The Mulwala Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Mulwala located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.
The first recorded match was Mulwala verses Murray Football Club on Saturday, 23 September 1882.
Between 1883 and 1886 a Selector's Union Football Club played their home games in Mulwala and played against Corowa and Border United for the Camplin Cup.
In 1894, the Tungamah Caladonian Society donated 20 medals to be competed for by the following football teams – Burramine South, Mulwala, Tungamah, Yarrawonga and Youarang.
In 1898 Mulwala FC competed in the Yarrawonga & District Football Association against – Burramine South, Bundalong, Katamatite, Telford and Yarrawonga.
In 1902, Mulwala were runners up to St. James / Devenish United Football Club in the Yarrawonga and Border Football Association.
Mulwala were runners up to Rennie in the 1939 and 1940 Coreen & District Football League grand final.
In 1948, Burramine defeated Mulwala by one point to win the premiership of the Murray Valley North East Football League.
Mulwala have competed in the Murray FNL, in both football and netball since 1987.
League competitions timeline Tungamah Caledonian Society Football Competition 1894 Yarrawonga District Football Association 1898–1919; Benalla Mulwala Football League 1920–1937; Coreen & District Football League 1938–1940; Mulwala Football Club 1941–1945 Club in recess, due to World War II Murray Valley North-East Football League 1946–1948; Benalla Tungamah Football League 1949–1966 Tungamah Football League 1967–1986 Murray Football League 1987 to present day
Premierships Senior Football Yarrawonga & Border Football Association (1): 1912 Murray Valley Football League (1): 1950 Tungamah Football League (3): 1959, 1968, 1969 Murray Football League (3): 1990, 2022, 2023
Football League – Best and Fairest Winners Seniors Benalla Tungamah Football League 1955 – Les Squires 1964 - Trevor Donovan
Tungamah Football League 1977 – B Cooper
Murray Football League 1987 – Phillip Beams 1999 – Robert Lamberti 2001 – Robert Lamberti 2005 – Jason Sanderson 2019 – Jackson Gash 2023 – Jackson Gash
Mulwala FC players who played in the VFL / AFL The following players played with Mulwala, prior to playing senior football in the VFL, with the year indicating their VFL debut. 1927 – Frank Seymour – Carlton & Fitzroy 1974 – Dennis Payne – Melbourne 1980 - Les Parish - Fitzroy 2002 – Mark McGough – Collingwood & St. Kilda 2024 - Caleb Mitchell - Sydney Swans
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