O&MFL, in an association with the AFL North Melbourne Football Club, fielded a team in the Victorian Football League called the Murray Kangaroos, playing home games between Coburg and Lavington. However, due to concerns from O&M clubs about player availability, the Kangaroos about travel time, and poor attendances compared with O&M league games, the venture was discontinued after three seasons and the Kangaroos subsequently set up an affiliation with the established VFL club Port Melbourne. Current finals system Since 1972 the OMFL has used the "McIntyre system". The final series is played over four weekends, with the grand final traditionally being played on the third weekend of September. Also normally there is no home ground advantage is awarded any teams, instead the O&M board deems where the finals will be held, with all finals for both Football & Netball are played at the one venue during each final day. The Grand Final since 1995 has been held at Lavington Sports Ground (formally "Lavington Panthers Oval") in the Albury suburb of Hamilton Valley. Clubs Current clubs In recess Former clubs Notes The club monikers listed above for former clubs are the ones they currently use and may not be their monikers used when playing in the Ovens and Murray league. Club Mergers 1877: Corowa FC & Wahgunyah FC merged between 1877 & 1905, then 1914 & 1919, and 1944 & 1947 and were known as Border United FC (Corowa based). 1907: Lake Moodemere and Rutherglen FC merged just prior to the start of the 1907 O&MFA season and were then known as Rutherglen FC. 1924: Albury FC and the Diggers FC merge and apply for admission into the Ovens and Murray Football League as Albury FC. 1924: Lake Rovers Football Club amalgamated with the Rutherglen Football Club and be known as Rutherglen FC. 1929: Benalla FC and Benalla Rovers FC merged to become Benalla Rovers FC, before changing back to Benalla FC in 1931. 1930: Hume Weir Football Club and Ebden Rovers Football Club merged to become the Weir United Football Club. 1930: Wangaratta FC (O&MFL) and Wangaratta Rovers FC (O&KFL) merged in 1930 and entered one team in the O&MFL & another team in the O&KFL. Wangaratta Rovers reformed as a stand alone club in 1945 and entered a team in the O&KFL, before joining the O&MFL in 1950. 1933: East Albury Football Club and Weir United Football Club merge