BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INGLEWOOD FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB

1873 – Social matches being played by the ‘Inglewood Cricket and Football Club’

1876 – Inglewood Football Club plays matches against Wedderburn and Serpentine.

         - Home matches are played at Inglewood Cricket Ground in the Public Park                         (present day Golf Course)

         – Club officially formed on June 1st at a meeting at the Empire State Hotel.

1877 – Inglewood is a founding member of the Victorian Football Association (now                     known as the VFL), predecessor of the AFL. The other foundation members are                  Albert Park, Ballarat, Barwon, Beechworth, Carlton, Castlemaine, Geelong,                       Hotham (Nth Melbourne), Melbourne, Rochester, and St Kilda

         - Inglewood hosts matches against Melbourne FC in 1877 and Carlton FC in 1879

         - Club colours are Blue and Red

         - 1877-1880 Club President is Maurice Blackburn Snr, father of Maurice Blackburn                of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

1893 – The club relocates to the Inglewood Recreation Reserve (‘Old Rec’, corner of                    Heales and Morrow Streets)

1895 – Dunolly Electorate competition held between Inglewood, Dunolly, Tarnagulla,                  Newbridge and Bealiba. Inglewood wins the premiership trophy donated by Mr              Duggan, MP, after Dunolly fail to show up for the final

1903 – Loddon Valley Football League formed, Inglewood premiers

1908 – Inglewood, Bridgewater, Wedderburn and Korong Vale form the Korong District Central Association, Inglewood premiers over Korong Vale

1909 - Club colours changed to Blue and White (vertical stripes)

1910-1912 – Inglewood appears in 3 consecutive Grand Finals, winning in 1910 and                             1912. The 1910 team includes Percy Martyn, who would have a decorated                          career with Richmond, St Kilda and Essendon, as well as several Tasmanian                         and Bendigo league teams

1921 – Guernsey changed to Navy Blue

1922 – Inglewood’s Val Marchesi commences VFL career with Geelong. He would later                 play for Essendon

1923-1930 – Inglewood plays in 6 of 8 grand finals, winning 5 premierships.

1935 – Inglewood signs former Geelong star Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves as coach. Greeves                was the first winner of the Brownlow Medal in 1924.  His brother, Colin, was                         captain of the Inglewood team from 1930-1933, and his father Edward Greeves                 Snr, also a former VFL player with Geelong, was Inglewood Club President in                     1933.

1936 – Increasing cost of travel during the Depression results in a new competition                      being formed consisting of Inglewood Stars (light blue), Inglewood Rovers (                      yellow & black), Serpentine and Rheola, known as the Inglewood Football                          Association

1937 – Inglewood rejoins the Korong Central League

1938 – Inglewood rejoins the Loddon Valley Football League

1940 -  Inglewood rejoins the Korong Central League (Loddon Valley League in Recess                 due to WWII).  Korong Central League discontinued mid-season

1945 - Loddon Valley Football League reformed

1946 – Inglewood premiers

1947 – Guernsey changed to Royal Blue with White ‘V’

1950 – Inglewood and Serpentine Basketball (Netball) teams play twice as curtain-                        raisers to football

1951 – Loddon Valley Basketball (Netball) Association formed. Inglewood Premiers 1951              and 1952

1951 – Club moves to the newly established Community Sports Centre (current ground)

1951-1958 – Inglewood plays in 7 of 8 Grand Finals, winning 5 Premierships

1955-56 – Basketball Team claim successive premierships being undefeated for two                       straight seasons

1959 – Junior competition added to LVFL

1963 – Junior Basketball competition formed (15 & Under, later becoming 17 & Under)

1970 – Name changed from basketball to netball, B Grade added to competition.                        Reserves competition added to LVFL

1970-73 –Inglewood Juniors win 4 flags in a row under coach Graham Roberts

1971 – Inglewood Premiers and first Champion Team (undefeated) in Loddon Valley                   Football League history

1972 – C Grade added to basketball competition

1973 – Reserves premiers

1976 – Guernsey changed to Navy Blue and White ‘IFC’ monogram, Reserves Premiers.

1977 – A Grade Premiers.

1981 – A Grade Premiers

1986 – After consecutive Grand Final losses, Inglewood defeats Bridgewater to win its                most recent premiership

1987 – A Grade Premiers

1994 – Inglewood complete the trifecta of A, B & C Grade premierships.

2001 – Inglewood celebrates 125 years of football with reunions, Anniversary Dinner                     and naming of a Team of the Century

2003 – Club record score of 57.23 (365) vs Dunolly 3.1 (19)

2005 – Football and Netball Clubs amalgamate to form Inglewood Football Netball                     Club

2007 – Senior football 51 game winless streak is broken with victory over Marong in                      Round 4

2012 – C Reserve added to netball competition

2013 – Guernsey changed to Navy Blue with White ‘V’

2015 - Junior football competition changed to Under 18s

2016 - 140 Years Celebrations held with premiership reunions, heritage guernsey, Gala                Dinner and the naming of a Netball All-Stars Team 

2019 - 13 & Under grade added to netball competition

2020 - Season abandoned due to Covid-19 Pandemic

2023 - Loddon Valley Football Netball League Under 18s competition discontinued.                    Inglewood Under 18s join new Central Victorian Football League competition

2024 - LVFNL Under 18s competition resumes​