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DeutschPerth Football League
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 | |
| Formerly | Mercantile Football Association (1922–1923) Perth Districts Football Association (1924–1928) Western Australian Amateur Football Association (1929–1970) Western Australian Amateur Football League (1971–2018) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| Founded | 1922 |
| President | Sam Birmingham |
| No. of teams | 72 |
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Kingsway (A Grade) (2024) |
| Most titles | University (96) |
| Sponsor(s) | WAFC, Carlton Dry, Toyota, Burley, West Coast Eagles, Electrical Group Training, Belgravia Apparel, Victor School and Sports Club Supplies, Stop the Coward Punch Campaign, Life Without Barriers |
| Feeder to | WAFL, WAFLW AFL, AFLW |
| Related competitions | Metro Football League |
| Official website | PerthFootball.com.au |
The Perth Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Perth, Western Australia. It is the largest community Australian rules football competition in Western Australia.[1]
History
[edit]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.
The league continues to grow with new clubs joining in most years, and an A Reserves added to the women's competition for 2024.
Clubs
[edit]Current
[edit]| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Men's Grades | Women's Grades | Est. | Years in PFL | PFL Senior Premierships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Most Recent | |||||||||
| Armadale |  | Demons | Gwynne Park, Armadale | PFL | E1 | C4 | 1909 | 2010- | 0 | - |
| Baldivis |  | Brumbies | Baldivis Sports Complex, Baldivis | PFL | B, BR, C5, C5R, E3 South | B, C4 | 2005 | 2021- | 1 | 2021 |
| Ballajura |  | Royals | Kingfisher Oval, Ballajura | WAFA | B, BR, E3 North | C3 | 1995 | 2002- | 3 | 2023 |
| Bassendean |  | Swans | Jubilee Reserve, Eden Hill | – | B, BR | B | 1973 | 1973- | 5 | 2019 |
| Bayswater |  | Blues | Hillcrest Reserve, Bayswater | WAFA | C5, C5R | C2 | 1946 | 1946-2004, 2009- | 5 | 1988 |
| Belmont Districts |  | Bombers | Forster Park, Cloverdale | – | C2, C2R | 1999 | 1999- | 4 | 2023 | |
| Brentwood Booragoon |  | Bulldogs | Karoonda Park, Booragoon | – | B, BR, E2 | C3 | 1978 | 1978- | 2 | 2022 |
| Bullcreek Leeming |  | Bombers | Beasley Park, Leeming | – | B, BR, E2 | B, C4 | 1980 | 1980- | 7 | 2012 |
| Canning South Perth |  | Tigers | Wyong Reserve, Bentley | SFL | C3, C3R | B, C4 | 2001 | 2009- | 1 | 2010 |
| Canning Vale |  | Cougars | Clifton Reserve, Canning Vale | – | C1, C1R, E3 South | C2 | 2011 | 2011- | 2 | 2012 |
| Carlisle |  | Cougars | Carlisle Reserve, Carlisle | – | C1, C1R, E3 South | C3 | 1962 | 1962- | 6 | 2013 |
| Cockburn Cobras |  | Cobras | Davilak Reserve, Hamilton Hill | MFL | C2, C2R | C2 | 1993 | 2012- | 1 | 2019 |
| Cockburn Lakes | .svg) | Warriors | Anning Park, South Lake | WAFA | C1, C1R, E2 | 1980 | 1980-2003, 2005- | 11 | 2022 | |
| Collegians | .svg) | Collies | David Cruickshank Reserve, Dalkeith | – | B, BR | C1 | 1961 | 1961 | 11 | 2010 |
| Coolbellup |  | Cats | Tempest Park, Coolbellup | – | C5, C5R | C1 | 1975 | 1975- | 2 | 2008 |
| Coolbinia |  | Falcons | Yokine Reserve, Yokine | – | C3, C3R, E3 North | C2 | 2003 | 2003- | 2 | 2018 |
| Cottesloe |  | Roosters | Cottesloe Oval, Cottesloe | – | C3, C3R | C1 | 2014 | 2014- | 0 | - |
| Curtin University Wesley |  | Tigers | Curtin University South Oval, Bentley | – | A, AR, C4, C4R, E1 | A, AR | 1990 | 1990- | 6 | 2023 |
| Dianella Morley |  | Raiders | Dianella Regional Open Space, Dianella | – | C5, C5R | 1991 | 1991- | 3 | 2017 | |
| ECU Jets |  | Jets | Emerald Park, Edgewater | – | C5, C5R, E3N | C3 | 2016 | 2016- | 0 | - |
| Ellenbrook |  | Eels | Ellenbrook District Open Space, Ellenbrook | WAFA | C2, C2R, E3 North | C3 | 2002 | 2007- | 0 | - |
| Forrestdale |  | Falcons | William Skeet Oval, Forrestdale | WAFA | C4, C4R, E3 | C1 | 1993 | 1993-1998, 2009- | 3 | 2024 |
| Forrestfield |  | Rhinos | John Reid Oval, Forrestfield | HFA | C5, C5R | 2013 | 2015- | 0 | - | |
| Fremantle CBC |  | Morris Buzacott Reserve, Kardinya | – | A, AR, C4, C4R | C3 | 1933 | 1933- | 7 | 2022 | |
| Gosnells |  | Hawks | Gosnells Oval, Gosnells | SFL | C2, C2R | C2 | 1914 | 1931-1933, 2009- | 2 | 2024 |
| Hamersley Carine |  | Hawks | Carine Regional Open Space, Carine | – | B, BR, E1 | B | 1974 | 1974- | 9 | 2022 |
| High Wycombe |  | Bulldogs | Scott Reserve, High Wycombe | – | E2 | 1992 | 1992- | 5 | 2021 | |
