Western Region FL

The Western Region Football League was a name change for the Footscray District Football League to make the name more marketable, and to provide overdue recognition of it as the dominant senior competition in Melbourne's western suburbs.
==History==
Since 2000, Flemington folded after the season with Division 2 running a final eight. Division 2 went to a final six in 2001. In 2002, Kensington Hill - a TV reality show team - played one season, and after that season Kealba and Brooklyn also disappeared (Brooklyn going to the Southern FL). In 2003 Division 2 reverted to a final five. In 2004 Brunswick joined the competition after being kicked out of the Victorian Amateur FA, and Division One was cut from 12 teams to 10 as Division 2 again went to a final eight. In 2006 Seddon failed to finish the season and merged with Yarraville for 2007, while Central Altona folded and Division 2 reverted to a final five. In 2008 Brunswick folded as did Gladstone Park and in 2009 the Western Magpies reverted to Laverton.
In 2011 a new club in Caroline Springs joined the competition. In 2013 new clubs from Manor Lakes and Sanctuary Lakes joined with Coburg Districts departing for the Essendon District FL. In 2014 Werribee District joined from the VAFA and a new club at Tarneit was formed - leading to the formation of a third division. Another new club arrived in 2015 - Wyndham Suns - and in 2016 Newport re-formed, although Port Colts departed for the Southern FL. In 2017 Glenorden went into recess but they returned in 2018 while Point Cook joined from the VAFA and Sanctuary Lakes changed their name to Point Cook Centrals. After the 2019 season Manor Lakes announced they would go into recess, but in 2020 there was no play at all due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 season was abandoned for the same reason.
In 2023 Deer Park and St Albans left for the Essendon District FL and Glenorden went into recess again. This would be the league's last season before the name change to the Western FL.
==Ladders==
===Division One===
2000	PARK 	STAL 	PTCO 	WFOO 	DEPK 	HOPX 	SUNS 	SPOT	ALTO	BRAY	ALBI	SEDD
2001	STAL 	HOPX 	WFOO 	PTCO 	SPOT 	PARK 	BRAY 	SUNS	YARR	ALTO	ALBI	DEPK
2002	HOPX 	PARK 	BRAY 	SPOT 	STAL 	YARR 	ALBI 	SUNS	WFOO	SEDD	PTCO	ALTO
2003	PARK 	SPOT 	HOPX 	PTCO 	STAL 	SUNS 	SEDD 	ALBI	YARR	BRAY	ALTO	WFOO
2004	HOPX 	PTCO 	SPOT 	STAL 	PARK 	ALBI 	SUNS 	YARR	SEDD	NSUN	 	
2005	PTCO 	PARK 	HOPX 	SPOT 	STAL 	SUNS 	ALBI 	YARR	SEDD	NSUN	 	
2006	PTCO 	HOPX 	SUNS 	PARK 	SPOT 	STAL 	ALBI 	YARR	ALTO	 	 	
2007	SPOT 	PTCO 	HOPX 	ALBI 	SUNS 	STAL 	ALTO 	GLEN	YA/S	PARK	 	
2008	SPOT 	PTCO 	STAL 	ALBI 	HOPX 	SUNS 	GLEN 	ALTO	WFOO	YA/S	 	
2009	SPOT 	PTCO 	HOPX 	ALBI 	SUNS 	ALTO 	STAL 	SUNH	GLEN	WFOO	 	
2010	ALBI 	SPOT 	SUNS 	STAL 	ALTO 	PTCO 	HOPX 	SUNH	GLEN	WFOO	 	
2011	SPOT 	ALBI 	ALTO 	PTCO 	STAL 	HOPX 	SUNS 	SUNH	NFOO	GLEN	 	
2012	ALTO 	SPOT 	HOPX 	PTCO 	SUNS 	DEPK 	STAL 	ALBI	NFOO	SUNH	 	
2013	DEPK 	SPOT 	SUNS 	ALTO 	STAL 	HOPX 	PTCO 	ALBI	YA/S	NFOO	 	
2014	DEPK 	SPOT 	WERD 	HOPX 	STAL 	ALTO 	SUNS 	ALBI	PTCO	YA/S	 	
2015	DEPK 	WERD 	HOPX 	SPOT 	ALTO 	SUNS 	STAL 	ALBI	PTCO	 	 	
2016	DEPK 	HOPX 	ALTO 	WERD 	SPOT 	STAL 	SUNS 	ALBI	WYND	 	 	
2017	DEPK 	SUNS 	HOPX 	SPOT 	WERD 	ALTO 	ALBI 	STAL	CSPR	WYND	 	
2018	DEPK 	HOPX 	ALTO 	SPOT 	WERD 	SUNS 	STAL 	CSPR	ALBI	WYND	 	
