Defunct footy clubs in Melbourne

[random observer]

I am pretty sure that become Ashburton-Chadstone in the late 1980s (1986 or 1987?) and played in the ESCFA until it ended in 1992.

I reckon they played for two seasons in the lower grades of the SFL before folding.

The SFL had something like five divisions after the merger and in a period of 2-3 seasons contracted by at least one division after the loss of Ashburton-Chadstone, Box Hill Adelphians, Camberwell Power, Collingwood Districts, Fairfield, Heidelberg Colts, North Blackburn and the Richmond Rosellas amongst others.

I did a bit of research on the SFNL, SESFL and ESCFA, and compared 1993 and 2023:

SFNL clubs 1993, 2023
	Origin:	1993 Div	2023 Div	Current:	Details:
Bentleigh	ESCFA	1	1	1
East Brighton	SESFL	1	2	2
Hampton United	ESCFA	1	4	4
Mordialloc	SESFL	1	1	1
Mt Waverley	SESFL	1	—	EFL	Took over Burwood, went into recess, joined EFL as Waverley Blues.
Noble Park	SESFL	1	—	EFL
Oakleigh District	SESFL	1	—	EFL
Parkdale	SESFL	1	—	T/O VAFA	Merged with Mentone Amateurs.
South Melbourne District	SESFL	1	—	VAFA
St Paul's Bentleigh	ESCFA	1	1	1
Ashwood	SESFL	2	3	3
Balwyn	SESFL	2	—	EFL
Beaumaris	SESFL	2	—	VAFA
Burwood	ESCFA	2	—	T/O SFNL	Taken over by Mt Waverley; later to EFL
Caulfield	ESCFA	2	2	2
Cheltenham	SESFL	2	1	1
Collingwood District	ESCFA	2	—	Dead
Highett District	SESFL	2	2	2	Now called Highett.
Springvale District	ESCFA	2	1	1
Tooronga Malvern	SESFL	2	2	2	Now called East Malvern
Box Hill Pioneers	ESCFA	3	—	EFL	Joined EFL as Whitehorse Pioneers.
Canterbury	SESFL	3	—	VAFA	Went to EFL initially, but now in VAFA.
Chelsea Heights	SWGFL	3	1	1
East Camberwell	ESCFA	3	—	EFL	Took over Surrey Hills to become Surrey Park; later went to EFL.
Fairfield	ESCFA	3	—	Dead
Lower Plenty	ESCFA	3	—	NFNL
Murrumbeena	SESFL	3	2	2
North Kew	SESFL	3	—	T/O VAFA	Taken over by Kew (VAFA).
St Kilda City	SESFL	3	1	1
Ashburton Chadstone	ESCFA	4	—	Dead	Survives as juniors-only club.
Black Rock	ESCFA	4	2	2
Carnegie	ESCFA	4	—	Dead
Cheltenham Assumption	ESCFA	4	—	Dead
Dandenong West	ESCFA	4	4	4	Now called Dandenong.
Heatherton	ESCFA	4	3	3
South Yarra	ESCFA	4	4	4
Syndal Tally Ho	ESCFA	4	—	VAFA	Went to VAFA, later renamed Chadstone.
Box Hill Adelphians	ESCFA	5	—	Dead	Rename Camberwell Power, died anyway.
Box Hill North	ESCFA	5	—	VAFA
East Bentleigh	ESCFA	5	—	T/O SFNL	Taken over by St Paul's Bentleigh.
Eley Park	ESCFA	5	—	VAFA
Lyndale	ESCFA	5	4	4
Moorabbin West	ESCFA	5	4	4	Now called Moorabbin.
Mt Waverley Catholic	ESCFA	5	—	Dead	Supposedly in recess, but practically dead.
North Blackburn	ESCFA	5	—	Dead
	Table 1: Where are they now? - by origin
	League in 2023:	Total:	SESFL	ESCFA	SWGFL
	Still in SFNL	20	8	11	1
	Taken over by another SFNL side	2	0	2	0
	Moved to VAFA	6	3	3	0
	Taken over / merged, now in VAFA	2	2	0	0
	Moved to EFL	6	4	2	0
	Moved to NFNL	1	0	1	0
	Dead	8	0	8	0
		45	17	27	1
	Table 2: Where are they now? - by 1993 division.
	1993	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023
	Div:	SFNL	T/O SFNL	VAFA	T/O VAFA	EFL	NFNL	Dead	Total:
	1	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	10
	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	10
	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	9
	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	8
	Total:	20	2	6	2	6	1	8
	Table 3: Where did they come from?
	Table 3.1: Numbers of clubs.					Table 3.2: By percentage.
	1993					1993
	Div:	SESFL:	ESCFA:	SWGFL:		Div:	SESFL:	ESCFA:	SWGFL:	Total:
	1	7	3	0		1	70	30	0	100
	2	6	4	0		2	60	40	0	100
	3	4	4	1		3	44	44	11	100
	4	0	8	0		4	0	100	0	100
	5	0	8	0		5	0	100	0	100
	Total:	17	27	1
	Table 4: Upward or downward movement.
	1993	2023	2023	2023	2023
	Div:	Div 1:	Div 2:	Div 3:	Div 4:	Up	Same	Down
	1	3	1	0	1	–	3	2
	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	1
	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0
	4	0	1	1	2	2	2	–
	5	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
					Total:	9	8	3

