Eastern Football League (Australia) facts for kids
The Eastern Football League (known prior to 1997 as the Eastern Districts Football League) is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.
With the entry of the Park Orchards Sharks into Division Four in 2012, the league has 44 member clubs, with 12 in Division One, 10 in Division Two, 12 in Division Three and 10 in Division Four. Canterbury transferred to the VAFA after finishing winless in Division 4 in 2013.
History
The Eastern Districts Football League was established on 15 February 1962, but its origins can be traced back to the Reporter District Football League established in 1903.
From 1927 until World War 2, the league was known as the Ringwood District Football League. It was known as the Croydon District Football League and the Croydon Mail Football League between World War 2 and 1949. In 1950 the league became known as the Croydon-Ferntree Gully League.
In 1997, the Eastern District Football League and the Knox Junior Football Association united to create the Eastern Football League.
Premiers
Eastern Football League (1962-Present)
| Year | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
| 2016 | Balwyn | Bayswater | Upper FTG | Ferntree Gully |
| 2015 | Balwyn | Doncaster | Mitcham | Warrandyte |
| 2014 | Norwood | North Ringwood | Wantirna South | Silvan |
| 2013 | Balwyn | Montrose | Doncaster | South Belgrave |
| 2012 | Balwyn | Rowville | North Ringwood | The Basin |
| 2011 | Noble Park | Lilydale | Doncaster | Heathmont |
| 2010 | Noble Park | Mulgrave | Upper FTG | Templestowe |
| 2009 | Vermont | South Croydon | Mooroolbark | Chirnside Park |
| 2008 | Balwyn | Wantirna South | Waverley Blues | Heathmont |
| 2007 | Vermont | Knox | Doncaster East | Whitehorse |
| 2006 | Vermont | Scoresby | South Croydon | Warrandyte |
| 2005 | Vermont | Ringwood | Bayswater | Waverley Blues |
| 2004 | Noble Park | Wantirna South | Rowville | Heathmont |
| 2003 | Noble Park | Lilydale | Norwood | Rowville |
| 2002 | East Ringwood | Blackburn | Wantirna South | Nunawading |
| 2001 | Vermont | Donvale | South Croydon | Coldstream |
| 2000 | East Burwood | Boronia | Knox | Waverley Blues |
| 1999 | East Burwood | North Ringwood | Warrandyte | Norwood |
| 1998 | Vermont | Lilydale | Upper FTG | Mount Evelyn |
| 1997 | Vermont | Croydon | Templestowe | South Waverley Sandown |
| 1996 | Donvale | Lilydale | Doncaster | South Wantirna |
| 1995 | Vermont | Bayswater | Kilsyth | Fairpark |
| 1994 | Vermont | Donvale | The Basin | Heathmont |
| 1993 | Vermont | Clayton | Warrandyte | Doncaster East |
| 1992 | East Burwood | Montrose | Donvale | Surrey Hills |
| 1991 | Vermont | South Croydon | Lilydale | Knox |
| 1990 | Vermont | Doncaster | Coldstream | Kilsyth |
| 1989 | Vermont | North Ringwood | Norwood | Bennettswood BBS |
| 1988 | Vermont | South Croydon | Mooroolbark | Lilydale |
| 1987 | East Burwood | Surrey Hills | Ferntree Gully | South Waverley Sandown |
| 1986 | Vermont | Boronia | Coldstream | Mount Evelyn |
| 1985 | East Burwood | Bayswater | The basin | Division 4 |
| 1984 | East Ringwood | Doncaster | Forest Hill | |
| 1983 | Vermont | South Croydon | Warrandyte | |
| 1982 | Vermont | Bayswater | Norwood | |
| 1981 | Mitcham | Rowville | Montrose | |
| 1980 | Mitcham | Blackburn | Rowville | |
| 1979 | Mitcham | Mulgrave | Upper FTG | |
| 1978 | Ringwood | North Ringwood | Olinda-Ferny Creek | |
| 1977 | Scoresby | Blackburn | Boronia | |
| 1976 | East Burwood | Ringwood | Bennettswood | |
| 1975 | Mitcham | Kilsyth | Coldstream | |
| 1974 | Bayswater | East Ringwood | Upper FTG | |
| 1973 | East Burwood | Bayswater | South Croydon | |
| 1972 | East Hawthorn | Doncaster | Mount Evelyn | |
| 1971 | Vermont | Croydon | Mulgrave | |
| 1970 | Mitcham | East Hawthorn | Mount Evelyn | |
| 1969 | Vermont | Boronia | Mount Evelyn | |
| 1968 | East Burwood | Ferntree Gully | Yarra Glen | |
| 1967 | East Burwood | Surrey Hills | Olinda-Ferny Creek | |
| 1966 | East Ringwood | Warrandyte | Olinda-Ferny Creek | |
| 1965 | East Burwood | Scoresby | Olinda-Ferny Creek | |
| 1964 | East Burwood | Scoresby | No Div 3 | |
| 1963 | East Burwood | Scoresby | No Div 3 | |
| 1962 | Ringwood | Scoresby | The Basin | |
| Year | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 |
