Victorian Amateur Football Association
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The Victorian Amateur Football Association 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 in Victoria, 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...

 consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

 league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria and the Australian Amateur Football Council
Australian Amateur Football Council
The Australian Amateur Football Council is the governing body of amateur Australian football in the states of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania in Australia.The council was formed in 1933....

.

The league is the largest amateur league in Australia and consists of seven senior divisions (with each club fielding a firsts and reserves team) and multiple Under 19 divisions.

The league's administration base is at Elsternwick Park
Elsternwick Park
Elsternwick Park is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium in Elsternwick, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.The stadium has a small grandstand with a capacity for around 15,000 spectators....

, a former Victorian Football Association
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 stadium in suburban Elsternwick, Victoria
Elsternwick, Victoria
Elsternwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira...

, that was home to the now defunct Brighton Football Club. It has a small grandstand and capacity for around 15,000 spectators.

In addition there are also three Club XVIII divisions, primarily made up of either clubs only able to field one team, or clubs from higher divisions that can field a third team after their seniors and reserves. The league operates a promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 system between divisions with various rules dictating which division clubs can play in.

Many of the clubs are private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 based where school old boys
Old Boys
The terms Old Boys and Old Girls are the usual expressions in use in the United Kingdom for former pupils or alumni of primary and secondary schools. While these are traditionally associated with independent schools, they are also used for some schools in the state sector...

 play.

The reigning premiers for the A Section are Old Xaverians
Old Xaverians Football Club
The Old Xaverians Football Club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. The club is one of Australia's most successful in the Victorian Amateur Football Association....

.

As of 2010, the Victorian Amateur Football Association to live telecasts will covering games on C31 Melbourne.

History

The Victorian Amateur Football Association was founded in 1892 as the Metropolitan Junior Football Association.In 1912 the MJFA became the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association. In 1933 it changed its name to the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

The foundation clubs were;
  • Alberton F.C.
  • Brighton F.C.
  • Collegians FC
    Collegians Football Club
    Collegians Football Club is the oldest club in the VAFA, formed in 1891. Their home ground is the Harry Trott Oval in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park....

  • Footscray District F.C.
  • St. Jude’s F.C.
  • St Mary’s F.C.
  • Toorak-Grosvenor F.C.
  • YMCA F.C.

Movement in and out of senior competition since inception

From a history of the VAFA

Inter-league and Inter-state games

In June 1925 a MAFA Representative XVIII defeated the South Australian 21.22 to 8.10 at the MCG in the first amateur Interstate representative game.

In 1956 a VAFA XVIII beat the combined VFL/VFA Amateurs in an Olympic demonstration game, 12.9.81 to 8.7.55. In 1971 a VAFA Representative side beat a VFA XVIII for the inaugural Victorian Football Cup 23.12 to 19.17.

Of note, the VAFA v SA Amateurs clash in 1957 was the first uninterrupted telecast of an Australian rules football game.

Growth

The inaugural season of the then MJFA comprised fixtures between 8 teams. By 1922 the association divided into 2 sections of 8. Only 4 years later three sections were established; Section A with 10 clubs and Section B and C with 8 clubs each.

Competition was ceased for the Second World War (as it had after the Great War). Restarting in 1946 with 27 clubs in three sections, by 1947 34 clubs were competing over three sections. 1948 saw 35 clubs spread over four sections. In 1954 the MAFA established a fifth section for its 48 senior clubs.

1960 saw 74 clubs over 7 sections. The league dwindled and lost two sections. Section F was reintroduced in 1971. Section G was introduced in 1986. By 1987 there were 68 clubs over 8 sections.

A major indicator of the growth and quality of the association led to poaching of VAFA players to the VFL in 1961.

