Following the 1999 Victorian Country Football League report that stated a number of clubs, including Bethanga, were on the verge of collapsing if some kind of action was not taken.

[1] In June 1926, Bethanga Footballer, John Thomas Tankard received a knock to the stomach, resulting in severe pain, was later operated on at a private hospital, but later died.

Unfortunately for the local community the new club folded after the 1959 season, after winning only one game and forfeiting two.

Since 2009 the Wodonga Saints have moved one home match back to the old Bethanga Football Ground on four occasions.

The move has been widely welcomed by both the football club & greater Bethanga community.