Avenel Football Club

Avenel FNC
Avenel FNC
Names
Full name	Avenel Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Swans
Club song	"See the Swans Fly Up!"
2023 season
Home-and-away season	7th
Leading goalkicker	Dylan Hoysted (45)
Club details
Founded	1881;143 years ago
Colours
Competition	Kyabram & District Football League
President	Bruce Rowley
Premierships	(15) 1898, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994.
Ground(s)	Avenel Community Centre (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Other information
Official website	Avenel FNC website

Last updated July 15, 2024

The Avenel Football Club fields three football sides in the Senior, Reserve and Under 18 divisions of the Kyabram and District Football League. The Club wear a predominantly white jumper with a red "V", like that of the old South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL.

History

Avenel is located on the Hume Highway in Central Victoria, Australia, not far from Seymour, Victoria and the Avenel Football Club is an Australian rules football club that was established in 1881 with evidence of a match against Seymour^[1] and many more games against other local towns up until the late 1890s when it first competed in the North East Football Association in 1898.^[2]

In the early 20th century it first competed in the Waranga - North East Football Association.

The club is known as the 'Swans'. The Swans have won 16 senior premierships in their history. Between 1956 and 1976 Avenel merged with Longwood and were Avenel-Longwood Football Club.

The club currently competes in the Kyabram District Football League, where it has been one of the more successful clubs winning six premierships over the last thirty years, including back to back premierships in 1978 & 1979 and 1984 & 1985.

Avenel shares a fierce rivalry with neighbours Nagambie. With the two clubs' Under 18 football sides playing for the Tabilk Cup each year. The Cup is donated by the Tabilk Junior Football Club, where the junior footballers under the age of 16 from both Avenel and Nagambie play jointly for the one club.

The Swans also share a rivalry, along with a piece of silverware with Violet Town; the Scott Kanters-Peter Ryan Cup, which the two clubs play for annually. The cup is awarded to the team that wins the game between the two sides each year. If the two clubs play each other twice during the home and away season, then the cup is contested when the team presently holding the cup hosts the other club.

The most notable footballer of recent times to have played for Avenel Football Club is former AFL footballer Barry Hall, who played 289 games with St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans, having previously played in the club's 1994 Under 18 premiership.

Football Timeline

1881 - 1890: An active club that played against other local teams / towns.
1891 - 1912: North East Football Association
1913 - 1955: Waranga & North East Football Association
1956 - 1976: Waranga & North East Football Association. Merged with Longwood Football Club & were known as the Avenel / Longwood Football Club.
1977 - 2024: Kyabram District Football League

Football Premierships

Senior Premierships

North Eastern Football Association
- 1898 - Avenel: 5.5 - 35 d Euroa: 3.4 - 22^[3]
- 1900 - Avenel: 2.6 - 18 d Seymour: 1.7 - 13^[4]
- 1901 - Avenel: 6.6 - 42 d Seymour: 2.3 - 15^[5]
- 1903 - Avenel: 4.6 - 30 d Seymour: 3.7 - 25^[6]
- 1905 - Avenel: 10.12 - 72 d Tallarook: 5.10 - 40^[7]
- 1906 - Avenel: d ? ^[8]

Waranga-North East Football Association
- 1921 - Avenel: 6.3 - 39 d Broadford: 3.9 - 27^[9]
- 1932 - Avenel: 14.13 - 97 d Alexandra: 11.6 - 72^[10]
- 1933 - Avenel: 9.13 - 67 d Namgambie: 5.8 - 38^[11]

Kyabram District Football League
- 1978
- 1979
- 1984
- 1985
- 1989
- 1994

Reserve Premierships

Kyabram District Football League
- 1978, 1979, 1985, 2002

Under 18 Premierships

Kyabram District Football League
- 1979, 1983, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2006

Football League Best & Fairest Winners

Waranga & North Eastern Football Association
- 1948 - A Willis^[12]

Kyabram District Football League
- 1988 - Rohan Aldous
- 1991 - Peter Thorpe
- 2015 - Don Stirling
- 2016 - Kasey Duncan
- 2023 - Braydon Avola

KDFL Leading Goal Kickers

1984 - William Hannam (83)
1994 - Darren Brock (77)
2019 - Kasey Duncan (58)

Avenel Football Club song

"See the Swans fly up, up, to win the premiership flag,
Our boys who play this kind of game,
Are always striving for glory and fame,
To see the Swans fly up, up, up,
The other teams they don't fear,
They all try their best,
But they can't get near,
As the Swans fly up!"

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References

↑ "1881 - Country News". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. 25 July 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
↑ "1881 - Seymour v Avenel". Trove Newspapers. The Argus Newspaper.
↑ "1898 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Euroa Advertiser. Euroa Advertiser newspaper. 26 August 1898.
↑ "1900 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspapers. Euroa Advertiser newspaper.
↑ "1901 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times. The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times Newspaper. 30 August 1901.
↑ "1903 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspaper. The Argus newspaper.
↑ "1905 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove. Yea Chronicle newspaper.
↑ "1906 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Argus. the Argus Newspaper. 26 September 1906.
↑ "1921 - Football: Country Matches: Seymour". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 30 August 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
↑ "1932 - Football Season Closes". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1908 - 1949). 2 September 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
↑ "1933 - Football". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1908 - 1949). 6 October 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
↑ "1948 - Football". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic). 13 August 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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[1] "1881 - Country News". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. 25 July 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[2] "1881 - Seymour v Avenel". Trove Newspapers. The Argus Newspaper.

[3] "1898 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Euroa Advertiser. Euroa Advertiser newspaper. 26 August 1898.

[4] "1900 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspapers. Euroa Advertiser newspaper.

[5] "1901 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times. The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times Newspaper. 30 August 1901.

[6] "1903 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspaper. The Argus newspaper.

[7] "1905 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove. Yea Chronicle newspaper.

[8] "1906 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Argus. the Argus Newspaper. 26 September 1906.

[9] "1921 - Football: Country Matches: Seymour". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 30 August 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[10] "1932 - Football Season Closes". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1908 - 1949). 2 September 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[11] "1933 - Football". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1908 - 1949). 6 October 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[12] "1948 - Football". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic). 13 August 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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