Tallangatta District FL

The Tallangatta District Football League formed in 1945 as a name change from the Kiewa Mitta FL.
==History==
The foundation clubs were Tallangatta, Fernvale, Mitta/Eskdale, Granya, Sandy Creek and Bethanga. In 1947 Mitta/Eskdale divided into two teams - Mitta Valley and Mitta Town with Bullioh joining in the place of Sandy Creek who went into recess. Bethanga went into recess in 1948 while Mitta fielded one team only. In 1949 Bethanga returned while Mitta called themselves Mitta Valley leading to 1950 and the return of Mitta Town and Sandy Creek. In 1951 Bethanga went back into recess again while Mitta Valley changed their name to Eskdale.
In 1952 there were a number of changes - Mitta Town and Eskdale merged again to become Mitta United and Bethanga returned from recess. But Granya went into recess and new clubs from Kiewa and Bandiana joined. Granya returned in 1953 with another new club, Kergunyah and a team from the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) workshop in Bandiana replacing Bandiana itself. But the latter only lasted a year and Granya disappeared again. Also in 1954 Tawonga joined. Dederang arrived in 1955, but in 1956 Bethanga went into recess - returning in 1957. Yackandandah also joined while Fernvale left.
In 1958 Lavington joined the competition and Bandiana returned, while Yackandandah moved on and Tawonga left. In 1959 Bullioh and Sandy Creek left and Barnawartha joined while Yackandandah returned and Bethanga changed their name to Murray United as they had picked up what was left of Granya. In 1960 Bogong arrived while Sandy Creek and Bullioh returned and Murray United disappeared. This had the competition at twelve clubs.
Bandiana left in 1964 but they returned in 1965. In 1966 Yackandandah left and in 1969 Kiewa and Sandy Creek merged. Yackandandah returned in 1972 and in 1973 Bogong picked up the remains of Tawonga while Lavington fielded two teams - the Rangers and the original Saints. That stread further with a third team in 1974 while Bandiana disappeared. In 1975 Bogong/Tawonga changed their name to Mount Beauty while Lavington came back to one team again. In 1976 Kergunyah folded and Dederang and Mount Beauty merged while Bethanga returned from a long recess and a new club, Wodonga Demons, arrived.
In 1977 another new club, South Albury, joined. Lavington departed as well. In 1978 Tallangatta and Bullioh merged to form Tallangatta Valley bringing the competition to nine clubs for the first time since 1956. In 1981 it went back up again with the admission of Culcairn and Holbrook - expanding the league well into New South Wales. The league however lost South Albury who folded but it would remain stable for most of the 1980's. In 1988 a new club from Thurgoona came in and in 1989 Wodonga Demons departed for the Ovens & Murray FL changing their name to the Wodonga Raiders.
In 1992 Culcairn left for the Hume FL and then in 1999 Holbrook followed bringing the competition back to eight clubs for the first time since 1952. In 2002 Bethanga changed it's name to Wodonga Saints. In 2003 Thurgoona went into recess, but the competition kept its numbers with the admission of Chiltern from the Ovens & King FL. That started something in 2004 as not only did Thurgoona return from recess, Beechworth and Rutherglen followed Chiltern into the competition. In 2007 Talangatta Valley dropped the Valley from it's name due to Bullioh returning to the field years earlier in the Upper Murray FL. In 2008 Wahgunyah joined the party from the Ovens and King league to the TDFL. The competition has remained intact since - save for the loss of two seasons (2020 and 2021) to the COVID-19 pandemic - the longest period of stability in the history of the competition.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	HOLB 	BETH 	CULC 	BARN 	MITT 	YACK 	K/SC 	TALV	THUR	D/MB	 	
1992	MITT 	BARN 	BETH 	HOLB 	TALV 	YACK 	K/SC 	D/MB	THUR	 	 	
1993	MITT 	TALV 	HOLB 	K/SC 	THUR 	BETH 	YACK 	D/MB	BARN	 	 	
1994	TALV 	K/SC 	YACK 	MITT 	THUR 	BETH 	HOLB 	D/MB	BARN	 	 	
1995	K/SC 	MITT 	YACK 	TALV 	D/MB 	THUR 	HOLB 	BARN	BETH	 	 	
1996	MITT 	TALV 	HOLB 	K/SC 	D/MB 	YACK 	BARN 	THUR	BETH	 	 	
1997	TALV 	MITT 	YACK 	D/MB 	HOLB 	K/SC 	BARN 	BETH	THUR	 	 	
1998	TALV 	D/MB 	MITT 	K/SC 	YACK 	HOLB 	BARN 	BETH	THUR	 	 	
1999	D/MB 	K/SC 	YACK 	BARN 	TALV 	MITT 	THUR 	BETH	 	 	 	
2000	YACK 	BARN 	D/MB 	MITT 	TALV 	K/SC 	BETH 	THUR	 	 	 	
2001	D/MB 	BARN 	YACK 	MITT 	K/SC 	TALV 	THUR 	BETH	 	 	 	
2002	BARN 	TALV 	MITT 	K/SC 	YACK 	D/MB 	WODS 	THUR	 	 	 	
2003	D/MB 	MITT 	WODS 	TALV 	YACK 	CHIL 	BARN 	K/SC	 	 	 	
2004	MITT 	WODS 	YACK 	D/MB 	BEEC 	K/SC 	RUTH 	BARN	CHIL	TALV	THUR	
2005	MITT 	D/MB 	CHIL 	RUTH 	BARN 	K/SC 	TALV 	BEEC	WODS	YACK	THUR	
2006	MITT 	CHIL 	D/MB 	YACK 	RUTH 	BEEC 	BARN 	K/SC	TALV	THUR	WODS	
2007	MITT 	K/SC 	BARN 	THUR 	CHIL 	BEEC 	YACK 	D/MB	WODS	RUTH	TALL	
2008	K/SC 	D/MB 	MITT 	BARN 	TALL 	CHIL 	BEEC 	YACK	THUR	WAHG	RUTH	WODS
2009	TALL 	BEEC 	K/SC 	YACK 	THUR 	MITT 	BARN 	RUTH	WAHG	D/MB	WODS	CHIL
2010	BEEC 	YACK 	THUR 	RUTH 	K/SC 	MITT 	TALL 	BARN	CHIL	D/MB	WAHG	WODS
2011	K/SC 	THUR 	MITT 	WAHG 	BARN 	RUTH 	BEEC 	D/MB	YACK	CHIL	TALL	WODS
2012	MITT 	THUR 	K/SC 	BARN 	CHIL 	WAHG 	YACK 	D/MB	RUTH	BEEC	TALL	WODS
2013	BARN 	MITT 	D/MB 	THUR 	K/SC 	RUTH 	CHIL 	WAHG	YACK	WODS	TALL	BEEC
2014	K/SC 	MITT 	THUR 	BARN 	CHIL 	D/MB 	WAHG 	RUTH	WODS	BEEC	YACK	TALL
2015	TALL 	K/SC 	CHIL 	THUR 	RUTH 	BEEC 	YACK 	WAHG	MITT	BARN	D/MB	WODS
2016	THUR 	MITT 	BARN 	RUTH 	K/SC 	TALL 	WAHG 	YACK	BEEC	CHIL	D/MB	WODS
2017	THUR 	K/SC 	RUTH 	WAHG 	MITT 	YACK 	BARN 	TALL	BEEC	CHIL	WODS	D/MB
2018	K/SC 	THUR 	BARN 	TALL 	MITT 	D/MB 	RUTH 	BEEC	YACK	CHIL	WAHG	WODS
2019	THUR 	BARN 	K/SC 	CHIL 	TALL 	MITT 	RUTH 	YACK	BEEC	D/MB	WODS	WAHG
2020	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	
2021	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	
2022	CHIL 	K/SC 	BEEC 	D/MB 	BARN 	YACK 	THUR 	TALL	RUTH	MITT	WODS	WAHG
2023	CHIL 	K/SC 	YACK 	BEEC 	BARN 	MITT 	THUR 	TALL	D/MB	WODS	RUTH	WAHG
===Abbreviations===
BARN - Barnawartha; BEEC - Beechworth; BETH - Bethanga; CHIL - Chiltern; CULC - Culcairn; D/MB - Dederang/Mount Beauty; HOLB - Holbrook; K/SC - Kiewa/Sandy Creek; MITT - Mitta United; RUTH - Rutherglen; TALL - Tallangatta; TALV - Tallangatta Valley; THUR - Thurgoona; WAHG - Wahgunyah; WODS - Wodonga Saints; YACK - Yackandandah
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues