THE first four years of the 2010s decade in the Bendigo league were owned by Golden Square.
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Having closed out the 2000s by winning the 2009 premiership, the Bulldogs then claimed the first four flags of the 2010s.
During their decade's four premiership years of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Bulldogs won 70 of 80 games and had a percentage of 187.
The most dominant of those four premiership years was their barnstorming 2011 when the Bulldogs went through the year undefeated - their average winning margin was 80 points - culminating in a 135-point shellacking of Eaglehawk in the grand final.
Their other grand final victims were South Bendigo (2010), Gisborne (2012) and Strathfieldsaye (2013).
As well as their four triumphs between 2010 and 2013, the Bulldogs also made a fifth grand final appearance during the decade, but were beaten by arch-rival Sandhurst in 2016.
Golden Square won the most senior games of any club during the decade with 153, while their reserves (132) and under-18s (140) also regularly churned out victories.
The Bulldogs had two winners of the league's Michelsen Medal, with Jack Geary (2018) and Adam Baird (2019) going back-to-back to end the decade.
Not surprisingly given he came out No.1 in the Addy's Player of the Decade rankings in December, star midfielder Geary was Golden Square's top performed player of the 2010s.
Geary earned 378 best player votes (six for being named best, five for second best and so on), with his decade accolades including four premierships, two Nalder medals, a Michelsen Medal, inter-league captain and skipper of the BFNL Team of the Decade.
Despite only playing three seasons with the Bulldogs, superboot Grant Weeks easily topped Square's goalkicking for the decade with 451, including 18 bags of 10-plus.
Weeks kicked hauls of 157 in 2010, 130 in 2011 and a league record 164 in 2012 and, along with Geary, joined Clayton Anderson, Jon Coe, vice-captain Simon Rosa and Adam Baird in the BFNL Team of the Decade.
YEAR-BY-YEAR:
2010
Finished - 1st (19-1)
defeated South Bendigo in grand final
Most best player votes:
Grant Weeks - 62
Leading goalkicker:
Grant Weeks - 157
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2011
Finished - 1st (20-0)
defeated Eaglehawk in grand final
Most best player votes:
Simon Rosa - 52
Leading goalkicker:
Grant Weeks - 130
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2012
Finished - 1st (17-3-1)
defeated Gisborne in grand final
Most best player votes:
Grant Weeks - 56
Leading goalkicker:
Grant Weeks - 164
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2013
Finished - 1st (14-5)
defeated Strathfieldsaye in grand final
Most best player votes:
Simon Rosa - 59
Leading goalkicker:
James Bristow - 27
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2014
Finished - 4th (11-9)
lost first semi-final to Gisborne
Most best player votes:
Jack Daley - 55
Leading goalkicker:
Corey Jones - 53
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2015
Finished - 3rd (17-4)
lost preliminary final to Sandhurst
Most best player votes:
Tom Toma - 57
Leading goalkicker:
Corey Jones - 64
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2016
Finished - 2nd (17-5)
lost grand final to Sandhurst
Most best player votes:
Jack Geary - 79
Leading goalkicker:
Dylan Johnstone - 85
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2017
Finished - 3rd (15-5-1)
lost preliminary final to Strathfieldsaye
Most best player votes:
Tom Toma - 57
Leading goalkicker:
Travis Baird - 49
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2018
Finished - 6th (10-8)
Most best player votes:
Adam Baird - 70
Leading goalkicker:
Dylan Johnstone - 36
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2019
Finished - 4th (13-7)
lost first semi-final to Gisborne
Most best player votes:
Jon Coe - 56
Leading goalkicker:
Jayden Burke - 41
BEST PLAYER VOTES:
1 - Jack Geary
Votes: 378
Times in best: 99
Top 3: 60 No.1: 20
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2 - Simon Rosa
Votes: 314
Times in best: 74
Top 3: 52 No.1: 24
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3 - Adam Baird
Votes: 292
Times in best: 72
Top 3: 45 No.1: 21
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4 - Jon Coe
Votes: 265
Times in best: 65
Top 3: 40 No.1: 17
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5 - Matt Compston
Votes: 194
Times in best: 54
Top 3: 20 No.1: 8
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6 - Travis Baird
Votes: 187
Times in best: 48
Top 3: 28 No.1: 13
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7 - Grant Weeks
Votes: 162
Times in best: 38
Top 3: 27 No.1: 13
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8 - Tom Toma
Votes: 146
Times in best: 39
Top 3: 24 No.1: 9
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9 - Hamish Morcom
Votes: 127
Times in best: 37
Top 3: 18 No.1: 3
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10 - Dale Lowry
Votes: 124
Times in best: 37
Top 3: 19 No.1: 2
TOP 10 GOALKICKERS:
1 - Grant Weeks
Goals: 451
High: 21 Games: 59
5+: 46 10+: 18
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2 - Adam Baird
Goals: 165
High: 8 Games: 86
5+: 5 10+: 0
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3 - Dylan Johnstone
Goals: 163
High: 9 Games: 47
5+: 12 10+: 0
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4 - Travis Baird
Goals: 138
High: 8 Games: 59
5+: 10 10+: 0
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5 - Jack Geary
Goals: 116
High: 5 Games: 73
5+: 2 10+: 0
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6 - Corey Jones
Goals: 116
High: 16 Games: 30
5+: 9 10+: 1
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7 - Hamish Morcom
Goals: 114
High: 4 Games: 70
5+: 0 10+: 0
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8 - Shaun Young
Goals: 95
High: 7 Games: 43
5+: 3 10+: 0
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9 - James Bristow
Goals: 93
High: 12 Games: 30
5+: 5 10+: 1
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10 - Jayden Burke
Goals: 91
High: 7 Games: 40
5+: 3 10+: 0
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
v Castlemaine
Record - 20-0
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v Eaglehawk
Record - 20-6
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v Gisborne
Record - 15-8-1
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v Kangaroo Flat
Record - 20-0
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v Kyneton
Record - 15-2-1
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v Maryborough
Record - 19-1
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v Sandhurst
Record - 15-12
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v South Bendigo
Record - 18-3
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v Strathfieldsaye
Record - 11-15
DECADE RECORD:
Played - 202
Won - 153
Lost - 47
Drawn - 2
Winning % - 75.7%
Average for/agst - 107/64
Seasons in finals - 9
Finals record - 16-8
Premierships - 4
RESERVES:
Total wins - 132
Seasons in finals - 8
Premierships - 2
UNDER-18S:
Total wins - 140
Seasons in finals - 9
Premierships - 1
BENDIGO ADDY'S DECADE IN REVIEW SERIES:
BFNL - GISBORNE
BFNL - EAGLEHAWK
BFNL - CASTLEMAINE
HDFNL - WHITE HILLS
HDFNL - NORTH BENDIGO
HDFNL - MOUNT PLEASANT
HDFNL - LOCKINGTON-BAMAWM UNITED
HDFNL - LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER
HDFNL - HUNTLY
HDFNL - HEATHCOTE
HDFNL - ELMORE
HDFNL - COLBINABBIN
LVFNL - PYRAMID HILL
LVFNL - NEWBRIDGE
LVFNL - MITIAMO
LVFNL - MARONG
LVFNL - MAIDEN GULLY YCW
LVFNL - INGLEWOOD
LVFNL - CALIVIL UNITED
LVFNL - BRIDGEWATER
LVFNL - BEARS LAGOON-SERPENTINE
NCFL - ALL EIGHT CLUBS
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