Northern Football League (Australia)

Northern Football League (Australia)
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Northern Football League
Current season or competition: 2008

Formerly	Diamond Valley Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1922
Commissioner	Frank Rosbrook
Motto	Communities Working Together
No. of teams	33
Country(ies)	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Heidelberg Tigers Thomastown Bears
Official website	www.nfl.org.au

The Northern Football League (formerly known as the Diamond Valley Football League) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Diamond Valley region of suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The league changed its name on the 1st May 2007. The League was founded in 1922 originally having 7 clubs, 4 of whom are still participating. In 1941 the league went into recession for 5 years as a result of World War II the competition recommencing in 1946. After the war the league continued to grow. In 1981 it was split into two divisions.

In 2008 the NFL added an open-age Netball competition and announced an intention that a third division would be added for the 2009 season with the old 14 team 2nd division to be spilt into eight and six team divisions. Two junior clubs, Yarrambat and St Marys, announced plans to field senior teams for the 2010 and 2011 seasons ¹

The entire DVFL board resigned over the summer of 2006/2007 and was replaced by officials from AFL Victoria until suitable replacements were found prior to the commencement of the 2008 season.

League details

Board of Directors

Chairman- Frank Rosbrook
Jeff Parkes
Dean Philpotts
Tony Topp
Robert Young
Ron Bongetti

Junior Committee

Dean Philpotts (Junior Chairman)
Michael McLaughlin
Noel Smith
Wayne Zealley
Mark Adams

Management

General Manager- Kevin Crompton
Football Operations Manager- Jarrad Carey

Admin

Administration Manager- Delwyn Berry
Media Manager- Josh Berriman

Presidents

Name	Start	End
R.Rogers	1922	1922
A.Santon	1923	1928
S.W.Kirkland	1928	1941
F.Smith	1946	1947
R.R.Scott	1948	1953
G.J.Gilberg	1954	1954
W.Hart	1955	1979
R.G.Ward	1980	2006
B.Treager	2007	2007

Secretary

Name	Start	End
W.S.Laurie	1922	1940
G.J.LeBrocq	1941	1975
B.A.Tooth	1976	1983
P.G.Floyd	1983	2006
D.Collings	2007	2007

Seniors

The Senior Competition has 24 clubs in 2 divisions (A Grade and B Grade)

Timeline

Premiers

Division 1

NFL

Year	Seniors	Captain	Coach	Reserves	Thirds
2008	Heidelberg	Blair Harvey	Phil Plunkett	Heidelberg	West Preston L'side
2007	Heidelberg	Blair Harvey	Phil Plunkett	Heidelberg	Eltham

