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Northern Football Netball League

Formerly	Diamond Valley Football League Northern Football League
Sport	Australian rules football, Netball
Founded	1922
CEO	Martin Stillman
Motto	Communities Working Together Live it. Love it
No. of teams	31
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Heidelberg
Most titles	Heidelberg (21)
Official website	nfl.org.au

The Northern Football Netball League (NFNL), formerly known as the Diamond Valley Football League (DVFL) and later the Northern Football League (NFL), is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Diamond Valley region of suburban Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The league was founded in 1922, originally having six clubs, three of whom still participate. In 1941 the league went into recess for five years as a result of World War II, the competition recommencing in 1946. After the war the league continued to grow.

Formation of Division Two

In 1981 the league was split into two divisions. The top 10 teams at the end of the 1980 season formed Division One (Diamond Creek, Greensborough, Heidelberg West, Lalor, Macelod-Rosanna, Montmorency, North Heidelberg, Reservoir-Lakeside, Templestowe and Watsonia) for the 1981 season. Division Two was formed by the 4 bottom placed teams from the 1980 season (Eltham, Epping, Heidelberg and South Morang) and 4 new teams making their debut (Bundoora, Northcote Park, Reservoir and West Preston) for the 1981 season.

Renaming of the League

The entire DVFL board resigned over the summer of 2006–2007 and was replaced by officials from AFL Victoria until suitable replacements were found before the start of the 2008 season. At the end of the 2017 season, the NFL was renamed the NFNL to incorporate Netball under the one banner- the NFNL.

Formation of Division Three

In 2008 the NFL added an open-age Netball competition and announced an intention that a third division would be added for the 2009 season with the old 14 team second division to be split into eight and six team divisions, however Kinglake and Wallan both left the league so the NFL did not proceed. In 2009, the NFL stated that a permanent Division Three for 2010 would be dependent on at least one more club joining the league. With St Mary's indicating that they intended to field a senior team in 2010, the NFL announced a stand-alone Division Three to commence from 2010. Reversing an earlier decision, the NFL decided that Division Two would be split during the 2009 season based on ladder position after the 13th round once all teams had played each other once, with the top 8 teams remaining in Division Two and the bottom 6 teams forming Division Three for the remaining games of the season. It was also decided that the newly formed Division Three would play a finals series in 2009, but the premier would not gain promotion to Division Two as these teams had already been relegated for the 2009 season. At the end of Round 13, Diamond Creek, Epping, Fitzroy Stars, Lower Plenty, Macleod, Mernda, Watsonia and Whittlesea formed the top 8 teams and remained in Division Two, whilst Heidelberg West, Hurstbridge, Panton Hill, Parkside, Reservoir and South Morang were the bottom 6 teams and formed the new Division Three.

League details

AFL Victoria Community Championships

In 2016, the Northern Football Netball League began playing in the AFL Victoria Community Championships for metropolitan and country competitions to challenge each other for the title of best football league in Victoria. In 2016, the league were defeated by the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League to be fifth. The next year the league defeated the Western Region Football League and were ranked fourth. In 2018, the league avenged its 2016 defeat by the MPNFL to be ranked second. In 2019, the Northern Football Netball League defeated the Geelong Football League to become the number one ranked league in Victoria.

