Colac District FL

The Colac District Football League was formed in 1937 from a merger of the Colac District FA and the Corangamite Farmers FL.
==History==
The founding clubs of the competition were Alvie, Coragulac, Elliminyt, Dreeite, Nalangil, St Andrews, St Marys, Stoneyford, Swan Marsh and Warrion. Yeodene also joined but withdrew early in the first season. In 1938 however St Andrews, Stoneyford and Dreeite departed and Imperials joined. In 1939 things got worse with the departure of Nalangil, Warrion, Alvie, Elliminyt and St Marys along with the admission of Colac and Corangamite. World War 2 struck and 1940 managed to proceed with just four clubs - Colac, Imperials, Pirron Yallock and Coragulac. The league then went into recess for the duration of the war.
In 1945 the league recommenced with the return of Alvie, Coragulac, Imperials, Nalangil, Rovers and Swan Marsh, as well as new clubs in Beeac and Balitore. In 1946 Balitore departed and Warrion returned. South Purrumbete also joined the competition along with Diggers. In 1947 Nalangil and Swan Marsh merged but in 1949 they folded as did Diggers and South Purrumbete left. However a second division was played that included new clubs in Irrewillpe and Irrewarra, as well as the returning Elliminyt. The second division didn't last though as the league was totally changed in 1950. This was caused by Colac wanting the right to take player from the competition without a clearance. It caused Coragulac and Imperials to head for the Polwarth FL, while Beeac went to the Western Plains FL and Rovers folded. Of division one in 1949 only Alvie and Warrion remained. There was also a new admission in Carlisle River.
In 1951 Ellimynt changed their name to South Colac. In 1954 Pirron Yallock returned and this was followed in 1955 by the return of Imperials. In 1956 South Purrumbete also returned and in 1957 new clubs in Otway Districts and Gellibrand joined. The league had recovered and in 1959 Carlisle River dropped the River from their name.
Beeac returned to the competition in 1964. In 1967 Birregurra joined and Forrest also joined in 1970. In 1971 the competition grew to 16 clubs with the admission of Apollo Bay and Lorne from the Polwarth FL that had just changed it's name to the Bellarine FL. In 1974 Carlisle folded and in 1981 Gellibrand folded and South Purrumbete departed. In 1983 Winchelsea joined from the Bellarine FL but in 1985 Pirron Yallock went into recess as did Beeac. In 1986 Forrest also went into recess, but Pirron Yallock returned and Beeac merged with Irrewarra. Forrest returned from recess in 1987.
