[1] Nugent said that he and the club's other founders considered names including "Tendulkar Tigers" to "Brown Brothers Football Club", but "found the names to be either too exclusive (often India-centric), infringing on existing brands or simply impossible to work with".

The club chose not to have a nickname, and instead created a logo based on a star anise, in which the seeds were replaced by footballs.

[4] The club played its first official VAFA game on 13 April 2013, a 131-point loss to Richmond Central, the eventual premiers of the section in 2013.

[12] For its initial seasons, Masala co-shared BJ Powell Reserve in Noble Park North with the Lyndale Football Club.

[15] The new team revived the historical North Dandenong Junior Football Club, which dissolved in 2018.