Great Flinders Football League

The Great Flinders Football League (GFFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. In 2006 Ramblers Football Club were premiers, defeating Tumby Bay Football Club.[1]

Brief history

The Great Flinders Football League began in 1911 with founding clubs including Cummins, Cummins Ramblers, Mortlock, Mount Hope, Rovers, Shannon and Yallunda Flat.

Recent Premiers

List of recent premiers of GFFL. [2]

1949 Ramblers 1950 Ramblers 1951 Cummins 1952 Ramblers 1953 Edillilie 1954 Edillilie 1955 Edillilie 1956 Shannon 1957 Ramblers 1958 Ramblers 1959 Ramblers 1960 Kapinnie 1961 Ramblers 1962 Cummins

1963 Cummins 1964 Ramblers 1965 Kapinnie 1966 Kapinnie 1967 United Yeelanna 1968 Ramblers 1969 Ramblers 1970 Ramblers 1971 Ramblers 1972 Ramblers 1973 Ramblers 1974 Ramblers 1975 Ramblers 1976 Ramblers

1977 Ramblers 1978 Ramblers 1979 Ramblers 1980 Ramblers 1981 Ramblers 1982 Ramblers 1983 United Yeelanna 1984 Kapinnie 1985 Kapinnie 1986 United Yeelanna 1987 United Yeelanna 1988 Kapinnie 1989 Ramblers 1990 Kapinnie

1991 Kapinnie 1992 Kapinnie 1993 Kapinnie 1994 Ramblers 1995 Tumby Bay 1996 Lock 1997 Lock 1998 Ramblers 1999 Tumby Bay 2000 Cougars 2001 Cougars 2002 Ramblers 2003 Ramblers 2004 Ramblers

2005 Ramblers 2006 Ramblers 2007 Tumby Bay 2008 Ramblers 2009 Tumby Bay 2010 Ramblers 2011 Ramblers 2012 United Yeelanna 2013 Ramblers 2014 United Yeelanna 2015 United Yeelanna 2016 United Yeelanna 2017 Ramblers 2018 United Yeelanna 2019 United Yeelanna

Current clubs

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Joined competition	GFFL premierships	Premiership years
	Cummins Kapinnie	Cougars	1997 (Merger of Cummins and Kapinnie)	2	2000-01
	Eyre United	Saints	1971 (from Port Lincoln FL)	-	-
	Lock	Roos	1971 (from Le Hunte FL)	2	1996-97
	Ramblers	Magpies	1927	42	1930, 1932, 1935–36, 1946, 1948-49-50, 1952, 1957-58-59, 1961, 1964, 1968-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82, 1989, 1994 1998, 2002–03-04-05-06, 2008, 2010–11, 2013, 2017
	Tumby Bay	Blues	1981 (from Port Lincoln FL)	4	1995, 1999, 2007, 2009
	United Yeelanna	Eagles	1964 (Merger of Karkoo-Murdinga United and Yeelanna)	10	1967, 1983, 1986–87, 2012, 2014-15-16, 2018-19

2008 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Tumby Bay	15	0	0	0	2109	784	72.90%	30		1st Semi	Ramblers	15	11	101	United Yeelanna	5	17	47
Lock	10	0	5	0	1408	1273	52.52%	20		2nd Semi	Tumby Bay	20	16	136	Lock	8	4	52
United Yeelanna	8	0	7	0	1219	1197	50.46%	16		Preliminary	Ramblers	19	7	121	Lock	12	11	83
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1285	1266	50.37%	16		Grand	Ramblers	10	5	65	Tumby Bay	8	9	57
Eyre United	2	0	13	0	957	1563	37.98%	4
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	2	0	13	0	909	1804	33.51%	4

2009 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Tumby Bay	14	0	1	0	1696	852	66.56%	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	14	12	96	Lock	13	9	87
United Yeelanna	9	0	6	0	1180	1126	51.17%	18		2nd Semi	Tumby Bay	16	10	106	United Yeelanna	5	7	37
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1233	1291	48.85%	16		Preliminary	Ramblers	14	11	95	United Yeelanna	7	14	56
Lock	7	0	8	0	1367	1147	54.38%	14		Grand	Tumby Bay	13	19	97	Ramblers	4	7	31
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	6	0	9	0	1422	1416	50.11%	12
Eyre United	1	0	14	0	868	1934	30.98%	2

2010 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	13	0	1	1	1739	594	74.54%	27		1st Semi	United Yeelanna	14	11	95	Tumby Bay	13	7	85
Ramblers	12	0	3	0	1451	825	63.75%	24		2nd Semi	Ramblers	16	15	111	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	13	8	86
United Yeelanna	9	0	5	1	1282	897	58.83%	19		Preliminary	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	10	12	72	United Yeelanna	9	8	62
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1112	1116	49.91%	14		Grand	Ramblers	18	10	118	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	11	13	79
Lock	2	0	13	0	645	1480	30.35%	4
Eyre United	1	0	14	0	524	1841	22.16%	2

