Congupna Football Club

Congupna Football & Netball Club
Names
Full name	Congupna Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)	"The Road"
Leading goalkicker	Chris Drum (126) - 1978
Club details
Founded	1956 (1956)
Colours
Competition	Murray Football League
Coach	Ben Bingham
Captain(s)	Daniel Schaper
Premierships	8 (1956, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1978, 1991, 1993, 2024)
Ground(s)	Memorial Park
	Congupna Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
1956 - 1961 1962 - 2012 2013 - Current

The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the "The Road", is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria, that currently compete in the Murray FNL.

A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runner-up fives times.^[1]

Congupna Road Football Club (named after the township of the same name) was formed in 1956 and won the senior premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. From 1956 until 1961, Congupna Road participated in the colours of dark navy with a white 'CFC' monogram. Congupna Road then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962. It was at this time when the club changed its colours to red with a white 'vee'. Senior football premierships followed in 1963 & 1964.

In 1963, the word "Road" was officially dropped from the town of Congupna Road. The football club took a year to catch up after the word "Road" was removed from the town name and won a premiership in 1963 as the Congupna Road Football Club. In 1964, the club won the premiership as the Congupna Football Club.

The Benalla Tungamah Football League changed its name in 1967 to the Tungamah Football League.

Congupna won Tungamah Football League senior premierships in 1971, 1978, 1991 & 1993

The club joined the Murray Football League in 1997,^[2] making the grand final in just its second season in the competition.

At the beginning of the 2013 season, the Congupna Football Club changed to its current, more modern jumper style, red with a white 'sash'. The guernseys, still in Congupna's traditional red and white, now feature a road - complete with dotted line - as a diagonal sash.

Season 2023 saw Congupna finish in 2nd spot on the ladder after the Home & Away season and ultimately lost the Grand Final to Mulwala by 33 points.

The following year, 2024, Congupna won all but one match on its way to a 1 point Grand Final victory over Finley to claim their first senior football premiership in 31 years.

The official Congupna Football Club song is called "It's a Grand Old Flag" (sung to the tune of George M. Cohan's 1906 song "You're a Grand Old Flag").

It's a grand old flag, it's a high-flying flag,

It's the emblem for me and for you;

It's the emblem of the team we love,

The team of the Red and the White.

Every heart beats right for the Red and the White,

And we sing this song to you:

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the Red and the White.

• Kyabram District Football Association:^[3] 1956 to 1961
• Benalla Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1962 - 1966
• Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1967 to 1995
• Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996
• Murray Football League:^[5] 1997 to Present

Kyabram District Football Association:^[3] 1956 to 1961

Benalla Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1962 - 1966

Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1967 to 1995

Goals

Congupna: J. Hueston 5, C. Drum 3, B. Drum 3, C. Lyle, J. Kerr, A. Bicknell, B. Phillips

Katandra: R. LeLiever 4, D. Wilkie 4, L. Burgmann 3, G. Rowan 2, R. Sidebottom, R. Kendall

Best

Congupna: G. Franze, J. Cooper, B. Phillips, A. Hueston, A. Bicknell, B. Leaf

Katandra: D. Wilkie, G. Teague, R. Sidebottom, K. Teague, C. Senior, P. Wickham

Goals

Congupna: P. Murray, X. Tanner, M. Simsen, P. Hicks, R. Warburton, R. Van Den Driest

Katandra: G. Teague, P. Squire, B. Fuller

Best

Congupna: X. Tanner, B. Drummond, P. Hicks, R. Van Den Driest, R. McColl, C. Bowe

Katandra: D. Bassett, W. Grinter, B. Fuller, A. Kilmartin, B. Collins, R. Sidebottom

Goals

Congupna: P. Murray 7, R. Warburton 6, D. Crowe, A. Bicknell

All Blacks: D. Sharpe 3, A. Rolls 3, A. Putt 2, P. Woods 2, J. Martiniello 2, J. Beaton, S. Coutts, S. Allen

Best

Congupna: X. Tanner, A. Woods, R. Van Den Driest, P. Storer, R. Warburton, P. Murray

All Blacks: J. Martiniello, J. Beaton, D. Wright, D. Putt, H. Davidson, L. Gilchrist

Murray Football League:^[5] 1997 to Present

Goals

Congupna: J. Trewin 4, D. Schaper 2, K. Mueller 2, J. Norman

Finley: M. Carson 2, J. White, T. Lang, N Burns, Z. Brain, L. Moore, L. Hawkins, A. Robertson