| Hills Rangers |  | Rangers | Sawyers Valley Oval, Sawyers Valley | – | C4 | 2018 | 2018-2022, 2024- | 0 | - | |
| Jandakot |  | Jets | Atwell Reserve, Atwell | MFL | C1, C1R, E3 South | 2009 | 2011- | 3 | 2020 | |
| Kalamunda |  | Cougars | Ray Owen Reserve, Lesmurdie | SFL | C, C1R, E2 | C1 | 1965 | 2001- | 4 | 2013 |
| Kelmscott |  | Bulldogs | John Dunn Oval, Kelmscott | MFL | C5, C5R | C2 | 1897 | 2009-2017, 2021- | 3 | 2014 |
| Kenwick |  | Royals | Mills Park, Beckenham | SFL | C5, C5R | C1 | 1948 | 2009- | 2 | 2024 |
| Kingsley |  | Cats | Kinglsey Park, Kingsley | MFL | C2, C2R, E3 North | A, AR | 1994 | 1998- | 2 | 2018 |
| Kingsway |  | Kangaroos | Kingsway Sporting Complex, Madeley | MFL | A, AR, E3 | 1948 | 1977-1980, 2008- | 4 | 2024 | |
| Koongamia | .jpg) | Crows | Koongamia Oval, Koongamia | MFL | C2 | 2000 | 2023- | 0 | - | |
| Kwinana |  | Knights | Medina Oval, Medina | MFL | C2, C2R | B | 1962 | 2014- | 0 | - |
| Lynwood Ferndale |  | Panthers | Ferndale Park, Ferndale | – | C5, C5R | 1979 | 1979- | 3 | 2012 | |
| Maddington |  | Bulls | Harmony Fields, Maddington | SFL | C4, C4R | 1923 | 2009- | 2 | 2016 | |
| Manning Rippers |  | Rippers | James Miller Oval, Manning | – | C4, C4R, E3 South | 1997 | 1997- | 2 | 2023 | |
| Melville |  | Rams | Melville Reserve, Melville | FSFA, WAFA | C1, C1R, E2 | A, AR | 1906 | 1939-1983, 1985- | 7 | 2005 |
| Mosman Park |  | Mozzies | Tom Perrott Reserve, Mosman Park | SFL | C1, C1R, E3 North | C4 | 1921 | 1939-1973, 1998- | 5 | 2023 |
| Mount Lawley |  | Hawks | Hamer Park Reserve, Mount Lawley | – | A, AR, C4, C4R, E2 | C2 | 1963 | 1963- | 19 | 2009 |
| Nollamara |  | Roos | Des Penman Reserve, Nollamara | WAFA | E1 | 1964 | 1964-2003, 2008- | 11 | 2016 | |
| Noranda |  | Hawks | Lightning Park, Noranda | MFL | C3, C3R | C3 | 2004 | 2011- | 2 | 2015 |
| North Beach |  | Tigers | Charles Riley Reserve, North Beach | – | A, AR, C3, C3R, E2, E3 North | A, AR | 1965 | 1965- | 18 | 2022 |
| North Fremantle |  | Magpies | Gil Fraser Reserve, North Fremantle | FSFA | B, BR, C4, C4R | A, AR | 1921 | 1939- | 29 | 2024 |
| North Mandurah |  | Magpies | Lakelands Reserve, Lakelands | PFL | C5, C5R | C4 | 2019 | 2022- | 0 | - |
| Ocean Ridge |  | Eagles | Heathridge Park, Heathridge | – | A, AR, E2 | B | 1979 | 1979- | 5 | 2023 |
| Osborne Park |  | Saints | Robinson Reserve, Tuart Hill | MFL | C3, C3R, E3 North | 2007 | 2012- | 1 | 2023 | |
| Piara Waters |  | Falcons | Piara Waters Oval, Piara Waters | SFL | C2, C2R, E3 South | B | 1998 | 2009- | 3 | 2021 |
| Quinns District |  | Bulls | Ridgewood Park, Ridgewood | MFL | C2, C2R, E3 North | B, C3 | 2000 | 2001- | 3 | 2019 |
| Roleystone |  | Tigers | Cross Park, Roleystone | WAFA | C3, C3R | C2 | 1987 | 2009- | 1 | 2021 |
| Rossmoyne |  | Rhinos | Shelley Park, Shelley | WAFA | E1 | A, AR | 1996 | 1996-2003, 2009- | 3 | 1998 |
| Safety Bay |  | Stingers | Stan Twight Reserve, Rockingham | MFL | E2 | 1982 | 2010-2016, 2023- | 0 | - | |
| Scarborough |  | Hawks | Millington Reserve, Karrinyup | – | A, AR, E1 | C1, C4 | 1970 | 1970- | 17 | 2020 |
| Secret Harbour |  | Dockers | Rhonda Scarrott Park, Golden Bay | MFL | E3 South | C4 | 2011 | 2013- | 1 | 2017 |
| SNESA |  | Saints | Queens Park, Reserve, Queens Park | WAFA | C5, C5R | 1978 | 1978-2003, 2005- | 2 | 1997 | |
| Stirling |  | Saints | Richard Guelfi Reserve, Balcatta | – | C4, C4R | 1998 | 1998- | 3 | 2003 | |
| Swan Athletic |  | Swans | Swan Athletic Oval, Herne Hill | HFA | C1, C1R, E2 | B | 1930 | 1979 | 9 | 2024 |
| Swan Valley |  | Valley | Swan Valley Sporting Complex, Herne Hill | HFA | C2, C2R | C4 | 1965 | 1973-1979, 2006- | 5 | 1978 |
| Thornlie | .svg) | Lions | Thornlie Oval, Thornlie | SFL | C1, C1R | C3 | 1970 | 2009- | 2 | 2017 |
| Trinity Aquinas |  | Boomers | Bill Grayden Reserve, Como | – | A, AR, C4, C4R, E1 | C1 | 1970 | 1970- | 12 | 2017 |
| University |  | UWA Sports Park, Mount Claremont | – | A, AR, C4, C4R | A, AR | 1928 | 1928- | 47 | 2024 | |
| Wanneroo |  | Roos | Wanneroo Showgrounds, Wanneroo | – | B, BR, C4, C4R | C1 | 1985 | 1985- | 10 | 2022 |
| Warnbro Swans |  | Swans | Warnbro Recreation Oval, Warnbro | MDFL | C3, C3R, E3 South | A, AR | 1989 | 1991- | 4 | 2018 |
| Warwick Greenwood |  | Bulls | Percy Doyle Reserve, Duncraig | SFL | E2 | 2003 | 2025- | 0 | - | |
| Wembley |  | Magpies | Wembley Sports Park, Jolimont | PSFA | A, AR, E2 | A, AR | 1927 | 1938- | 30 | 2020 |
| West Coast |  | Tigers | City Beach Oval, City Beach | – | B, BR, E1 | 1984 | 1984 | 8 | 2021 | |
| Whitford |  | Warriors | MacDonald Park, Padbury | – | B, BR, C5, C5R | C2 | 1976 | 1976- | 9 | 2016 |
| Willetton |  | Blues | Burrendah Reserve, Willetton | SFL | C2, C2R, E3 South | C1 | 1976 | 1976-1978, 1999- | 3 | 2007 |
| Winnacott |  | Eagles | Winnacott Reserve, Willagee | – | C3, C3R | 1921 | 1939-1959, 1980- | 5 | 2000 | |
| Yanchep |  | Red Hawks | Splendid Park, Yanchep | MFL | E1 | C3 | 1997 | 2015- | 0 | - |
Former
[edit]| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in PFL | PFL Senior Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Most Recent | ||||||||
| 5MD Army Swans | Swans | Karrakatta Army Oval (Irwin Barracks), Karrakatta | – | 1985 | 1985-1987 | 0 | - | Folded after 1987 season | |
| Achilles | – | 1938 | 1938-1940 | 0 | - | Folded due to WWII | |||
| AMP | – | 1971 | 1971-1973 | 0 | - | Folded after 1973 season | |||
| ANZ Bank |  | Roos | Haig Park, East Perth | – | 1983 | 1983-1990 | 1 | 1983 | Folded after 1990 season |
| Applecross | Numbats | Marmion Reserve, Myaree | – | 1980 | 1980-1991 | 2 | 1983 | Folded after 1991 season | |
| Ascot |  | Raiders | Selby Park, Redcliffe | – | 2000 | 2000-2002 | 2 | 2001 | Folded after 2002 season |
| Balcatta |   | Cats | Jones Paskin Reserve, Balcatta | – | 1980 | 1980-1997 | 5 | 1996 | Merged with Osborne Park to form Balcatta-Osborne Park in 1998 |
| Bankwest | 
(1995-96) | Rippers | Raphael Park, Victoria Park | – | 1974 | 1974-1996 | 0 | - | Merged with Manning to form Manning Rippers in 1997 |
| Bassendean (1) | – | 1967 | 1967-1971 | 2 | 1968 | Folded after 1971 season | |||
| Bedford | – | 1975 | 1975-1977 | 0 | - | Folded after 1977 season | |||
| Beechboro | | Bombers | Altone Park, Beechboro | WAFA | 1999 | 2006-2013 | 1 | 2006 | Moved to Metropolitan FL in 2014 |
| Belmont (1) | Belmont Oval, Cloverdale | – | 1964 | 1946-1960 | 0 | - | Moved to Sunday National FL in 1961 | ||
| Belmont (2) | 1964, 1969 (colts only) | 0 | - | ||||||
| Boans | – | 1937 | 1937-1938 | 0 | - | Folded after 1938 season | |||
| Byford | | Falcons | Briggs Park, Byford | MDFL | 1983 | 1990 | 0 | - | Folded after 1990 season |
| Carlton | – | 1981 | 1981 | 0 | - | Folded after 1981 season | |||
| Central Districts | SNFL | 1970 | 1973-1975 | 0 | - | Folded after 1975 season | |||
| Chas Moore Co. | – | 1925 | 1925 | 0 | - | Folded after 1925 season | |||
| City Beach | City Beach Oval, City Beach | – | 1975 | 1975-1983 | 2 | 1981 | Merged with Floreat-Marist to form West Coast Amateurs in 1984 | ||
| City of Perth | Higgins Park, East Victoria Park | – | 1982 | 1982-1985 | 1 | 1982 | Merged with Commonwealth Bank to form Victoria Park in 1986 | ||
| Claremont Amateurs | – | 1937 | 1937-1941 | 0 | - | Folded due to WWII | |||
| Claremont CAE | – | 1960 | 1960-1963, 1970-1983 | 4 | 1974 | Merged with Teacher's College in 1964, reformed in 1970. Folded after 1983 season | |||
| Claremont Training College | – | 1924 | 1924 | 0 | - | Folded after 1924 season | |||
| Claremont-Nedlands | – | 1946 | 1946-1971 | 1 | 1951 | Folded after 1971 season | |||
| Cockburn (1) | – | 1954 | 1954-1962 | 1 | 1955 | Folded after 1962 season | |||
| Commonwealth Bank | Morris Mundy Reserve, Kensington | – | 1922 | 1922-1930, 1932-1939, 1947-1957, 1968-1985 | 5 | 1978 | Entered recesss in 1931, 1940 and 1958. Merged with City of Perth to form Victoria Park in 1986 | ||
| Coolbinia-Yokine |  | Saints | Yokine Reserve, Yokine | – | 1980 | 1980-2002 | 2 | 1985 | Merged with Osborne Districts to form Coolbinia-West Perth in 2003 |
| Cowan University |  .svg) | Hawks | Churchlands College Oval, Churchlands | – | 1975 | 1975-2000 | 7 | 1994 | Absorbed by West Coast Amateur to form West Coast Cowan in 2001 |
| Curtin University | .svg) | Tigers | Curtin University South Oval, Bentley | – | 1969 | 1969-1989 | 1 | 1984 | Merged with Old Wesley to form Wesley Curtin in 1990 |
| D & W Murray | – | 1929 | 1929-1930 | 0 | - | Folded after 1930 season | |||
| Dianella | Panthers | Dianella Regional Open Space, Dianella | – | 1975 | 1975-1990 | 4 | 1986 | Merged with Morley to form Dianella Morley in 1991 | |
| Doubleview | Bennett Park, Doubleview | – | 1973 | 1973-1980 | 0 | - | Folded after 1980 season | ||
| East Perth (1) | – | 1947 | 1947-1966 | 3 | 1957 | Folded after 1966 season | |||
| East Perth (2) | – | 1976 | 1976-1979 | 2 | 1977 | Folded after 1979 season | |||
| East Perth (3) |  | Royals | Leederville Oval, Leederville | WAWFL | 1902 | 2020 | 0 | - | Moved to WAFL Women's in 2023 |
| East Victoria Park | – | 1977-1980 (colts only) | 0 | - | |||||
| Fauldings-Wills | – | 1922 | 1922 | 0 | - | Merged with Foy & Gibsons to form Wills-Foys in 1923 | |||
| Fire Brigade | Haig Park, East Perth | – | 1977 | 1977-1983 | 1 | 1979 | Folded after 1983 season | ||
| Floreat Park | – | 1963 | 1961-1978 | 1 | 1969 | Merged with Marist Old Boys to form Floreat-Marist in 1979 | |||
| Floreat-Marist | Kangaroos | Marist College Oval, Churchlands | – | 1979 | 1979-1983 | 1 | 1979 | Merged with City Beach to form West Coast Amateurs in 1984 | |
| Forrestfield (1) | | Hawks | Hartfield Park, Forrestfield | – | 1978 | 1978-1999 | 5 | 1994 | Folded after 1999 season |
| Foy & Gibsons (1) | – | 1922 | 1922 | 0 | - | Merged with Fauldings-Wills to form Wills-Foys in 1923 | |||
| Foy & Gibsons (2) | – | 1932 | 1932-1933 | 0 | - | Folded after 1933 season | |||
| General Motors | – | 1927 | 1927-1929 | 0 | - | Folded after 1929 season | |||
| Girrawheen | | Hedgehogs | Hudson Park, Girrawheen | – | 1982 | 1982-1989 | 1 | 1987 | Folded after 1989 season |
| Graylands |  | Grays | College Park Upper, Nedlands | SNFL | 1968 | 1973-1986 | 0 | - | Folded after 1986 season |
| Greenwood | Woodpeckers | Penistone Reserve, Greenwood | – | 1978 | 1978-1982 | 0 | - | Folded after 1982 season | |
| Hilton Park | – | 1963 | 1963-1967 | 0 | - | Folded after 1967 season | |||
| Inglewood | PSFA | 1936 | 1938-1940, 1947-1956 | 1 | 1952 | Entered recess in 1940. Folded after 1956 season | |||
| Innaloo |  | Bulldogs | Birralee Park, Innaloo | – | 1967 | 1967-1994, 1996-2000 | 11 | 1998 | Moved to Mercantile FA in 2001 |
| John XXIII |  | College Park Lower, Nedlands | – | 1978 | 1978-1989 | 1 | 1989 | Merged with Swanbourne-Nedlands to form John XXIII-Swanbourne in 1990 | |
| John XXIII-Swanbourne | Blue with yellow and white vertical stripes | Allen Park, Swanbourne | – | 1990 | 1990-1993 | 0 | - | Folded after 1993 season | |
| Koondoola | | Hawks | Koondoola Park, Koondoola | – | 1979 | 1979-1985 | 0 | - | Folded after 1995 season |
| Koongamia |  | Crows | Koongamia Oval, Koongamia | WAFA | 1993 | 2009-2010 | 0 | - | Moved to Mercantile FA in 2011 |
| Langford | Bombers | – | 1982 | 1982 | 0 | - | Folded after 1982 season | ||
| Leederville | SNFL | 1962 | 1966-1970 | 0 | - | Folded after 1970 season | |||
| Maccabi | – | 1972 | 1972-1976 | 0 | - | Folded after 1976 season | |||
| Macedonia United | Lions | Les Lilleyman Reserve, North Perth | – | 1975 | 1975-1979 | 0 | - | Folded after 1979 season | |
| Mallochs | – | 1926 | 1926 | 0 | - | Folded after 1936 season | |||
| Mallochs-Brennans | – | 1922 | 1922-1923 | 1 | 1922 | Folded after 1923 season | |||
| Maranatha | – | 1979 | 1979-1981 | 0 | - | Folded after 1981 season | |||
| Marangaroo | Roos | Kingsway Reserve, Madeley | – | 1998 | 1998-2002 | 1 | 2001 | Folded after 2002 season | |
| Marist Old Boys | Marist College Oval, Churchlands | – | 1970 | 1970-1978 | 1 | 1971 | Merged with Floreat Park to form Floreat-Marist in 1979 | ||
| Maylands | | Rams | Gibbney Reserve, Maylands | PSFA | 1922 | 1938-1992 | 7 | 1989 | Folded after 1992 season |
| Metropolitan Christians | Peet Park, Kewdale | – | 1998 | 1998 | 0 | - | Folded after 1998 season | ||
| Mid City | – | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | - | Folded after 1975 season | |||
| Midland |  | Tigers | Midland Oval, Midland | SNFL | 1946 | 1946-1959, 1973-1974 | 5 | 1974 | Moved to West Australian FA in 1975 |
| Mirrabooka |  | Bombers | Robinson Reserve, Tuart Hill | – | 1984 | 1984-1988 | 0 | - | Merged with Mt Hawthorn-West Perth to form Osborne Districts in 1988 |
| Moores Wigs | – | 1922 | 1922-1923 | 0 | - | Folded after 1923 season | |||
| Morley | | Bulldogs | RA Cook Reserve, Bedford | SNFL | 1969 | 1973-1990 | 0 | - | Merged with Dianella to form Dianella-Morley in 1991 |
| Mount Hawthorn | – | 1963 | 1963-1964 | 0 | - | Merged with West Perth to form Mt Hawthorn-West Perth in 1965 | |||
| Mount Hawthorn-West Perth | | Mounties | Beatty Park, North Perth | – | 1965 | 1965-1987 | 3 | 1982 | Merged with Mirrabooka to form Osborne Districts in 1988 |
| Mount Lawley CAE | – | 1971 | 1971-1983 | 3 | 1979 | Folded after 1983 season | |||
| Mundaring |  | Roos | Mundaring Recreation Ground, Mundaring | HFA | 1987-1994 | 1 | 1987 | Returned to Hills FA in 1995 | |
| Murdoch | – | 1976 | 1976-1979 | 0 | - | Folded after 1979 season | |||
| Murdoch University |  | Boomers | Murdoch University Oval, Murdoch | – | 1982 | 1982-1993 | 0 | - | Folded after 1993 season |
| Muresk |  | Rams | Muresk Agricultural College, Muresk | – | 1978 | 1972-1988 | 2 | 1979 | Folded after 1988 season |
| Mustangs | Mustangs | Reid Oval, Forrestfield | WAFA | 2001 | 2009 | 0 | - | Folded after 2009 season | |
| National Bank | .svg) | Nationals | Raphael Park, Victoria Park | – | 1978 | 1978-1993 | 1 | 1978 | Folded after 1993 season |
| Navy | Stirling Oval, Stirling | – | 1987 | 1987-1989 | 1 | 1987 | Folded after 1989 season | ||
| Northern Suburbs | – | 1971 | 1971 | 0 | - | Folded after 1971 season | |||
| Old Guildfordians | Pexton Oval, Guildford | – | 1991 | 1991-1997 | 0 | - | Folded after 1997 season | ||
| Old Louisians | – | 1959 | 1959-1963 | 0 | - | Folded after 1963 season | |||
| Old Modernians | – | 1924 | 1924, 1927-1933, 1935-1936 | 0 | - | Entered recess in 1925 and 1934. Folded after 1936 season. | |||
| Old Scotch | – | 1970 | 1970-1983 | 1 | 1982 | Merged with Collegians to form Collegians-Old Scotch in 1984 | |||
| Old Wesley | Collins Oval, Wesley College, South Perth | – | 1966 | 1966-1989 | 1 | 1966 | Merged with Curtin University to form Wesley Curtin in 1990 | ||
| Osborne Districts |  | Bears | Robinson Reserve, Tuart Hill | – | 1988 | 1988-2002 | 4 | 1987 | Merged with Coolbinia-Yokine to form Coolbinia-West Perth in 2003 |
| Osborne Park (1) | .jpg) | Saints | Richard Guelfi Reserve, Balcatta | SNFL | 1920s | 1946-1957, 1974-1984 | 4 | 1981 | Merged with Balcatta to form Balcatta-Osborne Park in 1998 |
| Perth | – | 1965 | 1965-1981 | 1 | 1980 | Folded after 1981 season | |||
| Pinjarra | | Tigers | Sir Ross McLarty Oval, Pinjarra | NMFA | 1938 | 1974 | 0 | - | Formed Murray Districts FL in 1975 |
| Postal Institute | – | 1927 | 1927-1936, 1939 | 3 | 1932 | Entered recess in 1937, returned in 1939. Folded due to WWII | |||
| RAAF (1) | – | 1940 | 1940-1941, | 0 | - | Entered recess in 1942. | |||
| RAAF (2) |  | Roodogs | RAAF Base Pearce and Pickett Park, Bullsbrook | – | 1982 | 1982-1992 | 0 | - | Folded after 1992 season |
| Redcliffe | Rockets | Selby Park, Redcliffe | – | 1985 | 1985-1998 | 5 | 1997 | Merged with Belmont to form Belmont-Redcliffe in 1999 | |
| Riverton (1) | Riverton Reserve, Riverton | SNFL | 1967 | 1973-1975 | 0 | - | Merged with Willetton JFC to form Willetton in 1976 | ||
| Riverton (2) |  | Riverton Reserve, Riverton | – | 1985 | 1985-1993 | 0 | - | Folded after 1993 season | |
| Rivervale | – | 1963 | 1963-1964 | 0 | - | Folded after 1964 season | |||
| Rockingham |  | Rams | Anniversary Park, Rockingham | SFL | 1954 | 1987-1993 | 4 | 1992 | Moved to Peel FL in 1994 |
| Royal Australian Engineers | – | 1952 | 1952-1957 | 0 | - | Folded after 1957 season | |||
| Sandovers | – | 1922 | 1922-1940 | 4 | 1937 | Folded due to WWII, re-formed in Mercantile FL in 1951 | |||
| Sawyers Valley | Saints | Sawyers Valley Oval, Sawyers Valley | HFA | 1946 | 1987-1992 | 0 | - | Folded after 1993 season | |
| Scarborough (1) | Eagles | Bennett Park, Doubleview | 1965-1966 (colts only) | 0 | - | ||||
| Shenton Park | – | 1948 | 1948-1959, 1962 | 0 | - | Folded after 1962 season | |||
| South Fremantle | – | 1948 | 1948-1962 | 3 | 1959 | Folded after 1962 season | |||
| South Perth | | Tigers | Ernest Johnston Oval, South Perth | – | 1931 | 1931-1966, 1979-1980 | 0 | - | Moved to South Suburban Murray FL in 1967 |
| Southern Districts (1) | – | 1951 | 1951 | 0 | - | Folded after 1951 season | |||
| Southern Districts (2) | – | 1973 | 1973 | 0 | - | Folded after 1973 season | |||
| State Sawmills | – | 1925 | 1925 | 0 | - | Folded after 1925 season | |||
| Stirling Districts (1) | – | 1973 | 1973-1974 | 0 | - | Folded after 1974 season | |||
| Stirling Districts (2) | Maulers | Wordsworth Reserve, Inglewood | MFA | 1982-1983 | 0 | - | Moved to Hills FA in 1984 | ||
| Subiaco Police Boys | – | 1963 | 1963 | 0 | - | Folded after 1963 season | |||
| Swan Districts (1) | PSFA | 1941 | 0 | - | Folded after 1941 season | ||||
| Swan Districts (2) | – | 1963 | 1963-1965 | 0 | - | Folded after 1965 season | |||
| Swan Districts (3) | | Swans | Bassendean Oval, Bassendean | MFL | 2006 | 2011-2017 | 0 | - | Folded after 2017 season |
| Swan View |  | Swans | Brown Park, Swan View | HFA | 1962 | 1981-1982, 1989-1995, 2002-2016 | 4 | 2003 | Moved to Hills FA in 2017 |
| Swanbourne-Nedlands |  | Allen Park, Swanbourne | – | 1941 | 1941, 1947-1989 | 5 | 1988 | Merged with John XXIII to form John XXIII-Swanbourne in 1990 | |
| Takari | Jones Paskin Reserve, Balcatta | – | 1981 (colts only) | 0 | - | Absorbed by Osborne Park (1) in 1982 | |||
| TC Graylands | – | 1963 | 1963, 1970-1978 | 2 | 1973 | Merged into Teacher's College in 1964. Folded after 1978 season. | |||
| Teacher's College | – | 1924 | 1924-1929, 1947-1956, 1961, 1963, 1965-1982 | 3 | 1926 | Entered recess in 1930, 1957, 1962, and 1964. Folded after 1982 season. | |||
| Teacher's Training College | – | 1964 | 1964-1969 | 1 | 1967 | Folded after 1969 season | |||
| Victoria Park (1) | Panthers | Higgins Park, East Victoria Park | – | 1947 | 1947-1965 | 4 | 1960 | Moved to South Suburban Murray FL in 1966 | |
| Victoria Park (2) | 1968-1971 (colts only) | 0 | - | ||||||
| Victoria Park (3) | | Bombers | Higgins Park, East Victoria Park | – | 1986 | 1986-1992 | 0 | - | Folded after 1992 season |
| Water Supply | – | 1924 | 1924-1925, 1937-1938 | 0 | - | Entered recess in 1926. Folded after 1938 season | |||
| West Perth | PSFA | 1923 | 1938-1964 | 1 | 1953 | Merged with Mount Hawthorn to form Mount Hawthorn-West Perth in 1965 | |||
| West Perth Hellenic | Spartans | Abbett Park Reserve, Scarborough | SFA | 1953 | 1973-1998 | 3 | 1984 | Folded after 1998 season | |
| Western Command | Karrakatta Army Oval (Irwin Barracks), Karrakatta | – | 1949 | 1949-1950 | 0 | - | Folded after 1950 season | ||
| Wills-Dunlops | – | 1923 | 1923 | 0 | - | Folded after 1923 season | |||
| Wills-Foys | – | 1923 | 1923 | 0 | - | Folded after 1923 season | |||
| Windsor | – | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | - | Folded after 1978 season | |||
| Wonderers |  | Barry Britton Reserve, Balga | – | 1999 | 1999-2002 | 3 | 2001 | Entered recess in 2003. Re-formed in WAFA in 2004 | |
| YCW | – | 1946 | 1946 | 0 | - | Folded after 1946 season | |||
| Young Labour League | PSFA | 1936 | 1938-1939 | 0 | - | Folded after 1939 season | |||
Premierships
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Year | A | B | C/C1 | D/C2 | E/C3 | F/C4 | G/D1/C5 | D2/H | I | J | K | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kingsway | North Fremantle | Swan Athletic | Gosnells | Forrestdale | University | Kenwick | 7 divisions (2018-) | ||||
| 2023 | Curtin Uni Wesley | Ocean Ridge | Ballajura | Mosman Park | Belmont Districts | Osborne Park | Manning Rippers | |||||
| 2022 | Fremantle CBC | Wanneroo | Hamersley Carine | Brentwood Booragoon | Cockburn Lakes | North Beach | Curtin Uni Wesley | |||||
| 2021 | Kingsway | West Coast | Baldivis | High Wycombe | Piara Waters | Roleystone | North Beach | |||||
| 2020 | Scarborough | Wembley | Ocean Ridge | Jandakot | Mosman Park | Piara Waters | University | |||||
| 2019 | University | Curtin Wesley | Bassendean | Quinns District | Jandakot | Cockburn Cobras | University | |||||
| 2018 | Scarborough | Kingsley | Ballajura | Warnbro Swans | Coolbinia | Jandakot | University | |||||
| 2017 | Trinity Aquinas | Wanneroo | Thornlie | Bassendean | Dianella Morley | Secret Harbour | University | North Fremantle | 8 divisions (2014-2017) | |||
| 2016 | Trinity Aquinas | Wembley | Maddington | Thornlie | Nollamara | Belmont Districts | Trinity Aquinas | Whitford | ||||
| 2015 | University | Hamersley Carine | Quinns District | Noranda | Ballajura | Nollamara | Trinity Aquinas | Wembley | ||||
| 2014 | University | Kelmscott | Kingsway | Bassendean | Kenwick | Southern River | Whitford | Scarborough | ||||
| 2013 | Wesley Curtin | Kalamunda | Kelmscott | Quinns District | Carlisle | Brentwood Booragoon | Whitford | 7 divisions (2013 | ||||
| 2012 | University | Wesley Curtin | Bullcreek Leeming | Lynwood Ferndale | Canning Vale | Noranda | Trinity Aquinas | Wembley | 8 divisions (2009-2012) | |||
| 2011 | University | Hamersley Carine | Scarborough | Coolbinia West Perth | Belmont Districts | Canning Vale | North Fremantle | Wembley | ||||
| 2010 | North Beach | Collegians | Kalamunda (Black), Wanneroo (Gold) | Canning Vic Park South Perth | North Fremantle | Fremantle CBC | Ocean Ridge | Warnbro Swans | ||||
| 2009 | North Beach | Mount Lawley | Gosnells (Black), Maddington (Gold) | Kelmscott (Black), Manning Rippers (Gold) | North Fremantle | Bullcreek Leeming | Nollamara | North Fremantle | ||||
| 2008 | North Beach | Collegians | Kingsley | Kingsway | Coolbellup | Trinity Aquinas | North Fremantle | 7 divisions (2008) | ||||
| 2007 | North Beach | West Coast Cowan | Willetton | Belmont Districts | University | 5 divisions (2005-2007) | ||||||