DVFL

Year	Seniors	Captain	Coach	Reserves	Thirds
2006	Heidelberg	Blair Harvey	Craig Hunter	Bundoora	West Preston Lakeside
2005	North Heidelberg	Brett Hancock	Brett Hancock	Montmorency	N'cote Park/Alphington
2004	Heidelberg	Blair Harvey	Craig Hunter	Heidelberg	N'cote Park/Alphington
2003	West Preston Lake.	Fabian Carelli	Ryan Smith	Bundoora	N'cote Park/Alphington
2002	Northcote Park	Matthew Amad	Peter Dean	Montmorency	Bundoora
2001	Northcote Park	Matthew Amad	Vin Hanlon	Heidelberg	Montmorency
2000	Northcote Park	Matthew Amad	Steve Easton	Heidelberg	Bundoora
1999	Northcote Park	Matthew Amad	Steve Easton	Bundoora	N'cote Park/Alphington
1998	Lalor	Darryl Sinclair	Ray Shaw	Lalor	N'cote Park/Alphington
1997	Northcote Park	John Origlasso	Steve Easton	Bundoora	Epping
1996	Bundoora	Trevor Robinson	Gary Massey	Bundoora	North Heidelberg
1995	Bundoora	Trevor Robinson	Gary Massey	Montmorency	Lalor
1994	North Heidelberg	Mark Perkins	Mark Perkins	North Heidelberg	Montmorency
1993	Lalor	Grahan Spillard	Steve Easton	Bundoora	Epping
1992	Lalor	Steve Petrucelle	Steve Easton	North Heidelberg	Reservoir-Lakeside
1991	Lalor	Brett Mancini	Barry Rist	Bundoora	Montmorency
1990	Heidelberg	Shane Delanty	Michael Sullivan	North Heidelberg	Greensborough
1989	Greensborough	Brett Fowler	Harold Martin	North Heidelberg	North Heidelberg
1988	Greensborough	Wayne Dobson	Greg Jones	North Heidelberg	Bundoora
1987	North Heidelberg	Paul Storey	Gary Massey	North Heidelberg	Lalor
1986	Heidelberg	Ray Shephard	Michael Sullivan	North Heidelberg	Bundoora
1985	North Heidelberg	Paul Storey	Gary Massey	North Heidelberg	Lalor
1984	Greensborough	Robert Hyde	Robert Hyde	Greensborough	North Heidelberg
1983	Greensborough	Robert Hyde	Robert Hyde	Bundoora	Lalor
1982	Diamond Creek	John O'Connell	John O'Connell	Montmorency	Templestowe
1981	Diamond Creek	John O'Connell	John O'Connell	Lalor	Montmorency
1980	Lalor	Chris Valerkou	Barry Rist	Lalor	Heidelberg
1979	Montmorency	Shane Molloy	Shane Molloy	Montmorency	Greensborough
1978	North Heidelberg	Kevin Grose	Kevin Grose	Reservoir-Lakeside	Reservoir-Lakeside
1977	Reservoir-Lakeside	Dennis Le Gassick	Bob Edmonds	North Heidelberg	Watsonia
1976	Montmorency	Lee Adamson	Lee Adamson	North Heidelberg	Reservoir-Lakeside
1975	Reservoir-Lakeside	Dennis Le Gassick	Kevin Egan	Reservoir-Lakeside	Reservoir-Lakeside
1974	Eltham	Bernie Massey	Bernie Massey	Eltham	Greensborough
1973	Templestowe	Garry Dyring	Barry Rist	Macloed-Rosanna	Reservoir-Lakeside
1972	Eltham	John Newnham	Ray Slocum	Greensborough	Greensborough
1971	Macleod-Rosanna	Kevin Simpson	Kevin Dillon	Eltham	Reservoir-Lakeside
1970	Eltham	John Walker	John Walker	Reservoir-Lakeside	Greensborough
1969	Eltham	Barry Capuano	Hugh Mitchell	Reservoir-Lakeside	Greensborough
1968	Templestowe	Craig Chivers	Bob Symes	South Morang	Reservoir-Lakeside
1967	Greensborough	John Carmody	John Carmody	Heidelberg	Montmorency
1966	Greensborough	John Carmody	John Carmody	Reservoir-Lakeside	Heidelberg West
1965	Reservoir-Lakeside	Graham Campbell	Graham Campbell	Reservoir-Lakeside	Macleod-Rosanna
1964	Heidelberg	B. McMahon	B. McMahon	North Heidelberg	Macleod-Rosanna
1963	Epping	Trevor Johnson	Trevor Johnson	Heidelberg	North Heidelberg
1962	North Heidelberg	I. Buckley	E. Draper	Greensborough	North Heidelberg
1961	Greensborough	Joe Murphy	Joe Murphy	Greensborough
1960	Greensborough	Joe Murphy	Joe Murphy	Heidelberg
1959	Heidelberg	Peter Gurry	Peter Gurry	Macleod
1958	Greensborough	Frank Londrigan	Frank Londrigan	Macleod
1957	Heidelberg	K. Hart	K. Hart	Macleod
1956	Heidelberg	K. Hart	K. Hart	Heidelberg
1955	Greensborough	F. Anderson	F. Anderson	Heidelberg West
1954	Montmorency	R. Hibbert		Greensborough
1953	Eltham	Keith Headon	Jack Harding	Heidelberg
1952	Greensborough	Percy Adamson	Percy Adamson	Epping
1951	Montmorency	Phil Ryan		Heidelberg
1950	Heidelberg	R. Clarke	R. Clarke	Heidelberg
1949	Eltham	G.Hunter	H.Downing	Diamond Creek
1948	Heidelberg			Macloed
1947	Reservoir	Dan Atkinson	Dan Atkinson	Eltham
1946	Reservoir
1942 -	1945	in recess	due to WW2
1941	Heidelberg West
1940	Epping
1939	Epping
1938	Heidelberg
1937	Heidelberg
1936	Epping
1935	Epping
1934	Greensborough
1933	Epping
1932	Eltham	H.Weidlich	A.Parsons
1931	Greensborough
1930	Eltham	A.Parsons	A.Parsons
1929	Heidelberg Juniors
1928	Heidelberg Juniors
1927	Greensborough
1926	Diamond Creek
1925	Greensborough
1924	Diamond Creek
1923	Heidelberg
1922	Greensborough

Division 2

NFL

Year	Seniors	Captain	Coach	Reserves	Thirds
2008	Thomastown	Barry McDonald Vince Capeci	Dean Sinclair	Mernda	Macleod
2007	Lalor	Steven Marshall	Mark Pederson	Thomastown	Mernda

DVFL

Year	Seniors	Captain	Coach	Reserves	Thirds
2006	Greensborough		Russell Dickson	Greensborough	Greensborough
2005	Diamond Creek	Shannon Logan	Neale Carroll	Greensborough	Macleod
2004	Lalor	Gavin Langbourne	Gavin Langbourne	Lalor	Greensborough
2003	Hurstbridge	Jai Audley	Rob Dyson	Lalor	Lalor
2002	Eltham	Craig McKay	Wayne Freeman	South Morang	Wallan
2001	Lalor	Darryl Sinclair	Darryl Sinclair	Lalor	Lalor
2000	Eltham	Mark Minney	Gary Jessop	Eltham	Bundoora
1999	Lower Plenty	Paul Hicks	Paul Hicks	Whittlesea	Lower Plenty
1998	Diamond Creek	Steven Legg	Danny Davenport	Diamond Creek	Reservoir
1997	Eltham	Paul Smith	Ray Spratt	Diamond Creek	Lower Plenty
1996	West Preston	Adam Bruni	Harold Martin	West Preston	Research
1995	Eltham	Paul Smith	Grant Wilmot	West Preston	Hurstbridge
1994	Northcote Park	Dave Robertson	Dave Robertson	Northcote Park	one division
1993	West Preston	Pat Fitzgerald	Andrew Smith	West Preston	Macloed Juniors
1992	Diamond Creek	Greg Elliot	Jon Collins	West Preston	West Lalor
1991	Mernda	Simon Smythe	Vin Hanlon	West Preston	one division
1990	Epping	Kalev Vann	Graham Bux	Epping	one division
1989	Eltham	Andrew Russell	Peter Moore	Epping	one division
1988	West Preston	Phil Crapper	Mark Duckworth	Research	one division
1987	Watsonia	Adrian Sanderson	Barry Rist	Reservoir Lakeside
1986	Epping	Matt Scully	Matt Scully	Reservoir Lakeside	West Preston
1985	Northcote Park	Wayne Bannister	Wayne Bannister	West Preston	Reservoir Lakeside
1984	Reservoir	Rob Docherty	Harold Martin	Reservoir	Reservoir
1983	Heidelberg	Michael Sullivan	Michael Sullivan	Northcote Park	Reservoir
1982	Eltham	Warren Deards	Hassa Mann	Reservoir	Northcote Park
1981	Bundoora	Mark Slater	Mark Slater	Heidelberg	Northcote Park

Premiership Table

Club	A Grade		B Grade		Thirds
	Div 1	Div 2	Div 1	Div 2	Div 1	Div 2
Heidelberg / Heidelberg Juniors	17	1	12	1	1	-
Greensborough	16	1	5	2	6	2
Eltham	8	6	3	1	1	-
Epping	6	2	1	2	2	-
North Heidelberg	6	-	11	-	5	-
Lalor	5	3	3	3	4	2
Northcote Park / Northcote Park - Alphington	5	2	2	-	5	2
Diamond Creek	4	3	1	2	-	-
Montmorency	4	-	5	-	5	-
Reservoir - Lakeside	3	-	6	2	7	1
Bundoora	2	1	8	-	4	1
Templestowe	2	-	-	-	1	-
Reservoir	2	1	-	2	-	3
Macleod - Rosanna / Macleod	1	-	5	-	2	3
Heidelberg West	1	-	1	-	1	-
West Preston - Lakeside	1	-	-	-	2	-
West Preston	-	3	-	6	-	1
Watsonia	-	1	-	-	1	-
Lower Plenty	-	1	-	-	-	2
Hurstbridge	-	1	-	-	-	1
Mernda / Plenty Rovers	-	1	-	1	-	1
Thomastown	-	1	-	1	-	-
South Morang	-	-	1	1	-	-
Whittlesea	-	-	-	1	-	-
Research	-	-	-	-	-	1
Wallan	-	-	-	-	-	1
West Lalor	-	-	-	-	-	1

Best on Ground in Grand Final

	Division 1 - Gary Massey Medal		Division 2 - John Elliot Medal
Year	Player	Club	Player	Club
2008	Blair Harvey	Heidelberg	Stefan Berak	Thomastown
2007	Michael Gay	Heidelberg	Nick Mafilovski	Lalor
2006	Dale Nolan	Heidelberg	Daniel Bryant	Greensborough
2005	Jake King	North Heidelberg	Shannon Logan	Diamond Creek
2004	Chris Hall	Heidelberg	Paul Briggs	Lalor
2003	Damien Walsh-Quay	West Preston L'side	Justin Crowe	Hurstbridge

League Best and Fairest Winners

	Division 1 - Frank Smith Medal		Division 2 - George LeBrocq Medal
Year	Player	Club	Player	Club
2008	Shane Harvey	North Heidelberg	Lionel Proctor	Fitzroy Stars
	Daniel Keenan	Montmorency
	David Mitchell	Bundoora
2007	Daniel McFerran	West Preston L'side	Andrew Bennett	Macleod
2006	Brett Jeffrey	Northcote Park	Daniel Eifermann	Whittlesea
2005	Daniel King	Epping	Ryan Bongetti	South Morang
2004	Daniel King	Epping	William Box	Panton Hill
2003	Fabian Carelli	West Preston L'side	Jai Audley	Hurstbridge
2002	Mario Bandera	North Heidelberg	Heath Ayres	Wallan
2001	Dean Haydock	Heidelberg	Tony Callea	Fawkner Park
2000	Paul King	Bundoora	Paul Eccles	Watsonia
1999	Leigh Gray	North Heidelberg	Mark Spiteri	Kinglake
1998	Ryan Smith	Heidelberg	Dean Harrington	Whittlesea
1997	Barry Mitchell	Northcote Park	Ray Buttigieg	South Morang
			Tony Maraschiello	Mernda
1996	John Origlasso	Northcote Park	Rocky Iacopino	Macleod-Rosanna
1995	Adrian Cameron	Bundoora	Dale Carmody	West Preston
1994	Renato Marinelli	Diamond Creek	Billy Colosimo	Reservoir
1993	Kevin Brown	Bundoora	Adam Bruni	West Preston
1992	Chris Keating	Bundoora	Paul Tilley	West Preston
1991	Peter Woodward	Montmorency	Robert Mietus	Hurstbridge
	Neil Brindley	Greensborough
	Peter Mastin	Greensborough
1990	Chris Keating	Bundoora
1989	Richard Guldon	Heidelberg	Brett Johnstone	South Morang
1988	Brad Dunbar	Heidelberg West	Steve Easton	Research
1987	Wayne Dobson	Greensborough	Greg Fyffe	West Preston
1986	Mark Perkins	Heidelberg West	Stan Apostola	Epping
1985	Darryl Harries	Lalor	Les Pugh	Thornbury
1984	Kelvin Wood	Heidelberg West	Adrian Sullivan	West Preston
1983	Wayne Dobson	Greensborough	Bernie Nicholson	Macleod - Rosanna
1982	Wayne Headlam	Diamond Creek	Anthony McFarlane	Eltham
			Glenn Irving	Eltham
1981	Wayne Headlam	Diamond Creek	Mark Slater	Bundoora
1980	Elias Demestichas	South Morang
1979	John Ellis	Watsonia
1978	Mario Cipolla	North Heidelberg
1977	Jeff Edwards	North Heidelberg
1976	John Horton	Diamond Creek
1975	John Clancy	Heidelberg
1974	Mario Cipolla	North Heidelberg
1973	S. Thorpe	Templestowe
1972	Robin Perkins	Heidelberg
1971	Jim Christou	Heidelberg
1970	Frank Natoli	Reservoir Lakeside
1969	Geoff Noble	Macleod-Rosanna
1968	Dennis Aspinall	Eltham
1967	Geoff Condie	Diamond Creek
1966	K. Jones	Diamond Creek
1965	Graham Campbell	Reservoir Lakeside
1964	Pat Foley	Heidelberg West
1963	Pat Foley	Heidelberg West
1962	Ken Jones	Montmorency
1961	Joe Murphy	Greensborough
1960	Clem Cooper	Epping

