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Founded 1979
Current Clubs Bell Park
Colac
Colac Football Club
The Colac Football Club is an Australian football club based in the regional city of Colac, Victoria.The clubs plays at Central Reserve Colac.The current Colac Football Club was founded in 1948 in order to play in the Hampden Football League from 1949...


Grovedale
Grovedale Football Club
Grovedale Football Club plays in the Geelong Football League in Victoria, Australia. They play their home games at Burdoo Reserve.-Club history:...


Geelong West-St Peters
Geelong West Football Club
The Geelong West Football Club are an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association from 1963 until 1988. Geelong West, nicknamed the 'Roosters', wore white and red during their time in the association.-History:...


Lara
Leopold
Newtown & Chilwell
North Shore
South Barwon
South Barwon Football Club
South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans,...


St Albans
St Joseph's
St Mary's
Former Clubs Barwon
East Geelong
Geelong Amateur
Geelong Amateur Football Club
- Geelong Amateur Football Club :The Geelong Amateur Football Club was formed in 1926 as a result of teachers and students from The Geelong College and The Geelong Grammar forming a football team to play in Victorian Amateur Football Association. Hence the green and light blue colors and the...


Geelong West Cricket & Football Club
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...


St Peters
Thomson
Stadiums Burdoo Reserve
Central Reserve
Elderslie Reserve
Hamlyn Park
Herne Hill Reserve
Kardinia Park West
Lara Recreation Reserve
Leopold Memorial Park
McDonald Reserve
St Albans Reserve
West Oval
Windsor Park
2010 Season
Premiers South Barwon
South Barwon Football Club
South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans,...

Minor Premiers South Barwon
South Barwon Football Club
South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans,...

Wooden Spoon
League Best & Fairest Ben Lavars (St Mary's)
Leading Goal Kicker Dale Carson (St Joseph's)

The Geelong Football League is an 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...

 league in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...

 area, with numerous former 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 playing for various clubs.

History

The league was formed in 1979 when 10 clubs broke away from the 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....

. 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 a three-division three league competition in place in Geelong.

Current

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Colours GFL Premierships Years in GFL
Bell Park Dragons Bell Park, Victoria
Bell Park, Victoria
Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located 3 km north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by the Ballarat rail line, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway and to the west by Anakie Road.- History :Bell...

Hamlyn Park 1984, 1991, 2003, 2011 1979-
Colac
Colac Football Club
The Colac Football Club is an Australian football club based in the regional city of Colac, Victoria.The clubs plays at Central Reserve Colac.The current Colac Football Club was founded in 1948 in order to play in the Hampden Football League from 1949...

Tigers Colac, Victoria
Colac, Victoria
Colac is a small city located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, situated approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac and the surrounding volcanic plains, approximately 40 km inland from Bass Strait. Colac is the largest city in and...

Central Reserve Yellow and Black Nil 2001-
Grovedale
Grovedale Football Club
Grovedale Football Club plays in the Geelong Football League in Victoria, Australia. They play their home games at Burdoo Reserve.-Club history:...

Tigers Grovedale, Victoria
Grovedale, Victoria
Grovedale is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.The suburb is bounded by the Waurn Ponds Creek, Rossack Drive, Boundary Road and Barwarre Road.-Toponomy:...

Burdoo Reserve
Nil 1979-
Geelong West-St Peters
Geelong West Football Club
The Geelong West Football Club are an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association from 1963 until 1988. Geelong West, nicknamed the 'Roosters', wore white and red during their time in the association.-History:...

Roosters Geelong West, Victoria
Geelong West, Victoria
Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street.-History:...

West Oval Nil 1988-
Lara Cats Lara, Victoria
Lara, Victoria
Lara is a residential rural suburb, 15 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.- History :The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, believing that they had reached Westernport Bay...

Lara Recreation Reserve Blue and White 1994, 2002 1989-
Leopold Lions Leopold, Victoria
Leopold, Victoria
Leopold is a residential eastern suburb of Geelong and is a gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula.-History:The area was formerly known as Kensington. The Post Office opened as Kensington on 19 May 1858, and was renamed Kensington Hill in 1882, Leopold Hill in 1884 and Leopold in 1885. -The town...

Leopold Memorial Park Nil 1992-
Newtown & Chilwell Eagles Newtown, Victoria
Newtown, Victoria
Newtown is an inner western suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a primarily residential area occupying one of the highest points of urban Geelong, has always been a desirable place of residence and it is the location of many of Geelong's oldest and most valuable properties.The locality of...

Elderslie Reserve
1982, 1985-86 1979-
North Shore Seagulls North Shore, Victoria
North Shore, Victoria
North Shore is an industrial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb overlooks Corio Bay. A small residential area is east of the North Shore railway station with a few neighbourhood shops....

