THE LEAGUE
COUNTRY

AUSTRALIA

STATE/TERRITORY/REGION

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

GOVERNING BODY

SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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NATIONAL/REPRESENTATIVE COLOURS
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YEAR FORMED
FOR HISTORIANS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL, THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA & WEST AUSTRALIAN FA NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED TO AVOID CONFUSION.

THE ORIGINAL FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA (SHOWN HERE) BEGAN IN 1896, BUT CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FA IN 1907.

IN THE SAME YEAR (1907), THE SECOND RATE JUNIOR FA CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA AND THE THIRD RATE JUNIOR FA CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE SECOND RATE JUNIOR FA.

RECORDS SHOW THAT THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FA BEGAN IN 1885. HOWEVER THAT ASSOCIATION CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FL (WAFL) IN 1907, SO IT IS A DIFFERENT ASSOCIATION TO THE ONE SHOWN ON THIS PAGE.

PLUS, ALL OF THE FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA'S, SECOND RATE JUNIOR FA'S AND THE THIRD RATE JUNIOR FA WERE ACTUALLY OPEN AGE COMPETITIONS, NOT JUNIOR COMPETITIONS.

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FA IS ADMINISTERED BY THE SUNDAY FA.

OUT OF ALL THE ABOVE NAMED COMPETITIONS, THE ONLY ONE'S STILL EXISTING ARE THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FA (ON THIS PAGE) AND THE WEST AUSTRALIAN FL.

CONFUSED?
SO WERE WE!

1896 FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA
1907 WEST AUSTRALIAN FA (CHANGED NAME FROM FIRST RATE JUNIOR FA)
1915 (LEAGUE WENT INTO RECESS FOR WWI)
1920 (LEAGUE RESUMED)
1921 (LEAGUE ABSORBED INTO WEST AUSTRALIAN FL 'B-GRADE' COMPETITION)
1969 (WEST AUSTRALIAN FA REFORMED)
1984 (WEST AUSTRALIAN FA & SOUTH SUBURBAN FL MERGED TO BECOME SUNDAY FL)
1989 (SATURDAY LEAGUE BEGAN, ADMINISTERED BY THE SUNDAY FL)
2004 (SATURDAY LEAGUE CHANGED NAME TO WEST AUSTRALIAN FA)

PREMIERS
1896 NO DETAILS
1897 NO DETAILS
1898 NO DETAILS
1899 NO DETAILS
1900 NO DETAILS
1901 NO DETAILS
1902 NO DETAILS
1903 NO DETAILS
1904 NO DETAILS
1905 NO DETAILS
1906 NO DETAILS
1907 COTTLESLOE FC
1908 COTTLESLOE FC
1909 COTTLESLOE FC
1910 COTTLESLOE FC
1911 MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS FC
1912 PERTH CITY FC
1913 NO DETAILS
1914 NO DETAILS
1915-1919 NO COMPETITION
1920 NO DETAILS
1921-1968 NO COMPETITION
1969 WANNEROO FC
1970 NO DETAILS
1971 NO DETAILS
1972 NO DETAILS
1973 NO DETAILS
1974 NO DETAILS
1975 WANNEROO FC
1976 NO DETAILS
1977 OSBORNE PARK FC
1978 WANNEROO FC
1979 WANNEROO FC
1980 WANNEROO FC
1981 WANNEROO FC
1982 WANNEROO FC
1983 WANNEROO FC
1984-1988 NO COMPETITION
1989 MADDINGTON FC
1990 MADDINGTON FC
1991 OSBORNE PARK FC
1992 KELMSCOTT FC
1993 ARMADALE FC
1994 THORNLIE FC
1995 GOSNELLS FC
1996 GOSNELLS FC
1997 KENWICK FC
1998 KENWICK FC
1999 KENWICK FC
2000 KENWICK FC
2001 ROLEYSTONE FC
2002 ROLEYSTONE FC
2003 KENWICK FC
2004 MAGPIES FC
2005 KENWICK FC
2006 MUSTANGS FC
2007 FORRESTDALE FC
2008 KENWICK FC

THE CLUBS

BAYSWATER FC
FORRESTDALE FC
KENWICK FC
KOONGAMIA FC
NOLLAMARA FC
ROLEYSTONE FC
ROSSMOYNE FC
SISTER KATE'S MUSTANGS FC
SOUTHERN RIVER FC
THORNLIE FC

CONTACT DETAILS
ADDRESS
P/O Box 1096, West Leederville,
Western Australia, 6901,
Australia

PHONE
(08)6380 2973

WEB ADDRESS
www.sfl.net.au

E-MAIL
sfl@iinet.net.au

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