2019	DEPK 	ALTO 	SPOT 	WERD 	HOPX 	STAL 	CSPR 	SUNS	PTCK	ALBI	 	
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	ALTO 	WERD 	CSPR 	DEPK 	HOPX 	SPOT 	STAL 	YA/S	PTCK	SUNS	 	
2023	WERD 	PTCK 	ALTO 	YA/S 	CSPR 	SPOT 	PTCC 	HOPX	 	 	 	
===Division Two===
2000	YARR 	GLEN 	CALT 	ALBA 	NFOO 	SUNH 	KEAL 	COBD	NSUN	WYND	WMAG	GLPK	FLEM	BROO
2001	SEDD 	ALBA 	NFOO 	NSUN 	CALT 	COBD 	GLEN 	WYND	GLPK	KEAL	WMAG	SUNH	BROO	
2002	KENH 	NFOO 	CALT 	ALBA 	WYND 	GLEN 	NSUN 	SUNH	WMAG	GLPK	COBD	DEPK	KEAL	BROO
2003	NSUN 	GLEN 	NFOO 	SUNH 	ALBA 	CALT 	DEPK 	COBD	WYND	GLPK	WMAG	 	 	
2004	ALTO 	DEPK 	GLEN 	ALBA 	BRAY 	SUNH 	NFOO 	WFOO	COBD	WYND	GLPK	CALT	WMAG	BRUN
2005	ALTO 	GLEN 	WFOO 	BRAY 	ALBA 	SUNH 	CALT 	WYND	DEPK	NFOO	COBD	GLPK	WMAG	BRUN
2006	GLEN 	DEPK 	WFOO 	ALBA 	NFOO 	COBD 	SUNH 	WYND	GLPK	BRAY	NSUN	CALT	WMAG	BRUN
2007	WFOO 	SUNH 	NFOO 	ALBA 	DEPK 	COBD 	NSUN 	WYND	BRAY	WMAG	GLPK	BRUN	 	
2008	SUNH 	NFOO 	ALBA 	PARK 	COBD 	DEPK 	WMAG 	BRAY	NSUN	WYND	 	 	 	
2009	DEPK 	PARK 	NFOO 	ALBA 	LAVE 	YA/S 	BRAY 	COBD	WYND	NSUN	 	 	 	
2010	NFOO 	PARK 	ALBA 	DEPK 	YA/S 	COBD 	WYND 	BRAY	LAVE	NSUN	 	 	 	
2011	DEPK 	ALBA 	WYND 	PARK 	COBD 	YA/S 	LAVE 	WFOO	CSPR	BRAY	NSUN	 	 	
2012	YA/S 	PARK 	WYND 	COBD 	GLEN 	ALBA 	WFOO 	CSPR	BRAY	LAVE	NSUN	 	 	
2013	GLEN 	PARK 	MANL 	WYND 	SUNH 	CSPR 	ALBA 	BRAY	SANL	WFOO	LAVE	NSUN	 	
2014	PARK 	WFOO 	WYND 	GLEN 	MANL 	CSPR 	NFOO 	SUNH	 	 	 	 	 	
2015	WYND 	WFOO 	NFOO 	YA/S 	CSPR 	GLEN 	MANL 	SUNH	 	 	 	 	 	
2016	CSPR 	YA/S 	NFOO 	GLEN 	ALBA 	MANL 	WFOO 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2017	NFOO 	YA/S 	MANL 	ALBA 	NEWP 	WFOO 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2018	PTCK 	YA/S 	PARK 	NFOO 	MANL 	NEWP 	WFOO 	ALBA	 	 	 	 	 	
2019	YA/S 	WYND 	PARK 	PTCC 	NEWP 	WFOO 	NFOO 	MANL	 	 	 	 	 	
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	PTCC 	PARK 	NFOO 	WYND 	NEWP 	ALBI 	GLEN 	WFOO	 	 	 	 	 	
2023	PARK 	ALBI 	NEWP 	SUNS 	WYND 	NFOO 	BRAY 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Division Three===
2014	BRAY 	ALBA 	SANL 	LAVE 	NSUN 	TARN 	 	 	
2015	ALBA 	PARK 	WYNS 	SANL 	LAVE 	NSUN 	TARN 	BRAY	
2016	NEWP 	PARK 	TARN 	SANL 	WYNS 	SUNH 	BRAY 	NSUN	LAVE
2017	PARK 	TARN 	WYNS 	SUNH 	NSUN 	SANL 	BRAY 	LAVE	
2018	PTCC 	WYNS 	TARN 	BRAY 	SUNH 	LAVE 	GLEN 	NSUN	
2019	GLEN 	ALBA 	SUNH 	TARN 	WYNS 	BRAY 	LAVE 	NSUN	
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	BRAY 	WYNS 	ALBA 	SUNH 	TARN 	LAVE 	NSUN 	 	
2023	WYNS 	ALBA 	WFOO 	SUNH 	TARN 	LAVE 	NSUN 	 	
==Abbreviations==
ALBA - Albanvale; ALBI - Albion; ALTO - Altona; BRAY - Braybrook; BROO - Brooklyn; BRUN - Brunswick; CALT - Central Altona; COBD - Coburg District; DEPK - Deer Park; FLEM - Flemington; GLPK - Gladstone Park; GLEN - Glenorden; HOPX - Hoppers Crossing; KEAL - Kealba; KENH - Kensington Hill; LAVE - Laverton; MANL - Manor Lakes; NEWP - Newport; NFOO - North Footscray; NSUN - North Sunshine; PARK - Parkside; PTCK - Point Cook; PTCC - Point Cook Centrals; PTCO - Port Colts; SANL - Sanctuary Lakes; SEDD - Seddon; SPOT - Spotswood; STAL - St.Albans; SUNS - Sunshine; SUNH - Sunshine Heights; TARN - Tarneit; WERD - Werribee District; WFOO - West Footscray; WMAG - Western Magpies; WYNS - Wyndham Suns; WYND - Wyndhamvale; YARR - Yarraville; YA/S - Yarraville/Seddon
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Metropolitan Melbourne Leagues