Nickname(s) Saints, Bethanga Founded 1945 | Colours Red, White & Black Location Wodonga, Australia | |
Full name Wodonga Saints Football Club Ground(s) Martin Park (Wodonga)Bethanga Football Ground Competition Tallangatta & District Football League | ||
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The Wodonga Saints Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia. Original established as the Bethanga Football Club form forming 1945 until 2001 the club was based at the Bethanga Football Ground in Bethanga, Victoria, Australia.
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Following the 1999 Victorian Country Football League report that stated a number of clubs, including Bethanga, were on the verge of collapsing if some kind of action was not taken. After playing a handful of matches at Wodonga’s Martin Park to see if there would be enough local support to support the club moving there, the club made the decision in 2002 Bethenga relocated fully to Wodonga & were renamed to the Wodonga Saints.
Bethanga F.C.
Also played in other regional leagues pre 1945.
Wodonga Saints F.C.
The club decided relocate to Wodonga in order to save the club from possibly folding.
Back To Bethanga
Since 2009 the Wodonga Saints have moved one home match back to the old Bethanga Football Ground most seasons. The move has been widely welcomed by both the football club & greater Bethanga community.