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.
League honours: Football Albury & Border Football Association (1921–1927) Senior premierships (2): 1922 (Div.2), 1924
Central Hume Football Association (1928–1932) (No listed honours)
HFL/Hume Football League (1933–1939) Senior premierships (1): 1938 Senior runners-up (2): 1934, 1939 Senior HFL Best & Fairest winners (1): 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 (2): 1955, 1956 Senior CDFL Best & Fairest winner - 1947 "Huggins Medal" (1): - Brian O'Shaughnessy
TDFL / Tallangatta & District Football League (1958–1976) Senior premierships (3): 1965, 1966, 1971 Senior runners-up (7): 1960, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 Senior TDFL Best & Fairest winners (1): 1973 - Max Urquhart Senior TDFL Leading Goal Kickers (2): 1962 & 1963 - Ray Thomas 1976 - Russell Sawyer Reserves premierships (5): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975 Thirds premierships (3): 1974, 1975, 1976
HFL / Hume Football League (1975–1976) (No listed honours)
Farrer Football League (1977–1978) (No listed team honours)
OMFL / Ovens & Murray Football League (1979–present) Senior premierships (5): 1983, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2019 Senior runners-up (10): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2016 Senior OMFL Best & Fairest winners - "Morris Medal" (2): 1985 - Ralph Aalbers 1987 - Richard Hamilton Senior OMFL Leading Goal Kickers - "Doug Strang Medal" (5): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - Chris Stuhldrier, 2015 - Adam Prior Reserves premierships (2): 1982, 2015 Thirds premierships (2): 1993, 2009, 2025
Honour boards: Football (1921–present) Year Position Coach Best & Fairest Leading Goal Kicker Albury & Border Football Association (1921-1927) 1921 4th (Div.2) A.Romero 1922 Premiers (Div.2) J.Mutsch 1923 3rd (Div.2) J.Mutsch 1924 Premiers E.Strang 1925 7th J.Condon 1926 4th J.Mutsch 1927 4th W.Muller Central Hume Football Association (1928-1932) 1928 3rd T.Gulson 1929 3rd H.McIntosh 1930 6th A.Romero 1931 5th R.Strang 1932 6th R.Feitz Hume Football Association (1933-1939) 1933 3rd H.McIntosh 1934 Runners Up L.English 1935 3rd H.McIntosh 1936 3rd H.McIntosh 1937 5th W.Dawson 1938 Premiers T.Gulson 1939 Runners Up R.Gulson 1940–44 Club in recess > WW2 Albury & Border Football Association (1945)1945 Chiltern & District Football Association (1946-1956) 1946 4th Tom Gulson Roly Gulson 1947 4th Harold Pattison Brian O'Shaughnessy 1948 4th Colin Scammell Stan Romero 1949 6th Len Donelly Roy Gardiner 1950 9th Con Vapp Vin Jackson 1951 8th Con Vapp Jack Woodman 1952 9th Jack Woodman Ken Hartley 1953 3rd Alan Curtis Gerry Comans 1954 4th Ossie Bownds Jack Woodman 1955 Runners Up Jack Sheridan Jack Sheridan 1956 Runners Up Keith Murray Ian Grayland 1957Chiltern & DFL foldedSat out '57 awaiting entry to T&DFL in '58 Tallangatta & District Football League (1958-1976) 1958 4th Bob Davis Grant Spurr Stan Romero - 49+ 1959 6th Percy Appleyard Bob Davis Percy Appleyard - 60+ 1960 Runners Up Keith Murray John Bergin Neville Collins - 59 1961 Runners Up Keith Murray Peter Harmer - 1962 4th Ray Thomas Marty Fitzsimons Ray Thomas - ? 1963 5th Ray Thomas Peter Harmer Ray Thomas - 75 1964 Runners Up Doug Gladman Bill Scammell Paul Donnolley - 45+ 1965 Premiers Doug Gladman Detlaf Malakinas Paul Donnolley - 51+ 1966 Premiers Doug Gladman Paul Donnolley Paul Donnolley - 44 1967 4th Doug Gladman Bob Thomas Bill Thomas - 45 1968 6th John Collis Bob Thomas John Collis - 25 1969 Runners Up Ossie Bownds Peter Harmer Allan Wetmore - 46 1970 Runners Up Graeme O’Brien Wayne Styles Graeme O'Brien - 83 1971 Premiers Graeme O’Brien Graeme White Graeme O'Brien - 42 1972 4th Graeme O’Brien Graeme White Russell Sawyer - 44 1973 Runners Up Max Urquhart (Lavington Saints) Gary Styles Max