Gippsland Football League

Gippsland League
Most recent season or competition:
2016 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
Inaugural season 2000
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)		 2017 Senior Premiers: Leongatha
Official website Official Website

The Gippsland 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 AFL Victoria major 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:

Club Colours Nickname Founded Ground Premierships Website
Bairnsdale Football Club
RedlegsN/ABairnsdale Football Ground
McCulloch St		(24) 1902, 1903, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959 (BDFL), 1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 2009, 2010(EGFL)
Drouin Football Club
Hawks1903Drouin Recreation Reserve
Sinclair St		(8) 1941, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1978, 1991-92 (WGFL)
Leongatha Football Club
Parrots1894Leongatha Recreation Reserve
Roughead St 		(21) 1894 (KDFA), 1905 (WFA), 1923, 1924 (KDFA), 1931, 1932, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 (SGFL), 1970, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1989 (LVFL), 1995, 1997 (GLFL), 2001 (WGFL), 2017, 2018 (GFL)
Maffra Football Club
Eagles1901Maffra Recreation Reserve
McLean St 		(20) 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948 (GFL), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Moe Football Club
Lions1909Ted Summerton Reserve
Vale St, Moe 		(5) 1927 (EDFA), 1944, 1945 (GWFL) 1956, 1967 (LVFL)
Morwell Football Club
Tigers1905Morwell Recreation Reserve
Travers St 		(14) 1907, 1922 (MMFA),1950, 1952, 1953 (CGFL), 1961, 1966, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1993 (LVFL), 1996 (GLFL), 2013, 2014 (GFL)
Sale Football Club
Magpies1901Sale Recreation Reserve
Palmerston St 		(20) 1901, 1905, 1911, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1953 (GFL), 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986 (LVFL) 2008, 2012 (GFL)
Traralgon Football Club
Maroons1883Traralgon Recreation Reserve
Whittakers Rd 		(25) 1919, 1923, 1925 (GFL), 1945, 1946, 1949 (CGFL), 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 (LVFL), 1998, 1999, 2000 (GLFL), 2005, 2011, 2015
Warragul Football Club
Gulls1900Western Park
Tarwin St 		(13) 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1938 (CGFL),1974, 1976, 1984 (LVFL), 2003 (WGFL)
Wonthaggi Football Club
Power1956/2005Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve
Strickland St 		(20) 1959, 1962 (SGFL) 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 (BVWDFL) (as Wonthaggi Blues) 1974, 1975, 1994, 1995 (BVWDFL) (as Wonthaggi Rovers) 2005, 2006, 2008 (AFL)
Note: AFL (Alberton FL), BVWDFL (Bass Valley Wonthaggi & District Football League), CGFL (Central Gippsland FL), EDFA (Erica DFA), EGFL (East Gippsland FL), GWFL (Gippsland Wartime FL), KDFA (Korumburra & District FA), LVFL (Latrobe Valley FL), MMFA (Morwell Mirboo FA), 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 ClubStars2002-2009Garfield 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 (6) 1906, ,1911, 1913, 1923 (CGFL), 1958, 1962
Traralgon Tyers United The Two Blues 1983-1988 Tyers Rec Reserve
Main Road		 (0)
Yallourn The Blues 1954-1976 Yallourn Rec Reserve (6) 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1939(CGFL)
 Yallourn Yallourn North Bombers 1977-1985 Yallourn Rec Reserve (0)
Yarragon Panthers 1954-1960 Yarragon Football Ground
Market St		 (2) 1908, 1921(CGFL)

Premiers and Best & Fairest Winners

Year Senior Premier Senior B&F Winner Season Summary (Ladder & Finals)
2014Traralgon--2015 Season
2014Morwell--2014 Season
2013Morwell--2013 Season
2012SaleLuke Collins (Sale)2012 Season
2011TraralgonAndrew Soumilas (Drouin)2011 Season
2010Maffra[6]Gary Jones (Maffra)2010 Season
2009Maffra[1]Adrian Cox (Sale) & Michael Geary ( Traralgon)2009 Season
2008SaleNick Hider (Maffra)2008 Season
2007MaffraNick Hider (Maffra)2007 Season
2006MaffraDesi Barr (Warragul)2006 Season
2005TraralgonAndrew Soumilas (Garfield)2005 Season

Records and Statistics

[7] Club Finishing Positions

Club Premierships Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th
Traralgon2017862
Sale105892
Morwell981046
Leongatha86763
Maffra83652
Warragul335142
Moe28961
Bairnsdale12320
Wonthaggi04231
Drouin02001

[7] Recent Finishing Positions

Club 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Bairnsdale9th10th8th5th6th8th8th
Drouin10th4th7th10th9th7th2nd
Leongatha1st2nd2nd7th7th3rd8th
Maffra2nd1st3rd4th3rd2nd3rd
Moe4th8th9th8th10th10th7th
Morwell5th9th6th1st1st5th9th
Sale6th6th5th3rd2nd1st4th
Traralgon3rd3rd1st6th5th4th1st
Warragul7th5th10th9th8th9th10th
Wonthaggi8th7th4th2nd4th6th6th

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 Quarter13.4 (82) Maffra vs. Newborough
Warragul vs. Newborough
Maffra vs. Churchill
2nd Quarter14.3 (87) Leongatha vs. Heyfield
3rd Quarter15.5 (95) Traralgon vs. Newborough
4th Quarter16.7 (103) Leongatha vs. Moe

References

  1. 1 2 Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Grand Final, Wikinews, 20 September 2009
  2. ↑ Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland League as Wonthaggi concedes move, Wikinews, 10 December 2009
  3. ↑ Wikinews contributors (December 10, 2009). "Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland Football League as Wonthaggi concedes move". Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Wikinews:Australian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in Warragul
  5. ↑ "The Sunday Age, 8 August 2004".
  6. ↑ Gillett, Patrick (20 September 2010). "Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  7. 1 2 "GL Senior Finals Positions - Gippsland League - SportsTG". SportsTG.
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