Otway Districts departed for the Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1994 and in 1996 Irrewillpe and Pirron Yallock merged to form the Western Eagles. In 2002 Winchelsea left for the Geelong District FL and the competition was at nine clubs. However in 2003 it jumped back to eleven with the return of Otway Districts and arrival of Simpson. In 2016 Forrest folded. The 2020 and 2021 seasons were lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	IMPS 	BIRR 	ALVI 	I'PE 	LORN 	SCOL 	APBY 	WINC	FORR	PIRY	IR/B	OTWD
1992	I'PE 	IMPS 	APBY 	WINC 	BIRR 	ALVI 	LORN 	SCOL	FORR	IR/B	PIRY	OTWD
1993	APBY 	WINC 	IMPS 	BIRR 	I'PE 	ALVI 	IR/B 	SCOL	LORN	FORR	PIRY	OTWD
1994	BIRR 	WINC 	SCOL 	LORN 	APBY 	IR/B 	ALVI 	PIRY	IMPS	I'PE	FORR	
1995	IMPS 	APBY 	LORN 	SCOL 	WINC 	BIRR 	ALVI 	IR/B	FORR	PIRY	I'PE	
1996	APBY 	LORN 	ALVI 	IMPS 	SCOL 	WINC 	WEAG 	IR/B	BIRR	FORR	 	
1997	SCOL 	LORN 	ALVI 	APBY 	WINC 	IMPS 	IR/B 	WEAG	BIRR	FORR	 	
1998	LORN 	ALVI 	SCOL 	APBY 	WEAG 	WINC 	FORR 	BIRR	IMPS	IR/B	 	
1999	APBY 	ALVI 	LORN 	IMPS 	WEAG 	IR/B 	SCOL 	BIRR	FORR	WINC	 	
2000	ALVI 	LORN 	WINC 	APBY 	SCOL 	IR/B 	WEAG 	IMPS	FORR	BIRR	 	
2001	LORN 	SCOL 	APBY 	ALVI 	WEAG 	IR/B 	WINC 	FORR	BIRR	IMPS	 	
2002	SCOL 	LORN 	FORR 	IMPS 	ALVI 	IR/B 	WEAG 	APBY	BIRR	 	 	
2003	APBY 	LORN 	IMPS 	FORR 	SCOL 	ALVI 	IR/B 	BIRR	OTWD	SIMP	WEAG	
2004	APBY 	LORN 	OTWD 	WEAG 	IR/B 	IMPS 	SCOL 	ALVI	FORR	SIMP	BIRR	
2005	FORR 	ALVI 	APBY 	SIMP 	OTWD 	IMPS 	IR/B 	WEAG	LORN	BIRR	SCOL	
2006	LORN 	IR/B 	FORR 	IMPS 	ALVI 	APBY 	OTWD 	BIRR	SCOL	SIMP	WEAG	
2007	LORN 	IR/B 	APBY 	FORR 	ALVI 	BIRR 	IMPS 	WEAG	SCOL	OTWD	SIMP	
2008	IR/B 	LORN 	ALVI 	BIRR 	FORR 	APBY 	SCOL 	OTWD	SIMP	IMPS	WEAG	
2009	IR/B 	BIRR 	ALVI 	LORN 	SCOL 	OTWD 	SIMP 	APBY	IMPS	FORR	WEAG	
2010	IR/B 	BIRR 	ALVI 	SIMP 	LORN 	SCOL 	APBY 	FORR	IMPS	OTWD	WEAG	
2011	BIRR 	SCOL 	SIMP 	LORN 	FORR 	IR/B 	OTWD 	IMPS	ALVI	WEAG	APBY	
2012	FORR 	LORN 	BIRR 	SCOL 	SIMP 	IMPS 	ALVI 	IR/B	APBY	WEAG	OTWD	
2013	LORN 	IMPS 	SCOL 	APBY 	WEAG 	ALVI 	BIRR 	FORR	SIMP	IR/B	OTWD	
2014	BIRR 	SIMP 	SCOL 	IMPS 	ALVI 	APBY 	IR/B 	FORR	WEAG	LORN	OTWD	
2015	SIMP 	IR/B 	SCOL 	IMPS 	BIRR 	LORN 	FORR 	ALVI	APBY	OTWD	WEAG	
2016	BIRR 	SCOL 	SIMP 	LORN 	IMPS 	ALVI 	APBY 	IR/B	OTWD	WEAG	 	
2017	BIRR 	LORN 	SCOL 	ALVI 	SIMP 	IR/B 	APBY 	OTWD	IMPS	WEAG	 	
2018	LORN 	BIRR 	SCOL 	ALVI 	SIMP 	APBY 	OTWD 	IMPS	IR/B	WEAG	 	
2019	LORN 	SCOL 	APBY 	BIRR 	ALVI 	SIMP 	IMPS 	OTWD	WEAG	IR/B	 	
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	SCOL 	IR/B 	ALVI 	IMPS 	SIMP 	LORN 	BIRR 	OTWD	APBY	WEAG	 	
2023	ALVI 	IMPS 	IR/B 	LORN 	BIRR 	SCOL 	OTWD 	SIMP	WEAG	APBY	 	
===Abbreviations===
ALVI - Alvie; APBY - Apollo Bay; BIRR - Birregurra; FORR - Forrest; IMPS - Imperials; IR/B - Irrewarra/Beeac; I'PE - Irrewillpe; LORN - Lorne; OTWD - Otway Districts; PIRY - Pirron Yallock; SIMP - Simpson; SCOL - South Colac; WEAG - Western Eagles; WINC - Winchelsea
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues