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For the best part of two decades, playing Maryborough at Princes Park was one of the most feared assignments in Bendigo footy. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading While was not always a top-three team from its introduction to Bendigo footy in 1992, the Pies were talented and tough and they played the tight confines of their home ground remarkably well. The Maryborough teams of the late 1990s were outstanding football teams.

Players of the quality of Matt Aston, Jamie Bond, Brendan Tranter and Geoff MacIlwain stand up in any era as champions of Bendigo football. At the risk of sounding like one of those old blokes who carries on about how good the old days were, the and 1999 would have made some high-achieving BFNL teams of modern times look decidedly average. For an opposition club, walking away from Princes Park with a victory felt like they'd secured eight points, not four.



Unfortunately in recent times, it became a case of defeat Maryborough by more than 100 points or lose ground to the rest of the competition. The Pies aren't competitive in senior football and they struggle to field a reserve-grade football team. So how does a proud club like Maryborough go from league power to the verge of leaving the BFNL? Kelvin Noonan has been involved with Maryborough FNC's junior and senior clubs since the club moved from the Ballarat league to the Bendigo league in 1992.

Noonan, who has had multiple stints as senior club president, said several factors combined to make .

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