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".
During the fifties, the VFL club Footscray was financially backing the competition, so they decided to bar clubs that were inside the zone. This resulted in six clubs leaving. More changes in 1952 as the League decided that clubs had to provide an under 18 competition, this action reduced the club numbers down to twelve. The next initiative was the introduction of an under 16 competition in 1954.
In 1988 the league absorbed clubs from the West Suburban Football League and in 2000, to reflect the fact that the league had expanded across the western suburbs, it changed its name to the Western Region Football League. The league's headquarters are at Whitten Oval which is the home of current AFL club Western Bulldogs.
In 2002 the league, in particular its second Division, found itself a national audience when a Seven Network reality TV show, The Club, followed the performance of a team called the Kensington Hill Hammerheads throughout the season. The players, coach and president were chosen on the show, and after finishing third in the regular season, went on to win the flag.
In 2006 the League suspended the Central Altona Football Club for attempting to re-register a player and suspended Brunswick Power after the club was found guilty of playing unregistered players. Central Altona had a variety of on-field violence and abuse issues, and for re-registering banned players.
In 2013 Manor Lakes and Sanctuary Lakes entered the Division Two of the senior competition. In 2014, Werribee Districts transferred from the VAFA and Tarneit entered a senior team. The league then announced that a third division will form midway through 2014.
In 2015 the Wyndham Suns were admitted to the third division. Parkside, which won the second division premiership in 2014 suffered a bitter internal division and lost most of the players and committee. Instead of being promoted to first division, Parkside staved off recess and were permitted to rebuild the club in the third division.

Clubs

Participating clubs for the 2019 season:

Division One

ClubColoursNicknameLocationHome groundFoundedYears in comp
Albion
CatsSunshineJR Parsons Reserve19611961–present
Altona
VikingsAltonaJK Grant Reserve19181933–37, 1945–51, 1977–79, 1988–present
Caroline Springs
LakersCaroline SpringsTown Centre Oval20022011–present
Deer Park
LionsDeer ParkJohn McLeod Reserve19251935–41, 1947–51, 1967–present
Hoppers Crossing
WarriorsHoppers CrossingHogans Road Reserve19721988–present
Point Cook
BulldogsPoint CookSaltwater Reserve20032018–present
Spotswood
WoodsmenSpotswoodDonald W McLean Reserve19271935–present
St Albans
SaintsKings ParkKings Park Reserve19471947–53, 1958–present
Sunshine
KangaroosBraybrookKinder Smith Reserve19591978–present
Werribee Districts
TigersWerribeeSoldiers Reserve19951995–97, 2014–present

Division Two

ClubColoursNicknameLocationHome groundFoundedYears in comp
Manor Lakes
StormManor LakesHowqua Reserve20122013–present
Newport
PowerNewportBryan Martyn Oval20052016–present
North Footscray
DevilsWest FootscrayHansen Reserve19341935–present
Parkside
MagpiesFootscrayHenry Turner Reserve18971931–present
Point Cook Centrals
SharksPoint CookFeatherbrook Reserve20122013–present
West Footscray
RoostersWest FootscrayShorten Reserve19321932–present
Wyndhamvale
FalconsWyndham ValeWyndham Vale South Oval19791989–94, 1999–present
Yarraville Seddon
EaglesYarravilleYarraville Oval20062007–present

Division Three

ClubColoursNicknameLocationHome groundFoundedYears in comp
Albanvale
CobrasDeer ParkRobert Bruce Reserve19781978–1988, 1993–present
Braybrook
BrookersBraybrookPennell Reserve18741931–present
Glen Orden
HawksWerribeeHeathdale Oval19791979–2016,2018
Laverton
MagpiesAltona MeadowsLaverton Park19241988–present
North Sunshine
RoadrunnersSunshine NorthDempster Park19671979–present
Sunshine Heights
DragonsSunshine WestAinsworth Reserve19711988–present
Tarneit
TitansTarneitWootten Road Reserve20142014–present
Wyndham
SunsTarneitGoddard Street Reserve2015–present

Former Clubs

Folded

Merged

Moved to CYMS Football Association

Moved to [Essendon District Football League]

Moved to Southern Football League">Southern Football Netball League">Southern Football League

Moved to [Victorian Football Association]

Moved to Western Suburban Football League

Moved to Werribee District Football League

Premiers

Division One

Premiers by club (Div One)

