Lavington Football Club


The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club and was formed in 1918 and currently competes in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales.
Several Lavington footballers have gone on to play in the Australian Football League, including Darren Holmes, Hamish McIntosh, Allan Murray, Derek Murray, Mark Powell, Campbell Chesser and Shaun Mannagh.
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League honours: Football

Albury & Border Football Association (1921–1927)

Senior premierships :
  • * 1922, 1924

[Central Hume Football Association] (1928–1932)

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HFL/Hume Football League">Hume Football League">HFL/Hume Football League (1933–1939)

Senior premierships : 1938Senior runners-up : 1934, 1939Senior HFL Best & Fairest winners : 1934 - Harold McIntosh

Albury & Border Football Association (1945)

  • Finished 5th of six in 1945 3 wins, 6 losses, 1 draw

[Chiltern & District Football Association] (1946–1956)

Senior runners-up : 1955, 1956.Senior CDFL Best & Fairest winner - "Huggins Medal" : 1947 - Brian O'Shaughnessy

TDFL / Tallangatta & District Football League">Tallangatta & District Football League">TDFL / Tallangatta & District Football League (1958–1976)

Senior premierships : 1965, 1966, 1971Senior runners-up : 1960, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974Senior TDFL Best & Fairest winners : 1973 - Max UrquhartSenior TDFL Leading Goal Kickers : 1963 - Ray Thomas, 1976 - Russell SawyerReserves premierships : 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975Thirds premierships : 1974, 1975, 1976

HFL / Hume Football League">Hume Football League">HFL / Hume Football League (1975–1976)

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[Farrer Football League] (1977–1978)

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OMFL / Ovens & Murray Football League">Ovens & Murray Football League">OMFL / Ovens & Murray Football League (1979–present)

Senior premierships : 1983, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2019Senior runners-up : 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2016Senior OMFL Best & Fairest winners - "Morris Medal" : 1985 - Ralph Aalbers, 1987 - Richard HamiltonSenior OMFL Leading Goal Kickers - "Doug Strang Medal" : 1996 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1997 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1998 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1999 - Chris Stuhldrier, 2015 - Adam PriorReserves premierships : 1982, 2015Thirds premierships : 1993, 2009

Rugby League Club

The Albury Thunder were originally founded as the Albury Blues in 1934, playing in the Group 13 Rugby League competition, in which they won 8 titles. Then in 1991, Group 13 folded, and they moved to Group 9 and they changed their name to the Albury Southern Rams.
Then in 2004, the club was rebranded as Lavington Panthers, the latter name change occurring because of the Penrith Panthers NRL team buying the Rams and renaming them the 'Lavington Panthers RLFC'.
In 2012, after Penrith Leagues Club sold the Lavington Sports Club, the club rebranded to the 'Albury Thunder' name, to be more inclusive to the whole city of Albury, not just the suburb of Lavington. The Australian Football club was to remain as the Lavington Panthers.