Premiers

From the VAFA Website
Year A Section B Section C Section D1 Section D2 Section D3 Section D4 Section
2011 Collegians Caufield Grammarians Ajax Parkdale Vultures St Johns Prahran/Assumption St Francis Xaiver
2010 Old Xaverians Old Carey Beaumaris Werribee AFC Banyule La Trobe Uni Monash Gryphons
2009 Old Xaverians Old Melburnians MHSOB Rupertswood Williamstown CYMS Bentleigh La Trobe Uni
2008 St Bede's-Mentone Tigers Marcellin Old Collegians Ormond Bulleen-Templestowe Werribee AFC Williamstown CYMS West Brunswick
2007 Old Xaverians St Bede's-Mentone Tigers Old Camberwell Grammarians Oakleigh South Melbourne Dist. Old Westbourne UHS-VU
2006 Old Haileyburians Collegians St Bede's-Mentone Tigers Old Carey Oakleigh South Melbourne Dist. Powerhouse
2005 Old Xaverians Old Ivanhoe Grammarians University Blacks Fitzroy Reds Old Geelong Grammarians St Johns Old Collegians Elsternwick
2004 University Blues St Kevins Old Boys MHSOB University Blacks Bulleen-Templestowe Oakleigh Old Westbourne
2003 Old Xaverians De La Salle Old Collegians Beaumaris Monash Blues Fitzroy Reds Swinburne University UHS-VU
2002 St Bernard's Old Collegians Old Melburnians Whitefriars Old Collegians St Leo's Emmaus WP Yarra Valley Old Boys West Brunswick Rupertswood
2001 Marcellin Old Collegians Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Hampton Rovers Old Camberwell Grammarians Mentone Amateurs Fitzroy Reds Syndal Tally Ho
2000 Old Xaverians Mazenod Old Collegians Therry Penola Caufield Grammarians University Blacks Powerhouse South Melbourne Dist.

Year A Section B Section C Section D Section
1999 Old Xaverians Old Trinity Whitefriars Old Collegians A.J.A.X.
1998 Old Xaverians Marcellin Old Collegians Hampton Rovers Whitefriars Old Collegians
1997 Old Xaverians Old Brighton Marcellin Old Collegians Beaumaris
1996 Old Xaverians Old Trinity St Kevin's Old Boys Monash Blues
1995 Old Xaverians Old Haileyburians Old Ivanhoe Hampton Rovers
1994 Old Melbournians Old Trinity Grammarians St Kilda South Caulfield Old Ivanhoe Grammarians
1993 Collegians Old Melburnians Mazenod Old Collegians St Bede's Mentone Tigers
1992 Collegians Old Trinity Grammarians Fawkner Mazenod Old Collegians
1991 De La Salle O.C. St Bernard's Old Collegians Whitefriars Old Collegians MHSOB

Premier

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Caulfield Grammarians North Caulfield Glenhuntly Oval Steven Lawrence Official Site 1920 1920
Collegians Football Club
Collegians Football Club
Collegians Football Club is the oldest club in the VAFA, formed in 1891. Their home ground is the Harry Trott Oval in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park....

Lions Albert Park
Albert Park, Victoria
Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....

Harry Trott Oval Chris Blumfield Simon Arnott/Mark Hibbins Official Site 1891 1892
De La Salle Old Collegians East Malvern Waverley Park David Lowe David Madigan Official Site 1955 1955
Old Carey Grammarians Panthers Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

Main Oval (Dunshea), Carey Sports Complex Cameron Matthews Official Site 1954 1954
Old Scotch Cardinals Camberwell
Camberwell, Victoria
Camberwell is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2006 Census, Camberwell had a population of 19,637....

Camberwell Sports Ground W.Lewis Peter Banfield Official Site 1921 1921
Old Trinity Grammarians Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

Daley Oval A.Cultera Brett Chandler
Brett Chandler
Brett Chandler is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League ....

Official site 1954 1954
Old Xaverians Old Xavs Armadale
Armadale, Victoria
Armadale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Armadale had a population of 8,467....

Toorak Park
Toorak Park
Toorak Park is a cricket and Australian rules football arena located in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale, Victoria, Australia. It is the home ground of the Prahran Football Club and Old Xaverians Football Club of the Victorian Amateur Football Association and Prahran Cricket Club, which plays in...

Matthew Ball Andy Gowers Official site 1926 1926
St Bedes/Mentone Tigers Football Club Tigers Mentone
Mentone, Victoria
Mentone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston...