A lot of this is a bit questionable and I am open to corrections.

1. The South East Suburban FL (SESFL) actually renamed itself the SFL in 1992, and the old Eastern Suburbs Churches (ESCFA) sides joined it in 1993 (along with a side from the South West Gippsland FL). For this exercise, it is easier to think of the two leagues as ESCFA and SESFL up to 1992, and use the name SFL / SFNL for the merged entity from 1993 onwards.
2. When the SFL started in 1993, the five divisions were called Premier-1-2-3-4. They were renumbered 1-2-3-4-5 in (I think) 1995. I have just numbered them 1-2-3-4-5 from the get go, as it does your head in otherwise.
3. Origins: Caulfield didn't exist in the ESCFA, being created by a merger for the 1993 season. The two sides that merged were both ex-ESCFA, so I have classed Caulfield as an ESCFA side.
4. Current location: some clubs moved twice (Canterbury went to the EFL, then to the VAFA), while one went and came back (Bentleigh to/from VAFA). Others went into recess before moving (Mt Waverley - Burwood), while another allegedly phoenixed itself after being refused permission to move. To make it easier, I just took it as where they were in 1993 and 2023.
4. Ends: these can be a bit controversial. Burwood and East Bentleigh supposedly 'merged' with other SFL sides (Mt Waverley and St Paul's Bentleigh, respectively), but there is not much doubt they were taken over, making only a tiny change to the names and jumpers of the sides they were merged with.
5. Mergers with VAFA sides are a bit more complex. There is not much doubt North Kew was taken over by Kew VAFA (the only sign of their existence is that Kew occasionally wear North Kew jumpers as a clash jumper), but Parkdale and Mentone Vultures seems more even. Again, to make it easier, I just treated it as a takeover.
6. East Camberwell is harder again. They merged with EFL side Surrey Hills to become Surrey Park, in a deal in which Surrey Park seems to have been the winner - but they stayed in East Camberwell's league. It was only some years later Surrey Park went to EFL. I have treated this as a move to the EFL.
7. Even death of a footy side is harder to diagnose than you might think. Fairfield (I think) went to NFL (?), but folded fairly soon after, so I have described them as dead. Others (Ashburton-Chadstone) survive as junior clubs, but as no longer around as senior clubs.
8. I haven't tried to include sides that joined the SFNL after 1993. My head will explode.

Thoughts:
1. I was surprised by how big the ESCFA was - 27 teams survived to go to the SFNL in 1993. Looking into it, it doesn't seem to have been dying (by club numbers, anyway): Eley Park joined in 1992. Many / most of the sides that joined the ESCFA in the latter years (e.g. Springvale District, Collingwood District) did not appear to have religious affiliations.
2. I was also surprised by how weak the ESCFA was. ESCFA sides made up only 30% of SFNL Div 1 and 40% of SFNL Div 2 - but 100% of SFNL Divs 4 & 5. This may be why clubs kept joining the ESCFA - they had a better chance of being successful in a weaker comp.
3. Having an ESCFA background seems to be a liability. Of the 8 SFNL sides I have classed as dead, all 8 came from the ESCFA. Many surviving ESCFA sides have also had extended periods of weakness (Box Hill North, Chadstone, Eley Park all had times in the VAFA Thirds as they couldn't field reserves sides).
4. Unsurprisingly, six of the eight dead sides came from Divs 4 & 5, with only one from Div 3 (Fairfield) and one from Div 2 (Collingwood District).
5. For sides still in the SFNL in 2023, most seem to be playing at the same division (8) or a higher one (9) than they were in 1993 (17/20), with only 3 going downwards. Upward mobility is only partly explained by Div 5 disappearing (only two Div 5 sides remain in the SFNL).
6. Moving to the VAFA seems to be equally popular for clubs from all divisions (1 or 2 clubs from each division - two each from Divs 1, 3 and 5, one each from Div 2 and 4), and from both components (of the 6 clubs that moved to the VAFA, 3 came from the SESFL and 3 from the ESCFA - though the two that merged with VAFA sides were both ex-SESFL).
7. Going to the EFL seems to be an option mainly for sides in the top 3 divisions. Probably says a bit about the strength of the EFL.

There's probably more you can make of it, but I've over-thought it enough.

 

[NFNLWikiFan]

1930`s - Wallan

1935 to 1939 Wallan played in the Hume Highway Football Association My name is Mick Kelly and my uncle Colin Collins played football for Wallan & District in the 1930s (we believe) I am doing a project on early Collins' family history through the family photos that I have collected and are...

wallanmagpies.com.au

Not much, but some info on DG

Some info is better than no info, thanks!

 

[InFineForm]

I did a bit of research on the SFNL, SESFL and ESCFA, and compared 1993 and 2023:

