Western Football Netball League

Western Football Netball League
Formerly	Footscray District Football League, Western Region Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1931; 93 years ago
No. of teams	24
Country	Australia
Most recent; champion(s)	Werribee Districts (Div 1); Parkside (Div 2); Suns (Div 3);
Most titles	Spotswood (16)
Official website	https://wfnl.com.au

The Western Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.

History[edit]

The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football League".

During the 1950s, the VFL club Footscray was financially backing the competition, so they decided to bar clubs that were inside the Essendon zone.^{[citation needed]} This resulted in six clubs leaving. More changes occurred in 1952 as the league decided that clubs had to provide an under-18 competition; this action reduced the club numbers down to twelve.^{[citation needed]} The next initiative was the introduction of an under-16 competition in 1954.

In 1988, the league absorbed clubs from the West Suburban Football League; and, in 2000, to reflect the fact that the league had expanded across the western suburbs, it changed its name to the Western Region Football League. The league's headquarters are at Whitten Oval, which is the home of current AFL club Western Bulldogs.

In 2002, the league, in particular its second Division, found itself a national audience when a Seven Network reality TV show, The Club, followed the performance of a team called the Kensington Hill Hammerheads throughout the season. The players, coach and president were chosen on the show, and after finishing third in the regular season, went on to win the flag.

In 2006, the league suspended the Central Altona Football Club for attempting to re-register a player, and they suspended Brunswick Power after the club was found guilty of playing unregistered players.^[1] In addition, Central Altona also had a variety of on-field violence and abuse issues, and they were also in trouble for re-registering banned players.

In 2013, Manor Lakes and Sanctuary Lakes entered the Division Two of the senior competition.^[2] In 2014, Werribee Districts transferred from the VAFA, and Tarneit entered a senior team.^[3] The league then announced that a third division will form midway through 2014.^[4]

In 2015, the Wyndham Suns were admitted to the third division. Parkside, which won the second division premiership in 2014, suffered a bitter internal division and lost most of the players and committee. Instead of being promoted to first division, Parkside staved off recess and were permitted to rebuild the club in the third division.

The league changed its name to the Western Football Netball League in early 2024. Division Three was abolished following the 2023 season. Eynesbury and the Western Rams joined the competition from the Riddell District Football Netball League for the 2024 season.

Clubs[edit]

Participating clubs for the 2024 season:

Division One[edit]

Club	Nickname	Home ground	Former League	Founded	Years in comp	WFNL Premierships	Most Recent
Altona	Vikings	JK Grant Reserve, Altona	WSFL	1918	1933–1937, 1945–1951, 1977–1979, 1988–present	7	2022
Caroline Springs	Lakers	Town Centre Oval, Caroline Springs	–	2002	2011–present	1	2016
Hoppers Crossing	Warriors	Hogans Road Reserve, Hoppers Crossing	WSFL	1972	1988–present	3	2004
Parkside	Magpies	Henry Turner Reserve, Footscray	NMFL	1897	1931–present	17	2023
Point Cook	Bulldogs	Saltwater Reserve, Point Cook	VAFA	2003	2018–present	0	-
Point Cook Centrals	Sharks	Featherbrook Reserve, Point Cook	–	2012	2013–present	2	2022
Spotswood	Woodsmen	Donald W McLean Reserve, Spotswood	VSDFL	1927	1935–present	17	2011
Werribee Districts	Tigers	Soldiers Reserve, Werribee	VAFA	1995	1995–1997, 2014–present	1	2023
Yarraville Seddon	Eagles	Yarraville Oval, Yarraville	–	2006	2007–present	2	2019

Division Two[edit]

Club	Nickname	Home ground	Former League	Founded	Years in comp	WFNL Premierships	Most Recent
Albanvale	Cobras	Robert Bruce Reserve, Deer Park	VAFA	1978	1978–1988, 1993–present	1	2015
Albion	Cats	JR Parsons Reserve, Sunshine	–	1961	1961–present	4	2010
Braybrook	Brookers	Pennell Reserve, Braybrook	NDFA	1874	1931–1990, 1990–1997, 1997–present	19	2022
Laverton	Magpies	Laverton Park, Altona Meadows	WSFL	1924	1988–present	1	1989
Newport	Panthers	AW Langshaw Reserve, Newport	–	2005	2016–present ^[5]	1	2016
North Footscray	Devils	Hansen Reserve, West Footscray	–	1934	1935–present	7	2017
North Sunshine	Roadrunners	Dempster Park, Sunshine North	–	1967	1979–present	2	2003
Suns	Suns	Goddard Street Reserve, Tarneit	VAFA	2013	2015–present	1	2023
Sunshine	Kangaroos	Kinder Smith Reserve, Braybrook	YCWFL	1959	1978–present	0	-
Sunshine Heights	Dragons	Ainsworth Reserve, Sunshine West	WSFL	1971	1988–present	3	2008
Tarneit	Titans	Wootten Road Reserve, Tarneit	–	2014	2014–present	0	-
West Footscray	Roosters	Shorten Reserve, West Footscray	–	1932	1932–present	7	2007
Western Rams	Rams	Ian Cowie Recreation Reserve, Rockbank	RDFNL	2000	2024–present	0	-
Wyndhamvale	Falcons	Wyndham Vale South Oval, Wyndham Vale	GDFNL	1979	1989–94, 1999–present	1	2015

