LONGWARRY
Current Affiliation: Ellinbank and District Football League (EDFL) since 1989
Colours: Navy blue, red and gold
Emblem: Crows
Senior Premierships: West Gippsland Football Association/League (WGFA/L) - 1930, 1932, 1940, 1950, 1959-60, 1968 (7 total)
EDFL Club Championships: Nil
Senior EDFL Best and Fairest Player Awards: Shane Anderson 1997 (1 total)
During its stint of precisely sixty seasons in the West Gippsland Football League (originally Association) Longwarry claimed a highly respectable seven senior flags. The first of these came in 1930, when Lang Lang was defeated in the grand final. Two years later Pakenham was similarly dealt with, as was the case again in 1940.
The period between 1944 and 1969 might reasonably be described as Longwarry's golden era. The seniors regularly contested the finals, including seven grand finals, and went top on four occasions. However, between the club's last grand final appearance in 1969 and its departure from the WGFL twenty seasons later it only contested one more finals series.
Since transferring to the Ellinbank and District Football League in 1989 Longwarry has not added to its haul of senior premierships. However, in recent seasons the side has emerged as a real force, finishing fourth in 2004, and third in 2005-6-7. The reserves meanwhile have gone from strength to strength, contesting five of the last six grand finals, and emerging victorious three times.
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