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North Bendigo was a squad that competed for one season in 1887. A group known as California Gully represented the region for the following 40 years.
Formally constitutededit
In 1945 a group of returned servicemen got together and formed the North Bendigo Football Club. The club was accepted into the Bendigo Football Association and they continued in the competition even when it changed its name to Golden City FL in 1960.
In 1981 Golden City FL merged with the Bendigo Football League and North Bendigo continued to play in the merged league until 1995 when they opted to move to the Heathcote DFL.
Heathcote DFL (1996 onward)edit
During its time in the HDFL North Bendigo was not successful and was new to the league. During their time over 14 years they went to the finals only a couple of times with little progression through the years.
In 2012 after a couple of good seasons they reached the grand final only to suffer a massive defeat to LBU by 94 points. The next season (2013) they finished 3rd before losing in the Prelim to Huntly by 66. In 2014 they finished first lost to LBU once again. The next season they finished second at the end of the H&A Season after Leitchville Gunbower and finally won the Grand Final. They won back to back premierships.
2019 saw North Bendigo finish as the HDFL minor premiers. In the second semi final, Colbinabbin defeated North Bendigo by 26 points. North Bendigo then played Mount Pleasant in the Preliminary final in which North Bendigo won by 90 points. The next week, North bendigo went on to defeat Colbinabbin by 36 points in the 2019 HDFL Grand Final.
Rivalriesedit
North Bendigo's Biggest rivals are Leitchville Gunbower, LBU and Huntly.
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