Warrnambool District FL

The Warrnambool District Football League formed in 1931.
==History==
The foundation clubs were South Juniors, West End, Russell's Creek and East Warnambool with Merrivale joining the competition in 1932. In 1935 CYMS joined the competition but only lasted that season. In 1937 Merrivale departed and in 1941 as World War 2 bit, South Juniors went into recess while Allansford and South Warnambool joined. However the league went into recess the following year for the rest of the war.
Competition resumed in 1946 with Russell's Creek, South Juniors and West End with Merrivale also returning. In 1947 East Warrnambool returned as East Stars and Koroit seconds also joined, while South Juniors changed their name to South Rovers. Koroit seconds left after just one season. In 1949 Wangoom joined but they also only lasted a season. In 1951 YCW joined and this time they went beyond a season. But in 1953 they were replaced by Old Collegians while Dennington joined the competition. The competition started to expand further in 1957 with the admission of Tower Hill. This was followed in 1959 by the admission of Grassmere and Bushfield. A period of stability followed only broken by East Stars reverting to East Warrnambool in 1966 and West End adding Allansford to their name in 1971.
In 1977 Warrnambool Institute joined the competition and in 1981 Yambuk followed to form a twelve team competition. But it started to contract in 1985 when Tower Hill folded. In 1986 Bushfield and Grassmere merged to form Northern Districts, and in 1989 Yambuk folded bringing the competition back to nine clubs. In 1991 Warrnambool Institute changed it's name to Deakin Uni to recognise the takeover of the facility. Matters improved slightly in 1992 with Nirranda joining the league. In 1997 Northern Districts left to join the Hampden FL as North Warrnambool but there was a replacement in Panmure.
In 2001 West End/Allansford dropped the West End part of their name but in 2003 the competition was back to twelve clubs with the admission of Kolora/Noorat and Timboon. A stable period followed until 2017 when Deakin Uni folded. East Warrnambool went into recess after the 2019 season and then the competition lost two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	MERR 	OCOL 	WE/A 	STHR 	NTHD 	EWAR 	RUCK 	DENN	DEAK	 	 	
1992	OCOL 	NTHD 	WE/A 	MERR 	EWAR 	STHR 	NIRR 	RUCK	DENN	DEAK	 	
1993	STHR 	NIRR 	OCOL 	MERR 	NTHD 	RUCK 	WE/A 	DENN	DEAK	EWAR	 	
1994	NTHD 	EWAR 	NIRR 	OCOL 	MERR 	WE/A 	RUCK 	STHR	DENN	DEAK	 	
1995	EWAR 	MERR 	NTHD 	OCOL 	NIRR 	RUCK 	STHR 	WE/A	DENN	DEAK	 	
1996	MERR 	RUCK 	EWAR 	DENN 	WE/A 	NTHD 	NIRR 	STHR	OCOL	DEAK	 	
1997	PANM 	MERR 	STHR 	DENN 	OCOL 	RUCK 	EWAR 	WE/A	NIRR	DEAK	 	
1998	RUCK 	PANM 	NIRR 	WE/A 	DENN 	OCOL 	STHR 	MERR	DEAK	EWAR	 	
1999	NIRR 	RUCK 	MERR 	STHR 	DEAK 	PANM 	WE/A 	DENN	OCOL	EWAR	 	
2000	RUCK 	DEAK 	PANM 	STHR 	MERR 	OCOL 	WE/A 	DENN	NIRR	EWAR	 	
2001	PANM 	DEAK 	RUCK 	STHR 	ALLA 	MERR 	DENN 	OCOL	EWAR	NIRR	 	
2002	PANM 	MERR 	DEAK 	RUCK 	OCOL 	ALLA 	DENN 	STHR	NIRR	EWAR	 	
2003	MERR 	RUCK 	ALLA 	DEAK 	KO/N 	TIMB 	STHR 	OCOL	PANM	DENN	NIRR	EWAR
2004	RUCK 	ALLA 	DEAK 	OCOL 	EWAR 	PANM 	KO/N 	NIRR	STHR	MERR	DENN	TIMB
2005	RUCK 	OCOL 	EWAR 	MERR 	TIMB 	DENN 	KO/N 	PANM	ALLA	NIRR	STHR	DEAK
2006	MERR 	DENN 	KO/N 	OCOL 	TIMB 	PANM 	ALLA 	STHR	NIRR	RUCK	DEAK	EWAR
2007	STHR 	TIMB 	MERR 	KO/N 	ALLA 	RUCK 	DENN 	PANM	OCOL	EWAR	DEAK	NIRR
2008	TIMB 	KO/N 	PANM 	MERR 	DENN 	STHR 	ALLA 	RUCK	OCOL	NIRR	DEAK	EWAR
2009	KO/N 	TIMB 	DENN 	PANM 	RUCK 	ALLA 	STHR 	NIRR	OCOL	MERR	DEAK	EWAR
2010	KO/N 	DENN 	PANM 	RUCK 	OCOL 	STHR 	TIMB 	MERR	ALLA	DEAK	NIRR	EWAR
2011	KO/N 	OCOL 	MERR 	STHR 	PANM 	TIMB 	RUCK 	NIRR	DENN	ALLA	EWAR	DEAK
2012	PANM 	KO/N 	DENN 	ALLA 	MERR 	TIMB 	STHR 	NIRR	OCOL	RUCK	EWAR	DEAK
2013	PANM 	DENN 	KO/N 	MERR 	ALLA 	STHR 	RUCK 	NIRR	DEAK	TIMB	EWAR	OCOL
2014	MERR 	PANM 	DENN 	OCOL 	ALLA 	KO/N 	NIRR 	STHR	TIMB	EWAR	DEAK	RUCK
2015	DENN 	MERR 	ALLA 	OCOL 	KO/N 	NIRR 	STHR 	PANM	TIMB	EWAR	RUCK	DEAK
2016	NIRR 	OCOL 	DENN 	KO/N 	MERR 	ALLA 	STHR 	TIMB	PANM	DEAK	EWAR	RUCK
2017	KO/N 	OCOL 	NIRR 	TIMB 	MERR 	STHR 	DENN 	PANM	EWAR	ALLA	RUCK	
2018	NIRR 	OCOL 	KO/N 	TIMB 	STHR 	MERR 	ALLA 	DENN	RUCK	EWAR	PANM	
2019	KO/N 	NIRR 	OCOL 	MERR 	PANM 	ALLA 	STHR 	TIMB	EWAR	RUCK	DENN	
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	NIRR 	PANM 	KO/N 	MERR 	RUCK 	STHR 	ALLA 	DENN	OCOL	TIMB	 	
2023	NIRR 	MERR 	KO/N 	PANM 	RUCK 	ALLA 	STHR 	DENN	TIMB	OCOL	 	
===Abbreviations===
ALLA - Allansford; DEAK - Deakin Uni; DENN - Dennington; EWAR - East Warrnambool; KO/N - Kolora/Noorat; MERR - Merrivale; NIRR - Nirranda; NTHD - Northern Districts; OCOL - Old Collegians; PANM - Panmure; RUCK - Russell's Creek; STHR - South Rovers; TIMB - Timboon; WE/A - West End/Allansford
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues