Current season, competition or edition: 2024 | |
Formerly | Mercantile Football Association (1922–1923) Perth Districts Football Association (1924–1928) Western Australian Amateur Football Association (1929–1970) Western Australian Amateur Football League (1971–2018) |
---|---|
Sport | Australian rules football |
Founded | 1922 |
President | Sam Birmingham |
No. of teams | 72 |
Country | Australia |
Most recent champion(s) | Curtin Uni Wesley (A Grade) (2023) |
Most titles | University (96) |
Sponsor(s) | WAFC, Carlton Dry, Toyota, Burley, West Coast Eagles, Electrical Group Training, Belgravia Apparel, Victor School and Sports Club Supplies, Stop the Coward Punch Campaign, Life Without Barriers |
Feeder to | WAFL, WAFLW AFL, AFLW |
Related competitions | Metro Football League |
Official website | PerthFootball.com.au |
The Perth Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Perth, Western Australia. It is the largest community Australian rules football competition in Western Australia. [1]
The competition began in 1922 with five teams as the Mercantile Football Association (MFA). The MFA changed its name in 1924 to the Perth Districts Football Association and then, in 1929, to the Western Australian Amateur Football Association. It changed to Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL) in 1971. In 2019, the league rebranded as the Perth Football League. [2] [3] University are the most successful club, with 20 A-grade premierships and 96 overall, as of the conclusion of the 2020 season.
Sunday Football League (SFL) clubs, mostly based in the southeastern corridor, were merged into the general ranks of the amateurs.
The league continues to grow with new clubs joining in most years, and an A Reserves added to the women's competition for 2024.
Colours | Club | Nickname | Men's Grades | Women's Grades | Integrated | Website | Home Ground | Founded | Joined PFL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armadale | Demons | E1 | C4 | No | Armadale Facebook | Gwynne Park | 1909 | 2010 | |
Baldivis | Brumbies | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, C5, C5R, West Coast Colts, E3 South | B, C4 | No | Baldivis Website | Baldivis Football Oval | 2005 | 2021 | |
Ballajura | Royals | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, E3 North | C3 | No | Ballajura Facebook | Kingfisher Oval | 1995 | 2001 | |
Bassendean | Swans | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts | B | No | Bassendean Facebook | Jubilee Reserve | 1973 (as Ashfield) | 1973 | |
Bayswater | Blues | C5, C5R | C2 | No | Bayswater Website | Hillcrest Park | 1946 | 2009 | |
Belmont Districts | Bombers | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts | No | Belmont Districts Facebook | Forster Park | 1999 (as Belmont-Redcliffe) | 1999 | ||
Brentwood Booragoon | Bulldogs | B, BR, E2 | C3 | No | Brentwood Booragoon Website | Karoonda Park | 1978 (as Brentwood) | 1978 | |
Bullcreek Leeming | Bombers | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, E2 | B, C4 | No | Bullcreek Leeming Website | Beasley Oval | 1980 (as Bullcreek) | 1980 | |
Canning South Perth | Tigers | C3, C3R | B, C4 | No | Canning South Perth Website | Wyong Reserve | 2001 (Merger) | 2009 | |
Canning Vale | Cougars | C1, C1R, E3 South | C2 | No | Canning Vale Website | Clifton Reserve | 2011 | 2011 | |
Carlisle | Cougars | C1, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts, E3 South | C3 | No | Carlisle Facebook | Carlisle Reserve | 1962 | 1962 | |
Cockburn Cobras | Cobras | C2, C2R | C2 | No | Cockburn Website | Davalik Reserve | 1993 (as Cockburn) | 2012 | |
Cockburn Lakes | Warriors | C1, C1R | E2 | No | Cockburn Lakes Facebook | Anning Park | 1980 (as Robbs Jetty) | 2005 | |
Collegians | Collies | B, BR, Brett Jones Colts, Drew Banfield Colts, West Coast Colts | C1 | No | Collegians Facebook | David Cruickshank Reserve | 1961 | 1995 | |
Coolbellup | Cats | C5, C5R | C1 | No | Coolbellup Facebook | Tempest Park | 1975 | 1975 | |
Coolbinia | Falcons | C3, C3R, West Coast Colts, E3 North | C2 | Yes | Coolbinia Facebook | Yokine Reserve | 2003 (as Coolbinia-West Perth) | 2003 | |
Cottesloe | Roosters | C3, C3R | C1 | No | Cottesloe Website | Cottesloe Oval | 2014 | 2014 | |
Curtin Uni Wesley | Tigers | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C4, C4R, Brett Jones Colts, E1 | A, AR | Yes | Curtin Uni Wesley Website | South Oval | 1990 (as Wesley Curtin) | 1990 | |
Dianella Morley | Raiders | C5, C5R | No | Dianella Morley Facebook | Dianella Open Space | 1991 (Merger) | 1991 | ||
ECU Jets | Jets | C5, C5R, E3N | C3 | No | ECU Jets Website | Emerald Park | 2016 | 2016 | |
Ellenbrook | Eels | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts, E3 North | C3 | No | Ellenbrook Website | Ellenbrook District Open Space | 2002 | 2007 | |
Forrestdale | Falcons | C4, C4R, E3 | C1 | No | Forrestdale Facebook | William Skeet Oval | 1993 | 2009 | |
Forrestfield | Rhinos | C5, C5R | No | Forrestfield Website | John Reid Oval | 2015 | 2015 | ||
Fremantle CBC | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C4, C4R, Brett Jones Colts | C3 | Yes | Fremantle CBC Facebook | Morris Buzacott Reserve | 1933 | 1933 | ||
Gosnells | Hawks | C2, C2R | C2 | No | Gosnells Website | Gosnells Oval | 1914 | 2009 | |
Hamersley Carine | Hawks | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, E1 | B | No | Hamersley Carine Website | Carine Open Space | 1974 (as Hamersley) | 1974 | |
High Wycombe | Bulldogs | Ian Dargie Colts, E2 | Yes | High Wycombe Website | Scott Reserve | 1992 | 1992 | ||
Hills Rangers | Rangers | C4 | No | Hills Rangers Website | Sawyers Valley Oval | 2018 | 2018, 2024 | ||
Jandakot | Jets | C1, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts, E3 South | No | Jandakot Website | Atwell Reserve | 2009 | 2011 | ||
Kalamunda | Cougars | C, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts, E2 | C1 | No | Kalamunda Website | Ray Owen Reserve | 1965 | 2001 | |
Kelmscott | Bulldogs | C5, C5R, West Coast Colts | C2 | Yes | Kelmscott Facebook | John Dunn Oval | 1897 | 2021 | |
Kenwick | Royals | C5, C5R, Ian Dargie Colts | C1 | No | Kenwick Website | Mills Park | 1948 | 2009 | |
Kingsley | Cats | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts, E3 North | A, AR | No | Kingsley Website | Kinglsey Reserve | 1994 | 1998 | |
Kingsway | Kangaroos | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, E3 | Yes | Kingsway Website | Kingsway Sporting Complex | 1948 (as Wanneroo) | 2008 | ||
Koongamia | Crows | C2 | No | Koongamia Facebook | Koongamia Oval | 2000 | 2023 | ||
Kwinana | Knights | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts | B | No | Kwinana Website | Medina Oval | 1962 (as Medina) | 2012 | |
Lynwood Ferndale | Panthers | C5, C5R, West Coast Colts | No | Lynwood Ferndale Website | Ferndale Park | 1979 | 1979 | ||
Maddington | Bulls | C4, C4R | No | Maddington Website | Harmony Fields | 1923 | 2009 | ||
Mandurah Mustangs | Mustangs | Yes | Mandurah Facebook | Rushton Park North | 2019 | 2019 | |||
Manning Rippers | Rippers | C4, C4R, Ian Dargie Colts, E3 South | No | Manning Rippers Website | James Miller Oval | 1997 | 1997 | ||
Melville | Rams | C1, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts, E2 | A, AR | No | Melville Website | Melville Reserve | 1906 | 1945 | |
Mosman Park | Mozzies | C1, C1R, E3 North | C4 | No | Mosman Park Instagram | Tom Perrot Reserve | 1921 | 1998 | |
Mount Lawley | Hawks | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C4, C4R, E2 | C2 | No | Mount Lawley Website | Hamer Park | 1963 | 1963 | |
Nollamara | Roos | E1 | No | Nollamara Facebook | Des Penman Reserve | 1964 | 2008 | ||
Noranda | Hawks | C3, C3R, West Coast Colts | C3 | No | Noranda Website | Lightning Park | 2004 (as Cowan University) | 2008 | |
North Beach | Tigers | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C3, C3R, Brett Jones Colts, E2, E3 North | A, AR | Yes | North Beach Website | Charles Riley Reserve | 1965 | 1965 | |
North Fremantle | Magpies | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, C4, C4R, Brett Jones Colts | A, AR | No | North Fremantle Website | Gil Fraser Oval | 1921 | 1939 | |
North Mandurah | Magpies | C5, C5R | C4 | No | North Mandurah Facebook | Lakelands Reserve | 2020 | 2020 | |
Ocean Ridge | Eagles | A, AR, Brett Jones Colts, Phil Scott Colts, E2 | B | Yes | Ocean Ridge Facebook | Heathridge Park | 1979 (as Edgewater) | 1979 | |
Osborne Park | Saints | C3, C3R, E3 North | No | Osborne Park Facebook | Robinson Reserve | 2007 | 2012 | ||
Piara Waters | Falcons | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts, E3 South | B | No | Piara Waters Website | Piara Waters Oval | 1998 (as Southern River) | 2009 | |
Quinns District | Bulls | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts, E3 North | B, C3 | No | Quinns District Website | Ridgewood Park | 2000 | 2001 | |
Roleystone | Tigers | C3, C3R, West Coast Colts | C2 | No | Roleystone Instagram | Cross Park | 1987 | 2009 | |