Thirds Only[edit]

Club	Nickname	Home ground	Former League	Founded	Years in comp	WFNL Premierships	Most Recent
Bacchus Marsh	Cobras	Maddingley Park, Maddingley	–	1978	2024–present	0	-
Eynesbury	Eagles	Eynesbury Recreation Reserve, Eynesbury	RDFNL	2016	2024–present	0	-
Glen Orden	Hawks	Heathdale Oval, Werribee	–	1979	1976–2016, 2018–2022, 2024-present	4	2019

5km
3miles

Rams

Eynesbury

Bacchus Marsh

Suns

Tarneit

Sunshine
Heights

North Sunshine

Laverton

Glen Orden

Braybrook

Albanvale

Yarraville-Seddon

Wyndhamvale

West Footscray

Point Cook
Centrals

Parkside

North Footscray

Newport

Manor Lakes

Werribee
Districts

Sunshine

Spotswood

Point Cook

Hoppers
Crossing

Caroline Springs

Altona

Albion

Locations of the 2024 WRFL clubs. Red pogs represent teams in Division One, yellow pogs represent teams in Division Two, cyan pogs represent teams only participating in the thirds competition, and black is for teams in recess.

Former Clubs[edit]

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Founded	Years in Comp	WFNL Premierships	Fate
6th Melbourne Scouts					1934–1952	1	Folded
Altona North Brooklyn Youth (ANBY)					1985–1989	0	Folded
Ascot Vale		Devils			1988–1997	1	Folded
Baptist Church of Christ/Combine					1934–1940	1	Folded
Bayview Road Methodists					1931	0	Folded
Braybrook YCW					?	0	Folded
Brooklyn (formerly Wembley Park)		Bulls	McIvor Reserve, Yarraville	1981	1981–2002	1	Moved to Southern Football Netball League
Brunswick Amateurs					1995–1998	0	Folded
Brunswick Power	Red, yellow and black	Power			2004–2007	0	Folded
Central Altona		Tigers	Crofts Reserve, Altona North		1988–2006	0	Expelled from league
Coburg Districts		Lions	Cole Reserve, Pascoe Vale		1988-2012	1	Moved to Essendon District Football League
Coburg Districts					?-1980	0	Folded
CSR					1935–1939	0	Folded
Dark Blues					1932	0	Folded
Deer Park		Lions	John McLeod Reserve, Deer Park		1935–1941, 1947–1951, 1967–2022	13	Moved to Essendon District Football League
East Brunswick			Fleming Park, Brunswick East		1987–1993	0	Moved to Southern Football Netball League
Essendon ALP					1937	0	Folded
Essendon Districts					1945–1949	1	Folded
Essendon High School Ex-Students/North Essendon			Buckley Park, Essendon		1983–1996	1	Folded
Fawkner			Charles Mutton Reserve, Fawkner		?-1996	0	Merged with Moomba Park to form Fawkner Park
Fawkner Park		Blues	Charles Mutton Reserve, Fawkner	1996	1996	0	Moved to Northern Football Netball League
Flemington					1987–2000	1	Folded
Footscray & Yarraville (F&Y) Socials					1946–1975	4	Folded
Footscray Presbyterians					1934	0	Folded
Footscray Scouts					1931–1933	0	Folded
Footscray Technical Old Boys					1931	0	Moved to VAFA
Gladstone Park			Tullamarine Reserve, Tullamarine		1998–2007	0	Folded
Harvester Socials					1944–1946	0	Folded
Kealba		Cougars	Green Gully Reserve, Keilor Downs		1995–2002	0	Folded
Kensington Hill Hammerheads		Hammerheads	J J Holland Park, Kensington	2002	2002–2002	1	Folded
Kingsville YMCA					1978-1980	0	Merged with Brooklyn to form Wembley Park
Maidstone				1908	1947-1964	1	Moved to Western Suburan Football League
Manor Lakes		Storm	Howqua Reserve, Manor Lakes	2012	2013–2019	0	In recess
Maribyrnong					1947–1949	0	Folded
Newells					1933–1938	1	Folded
Newlands Coburg			Jackson Reserve, Coburg North		1987–1993	0	Moved to VAFA
Newport					1947–1949, 1952–1955 (moved to Werribee District FL), 1988–1999	1	Folded
Newport CYMS					1941–1946	1	Folded
Newport United					1935–1940	0	Folded
North Melbourne & Kensington					1986–1998	2	Folded
Old Essendon Grammarians					1983–1984	0	Moved to VAFA
Port Melbourne Colts		Colts	JL Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne		1983–2015	5	Moved to Southern Football Netball League
RAAF Laverton					1987	0	Folded
RAAF Melbourne					1987–1987	0	Folded
Riverside	Red, white and blue				1932–1934	1	Folded
Seddon		Hawks			1935–2006	7	Merged with Yarraville to form Yarraville Seddon Eagles
St Albans		Saints	Kings Park Reserve, Kings Park		1947–1953, 1958–2022	6	Moved to Essendon District Football League
St Albans South						0	Folded
St John's Church of England/Paisley					1931–1938	0	Folded
Sandridge					1991–1992	0	Folded
South Footscray					1935–1949	2	Folded
Sunshine Districts			Selwyn Park, Albion		1938–1939, 1941–1958	1	Moved to VFA
Sunshine Methodists					1934	0	Folded
Sunshine VRI					?-90s	0	Folded
Victor Socials					1934–1951	1	Moved to the Sunday Suburban FL as Brooklyn
Waratah					1945–1952	0	Folded
West Newport			Loft Reserve, Newport		1957–1965 (moved to Western Suburban FL), 1988–1997	2	Folded
West Spotswood					1939	0	Folded
Williamstown CYMS		Seagulls	Fearon Reserve, Williamstown		1965–1968	0	Moved to CYMS Football Association
Williamstown High School Old Boys					1950–1952	0	Folded
Williamstown Presbyterians					1945-1946	0	Folded
Williamstown United					1939–1940, 1947–1949, 1988–1994	0	Folded
Williamstown Rovers					1945–1951	0	Moved to Werribee District Football League
Yarraville (formerly Kingsville)		Eagles	Yarraville Oval, Yarraville		1936–2006	5	Merged with Seddon to form Yarraville Seddon Eagles
Yarraville CYMS					1931–1932	0	Folded
Yarraville Rovers					1932–1932	0	Folded
Yarraville Old Boys					1950–1952	0	Folded

