Saturday Football League

The Saturday Football League is a junior Australian rules football league in the east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs an under 10s division and an under 12s division.[1] It is the only non-school junior league in Melbourne to play on Saturdays.[2]

Saturday Football League
FormerlyEastern Primary Schools Football League
SportAustralian rules football
Foundedc. 1967
PresidentNic Frame
No. of teams4
Country Australia
Venue(s)AFL Victoria
Most recent
champion(s)		Donvale Crusaders
(2019)
Most titlesDonvale Crusaders
Official website

History

The league was formed around 1967, so children from Catholic primary schools could play footy against each other without it interfering with Sunday church.[3]

The club was formerly called the EPSFL, standing for the Eastern Primary Schools Football League. They changed their name due to recognition that clubs were not of a Catholic demographic.[4]

The league was made up of 6 teams, but was reduced to 5 in 2013 when the Glendal Saints left the competition.[5] In 2016, the Mitcham Eagles failed to field an Under 12s team, reducing the under 12s divison to four total teams. However, the next year, they fielded a team of over 18 players. Further shrinking the league, in 2017 the Bayswater Blues folded. There are plans to reactivate the club.

Clubs

Current
Club Nickname Jumper Premiership seasons
Donvale Crusaders Football Club 'Dons', 'Crusaders'
2017 (u12), 2018 (u12), 2019 (u12)
Emmaus Animals Football Club 'Animals'
2019 (u10)
Mitcham Eagles Football Club 'Eagles'
2018 (u10)
Ringwood Jets Football Club 'Jets', 'The Jets'

Former
  • Glendal Saints
  • Bayswater Blues

2016 u12 Ladder
Saturday Football League Wins Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Donvale [6]1400948279339.78%56
Bayswater 950668371180.05%36
Ringwood 411039777251.42%16
Emmaus 213033392436.04%8

2017 u12 Ladder
Saturday Football League Wins Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Donvale [7]1220838323259.44%48
Bayswater 1130676340198.82%44
Emmaus 410033759856.35%16
Mitcham 113017076022.37%4

2018 u12 Ladder
Saturday Football League Wins Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Donvale [8]700519125259.44%28
Ringwood 430300227132.16%16
Emmaus 06012045228.57%0
Mitcham Dropped out of seasonDropped out of seasonDropped out of seasonDropped out of seasonDropped out of seasonDropped out of seasonDropped out of season

Community

Coaches from both divisons of the Ringwood Jets Football Club and Emmaus Animals Football Club took part in the Big Freeze fundraiser to fight MND, where they were drenched in buckets of cold water by some of the players. Ringwood Jets president Matt Slattery reported the event as "a resounding success with fantastic support from those who were frozen.” Over $300 was raised.[9]

References
  1. "SFL Home Page". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. "Saturday Football League - About Us". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. Turner, Turner (7 September 2017). "Saturday Footy League is out to prove Saturday's all right for juniors". Whitehorse Leader. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "Saturday Football League - About Us". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. Lamperd, Ruth (10 September 2013). "Football is so much more than the elite level". Herald Sun. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. "SFL Ladder 2016". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. "SFL Ladder 2017". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  8. "SFL Ladder 2018". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  9. "Saturday Footy League's Emmaus Animals and Ringwood Jets join Neale Daniher's quest to find a cure for motor neurone disease". Maroondah Leader. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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