The club's teams currently compete in the Murray FNL, which the Deniliquin football club joined in 1949.
History
Football appears to have been played in and around Deniliquin as early as the 1870s,[1] but today's Deniliquin FC was born some six decades later, in 1933.
In early July, 1892, two football clubs were established in Deniliquin, one called the Imperials, of North Deniliquin and the South Deniliquin Football Club.[2]
The first recorded match was in late July, 1892 between was between South Deniliquin: 2.6 – 18 defeating Imperials: 1.8 – 14.[3]
In 1893, Deniliquin FC played a match against Echuca and was played on the Park Oval, with Echuca thrashing Deniliquin.[4]
In 1894, the Deniliquin Juniors played a match against the Echuca Railway Juniors, on the Park Oval, Echuca.[5]
In 1895, Deniliquin were runners up for the Gillespie Cup to the Trades FC.[6]
In 1899, three football club's were formed in Deniliquin.[7]
In 1901, the Deniliquin footballers, under the name of the Commonwealth Football Club won the premiership and received premiership medals from Mr. John Moore Chanter,[9] MHR.[10][11]
The Deniliquin Football Association ran from 1900 to 1932, with usually three clubs from within the town of Deniliquin playing in this competition on a regular basis up until 1932.
^"John Moore Chanter (1845–1931)". 1931 - John Moore Chanter - Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