Mentone Reserve Patrick Tyquin Owen Lalor Official site 1972 1972
St Bernards Old Collegians West Essendon St Bernards College Chris Tankard Official Site 1963 1963
University Blues Blues Parkville
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....

>Matthew Torney Fergus Watts Official Site 1928 1928

Premier B

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
AJAX Football Club
AJAX Football Club
The AJAX Amateur Football Club is notable as Australia's first and only fully Jewish club in the sport of Australian rules football.The club is located in Melbourne, Australia and was established by the Melbourne Jewish community in 1957...

Jackas St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

Gary Smorgon Oval Bernie Sheehy Official Site
Beaumaris Football Club Sharks Beaumaris
Beaumaris, Victoria
Beaumaris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Beaumaris had a population of 12,441....

Banksia Reserve Jason Mifsud Official Site 1962 1995
Oakleigh Amateur Football Club Krushers Oakleigh
Oakleigh, Victoria
Oakleigh is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is located 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Oakleigh had a population of 6,876....

W.A. Scammell Reserve Michael Harold David Gately Official Site 1991 1991
Old Brighton Grammarians Tonners Brighton
Brighton, Victoria
Brighton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Brighton had a population of 20,651...

Brighton Beach Oval A.Edge/J.Perrett/L.Hendra Paul McCormack Official Site 1957 1957
Old Haileyburians
Haileybury, Melbourne
Haileybury is an independent school affiliated with the Uniting Church in Australia, located in Berwick, Brighton East and Keysborough, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school incorporates both Haileybury College, an all-boys college and Haileybury Girls' College, an all-girls college...

Bloods McKinnon
McKinnon, Victoria
McKinnon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira...

McKinnon Reserve Tony Brown David Lappage Official Site 1961 1961
Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe, Victoria
Ivanhoe is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Ivanhoe had a population of 10,600.-History:...

Chelsworth Park B.Thompson Craig Hunter Official Site 1964 1964
Old Melburnians St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

Junction Oval
Junction Oval
The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

Russell Morris
Russell Morris
Russell Norman Morris is an Australian singer-songwriter who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s...

Official Site 1920 1920
St Kevins Old Boys Skevs Kooyong, Victoria
Kooyong, Victoria
Kooyong is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Kooyong had a population of 781....

T.H King Reserve Ben Dowd Stuart Powell Official Site 1947 1947
University Blacks Blacks Parkville
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....

Melbourne Uni, Main Oval Mark Woolnough Michael Rizio Official Site 1921 1921
Werribee Amateur Football Club Tigers Werribee
Werribee, Victoria
Werribee is a city in Melbourne, Australia, 32 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Werribee had a population of 36,641. Statistically, Werribee is considered part of Greater Melbourne.Werribee is...

Soldiers Reserve

Premier C

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Banyule Amateur Football Club Bears Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Victoria
Heidelberg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule....

R.J. Brockwell Oval Official Site 1980 1982
Fitzroy Football Club
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

Lions Fitzroy
Fitzroy, Victoria
Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...

Brunswick Street Oval
Brunswick Street Oval
The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

Tim Bell Official Site 1883 2009
Hampton Rovers Football Club
Hampton Rovers Football Club
The Hampton Rovers Amateur Football Club was established in 1918 and is located in Melbourne, Australia. The club is one of the largest Australian Rules Football Club’s in the country with over 500 registered players...

Rovers Hampton
Hampton, Victoria
Hampton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Hampton had a population of 11,825.Hampton is located in a wealthy bayside area of Melbourne, wedged between the...

Boss James Reserve Gary Carr Russell Barnes Official Site 1918 1931
Marcellin Old Collegians Eagles Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

Oval 1, Marcellin College Steve MacPherson Official Site 1971 1971
Mazenod Old Collegians Nodders Glen Waverley
Glen Waverley, Victoria
Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

Central Reserve, Glen Waverley Stu Inglis Paddy Steinfort Official Site
Monash Blues Blues Clayton
Clayton, Victoria
Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Clayton had a population of 14,332.-Overview:...

