Ballarat FL (1937)

The Ballarat Football League was re-formed in 1937 after the failure of the Ballarat Wimmera Football League.
==History==
The returning clubs were Ballarat, Ballarat North, Golden Point and Imperials. South Ballarat returned in 1938 while Ballarat left. Sebastopol and CYMS joined as well but they only lasted a year and Imperials departed as well replaced by St Pats in 1939. Also that year Ballarat North folded and Ballarat returned. World War 2 bit and South Ballarat merged with Sebastopol while RAAF fielded a team in 1940. In 1941 as the competition relied on younger footballers RAAF and St Pats departed, and South Ballarat folded leaving Sebastopol on their own. Wendouree joined the competition as did East Ballarat and Redan. In 1942 RAAF returned and Military Hospital fielded a team but Wendouree and Sebastopol left. In 1943 Military Hospital left as did Golden Point as Army joined. In 1944 Army left but Smeaton joined as did Learmonth/Waubra as a merged entity. In 1945 Golden Point returned and Waubra separated from Learmonth to field their own team.
In 1946 with competitions returning to normal, RAAF, Smeaton and Waubra departed and Maryborough and Geelong West joined. This was the stable competition until 1952 when North Ballarat and Daylesford joined. The stability continued until 1963 when Geelong West left to join the Victorian Football Association. They were replaced in 1966 by Beaufort. There were no changes until 1978 when Sebastopol returned and Maddingley joined from tbe Ballarat Bacchus Marsh FL. In 1979 Maddingley merged with close neighbour Bacchus Marsh and in 1983 the merged entity became just Bacchus Marsh. In 1987 Beaufort took a year off returning in 1988. Maryborough left for the Bendigo FL in 1991 and in 1993 Beaufort left for the Central Highlands FL. In 1995 Lake Wendouree - a merger of Wendouree and junior club YCW - joined.
For season 1997 massive changes were made. North Ballarat departed for the Victorian FL but Sunbury, Melton, Melton South and Darley joined from the Riddell District FL. In 2001 East Ballarat and Golden Point merged to form East Point. In 2004 Daylesford left for the Central Highlands FL. In 2008 North Ballarat fielded a second string team in the competition, North City. But after the 2017 season North were kicked out of the VFL. The club maintained the North City moniker before restoring the name North Ballarat in 2020 - despite the season being abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 season was started but it was also soon abandoned.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	NBAL 	EBAL 	BALL 	G.PT 	BACM 	SEBA 	BEAU 	REDA	MARY	DAYL	 	
1992	NBAL 	BALL 	G.PT 	REDA 	SEBA 	EBAL 	BEAU 	BACM	DAYL	 	 	
1993	EBAL 	NBAL 	REDA 	G.PT 	BALL 	SEBA 	DAYL 	BEAU	BACM	 	 	
1994	NBAL 	EBAL 	BALL 	BACM 	DAYL 	SEBA 	G.PT 	REDA	 	 	 	
1995	NBAL 	BACM 	DAYL 	EBAL 	LKWE 	BALL 	G.PT 	SEBA	REDA	 	 	
1996	NBAL 	LKWE 	DAYL 	EBAL 	BACM 	BALL 	SEBA 	G.PT	REDA	 	 	
1997	SUNB 	LKWE 	MELT 	DARL 	MELS 	BALL 	DAYL 	SEBA	BACM	EBAL	G.PT	REDA
1998	SUNB 	MELT 	BACM 	MELS 	DARL 	LKWE 	EBAL 	SEBA	BALL	G.PT	DAYL	REDA
1999	SUNB 	BACM 	MELT 	LKWE 	DARL 	G.PT 	EBAL 	MELS	SEBA	BALL	REDA	DAYL
2000	MELT 	SEBA 	DARL 	SUNB 	LKWE 	MELS 	BALL 	G.PT	REDA	BACM	EBAL	DAYL
2001	MELT 	MELS 	DARL 	DAYL 	BACM 	SUNB 	LKWE 	BALL	REDA	E/PT	SEBA	
2002	REDA 	SUNB 	DARL 	MELS 	DAYL 	MELT 	SEBA 	BACM	LKWE	BALL	E/PT	
2003	REDA 	SUNB 	DAYL 	MELS 	LKWE 	DARL 	BALL 	MELT	SEBA	E/PT	BACM	
2004	SUNB 	REDA 	DARL 	LKWE 	DAYL 	E/PT 	MELT 	MELS	BACM	BALL	SEBA	
2005	MELT 	SUNB 	REDA 	DARL 	MELS 	LKWE 	E/PT 	DAYL	BALL	SEBA	BACM	
2006	REDA 	E/PT 	DARL 	BALL 	MELT 	SUNB 	LKWE 	SEBA	MELS	BACM	 	
2007	REDA 	SUNB 	BALL 	E/PT 	MELS 	MELT 	LKWE 	DARL	SEBA	BACM	 	
2008	BALL 	DARL 	E/PT 	LKWE 	SUNB 	MELS 	REDA 	BACM	MELT	NCTY	SEBA	
2009	REDA 	E/PT 	LKWE 	DARL 	SUNB 	BALL 	MELS 	NCTY	MELT	BACM	SEBA	
2010	LKWE 	BALL 	REDA 	SUNB 	DARL 	E/PT 	MELS 	MELT	NCTY	SEBA	BACM	
2011	REDA 	SUNB 	NCTY 	LKWE 	MELS 	BALL 	E/PT 	BACM	MELT	SEBA	DARL	
2012	SUNB 	REDA 	E/PT 	NCTY 	DARL 	BALL 	MELS 	BACM	LKWE	MELT	SEBA	
2013	NCTY 	SUNB 	REDA 	DARL 	E/PT 	BALL 	BACM 	MELS	LKWE	MELT	SEBA	
2014	NCTY 	BALL 	REDA 	DARL 	LKWE 	SUNB 	E/PT 	BACM	MELT	MELS	SEBA	
2015	DARL 	NCTY 	REDA 	LKWE 	E/PT 	SUNB 	BACM 	BALL	MELT	MELS	SEBA	
2016	BACM 	SUNB 	LKWE 	REDA 	NCTY 	DARL 	E/PT 	MELT	BALL	SEBA	MELS	
2017	DARL 	BACM 	LKWE 	REDA 	SUNB 	NCTY 	E/PT 	MELS	MELT	BALL	SEBA	
2018	E/PT 	MELT 	DARL 	NCTY 	BACM 	LKWE 	SEBA 	SUNB	REDA	BALL	MELS	
2019	E/PT 	SEBA 	MELT 	REDA 	DARL 	SUNB 	NCTY 	BACM	LKWE	BALL	MELS	
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	MELT 	SEBA 	BALL 	DARL 	E/PT 	NBAL 	REDA 	BACM	SUNB	MELS	LKWE	
2023	DARL 	NBAL 	E/PT 	MELT 	SEBA 	REDA 	SUNB 	BACM	BALL	LKWE	MELS	
===Abbreviations===
BACM - Bacchus Marsh; BALL - Ballarat; BEAU - Beaufort; DARL - Darley; DAYL - Daylesford; EBAL - East Ballarat; E/PT - East Point; G.PT - Golden Point; LKWE - Lake Wendouree; MARY - Maryborough; MELT - Melton; MELS - Melton South; NBAL - North Ballarat; NCTY - North City; REDA - Redan; SEBA - Sebastopol; SUNB - Sunbury
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues