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The North Midlands Football League is an Australian rules football leagues based in Mid West (Western Australia).

The league was formed in 1921 as the North Midlands Football Association. The five founding teams were Three Springs, Carnamah, Arrino, Mingenew (not the current Mingenew club) and Yandanooka.

In 1926, Mingenew and Yandanooka merged to form Mingenew-Yandanooka. That club only lasted two seasons, and folded at the end of the 1927 season.

The league remained a four-club competition when Coorow joined in 1928. The league then remained unchanged until it went into recess in 1941 due to World War II.

The League recommenced in 1946 with the same four clubs, and continued until the end of the 1959 season. In 1960, the League was joined by two new clubs, Mingenew Rovers and Mingenew Wanderers, who were both playing in the Irwin Districts Football League until it disbanded at the end of the 1959 season. The two Mingenew clubs merged into the Mingenew club in 1961, which is the same Mingenew club playing today.

In 1963, the League reduced back to four teams when Arrino were no longer able to field a side.

In 1964, the nearby Perenjori-Morawa Football Association disbanded, and the six clubs from that competition merged into three new clubs and joined the North Midlands Football League. Morawa and Koolanooka merged to form Morawa (Tigers), Merkanooka and Gutha merged to form Morawa Rovers, and Caron and Perenjori merged to form Perenjori. The competition also changed name to the North Midlands Football League at that time.

Morawa Rovers disbanded at the end of the 1966 season, and its players were absorbed by Morawa (Tigers).

In 1968, Latham became the seventh club in the League, after joining from the disbanded Dalwallinu and Districts Football Association that went into recess at the end of 1967.

In 1971, the League returned to six teams following the merger of Coorow and Latham to form Coorow-Latham.

In 1981, Dongara joined from the Coastal Football Association. Dongara left the League in 1995 to join the Great Northern Football League, but re-joined from the 2000 season.

There are currently six clubs in the league coming from Dongara in the North, Perenjori in the East and Coorow in the South. The league's season consists of fifteen minor rounds and then a finals series based on the McIntyre system.

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Logo	Home ground	Years in competition	Premiers	NMFL premiership years	Notes
	Carnamah-Perenjori	Roos	Perenjori Oval	1995–	3	2004, 2012, 2023	Merger of Carnamah and Perenjori Falcons in 1995
	Coorow-Latham	Magpies	Maley Park	1971–	9	1972, 1975–76, 1982, 1986, 1933, 1995, 2006, 2021, 2022, 2024	Merger of Coorow and Latham in 1971
	Dongara	Eagles	Dongara Oval	1981–1994, 2000–	6	1990–91, 1994, 2008, 2016, 2019	Joined from Coastal FA in 1981. Played in Great Northern FL from 1995 to 1999.
	Mingenew	Bulldogs	Mingenew Sports Ground	1961–	16	1964, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1997–98, 2001–03, 2007, 2009–10, 2013–15, 2017	Merger of Mingenew Rovers and Mingenew Wanderers in 1961
	Morawa	Tigers	Morawa Oval	1964–	13	1967, 1969, 1978, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1996, 2011, 2018, 2020	Merger of Morawa and Koolanooka (from the Perenjori-Morawa FA) in 1964.
	Three Springs	Bombers	Three Springs Oval	1921–	15	1929, 1935, 1948–49, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1992, 1999–2000, 2005

Former clubs

Colours	Club	Logo	Home ground	Years in competition	Premiers	Premiership years	Notes
-	Arrino	-	Arrino	1921–1962	11	1923–28, 1931, 1937–38, 1946, 1954	The second senior club in Western Australia to win six consecutive premierships. West Albany (1919–24) beat them to the feat.
White, blue	Carnamah	Blues	Carnamah Recreation Oval	1921–1994	14	1922, 1930, 1932–34, 1936, 1939, 1951, 1958, 1960–62, 1970 ,1973
Maroon, white	Coorow	-	Maley Park	1928–1970	7	1940, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1956, 1959, 1965
Green, yellow	Latham	-	Latham	1968–1970	-	-
-	Mingenew	-	Mingenew Sports Ground	1921–1927	-	-	Withdrew three matches into the 1927 season due to a lack of numbers. A new club – Mingenew-Yandanooka – was formed in its place.
-	Mingenew Rovers	Rovers	Mingenew Sports Ground	1960	-	-
-	Mingenew Wanderers	Wanderers	Mingenew Sports Ground	1960	-	-
-	Mingenew-Yandanooka	-	Mingenew Sports Ground	1927	-	-	A combination of players from Mingenew (who withdrew from the NMFA in May 1927) and Yandanooka (who had folded in 1926). The club commenced in June 1927 and its nine-match tenure included a number of losses by forfeit before folding in August 1927.
-	Morawa Rovers	Rovers	Morawa Oval	1964–1966	1	1966	Merger of Merkanooka and Gutha (from the Perenjori-Morawa FA) in 1964. Disbanded in 1966 and players were absorbed by Morawa (Tigers).
	Perenjori	Falcons	Perenjori Oval	1964–1994	1	1968	Merger of Caron and Perenjori (from the Perenjori-Morawa FA) in 1964
-	Yandanooka	-	Yandanooka	1921–1926	1	1921	The inaugural NMFA premier, Yandanooka disbanded in July 1926.

Grand final results

Ladders

2002 ladder

2003 ladder

2004 ladder

2005 ladder

2006 ladder

2007 ladder

2008 ladder

2009 ladder

2010 ladder

2011 ladder

2012 ladder

2013 ladder

2014 ladder

2015 ladder

2016 ladder

2017 ladder

References

1. "Contact Details - North Midlands Football League".

• Western Australian Football: The Clubs, Competitions and Premiers (1885-1945) - Derek Mott
• A Way of Life - The Story of country football in Western Australia - Alan East

• Australian rules football competitions in Western Australia