Geelong & District Football League
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| General Information | |
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| Founded | 1879 |
| Current Clubs | Anakie Bannockburn Belmont Bell Post Hill Bell Post Hill Football Club The Bell Post Hill Football Club, known as the Panthers, is a football club currently playing in the Geelong & District Football League fielding Senior, Reserves and Under-18 teams. They are the current reigning GDFL premiers, defeating Werribee Centrals in the 2010 GDFL Grand Final.-Club... Corio East Geelong Geelong West Cricket & Football Club Inverleigh North Geelong North Geelong Football Club The North Geelong Football Club is a football and netball club that is located in Geelong. The club was established in 1876, and is currently in the Geelong & District Football League . The clubs colours are black and white, with a magpie as their logo... Thomson Werribee Centrals Winchelsea |
| 2010 Season | |
| Premiers | Bell Post Hill Bell Post Hill Football Club The Bell Post Hill Football Club, known as the Panthers, is a football club currently playing in the Geelong & District Football League fielding Senior, Reserves and Under-18 teams. They are the current reigning GDFL premiers, defeating Werribee Centrals in the 2010 GDFL Grand Final.-Club... |
| Minor Premiers | Werribee Centrals |
| Wooden Spoon | Belmont Lions |
| League Best & Fairest | Ryan Coy (East Geelong) |
| Leading Goal Kicker | Paul Breguet (North Geelong) 102 |
The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria . It is one of three Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League
Geelong Football League
The Geelong Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs.-History:...
and the Bellarine Football League
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.Six of the eight founding clubs played in the Polwarth Football league the year before....
.
There are 12 teams, and the league has produced over 600 VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
players.
History
The league was formed in 1879 as the Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA). In 1919 it changed name to the GDFL, before changing to the Geelong Junior Football Association in 1922. It reverted to the GDFL name in 1933, then back to the GDFA in 1939, and back to the GDFL in 1945.From 1946 onwards, the GDFL maintained a divisional system, with clubs in the First Division competing for the Evelyn Hurst Trophy, the Second Division for the Woolworth Cup, and the Third Division for the Jarman Cup. From 1996 onwards, the league has reverted to a single division competition.
The league took the form it is today when 10 clubs broke away in 1979 to form the Geelong Football League
Geelong Football League
The Geelong Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs.-History:...
. The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
, which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when the Victorian Country Football League
Victorian Country Football League
The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...
held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place, on a voluntary basis.
Today the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with the Geelong Football League
Geelong Football League
The Geelong Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs.-History:...
, Geelong & District Football League
Geelong & District Football League
The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria . It is one of three Australian rules football leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League and the Bellarine Football League....
and Bellarine Football League
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.Six of the eight founding clubs played in the Polwarth Football league the year before....
forming a three-league, three division football structure for the Geelong area.
Current Clubs
| Club | Nickname | Colours | GDFL Premierships | Years in GDFL |
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| Anakie | Roos | Div 2: 1967, 1985 Div 1:1991, 1994 |
1949- | |
| Bannockburn | Tigers |  |
Div 2: 1990 Div 1: 1997-8, 2003 |
1953- |
| Bell Post Hill Bell Post Hill Football Club The Bell Post Hill Football Club, known as the Panthers, is a football club currently playing in the Geelong & District Football League fielding Senior, Reserves and Under-18 teams. They are the current reigning GDFL premiers, defeating Werribee Centrals in the 2010 GDFL Grand Final.-Club... |
Panthers |  |
2010-11 | 1977- |
| Belmont | Lions | 2007 | 1974- (Known until 1997 as East Belmont) |
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| Corio | Devils | Div 1: 1995 | 1974- | |
| East Geelong | Eagles | Div 2: 1993 Div 1: 2009 |
1890- (From 1980-1999 known as Eastern Suburbs) |
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| Geelong West Sports Club | Cheetahs | Div 1: 1966, 1971 Div 2: 1978, 1987 |
1935-78, 1987- | |
| Inverleigh | Hawks |  |
Woolworths Cup 1961 Div 2: 1992 |
1954-(From 1970- 1995 known as Leigh Districts) reformed 2002 |
| North Geelong | Magpies | Div 1: 1949-50-1-2-3-4-5, 1958, 1968-9, 1990, 1992-3, 2002 | 1890- | |
| Thomson | Tigers | Div 2: 1964, 1986, 1991, 1995 Div 1: 2003, 2005-6, 2008 |
1957- | |
| Werribee Centrals | Centurions | Div 2: 1984 Div 1: 1987, 1989, 1999, 2000-1, 2004 |
1984- | |
| Winchelsea | Blues | - | 2002- | |
