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The Eastern Football League , or Eastern Districts Football League (EDFL) as it was formerly known, is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne .
The league's number of clubs with Canterbury (the Cobras) the latest addition to enter the Fourth Division in 2009 will be 43: of which 12 will be in First Division, 10 each in Second and Third Division and 11 in Fourth Division.
History
The Eastern Districts Football League was established in 15 February 1962, but its origins can be traced back to the Reporter District Football League established in 1903.
From 1927 until World War 2, the league was known as the Ringwood District Football League. It was known as the Croydon District Football League and the Croydon Mail Football League between World War 2 and 1949. In 1950 the league became known as the Croydon-Ferntree Gully League.
In 1997, the Eastern District Football League and the Knox Junior Football Association united to create the Eastern Football League. [ 1]
Clubs
Division 1
Club
Nickname
Location
Home Ground
Captain
Coach [ 2]
Web Page
Jumper
Balwyn Football Club
Tigers
Balwyn, Victoria
Balwyn Park
Daniel Harford
Official Site
Blackburn Football Club
Panthers
Blackburn, Victoria
Morton Park
Steve Cochrane
[1]
Black and Red vertical stripes
Croydon Football Club
Blues
Croydon, Victoria
Croydon Oval
Chris Grant
Greg Freemantle
Official Site
File:Carlton Blues Jumper.svg
East Burwood Football Club
Rams
East Burwood, Victoria
East Burwood Reserve
Nick Tennant
Official Site
Black with a white EBFC monogram
East Ringwood Football Club
Kangaroos
East Ringwood, Victoria
East Ringwood Reserve
Marcus Buzaglo
Paul McCormack
Official Site
Knox Football Club
Falcons
Wantirna South, Victoria
Knox Gardens Reserve
Paul Treadrea
Stuart Wynd
Official Site
Lilydale Football Club
Falcons
Lilydale, Victoria
Lilydale Sports Oval
Simon Rourke
[2]
Noble Park Football Club
Bulls
Noble Park, Victoria
Pat Wright Senior Ground
Mick Fogarty
Official Site
Norwood Football Club
Norsemen
Ringwood, Victoria
Mullum Reserve
Kevin Tibaldi
Official Site
Scoresby Football Club
Magpies
Scoresby, Victoria
Scoresby Recreation Reserve
Kristian Bardsley
Official Site
File:Collingwood Magpies Jumper.svg
Vermont Football Club
Eagles
Vermont, Victoria
Vermont Recreation Reserve
Samuel D'argenio
David Banfield
[3]
Purple with a yellow eagle
Wantirna South Football Club
Devils
Wantirna South, Victoria
Walker Reserve
Scott Edgcumbe
Rod Mitchell
Official Site
Division 2
Club
Nickname
Location
Home Ground
Captain
Coach [ 2]
Web Page
Jumper
Bayswater Football Club
Roos
Bayswater, Victoria
Bayswater Oval
Brent Jane
Bernie Dinneen
[4]
Green with a yellow vee
Doncaster Football Club
Sharks
Doncaster, Victoria
Schrams Reserve
Michael Marganis
Rod Mitchell
[5]
Doncaster East Football Club
Panthers
Doncaster East, Victoria
Zerbes Reserve
Brad Hall
Official Site
Montrose Football Club
Demons
Montrose, Victoria
Montrose Reserve
Mark Garthwaite
Official Site
File:Melbourne Demons Jumper.svg
Mulgrave Football Club
Lions
Mulgrave, Victoria
Mulgrave Reserve
Hayden Stanton
[6]
File:Brisbane Lions Jumper.svg
Ringwood Football Club
Redbacks
Ringwood, Victoria
Jubilee Park
Peter Beavan
[7]
Rowville Football Club
Hawks
Rowville, Victoria
Seebeck Oval
Marc Hardy
Official Site
File:Hawthorn Hawks Jumper.svg
South Croydon Football Club
Bulldogs