Leading Goal Kickers

	Division 1			Division 2
Year	Player	Club	Goals	Player	Club	Goals
2008	Shane Harvey	North Heidelberg	108	Aaron Willitts	Epping	78
2007	Chris Hall	Heidelberg	72	Cristian Brandt	Macleod	109
	Shaun Ryan	North Heidelberg	72
2006	Adrian Baker	West Preston L'side	73	Nick Lynch	Macleod	102
2005	Chris Hall	Heidelberg	102	Tom Felle	Mernda
2004	Cristian Brandt	North Heidelberg	78	Aaron James	Lalor	114
2003	P. Van Blommestein	Heidelberg	87	Toby O'Meara	Reservoir	73
2002	Steve Bawden	Epping	87	Adam Bruni	Reservoir	82
2001	Jason Heatley	North Heidelberg	110	Paul Baker	Whittlesea	107
2000	Damien Yze	Northcote Park	99	Gavin Tapner	Watsonia	90
1999	Jamie Shaw	North Heidelberg	134	Ron McKeown	Whittlesea	114
1998	Athas Hrysoulakis	Lalor	88	Jamie Bown	Whittlesea	79
1997	Jamie Shaw	North Heidelberg	114	Paul Baker	Kinglake	102
1996	Jamie Shaw	North Heidelberg	88	Paul Baker	Hurstbridge	93
1995	Jamie Shaw	North Heidelberg	113	Paul Baker	Hurstbridge	85
				David Miller	West Preston	85
1994	Jamie Shaw	North Heidelberg	161	Paul Baker	Hurstbridge	139
1993	Brett Hancock	North Heidelberg	97	Paul Baker	Hurstbridge	116
1992	Jason Heatley	North Heidelberg	118	Cristian Brandt	West Preston	68
1991	Jamie Solyom	Lalor	73	Greg Withers	Heidelberg West	80
1990	David Miller	Heidelberg	95	Steve Webster	Epping	96
1989	Steve Webster	Montmorency	62	M. Niddrie	Templestowe	92
1988	Steve Webster	Montmorency	57	Darren Scott	Epping	80
1987	Steve Webster	Montmorency	83	R. Wilson	Eltham	83
1986	Mark Johnson	North Heidelberg	59	Darren Scott	Epping	97
1985	Glenn Townsend	Greensborough	103	Warren Jarman	Epping	72
1984	Russell Jessop	Lalor	103	Steve Banbury	West Preston	56
1983	Bill Seiler	Diamond Creek	82	Peter McNiece	Northcote Park	83
1982	Bill Seiler	Diamond Creek	86	P. Lowe	Macleod-Rosanna	85
1981	Bill Seiler	Diamond Creek	82	Rob Michaelangeli	Northcote Park	76
1980
1979
1978	Kevin Grose	North Heidelberg	80
	Graeme Fraser	Montmorency	80
1977
1976	Bruce McDowell	Greensborough	97
1975	Bruce McDowell	Greensborough	86

