Western Australian FL

The Western Australian Football League was formed in 1885 with three foundation clubs - Rovers, Victorians and Fremantle (no relation to the current AFL club).
==History==
Unions joined the next year, but then Fremantle folded prior to the 1887 season. They were replaced by the West Australian Football Club. In 1889 the WAFC and Victorians merged to form Metropolitans. West Perth joined the competition in 1890 and then absorbed Metropolitans for the 1891 season, while Unions in 1890 adopted Fremantle as their name. In 1895 Imperials joined the competition. In 1898 Imperials folded and reformed as East Fremantle. In 1900 Rovers folded and were replaced by Perth while at the same time Fremantle also folded and were replaced by South Fremantle.
Finals were introduced in 1901 along with two new clubs in North Fremantle and Subiaco. In 1906 Midland Junction and East Perth were added, but Junction were demoted in 1911 and were only re-admitted in 1914. North Fremantle were hit hard by World War 1 and left after the 1915 never to return (this club is apparently not the same one as the one presently playing in the Perth Football League). Midland Junction went the same way after the 1917 season bringing the competition back to six clubs. Claremont arrived in 1926, and then Swan Districts joined in 1934 forming the eight club base that would serve the league for decades. Swan Districts didn't play in 1942 due to World War 2 but aside from that the league stayed stable.
The final five was introduced in 1991 but only lasted until 1994 before going back to the final four. In 1997 the league changed it's name to Westar Rules and admitted the first new club for 63 years in Peel. The name change was reversed for the 2001 season, and the final five was brought back in 2015. In 2019 the competition expanded to ten clubs with the admission of the reserves of the West Coast Eagles, but in 2020 the team dropped out due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finals went back to a four for that season.
==Ladders (recent)==
1990	SWND	CLAR	SFRE	EFRE	EPER	PERT	SUBI	WPER	 	
1991	CLAR	SUBI	SWND	PERT	EPER	EFRE	SFRE	WPER	 	
1992	EFRE	SFRE	EPER	SWND	SUBI	PERT	CLAR	WPER	 	
1993	CLAR	WPER	SUBI	SWND	SFRE	EFRE	EPER	PERT	 	
1994	EFRE	CLAR	WPER	SUBI	SWND	SFRE	EPER	PERT	 	
1995	WPER	SUBI	EFRE	SFRE	CLAR	EPER	PERT	SWND	 	
1996	CLAR	EPER	EFRE	WPER	SWND	SFRE	PERT	SUBI	 	
1997	SFRE	EFRE	PERT	EPER	SWND	WPER	SUBI	CLAR	PEEL	
1998	EFRE	WPER	SUBI	EPER	CLAR	SFRE	SWND	PERT	PEEL	
1999	WPER	SFRE	SUBI	EFRE	CLAR	PERT	SWND	EPER	PEEL	
2000	EPER	EFRE	SUBI	CLAR	WPER	SWND	SFRE	PEEL	PERT	
2001	EPER	SFRE	CLAR	SUBI	WPER	PEEL	PERT	EFRE	SWND	
2002	EPER	WPER	SUBI	EFRE	PERT	SFRE	CLAR	PEEL	SWND	
2003	WPER	SUBI	EPER	CLAR	SWND	SFRE	EFRE	PERT	PEEL	
2004	SUBI	CLAR	SWND	SFRE	EPER	PERT	WPER	PEEL	EFRE	
2005	SFRE	CLAR	SUBI	SWND	WPER	EPER	EFRE	PERT	PEEL	
2006	SUBI	SFRE	CLAR	WPER	EPER	SWND	PERT	PEEL	EFRE	
2007	SUBI	CLAR	SFRE	EPER	WPER	EFRE	SWND	PEEL	PERT	
2008	SUBI	SWND	WPER	SFRE	EFRE	PEEL	PERT	CLAR	EPER	
2009	SFRE	SUBI	SWND	WPER	EPER	PERT	EFRE	CLAR	PEEL	
2010	SWND	CLAR	EPER	EFRE	WPER	SUBI	SFRE	PEEL	PERT	
2011	CLAR	SUBI	WPER	SFRE	EFRE	PERT	EPER	SWND	PEEL	
2012	CLAR	EFRE	SWND	EPER	WPER	SFRE	SUBI	PERT	PEEL	
2013	WPER	EPER	CLAR	SWND	EFRE	PERT	SFRE	SUBI	PEEL	
2014	SUBI	EPER	EFRE	SWND	CLAR	WPER	SFRE	PEEL	PERT	
2015	SUBI	WPER	EPER	PEEL	CLAR	SWND	SFRE	EFRE	PERT	
2016	PEEL	SUBI	SFRE	WPER	EPER	EFRE	CLAR	PERT	SWND	
2017	PEEL	SUBI	SFRE	SWND	WPER	EPER	CLAR	EFRE	PERT	
2018	SUBI	WPER	SFRE	CLAR	EPER	PERT	PEEL	SWND	EFRE	
2019	SUBI	SFRE	CLAR	WCOA	WPER	PERT	PEEL	EFRE	EPER	SWND
2020	SFRE	CLAR	WPER	PERT	EPER	SUBI	SWND	EFRE	PEEL	
2021	SUBI	SFRE	CLAR	WPER	SWND	EFRE	PEEL	EPER	PERT	WCOA
2022	WPER	CLAR	EFRE	PEEL	SFRE	SWND	SUBI	EPER	PERT	WCOA
2023	EFRE	PEEL	SUBI	CLAR	EPER	WPER	SWND	SFRE	PERT	WCOA
==Abbreviations==
CLAR - Claremont; EFRE - East Fremantle; EPER - East Perth; PEEL - Peel; PERT - Perth; SFRE - South Fremantle; SUBI - Subiaco; SWND - Swan Districts; WCOA - West Coast; WPER - West Perth
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:National & State Leagues