South Croydon, Victoria
Cheong Park
Paris Harvie
Official Site
File:Western Bulldogs Jumper.svg
Donvale Football Club
Magpies
Donvale, Victoria
Donvale Reserve
Matthew Young
[8]
Waverley Blues Football Club
Blues
Mount Waverley, Victoria
Mt Waverley Reserve
Scott Hunter
Official Site
Division 3
Club
Nickname
Location
Home Ground
Captain
Coach [ 2]
Web Page
Jumper
Boronia Football Club
Hawks
Boronia, Victoria
Tormore Reserve
Peter Bennett
Official Site
Brown with a yellow yoke
Coldstream Football Club
Cougars
Coldstream, Victoria
Coldstream Reserve
Leam Doughty
Official Site
Heathmont Football Club
Jets
Heathmont, Victoria
HE Parker Reserve
Gareth Woodcock
[9]
Blue, Yellow and White
Mitcham Football Club
Tigers
Mitcham, Victoria
Walker Park
Paul Nigro
[10]
File:Richmond Tigers Jumper.svg
Mooroolbark Football Club
Mustangs
Mooroolbark, Victoria
Heights Reserve
Bernie Ryan
[11]
Green and Yellow
North Ringwood Football Club
Saints
North Ringwood, Victoria
Quambee Reserve
Paul Carbis
[12]
File:St Kilda Saints Jumper.svg
Nunawading Football Club
Lions
Blackburn North, Victoria
Koonung Reserve
Brett Rowe
Official Site
Upper Ferntree Gully Football Club
Kings
Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Kings Park
Robbie Coccaro
Official Site
Warrandyte Football Club
The Bloods
Warrandyte, Victoria
Warrandyte Reserve
Michael Tout
Official Site
Red with a white vee
Whitehorse Pioneers Football Club
Pioneers
Box Hill, Victoria
Springfield Park
Tony Vitacca
[13]
Division 4
Club
Nickname
Location
Home Ground
Captain
Coach [ 2]
Web Page
Jumper
Canterbury Football Club
Cobras
Canterbury, Victoria
Canterbury Sports Ground
Danny Pearce
Black, Red and Yellow
Chirnside Park Football Club
Panthers
Chirnside Park, Victoria
Kimberley Reserve
Jason De Graaf
Official Site
Eastern Lions Football Club
Lions
Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Fairpark Reserve
Frank Lesiputty
Official Site
Ferntree Gully Eagles Football Club
Eagles
Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Ferntree Gully Reserve
Dean Grieg
[14]
File:North Melbourne Kangaroos Jumper.svg
Forest Hill Football Club
Zebras
Forest Hill, Victoria
Forest Hill Reserve
John Brown
Official Site
Green and White
Glen Waverley Hawks
Hawks
Glen Waverley, Victoria
Capital Reserve
Andrew Owen
[15]
Kilsyth Football Club
Cougars
Kilsyth, Victoria
Pinks Reserve
Simon Caldwell
myspace Site
File:Essendon Bombers Jumper.svg
South Belgrave Football Club
Saints
Belgrave South, Victoria
South Belgrave Football Ground (Mt. Morton Road)
Rik Crook
myspace Site
Surrey Park Football Club
Panthers
Box Hill, Victoria
Surrey Park Reserve
Daniel Vance
[16]
Templestowe Football Club
Dockers
Templestowe, Victoria
Templestowe Reserve
Paul Breen
Official Site
Maroon and White
The Basin Football Club
Bears
The Basin, Victoria
Batterham Reserve
Liam Boersma
Lee Rowe
[17]
Red and Green
Balwyn Combined Football Club
Bennettswood Football Club
Bennettswood-Blackburn South Football Club
Blackburn South Football Club
Clayton Football Club
East Hawthorn Football Club
Mount Evelyn Football Club
Noble Park Bears Football Club
North Croydon Football Club
Olinda Football Club
Sandown Football Club
Southern Cobras Football Club
Surrey Hills Football Club
Wandin Football Club
Waverley Football Club
Wonga Park Football Club
Yarra Glen Football Club
References
External links
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