Gippsland Football League

Gippsland Football League
Most recent season or competition:
2014 Gippsland Football League
Formerly
  • West Gippsland Football League
  • Gippsland-Latrobe Football League
  • Latrobe Valley Football League
  • Central Gippsland Football League
Sport Australian Football & Netball
Founded 1902 (originally founded)
Inaugural season 2000
President Brian McKenzie
Divisions
  • Competitions (Football): Seniors, Reserves, Under 18, Under 16[1]
  • Competitions (Netball): A Grade, B Grade, C Grade, Under 17, Under 15, Under 13
No. of teams 10
Competitors
  • Bairnsdale
  • Drouin
  • Leongatha
  • Maffra
  • Moe
  • Morwell
  • Sale
  • Traralgon
  • Warragul
  • Wonthaggi
Most recent champion(s) Premiers: Morwell
Reserves: Traralgon
Under 18's: Traralgon
Under 16's: Moe
Official website Official Website

The Gippsland Football League (formerly known as the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League), is an Australian rules football League in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is considered the only major league governed by the Victorian Country Football League in Gippsland.[2]

History

The Gippsland League has roots dating back to the Central Gippsland Football League which was founded in 1902. The CGFL morphed into the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954. The promoters of the LVFL wanted to have a league that consisted of towns along the Orbost railway line, from Warragul to Sale. Three clubs from south Gippsland towns, Leongatha, Korumburra and Mirboo North, were therefore barred from joining the new league and went on to form the South Gippsland FL.

The LVFL changed its name, in 1995, to the Gippsland Latrobe FL.

At the end of 2001, The West Gippsland FL and the Gippsland Latrobe FL had an administrative merger. This created a two-division competition and a name change to West Gippsland Latrobe FL.

From 2002 until 2004, the league comprised a premier division, consisting mainly of the former Gippsland-Latrobe clubs, and a western division, comprising most of the former WGFL clubs.

After the 2004 season, the western division was dissolved, with Warragul, Drouin and Garfield joining the premier league. The remaining clubs from the western division moved to other competitions, such as the Alberton Football League, Ellinbank & District Football League and the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

In 2009 Garfield left the GFL for the Ellinbank & District Football League, whilst Wonthaggi[3] and Bairnsdale[4] joined the GFL in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

The Latrobe Valley area does not have a team participating in the Victorian Football League. Traralgon competed in the VFL during 1996-97, winning just four matches across those two years, before returning to the regional competition.[5] The region does have a representative team in the TAC Cup Under-18 competition, Gippsland Power.

Clubs

For 2013, the Gippsland Football League will consist of ten teams:

Jumper/Colours Club Nickname Founded Ground Premierships Website
Bairnsdale Football Club Redlegs N/A Bairnsdale Football Ground
McCulloch St
(24) 1902-03, 1908, 1912–13, 1928–30, 1947, 1951–52, 1954, 1956, 1958-59 (BDFL), 1981, 2000–02, 2004, 2006–07 2009-10(EGFL)
Drouin Football Club Hawks 1903 Drouin Recreation Reserve
Sinclair St
(8) 1941, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1978, 1991-92 (WGFL)
Leongatha Football Club Parrots 1894 Leongatha Recreation Reserve
Roughead St
(19) 1894 (KDFA), 1905 (WFA), 1923-24 (KDFA), 1931–32, 1955, 1960–61, 1963-64 (SGFL), 1970, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1989 (LVFL), 1995, 1997 (GLFL), 2001 (WGFL)
Maffra Football Club Eagles 1901 Maffra Recreation Reserve
McLean St
(19) 1904, 1906–07, 1910, 1914, 1920–21, 1926, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948 (GFL), 2002–04, 2006-7, 2009-10
Moe Football Club Lions 1909 Ted Summerton Reserve
Vale St, Moe
(2) 1956, 1967 (LVFL)
Morwell Football Club Tigers 1905 Morwell Recreation Reserve
Travers St
(12) 1950, 1952-53 (CGFL), 1961, 1966, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1993 (LVFL), 1996 (GLFL), 2013, 2014 (GFL)
Sale Football Club Magpies 1901 Sale Recreation Reserve
Palmerston St
(20) 1901, 1905, 1911, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1949–50, 1953 (GFL), 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986 (LVFL) 2008, 2012 (GFL)
Traralgon Football Club Maroons 1883 Traralgon Recreation Reserve
Whittakers Rd
(25) 1919, 1923, 1925 (GFL), 1945–46, 1949 (CGFL), 1960, 1963–65, 1968–69, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1990–92, 1994 (LVFL), 1998-2000 (GLFL), 2005, 2011
Warragul Football Club Gulls 1902 Western Park
Tarwin St
(4) 1974, 1976, 1984 (LVFL), 2003 (WGFL)
Wonthaggi Football Club Power 1956/2005 Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve
Strickland St
(6) 1974-75, 1994-95 (as Wonthaggi Rovers) 2005-06 (AFL)
Note: AFL (Alberton FL), CGFL (Central Gippsland FL), EGFL (East Gippsland FL), KDFA (Korumburra & District FA), LVFL (Latrobe Valley FL), SGFL (South Gippsland FL), WFA (Woorayl Football Association), WGFL (West Gippsland FL), GLFL (Gippsland Latrobe FL)

Former clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Years competed Home Ground Premierships Website
Churchill Kangaroos 1984-1994 Gaskin Park, Churchill (0)
Garfield Football Club Stars 2002-2009 Garfield Recreation Reserve
Beswick St
(7)1963-64, 1966, 1983, 1993, 1994, 2004 (WGFL)
Heyfield Kangaroos 1960-1974 Gordon St Rec Reserve (0)
Newborough Bulldogs 1979-1985 Newborough Rec Reserve
Soutwell St
(0)
Stratford Swans 1961-1964 Stratford Rec Reserve
Wellsford St
(0)
Trafalgar Bloods 1954-1968 Trafalgar Rec Reserve (2) 1958, 1962
Traralgon Tyers United The Two Blues 1983-1988 Tyers Rec Reserve
Main Road
(0)
Yallourn The Blues 1954-1976 Yallourn Rec Reserve (0)
Yallourn Yallourn North Bombers 1977-1985 Yallourn Rec Reserve (0)
Yarragon Panthers 1954-1960 Yarragon Football Ground
Market St
(0)

Premiers and Best & Fairest Winners

Year Senior Premier Senior B&F Winner Season Summary (Ladder & Finals)
2014 Morwell -- 2014 Season
2013 Morwell -- 2013 Season
2012 Sale Luke Collins ( Sale) 2012 Season
2011 Traralgon Andrew Soumilas ( Drouin) 2011 Season
2010 Maffra[6] Gary Jones ( Maffra) 2010 Season
2009 Maffra[1] Adrian Cox ( Sale) & Michael Geary ( Traralgon) 2009 Season
2008 Sale Nick Hider ( Maffra) 2008 Season
2007 Maffra Nick Hider ( Maffra) 2007 Season
2006 Maffra Desi Barr ( Warragul) 2006 Season
2005 Traralgon Andrew Soumilas ( Garfield) 2005 Season

Records and Statistics

Club Finishing Positions

Club Premierships Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th
Traralgon 19 17 8 6 2
Sale 11 5 8 9 1
Leongatha 8 5 7 6 3
Morwell 7 8 10 4 6
Maffra 7 3 5 5 2
Warragul 3 3 5 14 2
Moe 2 8 9 6 1
Bairnsdale 1 2 3 2 0
Wonthaggi 0 3 2 1 1
Drouin 0 2 0 0 1

Recent Finishing Positions

Club 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Bairnsdale 9th 8th -- -- -- -- --
Drouin 7th 2nd 2nd 5th 9th 9th
Garfield -- -- -- 9th 6th 3rd 7th
Leongatha 4th 5th 5th 4th 7th 8th
Maffra 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 1st 1st
Moe 10th 7th 6th 3rd 5th 5th
Sale 1st 4th 7th 8th 1st 2nd 2nd
Traralgon 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 8th 3rd
Warragul 8th 10th 9th 6th 3rd 4th
Wonthaggi 6th 6th 8th -- -- -- --

Significant Records

Record Detail
Highest Score: 45.22 (292) Traralgon vs. Churchill
Lowest Score: 0.0 (2) Stratford vs. Traralgon; Bairnsdale vs. Traralgon
Most Goals in a Match: (19) Adrian Campbell (Leongatha vs. Moe)
Most Goals in a Season: 136 Shane Loveless (Sale)
Record Quarter Score
1st Quarter 13.4 (82) Maffra vs. Newborough
Warragul vs. Newborough
Maffra vs. Churchill
2nd Quarter 14.3 (87) Leongatha vs. Heyfield
3rd Quarter 15.5 (95) Traralgon vs. Newborough
4th Quarter 16.7 (103) Leongatha vs. Moe

References

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