Main Oval, Monash University Andrew McGregor Official Site
Old Camberwell Grammarians North Balwyn Gordon Barnard Reserve Anthony Allen Official Site
Old Essendon Grammarians East Keilor Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational school, with campuses located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

Daniel Lynch Official Site 1968 1984
Parkdale Vultures Vultures Parkdale
Parkdale, Victoria
Parkdale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston...

Gerry Green Reserve Steve Kennedy Official Site
Rupertswood Football Club Sunbury
Sunbury, Victoria
Sunbury is a regional city, located north-west of Melbourne's central business district, in the state of Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Sunbury had a population of 31,000...

Salesian College Gavin Kerr Official Site 1999 1999

Division 1

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Glen Eira Amateur Football Club Saints Carnegie
Carnegie, Victoria
Carnegie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Carnegie had a population of 15,084...

Packer Reserve Justin Mills Justin Mills Official Site 1999
Melbourne High School Old Boys
Melbourne High School Old Boys Association
The Melbourne High School Old Boys Association, also known as the MHSOBA, is an organization run primarily by alumni of Melbourne High School...

South Yarra
South Yarra, Victoria
South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne...

Melbourne High School Lachlan Evans Trent Pitts Official Site 1928 1928
North Old Boys/St Pats Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

Alec Gillon Oval Terry Scanlon Official Site 1963
Old Geelong South Yarra
South Yarra, Victoria
South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne...

Como Park Adrian Farrer Official Site
Old Mentonians Keysborough
Keysborough, Victoria
Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

Mentone Grammar Playing Fields David Teasedale Russ Macquire Official Site
Ormond Amateur Football Club
Ormond Amateur Football Club
Ormond Amateur Football Club is the second oldest suburban club in the VAFA.The club is located 14 km south east of Melbourne in the suburb of Ormond.In 2008 Ormond welcomed back recently retired AFL player Matthew Robbins as player and assistant coach...

Monders Ormond
Ormond, Victoria
Ormond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Ormond had a population of 7152....

E.E. Gunn Reserve Simon Keleher Russell Barnes Official Site 1931
Peninsula Old Boys Pirates Mount Eliza
Mount Eliza, Victoria
Mount Eliza is an outer suburb south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...

Peninsula School Mark Glenn Official site 1980 1980
St Johns Old Collegians Jocs Doveton
Doveton, Victoria
Doveton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey...

Thomas Carroll Reserve Matt Jones
Whitefriars Old Collegians Friars Doncaster
Doncaster, Victoria
Doncaster is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Doncaster had a population of 17,879....

Whitefriars Oval Theo Vlahos Official Site 1986 1986
Williamstown CYMS Williamstown
Williamstown, Victoria
Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....

Fearon Reserve Official Site 1983

Division 2

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Bulleen-Templestowe Football Club Bullants Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

Ted Ajani Reserve David Matthews Official Site 1975 1975
Eltham Old Collegians Turtles Research
Research, Victoria
Research is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Research had a population of 2379.-History:...

Eltham College John Galvin Alan Sutherland Official Site 1986 1986
Emmaus St Leo's Old Collegians Football Club Animals Burwood
Burwood, Victoria
Burwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is largely the City of Whitehorse but includes the City of Monash in its south west corner. At the 2006 Census, Burwood had a population of 11,886.-History:The...

Bennettswood Sports Ground Ben Pilley Official Site 1992
La Trobe University Football Club Bundoora
Bundoora, Victoria
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Bundoora had a population of 24,018....

Main Oval La Trobe University Dean Sheldrick Official Site 1967 1970
Monash Gryphons Gryphons Caulfield East
Caulfield East, Victoria
Caulfield East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Caulfield East had a population of 1242....

East Caulfield Reserve Dan Baxter Richard Osborne
Richard Osborne
Richard Osborne is a former Australian rules footballer who enjoyed a lengthy career in the VFL/AFL. He played a total of 283 games in 17 seasons, and played with four different clubs, as well as representing Victoria 7 times in interstate competition.Originally from Bulleen/Templestowe, he...

