Whyalla Football League

The Whyalla Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the town of Whyalla on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Current clubs

Club	Nickname	Joined league	WFL Premierships	Premiership Years
Central Whyalla	Roosters	1939	18	1940, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1974-5, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1999-00-1-2-3-4, 2006-7
North Whyalla	Magpies	1939	16	1939, 1941-2-3, 1948, 1950-1, 1954-5, 1977-8-9, 2008, 2011, 2014-15 (Spencer Gulf FL: 1966)
Roopena	Roos	1970	8	1986, 1988, 1990-1-2, 1997, 2009-10
South Whyalla	Demons	1939	9	1944, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1968, 1981, 1984, 1993-4 (Spencer Gulf FL: 1961-2, 1964-5)
Weeroona Bay	Tigers	1970	4	1985, 1987, 1995-6
West Whyalla	Dragons	1945	17	1957-8-9-60, 1963, 1967, 1969-70-1-2-3, 1976, 1983, 1998, 2005, 2012-13

Brief history

The Whyalla Football Association was formed in 1939 with founding clubs including Central Whyalla, North Whyalla and South Whyalla, although competition has been noted to have occurred prior to this.^[1] In 1961 the Whyalla Football League (together with the Great Northern Football Association and the Port Pirie Football Association) formed the Spencer Gulf Football League. In 1967 the Whyalla-based clubs left the Spencer Gulf Football League and reformed the Whyalla Football League.

Champion past SANFL players from Whyalla include triple Magarey Medallist Barrie Robran and inaugural Adelaide Crows coach Graham Cornes while 4 time SANFL Premiership coach Neil Kerley spent two seasons as Captain-Coach of the North Whyalla Magpies, leading them to the premiership in both seasons (1954 and 1955).

Former Whyalla footballers who have reached the AFL include Robert Shirley, Brett Burton Isaac Weetra and Levi Greenwood.

Team of the Century

In 2001 the Whyalla Football League selected its Team of the Century.

Whyalla Football League Team of the Century 1900-1999
B:	Laurie Blade	Ian McKay	Clarrie Window
HB:	Jack Wallis	Colin Herbert	Jack Dempsey
C:	Lyall Kretschmer	Jack Broadstock	Don Hewett
HF:	Darrol Foote	Barrie Robran	Reg Hocking
F:	Ron Hart	Mick Kellaher	Ron Boothey
Foll:	Jim Mitchell	Neil Kerley (vc)	John McInerney (c)
Int:	Alf Aikman	Dennis Donovan	Harry Nicholson
	Clarrie Smoker
Coach:	John McInerney

2012 Ladder

Whyalla	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
West Whyalla	16	2	1921	712	72.96%	32	1st Semi	Roopena	13	8	86	Central Whyalla	11	14	80
North Whyalla	13	5	1258	983	56.14%	26	2nd Semi	West Whyalla	13	13	91	North Whyalla	8	8	56
Central Whyalla	8	10	1219	1202	50.35%	16	Preliminary	North Whyalla	15	14	104	Roopena	8	6	54
Roopena	8	10	1272	1403	47.55%	16	Grand	West Whyalla	8	8	56	North Whyalla	6	1	37
Weerona Bay	5	13	1072	1683	38.91%	10
South Whyalla	4	14	1029	1788	36.53%	8

2013 Ladder

Whyalla	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Central Whyalla	14	4	1813	1043	63.48%	28	1st Semi	North Whyalla	19	11	125	Weerona Bay	11	6	72
West Whyalla	14	4	1818	1073	62.88%	28	2nd Semi	West Whyalla	25	5	155	Central Whyalla	16	12	108
Weerona Bay	12	6	1948	1065	64.65%	24	Preliminary	Central Whyalla	13	9	87	North Whyalla	5	6	36
North Whyalla	9	9	1405	1118	55.69%	18	Grand	West Whyalla	10	17	77	Central Whyalla	7	12	54
South Whyalla	4	14	810	1929	29.57%	8
Roopena	1	17	694	2260	23.49%	2

2014 Ladder

Whyalla	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
North Whyalla	17	0	0	1931	458	80.83%	34	1st Semi	Roopena	14	10	94	Weerona Bay	10	12	72
West Whyalla	12	4	1	1418	997	58.72%	25	2nd Semi	North Whyalla	18	20	128	West Whyalla	5	5	35
Weerona Bay	9	8	0	1080	1135	48.76%	18	Preliminary	West Whyalla	24	14	158	Roopena	6	5	41
Roopena	7	10	0	1089	1442	43.03%	14	Grand	North Whyalla	18	16	124	West Whyalla	3	4	22
Central Whyalla	4	13	0	883	1606	35.48%	8
South Whyalla	1	15	1	975	1738	35.94%	3

References

↑ Transcontinental newspaper - 1938

External links

Australian rules football in South Australia

Governing body	South Australian Football Commission

Representative side	South Australia

Professional clubs (AFL)	Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club

Semi-professional league	SANFL

Metropolitan league	C9AFL

Metropolitan junior leagues	North Eastern Metro Junior Football League Central District Junior Football League Metro West Junior Football League Metro South Junior Football League

Current regional leagues	Adelaide Plains Barossa Light & Gawler Broken Hill Eastern Eyre Far North Far North West Far West Great Flinders Great Southern Hills Kangaroo Island Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Mallee Mid South East Mid West North Eastern Northern Areas Port Lincoln Riverland Riverland Independent River Murray Southern Spencer Gulf Western Border Whyalla Yorke Peninsula

Former metropolitan leagues	SAFA Adelaide Metropolitan Adelaide Suburban CYMS East Torrens North Adelaide District Northern Metropolitan Norwood-North Port Adelaide and District Southern Metropolitan United Church West Torrens District YMCA

Former regional leagues	Mid Murray Stanley List of former South Australian regional football leagues

Representative competitions	Current: SA Country Football Championships City v Country Landmark Cup Mortlock Shield Pilmore Cup Former: Advertiser Shield Lovelock Shield

Women's leagues	South Australian Women's Football League

Principal venues	AAMI Stadium Adelaide Oval

Major events	Showdown Port Adelaide vs. Norwood

Major individual awards	Magarey Medal Ken Farmer Medal Jack Oatey Medal Fos Williams Medal Reserves Magarey Medal McCallum–Tomkins Medal Mail Medal Eric Pfitzner Memorial Medal Don McSweeny Medal

Former individual awards	Tomkins Medal McCallum Medal

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