Recent premierships
- 1997 Bannockburn
- 1998 Bannockburn
- 1999 Werribee Centrals
- 2000 Werribee Centrals
- 2001 Werribee Centrals
- 2002 North Geelong
- 2003 Thomson
- 2004 Werribee Centrals
- 2005 Thomson
- 2006 Thomson
- 2007 Belmont
- 2008 Thomson
- 2009 East Geelong
- 2010 Bell Post Hill
2009 Ladder
| Geelong DFL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Geelong | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2041 | 1310 | 155.80% | 60 |
| Bell Post Hill | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2069 | 1215 | 170.29% | 56 |
| Thomson | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1964 | 1378 | 142.53% | 56 |
| Bannockburn | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2082 | 1467 | 141.92% | 52 |
| Werribee Centrals | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1805 | 1433 | 125.96% | 44 |
| Inverleigh | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1582 | 1518 | 104.22% | 44 |
| Belmont Lions | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1548 | 1723 | 89.84% | 32 |
| Corio | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1685 | 1923 | 87.62% | 28 |
| North Geelong | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1760 | 1771 | 99.38% | 24 |
| Winchelsea | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1413 | 1780 | 79.38% | 20 |
| Anakie | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1294 | 2275 | 56.88% | 8 |
| Geelong West C&FC | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 945 | 2395 | 39.46% | 8 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Bannockburn | 14 | 15 | 99 | Werribee Centrals | 10 | 11 | 71 |
| Qualifying | Bell Post Hill | 17 | 12 | 114 | Thomson | 8 | 18 | 66 |
| 1st Semi | Thomson | 16 | 11 | 107 | Bannockburn | 9 | 9 | 63 |
| 2nd Semi | East Geelong | 10 | 15 | 75 | Bell Post Hill | 8 | 17 | 65 |
| Preliminary | Bell Post Hill | 15 | 11 | 101 | Thomson | 15 | 8 | 98 |
| Grand | East Geelong | 13 | 13 | 91 | Bell Post Hill | 10 | 10 | 70 |
2010 Ladder
| Geelong DFL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werribee Centrals | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2199 | 1276 | 172.34% | 64 |
| Bell Post Hill | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2302 | 1264 | 182.12% | 60 |
| Bannockburn | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2227 | 1261 | 176.61% | 60 |
| North Geelong | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2240 | 1440 | 155.56% | 48 |
| East Geelong | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1870 | 1311 | 142.64% | 48 |
| Thomson | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1829 | 1658 | 110.31% | 40 |
| Winchelsea | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1657 | 1600 | 103.56% | 36 |
| Inverleigh | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1463 | 1415 | 103.39% | 28 |
| Anakie | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1588 | 1943 | 81.73% | 24 |
| Corio | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1172 | 2492 | 47.03% | 16 |
| Geelong West C&FC | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1158 | 2174 | 53.27% | 4 |
| Belmont Lions | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 838 | 2709 | 30.93% | 4 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | East Geelong | 16 | 12 | 108 | North Geelong | 12 | 12 | 84 |
| Qualifying | Bell Post Hill | 14 | 15 | 99 | Bannockburn | 9 | 7 | 61 |
| 1st Semi | East Geelong | 15 | 9 | 99 | Bannockburn | 14 | 6 | 90 |
| 2nd Semi | Bell Post Hill | 19 | 18 | 132 | Werribee Central | 10 | 4 | 64 |
| Preliminary | Werribee Central | 10 | 2 | 62 | East Geelong | 8 | 12 | 60 |
| Grand | Bell Post Hill | 21 | 23 | 149 | Werribee Central | 6 | 10 | 46 |
2011 Ladder
| Geelong DFL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Post Hill | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2279 | 1050 | 217.05% | 68 |
| East Geelong | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2526 | 1179 | 214.25% | 68 |
| Werribee Centrals | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2037 | 1318 | 154.55% | 56 |
| Inverleigh | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2070 | 1378 | 150.22% | 52 |
| Thomson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1620 | 1683 | 96.26% | 36 |
| Anakie | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1510 | 1749 | 86.34% | 32 |
| Bannockburn | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1451 | 1685 | 86.11% | 28 |
| Belmont Lions | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1545 | 2018 | 76.56% | 28 |
| Corio | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1599 | 1944 | 82.25% | 24 |
| North Geelong | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1739 | 2008 | 86.60% | 20 |
| Winchelsea | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1279 | 2323 | 55.06% | 16 |
| Geelong West C&FC | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 952 | 2272 | 41.90% | 4 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Inverleigh | 14 | 20 | 104 | Thomson | 9 | 11 | 65 |
| Qualifying | East Geelong | 15 | 19 | 109 | Werribee Centrals | 5 | 4 | 34 |
| 1st Semi | Inverleigh | 14 | 16 | 100 | Werribee Centrals | 13 | 11 | 89 |
| 2nd Semi | Bell Post Hill | 10 | 15 | 75 | East Geelong | 8 | 6 | 54 |
| Preliminary | East Geelong | 15 | 16 | 106 | Inverleigh | 8 | 10 | 58 |
| Grand | Bell Post Hill | 17 | 10 | 112 | East Geelong | 13 | 7 | 85 |