The Mid Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football

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 league in the Latrobe Valley

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The Latrobe Valley is an inland geographical region and urban area of Gippsland in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is east of the City Of Melbourne and nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Great Dividing Range to the north – with the highest peak to the north of the...

 region of Victoria

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History

The league was founded in 1935.
The original clubs were:

• Boolarra
• Morwell Seconds
• Brown Coal Mine
• Morwell Bridge
• Yallourn Imperials
• Yinnar

Current

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Year entered competition	MGFL senior premierships
Boolarra Boolarra, Victoria Boolarra is a small township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Boolarra had a population of 528 . The Boolarra Folk Festival is held in the town every year in March and attracts music lovers from around Australia and the world...		Demons	1935	1955, 1958, 1997, 2011
Hill End Hill End, Victoria Hill End is a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Baw Baw Local government area, east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Hill End and the surrounding area had a population of 448...  & Grove Willow Grove, Victoria Willow Grove is a village and rural farming community north of Moe in Victoria, Australia. It has a primary school, football club, tennis courts, community hall, general store, CFA shed, and kindergarten. The next town to the west is Hill End and to the east Tanjil South. Willow Grove is situated...		Rovers/Hill Men	1946	1938, 1948–49, 1962, 1974, 1981
Mirboo North Mirboo North, Victoria Mirboo North is a town in Victoria, Australia, located east of Melbourne, with a population of 2688. It is in the South Gippsland Shire local government area....		Tigers	1969	2006–07
Morwell East Morwell, Victoria -Transport:The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobile. The Princes Freeway now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other...		Hawks	1973	1979–80, 2005
Newborough Newborough, Victoria Newborough is a town in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia which shares a border to its west, mostly along the Narracan Creek, with the town of Moe. It can be divided into three areas, Old Newborough, East Newborough and North Newborough...		Bulldogs	1957	1959, 1978, 1988–90, 1999–2000, 2002–03
Thorpdale Thorpdale, Victoria Thorpdale is a small country town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria, Australia, less than 20 km south of Trafalgar. Famous for its potatoes, it is located amongst the rich farmland of the Latrobe Valley. Thorpdale spuds are eaten around the country and also exported overseas. The name...		Blues	1936	1946, 1960–61, 1976, 1985
Trafalgar Trafalgar, Victoria Trafalgar is a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and main Gippsland railway line about west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges to the south...		Bloods	1969	1975, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2009–10
Yallourn Yallourn, Victoria Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of the adjacent open-cut brown coal mine led to the closure... /Yallourn North Yallourn North, Victoria Yallourn North is a small country town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Moe. The town contains many churches, including the only Serbian Orthodox Church and Mosque in the region...		Bombers	1984	1986–87, 1993, 1996
Yarragon Yarragon, Victoria Yarragon is a small town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and the main Gippsland Railway line approximately halfway between the major towns of Warragul and Moe...		Panthers	1977	1977
Yinnar Yinnar, Victoria Yinnar is a tranquil rural township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Yinnar had a population of 585...		Magpies	1935	1939, 1954, 1964, 1967, 1969–71, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008

List of Finalists (since 1935)

