# Esperance District Football Association

The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.

## History

In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.
The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers.
In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.

## Clubs
### Current

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in EDFA | Premierships | Premierships |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in EDFA | Total | Years |
| Esperance | | Bulldogs | Esperance Oval, Nulsen | – | 1937 | 1956– | 29 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2024 |
| Gibson | | Tigers | Gibson Oval, Gibson | – | 1956 | 1956– | 18 | 1956, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2023 |
| Newtown Condingup | | Lions | Newtown Oval, Bandy Creek and Condingup Oval, Condingup | – | 2005 | 2005– | 2 | 2009, 2022 |
| Ports | | Blues | Ports Oval, Esperance | – | 1966 | 1966– | 12 | 1973, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2020 |

### Former

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in EDFA | Premierships | Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in EDFA | Total | Years | Fate |
| Condingup | | Cougars | Condingup Oval, Condingup | – | 1982 | 1982–2004 | 0 | - | Merged with Newtown to form Newtown-Condingup in 2005 |
| Grass Patch | | | Grass Patch Oval, Grass Patch | MFA | | 1956 | 0 | - | Merged with Salmon Gums to form The Mallee in 1957 |
| Newtown | | Demons | Newtown Oval, Bandy Creek | – | 1958 | 1958–2004 | 7 | 1960, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1994, 1995 | Merged with Condingup to form Newtown-Condingup in 2005 |
| Norseman | | Vikings | Norseman Oval, Norseman | GFL | 1971 | 1983–1995 | 1 | 1983 | Folded after 1995 season |
| Munglinup | | Demons | Munglinup Oval, Munglinup | RDFA | 1957 | 1983–1987 | 0 | - | Returned to Ravensthorpe & Districts FA in 1988 |
| Salmon Gums | | | Grass Patch Oval, Grass Patch | – | 1956 | 1956 | 0 | - | Merged with Grass Patch to form The Mallee in 1957 |
| The Mallee | | | Grass Patch Oval, Grass Patch | – | 1957 | 1957–1965 | 0 | - | Folded after 1965 season |

## 2020 Ladder

| Esperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Esperance | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 702 | 453 | 154.97% | 28 | 1st Semi | Gibson | 7 | 7 | 49 | Newtown Condingup | 5 | 15 | 45 |
| Ports | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 717 | 492 | 145.73% | 26 | 2nd Semi | Esperance | 15 | 1 | 91 | Ports | 5 | 15 | 45 |
| Gibson | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 404 | 601 | 67.22% | 14 | Preliminary | Ports | 14 | 8 | 92 | Gibson | 7 | 5 | 47 |
| Newtown Condingup | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 404 | 681 | 59.32% | 4 | Grand | Ports | 15 | 10 | 100 | Esperance | 4 | 10 | 34 |

## 2021 Ladder

| Esperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Esperance | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 989 | 648 | 152.62% | 44 | 1st Semi | Ports | 8 | 6 | 54 | Newtown Condingup | 7 | 4 | 46 |
| Gibson | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 865 | 636 | 136.01% | 28 | 2nd Semi | Gibson | 9 | 11 | 65 | Esperance | 4 | 12 | 36 |
| Newtown Condingup | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 753 | 865 | 87.05% | 12 | Preliminary | Esperance | 15 | 14 | 104 | Ports | 6 | 7 | 43 |
| Ports | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 668 | 1126 | 59.33% | 12 | Grand | Esperance | 11 | 9 | 75 | Gibson | 10 | 11 | 71 |

## 2022 Ladder

| Esperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Esperance | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1473 | 453 | 325.17% | 44 | 1st Semi | Gibson | 14 | 10 | 94 | Ports | 5 | 7 | 37 |
| Newtown Condingup | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 923 | 836 | 110.41% | 28 | 2nd Semi | Esperance | 9 | 11 | 65 | Newtown Condingup | 5 | 11 | 41 |
| Gibson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 896 | 796 | 112.56% | 24 | Preliminary | Newtown Condingup | 10 | 8 | 68 | Gibson | 10 | 6 | 66 |
| Ports | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 313 | 1520 | 20.59% | 0 | Grand | Newtown Condingup | 8 | 7 | 55 | Esperance | 4 | 15 | 39 |

## 2023 Ladder

| Esperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Gibson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1052 | 388 | 271.13% | 40 | 1st Semi | Ports | 12 | 7 | 79 | Newtown Condingup | 8 | 7 | 55 |
| Esperance | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1050 | 569 | 184.53% | 40 | 2nd Semi | Gibson | 15 | 11 | 101 | Esperance | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| Newtown Condingup | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 581 | 1022 | 56.85% | 8 | Preliminary | Esperance | 12 | 16 | 88 | Ports | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| Ports | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 357 | 1061 | 33.65% | 8 | Grand | Gibson | 15 | 5 | 95 | Esperance | 5 | 8 | 38 |