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The Sunday Football League Western Australia (SFL WA), commonly known as the Sunday Football League (SFL), is a defunct semi-professional Australian rules football league that was based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The Kenwick Football Club is the most successful club in the history with 9 senior team premierships.

History

The Sunday Football League was formed in late 1983 after a proposed merger between the South Suburban Murray FL and Western Australian Football Association fell through. Six WAFA clubs decided to stay in that competition rather than join the new league. The twelve South Suburban clubs were Armadale,Canning, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Kelmscott, Kenwick, Kwinana, Maddington, Mandurah, Rockingham, Thornlie and Willetton. The five clubs to join from the WAFA were Applecross, Fremantle (later North Fremantle), Osborne Park, South Perth and Wanneroo. Prior to the Sunday FL being formed, the South Suburban Murray FL was formed in 1960 when two leagues, the South Suburban FA and Murray Districts FA agreed to a trial season. The SSFA had only five teams competing in 1959 (Armadale, Canning, Gosnells, Kelmscott and Maddington) while the MDFA had four teams (Hills, Pinjarra, Mandurah and Waroona). Kenwick, who had been trying since 1958 to join the SSFA, was accepted as the tenth team to remove a bye in each round. The SSFA began in 1910 with three teams, Armadale, Kelmscott and Mundijong. Queens Park joined in 1911, while Mundijong withdrew after five games. Victoria Park joined the SSFA in 1913. Queens Park won the premiership in 1913 after taking the SSFA to court after the league decided to change how the premier team would be selected that year. The Murray Districts FA started in 1938 with five teams (Coolup, Mandurah, North Dandalup, Pinjarra and Waroona). Pinjarra won the first premiership, and Waroona won the next two before the competition was suspended due to World War 2. Waroona won the first two flags after the competition resumed in 1946 and 47. Pnjarra won in 1948 and Mandurah won their first premierhsip in 1949.

Premierships

2008 clubs

2007

Sunday Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Maddington 11 0 5 0 1539 934 164.78% 44 1st Semi Gosnells 14 11 95 Thornlie 12 10 82
Kenwick 11 0 5 0 1368 1061 128.93% 44 2nd Semi Kenwick 16 11 107 Maddington 15 6 96
Thornlie 10 0 5 1 1397 1068 130.81% 42 Preliminary Maddington 11 16 82 Gosnells 11 6 72
Gosnells 10 0 5 1 1389 1091 127.31% 42 Grand Maddington 14 12 96 Kenwick 5 13 43
Armadale 9 0 6 1 1528 1173 130.26% 38
Tigers 3 0 13 0 1085 1391 78.00% 12
Kelmscott 0 0 15 1 600 2188 27.42% 2

2008 Ladder

Sunday Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Gosnells 14 0 2 0 1931 1291 149.57% 56 1st Semi Kenwick 16 16 112 Thornlie 9 10 64
Maddington 13 0 3 0 1617 1104 146.47% 52 2nd Semi Gosnells 14 10 94 Maddington 12 10 82
Kenwick 12 0 4 0 1489 1015 146.70% 48 Preliminary Kenwick 10 13 73 Maddington 8 12 60
Thornlie 7 0 8 1 1495 1480 101.01% 30 Grand Gosnells 14 16 100 Kenwick 8 14 62
Kelmscott 6 0 10 0 1214 1785 68.01% 24
Armadale 3 0 13 0 1251 1510 82.85% 12
Tigers 0 0 15 1 1022 1834 55.73% 2

Disbanding

In February 2009 it was announced that the league would not be operating for the 2009 football season with clubs applying to join the Western Australian Amateur Football League and the Peel Football League.[1][2][3]

Armadale were admitted to the Peel Football League and the remaining clubs were admitted to the West Australian Amateur Football League.

References

  1. ^ Shayne Hope (13 February 2009). "Sunday footy league disbanded". The West Australian. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ "Changes in Perth could spell big changes in Peel". The Mandurah Mail. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  3. ^ "It's Official: Sunday League Is No More". Footy Goss. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
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