Riddell District FL

The Riddell District Football League was formed in 1902 and presently covers the outer north west and west of Melbourne extending into the Macedon Ranges.
==History==
The clubs that were members of the competition in 1928 were Gisborne, Lancefield, Macedon, Riddell, Romsey and Sunbury.
Woodend rejoined the competition in 1930. In 1932 Kilmore joined but only lasted a year and left again as did Woodend. In 1934 Lancefield were not part of the competition but returned in 1935. Woodend returned in 1936 and Hesket joined the competition only to also just last a year. In 1938 Gisborne left for a year and returned in 1939 replacing Sunbury who departed. The competition then ceased for World War 2.
After the war in 1946 Woodend did not return but Sunbury did and Hesket also reformed. In 1947 Kilmore returned, while Wallan and Darraweit joined. The latter only lasted two years. In 1952 Hesket went into recess but they returned in 1953 along with Woodend, as well as Trentham joining the competition. In 1954 Wallan departed for the Panton Hill competition and Macedon went into recess, returning in 1955. They did it again in 1959, returning in 1960.
Wallan returned to the competition in 1965 and in 1966 Trentham left for the Clunes competition. In 1972 Hesket went into recess and were replaced in the competition by new club Craigieburn. The following year Melton and Melton South joined ultimately leading in 1975 to a second division being established. This included the return of Trentham and the return of Hesket from recess. In 1977 Broadford joined the competition while in 1978 Woodend and Hesket merged and Trentham departed again - and a new club from Diggers Rest joined. Trentham returned in 1980 but departed again after the 1981 season.
In 1985 Kilmore and Broadford left, forcing the league to go back to one division. In 1986 Jacana and Darley joined the competition, leading in 1987 to the restoration of the second division and the return of Kilmore as well as the admission of North Fawkner, Moomba Park, Northern Eagles and a new club - Sunbury Rovers. This was a peak in strength for the competition that lasted until 1992 when the Northern Eagles departed. Jacana in the meantime in 1991 had changed their name to Broadmeadows. In 1995 Riddell went into recess returning in 1996, covering for the folding of Moomba Park while another new club joined - Melton Centrals.
But after the 1996 season the competition changed totally. Sunbury, Melton, Melton South and Darley all left to join the Ballarat FL forcing the league back to one division again for 1997. North Fawkner then disappeared for the 1998 season and Lancefield went into recess in 1999 - although they managed to return in 2000. Rockbank also joined the competition in 2000, but in another stinging loss - Gisborne left for the Bendigo FL. 2001 was even worse with Jacana (who returned to the name in 1997) and Craigieburn departing for the Essendon District FL and Macedon going into recess. The competition had shrunk from 18 clubs in 1996 to just 10 clubs in just five years.
In 2002 it dropped by another club with Wallan crossing to the Northern FL, but it was back to 10 clubs in 2003 with the return from recess of Macedon. Things looked up in 2008 with the return of Wallan, and then in 2009 the return of Broadford. In 2013 Rupertswood joined from the Victorian Amateur FA bringing the clubs numbers to 13. But another slip followed, starting in 2016 with the departure of Kilmore to the Northern FL. Then in 2019 Sunbury Rovers left for the Essendon District FL.
Season 2020 was abandoned without a game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but for 2021 Rupertswood had followed Sunbury Rovers to the EDFL and Broadford left for the Outer East FL. The season wasn't finished and abandoned as well - with the competition back to 9 clubs again.
==Ladders (recent)==
Below are the ladders and the abbreviation explanations.
