bulldogs' opponents in their victorious grand finals were Golden Square, whom they trounced by 79 points in 2002, Eaglehawk, whom they defeated by 47 points the following year, Eaglehawk again in 2005, this time by a margin of 31 points, and Golden Square in 2006, against whom they emerged triumphant by 25 points. In addition, Gisborne was a losing grand finalist against Sandhurst in 2004 and Eaglehawk, by a bare 2 points, in 2007. Prior to affiliating with the BFL the Bulldogs had spent the preceding eight decades as members of the Riddell District Football Association (later League) in which they enjoyed premiership success on several occasions, including a noteworthy hat-trick of wins in their final three seasons. The RDFA supplanted a pre-world war one competition, the Gisborne District Football Association. Gisborne is known to have participated in this competition, but details of its performances are sketchy. Where now? or
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