Warrnambool District Football League

Warrnambool District Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the region of rural of Warrnambool. It is a ten team competition starting in April and finishing in September. The league was founded in 1946.

History
While the history of Warrnambool & District FL commenced in 1946 there were several other leagues that fulfilled the needs for senior age players before the WW2.

When the Warrnambool DFA merged with the Corangamite FA in 1924 to form the Western District FL it created a void for young footballers who were not able to play for the major town teams.

In 1924 they organised ward football, Warrnambool was divided into four wards, Albert, Merri, Hopkins and Victoria wards.this lasted four years before being replaced by Warrnambool City Association. In 1931 the Warrnambool Junior Football Association came into being and lasted until the hostilities of WW2

Founding

 * West End (merged with Allansford in 1971)
 * South Warrnambool Juniors (now known as South Rovers)
 * Merrivale
 * Russells Creek

Notable Players
Dave Hughes Old Collegians

Luke Thompson Timboon

Hugh McCluggage Allansford

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan East Warrnambool

Ben Cross East Warrnambool

Nick Bourke Kolora Norat

Premiers

 * 1946	Russell Creek	9	6	60	def	South Juniors	8	8	56
 * 1947	Russell Creek	7	12	54	def	West End	6	8	44
 * 1948	West End	8	16	64	def	South Rovers	6	12	48
 * 1949	West End	10	4	64	def	East Stars	4	12	36
 * 1950	West End	10	12	72	def	Merrivale	1	10	16
 * 1951	West End	10	8	68	def	Merrivale	7	9	51
 * 1952	West End	8	5	53	def	Merrivale	5	15	45
 * 1953	West End	19	7	121	def	Russell Creek	8	12	60
 * 1954	West End	13	14	92	def	Merrivale	6	18	54
 * 1955	West End	7	8	50	def	Old Collegians	4	13	37
 * 1956	Old Collegians	13	16	94	def	South Rovers	8	10	58
 * 1957	Russell Creek	10	11	71	def	South Rovers	6	2	38
 * 1958	Merrivale	13	15	93	def	Russell Creek	13	13	91
 * 1959	Tower Hill	9	10	64	def	Grassmere	3	3	21
 * 1960	Grassmere	11	8	74	def	South Rovers	9	7	61
 * 1961	Tower Hill	5	12	42	def	Old Collegians	3	5	23
 * 1962	West End	7	10	52	def	Old Collegians	6	9	45
 * 1963	Russell Creek	9	14	68	def	Old Collegians	3	7	25
 * 1964	Old Collegians	7	13	55	def	Russell Creek	6	11	47
 * 1965	Old Collegians	8	11	59	def	Bushfield	8	9	57
 * 1966	Dennington	12	15	87	def	Old Collegians	9	7	61
 * 1967	East Warrnambool	10	12	72	def	Old Collegians	10	7	67
 * 1968	Grassmere	7	11	53	def	Merrivale	7	8	50
 * 1969	Old Collegians	9	6	60	def	Merrivale	7	12	54
 * 1970	Old Collegians	16	10	106	def	Dennington	10	14	74
 * 1971	WE Allansford	13	15	93	def	Merrivale	12	18	90
 * 1972	Grassmere	15	15	105	def	Dennington	11	11	77
 * 1973	Russell Creek	15	11	101	def	Dennington	11	12	78
 * 1974	Russell Creek	9	7	61	def	Merrivale	5	9	39
 * 1975	South Rovers	15	11	101	def	Russell Creek	11	11	77
 * 1976	WE Allansford	16	15	111	def	East Warrnambool	12	10	82
 * 1977	Bushfield	12	16	88	def	East Warrnambool	9	6	60
 * 1978	WE Allansford	16	14	110	def	Dennington	8	14	62
 * 1979	Merrivale	12	10	82	def	WE Allansford	10	13	73
 * 1980	WE Allansford	12	18	90	def	Dennington	5	9	39
 * 1981	WE Allansford	18	14	122	Defeated	Dennington	13	15	93