Official Site 1991 1991
Old Paradians Raiders Bundoora
Bundoora, Victoria
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Bundoora had a population of 24,018....

Garvey Oval, Parade College Dave Boundy Official site 1929 1929
Prahran/Assumption Football Club Two Blues Toorak
Toorak, Victoria
Toorak is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district located on a rise on the south side of a bend in the Yarra River. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington...

Toorak Park Official site 1886
St Marys/Salesian Football Club Saints Glen Iris
Glen Iris, Victoria
Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington...

Ferndale Reserve Erwin Leydon Official Site 2008 2008
South Melbourne Districts Football Club Bloods Albert Park
Albert Park, Victoria
Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....

Lindsay Hassett Oval Anthony Quon Official Site 2000 2000
Therry Penola Old Boys Lions Oak Park
Oak Park, Victoria
Oak Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

JP Fawkner Reserve Dan Madden Official site 1978 1978

Division 3

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Albert Park Football Club
Albert Park Football Club
Albert Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 3 km south of Melbourne in the suburb of Albert Park.Originally affiliated with the VFA during the 19th century.The club colours are red and white....

Falcons Albert Park
Albert Park, Victoria
Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....

Beaurepaire Pavilion Nathan Dallas Official Site 1954
Aquinas Old Collegians Ringwood
Ringwood, Victoria
Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Ringwood had a population of 15,185....

Aquinas College John Le grand Official Site 1987
Elsternwick Football Club Wickers Elsternwick
Elsternwick, Victoria
Elsternwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira...

Oval No 2, Elsternwick Park Dennis Grace Official Site 1906
Hawthorn Amateur Football Club Hawks Hawthorn East
Hawthorn East, Victoria
Hawthorn East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...

Rathmines Road Reserve Mark Murray Official Site 1995
Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe, Victoria
Ivanhoe is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Ivanhoe had a population of 10,600.-History:...

Ivanhoe Park Doni Valkanis Official Site 1934
Kew Football Club Bears Kew
Kew, Victoria
Kew is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516....

J.J. Higgins Reserve Ian Aitken Official Site 1949
Old Westbourne Warriors Truganina
Truganina, Victoria
Truganina is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham and Shire of Melton....

Westbourne School Ground C Lever Brett Connors Official site 1991 1991
Powerhouse Football Club St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

Ross Gregory Oval Martin Pike
Martin Pike
Martin Pike is a former Australian Football League player who played with four clubs during 13 seasons...

Official Site
Richmond Central Football Club Snakes Richmond
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...

Kevin Bartlet Reserve Shaun O'Connor Danny Hickey Official Site 1987 1987
St Francis Xavier Football Club Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield, Victoria
Beaconsfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 46 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia...

,
St Francis Xavier College Chris Van Dam Official Site 2007 2007
University High School-Victoria University Football Club Vultures Parkville
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....

Brens Oval Lucas Gorringe Rick Watts Official Site 1932 1933
Yarra Valley Old Boys Bushrangers Park Orchards
Park Orchards, Victoria
Park Orchards is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Park Orchards had a population of 3590....

Domeney Reserve Chris Beal Andrew Stone Official Site

Division 4

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Captain Coach Web Page Formed Joined League
Box Hill North Football Club
Box Hill North Football Club
Box Hill North Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Box Hill North, Victoria, Australia.*The club participates in the Victorian Amateur Football Association Division 4 .- Home Ground :...

Demons Box Hill North
Box Hill North, Victoria
Box Hill North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill North had a population of 10,649....

Elgar Park Daniel Penny Mark Hood Official Site 1983 2002
Chadstone Football Club
Chadstone Football Club
The Chadstone Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Chadstone, Victoria, Australia. The club participates in the Victorian Amateur Football Association D4 league...

Synners Chadstone
Chadstone, Victoria
Chadstone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. Landmarks include the Waverley Basketball Centre, Jordanville Community Centre and the Matthew Flinders Hotel...

Jordan Reserve Ross Bennett Official Site 1997 1997
Eley Park Football Club Sharks Box Hill
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616....