Year	Teams	Premiers	Runner Up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
1935	6	Morwell Seconds	Boolarra
1936	7	Haunted Hills	Morwell Seconds
1937	8	Morwell Seconds	Morwell Bridge
1938	8	Hill End	Thorpdale
1939	8	Yinnar	Thorpdale
1940	5	Morwell Seconds	Thorpdale
1946	10	Thorpdale	Yinnar	Brown Coal Mine	Morwell Bridge
1947	10	Brown Coal Mine Imperials	Thorpedale	Hill End	Erica
1948	8	Hill End	Thorpedale	Yallourn North	Morwell Bridge
1949	8	Hill End	Thorpdale	Erica	Hazelwood
1950	9	Yallourn North	Morwell Bridge	Thorpdale	Hazelwood
1951	9	Hazelwood	Thorpdale	Morwell Bridge	Yallourn North
1952	9	Hazelwood	Yallourn North	Thorpdale	Yinnar
1953	9	Hazelwood	Yallourn North	Thorpdale	Yinnar
1954	9	Yinnar	Hazelwood	Yallourn North	Thorpdale
1955	11	Boolarra	Mirboo North	Dumbalk	Yinnar
1956	10	Mirboo North	Dumbalk	Thorpdale	Yinnar
1957	10	Mirboo North	Hill End	Thorpdale	Dumbalk
1958	8	Boolarra	Newborough	Yinnar	Hill End
1959	7	Newborough	Yinnar	Thorpdale	Yallourn North
1960	7	Thorpdale	Yallourn North	Yinnar	Newborough
1961	8	Thorpdale	Yinnar	Yallourn North	Newborough
1962	9	Hill End	Thorpdale	Yallourn North	Yinnar
1963	9	Yallourn North	Yinnar	Hazelwood	Leongatha
1964	8	Yinnar	Hazelwood	Yallourn North	Newborough
1965	7	Hazelwood	Yinnar	Yallourn North	Newborough
1966	8	Hazelwood	Thorpdale	Yallourn North	Yinnar
1967	8	Yinnar	Thorpdale	Hazelwood	Yallourn North
1968	8	Maryvale	Thorpdale	Yallourn North	Yinnar
1969	10	Yinnar	Yallourn North	Trafalgar	Mirboo North
1970	10	Yinnar	Yallourn North	Maryvale	Trafalgar
1971	10	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Hill End	Yallourn North
1972	10	Yallourn North	Mirboo North	Yinnar	Newborough
1973	11	Yinnar	Hill End	Newborough	Yallourn North
1974	11	Hill End	Newborough	Maryvale	Yinnar
1975	11	Trafalgar	Newborough	Hazelwood/Churchill	Hill End
1976	11	Thorpdale	Newborough	Hazelwood/Churchill	Morwell East
1977	11	Yarragon	Newborough	Trafalgar	Hazelwood/Churchill
1978	11	Newborough	Hazelwood/Churchill	Maryvale	Hill End
1979	10	Morwell East	Hazelwood/Churchill	Maryvale	Trafalgar
1980	10	Morwell East	Trafalgar	Yarragon	Hill End
1981	10	Hill End	Morwell East	Churchill	Trafalgar
1982	10	Churchill	Morwell East	Trafalgar
1983	10	Churchill	Trafalgar	Morwell East	Hill End
1984	9	Trafalgar	Morwell East	Thorpdale	Yarragon
1985	9	Thorpdale	Morwell East	Trafalgar	Hill End
1986	11	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Trafalgar	Yarragon	Newborough
1987	10	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Thorpdale	Newborough	Yarragon
1988	10	Newborough	Trafalgar	Thorpdale	Yallourn/Yallourn North
1989	10	Newborough	Trafalgar	Hill End	Mirboo North
1990	10	Newborough	Trafalgar	Mirboo North	Morwell East
1991	10	Trafalgar	Mirboo North	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Newborough
1992	10	Trafalgar	Thorpdale	Yinnar	Mirboo North
1993	10	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Trafalgar	Thorpdale	Yinnar
1994	10	Trafalgar	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Mirboo North	Yinnar
1995	10	Trafalgar	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Yinnar	Yarragon	Boolarra
1996	10	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Trafalgar	Yarragon	Boolarra	Newborough
1997	10	Boolarra	Newborough	Yinnar	Morwell East	Yallourn/Yallourn North
1998	10	Yinnar	Newborough	Morwell East	Hill End	Thorpdale
1999	10	Newborough	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Thorpdale	Morwell East
2000	10	Newborough	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Hill End	Thorpdale
2001	10	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Newborough	Yarragon
2002	10	Newborough	Trafalgar	Yinnar	Boolarra	Yallourn/Yallourn North
2003	10	Newborough	Trafalgar	Yinnar	Mirboo North	Yallourn/Yallourn North
2004	10	Yinnar	Mirboo North	Morwell East	Newborough	Hill End
2005	10	Morwell East	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Newborough	Mirboo North
2006	10	Mirboo North	Morwell East	Trafalgar	Yinnar	Newborough
2007	10	Mirboo North	Yinnar	Morwell East	Newborough	Trafalgar
2008	10	Yinnar	Trafalgar	Mirboo North	Yallourn/Yallourn North	Morwell East
2009	10	Trafalgar	Morwell East	Yarragon	Mirboo North	Yinnar
2010	10	Trafalgar	Morwell East	Yarragon	Mirboo North	Thorpdale