Windsor Park
1980-81, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1995-96-97-98-99-2000 1979-
South Barwon
South Barwon Football Club
South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans,...

Swans Belmont, Victoria
Belmont, Victoria
Belmont is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name means "beautiful hill". Belmont is geographically separated from the Geelong central business district by the Barwon River. The suburb is primarily residential, with some light industry along Barwon Heads Road...

McDonald Reserve 2001, 2005-06-07, 2009-10 1990-
St Albans Supersaints Thomson, Victoria
Thomson, Victoria
Thomson is a small residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Thomson is triangular in shape and is bounded in the west by Breakwater Road, Carr Street and St Albans Road, in the north by Lomond Terrace, Godfrey and Ensby Streets, and in the east by Ormond and Boundary Roads.Thomson was...

St Albans Reserve 1987-88 1979-
St Joseph's Joeys Herne Hill, Victoria
Herne Hill, Victoria
Herne Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia....

Herne Hill Reserve 1989 1985-
St Mary's Saints South Geelong, Victoria
South Geelong, Victoria
South Geelong, also referred to as Geelong South, is a residential and industrial southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Geelong central business district, with the Barwon River forming the suburb's southern border...

Kardinia Park West 1979, 1992, 2004, 2008 1979-

Former

Club Nickname Location Home Ground Colours GFL Premierships Years in GFL Notes
Barwon Bulldogs Belmont, Victoria Roslyn Road Red, White, Blue Nil 1979-1989 Merged with Belmont Two Blues to form South Barwon
East Geelong Eagles East Geelong, Victoria
East Geelong, Victoria
East Geelong is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.The post office opened on 6 June 1921. An earlier Post Office dating from 1871 was later renamed Moolap West.The Geelong Botanical Gardens are located in East Geelong....

Richmond Crescent Maroon and Yellow Nil 1979 Joined the 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....

Geelong Amateur
Geelong Amateur Football Club
- Geelong Amateur Football Club :The Geelong Amateur Football Club was formed in 1926 as a result of teachers and students from The Geelong College and The Geelong Grammar forming a football team to play in Victorian Amateur Football Association. Hence the green and light blue colors and the...

Ammos Highton, Victoria
Highton, Victoria
Highton is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is bordered by the Barrabool Hills and Wandana Heights to the west, the Barwon River to the north and east, the former Kardinia Creek to the south-east, and the Princes Highway and Pigdons Road to the south.-History:Grazier John...

Queens Park Green and Blue Nil 1986-1988 Joined 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....

Geelong West Cricket & Football Club Cheetahs Geelong West, Victoria
Geelong West, Victoria
Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street.-History:...

Nil 1979-85 Joined the 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....

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...

Magpies North Geelong, Victoria Osborne Park Black and White Nil 1979-1982 Joined the 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....

St Peters Saints Herne Hill, Victoria Walker Oval Blue and White Nil 1979, 1982-1987 Merged with Geelong West Football Club to become Geelong West-St Peters
Thomson Tigers Thomson, Victoria
Thomson, Victoria
Thomson is a small residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Thomson is triangular in shape and is bounded in the west by Breakwater Road, Carr Street and St Albans Road, in the north by Lomond Terrace, Godfrey and Ensby Streets, and in the east by Ormond and Boundary Roads.Thomson was...

Godfrey Street Purple and Yellow Nil 1979-1981, 1984 Joined the 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....


