Upper Great Southern Football League
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Upper Great Southern
Football League
Established 1959
Teams 8
2009 Premiers Williams Cats
Reserves Premiers Williams Cats
Thirds Premiers Katanning Wanderers


The Upper Great Southern Football League 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...

 league based in the state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, incorporating teams from towns located within the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Peel regions. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the town competitions in Wagin
Wagin, Western Australia
Wagin is a town and shire in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, approximately 225 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107. The main industries are wheat and sheep farming.-History:The name of the town is...

 and Narrogin
Narrogin, Western Australia
Narrogin is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin...

. There are currently 8 teams covering all tiers of the league.

The representative side from the league won the 2009 WA Country Football Championships, A-Section, defeating the Avon Football Association.

Current Clubs

Club Colours Jumpers Home Ground Joined League
Boddington Eagles Green and Gold Green with Gold Sash Boddington
Boddington, Western Australia
Boddington is a town and shire in the Peel region of Western Australia, located south-east of Perth. The town sits on the road from Pinjarra to Williams on the Hotham River...

1959 (Founding Club)
Brookton/Pingelly Panthers Black, Blue, Yellow and White Brookton, Pingelly 1998
Katanning Wanderers Black and Gold Katanning 1994
Kukerin/Dumbleyung Cougars Red, Blue and White Dumbleyung 1992
Narrogin Hawks Blue, Maroon and Gold Narrogin 2004 (TBC)
Wagin Bulldogs Red, White and Black Red, Black and White vertical stripes Wagin, Darkan 1985
Wickepin Warriors Red and White White with Red vee Wickepin 1959 (Founding Club)
Williams Cats Navy Blue and White White and Blue horizontal stripes Williams
Williams, Western Australia
Williams is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway and 32 kilometres west of Narrogin. The Williams River passes through the town. At the 2006 census, Williams had a population of 338.-History:Williams is...

1959 (Founding Club)

Clubs In Recess or Defunct

Club Time in league Notes
Cuballing Football Club 1959 (Founding Club) - 1980 Club may be in recess.
Narrogin Imperials 1959 (Founding Club) - 1960 This club is defunct and could have possibly folded anywhere up until 1998.
Narrogin Railways 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 Renamed to Narrogin Eagles in 2001.
Merged with Narrogin Lions in 2004.
Narrogin Towns 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 Renamed to Narrogin Lions in 2001.
Merged with Narrogin Eagles in 2004.
Pingelly Football Club 1971 - 1991 Join the Great Southern League from the Avon Football League in 1971.
Entered recess in 1991.
Merged with Brookton Football club also from the Avon Football League in 1996/97.
Wagin Federals 1959 (Founding Club) - 1985 Merged with Wagin Rovers to become the Wagin Magpies.
Wagin Rovers 1959 (Founding Club) - 1985 Merged with Wagin Federals to become the Wagin Magpies.
West Arthur Bulldogs 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 Merged with Wagin Magpies to become the Wagin Bulldogs

Premiers of the League

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Narrogin Towns Narrogin Towns Cuballing West Arthur Cuballing West Arthur
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Wickepin Cuballing Wickepin Cuballing Cuballing Cuballing
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Cuballing Narrogin Railways Cuballing Wickepin Wickepin West Arthur
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Cuballing Narrogin Railways Pingelly Wagin Rovers Wickepin Williams
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Williams Pingelly Wagin Narrogin Towns Williams Narrogin Towns
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Boddington Boddington Boddington Kukerin-Dumbleyung Kukerin-Dumbleyung Wagin
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Boddington Kukerin-Dumbleyung Williams Kukerin-Dumbleyung Wagin Wagin
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kukerin-Dumbleyung Boddington Brookton-Pingelly Wagin Kukerin-Dumbleyung Kukerin-Dumbleyung
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Wickepin Wickepin Williams Williams Williams
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