SFNL clubs 1993, 2023
	Origin:	1993 Div	2023 Div	Current:	Details:
Bentleigh	ESCFA	1	1	1
East Brighton	SESFL	1	2	2
Hampton United	ESCFA	1	4	4
Mordialloc	SESFL	1	1	1
Mt Waverley	SESFL	1	—	EFL	Took over Burwood, went into recess, joined EFL as Waverley Blues.
Noble Park	SESFL	1	—	EFL
Oakleigh District	SESFL	1	—	EFL
Parkdale	SESFL	1	—	T/O VAFA	Merged with Mentone Amateurs.
South Melbourne District	SESFL	1	—	VAFA
St Paul's Bentleigh	ESCFA	1	1	1
Ashwood	SESFL	2	3	3
Balwyn	SESFL	2	—	EFL
Beaumaris	SESFL	2	—	VAFA
Burwood	ESCFA	2	—	T/O SFNL	Taken over by Mt Waverley; later to EFL
Caulfield	ESCFA	2	2	2
Cheltenham	SESFL	2	1	1
Collingwood District	ESCFA	2	—	Dead
Highett District	SESFL	2	2	2	Now called Highett.
Springvale District	ESCFA	2	1	1
Tooronga Malvern	SESFL	2	2	2	Now called East Malvern
Box Hill Pioneers	ESCFA	3	—	EFL	Joined EFL as Whitehorse Pioneers.
Canterbury	SESFL	3	—	VAFA	Went to EFL initially, but now in VAFA.
Chelsea Heights	SWGFL	3	1	1
East Camberwell	ESCFA	3	—	EFL	Took over Surrey Hills to become Surrey Park; later went to EFL.
Fairfield	ESCFA	3	—	Dead
Lower Plenty	ESCFA	3	—	NFNL
Murrumbeena	SESFL	3	2	2
North Kew	SESFL	3	—	T/O VAFA	Taken over by Kew (VAFA).
St Kilda City	SESFL	3	1	1
Ashburton Chadstone	ESCFA	4	—	Dead	Survives as juniors-only club.
Black Rock	ESCFA	4	2	2
Carnegie	ESCFA	4	—	Dead
Cheltenham Assumption	ESCFA	4	—	Dead
Dandenong West	ESCFA	4	4	4	Now called Dandenong.
Heatherton	ESCFA	4	3	3
South Yarra	ESCFA	4	4	4
Syndal Tally Ho	ESCFA	4	—	VAFA	Went to VAFA, later renamed Chadstone.
Box Hill Adelphians	ESCFA	5	—	Dead	Rename Camberwell Power, died anyway.
Box Hill North	ESCFA	5	—	VAFA
East Bentleigh	ESCFA	5	—	T/O SFNL	Taken over by St Paul's Bentleigh.
Eley Park	ESCFA	5	—	VAFA
Lyndale	ESCFA	5	4	4
Moorabbin West	ESCFA	5	4	4	Now called Moorabbin.
Mt Waverley Catholic	ESCFA	5	—	Dead	Supposedly in recess, but practically dead.
North Blackburn	ESCFA	5	—	Dead
	Table 1: Where are they now? - by origin
	League in 2023:	Total:	SESFL	ESCFA	SWGFL
	Still in SFNL	20	8	11	1
	Taken over by another SFNL side	2	0	2	0
	Moved to VAFA	6	3	3	0
	Taken over / merged, now in VAFA	2	2	0	0
	Moved to EFL	6	4	2	0
	Moved to NFNL	1	0	1	0
	Dead	8	0	8	0
		45	17	27	1
	Table 2: Where are they now? - by 1993 division.
	1993	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023
	Div:	SFNL	T/O SFNL	VAFA	T/O VAFA	EFL	NFNL	Dead	Total:
	1	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	10
	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	10
	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	9
	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	8
	Total:	20	2	6	2	6	1	8
	Table 3: Where did they come from?
	Table 3.1: Numbers of clubs.					Table 3.2: By percentage.
	1993					1993
	Div:	SESFL:	ESCFA:	SWGFL:		Div:	SESFL:	ESCFA:	SWGFL:	Total:
	1	7	3	0		1	70	30	0	100
	2	6	4	0		2	60	40	0	100
	3	4	4	1		3	44	44	11	100
	4	0	8	0		4	0	100	0	100
	5	0	8	0		5	0	100	0	100
	Total:	17	27	1
	Table 4: Upward or downward movement.
	1993	2023	2023	2023	2023
	Div:	Div 1:	Div 2:	Div 3:	Div 4:	Up	Same	Down
	1	3	1	0	1	–	3	2
	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	1
	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0
	4	0	1	1	2	2	2	–
	5	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
					Total:	9	8	3

A lot of this is a bit questionable and I am open to corrections.

1. The South East Suburban FL (SESFL) actually renamed itself the SFL in 1992, and the old Eastern Suburbs Churches (ESCFA) sides joined it in 1993 (along with a side from the South West Gippsland FL). For this exercise, it is easier to think of the two leagues as ESCFA and SESFL up to 1992, and use the name SFL / SFNL for the merged entity from 1993 onwards.
2. When the SFL started in 1993, the five divisions were called Premier-1-2-3-4. They were renumbered 1-2-3-4-5 in (I think) 1995. I have just numbered them 1-2-3-4-5 from the get go, as it does your head in otherwise.
3. Origins: Caulfield didn't exist in the ESCFA, being created by a merger for the 1993 season. The two sides that merged were both ex-ESCFA, so I have classed Caulfield as an ESCFA side.
4. Current location: some clubs moved twice (Canterbury went to the EFL, then to the VAFA), while one went and came back (Bentleigh to/from VAFA). Others went into recess before moving (Mt Waverley - Burwood), while another allegedly phoenixed itself after being refused permission to move. To make it easier, I just took it as where they were in 1993 and 2023.
4. Ends: these can be a bit controversial. Burwood and East Bentleigh supposedly 'merged' with other SFL sides (Mt Waverley and St Paul's Bentleigh, respectively), but there is not much doubt they were taken over, making only a tiny change to the names and jumpers of the sides they were merged with.
5. Mergers with VAFA sides are a bit more complex. There is not much doubt North Kew was taken over by Kew VAFA (the only sign of their existence is that Kew occasionally wear North Kew jumpers as a clash jumper), but Parkdale and Mentone Vultures seems more even. Again, to make it easier, I just treated it as a takeover.
6. East Camberwell is harder again. They merged with EFL side Surrey Hills to become Surrey Park, in a deal in which Surrey Park seems to have been the winner - but they stayed in East Camberwell's league. It was only some years later Surrey Park went to EFL. I have treated this as a move to the EFL.
7. Even death of a footy side is harder to diagnose than you might think. Fairfield (I think) went to NFL (?), but folded fairly soon after, so I have described them as dead. Others (Ashburton-Chadstone) survive as junior clubs, but as no longer around as senior clubs.
8. I haven't tried to include sides that joined the SFNL after 1993. My head will explode.