Clubs

Division 1

Club	Last Premiership	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Promotion	Jumpers/Notes	U'19's
Bundoora Football Club	1996	Bulls	Bundoora, Victoria	Yulong Res	1981	1982	Navy jumper white vee and hoops	Yes
Eltham Football Club	2002 (div 2)	Panthers	Eltham, Victoria	Eltham Central Pk	1922	2003	Black jumper with red sash as Essendon	Yes
Greensborough Football Club	2006 (div 2)	Borough	Greensborough, Victoria	War Memorial Pk	1922	2007	Bottle green jumper with white monogram	Yes
Lalor Football Club	2007 (div 2)	Bloods	Lalor, Victoria	Lalor Reserve	1968	2008	Red jumper with white bands	Yes
Heidelberg Football Club	2008	Bergers	Heidelberg, Victoria	Warringal Park	1922	1983	Black jumper with yellow sash as Richmond	Yes
Montmorency Football Club	1979	Monty	Montmorency, Victoria	Montmorency Park, North Oval	1924	Never been in Division 2	White jumper with black horizontal stripes	Yes
North Heidelberg Football Club	2005	Doggies	Heidelberg Heights, Victoria	Shelley Street Res	1958	Never been in Division 2	Red, white and blue jumper with Bulldog motif	Yes
Northcote Park Football Club	2002	Cougars	Northcote, Victoria	Bill Lawry Oval	1982	1995	Green and white jumper with Cougar motif	Yes
Thomastown Football Club	2008 (div 2)	Bears	Thomastown, Victoria	Main Street Reserve		2008		Yes
West Preston Lakeside Football Club	2003	Roosters	Reservoir, Victoria	J E Moore Park	1996	1997	White jumper with coloured lightning flashes	Yes

Division 2

Club	Last Premiership	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Relegation	Jumpers/Notes	U'19's
Diamond Creek Football Club	2005 (div 2)	Creekers	Diamond Creek, Victoria	Coventry Reserve	1922	2008	Blue jumper with red yoke as Melbourne	Yes
Epping Football Club	1990	Pingers	Epping, Victoria	Epping Rec Reserve	1933	2007	Navy jumper white with EFC motif, similar to carlton	Yes
Fitzroy Stars Football Club	-	Stars	Thornbury, Victoria³	Crispe Park (Shared with Reservoir)	2008	Never been in Div 1		No
Lower Plenty Football Club	1999	Bears	Montmorency, Victoria	Montmorency Park, South Oval	1995	2005		Yes
Heidelberg West Football Club	1941 (div 1)	Hawks	Heidelberg, Victoria	Heidelberg Park	1939	1991	Brown and gold vertical stripes	Yes
Hurstbridge Football Club	2003 (div 2)	Bridges	Hurstbridge, Victoria	Ben Friley Oval	1922-1931, 1988	2004		Yes
Macleod Football Club	1971 (div 1)	Kangaroos	Rosanna, Victoria	De Winton Park		1981		Yes
Mernda Football Club	1991	Demons	Mernda, Victoria	Mernda Recreation Reserve	1937-1939, 1987		Red with Royal Blue side spikes	Yes
Panton Hill Football Club	-	Redbacks	Panton Hill, Victoria	Panton Hill Oval	1929-1930, 1997	Never been in Div 1	Red With black Jail Bars	No
Parkside Football Club	-	Devils	Alphington, Victoria	Pitcher Park	2003	Never been in Div 1	red jumper white with PFC motif, similer to Preston	No
Reservoir Football Club	1984 (div 2)	Two Blues	Reservoir, Victoria	Crispe Park				Yes
South Morang Football Club	-	Lions	Mill Park Lakes, Victoria	Mill Park Lakes		1980		Yes
St Mary's Senior Football Club⁴ (Under 19's only)			Greensborough, Victoria		2009	Never Been in Div 1		Yes
Watsonia Football Club	1987	Saints	Watsonia, Victoria	A K Lines Reserve		1981		Yes
Whittlesea Football Club	-	Eagles	Whittlesea, Victoria	Whittlesea Showgrounds	1934-1946, 1992	Never Been in Div 1		Yes

Promotion and Relegation

At the end of each year the Premiers of division 2 is promoted to division 1 and the club that finishes last in division 1 is relegated to division 2.

Juniors

The NFL Juniors Competition has 24 clubs. On average each year there are approximately 200 teams competing divided into 8 age groups: Under 9's, Under 10's, Under 11's, Under 12's, Under 13's, Under 14's, Under 15's and Under 17's.

Up until 2007 clubs competed in three divisions with clubs being promoted and relegated between divisions. In 2008 the league swtiched to a system where each team ise graded individually after playing a number of grading games. The naming of the divisions changed from being ranked in numerical order to being assigned a colour; blue, red, green and, for any age group with a fourth division, silver

Lew Hall Trophy

The trophy is awarded each year to the club which has the most combined premership points from the under 13, under 15 and under 17 age groups.