Best

Congupna: S. Buxton, J. Boyer, J. Trewin, R. Damianopoulos, B. Squire, C. Boyer

Finley: L. Moore, K. Sharp, M. Carson, A. Robertson. J. White, T. Lang

Kyabram District Football Association:^[3] 1956 to 1961

Benalla Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1962 - 1966

Tungamah Football League:^[4] 1967 to 1995

Murray Football League:^[4] 1997 to Present

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966

• 1963 - Runner-Up
• 1964 - Runner-Up
• 1965 - Premiers
• 1966 - Premiers

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1967 - Premiers
• 1969 - Runner-Up
• 1971 - Premiers
• 1972 - Runner-Up
• 1973 - Premiers
• 1974 - Premiers
• 1979 - Premiers
• 1987 - Premiers
• 1992 - Runner-Up
• 1993 - Premiers
• 1994 - Runner-Up
• 1995 - Runner-Up

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

• 1996 - Runner-Up

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

• 2023 - Premiers

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1967 - Premiers
• 1968 - Premiers
• 1976 - Premiers
• 1977 - Premiers

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

• 2007 - Premiers
• 2011 - Premiers
• 2012 - Premiers

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1991 - Premiers
• 1992 - Premiers
• 1995 - Runner-Up

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

• 1996 - Runner-Up

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

• 2000 - Premiers
• 2001 - Premiers
• 2002 - Runner-Up
• 2003 - Runner-Up
• 2005 - Runner-Up
• 2009 - Premiers

Kyabram District Football Association: 1956 to 1961 - (McNamara Medal)

• 1957 - W Roe

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966 - (Lawless Family Medal)

• 1963 - Harry Brittain

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995 - (Lawless Family Medal)

• 1980 - Damian Drum
• 1983 - Chris Drum
• 1995 - Stuart Joyce

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996 - (Lawless Family Medal)

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present - (O'Dwyer Medal)

• 1998 - Shaun Gordon

Kyabram District Football Association: 1956 to 1961

• 1959 - Jim Baker - (106) - (113 including finals)
• 1961 - William Betson - (87) - (91 including finals)

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1978 - Chris Drum (115) - (126 including finals)

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

• 1999 - Guy Madigan - (82)
• 2021 - Daniel Campbell - (43)
• 2022 - Daniel Campbell - (61) - (62 including finals)
• 2024 - Kyle Mueller - (95) - (101 including finals)

Individual

Most Games - Chris Drum (284)

Most Goals (season) - Chris Drum (126) - 1978

Most Goals (game) - Chris Drum (15) vs Benalla All Blacks - Rd. 8, 1978

Most Goals (game) - Kyle Mueller (15) vs Barooga - Rd.17, 2024

Club

Most Consecutive Games Won - (31) - Rd.7, 2024 to Rd.17, 2025 (current streak)

Most Consecutive Quarters Won - (68) - Qtr.1, Rd.1, 2025 to Qtr.4, Rd.17, 2025 (current streak)

• Don Dempster - 25/08/1973 - (200 games)
• Geoff Weppner - 09/06/1979 - (225 games)
• Allan Hueston - 04/07/1981 - (209 games)
• Chris Drum - 25/08/1984 - (284 games)
• Michael Gleeson - 11/08/01 - (217 games)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1968
• 1972
• 1977
• 1978
• 1981
• 1982
• 1984
• 1986

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

• 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

• 1968 - Kerry Drum (Bourke)
• 1972 - Pamela Hueston
• 1973 - Pamela Hueston
• 1974 - Pamela Hueston
• 1975 - Pamela Hueston
• 1977 - Pamela Hueston
• 1978 - Pamela Hueston
• 1981 - Pamela Hueston
• 1982 - Pamela Hueston
• 1984 - Marg Tait
• 1986 - Tracey Wilson
• 1987 - Tracey Wilson
• 1989 - Jodi Willmott
• 1990 - Sue Robinson (Howard)
• 1992 - Helen Stevenson (Jackson)

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

• 2001 - Paula Ryan

• Damian Drum - Geelong - (1982-1989)
  • Fremantle (Coach) - (1999-2001)

• Richard Ambrose - Essendon - (1991-1992) and Sydney - (1993)
• Simon Eastaugh - Richmond - (1990-1993), Essendon - (1998-1999) and Fremantle - (2001-2002)
• Steven King - Geelong - (1996-2007) and St Kilda - (2008-2010)
  • Gold Coast (Caretaker Coach) - (2023)
• Marc Bullen - Essendon - (2001-2005)
• Shannon Byrnes - Geelong - (2004-2012) and Melbourne - (2013-2014)
• Marcus Drum - Fremantle - (2006-2009) and Geelong - (2010-2011)
• Tim Looby - Port Adelaide (Rookie Listed) - (2006)
• Michael Barlow - Fremantle - (2010-2016) and Gold Coast - (2017-2018)
• Steele Sidebottom - Collingwood - (2009-Present)

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