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2012 premiership season
2012 premiership season
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Teams	25
Premiers	TBD Epping Mernda
Minor premiers	Montmorency Epping Panton Hill
Leading goalkicker	TBD
Matches played	245
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The 2012 season is the 86th season of the Northern Football League (formerly Diamond Valley Football League) and commenced in April 2012.

2012 season

The 2012 NFL season will contain 3 divisions. A 10 team Division One, 8 team Division Two and a 7 team Division Three. Lower Plenty were promoted to Division One after winning the Grand Final in Division 2, while North Heidelberg were relegated to Division Two, for the first time in their history, after winning the 'Wooden Spoon' in Division 1. South Morang were promoted to Division Two after winning the Grand Final in Division 3, while Mernda were relegated to Division Three after winning the 'Wooden Spoon' in Division 2. The fixture for the 2011 NFL season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the NFL. The season will run for 18 rounds plus 5 weeks of finals.

Clubs

Division 1

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Promotion	Jumper
Bundoora Football Club	1974	Bulls	Bundoora	Yulong Reserve	1981	1982	File:Bundoora Bulls.JPG
Eltham Football Club	1909	Panthers	Eltham	Central Park	1922	2003	File:Eltham Panthers.JPG
Greensborough Football Club	1905	Boro	Greensborough	War Memorial Park	1922	2007	File:Greensborough Boro.JPG
Heidelberg Football Club	1876	Tigers	Heidelberg	Warringal Park	1923	1983	File:Heidelberg Tigers.JPG
Lower Plenty Football Club	1961	Bears	Montmorency	Montmorency Park, South Oval	1995	2005	File:Lower Plenty Bears.JPG
Macleod Football Club	1946	Kangaroos	Rosanna	De Winton Park	1947	2010
Montmorency Football Club	1924	Magpies	Montmorency	Montmorency Park, North Oval	1924	N/A	File:Montmorency Magpies.JPG
Northcote Park Football Club	1952	Cougars	Northcote	Bill Lawry Oval	1982	1995	File:Northcote Park Cougars.JPG
West Preston Lakeside Football Club	1998	Roosters	Reservoir	J E Moore Park	1996	1997	File:West Preston Roosters.JPG
Whittlesea Football Club	1904	Eagles	Whittlesea	Whittlesea Showgrounds	1934–1946, 1992	2011	File:Whittlesea Eagles.JPG

Division 2

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Relegation/Promotion	Jumper
Diamond Creek Football Club	1888	Demons	Diamond Creek	Coventry Reserve	1922	2008	File:Diamond Creek Creekers.JPG
Epping Football Club	1904	Blues	Epping	Epping Recreation Reserve	1933	2007	File:Epping Blues.JPG
Fitzroy Stars Football Club	1973	Stars	Thornbury	Victoria Park	2008	N/A	File:Fitzroy Stars.JPG
Hurstbridge Football Club	1914	Bridges	Hurstbridge	Ben Friley Oval	1922–1931, 1988	2011	File:Hurstbridge Bridges.JPG
Lalor Football Club	1955	Bloods	Lalor	Lalor Reserve	1968	2011	File:Lalor Bloods.JPG
North Heidelberg Football Club	1958	Bulldogs	Heidelberg Heights	Shelley Street Reserve	1958	N/A	File:North Heidleberg Bulldogs.JPG
South Morang Football Club	1954	Lions	Mill Park Lakes	Mill Park Lakes Reserve	1955	2009	File:South Morang Lions.JPG
Thomastown Football Club	1976	Bears	Thomastown	Main Street Reserve	2001	2010	File:Thomastown Bears.JPG

Division 3

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Relegation	Jumper
Heidelberg West Football Club	1936	Hawks	Heidelberg	Heidelberg Park	1939	2009	File:Heidelberg West Hawks.JPG
Mernda Football Club	1903	Demons	Mernda	Mernda Recreation Reserve	1937–1939, 1987	1991	File:Mernda Demons.JPG
Parkside Football Club	1934	Devils	Alphington	Pitcher Park	2003	2009	File:Parkside Devils.JPG File:Parkside Devils Clash.JPG
Panton Hill Football Club	1926	Redbacks	Panton Hill	Cracknell Reserve	1929–1930, 1997	2009	File:Panton Hill Redbacks.JPG
Reservoir Football Club	1984	Mustangs	Reservoir	Crispe Park	1981,2008	2009	File:Reservior Mustangs.JPG
St Mary's Senior Football Club	2008	Burra	Mill Park	Kelynack Reserve	2010	N/A	File:St Marys Burra.JPG
Watsonia Football Club	1967	Saints	Watsonia	A K Lines Reserve	1969	2011	File:Watsonia Saints.JPG

Ladders

Division 1

#	Team	Pld	W	L	D	For	Against	%	Pts
1	Montmorency	18	15	3	0	1885	1432	131.63	60
2	Heidelberg	18	13	4	1	1743	1236	141.02	54
3	Bundoora	18	11	7	0	1889	1434	131.73	44
4	Northcote Park	18	10	7	1	1610	1421	113.30	42
5	West Preston Lakeside	18	9	7	2	1606	1508	106.50	40
6	Eltham	18	7	9	2	1580	1658	93.50	32
7	Greensborough	18	7	10	1	1427	1682	84.84	30
8	Macleod	18	6	11	1	1257	1595	78.81	26
9	Lower Plenty	18	4	14	0	1255	1754	71.55	16
10	Whittlesea	18	3	13	2	1286	1818	70.74	16

Division 2

#	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	%	Pts
1	Epping	18	17	1	1836	1116	164.52	68
2	North Heidelberg	18	14	4	2247	1257	178.76	56
3	Diamond Creek	18	12	6	1899	1210	156.94	48
4	Fitzroy Stars	18	12	6	1783	1643	108.52	48
5	Lalor	18	7	11	1473	1701	86.60	28
6	South Morang	18	4	14	1110	1790	62.01	16
7	Hurstbridge	18	3	15	1224	1953	62.67	12
8	Thomastown	18	3	15	1186	2088	56.80	12

Division 3

#	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	%	Pts
1	Panton Hill	16	15	1	1737	1016	170.96	60
2	Mernda	16	13	3	1643	836	196.53	52
3	Reservoir	16	12	4	1464	1039	140.90	48
4	St.Marys	16	6	10	1247	1226	101.71	24
5	Parkside	16	6	10	1187	1464	81.08	24
6	Heidelberg West	16	3	13	920	1979	46.49	12
7	Watsonia	16	1	15	828	1466	56.48	4

Finals

Week 1


	Division 3 2nd Semi Final
Saturday 25 August	Panton Hill 49	def. by	Mernda 90	Shelley Park	^[1]
Mernda beat Panton Hill to move straight into the Grand Final


	Division 2 1st Semi Finals
Saturday 25 August	Diamond Creek 72	def. by	Fitzroy Stars 102	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Fitzroy Stars competed in their first ever final in the Northern Football League, beating Diamond Creek and thus advancing to the Preliminary Final.


	Division 3 1st Semi Finals
Sunday 26 August	Reservoir 102	def.	St.Marys 74	Shelley Park	^[1]
Reservoir ended St.Marys' season and moved into the Preliminary Final against Panton Hill.

Week 2


	Division 3 Preliminary Final
Saturday 1 September	Panton Hill 77	def.	Reservoir 73	Epping Recreational Reserve	^[1]
Panton Hill advanced to their first Grand Final since entering the Northern Football League (Diamond Valley Football League)


	Division 1 Qualifying Final
Saturday 1 September	Heidelberg 113	def.	Bundoora 61	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Heidelberg convincingly beat Bundoora to move into the 2nd Semi Final against Montmorency


	Division 2 2nd Semi Final
Saturday 1 September	Epping 97	def.	North Heidelberg 68	Central Park	^[1]
Epping moved into their second consecutive Grand Final


	Division 1 Elimination Final
Sunday 2 September	Northcote Park 91	def.	West Preston Lakeside 63	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Northcote Park ended West Preston's season and moved into the 1st Semi Final against Bundoora

Week 3


	Division 3 Grand Final
Saturday 8 September	Mernda 132	def.	Panton Hill 39	Epping Recreational Reserve	^[1]
Mernda won its first Grand Final since 1991 and earned a promotion to Division 2 Matthew Rees of Mernda was named Best on Ground


	Division 1 1st Semi Final
Saturday 8 September	Montmorency 89	def. by	Heidelberg 109	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Heidelberg moved into it's 8th consecutive Grand Final Montmorency would play the winner of Bundoora and Northcote Park in the Preliminary Final


	Division 2 Preliminary Final
Sunday 8 September	North Heidelberg 116	def.	Fitzroy Stars 93	Central Park	^[1]
North Heidelberg moved into its first Grand Final since 2005, and its first ever in Division 2, whilst eliminating Fitzroy Stars from its first ever final's series.


	Division 1 1st Semi Final
Sunday 9 September	Bundoora 78	def. by	Northcote Park 98	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Northcote Park advanced to the Preliminary Final against Montmorency whilst Bundoora crashed out of finals in straight sets.

Week 4


	Division 2 Grand Final
Saturday 15 September	Epping 111	def.	North Heidelberg 107	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Epping won it's 9th Senior Grand Final an earned a spot in Division 1 in 2013 Shane Harvey of North Heidelberg was awarded Best on Ground in a losing side Shane Harvey kicked his 100th goal for 2012. He finished with 103 on the back of 9 goals in the Grand Final


	Division 1 Preliminary Final
Sunday 16 September	Montmorency 87	def. by	Northcote Park 97	Preston City Oval	^[1]
Northcote Park moved into the Grand Final for the first time since 2003 Montmorency crashed out of finals in straight sets after winning the Minor Premiership

Week 5


	Division 1 Grand Final
Saturday 22 September	Heidelberg	v	Northcote Park	Preston City Oval	^[1]

Awards

The Division One Best and Fairest (Frank Rosbrook Medal) - TBD
The Division One Leading Goal Kicker - Gary Moorcroft (Bundoora) 70 goals
The Division Two Best and Fairest - TBD
The Division Two Leading Goal Kicker - Shane Harvey (North Heidelberg) 87 goals
The Division Three Best and Fairest - TBD
The Division Three Leading Goal Kicker - Johnathon Garrard (Panton Hill) 96 goals

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