===Division 1 (to 1996)===
1991	RIDD	MELS	DARL	SUNB	GISB	CRAI	MELT	BRDM	NEAG	KILM
1992	RIDD	SUNB	CRAI	DARL	MELS	GISB	MELT	BRDM	KILM	MOPK
1993	CRAI	DARL	SUNB	MELS	RIDD	BRDM	GISB	MELT	MOPK	KILM
1994	MELS	MELT	GISB	CRAI	DARL	BRDM	SUNB	RIDD	MOPK	DIGR
1995	DARL	MELT	CRAI	MELS	SUNB	BRDM	GISB	MOPK	DIGR	
1996	SUNB	MELT	GISB	MELS	DARL	BRDM	CRAI	 	 	
===Division 2 (to 1996)===
1991	MOPK	DIGR	LANC	WD/H	MACE	WALL	ROMS	NFAW	SUNR	 	
1992	WALL	DIGR	WD/H	MACE	LANC	ROMS	NFAW	SUNR	 	 	
1993	DIGR	WD/H	LANC	NFAW	WALL	MACE	ROMS	SUNR	 	 	
1994	KILM	WD/H	ROMS	LANC	NFAW	WALL	MACE	SUNR	 	 	
1995	LANC	WD/H	KILM	WALL	ROMS	SUNR	MACE	NFAW	 	 	
1996	LANC	RIDD	KILM	DIGR	WD/H	SUNR	MACE	WALL	MELC	ROMS	NFAW
===Single Division===
1997	GISB 	JACA 	CRAI 	LANC 	ROMS 	WALL 	KILM 	MACE	SUNR	DIGR	WD/H	RIDD	MELC	NFAW
1998	GISB 	WALL 	MACE 	CRAI 	JACA 	LANC 	RIDD 	KILM	WD/H	DIGR	ROMS	SUNR	MELC	
1999	GISB 	RIDD 	WALL 	CRAI 	JACA 	WD/H 	KILM 	ROMS	MACE	DIGR	SUNR	MELC	 	
2000	JACA 	WALL 	CRAI 	WD/H 	RIDD 	ROMS 	KILM 	LANC	DIGR	SUNR	MELC	MACE	ROCK	
2001	KILM 	WD/H 	RIDD 	ROMS 	WALL 	LANC 	DIGR 	ROCK	MELC	SUNR	 	 	 	
2002	WD/H 	LANC 	ROMS 	ROCK 	KILM 	DIGR 	MELC 	RIDD	SUNR	 	 	 	 	
2003	ROMS 	LANC 	MELC 	DIGR 	WD/H 	KILM 	RIDD 	SUNR	MACE	ROCK	 	 	 	
2004	LANC 	RIDD 	ROMS 	DIGR 	MELC 	WD/H 	KILM 	MACE	ROCK	SUNR	 	 	 	
2005	RIDD 	ROMS 	DIGR 	MELC 	LANC 	WD/H 	KILM 	SUNR	MACE	ROCK	 	 	 	
2006	RIDD 	DIGR 	WD/H 	SUNR 	ROMS 	KILM 	MELC 	MACE	LANC	ROCK	 	 	 	
2007	WD/H 	RIDD 	SUNR 	ROMS 	DIGR 	KILM 	LANC 	MELC	ROCK	MACE	 	 	 	
2008	RIDD 	DIGR 	WD/H 	SUNR 	WALL 	MACE 	LANC 	MELC	ROMS	KILM	ROCK	 	 	
2009	LANC 	ROMS 	RIDD 	DIGR 	MACE 	WD/H 	SUNR 	WALL	BROA	KILM	MELC	ROCK	 	
2010	RIDD 	DIGR 	SUNR 	LANC 	MACE 	ROMS 	KILM 	WD/H	WALL	ROCK	MELC	BROA	 	
2011	ROMS 	SUNR 	RIDD 	MACE 	DIGR 	WALL 	KILM 	WD/H	MELC	ROCK	BROA	LANC	 	
2012	SUNR 	ROMS 	DIGR 	RIDD 	MACE 	MELC 	WALL 	WD/H	BROA	KILM	ROCK	LANC	 	
2013	RIDD 	DIGR 	SUNR 	ROMS 	MACE 	RUPE 	MELC 	LANC	BROA	ROCK	WALL	WD/H	KILM	
2014	ROMS 	DIGR 	RIDD 	RUPE 	SUNR 	ROCK 	LANC 	WALL	BROA	MELC	MACE	WD/H	KILM	
2015	ROMS 	DIGR 	BROA 	RIDD 	RUPE 	MACE 	SUNR 	LANC	WD/H	WALL	ROCK	MELC	KILM	
2016	DIGR 	RIDD 	BROA 	MACE 	RUPE 	WALL 	SUNR 	LANC	ROMS	WD/H	MELC	ROCK	 	
2017	MACE 	RUPE 	DIGR 	RIDD 	ROMS 	SUNR 	WALL 	MELC	WD/H	LANC	ROCK	BROA	 	
2018	DIGR 	RIDD 	MACE 	RUPE 	WALL 	ROMS 	WD/H 	SUNR	MELC	LANC	BROA	ROCK	 	
2019	RUPE 	WALL 	DIGR 	ROMS 	RIDD 	MACE 	MELC 	WD/H	BROA	LANC	ROCK	 	 	
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	RIDD 	DIGR 	WALL 	MACE 	ROMS 	WD/H 	MELC 	LANC	ROCK	 	 	 	 	
2023	DIGR 	WD/H 	WALL 	ROMS 	RIDD 	MACE 	MELC 	LANC	ROCK	 	 	 	 	
===Abbreviations===
BRDM - Broadmeadows; CRAI - Craigieburn; DARL - Darley; DIGR - Diggers Rest; GISB - Gisborne; KILM - Kilmore; LANC - Lancefield; MACE - Macedon; MELT - Melton; MELC - Melton Centrals; MELS - Melton South; MOPK - Moomba Park; NFAW - North Fawkner; NEAG - Northern Eagles; RIDD - Riddell; ROMS - Romsey; RUPE - Rupertswood; SUNB - Sunbury; SUNR - Sunbury Rovers; WALL - Wallan; WD/H - Woodend/Hesket
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
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