Premiers[edit]

Division One[edit]

Year	Premier	Score	Runner up	Margin
1931	Parkside	11.19.85 – 7.5.47	Braybrook	38
1932	Riverside	11.15.81 – 10.12.72	Parkside	9
1933	Parkside	19.22.136 – 10.10.70	Riverside	66
1934	West Footscray	9.10.64 – 8.7.55	Parkside	9
1935	West Footscray	12.12.84 – 10.8.69	Spotswood	15
1936	Parkside	11.8.74 – 5.8.38	Spotswood	36
1937	Parkside	15.11.101 – 8.13.61	Deer Park	40
1938	Spotswood	15.15.105 – 12.16.88	Deer Park	17
1939	Deer Park	14.14.98 – 8.13.61	Parkside	37
1940	Deer Park	8.8.56 – 7.12.54	North Footscray	2
1941	Deer Park	17.5.107 – 12.10.82	Parkside	25
1942	Braybrook	17.21.123 – 8.12.60	West Footscray	63
1943	Kingsville	6.12.48 – 3.8.26	Parkside	22
1944	Braybrook	7.7.49 – 5.18.48	West Footscray	1
1945	Braybrook	15.9.99 – 10.6.66	West Footscray	33
1946	Braybrook	9.12.66 – 8.15.63	West Footscray	3
1947	West Footscray	10.12.72 – 8.13.61	Braybrook	11
1948	Parkside	10.7.67 – 6.6.42	Braybrook	25
1949	Parkside	9.7.61 – 7.8.50	Sunshine Districts	11
1950	Seddon	12.5.77 – 3.9.27	Spotswood	50
1951	Parkside	14.8.92 – 12.9.81	West Footscray	11
1952	Braybrook	7.9.51 – 7.2.44	Seddon	7
1953	Seddon	5.8.38 – 2.7.19	Newport	19
1954	Braybrook	9.10.64 – 8.5.53	Newport	11
1955	Braybrook	8.15.63 – 7.11.53	Seddon	10
1956	Braybrook	11.7.73 – 9.9.63	Parkside	10
1957	Parkside	10.21.81 – 6.7.43	Kingsville	38
1958	Spotswood	10.7.67 – 9.9.63	Parkside	4
1959	F & Y Socials	11.6.72 – 3.5.23	Spotswood	49
1960	F & Y Socials	15.9.99 – 4.12.36	Spotswood	63
1961	F & Y Socials	12.7.79 – 5.11.41	Parkside	38
1962	Parkside	5.10.40 – 2.6.18	F & Y Socials	22
1963	F & Y Socials	11.17.83 – 6.9.45	Seddon	38
1964	Kingsville	10.21.81 – 9.7.61	Spotswood	20
1965	Albion	14.11.95 – 12.12.84	Parkside	11
1966	St Albans	11.22.88 – 8.9.57	Kingsville	31
1967	Parkside	16.9.105 – 12.14.86	Spotswood	19
1968	Spotswood	9.7.61 – 7.12.54	St Albans	7
1969	St Albans	13.6.84 – 11.16.82	Albion	2
1970	West Footscray	14.8.92 – 11.14.80	Spotswood	12
1971	Spotswood	15.12.102 – 14.15.99	Parkside	3
1972	Spotswood	10.15.75 – 9.13.67	North Footscray	8
1973	Braybrook	15.12.102 – 9.8.62	Albion	40
1974	Braybrook	11.10.76 – 9.9.63	Albion	13
1975	Braybrook	14.13.97 – 15.7.97	West Footscray	0
1975	Braybrook	10.16.76 – 9.10.64	West Footscray	12
1976	Seddon	9.12.66 – 7.14.56	Albion	10
1977	Spotswood	12.6.78 – 8.15.63	Kingsville	15