2011 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Ramblers	13	0	2	0	1451	755	65.78%	26		1st Semi	United Yeelanna	20	23	143	Eyre United	6	10	46
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	11	0	4	0	1411	900	61.06%	22		2nd Semi	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	10	13	73	Ramblers	11	6	72
United Yeelanna	10	0	5	0	1451	899	61.74%	20		Preliminary	Ramblers	16	9	105	United Yeelanna	9	5	59
Eyre United	6	0	9	0	1088	1380	44.08%	12		Grand	Ramblers	10	13	73	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	4	8	32
Tumby Bay	5	0	10	0	996	1460	40.55%	10
Lock	0	0	15	0	692	1695	28.99%	0

2012 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	12	0	3	0	1473	961	60.52%	24		1st Semi	Ramblers	13	11	89	Tumby Bay	13	6	84
United Yeelanna	10	0	5	0	1371	1110	55.26%	20		2nd Semi	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	13	12	90	United Yeelanna	6	10	46
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1182	1028	53.48%	18		Preliminary	United Yeelanna	10	12	72	Ramblers	10	4	64
Tumby Bay	8	0	7	0	1210	1139	51.51%	16		Grand	United Yeelanna	18	7	115	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	15	12	102
Lock	5	0	10	0	1160	1285	47.44%	10
Eyre United	1	0	14	0	925	1798	33.97%	2

2013 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Ramblers	13	0	1	1	1527	951	61.62%	27		1st Semi	United Yeelanna	15	10	100	Tumby Bay	10	12	72
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	11	0	3	1	1473	938	61.09%	23		2nd Semi	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	10	8	68	Ramblers	9	12	66
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1167	930	55.65%	14		Preliminary	Ramblers	12	10	82	United Yeelanna	10	7	67
United Yeelanna	7	0	8	0	1183	1443	45.05%	14		Grand	Ramblers	13	10	88	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	7	10	52
Eyre United	4	0	11	0	1241	1573	44.10%	8
Lock	2	0	13	0	861	1617	34.75%	4

2014 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	2003	679	74.68%	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	15	15	105	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	6	6	42
Eyre United	9	0	5	1	1259	1229	50.60%	19		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	35	9	219	Eyre United	9	8	62
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1355	1117	54.81%	18		Preliminary	Ramblers	18	10	118	Eyre United	9	10	64
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	6	0	9	0	982	1477	39.93%	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	4	118	Ramblers	11	5	71
Tumby Bay	5	0	10	0	1086	1195	47.61%	10
Lock	1	0	13	1	756	1744	30.24%	3

2015 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1804	900	66.72%	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	10	7	67	Tumby Bay	4	7	31
Lock	11	0	4	0	1656	879	65.33%	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	17	7	109	Lock	10	7	67
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1099	996	52.46%	16		Preliminary	Lock	18	11	119	Ramblers	17	7	109
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1175	1044	52.95%	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	10	124	Lock	23	10	148
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	5	0	10	0	923	1540	37.47%	10
Eyre United	0	0	15	0	570	1868	23.38%	0

2016 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1468	760	65.89%	28		1st Semi	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	10	12	72	Tumby Bay	8	6	54
Ramblers	11	0	4	0	1192	789	60.17%	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	13	12	90	Ramblers	10	7	67
Tumby Bay	9	0	6	0	1144	929	55.19%	18		Preliminary	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	14	11	95	Ramblers	12	10	82
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	6	0	9	0	1123	1015	52.53%	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	18	11	119	Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	9	11	65
Eyre United	5	0	10	0	1030	1188	46.44%	10
Lock	0	0	15	0	435	1711	20.27%	0

2017 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	1863	744	71.46%	30		1st Semi	Eyre United	10	9	69	Tumby Bay	7	10	52
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1119	933	54.53%	16		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	15	14	104	Ramblers	6	9	45
Eyre United	8	0	7	0	1333	1255	51.51%	16		Preliminary	Ramblers	15	15	105	Eyre United	7	8	50
Tumby Bay	6	0	9	0	1023	1086	48.51%	12		Grand	Ramblers	15	10	100	United Yeelanna	10	11	71
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	6	0	9	0	888	1224	42.05%	12
Lock	2	0	13	0	683	1667	29.06%	4

References

1. http://countryfooty.com.au/64.html
2. http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-7455-0-0-0&sID=398977

External links

• country footy

Books

• Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
• South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199