Grand Finals

Year Premier Goals Behinds Points Runners Up Goals Behinds Points Best player in Grand final
1979 St Mary’s 15 13 103 North Shore 12 10 82 Trevor McLean (St Mary’s)
1980 North Shore 14 11 95 St Mary's 13 7 85 Steve Mathieson (North Shore)
1981 North Shore 14 12 96 Newtown & Chilwell 12 8 80 John Albon (North Shore)
1982 Newtown & Chilwell 19 21 135 St Peters 12 9 81 Gary Kelly (Newtown & Chilwell)
1983 North Shore 18 14 122 Bell Park 17 14 116 Darren Purcell (North Shore)
1984 Bell Park 12 9 81 St Albans 10 6 66 Grant Sutherland (Bell Park)
1985 Newtown & Chilwell 21 11 137 St Albans 13 18 96 Basil Flynn (Newtown & Chilwell)
1986 Newtown & Chilwell 21 8 144 St Albans 15 8 98 Basil Flynn (Newtown & Chilwell)
1987 St Albans 14 12 96 Newtown & Chilwell 12 16 88 Mark Dahlhaus (St Albans)
1988 St Albans 12 14 86 St Joseph's 11 12 78 Wayne Tyquin (St Albans)
1989 St Joseph's 18 14 122 St Mary's 10 5 65 John Fitgzgerald (St Joseph’s)
1990 North Shore 14 17 101 St Mary's 13 9 87 Russell Campbell (North Shore)
1991 Bell Park 10 9 69 North Shore 4 8 32 Brad Nicholls (Bell Park)
1992 St Mary's 20 6 126 Lara 12 19 91 Michael Hosking (St Mary’s)
1993 North Shore 25 10 160 Lara 12 12 84 Frank Fopiani (North Shore)
1994 Lara 13 12 90 St Mary's 12 10 82 Jason Hassett (Lara)
1995 North Shore 15 22 112 Lara 10 9 69 Frank Fopiani (North Shore)
1996 North Shore 9 15 69 Geelong West St Peters 8 12 60 Damien Clark (North Shore)
1997 North Shore 22 14 146 St Joseph's 18 7 115 Glenn Keast (North Shore)
1998 North Shore 25 15 165 South Barwon 11 11 77 Danny Warren (North Shore)
1999 North Shore 24 12 156 St Joseph's 12 7 79 Nathan Lewis (North Shore)
2000 North Shore 9 12 66 Lara 3 9 27 Mick Atkins (North Shore)
2001 South Barwon 16 15 111 North Shore 9 4 58 Glen Wallace (South Barwon)
2002 Lara 17 14 116 St Joseph's 13 14 92 Paul Lynch (Lara)
2003 St Mary's 8 11 59 Bell Park 8 11 59
(Replay) Bell Park 14 6 90 St Mary's 10 11 71 Bruce Cohen (Bell Park)
2004 St Mary's 19 8 122 North Shore 14 11 95 Frank Fopiani (St Mary’s)
2005 South Barwon 17 13 115 Newtown & Chilwell 14 10 94 Leighton Richards (South Barwon)
2006 South Barwon 14 12 96 St Joseph's 12 8 80 Warwick Knuckey (South Barwon)
2007 South Barwon 11 13 79 Bell Park 6 6 42 Jason Armistead (South Barwon)
2008 St Mary's 21 15 141 Colac 5 12 42 Ben Lavars (St Mary’s)
2009 South Barwon 15 12 102 St Joseph's 6 9 45 Paul Sullivan (South Barwon)
2010 South Barwon 11 14 80 Bell Park 7 13 55 Paul Sullivan (South Barwon)
2011 Bell Park 11 12 78 South Barwon 11 6 72 Charlie Hallam (Bell Park)

Premiership Tally

  • North Shore - 11
  • South Barwon
    South Barwon Football Club
    South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans,...

     - 6
  • St Mary's - 4
  • Bell Park - 4
  • Newtown & Chilwell - 3
  • Lara - 2
  • St Albans - 2
  • St Joseph's - 1

League Best & Fairest

  • 2011
  • 2010 Ben Lavars (St. Mary's)
  • 2009 Nick Batchelor (Bell Park)
  • 2008 Torin Baker (St Joseph’s) & Paul Carson (GWSP)
  • 2007 David Mensch (Grovedale) & Mark Corrigan (South Barwon)
  • 2006 Tony Brown (Leopold)
  • 2005 Christian Shaw (North Shore)
  • 2004 Danny O'Brien (North Shore)
  • 2003 Rick Wilde (Leopold)
  • 2002 Rick Wilde (Leopold)
  • 2001 Chris Huxtable (North Shore)
  • 2000 Glen Wallace (South Barwon)
  • 1999 Tom Hall (North Shore)
  • 1998 Mark Stewart (St Albans)
  • 1997 Ricky O'Toole (St Joseph’s)
  • 1996 Matt Bruhn (Grovedale)
  • 1995 Shane Korth (South Barwon) & Alister Ford (St Albans) & Jason McGowan (North Shore) & Glenn Keast (North Shore)
  • 1994 Mark Dahlhaus (Leopold)
  • 1993 Brian Hinkley (Bell Park)
  • 1992 Rene Peters (Lara) & Dennis Pacor (South Barwon)
  • 1991 Glen Keast (St Albans)
  • 1990 Paul Keating (Nth Shore)
  • 1989 John Williams (St Mary’s)
  • 1988 John Williams (St Mary’s)
  • 1987 Mark Dahlhaus (St Albans) & Paul Keating (North Shore)
  • 1986 John Williams (Barwon)
  • 1985 Basil Flynn (Newtown)
  • 1984 Vin Todd (North Shore) & Rod Barrett (St Mary’s)
  • 1983 John Pickering (St Peters)
  • 1982 Brent Dew (St Albans)
  • 1981 Alan Woodman (St Albans)
  • 1980 Alex Rizun (Bell Park)
  • 1979 Ray Pawley (Bell Park)

