# Northern Mallee Football League

The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the now defunct Tyrrell Football League with the Mallee Football League

## History

The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the Tyrrell Football League with the Mallee Football League (not to be confused with the later version nor the South Australian league of the same name).
The competition finished after the 1996 season when it was announced that the Tempy-Gorya-Patchewallock Football Club and the Ouyen Rovers would merge in early 1997, which would leave the NMFL with only four clubs. As a result, the NMFL merged with the Southern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League.
The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s.

## Clubs
### Final clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in NMFL | NMFL Premierships | NMFL Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in NMFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Manangatang | | Saints | Manangatang Rec. Reserve, Manangatang | TFL | 1900s | 1979-1996 | 3 | 1989, 1994, 1996 | Formed Mallee FL in 1997 |
| Ouyen Rovers | | Rovers | Blackburn Park, Ouyen | – | 1982 | 1982-1996 | 5 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993 | Merged with T-G-P to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997 |
| Sea Lake-Nandaly | | Swans | Sea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake | – | 1994 | 1994-1996 | 1 | 1995 | Formed Mallee FL in 1997 |
| Tempy-Gorya-Patchewollock (T-G-P) | | Tigers | Tempy Memorial Park, Tempy and Patchewollock Recreation Reserve, Patchewollock | – | 1971 | 1979-1996 | 4 | 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 | Merged with Ouyen Rovers to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997 |
| Walpeup-Underbool | | Roos | Underbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool | – | 1982 | 1982-1996 | 0 | - | Formed Mallee FL in 1997 |

### Former clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in NMFL | NMFL Premierships | NMFL Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in NMFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Kiamal | | Magpies | | MFL | 1919 | 1979-1981 | 0 | - | Merged with Tiega to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982 |
| Nandaly | | Bombers | Nandaly Rec. Reserve, Nandaly | TFL | 1919 | 1979-1993 | 1 | 1979 | Merged with Sea Lake to form Sea Lake-Nandaly in 1994 |
| Ouyen | | Demons | Blackburn Park, Ouyen | SFNL | 1937 | 1983-1984 | 0 | - | Folded in 1984 |
| Sea Lake | | Seagulls | Sea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake | TFL | 1894 | 1979-1993 | 4 | 1982, 1988, 1991, 1992 | Merged with Nandaly in 1994 to form Sea Lake-Nandaly |
| Tiega | | Tigers | Blackburn Park, Ouyen | MFL | 1910s | 1979-1981 | 0 | - | Merged with Kiamal to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982 |
| Underbool | | Roos | Underbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool | MFL | 1910s | 1979-1981 | 0 | - | Merged with Walpeup to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982 |
| Walpeup | | Roos | Walpeup Rec. Reserve, Walpeup | MFL | 1910s | 1979-1981 | 0 | - | Merged with Underbool to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982 |

## Football Premierships
### Seniors

| Year | Premier | Score | Runner-up | Score |
| 1979 | Nandaly | 18.20.128 | Manangatang | 14.13.97 |
| 1980 | T-G-P | 21.22.148 | Manangatang | 12.13.85 |
| 1981 | T-G-P | 21.13.139 | Manangatang | 18.9.127 |
| 1982 | Sea Lake | 21.24.150 | T-G-P | 20-9-129 |
| 1983 | T-G-P | 22.11.143 | Manangatang | 13.7.85 |
| 1984 | T-G-P | 19.12.126 | Sea Lake | 18.13.121 |
| 1985 | Ouyen Rovers | 23.12.150 | Sea Lake | 17.11.113 |
| 1986 | Ouyen Rovers | 15.20.110 | Manangatang | 15.15.105 |
| 1987 | Ouyen Rovers | 11.13.79 | Sea Lake | 8.7.55 |
| 1988 | Sea Lake | 13.6.84 | T-G-P | 6.9.45 |
| 1989 | Manangatang | 12.17.89 | Walpeup-Underbool | 11.08 |
| 1990 | Ouyen Rovers | 16.13.109 | Manangatang | 14.19.103 |
| 1991 | Sea Lake | 16.12.108 | Manangatang | 12.12.84 |
| 1992 | Sea Lake | 16.18.114 | Ouyen Rovers | 7.9.51 |
| 1993 | Ouyen Rovers | 13.12.90 | Sea Lake | 12.11.83 |
| 1994 | Manangatang | 19.22.136 | Walpeup-Underbool | 11.10.76 |
| 1995 | Sea Lake-Nandaly | 13.18.96 | T-G-P | 11.10.76 |
| 1996 | Manangatang | 9.12.66 | Walpeup-Underbool | 8.16.64 |