Urquhart - 58 1973 4th Graeme O’Brien (Lavington Rangers) David Palmer Russell Sawyer - 46 1974 Runners Up Max Urquhart (Lavington Dragons) Peter King Peter Frawley - 56 1974 5th Graeme O’Brien (Lavington Lions) David Palmer Ray Thomas - 41+ 1974 6th Tony Moylan (Lavington Rovers) Paul Spokes Garry Sheather & Jim Crawford - 21 1975 6th (TDFL) Max Urquhart (TDFL) Graeme White - 1975 3rd (HFL) Bill Scammell (HFL) Steve Buckle Doug Tonkin - 27 1976 3rd (TDFL) Ray Trebilcock (TDFL) Max Urquhart Russell Sawyer - 109 1976 6th (HFL) Bill Scammell (HFL) Gary Shipard Gary Shipard - 32 Farrer Football League (1977-1978) 1977 4th Wayne Styles Graeme White Russell Sawyer - 63 1978 3rd Wayne Styles Gary Styles Ian Gilmore &Mal Haberman - 58 Ovens & Murray Football League (1979 to present day) 1979 10th (Last) Wayne Styles David Palmer Mal Howden - 29 1980 8th Ken Roberts Peter Owen Warren Stanlake - 54 1981 4th Ken Roberts Mark Stewart Adrian Koschel - 66 1982 Runners Up Ken Roberts Bruce Stewart Adrian Koschel - 79 1983 Premiers Ken Roberts Bruce Stewart Warren Stanlake - 51 1984 6th Ken Roberts Peter King Peter King - 39 1985 Runners Up Jeff Cassidy Danny Murphy Jeff Cassidy - 78 1986 Premiers Jeff Cassidy Jeff Cassidy Jeff Cassidy - 55 1987 Runners Up Jeff Cassidy Richard Hamilton Dean Valente - 67 1988 Runners Up Jeff Cassidy Andrew Banes Matt McGuirk - 39 1989 3rd Richard Hamilton Kerry Bahr Matt McGuirk - 42 1990 Runners Up Richard Hamilton Ralph Aalbers Matt McGuirk - 42 1991 7th Richard Hamilton Kerry Bahr James Hodgkin - 55 1992 6th Neville Shaw Neville Shaw James Hodgkin - 61 1993 8th Neville Shaw Neville Shaw James Hodgkin - 36 1994 11th (Last) Craig Smith Craig McMillan Jamie Swinnerton - 26 1995 7th Bruce Stewart Shaun Myles Shaun Myles - 50 1996 Runners Up Bruce Stewart Kerry Bahr & Brett Wilson Chris Stuhldrier - 126 1997 3rd Bruce Stewart Luke Carroll Chris Stuhldrier - 119 1998 Runners Up Tim Sanson Mark Sanson Chris Stuhldrier - 111 1999 5th Tim Sanson Kerry Bahr Chris Stuhldrier - 54 2000 7th Tim Sanson Darryn McKimmie Tim Sanson - 47 2001 Premiers Tim Sanson John Hunt & Peter Doherty Tim Sanson - 80 2002 5th Tim Sanson Matthew Pendergast Tim Sanson - 59 2003 6th Tim Sanson Kade Stevens Tim Sanson - 32 2004 3rd Tim Sanson Luke Carroll Tim Sanson - 31 2005 Premiers Tim Sanson Adam Butler Tim Sanson - 51 2006 3rd Tim Sanson Kade Stevens Jay Banks & Tom Hickey - 37 2007 7th Tim Sanson Kade Stevens Justin Fulton - 25 2008 Runners Up Tim Sanson Matthew Pendergast Darryn McKimmie - 31 2009 6th Tim Sanson Bill Neely Myles Aalbers & Kade Stevens - 19 2010 8th Tim Sanson Matthew Pendergast Andrew Dess - 35 2011 3rd Tim Sanson Luke Garland Myles Aalbers - 40 2012 4th James Saker Matthew Pendergast Myle Aalbers - 33 2013 3rd James Saker Luke Garland Luke Garland - 28 2014 3rd James Saker Matthew Pendergast Adam Prior - 51 2015 Runners Up James Saker Nick Meredith Adam Prior - 79 2016 Runners Up James Saker Luke Garland Adam Prior - 55 2017 4th James Saker Martin Brennan Jack Nunn - 26 2018 5th Simon Curtis Simon Curtis Adam Prior - 37 2019 Premiers Simon Curtis Simon Curtis Shaun Mannagh - 552020In recess: COVID-19Simon Curtis20216th: 13 Rds played - No Finals > COVID-19Simon CurtisAidan Johnson - 2220226thAdam SchneiderWilliam Glanvill Aidan Cook - 2620237thAdam SchneiderShaun Driscoll Shaun DriscollEwan MackinlayJake O'Brien - 1820247thAdam SchneiderTim Oosterhoff - 4320254thAdam SchneiderShaun Driscoll - 402026Adam Schneider Year Position Coach Best & Fairest Leading Goal Kicker
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 the Lavington Blues Australian Football Club) 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.
References
External links
Official website 1938 - Hume FL Premiers: Lavington FC - team photo 1945 - Lavington FC team photo 1951 - Lavington FC team photo