Bendigo Football Club
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| Names | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bendigo Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Gold (formerly Bombers, Diggers) |
| 2012 season | |
| Leading goalkicker | Matthew Little - 52 goals |
| Best and fairest | Brendan Lee |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Colours | Blue and Gold |
| Competition | Victorian Football League |
| Coach | Austinn Jones |
| Captain(s) | Ben Duscher |
| Premierships | Nil |
| Ground(s) | Queen Elizabeth Oval (capacity: 18,000) |
| Other information | |
| Official website | http://www.bendigofc.com.au |
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The Bendigo Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Since 2012 they have been known as Bendigo Gold after previously playing under the Bendigo Diggers and Bendigo Bombers nicknames.
Brief history
The club entered the VFL in 1998 as the Bendigo Diggers. In 2003 after two successive winless seasons, the club formed an affiliation with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, under which Essendon could field its reserves players in the Bendigo team. The Diggers mascot was changed to the Bendigo Bombers in the same year to match the mascot of the Essendon AFL club.
After the completion of the 2011 season, Essendon announced that the 2012 season would be the last season of affiliation with Bendigo; Essendon fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL from 2013, and Bendigo intends to fielded a stand-alone senior team. To reflect the impending change, the team changed its name to the Bendigo Gold, starting in 2012 (while the club was still affiliated with Essendon).[1]
After very uncompetitive 2013 as a stand-alone club, going winless with a percentage of only 34.4, there were fears for the viability of the club; but the club secured sufficient members, sponsors, and commercial ventures to survive, and will compete in 2014.[2]
References
- ↑ Landsberger, Sam (27 March 2012). "Bendigo Gold unveiled for final year with Bombers before Dons go solo in VFL". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ↑ Travis King (20 September 2013). "Bendigo Gold set for a new era in the VFL". Bendigo Advertiser (Bendigo, VIC). Retrieved 29 September 2013.
External links
- Official website
- "Full Points Footy profile for Bendigo Bombers". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
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