League's Official Website: http://bendigo.vcfl.com.au/default.asp
Formed: 1880
Name History: Bendigo Football Association (BFA) 1880-1912; Bendigo Football League (BFL) 1913-80; Bendigo-Golden City Football League (BGCFL) 1981-2; BFL 1983-present
Current Clubs:
Some Former Clubs Of Note: Echuca Rochester
Premiers: 1880 Bendigo 1881 Sandhurst 1882 Eaglehawk 1883 Eaglehawk 1884 Sandhurst 1885 Sandhurst 1886 Eaglehawk 1887 Eaglehawk 1888 Bendigo 1889 Eaglehawk 1890 Sandhurst 1891 Sandhurst 1892 Bendigo 1893 Sandhurst 1894 Eaglehawk 1895 Eaglehawk 1896 Eaglehawk 1897 Eaglehawk 1898 Eaglehawk 1899 South Bendigo 1900 South Bendigo 1901 Eaglehawk 1902 South Bendigo 1903 Eaglehawk 1904 South Bendigo 1905 South Bendigo 1906 Eaglehawk 1907 Long Gully 1908 Eaglehawk 1909 South Bendigo 1910 South Bendigo 1911 South Bendigo 1912 South Bendigo 1913 Bendigo City 1914 South Bendigo 1919 South Bendigo 1920 Sandhurst 1921 South Bendigo 1922 Eaglehawk 1923 Sandhurst 1924 Eaglehawk 1925 South Bendigo 1926 Castlemaine 1927 Sandhurst 1928 Echuca 1929 Sandhurst 1930 Sandhurst 1931 Sandhurst 1932 Sandhurst 1933 Sandhurst 1934 Sandhurst 1935 Eaglehawk 1936 Kyneton 1937 Sandhurst 1938 Golden Square 1939 Golden Square 1940 Sandhurst 1941 Eaglehawk 1945 Golden Square 1946 Eaglehawk 1947 Sandhurst 1948 Sandhurst 1949 Sandhurst 1950 South Bendigo 1951 South Bendigo 1952 Castlemaine 1953 Eaglehawk 1954 South Bendigo 1955 South Bendigo 1956 South Bendigo 1957 Eaglehawk 1958 Rochester 1959 Rochester 1960 Kyneton 1961 Kyneton 1962 Rochester 1963 Rochester 1964 Golden Square 1965 Golden Square 1966 Castlemaine 1967 Echuca 1968 Eaglehawk 1969 South Bendigo 1970 Echuca 1971 Eaglehawk 1972 Golden Square 1973 Sandhurst 1974 South Bendigo 1975 Golden Square 1976 Golden Square 1977 Sandhurst 1978 Sandhurst 1979 Golden Square 1980 Eaglehawk 1981 Sandhurst 1982 Eaglehawk 1983 Sandhurst 1984 Northern United 1985 Northern United 1986 Northern United 1987 Northern United 1988 Golden Square 1989 Golden Square 1990 South Bendigo 1991 South Bendigo 1992 Castlemaine 1993 South Bendigo 1994 South Bendigo 1995 Kyneton 1996 Kangaroo Flat 1997 Kyneton 1998 Maryborough 1999 Maryborough 2000 Castlemaine 2001 Golden Square 2002 Gisborne 2003 Gisborne 2004 Sandhurst 2005 Gisborne 2006 Gisborne 2007 Eaglehawk
Summary Of
Premierships: 26 Eaglehawk, Sandhurst; 24 South
Bendigo; 12 Golden Square; 5 Castlemaine, Kyneton; 4 Gisborne,
Northern United, Rochester; 3 Bendigo, Echuca; 2 Maryborough; 1
Bendigo City, Kangaroo Flat, Long Gully