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The Western Region
Football League is the
premier suburban
football competition in
Melbourne's west, dating
back to the then
Footscray District
Football League's
inaugural season in
1931. In the eight
decades that have passed
since the league's
inception, the
competition has grown to
cater for Melbourne's
burgeoning population to
the city's west, and now
encompasses both senior
& junior competitions
with clubs hailing from
nine of Melbourne's
municipalities.
In 1931 the league's
formation clubs were
Parkside A, Parkside B, Bayview, Tech Old Boys,
CYMS, Braybrook, Scouts
& St Johns. The 1932
season saw the addition
of
West Footscray,
Dark Blues, Yarraville Rovers & Seddon.
Following their 2011
premiership triumph,
Spotswood Football Club
are now the league's
most successful club,
having won fifteen
Division One flags,
ahead of Parkside (14),
Braybrook (12), Seddon
(5), St Albans (5), West
Footscray (5), Albion
(4), Port Melbourne
Colts (4), F&Y Socials
(4), ICI / Deer Park
(4), North Footscray
(3), Hoppers Crossing
(2), Kingsville (2) &
Riverside & Yarraville
(1).
Over the years the
league has produced a
number of players that
have gone on to have
success at an elite
VFL/AFL level. Of
particular note the
league has produced two
Brownlow Medallists,
Fred Goldsmith (1965)
who started his playing
career at Spotswood, and
Brian Wilson (1982) who
played his junior
football at Braybrook.
This online archive aims
to provide an accessible
history of the league to
the Western Region
Football League
community. If you have
any information,
statisitics, videos or
photos to add to this
site, please email
c.nation@wrfl.asn.au
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