SOUTH Bendigo spearhead Phil Hetherington bagged 10 goals in a split round match against Castlemaine 12 seasons ago.

BENDIGO league clubs were furious with the administration's decision to continue scheduling club fixtures and inter-league clashes on the same weekend back in 1983.

SOUTH Bendigo regained top spot on the BFL senior ladder two decades back following a comfortable win over Eaglehawk at Canterbury Park.

THE Bendigo Football League made it through to the semi-finals of 2003's Division 1 WorkSafe country championships, but not before receiving a huge scare from the Murray League at the QEO.

EAGLEHAWK and Golden Square sat atop the BFL ladder in late May 1973 with both clubs still to taste defeat as the cold winter months loomed.

CASTLEMAINE almost created a new BFL record in May 1963 when they kicked 11 straight goals without a behind against Sandhurst at the QEO.

SANDHURST won its first game five seasons back thanks to a desperate last quarter revival against Kyneton at the QEO.

PETER 'Charger' Davey was a key figure in defence during Golden Square's dominant Bendigo Football League period in the Seventies.

TEN years ago a range of on-field and off-field matters were being discussed as autumn came into view --- and the season hadn't even started.

IT DOESN'T seem all that long ago that the Kennington-Strathdale Saints were competing in the Bendigo Football League.

But the club based at the Neale Street oval has been gone for quite some time now.