2008 Ladder

Mid Gippsland FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Yinnar	17	0	0	1	1986	789	251.71%	70
Trafalgar	16	0	2	0	1752	634	276.34%	64
Mirboo North	13	0	5	0	1310	1127	116.24%	52
Yallourn-Yallourn North	9	0	8	1	1353	1219	110.99%	38
Morwell East	9	0	9	0	1392	1249	111.45%	36
Newborough	8	0	10	0	1206	1398	86.27%	32
Yarragon	6	0	12	0	1122	1293	86.77%	24
Boolarra	6	0	12	0	1283	1777	72.20%	24
Thorpdale	4	0	14	0	898	1534	58.54%	16
Hill End	1	0	17	0	686	1968	34.86%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Yallourn-Yallourn North	11	9	75	Morwell East	8	5	53
Qualifying	Trafalgar	6	9	45	Mirboo North	6	5	41
1st Semi	Mirboo North	23	9	147	Yallourn-Yallourn North	11	11	77
2nd Semi	Trafalgar	7	6	48	Yinnar	5	2	32
Preliminary	Yinnar	11	14	80	Mirboo North	10	4	64
Grand	Yinnar	10	9	69	Trafalgar	5	11	41

2009 Ladder

Mid Gippsland FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Morwell East	16	0	2	0	1875	817	229.50%	64
Mirboo North	15	0	3	0	1733	901	192.34%	60
Trafalgar	14	0	4	0	1576	734	214.71%	56
Yarragon	13	0	4	1	1507	1099	137.12%	54
Yinnar	9	0	9	0	1300	1135	114.54%	36
Yallourn-Yallourn North	6	0	11	1	1170	1405	83.27%	26
Newborough	6	0	12	0	1103	1528	72.19%	24
Thorpdale	5	0	13	0	975	1387	70.30%	20
Hill End	4	0	14	0	760	1359	55.92%	16
Boolarra	1	0	17	0	709	2343	30.26%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Yarragon	13	9	87	Yinnar	8	11	59
Qualifying	Trafalgar	8	11	59	Mirboo North	6	3	39
1st Semi	Yarragon	10	11	71	Mirboo North	5	7	37
2nd Semi	Trafalgar	13	7	85	Morwell East	5	4	34
Preliminary	Morwell East	14	9	93	Yarragon	10	8	68
Grand	Trafalgar	16	8	104	Morwell East	7	5	47

2010 Ladder

Mid Gippsland FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Trafalgar	17	0	1	0	1655	903	183.28%	68
Yarragon	14	0	4	0	1414	839	168.53%	56
Morwell East	13	0	5	0	1558	1229	126.77%	52
Mirboo North	13	0	5	0	1308	1111	117.73%	52
Thorpedale	9	0	9	0	1358	1199	113.26%	36
Yallourn-Yallourn North	8	0	10	0	1103	1248	88.38%	32
Yinnar	5	0	13	0	967	1434	67.43%	20
Newborough	4	0	13	1	1260	1642	76.74%	18
Boolarra	4	0	13	1	1047	1534	68.25%	18
Hill End	2	0	16	0	860	1391	61.83%	8

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Mirboo North	11	7	73	Thorpedale	10	11	71
Qualifying	Yarragon	8	1	49	Morwell East	7	6	48
1st Semi	Morwell East	8	6	54	Mirboo North	4	9	33
2nd Semi	Trafalgar	12	8	80	Yarragon	7	11	53
Preliminary	Morwell East	9	13	67	Yarragon	6	10	46
Grand	Trafalgar	13	19	97	Morwell East	6	10	46

2011 Ladder

Mid Gippsland FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Trafalgar	18	0	0	0	1596	873	182.82%	72
Mirboo North	13	0	4	1	1376	969	142.00%	54
Boolarra	12	0	6	0	1305	1005	129.85%	48
Newborough	12	0	6	0	1457	1427	102.10%	48
Yallourn-Yallourn North	8	0	8	2	1188	1161	102.33%	36
Hill End	7	0	11	0	877	1146	76.53%	28
Yarragon	6	0	12	0	925	966	95.76%	24
Yinnar	6	0	12	0	1106	1299	85.14%	24
Morwell East	3	0	14	1	1019	1486	68.57%	14
Thorpedale	3	0	15	0	1041	1558	66.82%	12

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Newborough	11	8	74	Yallourn-Yallourn North	9	10	64
Qualifying	Boolarra	11	7	73	Mirboo North	9	12	66
1st Semi	Mirboo North	21	8	134	Newborough	10	10	70
2nd Semi	Trafalgar	15	10	100	Boolarra	11	13	79
Preliminary	Boolarra	12	13	85	Mirboo North	12	5	77
Grand	Boolarra	13	4	82	Trafalgar	8	5	53

External links

• Official Mid Gippsland Football League Website
• Full Points Footy -Mid Gippsland Football League