Violet Town Football Club is an Australian football club which was established in 1880 and has won 14 premierships in various

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

leagues. The club amalgamated with the Violet Town netball club to become the Violet Town Football and Netball Club Inc.

Leagues

The club is currently part of the Kyabram District Football and Netball League (KDFNL) and has two football teams: *Seniors, *Reserves The seniors are currently coached by Joel Price; the 2006 season was their first in the KDFNL. The senior team was a grand finalist in 2017. *1950 to 1966:

Benalla Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

*1967 to 1977:

Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

*1978 to 2005:

Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...

*2006 to present day:

Kyabram District Football League The Kyabram District Football League (KDL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 15 teams; the most recent additions include Dookie United in 2018 and Shepparton East in 2019. The KDL is made up of smaller country t ...

Location

Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a ...

is located in North Eastern Victoria,

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; the town is found on the route between

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

and is approximately 180 km north-north-east of Melbourne and is between

Euroa Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in the north-east of Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Euroa's population was 3,275. The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning 'joyful'. History Major T ...

and

Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative centr ...

and is bypassed by the Hume Freeway (and former Hume Highway) which are found to the south.

Football Premierships

;Seniors *North Eastern Football Association **1923 *Euroa District Football League **1927, 1928 * Tatong & Thoona Football Association **1938, 1939 *Euroa District Football League **1944, 1948, 1949 *

**1960, 1961 *

**1982, 1987, 1990, 2012 ;Reserves * ? U/18 Premierships *2007 (Kyabram & District Football League)

External links

Official Kyabram and District Football League Website
Kyabram & District Football League clubs 1880 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1880 {{AFL-team-stub