1978	North Footscray	10.12.72 – 9.9.63	Albion	11
1979	Braybrook	6.13.49 – 5.18.48	St Albans	1
1980	North Footscray	13.12.90 – 13.6.84	Spotswood	6
1981	Parkside	15.15.105 – 7.12.54	North Footscray	51
1982	West Footscray	16.8.104 – 9.15.69	St Albans	35
1983	North Footscray	12.14.86 – 12.11.83	Parkside	3
1984	Spotswood	16.16.112 – 7.12.54	Wembley Park	58
1985	Albion	15.10.100 – 11.19.85	Sunshine YCW	15
1986	Albion	14.22.106 – 10.7.67	Wembley Park	39
1987	Spotswood	18.8.116 – 11.11.77	Sunshine YCW	39
1988	St Albans	10.4.64 – 7.4.46	Albion	18
1989	St Albans	11.12.78 – 5.16.46	Deer Park	32
1990	Spotswood	21.17.143 – 8.8.56	Deer Park	87
1991	Seddon	18.15.123 – 12.15.87	Spotswood	36
1992	Seddon	12.3.75 – 8.7.55	Spotswood	20
1993	Spotswood	23.13.151 – 5.11.41	Seddon	90
1994	Deer Park	17.9.111 – 11.7.73	Spotswood	38
1995	Spotswood	17.7.109 – 10.12.72	Deer Park	37
1996	Parkside	17.11.113 – 16.10.106	Yarraville	7
1997	Yarraville	19.10.124 – 15.12.102	Parkside	22
1998	Port Melbourne Colts	13.8.86 – 10.7.67	Spotswood	19
1999	Port Melbourne Colts	8.21.69 – 8.4.52	Parkside	17
2000	Parkside	9.13.67 – 7.8.50	St Albans	17
2001	St Albans	15.19.109 – 10.7.67	Hoppers Crossing	42
2002	Hoppers Crossing	18.11.119 – 18.5.113	Parkside	6
2003	Parkside	11.8.74 – 10.9.69	Spotswood	5
2004	Hoppers Crossing	10.6.66 – 8.12.60	Port Melbourne Colts	6
2005	Port Melbourne Colts	12.16.88 – 6.7.43	Parkside	45
2006	Port Melbourne Colts	14.12.96 – 14.10.94	Hoppers Crossing	2
2007	Spotswood	13.10.88 – 11.16.82	Port Melbourne Colts	6
2008	Spotswood	13.15.93 – 11.17.83	Port Melbourne Colts	10
2009	Spotswood	13.13.91 – 10.13.73	Port Melbourne Colts	18
2010	Albion	14.11.95 – 11.12.78	Spotswood	17
2011	Spotswood	12.18.90 – 7.13.55	Albion	35
2012	Altona	14.7.91 – 12.18.90	Spotswood	1
2013	Deer Park	15.10.100 – 14.15.99	Spotswood	1
2014	Deer Park	22.26.158 – 12.9.81	Spotswood	57
2015	Deer Park	23.17.155 – 2.7.19	Werribee Districts	134
2016	Deer Park	25.21.171 – 8.9.57	Hoppers Crossing	116
2017	Deer Park	9.12.66 – 9.9.63	Sunshine	3
2018	Deer Park	12.17.89 – 6.7.43	Hoppers Crossing	46
2019	Deer Park	9.13.67 – 9.10.64	Altona	3
2020	Season not played (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	Season not completed (COVID-19 pandemic)
2022	Altona	10.21 (81) – 9.4 (58)	Werribee Districts	23
2023	Werribee Districts	9.11 (65) – 5.13 (43)	Point Cook	22

