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| Clubname: | South Bendigo |
| Fullname: | South Bendigo Football & Netball Club |
| Nicknames: | Bloods |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Home&Amp;Away: | 4th |
| Afterfinals: | 4th |
| Colours: | Red White |
| League: | Bendigo Football League |
| Premierships: | 24 |
| Url: | southbendigofnc.com.au |
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The South Bendigo Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bloods, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the city of Bendigo, Victoria.
The club teams currently compete in the Bendigo Football Netball League.[1]
South Bendigo was established in 1893 and joined the Bendigo Football League and remains the only club to have continued every season since without a period of recess.
Since South Bendigo entered the league in 1893, no club has won more premierships.[2] They sit third on the all-time list of BFL premierships, behind Eaglehawk and Sandhurst.
Premierships & Grand Finals
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | South Bendigo | No official Bendigo Football Association Grand Final was played prior to 1904. Up until 1904, the team on top of the ladder at the end of the season were crowned Premiers. |
| 1900 | South Bendigo | |
| 1902 | South Bendigo | |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | South Bendigo | California Gully | 4.13 (37) - 3.5 (23) | |
| 1905 | South Bendigo | California Gully | 3.9 (27) - 2.5 (17) | |
| 1909 | South Bendigo | |||
| 1910 | South Bendigo | California Gully | 5.9 (39) - 3.10 (28) | |
| 1911 | South Bendigo | |||
| 1912 | South Bendigo | |||
| 1913 | Bendigo City | South Bendigo | ||
| 1914 | South Bendigo | |||
| 1919 | South Bendigo | Sandhurst | 3.7 (25) - 2.12 (24) | |
| 1920 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 6.6 (42) – 4.5 (29) | |
| 1921 | South Bendigo | Eaglehawk | 6.15 (51) - 5.7 (37) | |
| 1925 | South Bendigo | Castlemaine | 7.12 (54) - 6.4 (40) | |
| 1929 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 18.11 (119) – 11.10 (76) | |
| 1931 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 10.14 (74) – 8.14 (62) | |
| 1937 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 16.16 (112) – 6.15 (51) | |
| 1940 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 13.18 (96) – 13.13 (91) | |
| 1941 | Eaglehawk | South Bendigo | 17.16 (118) – 11.14 (80) | |
| 1949 | Sandhurst | South Bendigo | 11.22 (88) – 9.19 (73) | |
| 1950 | South Bendigo | Echuca | 10.12 (72) - 6.10 (46) | |
| 1951 | South Bendigo | Eaglehawk | 24.12 (156) - 20.8 (128) | |
| 1954 | South Bendigo | Sandhurst | 11.9 (75) - 9.7 (61) | |
| 1955 | South Bendigo | Sandhurst | 10.7 (67) - 9.12 (66) | |
| 1956 | South Bendigo | Eaglehawk | 10.19 (79) - 9.15 (69) | |
| 1967 | Echuca | South Bendigo | 12.13 (85) – 10.15 (75) | |
| 1968 | Eaglehawk | South Bendigo | 8.16 (64) – 8.10 (58) | |
| 1969 | South Bendigo | Eaglehawk | 10.10 (70) - 9.13 (67) | |
| 1972 | Golden Square | South Bendigo | 14.12 (96) – 11.9 (75) | |
| 1974 | South Bendigo | Sandhurst | 17.13 (115) - 14.9 (93) | |
| 1989 | Golden Square | South Bendigo | 14.13 (97) – 11.13 (79) | |
| 1990 | South Bendigo | Golden Square | 15.24 (114) - 14.8 (92) | |
| 1991 | South Bendigo | Castlemaine | 14.14 (98) - 10.16 (76) | |
| 1993 | South Bendigo | Sandhurst | 20.22 (142) - 11.11 (77) | |
| 1994 | South Bendigo | Golden Square | 20.15 (135) - 13.9 (87) | |
| 1995 | Kyneton | South Bendigo | 18.13 (121) – 11.10 (76) | |
| 2009 | Golden Square | South Bendigo | 16.12 (108) – 10.11 (71) | |
| 2010 | Golden Square | South Bendigo | 11.21 (87) – 8.10 (58) |
The following footballers played with South Bendigo prior to making their VFL/AFL debut.