 * 1982	Dennington	19	14	128	def	WE Allansford	16	15	111
 * 1983	WE Allansford	21	19	145	def	Dennington	9	7	61
 * 1984	Old Collegians	14	11	95	def	WE Allansford	8	13	61
 * 1985	South Rovers	18	11	119	def	WE Allansford	8	18	66
 * 1986	South Rovers	14	12	96	def	Dennington	4	5	29
 * 1987	WE Allansford	16	12	108	def	Old Collegians	13	9	87
 * 1988	Dennington	10	14	74	def	Old Collegians	6	8	44
 * 1989	Old Collegians	19	18	132	def	Dennington	8	11	59
 * 1990	Russell Creek	12	11	83	def	Institute	10	15	75
 * 1991	Merrivale	16	16	112	def	Old Collegians	14	9	93
 * 1992	Old Collegians	8	9	57	def	Northern Districts	3	10	28
 * 1993	South Rovers	14	10	94	def	Nirranda	8	16	64
 * 1994	Northern Districts	19	16	130	def	East Warrnambool	9	13	67
 * 1995	East Warrnambool	33	10	208	def	Merrivale	10	5	65
 * 1996	Merrivale	24	20	164	def	Russell Creek	16	6	102
 * 1997	Panmure	16	8	104	def	Merrivale	11	13	79
 * 1998	Russell Creek	15	7	97	def	Panmure	11	10	76
 * 1999	Nirranda	10	7	67	def	Russell Creek	5	5	35
 * 2000	Russell Creek	10	8	68	def	Deakin Uni	9	7	61
 * 2001	Panmure	16	3	99	def	Deakin Uni	11	11	77
 * 2002	Panmure	11	8	74	def	Merrivale	6	8	44
 * 2003	Merrivale	19	7	121	def	Russell Creek	17	8	110
 * 2004	Russell Creek	22	12	144	def	Allansford	4	12	36
 * 2005	Russell Creek	19	13	127	def	Old Collegians	14	12	96
 * 2006	Merrivale	20	16	136	def	Dennington	12	9	81
 * 2007	South Rovers	19	10	124	def	Timboon	17	16	118
 * 2008	Timboon	18	12	120	def	Kolora-Noorat	17	9	111
 * 2009	Kolora-Noorat	12	11	83	def	Timboon	5	3	33
 * 2010 Kolora-Noorat 11 6   72 def Dennington 9   10 64
 * 2011 Kolora-Noorat 15 12 102 def Old Collegians 12 15 87
 * 2012 Panmure 9  4 58 def Kolora-Noorat 7   12 54
 * 2013 Panmure 13 13 91 def Dennington 5  11 41
 * 2014 Merrivale 11 9 75 def Panmure 6 12 66
 * 2015 Dennington 12 15 87 def Merrivale 12 7 79
 * 2016 Nirranda 6 9 46 def Old Collegians 5 8 38
 * 2017 Kolora Noorat 17 7 109 def Old Collegians 8 7 55
 * 2018 Nirranda 10 11 71 def Old Collegians 5 10 40 (3 GFs in a row)
 * 2019 Kolora-Noorat 10 8 68 def Nirranda 3 14 32
 * 2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic
 * 2022 Nirranda 16 22 118 def Panmure 4 7 31
 * 2023 Nirranda 9 8 62 def Merrivale 6 5 41

Changing teams
1947 1949 1951 1953 1957 1959 1965 1970 1977 1981 1984 1986 1988 1992 1997 2003 2017 2019
 * East Stars
 * Koroit Seconds (one season only)
 * South Warrnambool Juniors become South Rovers
 * Wangoom (one season only)
 * YCW (renamed Old Collegians in 1953)
 * Dennington
 * Tower Hill joined from Port Fairy FL
 * Bushfield joined from Purnim FL
 * Grassmere joined from Purnim FL
 * East Stars become East Warrnambool
 * West End and Allansford from (Purnim FL) merged to form West End Allansford
 * W.I.A.E. (Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education) joined
 * Yambuk joined
 * Tower Hill folded
 * Northern Districts created from (merger of Bushfield and Grassmere)
 * Yambuk folded
 * Nirranda
 * W.I.A.E change name to Deakin University
 * Northern Districts joined the Hampden League as North Warrnambool
 * Panmure
 * Timboon Demons
 * Kolora-Noorat
 * Deakin University Folded
 * East Warrnambool went into recess

2021 Ladder

 * Season incomplete and Finals cancelled due to State Government lockdown