Rossmoyne | Rhinos | West Coast Colts, E1 | A, AR | No | Rossmoyne Website | Shelley Oval | 1996 | 2009 | |
Safety Bay | Stingers | E2 | No | Safety Bay Facebook | Stan Twight Reserve | 1982 | 2023 | ||
Scarborough | Hawks | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, E1 | C1, C4 | No | Scarborough Facebook | Millington Reserve | 1970 | 1970 | |
Secret Harbour | Dockers | E3 South | C4 | No | Secret Harbour Facebook | Rhonda Scarrott Oval | 2011 | 2013 | |
SNESA (St Norberts) | Saints | C5, C5R | No | SNESA Website | Queens Park | 1978 (as St Norberts) | 2005 | ||
Stirling | Saints | C4, C4R | No | Stirling Website | Richard Guelfi Reserve | 1998 (as Balcatta- Osborne Park) | 2002 | ||
Swan Athletic | Swans | C1, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts, Laurie Keene Colts, E2 | B | No | Swan Athletic Website | Swan Athletic Oval | 1930 (as Herne Hill) | 1979 | |
Swan Districts | Swans | Yes | Swan Districts Website | Steel Blue Oval | 2022 | 2022 | |||
Swan Valley | Valley | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts | C4 | No | Swan Valley Facebook | Swan Valley Sporting Complex | 1965 (as Midland YCW) | 2006 | |
Thornlie | Lions | C1, C1R, Ian Dargie Colts | C3 | No | Thornlie Website | Berehaven Oval | 1970 | 2009 | |
Trinity Aquinas | Boomers | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C4, C4R, Brett Jones Colts, E1 | C1 | No | Trinity Aquinas Website | Bill Grayden Reserve | 1970 (as Trinity Old Boys) | 2009 | |
University | Various | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, C4, C4R, Brett Jones Colts | A, AR | No | UWA Website | UWA Sports Park | 1928 | 1928 | |
Wanneroo | Roos | B, BR, Brett Jones Colts, Drew Banfield Colts, C4, C4R | C1 | No | Wanneroo Website | Wanneroo Showgrounds | 1985 | 1985 | |
Warnbro Swans | Swans | C3, C3R, West Coast Colts, E3 South | A, AR | Yes | Warnbro Swans Website | Warnbro Oval | 1989 | 1991 | |
Wembley | Magpies | A, AR, Phil Scott Colts, E2 | A, AR | Yes | Wembley Website | Wembley Sports Park | 1927 | 1938 | |
West Coast | Tigers | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, E1 | No | West Coast Website | City Beach Oval | 1984 | 1984 | ||
Whitford | Warriors | B, BR, Drew Banfield Colts, C5, C5R | C2 | No | Whitford Website | MacDonald Park | 1976 | 1976 | |
Willetton | Blues | C2, C2R, Laurie Keene Colts, E3 South | C1 | Yes | Willetton Website | Burrendah Reserve | 1976 | 1999 | |
Winnacott | Eagles | C3, C3R, West Coast Colts | No | Winnacott Facebook | Winnacott Reserve | 1921 (as East Fremantle) | 1980 | ||
Yanchep | Red Hawks | E1, Laurie Keene Colts | C3 | No | Yanchep Website | Yanchep Active Open Space | 1997 | 2015 |
|
|
|
|
Year | A Grade | A Reserve | B Grade | B Reserve | C1 Grade | C1 Reserve | C2 Grade | C2 Reserve | C3 Grade | C3 Reserve | C4 Grade | C4 Reserve | C5 Grade | C5 Reserve | E1 Grade | E2 Grade | E3 Grade | E4 Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Scarborough | North Beach | Wembley | West Coast | Ocean Ridge | Melville | Jandakot | Hamersley Carine | Mosman Park | Brentwood Booragoon | Piara Waters | Piara Waters | University | North Beach | Coolbellup | Collegians | Bassendean | Gosnells |
2021 | Kingsway | Curtin Uni Wesley | West Coast | Whitford | Baldivis | Baldivis | High Wycombe | Hamersley Carine | Piara Waters | Piara Waters | Roleystone | Forrestdale | North Beach | North Beach | Collegians | Lynwood Ferndale | West Coast | Manning Rippers |
2022 | Fremantle CBC | North Beach | Wanneroo | Whitford | Hamersley Carine | Jandakot | Brentwood Booragoon | Coolbinia | Cockburn Lakes | Canning South Perth | North Beach | University | Curtin Uni Wesley | Curtin Uni Wesley | Collegians | Bayswater | Trinity Aquinas | North Beach |
2023 | Curtin Uni Wesley | North Beach | Ocean Ridge | Whitford | Ballajura | Swan Athletic | Mosman Park | Kingsley | Belmont Districts | North Beach | Osborne Park | Curtin Uni Wesley | Manning Rippers | Mt Lawley | Kenwick | Trinity Aquinas | Bullcreek Leeming | Mosman Park |
Source: WAAFL.com.au
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fremantle, a stronghold of Australian rules football in Western Australia. The Dockers were the second team from the state to be admitted to the competition, following the West Coast Eagles in 1987. Both Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles are owned by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), with a board of directors operating Fremantle on the commission's behalf.
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from April to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final. The league also runs reserves, colts (under-19) and women's competitions.
Soccer in Western Australia is the most participated code of football, though it is a distant second in overall interest behind Australian rules football in Western Australia. It is governed by Football West. Football West runs the National Premier Leagues Western Australia, State Leagues, Sunday League and Metropolitan League. There are also numerous casual and school competitions, as well as futsal and indoor soccer in competitive and social games.
Representative matches in Australian rules football are matches between representative teams played under the Australian rules, most notably of the colonies and later Australian states and territories that have been held since 1879.
For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition in Australia and international matches meant that intercolonial and later interstate matches were regarded with great importance.
Women's Australian rules football, is the female-only form of Australian rules football, generally with some modification to the laws of the game.
Soccer is the most played outdoor club sport in Australia, and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA), which until 2019, organised the A-League Men, A-League Women, and still organises the Australia Cup, as well as the men's and women's national teams. The FA comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport within their respective region.
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its Laws of Australian football, which are used, with variations, by other Australian football organisations.
Australian rules football is the most popular sport in Western Australia (WA). It is governed by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC).
Western Knights Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia. Its home ground is Nash Field, in the Town of Mosman Park. Since 2018, the club expanded its junior program to include Len Packham Reserve in the City of Cockburn as well as Nash Field.
The Sunday Football League Western Australia, commonly known as the Sunday Football League (SFL), was a semi-professional Australian rules football league based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The league was in operation from 1984 to 2008, and Kenwick Royals was the most successful club with eight senior team premierships.
Ryan Edwin Turnbull is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Turnbull was a member of the Eagles' 1994 premiership side, and was the club's first-choice ruckman for much of the 1990s. He also played with the Claremont and East Perth Football Clubs in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and was awarded the Sandover Medal in 2001 as the best player in the competition, as well as winning the Simpson Medal in 2001 and 2002 as the best player in the league's grand final. In State of Origin football, Turnbull represented Western Australia in five matches between 1992 and 1999, and captained a Western Australian representative team in 2003.
The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league name is often abbreviated to NPL Western Australia or NPL WA. As a subdivision of the National Premier Leagues, the league is the highest level of the Western Australian league system. The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state. In 2014, the league – formerly known as the Football West State League Premier Division – was rebranded into what exists today.
The Sunday Football League (SFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia.
Alan R. Quartermaine is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth Football Club in what is now the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Debuting in 1969, he won the 1975 Sandover Medal as the best player in the competition, but retired in 1979 after just 108 senior games.
Simon McPhee is an Australian rules football coach, currently serving as the Head of Player Academy and Development at the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously served as coach of the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), coaching the club to their 2011 premiership win, and had previously served as the head coach of Victorian Football League (VFL) club Sandringham.
Perth Glory Under-23s is the youth system of Perth Glory Football Club based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The academy teams play in the Y-League and National Premier Leagues.
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Football West State Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Cool Ridge Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2015 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions. This knockout competition was won by Sorrento FC, their third title.
The 2018 Football West season was the fifth season under the current competition format in Western Australia. The NPL premiers Perth SC qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series.
The 2019 Football West Season was the sixth season since the National Premier Leagues was established in Western Australia.
John Robert Dimmer is a former Australian rules football coach and player from Western Australia. He spent the majority of his playing and coaching careers in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), winning one premiership in the league as a player and four as a coach. He retired from state‐league coaching at the end of the 2011 season, during which he had coached the South Fremantle Football Club.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)