Eastern Football Netball League

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	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

Former Clubs

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

^ Full Point Footy, Eastern Football League, retrieved 2008-10-21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d List of 2008 Senior Coaches, accessed on January 11, 2008

External links

[d-1] Full Point Footy, Eastern Football League, retrieved 2008-10-21

[2008SeniorCoaches-2] List of 2008 Senior Coaches, accessed on January 11, 2008

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