Thoughts:
1. I was surprised by how big the ESCFA was - 27 teams survived to go to the SFNL in 1993. Looking into it, it doesn't seem to have been dying (by club numbers, anyway): Eley Park joined in 1992. Many / most of the sides that joined the ESCFA in the latter years (e.g. Springvale District, Collingwood District) did not appear to have religious affiliations.
2. I was also surprised by how weak the ESCFA was. ESCFA sides made up only 30% of SFNL Div 1 and 40% of SFNL Div 2 - but 100% of SFNL Divs 4 & 5. This may be why clubs kept joining the ESCFA - they had a better chance of being successful in a weaker comp.
3. Having an ESCFA background seems to be a liability. Of the 8 SFNL sides I have classed as dead, all 8 came from the ESCFA. Many surviving ESCFA sides have also had extended periods of weakness (Box Hill North, Chadstone, Eley Park all had times in the VAFA Thirds as they couldn't field reserves sides).
4. Unsurprisingly, six of the eight dead sides came from Divs 4 & 5, with only one from Div 3 (Fairfield) and one from Div 2 (Collingwood District).
5. For sides still in the SFNL in 2023, most seem to be playing at the same division (8) or a higher one (9) than they were in 1993 (17/20), with only 3 going downwards. Upward mobility is only partly explained by Div 5 disappearing (only two Div 5 sides remain in the SFNL).
6. Moving to the VAFA seems to be equally popular for clubs from all divisions (1 or 2 clubs from each division - two each from Divs 1, 3 and 5, one each from Div 2 and 4), and from both components (of the 6 clubs that moved to the VAFA, 3 came from the SESFL and 3 from the ESCFA - though the two that merged with VAFA sides were both ex-SESFL).
7. Going to the EFL seems to be an option mainly for sides in the top 3 divisions. Probably says a bit about the strength of the EFL.

There's probably more you can make of it, but I've over-thought it enough.

In regards to your 'thoughts' point 4 re Collingwood Districts & Fairfield, both clubs had, er, 'cultural issues'.

i.e. they were full of thugs. This may have impacted on their ability to survive the league change.

 

[NFNLWikiFan]

In regards to your 'thoughts' point 4 re Collingwood Districts & Fairfield, both clubs had, er, 'cultural issues'.

i.e. they were full of thugs. This may have impacted on their ability to survive the league change.

Perhaps a good moment to post these DVFL Footy Record images that I've been meaning to pop up for months as they back up your comment. These are from the 1996 Season, Fairfield Park's one and only in the league. As I knew they, and St Andrews Coburg, had only played a season or two I was interested to learn why that was the case but I could not find anything on the web - fortunately a friend had records from that era and I was able to take a look. My memory on their colours was almost correct - I had thought they wore a white jumper with two red vertical stripes, in fact it was a white jumper with a red panel as shown by the footy record (and a subsequent search on Facebook Groups found a past players page with photos confirming this).