Whitehorse Reserve C Cresswell Jason Broadbear Official Site 1955 1992
Manningham Amateur Football Club Cobras Bulleen
Bulleen, Victoria
Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

Koonung Park Ben Cookson Anthony Pezzimenti Official Site 1996 1996
Mount Lilydale Old Collegians Football Club Mounties Lilydale
Lilydale, Victoria
Lilydale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district situated in the Olinda Creek valley. At the 2006 Census, Lilydale had a population of 13,887...

Mt Lilydale Mercy College Sporting Ovals Nathan Pearce 1997 1997
North Brunswick Football Club Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

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Allard Park Christian Stagliano Official Site 1966 1971
Point Cook Football Club Bulldogs Point Cook
Point Cook, Victoria
Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Point Cook had a population of 14,162, now it is estimated that the population of Point Cook is 32,167...

Point Cook Oval Daniel Fraser Official Site 2010 2010
South Mornington Football Club Tigers Mount Martha
Mount Martha, Victoria
Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 60 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is located on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach...

Citation Oval A Hume Sein Clearihan 2006 2007
Swinburne University Football Club Razorbacks Hawthorn
Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...

St. James Park A Hyman George Koumantatakis Official Site 1995 1995
West Brunswick Football Club Magpies Parkville
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....

McAlister Oval Damien Truslove Official Site 1936

Former clubs

This may consist of clubs that are currently playing in the Club XVIII section.
  • Albanvale
    Albanvale Football Club
    Albanvale Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 18 km west of Melbourne in the suburb of Deer Park. Albanvale is affiliated with the Western Region Football League...

     – now in WRFL
    Western Region Football League
    The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.-History:The league was formed in 1931, as the Footscray District Football League...

  • Alberton Football Club
  • Alphington Football Club
  • AMP Society Football Club
  • ANZ Bank Football Club – now known as the Albert Park Football Club
    Albert Park Football Club
    Albert Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 3 km south of Melbourne in the suburb of Albert Park.Originally affiliated with the VFA during the 19th century.The club colours are red and white....

  • Army Apprentices Football Club
  • Associated Grammar Schools Football Club
  • Assumption Old Collegians
  • Australian Postal Institute Football Club
  • Balaclava Football Club
  • Balwyn Football Club – moved to the Eastern Football League
    Eastern Football League (Australia)
    The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

  • Balwyn Combined Football Club
  • Bellfield Football Club
  • Beverley Football Club
  • Beverley Hills Football Club – now known as the Doncaster East Football Club in the Eastern Football League
    Eastern Football League (Australia)
    The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

  • Black Rock Football Club
  • Booroondara Football Club
  • Boronia Park Football Club
  • Brighton Amateurs Football Club
  • Brighton Technical School Old Boys
  • Brighton Vale Cricket Club
  • Brunswick Amateurs Football Club
  • Bulleen Cobras Football Club (changed name after the 2008 season to Manningham Amateur Football Club)
  • Bulleen United Football Club (merged in 1996 to become Bulleen Cobras Football Club)
  • Camberwell Football Club
    Camberwell Football Club
    Camberwell Football Club was an Australian rules football club who were formed in 1896 and competed in the Victorian Football Association between 1926 and 1990. Nicknamed the Cobras, Camberwell wore dark blue, white and red club colours...

  • Canterbury-North Balwyn Football Club (merged in 1996 to become Bulleen Cobras Football Club)
  • Canterbury United Churches Football Club
  • Carlton District Football Club
  • Carnegie Football Club
  • Carnegie Church Of Christ Football Club
  • Cassie Club Football Club
  • Caulfield City Football Club
  • Celtic Amateur Football Club
  • Chirnside Park Football Club – moved to the Eastern Football League
    Eastern Football League (Australia)
    The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

  • Clayton Amateur Football Club
  • Coburg Amateurs Football Club
  • Collingwood District Football Club
  • Commercial Bank Football Club
  • Commonwealth Bank Football Club
  • Coolaroo Rovers Football Club
  • Dandenong KSP Football Club
  • Doveton SJOC
  • East Malvern Football Club
  • Edlington Football Club
  • Elwood Football Club
  • ES&A Bank Football Club
  • Fawkner Football Club
  • Fitzroy District Football Club
  • Fitzroy Juniors Football Club
  • Footscray Technical School Old Boys
  • Geelong Amateurs Football Club
  • Glenroy Football Club
    Glenroy Football Club
    Glenroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 14 km north of Melbourne in the suburb of Glenroy. The club was founded in 1946 and affiliated with the Essendon District Football League. The club fields open age and junior teams....

