Perth Football League

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Perth Football League
Most recent season or competition:
2020
FormerlyMercantile Football Association (1922–1923)
Perth Districts Football Association (1924–1928)
Western Australian Amateur Football Association (1929–1970)
Western Australian Amateur Football League (1971–2018)
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1922
PresidentSam Birmingham
No. of teams69
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		Scarborough (A Grade)
(2020)
Most titlesUniversity (96)
Sponsor(s)WAFC, Midway Ford, Carlton Draught, Burley, Elastoplast
Related
competitions		Metro Football League
Official websitePerthFootball.com.au

The Perth Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Perth, Western Australia. It is the largest Australian rules football competition in Western Australia.[1]

History[]

The competition began in 1922 with five teams as the Mercantile Football Association (MFA). The MFA changed its name in 1924 to the Perth Districts Football Association and then, in 1929, to the Western Australian Amateur Football Association. It changed to Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL) in 1971. In 2019, the league rebranded as the Perth Football League.[2][3] University are the most successful club, with 20 A-grade premierships and 96 overall, as of the conclusion of the 2020 season. Greg Erskine (University) is the games record holder for the club, along with holding the record for most number of beers drunk at the AJ. In 2021 Wembley's Nick "Threeser" Jeffries took his talents to the threes providing him with a more sustainable opportunity for Friday beers.

Sunday Football League (SFL) clubs, mostly based in the southeastern corridor, were merged into the general ranks of the amateurs. This was unfortunate as previously derbies between neighbouring clubs were an important and popular feature of the now defunct SFL.

Member clubs[]

  • Armadale
  • Ballajura
  • Bassendean
  • Bayswater
  • Belmont Districts
  • Brentwood Booragoon
  • Bullcreek Leeming
  • Canning-South Perth
  • Canning Vale
  • Carlisle
  • Cobras
  • Cockburn Lakes
  • Collegians
  • Coolbellup
  • Coolbinia West Perth
  • Cottesloe
  • Curtin University Wesley
  • Dianella Morley
  • East Fremantle
  • ECU Jets
  • Ellenbrook Eels
  • Forrestdale
  • Forrestfield
  • Fremantle CBC
  • Gosnells
  • Hamersley Carine
  • High Wycombe
  • Kalamunda
  • Kenwick
  • Kingsley
  • Kingsway
  • Kwinana Districts
  • Lynwood Ferndale
  • Maddington
  • Manning Rippers
  • Melville
  • Mosman Park
  • Mt Lawley
  • Nollamara
  • Noranda
  • North Beach
  • North Fremantle
  • Ocean Ridge
  • Osborne Park
  • Piara Waters
  • Quinns District
  • Roleystone
  • Rossmoyne
  • Safety Bay
  • Scarborough
  • Secret Harbour
  • SNESA (St Norberts)
  • Stirling
  • Swan Athletic
  • Swan Districts
  • Swan Valley
  • Thornlie
  • Trinity Aquinas
  • University
  • Wanneroo
  • Warnbro Swans
  • Wembley
  • West Coast
  • Whitford
  • Willetton
  • Yanchep

A Grade premiers[]

Year A Grade A Reserve B Grade B Reserve C1 Grade C1 Reserve C2 Grade C2 Reserve C3 Grade C3 Reserve C4 Grade C4 Reserve C5 Grade C5 Reserve E1 Grade E2 Grade E3 Grade E4 Grade
2020 Scarborough North Beach Wembley West Coast Ocean Ridge Melville Jandakot Hamersley Carine Mosman Park Brentwood Booragoon Piara Waters Piara Waters University North Beach Coolbellup Collegians Bassendean Gosnells
2021 Kingsway Curtin Uni Wesley West Coast Whitford Baldivis Baldivis High Wycombe Hamersley Carine Piara Waters Piara Waters Roleystone Forrestdale North Beach North Beach Collegians Lynwood Ferndale West Coast Manning Rippers

Source: WAAFL.com.au

References[]

  1. ^ "WAAFL History". WAAFL.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Yearbooks - Downloads". WAAFL.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "WAAFL Rebrand to the Perth Football League". Perth Football League. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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