Year	Club	Division	Points
2007	Wallan	3	116
2006	Hurstbridge	2	140
2005	Preston RSL	3	146
2004	Epping	2	138
2003	Fawkner Park	3	140
2002	Mill Park	1	144

Clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Jumpers/Notes	Senior Affiliation
Alphington Football Club	Cougars	Northcote, Victoria	McDonell Park			Northcote Park
Diamond Creek Football Club	Creekers	Diamond Creek, Victoria	Coventry Reserve		Blue jumper with red yoke as Melbourne	Diamond Creek
Eltham Football Club	Panthers	Eltham, Victoria	Eltham Central Pk, Plenty Park, Susan Street Reserve		Black jumper with red sash as Essendon	Eltham
Epping Football Club	Pingers	Epping, Victoria	Epping Rec Reserve		Navy jumper white with EFC motif, similar to Carlton	Epping
Greensborough Football Club	Borough	Greensborough, Victoria	Anthony Beale Reserve	1968	Bottle green jumper with white monogram	Greensborough
Hurstbridge Football Club		Hurstbridge , Victoria	Ben Frilay Oval			Hurstbridge
Lalor Bloods Football Club	Bloods	Lalor, Victoria	Lalor Reserve			Lalor
Keon Park Stars Junior Football Club	Stars	Keon Park, Victoria	J C Donath Reserve	1993	Black jumper with yellow yoke	None
Lalor Stars Football Club	Stars	Lalor, Victoria	W A Smith Reserve			Thomastown
Mill Park Football Club	Parkers	Mill Park , Victoria	Redleap Reserve, Kelynack Reserve		Blue and white jumper	Bundoora
Montmorency Football Club	Monty	Montmorency, Victora	Montmorency Park	1968	Black and white jumper with Magpie on front	Montmorency
Mernda Football Club	Demons	Mernda, Victoria	Mernda Rec Reserve			Mernda
North Heidelberg Junior Football Club	Bulldogs	Heidelberg Heights, Victoria	Shelley Street Reserve	pre 1981	red. Blue and white with bulldog logo	North Heidelberg
Panton Hill Football Club	Redbacks	Panton Hill , Victoria	Panton Hill Oval			Panton Hill
Preston RSL Football Club		Preston, Victoria	W Ruthven Reserve			None
Research Football Club		Research , Victoria	Research Park		Maroon with gold V on front, same as old Brisbane Bears	Lower Plenty
Reservoir Football Club	Colts	Reservoir, Victoria	Crispe Park			Reservoir
South Morang Football Club	Lions	Mill Park Lakes, Victoria	Mill Park Lakes			South Morang
Wallan Football Club	Magpies	Wallan , Victoria	Wallan Rec Reserve		White jumper with black stripes	Wallan (RDFL)
West Lalor Football Club	Dragons	Lalor, Victoria	Huskisson Reserve			Thomastown
West Preston Lakeside Football Club	Roosters	Preston, Victoria	J E Moore Park		White jumper with coloured lightning flashes	West Preston Lakeside
Whittlesea Football Club	Eagles	Whittlesea, Victoria	Whittlesea Showgrounds			Whittlesea
Yarrambat Football Club	Bats	Yarrambat, Victoria	Yarrambat War Memorial Park		Gold and Brown stripes, like Hawthorn	None