;Notes

Division Two

1934 – Newells 13.13.91 d Victor Socials 9.12.66

1935 – Baptist-Church 10.14.74 d Spotswood 5.8.38

1936 – Braybrook 7.20.62 d North Footscray 7.7.49

1937 – South Footscray 7.17.59 d Braybrook 6.20.56

1938 – North Footscray 10.17.77 d Combine 8.7.55

1939 – Victor Socials 10.5.65 d Combine 6.17.53

1940 – South Footscray 12.16.88 d Combine 10.12.72

1941 – West Footscray 20.13.133 d Victor Socials 11.13.79

1942 – Kingsville 17.12.114 d Sunshine Districts 11.13.79

1943 – Newport CYMS 9.16.70 d Spotswood 7.9.51

1944 – Spotswood 10.9.69 d Sunshine Districts 7.7.49

1945 – Essendon Districts 12.14.86 d Yarraville Socials 8.15.63

1946 – Sunshine Districts 11.17.83 d Spotswood 8.5.53

1947 – Altona 12.25.97 d Waratah 4.5.29

1948 – Spotswood 11.15.81 d St Albans 7.12.54

1949 Sec 1 – North Footscray 8.19.67 d F & Y Socials 9.10.64

1949 Sec 2 – 6th Melbourne Scouts 15.18.108 d West Footscray 5.4.34

1950 – Maidstone 10.10.70 d Williamstown Rovers 7.13.55

1951 – Altona 12.12.84 d Kingsville 11.7.73

NOTE: 1952 TO 1985 NO DIVISION 2 COMPETITION

1986 – North Sunshine 13.11.89 d EHSES 8.15.63

1987 – EHSES 22.10.142 d North Sunshine 4.10.34

1988 – Coburg Districts 7.10.52 d Ascot Vale 5.10.40

1989 – Ascot Vale 18.12.120 d Williamstown United 9.8.62

1990 – Port Melbourne Colts 16.18.114 d Hoppers Crossing 12.10.82

1991 – Altona City 10.14.74 d Sunshine Heights 7.13.55

1992 – Hoppers Crossing 5.12.42 d East Brunswick 4.5.29

1993 – Braybrook 9.15.69 d Sunshine Heights 7.4.46

1994 – Albion 18.12.120 d Sunshine YCW 11.17.83

1995 – West Newport 14.20.104 d Sunshine YCW 14.8.92

1996 – North Melb & Kens 17.18.120 d Fawkner Amateurs 9.8.62

1997 – St Albans 15.15.105 d North Footscray 9.9.63

1998 – Seddon/Yarraville Club 10.10.70 d Braybrook 8.6.54

1999 – Braybrook 12.21.93 d Central Altona 8.1.49

2000 – Yarraville 12.18.90 d Glen Orden 6.8.44

2001 – Seddon/Yarraville Club 18.12.120 d Albanvale 5.9.39

2002 – Kensington Hill Hammerheads 11.12.78 d North Footscray 7.11.53

2003 – North Sunshine 12.9.81 d Glen Orden 6.12.48

2004 – Altona 11.14.80 d Deer Park 8.7.55

2005 – Altona 19.12.126 d Glen Orden 8.9.57

2006 – Glen Orden 13.20.98 d Deer Park 8.8.56

2007 – West Footscray 18.16.124 d Sunshine Heights 7.16.58

2008 – Sunshine Heights 18.7.115 d North Footscray 7.11.53

2009 – Deer Park 16.12.108 d Parkside 13.9.87

2010 – North Footscray 11.13.79 d Parkside 10.14.74

2011 – Deer Park 21.23.149 d Albanvale 2.6.18

2012 – Yarraville Seddon Eagles 14.14.98 d Parkside 9.16.70

2013 – Glen Orden 15.12.102 d Parkside 8.11.59

2014 – Parkside 14.20.104 d West Footscray 10.6.66

2015 – Wyndhamvale 17.12.114 d West Footscray 10.5.65

2016 – Caroline Springs 12.8.80 d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 9.12.66

2017 – North Footscray 15.14.104 d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 6.10.46

2018 – Point Cook 9.14.68 d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 8.13.61

2019 – Yarraville Seddon Eagles 14.17.101 d Wyndhamvale 4.10.34

2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic

Division Three

1988 – Sunshine Heights 11.21.87 d East Brunswick 7.11.53

1989 – Laverton 2.16.28 d Wyndhamvale 4.3.27

1990 – Braybrook 16.16.112 d East Brunswick 11.9.75

1991 – Wembley Park 11.15.81 d Glenorden 12.7.79

1992 – Glenorden 8.11.59 d Newport 5.5.35

1993 – North Melb & Kens 16.15.111 d Newport 4.6.30

1994 – Flemington 14.4.88 d Wyndhamvale 6.4.40

1995 – Newport 18.11.119 d Albanvale 3.15.33

1996 – West Newport 17.22.124 d Albanvale 7.10.52

1997 – Braybrook 18.18.126 d Laverton 10.16.76

1998 – Sunshine Heights 9.11.65 d Gladstone Park 8.11.59

2014 – Braybrook 12.15.87 d Albanvale 12.13.85

2015 – Albanvale 12.12.84 d Parkside 7.7.49

2016 – Newport Power 12.8.80 d Parkside 6.11.47

2017 – Parkside 12.17.89 d Tarneit 7.6.48

2018 – Point Cook Centrals 9.11.65 d Wyndham Suns 5.10.40

2019 – Glenorden 10.12.72 d Albanvale 6.10.46

2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic

Leading Goalkickers (Andrew Gibson Medal)

2019 Ladder Division 1

FINALS
FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
Elimination Hoppers Crossing 7 6 48 Werribee Districts 17 14 116
Qualifying Spotswood 8 8 56 Deer Park 13 8 86
1st Semi Spotswood 7 7 49 Werribee Districts 5 15 45
2nd Semi Altona 9 11 65 Deer Park 6 10 46
Preliminary Deer Park 12 7 79 Spotswood 7 10 52
Grand Altona 9 10 64 Deer Park 9 13 67

2019 Ladder Division 2

FINALS
FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
1st Semi Point Cook Centrals 4 12 36 Parkside 5 10 40
2nd Semi Wyndhamvale 8 7 55 Yarraville Seddon Eagles 11 14 80
Preliminary Wyndhamvale 5 12 42 Parkside 5 5 35
Grand Yarraville Seddon Eagles 14 17 101 Wyndhamvale 4 10 34

2019 Ladder Division 3

FINALS
FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
1st Semi Glenorden 15 9 99 Tarneit 8 10 58
2nd Semi Albanvale 11 13 79 Sunshine Heights 10 9 69
Preliminary Sunshine Heights 7 5 47 Glenorden 17 7 109
GrandAlbanvale 6 10 46 Glenorden 10 12 72

Junior clubs