style="font-size: larger;" | North Eastern Football Union

Founded	1938
Previous Names	North East Association
Current Clubs	Branxholm Wanderers Bridport Seagulls Ringarooma Robins Scottsdale Crows St Helens Saints Winnaleah Magpies
Stadiums	Branxholm Rec.Ground Bridport Oval Ringarooma Rec. Ground Scottsdale Rec. Ground Saint Helens Rec. Ground Winnaleah Rec. Ground
2010 NEFU Season
Premiers	Lilydale 12.7.79 v Ringarooma 11.7.73
Minor Premiers	Lilydale
Wooden Spoon	Scottsdale Crows
NEFU Medal Winner:
Highest Goal Kicker	Sony T Whiting (Lilydale) 103
Total Attendance	No figures available.
Average Match Attendance	No figures available.

The North Eastern Football Union (NEFU) is an Australian Rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 competition in North-Eastern Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Origins

Competition football began in North-Eastern Tasmania in the early 1900s during the region's tin mining boom.

There were many small associations existing in the area from Scottsdale to Goulds Country, with the many varying changes to the region during the twentieth century it had a resultant effect on the football scene.

After the NEFU formed in 1938, the competition ran until it was suspended during World War Two, football resumed in 1945.

The governing body reformed under the guidance of Harry Horsburg as Secretary and George De Haas as president.
The North Eastern Football Union clubs in that era were Branxholm, Derby, Legerwood, Pioneer, Ringarooma and Winnaleah.

In 1967, Bridport Football Club joined the competition along with Scottsdale Crows (1982), Lilydale (1985), Saint Helens (1993 from the defunct Fingal District FA) and Fingal (1997).

Current NEFU Clubs

• - Branxholm
  Branxholm, Tasmania
  Branxholm is a small town in northeastern Tasmania. Located 93 km north east of Launceston on the Tasman Highway.Branxholm is a typical north-east Tasmania timber town nestled into the rolling hills. It is notable for its saw mills and its hop fields...
  
   Football Club
• - Bridport
  Bridport, Tasmania
  Bridport is a small town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Dorset Council. At the 2006 census, Bridport had a population of 1,327....
  
   Football Club
• - Ringarooma
  Ringarooma, Tasmania
  Ringarooma is a small town in northeastern Tasmania. The district was opened up to farming in the 1860s, and the town itself was founded in 1882 when a rural property was subdivided into lots by landowner Christopher Krushka...
  
   Football Club
• - Scottsdale
  Scottsdale, Tasmania
  Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....
  
   Crows Football Club
• - Saint Helens
  St Helens, Tasmania
  St Helens is the largest town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia, on Georges Bay. It is located on the Tasman Highway, about 160 km east of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. In the early 2000s, the town was one of the fastest growing areas of Tasmania, and reached a population...
  
   Football Club
• - Winnaleah Football Club

2007 Ladder

North Eastern FU	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lilydale	15	3	0	1	2503	839	298.33%	62
Scottsdale Crows	11	3	5	0	1921	1446	132.85%	44
Winnaleah	9	3	7	0	1623	1496	108.49%	36
St Helens	7	3	9	0	1433	1720	83.31%	28
Bridport	7	3	9	0	1542	1886	81.76%	28
Branxholm	4	3	11	1	1264	1786	70.77%	18
Ringarooma	2	3	14	0	1195	2308	51.78%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	St Helens	17	9	111	Winnaleah	16	6	102
2nd Semi	Lilydale	12	8	80	S'dale Crows	8	13	61
Preliminary	S'dale Crows	19	20	134	St Helens	7	7	49
Grand	Lilydale	23	11	149	S'dale Crows	15	8	98

2008 Ladder

North East FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lilydale	16	0	0	0	2931	756	387.70%	64
Ringarooma	14	0	2	0	2382	1132	210.42%	56
Scottsdale Crows	10	0	6	0	1769	1531	115.55%	40
St Helens	7	0	9	0	1740	1554	111.97%	28
Winnaleah	7	0	9	0	1263	1920	65.78%	28
Bridport	2	0	14	0	1094	2403	45.53%	8
Branxholm	0	0	16	0	838	2721	30.80%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	St Helens	13	10	88	Scottsdale	11	10	76
2nd Semi	Lilydale	19	13	127	Ringarooma	9	15	69
Preliminary	Ringarooma	12	13	85	St Helens	10	13	73
Grand	Ringarooma	16	8	104	Lilydale	10	8	68

