West Australian Sunday Football League
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The Sunday Football League Western Australia (SFL WA) most commonly known as the Sunday Football League is a defunct semi-professional
Australian rules football
competition based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
.
's most popular Sunday competition; the West Australian Football League
, the premier West Australian competition, is primarily played on Saturdays. Each week, around 5,000 spectators attended Sunday Football League matches.
and the Peel Football League
.
Armadale were admitted to the Peel Football League and the remaining clubs were admitted to the Amateur league.
Semi-professional
A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...
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...
competition based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
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History
The league began in 1984 after a name change from the South Suburban Murray Football League and was headquartered in Perth's south eastern suburbs, for a period at Lathlain Park - the home ground for the Perth Football Club. It was notable as PerthPerth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
's most popular Sunday competition; the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
, the premier West Australian competition, is primarily played on Saturdays. Each week, around 5,000 spectators attended Sunday Football League matches.
2008 Clubs
- Armadale
- Canning-Victoria Park-South Perth Tigers
- Gosnells
- Kelmscott
- Kenwick
- Maddington
- Roleystone (only represented in under-19 competition)
- Thornlie
Disbanding
In February 2009 it was announced that the league would not be operating for the 2009 football season with clubs applying to join the Western Australian Amateur Football LeagueWestern Australian Amateur Football League
The West Australian Amateur Football League is the largest fully amateur Australian rules football competition in Western Australia.The competition began in 1922.-Clubs:*Ballajura*Bassendean*Beechboro*Belmont Districts*Brentwood Booragoon...
and the Peel Football League
Peel Football League
The Peel Football League is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged...
.
Armadale were admitted to the Peel Football League and the remaining clubs were admitted to the Amateur league.