Premiers by club (Division 1)[edit]

Club	Titles	Years won
Spotswood	15	1938, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Parkside	14	1931, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1996, 2000, 2003
Braybrook	12	1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
Deer Park	11	1939, 1940, 1941, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
West Footscray	5	1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982
St Albans	5	1966, 1969, 1988, 1989, 2001
F & Y Socials	4	1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
Albion	4	1965, 1985, 1986, 2010
Port Melbourne Colts	4	1998, 1999, 2005, 2006
North Footscray	3	1978, 1980, 1983
Yarraville	3	1943, 1964,^{[note 1]} 1997
Hoppers Crossing	2	2002, 2004
Altona	2	2012, 2022
Werribee Districts	1	2023

Notes

^ As "Kingsville FC".

Division Two[edit]

Year	Premier	Score	Runner up	Margin
1934	Newells	13.13.91 – 9.12.66	Victor Socials	25
1935	Baptist Church of Christ	10.14.74 – 9.12.66	Spotswood	8
1936	Braybrook	7.20.62 – 7.7.49	North Footscray	13
1937	South Footscray	7.17.59 – 6.20.56	Braybrook	3
1938	North Footscray	10.17.77 – 8.7.55	Combine	22
1938	Victor Socials	10.5.65 – 6.17.53	Combine	12
1940	South Footscray	12.16.88 – 10.12.72	Combine	16
1941	West Footscray	20.13.133 – 11.13.79	Victor Socials	54
1942	Kingsville	17.12.114 – 11.13.79	Sunshine Districts	35
1943	Newport CYMS	9.16.70 – 7.9.51	Spotswood	19
1944	Spotswood	10.9.69 – 7.7.49	Sunshine Districts	20
1945	Essendon Districts	12.14.86 – 8.15.63	Yarraville Socials	23
1946	Sunshine Districts	11.17.83 – 8.5.53	Spotswood	30
1947	Altona	12.25.97 – 4.5.29	Waratah	68
1948	Spotswood	11.15.81 – 7.12.54	St Albans	27
1949 (Section 1)	North Footscray	8.19.67 – 9.10.64	Footscray & Yarraville Socials	3
1949 (Section 2)	6th Melbourne Scouts	15.18.108 – 5.4.34	West Footscray	74
1950	Maidstone	10.10.70 – 7.13.55	Williamstown Rovers	15
1951	Altona	12.12.84 – 11.7.73	Kingsville	11
No competition between 1952–1985
1986	North Sunshine	13.11.89 – 8.15.63	Essendon High School Old Scholars	26
1987	Essendon High School Old Scholars	22.10.142 – 4.10.34	North Sunshine	108
1988	Coburg Districts	7.10.52 – 5.10.40	Ascot Vale	12
1989	Ascot Vale	18.12.120 – 9.8.62	Williamstown United	58
1990	Port Melbourne Colts	16.18.114 – 12.10.82	Hoppers Crossing	32
1991	Altona City	10.14.74 – 7.13.55	Sunshine Heights	19
1992	Hoppers Crossing	5.12.42 – 4.5.29	East Brunswick	13
1993	Braybrook	9.15.69 – 7.4.46	Sunshine Heights	23
1994	Albion	18.12.120 – 11.17.83	Sunshine YCW	37
1995	West Newport	14.20.104 – 14.8.92	Sunshine YCW	12
1996	North Melbourne & Kensington	17.18.120 – 9.8.62	Fawkner Amateurs	58
1997	St Albans	15.15.105 – 9.9.63	North Footscray	42
1998	Seddon	10.10.70 – 8.6.54	Braybrook	26
1999	Braybrook	12.21.93 – 8.1.49	Central Altona	44
2000	Yarraville	12.18.90 – 6.8.44	Glen Orden	46
2001	Seddon	18.12.120 – 5.9.39	Albanvale	81
2002	Kensington Hill	11.12.78 – 7.11.53	North Footscray	25
2003	North Sunshine	12.9.81 – 6.12.48	Glen Orden	33
2004	Altona	11.14.80 – 8.7.55	Deer Park	25
2005	Altona	19.12.126 – 8.9.57	Glen Orden	69
2006	Glen Orden	13.20.98 – 8.8.56	Deer Park	42
2007	West Footscray	18.16.124 – 7.16.58	Sunshine Heights	66
2008	Sunshine Heights	18.7.115 – 7.11.53	North Footscray	62
2009	Deer Park	16.12.108 – 13.9.87	Parkside	21
2010	North Footscray	11.13.79 – 10.14.74	Parkside	5
2011	Deer Park	21.23.149 – 2.6.18	Albanvale	131
2012	Yarraville Seddon	14.14.98 – 9.16.70	Parkside	28
2013	Glen Orden	15.12.102 – 8.11.59	Parkside	43
2014	Parkside	14.20.104 – 10.6.66	West Footscray	38
2015	Wyndhamvale	17.12.114 – 10.5.65	West Footscray	49
2016	Caroline Springs	12.8.80 – 9.12.66	Yarraville Seddon	14
2017	North Footscray	15.14.104 – 6.10.46	Yarraville Seddon	58
2018	Point Cook	9.14.68 – 8.13.61	Yarraville Seddon	7
2019	Yarraville Seddon	14.17.101 – 4.10.34	Wyndhamvale	67
2020	Season not played (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	Season not completed (COVID-19 pandemic)
2022	Point Cook Centrals	10.4 (64) – 7.6 (48)	Parkside	16
2023	Parkside	8.13 (61) – 8.11 (59)	Albion	2