Whilst not all of the 1996 footy records were in the collection, the ones that were there certainly paint the picture of what went down and it's a fascinating read; coach quits, pot shots at rival clubs, placed on a bond, a record loss, another club offering to help them out of their mess, a record loss of 50 goals vs Hurstbridge, players backing up in reserves and seniors... It may have been one season, but it was filled with drama! I've also added the Opening Round editorial which I found interesting as well.

I have a few others from that year regarding St Andrew's Coburg and other matters that I'll post another day. Speaking of St Andrew's Coburg, their full forward Gavin Tapner lead the 1996 goal kicking all season until Paul Baker kicked 21 goals of the Bridges 50 against Fairfield Park to take the lead - Tapner almost caught him, unluckily finishing just 3 goals shy at the end of the season - an incredible effort considering St Andrews Coburg finished 2nd last. (Edit - I just noticed that Tapner eventually did have his day in the sun, winning the Division 2 goal kicking in the year 2000 with 90 for Watsonia).

Enjoy.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Anyone know how Yea, Broadford and Thornton-Eildon are tracking for season 23? Will they get senior men’s teams on the park?

Yea have reformed for 2024 but Broadford who played in 2023 now in recess.

 

[craffles]

Yea have reformed for 2024 but Broadford who played in 2023 now in recess.

Such a tough time for regional sports clubs. Here’s hoping Broadford can bounce back and Yea get the numbers they need.

 

[jumperfan]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated. Clubs in bold are still in need of more info.

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton - green with gold mongram on right breast and gold cuffs
Ashburton-Chadstone - green with red yoke
North Blackburn - Gold with light blue sash
Boronia Park - Essendon
Burwood - Collingwood
Camberwell Power - possibly white with red vee as Box Hill Adelphians wore?
Carnegie - Melbourne
Carrum Downs Falcons - blue and gold, don't know design
Caulfield Kontias - Collingwood?
East Bentleigh - Richmond
East Sandringham - Yellow with black stripes - same as Sandringham with the blue cuffs?
Kooyong - Red with blue vee
Middle Park - Yellow/gold with black monogram and cuffs - not sure of design of monogram
Mount Waverley - dark green and gold hoops, later dark green with gold mountain lion head and gold claw marks on bottom left and top right.
Mount Waverley Burwood - Mount Waverley design?
Parkdale - Navy and sky blue tri-panel
Parkmore - Royal blue with white Parkmore anchor logo/monogram
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh - Blue with white vee, 80s Bulldogs jumper, then blue with white yoke and red vee

VAFA
Alphington - Royal blue with gold yoke
Assumption OC
Balaclava - North Melbourne design?
Boronia Park - Essendon
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power) - Red and white stripes
Camberwell - Red, white and blue panels with red CFC monogram
Coburg - Blue and red hoops
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles) - brown and gold, not sure of design
Fawkner - Navy blue with light blue trim and white FFC monogram
Footscray TSOB - navy, blue and gold, not sure of desing
Glen Huntly
GTV-9 - White with 9 black circles, i.e. Channel 9 logo
Caulfield Kontias - Collingwood?
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC - Yellow with black sash
Princes Hill - Blue and gold stripes
St Andrews-Coburg - Blue with gold vee, later blue with gold wings
St Kilda CBC Old Boys - Navy blue with one sky blue and one green stripe
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury - Bulldogs 80s jumper
Waverley Amateurs - Red with black stripes

WRFL
Brooklyn - Maroon with white vee, then maroon and white panels, then maroon with white bull head, white outlined wings and white outlined triangles on each bottom corner
Brunswick Amateurs - Red and white stripes with black vee
Brunswick Power - Port Adelaide SBS jumper in red, yellow and black apparently?
Central Altona - Black with gold yoke
East Brunswick - Collingwood white jumper
Flemington - blue with gold sash
Gladstone Park - Port Melbourne
Kealba - Bottle Green with white vee, later bottle green with white cougar head and white claw marks on bottom left and top right
Maidstone - Blue with white M
Newlands Coburg - Melbourne
Sandridge - white with a red yoke

