Victorian Football Expansion

## History

### Victorian Beginnings

The sport of Victorian Football was invented in Victoria in 1858. The first competitions were around the Victorian and New South Welsh colonies of British New Holland. The sport was almost killed by the Victorian Revolution, but resurrected when the people of Victoria decided to see the game as a part of the national culture. Many Grotewoesti immigrants moved back home after the revolution, introducing the game of Victorian Rules Football back home. In the years after the Revolution, Victoria started developing friendlier relations with neighbouring British colonies. Exhibition games were played in Tasmania and New Zealand- Tasmania loved the game, but New Zealand not so much, except for the Kinladofri island, a small part of New Zealand which would later become it's own country.

### Kinladofri's Introduction

Despite being a part of New Zealand at the time, Kinladofri was very influential in the history of Victorian Football. The Original Kinladofri Football League (not the KFL, but the competition that came before it) established a competition between New Zealand, Mommolo, Estomolo and Huruski in 1882, which New Zealand won quite easily, but the main point was that it established the game in those countries.

### Lefornland

In the 1890's, the major Universities of Lefornland were competing in Soccer and Rugby Union competitions, but in 1895, they decided to set up a new experimental tournment of Victorian Rules. The University Football League was created, which eventually became the Lefornish Football League.

### North Ebraka

In the early 1900's, Rugby Union was easily Sixbia's favourite sport. However, that was about to change when a tournament in Randsbourne was established of a then unknown sport called 'Victorian Football'. There was no existence of the sport in Sixbia until that one tournament was established, which ended up popularising Victorian Rules all over the country, and then passing it on to Skontilla, who passed it on to Notosivia.

### East Vistaain and East Senley

Victorian Football was introduced to East Vistaain (part of Pifvancia at the time) in 1938 by Victorian businessman Jack Orvot, who lived in Kelberley and established a citywide tournament so he could watch his own code of football at home. The competition expanded and conquered half the Senley Island, and is now known as the Continental Football League.

## Recent Expansions

### New South Wales

Victorian Rules Football reached New South Wales when the VTFL decided to add to New South Welsh teams in the competition. After much confusion, the idea was changed and the NSWVFL was created. While the majority of the teams are not very popular, with some averaging less than 1000 people per game, Albury and Western Sydney have been very successful, gaining fans all over the country.

## Future

### England

Many people think that England would be a great place to grow the game of Victorian Rules. The VTFL and HFA certainly agree, and have often played one match a year in London. While both the VTFL and HFA want to start creating new teams and competitions in England, there is uncertainty about the stadiums and facilities that would be required. The new competition would have to borrow cricket grounds from all around the country, many of which are slightly small for Victorian Football.

### Netherlands

Victorian Football is very popular in Grotewoest, the Netherlands' "sister country" as some like to call it. Due to this, Victorian Rules already has quite a significant following in the Netherlands. However, people can only watch the GFL, as there currently is no Dutch competition. The Netherlands seems like a perfect place for the GFL to expand, however, there is one big problem. The Netherlands is a very dense country, doesn't have many existing cricket grounds, and doesn't have much room in urban areas to build any without it being too hard to travel to games.

### United States and Canada

The idea of a Victorian Football tournament based in the United States and Canada is one the HFA has been passionate about for a long time. With the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, most American sports have been cancelled, and with the CFL Vistaain, LFL, and GFL still running, more Americans are learning about the sport.

## Battle of the Balls

Victorian Rules has historically been divided between using a leather or a rubber ball, with different countries using different brands. SECTION INCOMPLETE