Premiers by club (Division 2)[edit]

Club	Titles	Years won
Altona/Altona City	5	1947, 1951, 1991, 2004, 2005
North Footscray	4	1938, 1949 (Section 1), 2010, 2017
Braybrook	3	1936, 1993, 1999
Deer Park	2	2009, 2011
Glen Orden	2	2006, 2013
Parkside	2	2014, 2023
North Sunshine	2	1986, 2003
Seddon	2	1997, 2001
South Footscray	2	1937, 1940
Spotswood	2	1942, 1948
West Footscray	2	1941, 2007
Yarraville/Kingsville	2	1942, 2000
Yarraville Seddon	2	2012, 2019
6th Melbourne Scouts	1	1949 (section 2)
Ascot Vale	1	1989
Albion	1	1994
Baptist Church of Christ/Combine	1	1935
Caroline Springs	1	2016
Coburg Districts	1	1988
Essendon Districts	1	1945
Essendon High School Old Scholars	1	1987
Hoppers Crossing	1	1991
Kensington Hill	1	2002
Maidstone	1	1950
Newells	1	1934
Newport CYMS	1	1943
North Melbourne & Kensington	1	1996
Point Cook	1	2018
Point Cook Centrals	1	2022
Port Melbourne Colts	1	1990
St Albans	1	1997
Sunshine Districts	1	1946
Sunshine Heights	1	2008
Victor Socials	1	1939
West Newport	1	1995
Wyndhamvale	1	2015

Division Three[edit]

Year	Premier	Score	Runner up	Margin
1988	Sunshine Heights	11.21.87 – 7.11.53	East Brunswick	34
1989	Laverton	2.16.28 – 4.3.27	Wyndhamvale	1
1990	Braybrook	16.16.112 – 11.9.75	East Brunswick	37
1991	Wembley Park	11.15.81 – 12.7.79	Glen Orden	2
1992	Glen Orden	8.11.59 – 5.5.35	Newport	24
1993	North Melbourne & Kensington	16.15.111 – 4.6.30	Newport	81
1994	Flemington	14.4.88 – 6.4.40	Wyndhamvale	48
1995	Newport	18.11.119 – 3.15.33	Albanvale	86
1996	West Newport	17.22.124 – 7.10.52	Albanvale	72
1997	Braybrook	18.18.126 – 10.16.76	Laverton	50
1998	Sunshine Heights	9.11.65 – 8.11.59	Gladstone Park	6
2014	Braybrook	12.15.87 – 12.13.85	Albanvale	2
2015	Albanvale	12.12.84 – 7.7.49	Parkside	35
2016	Newport Power	12.8.80 – 6.11.47	Parkside	33
2017	Parkside	12.17.89 – 7.6.48	Tarneit	41
2018	Point Cook Centrals	9.11.65 – 5.10.40	Suns	25
2019	Glen Orden	10.12.72 – 6.10.46	Albanvale	26
2020	Season not played (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	Season not completed (COVID-19 pandemic)
2022	Braybrook	6.14 (50) – 5.18 (48)	Suns	2
2023	Suns	14.11 (95) – 14.9 (93)	Albanvale	2

Premiers by club (Division 3)[edit]

Club	Titles	Years won
Braybrook	4	1990, 1997, 2014, 2022
Glen Orden	2	1992, 2019
Sunshine Heights	2	1988, 1998
Albanvale	1	2015
Flemington	1	1994
Laverton	1	1989
Newport	1	1995
Newport Power	1	2016
North Melbourne & Kensington	1	1993
Parkside	1	2017
Point Cook Centrals	1	2018
Suns	1	2023
Wembley Park	1	1991
West Newport	1	1996

Leading Goalkickers (Andrew Gibson Medal)[edit]

Year	Player	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1947	Walker (F&Y Socials)	82	0	82
1948	Ted Ellis (Braybrook)	74	10	84
1949	Wagborne (Parkside)	61	4	65
1950	Yewers (Braybrook)	66	1	67
1951	Wagborne (Parkside)	67	9	76
1952	Hansen (Seddon)	70	0	70
1953	Wallis (Parkside)	73	0	73
1954	Paravicini (Newport)	48	0	48
1955	G McDonald (Kingsville)	78	3	81
1956	Jewell (Seddon)	50	0	50
1957	Carlton (Parkside)	48	0	48
1958	Coon (Parkside)	70	7	77
1959	Coon (Parkside)	57	0	57
1960	D Lown (F & Y Socials)	43	11	54
1961	D Lown (F & Y Socials)	59	6	65
1962	A Russell (Parkside)	54	0	54
1963	A Russell (Kingsville)	68	4	72
1964	B Saunders (Kingsville)	61	2	63
1965	J McCalman (Albion)	52	0	52
1966	0	0	0	0
1967	0	0	0	0
1968	0	0	0	0
1969	0	0	0	0
1970	0	0	0	0
1971	0	0	0	0
1972	0	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0
1983	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	96	4	100
1984	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	79	16	95
1985	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	98	0	98
1986	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	100	0	100
1987	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	88	0	88
1988	Andrew Gibson (Spotswood)	83	0	83
1989	Chris Stulhdrieier (Sunshine YCW)	79	0	79
1990	Brian Memedi (Kingsville)	70	0	70
1991	Darren Scott (Spotswood)	115	0	115
1992	Sean Allan (Port Melbourne Colts)	102	0	102
1993	Wayne Duggan (Deer Park)	97	11	108
1994	Brian Memedi (Kingsville)	99	0	99
1995	Brian Memedi (Kingsville)	69	0	69
1996	Brian Memedi (Yarraville)	105	0	105
1997	Brian Memedi (Yarraville)	82	0	82
1998	Stephen Nielson (Parkside)	77	0	77
1999	Jason Clarke (Port Melbourne Colts)	75	0	75
2000	Bill Ramsay (Braybrook)	88	0	88
2001	Tim Traill (Spotswood)	84	0	84
2002	Tim Traill (Spotswood)	71	0	71
2003	Jason Clarke (Port Melbourne Colts)	82	0	82
2004	Dean Galea (Spotswood)	74	0	74
2005	Aaron James (Albion)	70	0	70
2006	Jason Clarke (Port Melbourne Colts)	95	0	95
2007	Mark Keenan (Spotswood)	89	0	89
2008	Mark Keenan (Spotswood)	104	0	104
2009	David McGregor (Port Melbourne Colts)	69	0	69
2010	Mark Keenan (Spotswood)	111	0	111
2011	Shaydon Bloomfield (Albion)	93	0	93
2012	Jase Perkins (Port Melbourne Colts)	92	9	101
2013	Jayden Post (Altona)	65	7	72
2014	James Wong (Deer Park)	81	1	82
2015	Jordan Mead (Hoppers Crossing)	55	8	63
2016	Jase Perkins (Deer Park)	61	5	66
2017	James Condos (Deer Park)	65	7	72
2018	Patrick Rose (Altona)	75	4	79
2019	Jase Perkins (Deer Park)	71	5	76

Women's competition[edit]

In 2018 the WRFL held a stand-alone women's competition for the first time as the number of women's clubs in the region grew large enough to allow this. In 2021 the competition expanded to two divisions. As of 2022 there were 14 women's teams across the two divisions, although by 2024 this number had dropped to 9 teams across 1 division.

Club	Nickname	Home ground	Former League	Founded	Years in comp	WFNL Premierships	Most Recent
Caroline Springs	Lakers	Town Centre Oval, Caroline Springs	–	2018	2018-	1	2022
Laverton	Magpies	Laverton Park, Altona Meadows	–	2018	2018-	0	-
North Sunshine	Roadrunners	Dempster Park, Sunshine North	–	2018	2018-	0	-
Parkside Spurs	Spurs	Henry Turner Oval, Footscray	NFNL	1993	2023-	0	-
Spotswood	Woodsmen	Donald W McLean Reserve, Spotswood	–	2018	2018-	2	2023
West Footscray	Roosters	Shorten Reserve, West Footscray	–	2018	2018-	1	2023
Werribee Centrals	Centurions	Galvin Park, Werribee	–	2018	2018-	0	-
Wyndhamvale	Falcons	Wyndham Vale South Oval, Wyndham Vale	–	2019	2019-	0	-
Yarraville Seddon	Eagles	Yarraville Oval, Yarraville	–	2019	2019-	0	-

Premiers[edit]

Division 1[edit]

2018: Manor Lakes

2019: Spotswood

2022: Caroline Springs

2023: Spotswood

Division 2[edit]

2022: Point Cook Centrals

2023: West Footscray

Former Women's Clubs[edit]

Club	Nickname	Home ground	Former League	Founded	Years in comp	WFNL Premierships	Most Recent	Fate
Albanvale	Cobras	Robert Bruce Reserve, Deer Park	–	2021	2021-2022 (merged with Braybrook)	0	-	In recess
Braybrook	Brookers	Pennell Reserve, Braybrook	VWFL		2019-2023 (merged with Albanvale 2021-22)	0	-	In recess
Hoppers Crossing	Warriors	Hogans Road Reserve,Hoppers Crossing	–	2021	2021-2023	0	-	In recess
Manor Lakes	Storm	Howqua Reserve, Manor Lakes	–	2018	2018-2022	1	2018	In recess
Point Cook	Bulldogs	Saltwater Reserve, Point Cook	–	2019	2019-2023	0	-	In recess
Point Cook Centrals	Sharks	Featherbrook Reserve, Point Cook	–	2018	2018-2023	1	2022	In recess
Tarneit	Titans	Wootten Road Reserve, Tarneit	–	2018	2018-2019	0	-	In recess

Junior clubs[edit]

Aintree
Albanvale
Albion
Altona Juniors
Caroline Springs
Flemington Juniors
Hoppers Crossing
Manor Lakes
Newport Power

North Footscray
North Sunshine
PEGS Juniors
Point Cook
Point Cook Centrals
Spotswood
St Bernard's
Sunshine
Sunshine Heights

Tarneit
Truganina Thunder
Werribee Centrals
Werribee Districts
West Footscray
Williamstown Juniors
Wyndham Suns
Wyndhamvale
Yarraville Seddon Eagles

Juniors-Only Clubs[edit]

Club	Nickname	Home ground
Aintree	Giants	Frontier Recreation Reserve, Aintree
Flemington Juniors	Colts	JJ Holland Park, Kensington
Manor Lakes	Storm	Howqua Way Reserve, Manor Lakes
Newport Power	Power	Bryan Martyn Oval, Newport
PEGS Juniors	Bombers	PEGS Sports Fields, Keilor Park
St Bernards	Snowdogs	St Bernards College, Essendon West
Truganina Thunder	Thunder	Mainview Oval, Truganina
Williamstown Juniors	Seagulls	Bayside College, Williamstown

Sources[edit]

The Mail (Newspaper published in Footscray)
Annual Reports of the Western Region Football League
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74738180
http://footyscorearchive.wiki-site.com/index.php/WESTERN_REGION_FOOTBALL_LEAGUE

Book[edit]

History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier – ISBN 9781863356015
History of Football in Melbourne's North West – John Stoward – ISBN 9780980592924

References[edit]

^ "Footy clubs out | Williamstown StarWilliamstown Star". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
^ "New teams line up | Werribee Star". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "Tarneit joins WRFL | Werribee StarWerribee Star". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Ractliffe, Damien (9 December 2015). "Former Hawthorn star to put stamp on Power". Herald Sun.

External links[edit]

Official website

[kings-6] As "Kingsville FC".

[1] "Footy clubs out | Williamstown StarWilliamstown Star". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

[2] "New teams line up | Werribee Star". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[3] "Tarneit joins WRFL | Werribee StarWerribee Star". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Ractliffe, Damien (9 December 2015). "Former Hawthorn star to put stamp on Power". Herald Sun.

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v t e Clubs in the Western Region Football League
Division 1	Altona Caroline Springs Hoppers Crossing Parkside Point Cook Point Cook Centrals Spotswood Werribee Districts Yarraville Seddon
Division 2	Albanvale Albion Braybrook Glen Orden Laverton Magpies Newport North Footscray North Sunshine Suns Sunshine Sunshine Heights Tarneit West Footscray Wyndhamvale
Other Clubs	Parkside Spurs Werribee Centrals
Former clubs	Coburg Districts Deer Park Manor Lakes Port Melbourne Colts St Albans Sunshine (VFA) Yarraville
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