Leading Goal Kickers

  • 2011
  • 2010 Dale Carson (St Joseph's) 56
  • 2009 Tim McLean (St Mary's) 70
  • 2008 Jarrod Garth (Bell Park) 86
  • 2007 Dale Carson (Geelong West St Peters) 56
  • 2006 Tim McLean (St Mary’s) 65
  • 2005 Aaron Greeves (St Josephs) 84
  • 2004 Jay Bett (Newtown &Chilwell) 64
  • 2003 Zvonimir Suto (St Mary’s) 84
  • 2002 Zvonimir Suto (Lara) 59
  • 2001 Zvonimir Suto (Lara) 83
  • 2000 Zvonimir Suto (Lara) 100
  • 1999 Tom Hall (Nth Shore) 88
  • 1998 Shane Lowther (Lara) 73
  • 1997 Aaron Greaves (St Josephs) 86
  • 1996 Wayne Tyquin (St Albans) 103
  • 1995 Matthew Kershaw (Lara) 78
  • 1994 IanTompkins (South Barwon) 74
  • 1993 Ray Sarcevic (Bell Park) 107
  • 1992 Wayne Tyquin (North Shore) 117
  • 1991 Dean Holyroyd (Grovedale) 52
  • 1990 Dean Holyroyd (Grovedale) 74
  • 1989 Chris Doyle (St Josephs) 76
  • 1988 Wayne Tyquin (St Albans) 114
  • 1987 Russell Webber (Newtown &Chilwell) 86
  • 1986 Russell Webber (Newtown & Chilwell) 95
  • 1985 John Scarlett (Newtown &Chilwell) 104
  • 1984 Bill Higgins (St Peters) 102
  • 1983 Bill Higgins (St Peters) 103
  • 1982 Kevin Higgins (Newtown & Chilwell) 131
  • 1981 Ross Aylmer (North Shore) 89
  • 1980 Stephen Bentley (Grovedale) 82
  • 1979 Rod Aylmer (North Shore) 71

2009 Ladder

Geelong FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
South Barwon 17 0 1 0 2018 994 203.02% 68
Colac 15 0 3 0 1993 1252 159.19% 60
St Josephs 14 0 4 0 1788 1180 151.53% 56
Bell Park 14 0 4 0 2009 1332 150.83% 56
St Marys 12 0 6 0 1953 1303 149.88% 48
Leopold 9 0 9 0 1572 1466 107.23% 36
Newtown & Chilwell 8 0 10 0 1420 1556 91.26% 32
Grovedale 8 0 10 0 1328 1733 76.63% 32
Lara 4 0 14 0 1387 1848 75.05% 16
Geelong West St Peters 4 0 14 0 1314 2175 60.41% 16
St Albans 3 0 15 0 1207 1925 62.70% 12
North Shore 0 0 18 0 1011 2236 45.21% 0


FINALS
> > > > >
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination Bell Park 14 16 100 St Marys 8 7 55
Qualifying St Josephs 16 10 106 Colac 6 15 51
1st Semi Bell Park 20 17 137 Colac 14 14 98
2nd Semi St Josephs 9 10 64 South Barwon 8 15 63
Preliminary South Barwon 13 11 89 Bell Park 6 9 45
Grand South Barwon 15 12 102 St Josephs 6 9 45

2010 Ladder

Geelong FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Bell Park 15 0 3 0 1798 1178 152.63% 60
South Barwon 14 0 4 0 1882 1119 168.19% 56
St Marys 12 0 6 0 1731 1320 131.14% 48
Lara 12 0 6 0 1664 1653 100.67% 48
Leopold 11 0 7 0 1805 1271 142.01% 44
St Josephs 11 0 7 0 1576 1250 126.08% 44
Colac 9 0 9 0 1597 1613 99.01% 36
Newtown & Chilwell 9 0 9 0 1396 1448 96.41% 36
St Albans 6 0 12 0 1498 1912 78.35% 24
Grovedale 5 0 13 0 1302 1706 76.32% 20
Geelong West St Peters 4 0 14 0 1254 1878 66.77% 16
North Shore 0 0 18 0 970 2125 45.65% 0


FINALS
> > > > >
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination Leopold 10 19 79 Lara 11 11 77
Qualifying South Barwon 21 11 137 St Marys 19 13 127
1st Semi Leopold 12 12 84 St Marys 11 9 75
2nd Semi Bell Park 12 7 79 South Barwon 11 11 77
Preliminary South Barwon 10 20 80 Leopold 6 6 42
Grand South Barwon 11 14 80 Bell Park 7 13 55

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