Life Members

Name	Year	Name	Year	Name	Year	Name	Year
R.Rogers	1923	R.R.G.Ward	1974	L.A.Warren	1993	K. Wing Jan	2003
A.Santon	1926	W.A.Partington	1974	P.J.A.Smythe	1994	D.Holt	2003
W.S.Laurie	1941	E.A.Bowcher	1974	K.A.Andrew	1994	B.Boffey	2003
J.Dawson	1950	A.R.Eley	1975	P.G.Floyd	1994	W.Bodley	2003
A.T.Clarke	1950	J.B.Murphy	1976	N.K.McLean	1995	G.Turnball	2003
T.Hogan	1950	R.Rhode	1979	A.D.Walker	1996	W.Harris	2003
R.A.Smith	1950	D.R.Glasgow	1980	D.Stanley	1996	C.B.Keating	2004
F.Smith	1950	T.M.Bary	1980	E.O.Marsh	1996	V.A.Floyd	2004
R.R.Scott	1952	B.A.Tooth	1980	W.E.Bray	1996
R.R.Scott	1955	M.A.Hingston	1984	D.W.Casey	1997
C.W.Hart	1961	K.W.Salter	1984	N.Caroll	1998
R.A.E. Tooth	1962	B.Boyle	1985	L.Robinson	1999
R.R.Beale	1964	A.Thomas	1985	B.J.Smead	2000
I.J.Sheahan	1964	J.R.Welch	1988	J.Garlick	2000
W.T.Randle	1964	W.T.Kelly	1988	R.J.Curran	2000
T.M.Hogan	1964	W.L.E.Hanson	1990	S.K.Pearn	2001
F.C.Sweene	1964	P.E.Watkins	1991	F.A.Mellerick	2002
R.G.Scott	1966	A.R.Stickland	1993	D.Kuchmar	2002
D.P.Cordner	1967	W.G.McKenna	1993	S.J.Cusumano	2002

Former Clubs

All Blacks Football Club

Club is defunct

Coburg Amateur Football Club

Club is defunct

Diamond Valley Juniors

A merger between Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge football clubs prior to WWII which was dissolved when the DVFL resumed in 1946.

Fairfield Park Football Club

Club is defunct

Fawkner Park Football Club

Merged with North Coburg Saints in 2007 and will play in the EDFL from 2008

Kangaroo Ground Football Club

Club is defunct

Kinglake Football Club

Currently in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League

Kingsbury Junior Football Club

Club is defunct

Plenty Rovers Football Club

The Plenty Rovers FC, came about because of a merger between the Mernda & Doreen, they played at the Doreen Recreation Reserve, from 1932-1964 (1936-1939, 1946 in the DVFL), until they were forced to move out of Doreen due to powerline extensions, and moved to Mernda, where they changed their name back to the Mernda Football Club in 1965.

Research Football Club

Club is now solely a junior club, however they do have an alignment with Lower Plenty Football Club

Reservoir-Lakeside Football Club

Merged with West Preston to become West Preston Lakeside

St Andrews-Coburg Football Club

Club is defunct

Templestowe Football Club

Currently in the Eastern Football League (Australia)

Thornbury Football Club

Merged with Reservoir Rovers to become Thornbury Rovers

Thornbury Rovers Football Club

Club is defunct

Wallan Football Club

Currently in the Riddell District Football League

Warrandyte Football Club

Currently in the Eastern Football League (Australia)

West Preston Football Club

Merged with Reservoir Lakeside to become West Preston Lakeside

Main Sources

Diamond Valley Football League Annual Report's from 1976 to current day 2007
Diamond Valley Football League Website
Diamond Valley Football League Clubs
Diamond Valley Football League Football Record
Diamond Valley Football League Archieves

^ [1] Rosbrook, Frank: "The Chairman's Corner", 02/08/2008.
^ SportingPulse Homepage for Northern Football League
^ home base will be the Aboriginal Advancement League in Thornbury.
^ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3913-0-0-0&sID=41958&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=6844918&sectionID=41958.

External links

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Clubs in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League)

Alphington (Juniors) · Bundoora · Diamond Creek · Fitzroy Stars · Eltham · Epping · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg West · Hurstbridge · Keon Park (Juniors) · Lalor · Lalor Stars (Juniors) · Lower Plenty · Macleod · Mernda · Mill Park (Juniors) · Montmorency · North Heidelberg · Northcote Park · Panton Hill · Parkside · Preston RSL (Juniors) · Research (Juniors) · Reservoir · South Morang · Thomastown · Yarrambat (Juniors) · Wallan (Juniors) · Watsonia · West Lalor (Juniors) · West Preston Lakeside · Whittlesea

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Contents

League details

Board of Directors

Junior Committee

Management

Admin

Presidents

Secretary

Seniors

Timeline

Premiers

Division 1

NFL

DVFL

Division 2

NFL

DVFL

Premiership Table

Best on Ground in Grand Final

League Best and Fairest Winners

Leading Goal Kickers

Clubs

Division 1

Division 2

Promotion and Relegation

Juniors

Lew Hall Trophy

Clubs

Life Members

Former Clubs

Main Sources

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