2009 Ladder

North East FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lilydale	13	0	2	1	2413	953	253.20%	54
Winnaleah	13	0	3	0	1677	1119	149.87%	52
Ringarooma	10	0	5	1	1814	1050	172.76%	42
Branxholm	10	0	6	0	1713	1236	138.59%	40
St Helens	5	0	11	0	1187	1621	73.23%	20
Bridport	2	0	14	0	998	1987	50.23%	8
Scottsdale Crows	2	0	14	0	613	2449	25.03%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Ringarooma	14	14	98	Branxholm	3	7	25
2nd Semi	Lilydale	14	14	98	Winnaleah	5	8	38
Preliminary	Winnaleah	6	6	42	Ringarooma	2	9	21
Grand	Lilydale	21	17	143	Winnaleah	8	6	54

2010 Ladder

North Eastern FU	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lilydale	14	3	2	0	2394	897	266.89%	56
St Helens	12	3	4	0	1728	1264	136.71%	48
Branxholm	8	3	7	1	1541	1533	100.52%	34
Ringarooma	8	3	7	1	1300	1304	99.69%	34
Winnaleah	7	3	9	0	1317	1452	90.70%	28
Bridport	6	3	10	0	1375	1720	79.94%	24
Scottsdale Crows	0	3	16	0	779	2264	34.41%	0

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Ringarooma	15	8	98	Branxholm	10	13	73
2nd Semi	Lilydale	19	18	132	St Helens	12	9	81
Preliminary	Ringarooma	6	8	44	St Helens	3	9	27
Grand	Lilydale	12	7	79	Ringarooma	11	7	73

Premiers

• 1938 Branxholm
• 1939 Scottsdale
• 1940 Winnaleah
• 1940 -1944 Matches abandoned due to War
• 1945 Winnaleah
• 1946 Scottsdale
• 1947 Scottsdale
• 1948 Branxholm
• 1949 Derby
• 1950 Derby
• 1951 Branxholm
• 1952 Legerwood
• 1953 Derby
• 1954 Derby
• 1955 Ringarooma
• 1956 Branxholm
• 1957 Derby
• 1958 Branxholm
• 1959 Branxholm
• 1960 Derby
• 1961 Branxholm
• 1962 Branxholm
• 1963 Branxholm
• 1964 Branxholm
• 1965 Winnaleah
• 1966 Branxholm
• 1967 Pioneer
• 1968 Ringarooma
• 1969 Ringarooma
• 1970 Branxholm
• 1971 Ringarooma
• 1972 Winnaleah
• 1973 Bridport
• 1974 Winnaleah
• 1975 Ringarooma
• 1976 Pioneer
• 1977 Pioneer
• 1978 Pioneer
• 1979 Branxholm
• 1980 Ringarooma
• 1981 Ringarooma
• 1982 Bridport
• 1983 Ringarooma
• 1984 Ringarooma
• 1985 Winnaleah
• 1986 Lilydale
• 1987 Branxholm
• 1988 Lilydale
• 1989 Scottsdale Crows
• 1990 Scottsdale Crows
• 1991 Ringarooma
• 1992 Lilydale
• 1993 Bridport
• 1994 Lilydale
• 1995 Branxholm
• 1996 Branxholm
• 1997 St. Helens
• 1998 Fingal
• 1999 Bridport
• 2000 St. Helens
• 2001 Bridport
• 2002 Bridport
• 2003 Winnaleah
• 2004 Winnaleah
• 2005 Winnaleah
• 2006 Scottsdale Crows
• 2007 Lilydale
• 2008 Ringarooma
• 2009 Lilydale
• 2010 Lilydale

published books

• Australian rules football in Tasmania , John Stoward, 2002 ,ISBN 0957751575
• More on football ,B.T. (Buck) Anderton. , Central Coast Courier ,2002 , ISBN 0958130604