Sunday Football League

The Sunday Football League Western Australia (SFL WA), commonly known as the Sunday Football League (SFL), is a defunct semi-professional Australian rules football league that was based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The Kenwick Football Club is the most successful club in the history with 9 senior team premierships.

For the amateur association football level 5 league in Lithuania, see Sunday Football League (Lithuania).

History

The Sunday Football League was formed in late 1983 after a proposed merger between the South Suburban Murray FL and Western Australian Football Association fell through. Six WAFA clubs decided to stay in that competition rather than join the new league. The twelve South Suburban clubs were Armadale,Canning, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Kelmscott, Kenwick, Kwinana, Maddington, Mandurah, Rockingham, Thornlie and Willetton. The five clubs to join from the WAFA were Applecross, Fremantle (later North Fremantle), Osborne Park, South Perth and Wanneroo. Prior to the Sunday FL being formed, the South Suburban Murray FL was formed in 1960 when two leagues, the South Suburban FA and Murray Districts FA agreed to a trial season. The SSFA had only five teams competing in 1959 (Armadale, Canning, Gosnells, Kelmscott and Maddington) while the MDFA had four teams (Hills, Pinjarra, Mandurah and Waroona). Kenwick, who had been trying since 1958 to join the SSFA, was accepted as the tenth team to remove a bye in each round. The SSFA began in 1910 with three teams, Armadale, Kelmscott and Mundijong. Queens Park joined in 1911, while Mundijong withdrew after five games. Victoria Park joined the SSFA in 1913. Queens Park won the premiership in 1913 after taking the SSFA to court after the league decided to change how the premier team would be selected that year. The Murray Districts FA started in 1938 with five teams (Coolup, Mandurah, North Dandalup, Pinjarra and Waroona). Pinjarra won the first premiership, and Waroona won the next two before the competition was suspended due to World War 2. Waroona won the first two flags after the competition resumed in 1946 and 47. Pnjarra won in 1948 and Mandurah won their first premierhsip in 1949.

Premierships

South Suburban 1910 Mundijong 1911 Queens Park 1912 Kelmscott 1913 Queens Park 1914 Armadale 1915 Queens Park 1916 Wartime break 1917 Wartime Break 1918 Wartime break 1919 Wartime break 1920 Wartime break 1921 Gosnells 1922 Gosnells 1923 Armadale 1924 Queens Park 1925 Queens Park 1926 Armadale 1927 Armadale 1928 Canning 1929 Canning 1930 No competition 1931 No competition 1932 No competition 1933 Canning 1934 Armadale

South Suburban 1935 Armadale 1936 Armadale 1937 Armadale 1938 Canning 1939 Kelmscott 1940 Armadale 1941 Canning 1942 Wartime break 1943 Wartime break 1944 Armadale 1945 Canning 1946 Maddington 1947 Canning 1948 Canning 1949 Canning 1950 Gosnells 1951 Canning 1952 Maddington 1953 Maddington 1954 Gosnells 1955 Canning 1956 Canning 1957 Gosnells 1958 Canning 1959 Maddington 1960 Maddington

South Suburban Murray FL 1961 Canning 1962 Kelmscott 1963 Gosnells 1964 Gosnells 1965 Canning 1966 Maddington 1967 Victoria Park 1968 Victoria Park 1969 Belmont-Victoria Park 1970 Gosnells 1971 Maddington 1972 Mandurah 1973 Gosnells 1974 Maddington 1975 Maddington 1976 Maddington 1977 Gosnells 1978 Gosnells 1979 Kelmscott 1980 Canning 1981 Gosnells 1982 Rockingham 1983 Kenwick

Sunday FL 1984 Kalamunda 1985 Kalamunda 1986 Osborne Park 1987 Osborne Park 1988 Wanneroo 1989 Gosnells 1990 Osborne PArk 1991 Wanneroo 1992 Wanneroo 1993 Thornlie 1994 Canning 1995 Thornlie 1996 Kenwick 1997 Kenwick 1998 Kenwick 1999 Kenwick 2000 Kelmscott 2001 Armadale 2002 Kenwick 2003 Maddington 2004 Kenwick 2005 Kenwick 2006 Kenwick 2007 Maddington 2008 Gosnells

Saturday Comp 1985 Osborne Park Red 1986 Osborne Park 1987 Osborne Park 1998 Wanneroo 1989 Maddington 1990 Maddington 1991 Osborne Park 1992 Kelmscott 1993 Armadale 1994 Thornlie 1995 Gosnells 1996 Gosnells 1997 Kenwick 1998 Kenwick 1999 Kenwick 2000 Kenwick 2001 Roleystone 2002 Roleystone 2003 Kenwick 2004 Magpies 2005 Kenwick 2006 Mustangs 2007 Kenwick 2008 Kenwick

2008 clubs

• Armadale
• Canning-Victoria Park-South Perth Tigers
• Gosnells
• Kelmscott
• Kenwick
• Maddington
• Roleystone (only represented in under-19 competition)
• Thornlie

2007

Sunday	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Maddington	11	0	5	0	1539	934	164.78%	44		1st Semi	Gosnells	14	11	95	Thornlie	12	10	82
Kenwick	11	0	5	0	1368	1061	128.93%	44		2nd Semi	Kenwick	16	11	107	Maddington	15	6	96
Thornlie	10	0	5	1	1397	1068	130.81%	42		Preliminary	Maddington	11	16	82	Gosnells	11	6	72
Gosnells	10	0	5	1	1389	1091	127.31%	42		Grand	Maddington	14	12	96	Kenwick	5	13	43
Armadale	9	0	6	1	1528	1173	130.26%	38
Tigers	3	0	13	0	1085	1391	78.00%	12
Kelmscott	0	0	15	1	600	2188	27.42%	2

2008 Ladder

Sunday	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Gosnells	14	0	2	0	1931	1291	149.57%	56		1st Semi	Kenwick	16	16	112	Thornlie	9	10	64
Maddington	13	0	3	0	1617	1104	146.47%	52		2nd Semi	Gosnells	14	10	94	Maddington	12	10	82
Kenwick	12	0	4	0	1489	1015	146.70%	48		Preliminary	Kenwick	10	13	73	Maddington	8	12	60
Thornlie	7	0	8	1	1495	1480	101.01%	30		Grand	Gosnells	14	16	100	Kenwick	8	14	62
Kelmscott	6	0	10	0	1214	1785	68.01%	24
Armadale	3	0	13	0	1251	1510	82.85%	12
Tigers	0	0	15	1	1022	1834	55.73%	2

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 League and the Peel Football League.[1][2][3]

Armadale were admitted to the Peel Football League and the remaining clubs were admitted to the West Australian Amateur Football League.

References

1. Shayne Hope (13 February 2009). "Sunday footy league disbanded". The West Australian.
2. "Changes in Perth could spell big changes in Peel". The Mandurah Mail. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
3. "It's Official: Sunday League Is No More". Footy Goss. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.

External links

• Sunday Football League official website