| 2006 | North Beach | Hamersley Carine | West Coast Cowan | Beechboro | North Fremantle | |||||||
| 2005 | North Beach | Wembley | Bullcreek Leeming | Melville | North Fremantle | |||||||
| 2004 | North Beach | Scarborough | Kalamunda | Mosman Park | Swan Athletic | High Wycombe | 6 divisions (2003-2004) | |||||
| 2003 | North Fremantle | Whitford | High Wycombe | Swan View | Swan Athletic | Stirling | ||||||
| 2002 | North Beach | Collegians | Bassendean | Warnbro Swans | Swan View | Stirling | Melville | 7 divisions (1997-2002) | ||||
| 2001 | North Beach | Wanneroo | Cockburn Lakes | Ascot | Wonderers | Marangaroo | Kalamunda | |||||
| 2000 | CBC | Nollamara | East Fremantle | Willetton | Ascot | Wonderers | Nollamara | |||||
| 1999 | North Beach | Trinity Aquinas | Bullcreek Leeming | High Wycombe | Willetton | CBC | Wonderers | |||||
| 1998 | Scarborough | Balcatta Osborne Park | Rossmoyne | East Fremantle | Innaloo | North Fremantle | Wesley Curtin | |||||
| 1997 | Scarborough | Mount Lawley | Redcliffe | Rossmoyne | St Norberts | West Coast | Wembley | |||||
| 1996 | University | CBC | Balcatta | University | Swan Athletic | High Wycombe | Rossmoyne | West Coast | Forrestdale | Innaloo | 10 divisions (1995-1996) | |
| 1995 | Scarborough | Swan Athletic | Wanneroo | CBC | University | University | Warnbro Swans | East Fremantle | North Fremantle | Forrestdale | ||
| 1994 | West Coast | CBC | Cockburn Lakes | Cowan University | Coolbellup | University | Forrestfield | Dianella Morley | Cowan University | Whitford | Cockburn Lakes | 11 divisions (1985-1994) |
| 1993 | North Beach | North Fremantle | Wembley | Redcliffe | Brentwood | Wembley | Hamersley Carine | Forrestfield | Mount Lawley | Hamersley Carine | Innaloo | |
| 1992 | Mount Lawley | Whitford | Mt Lawley | Hamersley Carine | Redcliffe | Redcliffe | North Fremantle | Rockingham | Cockburn Lakes | Wanneroo | Wembley | |
| 1991 | Mount Lawley | Collegians Old Scotch | Whitford | Bullcreek | University | Wanneroo | Wembley | Ocean Ridge | North Beach | Cockburn Lakes | Ocean Ridge | |
| 1990 | North Beach | North Fremantle | Wanneroo | W.A.C.A.E | Hamersley Carine | West Coast | Redcliffe | University | Swan View | Rockingham | Collegians Old Scotch | |
| 1989 | North Beach | Maylands | Cockburn Lakes | Wembley | Bullcreek | John 23rd | Wanneroo | Wembley | Swan Athletic | Swan View | Rockingham | |
| 1988 | Mount Lawley | Innaloo | ? | Rockingham | Trinity Aquinas | Bayswater | Swanbourne | University | Scarborough | Bayswater | ||
| 1987 | Mount Lawley | West Coast | Swan Athletic | Cockburn Lakes | Mundaring | Trinity Aquinas | Nollamara | Girrawheen | Navy | University | Mt Hawthorn West Perth | |
| 1986 | Mount Lawley | North Fremantle | Whitford | Nollamara | Cockburn Lakes | University | Innaloo | Dianella | East Fremantle | North Fremantle | Innaloo | |
| 1985 | Mount Lawley | Innaloo | Mount Lawley | Swan Athletic | Coolbinia Yokine | Cockburn Lakes | Whitford | Innaloo | Bassendean | Wanneroo | North Fremantle | |
| 1984 | Wembley | North Fremantle | Mount Lawley | Lynwood Ferndale | W.A.C.A.E | Scarborough | Cockburn Lakes | Scarborough | Girrawheen | Hellenic | W.A.I.T | Sunday (1973-1983) |
| 1983 | Mount Lawley | Scarborough | Carlisle | Dianella | University | Churchlands | Applecross | Mount Lawley | A.I.C.A | ANZ | Dianella | A.I.C.A |
| 1982 | Old Scotch | Bayswater | Mt Hawthorn West Perth | Hellenics | Dianella | Trinity Aquinas | University | Applecross | Nollamara | City of Perth | Mt Hawthorn West Perth | A.I.C.A |
| 1981 | University | Scarborough | City Beach | Osborne Park | North Beach | Forrestfield | Scarborough | Coolbinia Yokine | Bullcreek | Mount Lawley | Maylands | A.I.C.A |
| 1980 | Nollamara | N.S.T.C | University | Perth | Bayswater | North Beach | Forrestfield | St Norberts | Lynwood Ferndale | Scarborough | Osborne Park | Swan Athletic |
| 1979 | Mount Lawley | Collegians | N.S.T.C | Wembley | Floreat Marist | Innaloo | Muresk | Swanbourne | Forrestfield | TC Mount Lawley | 11 divisions (1979) | Fire Brigade |
| 1978 | Wembley | Wembley | Collegians | Commonwealth Bank | TC Mount Lawley | Nollamara | Mount Lawley | Muresk | National Bank | 10 divisions (1978) | Swan Valley | |
| 1977 | University | Maylands | Mount Lawley | Hamersley | TC Churchlands | Osborne Park | East Perth | TC Churchlands | 9 divisions (1977) | Swan Valley | ||
| 1976 | Wembley (A), Scarborough (A2) | Maylands | Trinity Old Boys | TC Churchlands | R & I Bank | University | East Perth | 8 divisions (1976) | Swan Valley | |||
| 1975 | University | Melville | Commonwealth Bank | TC Churchlands | City Beach | 6 divisions (1974-1975) | Swan Valley | |||||
| 1974 | Wembley | Nollamara | TC Claremont | TTC Mount Lawley | Midland | Swan Valley | ||||||
| 1973 | Wembley | Mosman Park | Graylands TC | Collegians | 5 divisions (1973) | Hellenic | ||||||
| 1972 | Wembley | University | Graylands TC | Trinity Old Boys | 4 divisions (1972-1973) | |||||||
| 1971 | Wembley | Nedlands TTC | Swanbourne | Carlisle | Marist Old Boys | Scarborough | 6 divisions (1969-1971) | |||||
| 1970 | University | University | Collegians | TTC Claremont | Innaloo | Carlisle | ||||||
| 1969 | University | Collegians | Floreat Park | North Fremantle | Mount Lawley | Innaloo | ||||||
| 1968 | Wembley | Wembley | Mt Hawthorn West Perth | Bassendean | North Fremantle | 5 divisions (1967-1968) | ||||||
| 1967 | C.B.C | Palmyra | Bayswater | Teachers Training College | Bassendean | |||||||
| 1966 | University | University | University | Old Wesley | 4 divisions (1964-196) | |||||||
| 1965 | University | University | Carlisle | Collegians | ||||||||
| 1964 | University | TTC Claremont | University | Carlisle | ||||||||
| 1963 | Wembley | TTC Claremont | Mount Lawley | 3 divisions (1963) | ||||||||
| 1962 | University | Maylands | 2 divisions (1957-1962) | |||||||||
| 1961 | University | Fremantle CBC | ||||||||||
| 1960 | North Fremantle | Victoria Park | ||||||||||
| 1959 | Wembley | South Fremantle | ||||||||||
| 1958 | Wembley | Midland Junction | ||||||||||
| 1957 | East Perth | Victoria Park | ||||||||||
| 1956 | East Perth | Midland Junction | Palmyra | 3 divisions (1947-1956) | ||||||||
| 1955 | North Fremantle | University | Fremantle | |||||||||
| 1954 | North Fremantle | Osborne Park | South Fremantle | |||||||||
| 1953 | South Perth | West Perth | Victoria Park | |||||||||
| 1952 | South Perth | Inglewood Mount Lawley | South Fremantle | |||||||||
| 1951 | Mosman Park | Claremont Nedlands | Commonwealth Bank | |||||||||
| 1950 | Midland Junction | East Perth (B) | Maylands | |||||||||
| 1949 | North Fremantle | Palmyra | Palmyra | |||||||||
| 1948 | University | Victoria Park | Swanbourne | |||||||||
| 1947 | North Fremantle | South Perth | Swanbourne | |||||||||
| 1946 | North Fremantle | Midland Junction | 2 divisions (1939-1946) | |||||||||
| 1942-1945 | No competition due to WWII | |||||||||||
| 1941 | North Fremantle | Maylands | ||||||||||
| 1940 | Wembley | East Fremantle | ||||||||||
| 1939 | Wembley | North Fremantle | ||||||||||
| 1938 | Wembley | 1 division (1922-1938) | ||||||||||
| 1937 | Sandovers | |||||||||||
| 1936 | Sandovers | |||||||||||
| 1935 | Sandovers | |||||||||||
| 1934 | University | |||||||||||
| 1933 | University | |||||||||||
| 1932 | Postals | |||||||||||
| 1931 | Postals | |||||||||||
| 1930 | Postals | |||||||||||
| 1929 | University | |||||||||||
| 1928 | Sandovers | |||||||||||
| 1927 | Commonwealth Bank | |||||||||||
| 1926 | Teachers College | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Teachers College | |||||||||||
| 1924 | Teachers College | |||||||||||
| 1923 | Commonwealth Bank | |||||||||||
| 1922 | Mallochs-Brennans | |||||||||||
Women's
[edit]| Year | A | B | C/C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wembley | Bullcreek Leeming | Trinity Aquinas | Kelmscott | Ballajura | Swan Valley | 6 divisions (2024) |
| 2023 | Wembley | Melville | Baldivis | Trinity Aquinas | Kelmscott | Koongamia | Gosnells |
| 2022 | Warnbro Swans | Wembley | North Fremantle | Wanneroo | Scarborough | Cockburn Cobras | Bassendean |
| 2021 | Curtin Uni Wesley | Cottesloe | Wembley | North Fremantle | Hamersley Carine | West Coast | 6 divisions (2021) |
| 2020 | Curtin Uni Wesley | Piara Waters | Kingsley | Swan Athletic | West Coast | 5 divisions (2020) | |
| 2019 | Curtin Uni Wesley | Nollamara | Piara Waters | 3 divisions (2019) | |||
| 2018 | University | Cottesloe | 2 divisions (2018) | ||||
Source: WAAFL.com.au
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAFL History". WAAFL.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Yearbooks - Downloads". WAAFL.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "WAAFL Rebrand to the Perth Football League". Perth Football League. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official WAAFL website
- WAAFL at australianfootball.com
- Western Australian Football: The Clubs, Competitions and Premiers (1885-1945) - Derek Mott