In 1979, the club merged with Corowa to form the Corowa-Rutherglen FC, joining the Ovens & Murray Football League.

The origins of the Rutherglen FC appears to have been established in 1877,[1] with Mr. Thomas Reeve Junior acting as club secretary.

When Rutherglen played Border United FC in August 1877, they wore a navy blue jumper, with Thomas Reeve elected as captain.

[2] In 1885, Rutherglen played Murray FC (Yarrawonga) for the Richards / Mitchell Cup, with both teams winning one game each.

[6] Rutherglen would go onto play many friendly matches against other local clubs up until 1892, when they joined the newly formed Ovens And Murray Football Association in 1893.

[citation needed] Rutherglen was one of the six founding clubs of the Ovens And Murray Football Association (O&MFL) in 1893.

The club was based at Rutherglen's "Barkley Park" located just off Reid Street & just north-west of the town's center.

[16] The competition reformed under the Ovens & Murray Football Association banner again in 1914, involving the following five teams: Albury, Border United, Howlong, Lake Rovers and Rutherglen.

In 1919, Rutherglen entered a "junior" team in the Chiltern & District Football Association, wore the green and gold colours and played their home games on the Christmastown ground.

Following the 1978 season both the Rutherglen Reglegs & Corowa Spiders merged and since 1979 have competed as Corowa-Rutherglen Roos in the Ovens & Murray Football League.

[29] When Australian Rules Football really took off in the 1890s in the North East of Victoria and Rutherglen was still a booming gold mining town,[30] a number of local clubs were formed.

[35] In 1899, Lilliput FC entered a team in the Ovens & Murray Junior Football Association[36] and played in this competition until 1903.

In March 1894, a meeting was held at Hick's Hotel for the purpose of forming a football club at the Great Northern Mine near Rutherglen.

[48] Excelsior returned to the O&MFA competition in 1908[49] when they replaced the Great Southern FC and played there until 1912, when they ultimately folded prior to the 1913 season.

The Lake Rovers FC was established in 1911 and initially competed in the Rutherglen & District Football Association from 1911[61] to 1913, then joined the O&MFA in 1914 and 1915.

When the O&MFA went into recess in 1920, Lake Rovers joined the Chiltern & District Football Association and were runners up to Springhurst in the grand final.