Edit: added some descriptions of known jumpers

 

[Mobbs]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

Might be a couple of the ones you're after in here - just abstract summarisations of guernseys:

 

[local footy fan]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

coburg amatures wore red and blue hoops with a soil red area for the numbers Princess hill wore blue and gold strips

 

[Connor7395]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

From what I could dig up:

Kealba wore black with a white cougar emblem
Central Altona wore gold and purple, often a gold yoke
Carnegie looks like Melbourne's jumpers
East Bentleigh had Richmond jumpers
GTV-9 I think had a white jumper with black Channel 9 dots on them

 

[NFNLWikiFan]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

VAFA
Alphington wore a royal blue jumper with a yellow yoke.
Fawkner wore a navy jumper with a white FFC Monogram like the Fitzroy one.
St Andrews-Coburg wore a gold jumper with a royal blue vee in the VAFA (swapped to the West Coast jumper without the eagle when they moved to the DVFL).
Thornbury wore the 1980s Footscray Bulldogs jumper, royal blue top, white band, red band, white band, royal blue bottom.

WRFL
East Brunswick wore the Collingwood jumper of black and white stripes.
Gladstone Park wore the Port Melbourne jumper of red and blue stripes.
Newlands Coburg wore the 1980s Melbourne jumper of blue (not navy) and a red yoke.

 

[rightfoot_sloth]

From what I could dig up:

Kealba wore black with a white cougar emblem
Central Altona wore gold and purple, often a gold yoke
Carnegie looks like Melbourne's jumpers
East Bentleigh had Richmond jumpers
GTV-9 I think had a white jumper with black Channel 9 dots on them

Kealba wore a bottle green jumper with a white V
Central Altona was black with a yellow yoke.

 

[rightfoot_sloth]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

Brooklyn
Maroon and white panels.
Brunswick amateurs
Red and white stripes with a black V
Flemington
Royal blue and yellow sash - Williamstown like
East Brunswick
Black and white - similar to Brunswick vfa and Collingwood.

jumperfan

 

[Dogs till i die]

Sandridge wore white with a red V, think they evolved out of the social 3rds team of Port Colts.

Brunswick Power were an aboriginal club who wore the red, yellow and black of the aboriginal flag.

 

[NFNLWikiFan]

Now working on the VAFA and Western FNL former clubs if you would like to check it out:

VAFA Wikipedia Page
Western Football Netball League Wikipedia Page

Thanks to those who have assisted by either posting or private message about former clubs, the NFNL Wikipedia Page, EFNL Wikipedia Page, SFNL Wikipedia Page and the RDFNL Wikipedia Page are as good as complete, but the EDFL Wikipedia Page still has a lot of information missing (and will probably stay that way as many of the clubs came and went in the early days).

If there are any club colour designs or information you know about and see that is missing, post a reply or send a PM as information on some former clubs is nowhere to be found on the web.

 

[Big Unit 30]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any info on any of the the jumpers worn by these defunct clubs? Any photos, links or descriptions would be appreciated

SESFL/Southern FNL
Ashburton
Ashburton-Chadstone
Blackburn North
Boronia Park
Burwood
Camberwell Power
Carnegie
Carrum Downs Falcons
Caulfield Kontias
East Bentleigh
East Sandringham
Kooyong
Middle Park
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley Burwood
Parkdale
Parkmore
Richmond Rosellas
St Pauls Bentleigh

VAFA
Alphington
Assumption OC
Balaclava
Boronia Park
Brunswick (later Brunswick Power)
Camberwell
Coburg
Commonwealth Bank
Doveton SJOC (now Doveton Eagles)
Fawkner
Footscray TSOB
Glen Huntly
GTV-9
Caulfield Kontias
Nunawading
Preston Marist Brothers OC
Princes Hill
St Andrews-Coburg
St Kilda CBC Old Boys
St Patricks Mentone
St Kilda South Caulfield
Thornbury
Waverley Amateurs

WRFL
Brooklyn
Brunswick Amateurs
Brunswick Power
Central Altona
East Brunswick
Flemington
Gladstone Park
Kealba
Maidstone
Newlands Coburg
Sandridge

Preston Marist brothers wore a jumper like Richmond’s clash strip.

