Horsham District FL

The Horsham District Football League was formed in 1935 as a name change from the Horsham District Junior FL.
==History==
The clubs in the first season were Adelphians, CYMS, Green Park, Laharum, Longerenong, Pimpinio reserves and Quantong. In 1936 Pimpinio reserves were replaced by Dimboola reserves and Wail joined the competition. However in 1937 club numbers dropped to five with Adelphians, CYMS, Quantong and Wail leaving while Murtoa seconds joined. Dimboola seconds departed in 1938 leaving only four clubs, and further changes were made in 1939 with Quantong returning, but Green Park, Laharum and Murtoa seconds left replacecd by Haven and Armoured Car. The advent of World War 2 sent the league into recess.
The return of the league in 1946 was spectacular. Laharum and Wail returned, but a lot of new clubs joined - College, Homers, Jung, Kalkee, RSL, Taylors Lake, Wonwondah and YCW. In 1947 YCW changed their name to St Michaels and in 1948 Haven and Murtoa seconds returned. The latter only lasted a season departing in 1949, Kalkee went into recess and Wail folded. In 1950 Quantong returned and in 1951 RSL changed it's name to Diggers. Kalkee returned from recess in 1954 but in 1955 St Michaels went into recess and Haven went into recess in 1956. St Michaels returned from recess in 1957. In 1959 Kalkee went back into recess again but returned in 1960. In 1962 Diggers changed their name again - to Imperials, and in 1963 St Michaels went back into recess returning in 1967.
In 1968 Pimpinio joined the competition, followed by Cannum in 1969. Cannum only lasted two seasons before folding but they were replaced in 1971 by Natimuk. Jung folded in 1974 while in 1976 Imperials and Wonwondah merged. In 1977 College changed it's name to Longerenong. In 1981 Rupanyup joined the competition from the Wimmera FL.
In 1982 upon the demise of the West Wimmera FL, the league had an influx of clubs - Douglas/Harrow/Miga Lake (known as DMHL), Gerang/Kiata, Goroke and Netherby/Lorquon came in along with Noradjuha making the competiton 16 clubs. It only lasted a year with Netherby/Lorquon folding while Imperials/Wonwondah headed for the Wimmera FL in 1983. In 1985 Longeranong went into recess returning in 1986 but folding for good in 1987.
In 1993 St Michaels left for the Wimmera FL, bringing to competition back to it's 70's peak of 12 clubs. In 1997 it fell by another club with Noradjuha and Quantong merging while DHML absorbed Balmoral to become Harrow/Balmoral. In 1998 Homers changed their name to North Horsham, but in 1999 they folded as did Goroke dropping the competition to nine clubs. In 2000 Ararat Eagles, Great Western and Swifts joined from the Ararat District FA expanding the league's area but on the other side Gerang/Kiata folded. The Eagles only lasted a year with the travel before going elsewhere. In 2007 Edenhope/Apsley joined from the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara FL and in 2011 Great Western left.
In 2014 Natimuk became Natimuk United when it absorbed Horsham United (the former Imperials/Wonwondah) while in 2015 Jeparit/Rainbow joined from the Mallee FL. This was followed in 2016 by the admission of Southern Mallee. This clubs was so dominant in 2018 they moved on to the Wimmera FL. Season 2020 was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and the border between Victoria and South Australia caused Kaniva/Leeor to join from the KNTFL in 2021 - only for that season to be abandoned as well due to the pandemic.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	ST.M 	QUAN 	HOME 	LAHA 	DHML 	RUPA 	GORO 	KALK	NATI	TAYL	PIMP	NORA	GE/K
1992	HOME 	KALK 	RUPA 	ST.M 	QUAN 	GORO 	TAYL 	LAHA	DHML	NATI	GE/K	PIMP	NORA
1993	QUAN 	KALK 	RUPA 	LAHA 	HOME 	GORO 	TAYL 	PIMP	NATI	NORA	DHML	GE/K	
1994	QUAN 	RUPA 	LAHA 	KALK 	GORO 	NATI 	TAYL 	HOME	NORA	PIMP	DHML	GE/K	
1995	LAHA 	NATI 	RUPA 	KALK 	TAYL 	HOME 	NORA 	QUAN	DHML	GE/K	GORO	PIMP	
1996	RUPA 	NATI 	QUAN 	GORO 	LAHA 	HOME 	TAYL 	GE/K	NORA	DHML	KALK	PIMP	
1997	RUPA 	GORO 	HA/B 	NATI 	KALK 	NO/Q 	TAYL 	LAHA	PIMP	GE/K	HOME	 	
1998	RUPA 	KALK 	HA/B 	GORO 	NO/Q 	PIMP 	LAHA 	TAYL	NATI	GE/K	NHOR	 	
1999	HA/B 	KALK 	RUPA 	LAHA 	PIMP 	GE/K 	NO/Q 	NATI	TAYL	 	 	 	
2000	KALK 	RUPA 	HA/B 	SWIF 	LAHA 	PIMP 	NO/Q 	TAYL	ARAE	GTWE	NATI	 	
2001	RUPA 	KALK 	HA/B 	SWIF 	PIMP 	LAHA 	NO/Q 	TAYL	GTWE	NATI	 	 	
2002	HA/B 	RUPA 	KALK 	SWIF 	NO/Q 	NATI 	LAHA 	GTWE	PIMP	TAYL	 	 	
2003	SWIF 	HA/B 	KALK 	RUPA 	TAYL 	NO/Q 	LAHA 	GTWE	PIMP	NATI	 	 	
2004	HA/B 	LAHA 	NORA 	PIMP 	GTWE 	RUPA 	TAYL 	SWIF	KALK	NATI	 	 	
2005	PIMP 	LAHA 	NO/Q 	RUPA 	SWIF 	KALK 	HA/B 	GTWE	TAYL	NATI	 	 	
2006	PIMP 	HA/B 	LAHA 	RUPA 	NO/Q 	GTWE 	KALK 	TAYL	SWIF	NATI	 	 	
2007	HA/B 	KALK 	PIMP 	LAHA 	NO/Q 	SWIF 	RUPA 	GTWE	ED/A	NATI	TAYL	 	
2008	KALK 	LAHA 	HA/B 	RUPA 	NO/Q 	NATI 	GTWE 	PIMP	SWIF	ED/A	TAYL	 	
2009	KALK 	HA/B 	LAHA 	RUPA 	PIMP 	NO/Q 	ED/A 	GTWE	TAYL	SWIF	NATI	 	
2010	KALK 	HA/B 	NO/Q 	RUPA 	TAYL 	ED/A 	LAHA 	GTWE	SWIF	PIMP	NATI	 	
2011	KALK 	HA/B 	SWIF 	TAYL 	NO/Q 	ED/A 	NATI 	RUPA	LAHA	PIMP	 	 	
2012	KALK 	ED/A 	SWIF 	LAHA 	RUPA 	TAYL 	NO/Q 	HA/B	PIMP	NATI	 	 	
2013	LAHA 	KALK 	ED/A 	SWIF 	HA/B 	NO/Q 	RUPA 	NATI	PIMP	TAYL	 	 	
2014	SWIF 	LAHA 	KALK 	ED/A 	HA/B 	NO/Q 	NATU 	TAYL	RUPA	PIMP	 	 	
2015	LAHA 	KALK 	HA/B 	TAYL 	JE/R 	SWIF 	ED/A 	NO/Q	RUPA	PIMP	NATU	 	
2016	SMAL 	HA/B 	JE/R 	KALK 	LAHA 	ED/A 	TAYL 	SWIF	PIMP	NO/Q	RUPA	NATU	
2017	SMAL 	HA/B 	JE/R 	SWIF 	LAHA 	NATU 	ED/A 	KALK	NO/Q	RUPA	TAYL	PIMP	
2018	HA/B 	KALK 	ED/A 	JE/R 	SWIF 	NATU 	LAHA 	NO/Q	RUPA	PIMP	TAYL	 	
2019	HA/B 	NO/Q 	ED/A 	NATU 	SWIF 	JE/R 	KALK 	RUPA	TAYL	LAHA	PIMP	 	
2020	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	
2021	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	
2022	RUPA 	KALK 	HA/B 	JE/R 	ED/A 	SWIF 	NO/Q 	NATU	PIMP	LAHA	KA/L	TAYL	
2023	HA/B 	JE/R 	NO/Q 	RUPA 	SWIF 	ED/A 	NATU 	KALK	PIMP	KA/L	TAYL	LAHA	
===Abbreviations===
ARAE - Ararat Eagles; DHML - Douglas/Harrow/Miga Lake; ED/A - Edenhope/Apsley; GE/K - Gerang/Kiata; GTWE - Great Western; GORO - Goroke; HA/B - Harrow/Balmoral; HOME - Homers; JE/R - Jeparit/Rainbow; KALK - Kalkee; KA/L - Kaniva/Leeor; LAHA - Laharum; NATI - Natimuk; NATU - Natimuk United; NORA - Noradjuha; NO/Q - Noradjuha/Quantong; NHOR - North Horsham; PIMP - Pimpinio; QUAN - Quantong; RUPA - Rupanyup; ST.M - St Michaels; SMAL - Southern Mallee; SWIF - Swifts; TAYL - Taylors Lake
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues