GORMANDALE FOOTBALL HISTORY TIMELINE
1898 – The Club was formed at a meeting at the Mechanics Institute on the 18th of March and wore the Yellow & Black Colours, playing in the Traralgon & District Football Association. The Club played its first game on May 28 against Traralgon and lost 1-2-8 to 4-7-33. The Club won its first match in the return game against Traralgon on the 4th of June 2-3-15 to 0-4-4.
1899 – Played the season in the Morwell District Football Association for the Hall cup
1900 – Returned to the Traralgon & District Football Association to play
1901 – Combined with Flynn’s Creek & Rosedale to become the Rosedale Football Club and retained the Yellow and Black colours, playing in the Traralgon & District Football Association
1902 – Gormandale reformed and played in the Traralgon and District Football Association.
1903 – Lack of local players and ground problems saw Gormandale stalwarts join Flynn’s Creek and play in the Traralgon & District Football Association
1904 – With a general lack of interest in Football in the Traralgon area, Gormandale played social Football on a Wednesday afternoon against Traralgon Rovers & Bruthen Creek
1905 – Gormandale played in the Carrajung District Football Association playing for the Mates cup, and wore Red & Blue colours
1906 – Gormandale won its first Premiership winning the Mates cup. The Local Gormandale community purchased 5 acres of land for 25 pounds per acre for a Recreation Reserve, and construction began later in the year on the site now used.
1907 – Social Football only was played, and the new Recreation Reserve was used for the first time.
1908 – Social Football continued with no organised competition. A Junior team representing Gormandale played for the first time against Bruthen Creek at Gormandale which the visitors won. A return match was played in August that year with the Gormandale Juniors having their first win.
1909 – Organised competition returned with Gormandale winning the Premiership in the Gormandale and District Football Association wearing Red and White colours
1911 to 1913 – The Club is was in recess.
1914 & 1915 – Office bearers recorded but no details available in regards to competition.
1916 to 1918 – The Club in recess due to the 1st World War.
1923 – Joined the Cowwarr & District Football Association and played in the Yellow & Black colours
1940 – Senior Premiers - Cowwarr & District Football Association
1941 to 1945 – Club in recess due to the 2nd World War
1946 – Senior Premiers & Champions - Cowwarr & District Football Association
1954 - Senior Premiers - Cowwarr & District Football Association
1955 – Joined the newly formed Sale / Cowwarr Football League
1966 - Entered an Under 18 team for the first time
1968 – Joined the newly named North Gippsland Football League
1973 – Entered a Reserves Team in the NGFL when the League started Reserves for the first time. U18 Football went into recess for 1973 & 1974
1975 - Thirds resumed in the NGFL with the club fielding a team.
1980 – Carried out extensions to the club rooms which included moving the canteen in a atco hut
1981 – Won their first Reserves Premiership in the NGFL
1982 – Broke a 28 year Senior Premiership drought by winning the NGFL Premiership
1983 – Reserves Premiers NGFL
1985 – Reserves Premiers NGFL
1986 – Seniors Premiers & Champions and Reserves Back to Back Premiers NGFL
1988 – Opening of new Social Rooms & Bar which is in use today
1989 – Seniors Premiers & Thirds Premiers for the first time NGFL
1990 – Thirds Back to Back Premiers NGFL
1991 – Senior Premiers NGFL
1992 – Seniors Premiers & Champs Back to back Premiers NGFL
1994 – Reserves Premiers NGFL
1995 – Senior Premiers NGFL
2001 - The Gormandale Football Club merged with the Gormandale Netball Club to form the Gormandale Football / Netball Club Inc. The Club affiliated with the North Gippsland Football Netball League (NGFNL).
2010 - Reserves win the premiership
2024 - Renovations of the club’s home and away facilities
2025 - Gormandale Football Netball Club’s first youth women’s football team is established
GORMANDALE BASKETBALL/NETBALL CLUB TIMELINE
1948 – The Club was established as the Gormandale Netball Club and entered the Rosedale & District Basketball Association (R&DBA).
1950 to 1956 – Won a record 5 Premierships in a row and a total of 6 in the R&DBA only missing out in 1955
1957 to 1960 – Went into recess
1961 – Affiliated with the Traralgon Basketball Association
1962 – Affiliated with the North Gippsland Netball Association (NGNA) entering a Senior team and a Junior team
1963 – Won a Senior Premiership in the NGNA
1970 – Won a Senior Premiership in the NGNA
1971 – Gormandale Basketball Club renamed the Gormandale Netball Club
1972 – Won a Senior Premiership in the NGNA
1973 – Won back to back Senior Premierships in the NGNA
1974 – In addition to its Senior team the club entered Junior teams in the Under 16’s & 14’s
1979 – The Club fielded 2 teams in the Senior grades (A & B) and 2 teams in the Junior grades (U12’s & U15’s) & were Premiers in the B Grade competition in the NGNA
1980 – In addition to the 2 Senior and 2 Junior teams in the NGNA the club fielded a Senior team in twilight completion 1980 and 1981
1981 – Won the A Grade Premiership in the NGNA
1982 – Won back to back A Grade Premierships in the NGNA. The Under 15’s were also Premiers in the NGNA and became the clubs first Junior Premiership team.
1984 – The Club entered a C Grade team in the NGNA
1985 – Won the C Grade Premiership and a Junior Premiership in the NGNA
1990 – The Club fielded 3 Junior Teams in the NGNA in addition to the 3 Senior Teams
1991 – Won the B Grade Premiership in the NGNA
1993 – The Clubs U16 & U14 Teams were Premiers in the NGNA
1994 – Back to back Premiers in the U16’s & U14’s in the NGNA
1998 – Won the C Grade Premiership in the NGNA
2000 – The Clubs Under 15 & 13 Teams played in the Traralgon Netball Association as the NGNA no longer had Junior competitions. The North Gippsland Football League (NGFL) merged with the North Gippsland Netball Association (NGNA) to form the North Gippsland Football Netball League (NGFNL)
2001 – The Gormandale Netball Club merged with the Gormandale Football Club to form the Gormandale Football / Netball Club inc.
2004 – C & D Grade win Premierships
2005 – D Grade Premiership
2006 – A, C, & D Grades win Premierships
2007 – C & D Grades win Premierships
2008 – B & D Grades win Premierships
2009 – C Grade wins the Premiership. The club fields a 17 & Under team in the newly formed 17 & Under competition in the NGFNL
2010 – Reserves, C & D Grades win the Premiership
2011 – D Grade wins the Premiership
2012 – B & C Grades win the Premiership
2013 – C Grade wins the Premiership. The club fields a 15 & Under team in the newly formed 15 & Under competition in the NGFNL