 

[Connor7395]

Now working on the VAFA and Western FNL former clubs if you would like to check it out:

VAFA Wikipedia Page
Western Football Netball League Wikipedia Page

Thanks to those who have assisted by either posting or private message about former clubs, the NFNL Wikipedia Page, EFNL Wikipedia Page, SFNL Wikipedia Page and the RDFNL Wikipedia Page are as good as complete, but the EDFL Wikipedia Page still has a lot of information missing (and will probably stay that way as many of the clubs came and went in the early days).

If there are any club colour designs or information you know about and see that is missing, post a reply or send a PM as information on some former clubs is nowhere to be found on the web.

Looks like a few VAFA seasons being added too. Hopefully enough to meet notability guidelines, but I guess if amateur English soccer leagues from the sixties can get season pages, surely the big local competitions can.

 

[craffles]

Broadford looking to change leagues and reform for 2025. Yea back playing and in line for finals. Some good news stories.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Now working on the VAFA and Western FNL former clubs if you would like to check it out:

VAFA Wikipedia Page
Western Football Netball League Wikipedia Page

Thanks to those who have assisted by either posting or private message about former clubs, the NFNL Wikipedia Page, EFNL Wikipedia Page, SFNL Wikipedia Page and the RDFNL Wikipedia Page are as good as complete, but the EDFL Wikipedia Page still has a lot of information missing (and will probably stay that way as many of the clubs came and went in the early days).

If there are any club colour designs or information you know about and see that is missing, post a reply or send a PM as information on some former clubs is nowhere to be found on the web.

Sunshine VRI were in the FDFL (now WFNL) in 1991-1993, but not by 1996 (my records missing for 94 and 95). Think those 3 years were it for them, their stay wasn't long. They played at Dobson Reserve, Churchill Avenue, Maidstone.

The colours shown for Yarraville on Wiki is the former VFA club, and not the club of the same name (but not connected) that played in the FDFL. That team played in Navy Blue with a Gold sash and were known as Kingsville until 1996.

RAAF Melbourne played in "Royal Blue with Gold Wings" at RAAF Laverton. Again played 1991-1993 but not by 1996.

Sandridge played in "White with Red Yoke" not a Red V as shown.

The above are supported by official league % club publications.

You're doing a fabulous job, there are plenty more ex FDFL/WRFL/WFNL clubs if you're interested - Port Colts, Newport East, Willy CYMS to name a few.

 

[jumperfan]

Does anyone have any info on Boronia Park other than what's on Wikipedia? Specifically looking for stuff about their jumper, nickname, formation, demise and why they moved leagues so often.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Bombers
Black with red sash

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Broadford looking to change leagues and reform for 2025. Yea back playing and in line for finals. Some good news stories.

To the YVMDFL?

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Depending on who you ask they want to go to Northern FNL Div 3 or the BENDIGO FNL!

One option they are floating to the BFNL is to field a full bank of netball teams but field only reserves and Under 18 football teams!

The issue is proving that they have the quality to field a senior team that is somewhat competitive. They cannot prove this right now but are expecting to be admitted.

The logical option for recruiting, travel and competitiveness is the Riddell DFNL but logic is definitely not being applied by the Kangaroos at this stage.

 

[jumperfan]

Depending on who you ask they want to go to Northern FNL Div 3 or the BENDIGO FNL!

One option they are floating to the BFNL is to field a full bank of netball teams but field only reserves and Under 18 football teams!

The issue is proving that they have the quality to field a senior team that is somewhat competitive. They cannot prove this right now but are expecting to be admitted.

The logical option for recruiting, travel and competitiveness is the Riddell DFNL but logic is definitely not being applied by the Kangaroos at this stage.

Would the Northern League have them? Taking on Kilmore is one thing but Broadford seems a bridge too far given that they're still a metro league.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Unless they want to change their name to the Southern Victorian Football League ...