     – now member of EDFL
  • GTV-9 Football Club
  • Hampton Football Club
  • Hawthorn Amateur Football Club
  • Heatherton Football Club
  • Heidelberg West Amateurs – member of DVFL since 1941
  • Huntingdale Football Club
  • Insurance Social Clubs Association Football Club
  • Kingsville Rovers Football Club
  • Kontias Football Club
  • Kooyong Football Club
  • Leopold Football Club
  • Malvern Football Club
  • Melbourne Shipping Company Football Club
  • Melbourne Swimming Club Football Club
  • Monash University Football Club
  • Monash Whites Football Club
    Monash Whites Football Club
    The Monash Whites football team was established in 1964 and is located in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. The club competed under its own name in the Victorian Amateur Football Association up until the 2000 season...

     Official Site
  • Moreland Amateurs Football Club
  • Mount Carmel Old Collegians
  • Murrumbeena Football Club – member of SFL
    Southern Football League (Victoria)
    The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors....

  • Myer Football Club
  • National Bank Football Club
  • Naval Base Flinders Football Club
  • Newlands-Coburg Football Club
  • North Alphington Football Club
  • North Melbourne CBC Old Boys
  • Nunawading Football Club
  • Oakleigh Football Club
  • Olinda Football Club
  • Parkside Football Club
    Parkside Football Club
    The Parkside Football club is an Australian rules football club located 8 km north east of Melbourne in the suburb of Alphington. The clubs home matches are at Pitcher Park in Alphington....

     (now in the Northern Football League)
  • Pascoe Vale Football Club – now member of EDFL
    Essendon District Football League
    The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade...

  • Patricians Football Club
  • Pharmacy College Football Club
  • Port Melbourne Amateurs Football Club
  • Port Rovers Football Club
  • Preston Amateurs Football Club
  • Preston MBOB
  • Princes Hill Football Club
  • RAAF Cadets Football Club
  • Reservoir Old Boys
  • Salesian Old Collegians (Merged after the 2007 season to become St Marys/Salesain)
  • Sandringham Amateurs
  • Sandringham Juniors Football Club
  • Southbank Football Club
  • South Camberwell Football Club
  • South Melbourne City Football Club
  • South Melbourne Juniors Football Club
  • South St Kilda Football Club
  • South Yarra Amateur Football Club
  • St Andrews Amateurs
  • St Ignatius Football Club
  • St Judes Football Club
  • St Leonards Old Collegians
  • St Mary's Amateur Football Club (Merged at the end of 2007 to become St Marys/Salesain)
  • St Patricks Ballarat Old Collegians
  • St Pius Football Club
  • St Kilda CBC Old Boys
  • State Electricity Commission Football Club
  • State Saving Bank Football Club
  • Surrey Hills Football Club
  • Teachers College Football Club
  • Thomastown Football Club
    Thomastown Football Club
    Thomastown Football Club are known as the Bears and are an Australian rules football club located 17 km north of Melbourne in the suburb of Thomastown, Victoria fielding teams in the Northern Football League.-Timeline of the Thomastown F.C:...

     (now in the Northern Football League)
  • Thornbury Football Club
  • Toorak-Grosvenor Football Club
  • Tooronga-Malvern Football Club – now in Southern Football League
    Southern Football League (Victoria)
    The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors....

  • Waltham Football Club
  • Waverley Amateurs FC – formerly Waverley VFA merged with Mount Waverley to form Waverley Blues and play in the Eastern Football League
    Eastern Football League (Australia)
    The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

  • West Hawthorn Football Club
  • Windsor Football Club
  • YMCA Football Club>
  • Club Formed Last Season

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