Key people

• Chairman – Scott Walker
• CEO – Peter McDougall

Presidents

Secretaries

Senior Competition

Clubs

Division 1

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Banyule		Bears	R.J Brockwell Oval, Heidelberg	VAFA	1967	2015-	2	2022
Bundoora		Bulls	Yulong Reserve, Bundoora	PHFL	1974	1981-	6	2017
Eltham		Panthers	Eltham Central Park, Eltham	VFLSD	1909	1922–35, 1938-	13	2023
Greensborough		Boro	War Memorial Park, Greensborough	HDFL	1893	1922-	18	2014
Heidelberg		Tigers	Warringal Park, Heidelberg	VFLSD	1876	1923–25, 1928–34, 1937-	23	2024
Hurstbridge		Bridges, Blues	Ben Frilay Memorial Oval, Hurstbridge	PHFL	1914	1923–24, 1929, 1931, 1937–38, 1988-	3	2016
Montmorency		Magpies	Montmorency Park, North Oval, Montmorency	–	1924	1925–30, 1936–40, 1946-	4	1979
North Heidelberg		Bulldogs	Shelley Street Reserve. Heidelberg Heights	–	1958	1958–72, 1974-	8	2017
South Morang		Lions	Mill Park Lakes Reserve, South Morang	–	1954	1955-	3	2024
West Preston Lakeside		Roosters	J E Moore Park, Reservoir	–	1998	1998-	4	2019

Division 2

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Diamond Creek		Demons	Coventry Oval, Diamond Creek	HDFL	1904	1922–37, 1946-	7	2005
Lower Plenty		Bears	Montmorency Park, South Oval, Montmorency	SFL	1961	1995-	3	2018
Macleod		Kangaroos	De Winton Park, Rosanna	–	1946	1947-	3	2015
Northcote Park		Cougars	Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	PHFL	1952	1981-	8	2012
Old Paradians		Raiders	Garvey Oval, Bundoora	VAFA	1929	2024-	1	2024
Panton Hill		Redbacks	Cracknell Reserve, Panton Hill	YVMDFL	1926	1929–30, 1997-	2	2019
St Mary's		Burra	Whatmough Park, Greensborough	–	2009	2010-	1	2018
Thomastown		Bears	Main Street Reserve, Thomastown	VAFA	1976	1930–31, 2001-	2	2014
Watsonia		Saints	A K Lines Reserve, Watsonia	PHFL	1967	1969-	2	2016
Whittlesea		Eagles	Whittlesea Showgrounds, Whittlesea	RDFNL	1896	1934–39, 1946, 1992-	4	2019

Division 3

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Epping		Blues, Pingers	Epping Recreation Reserve, Epping	BEFL	1904	1933-	9	2012
Fitzroy Stars		Stars	Sir Douglas Nicholls Oval, Thornbury	MNFL	1973	2008-	0	-
Heidelberg West		Hawks	Heidelberg Park, Heidelberg	VAFA	1936	1941-	1	1941
Ivanhoe		Hoers	Ivanhoe Park, Ivanhoe	VAFA	1910	2024-	0	-
Kilmore		Blues	JJ Clancy Reserve, Kilmore	RDFL	1887	2016-	0	-
Kinglake		Lakers	Kinglake Memorial Reserve, Kinglake	OEFNL	1925	1996–2000, 2002–2007, 2023-	0	-
Lalor		Bloods	Lalor Reserve, Lalor	PHFL	1955	1968-	8	2007
Laurimar		Power	Laurimar Reserve, Doreen	–	2017	2017-	1	2023
Mernda		Demons	Waterview Recreation Reserve, Mernda	PHFL	1891	1937–1939, 1941, 1946, 1987-	2	2012
Old Eltham Collegians		Turtles	Eltham College Reserve, Research	VAFA	1986	2019-	0	-
Reservoir		Mustangs	Crispe Park, Reservoir	PHFL	1923	1946–1948, 1981–2006, 2008–2015, 2017-	4	2015

Promotion and Relegation

At the end of each year the Premiers of Division 2 and 3 are promoted, while the clubs that finish bottom in Division 1 and 2 are relegated.

Premiership Timeline

Division Promotion and Relegation Timeline

Note:

• In 1938, Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge lacked senior players due to WWII. Having a number of boys still wanting to play, they decided to merge their clubs and play as 'Diamond Valley Juniors' against other junior teams in the Melbourne Boys League. In 1939, enough senior players were found to form a team and Diamond Valley Juniors entered a senior team into the DVFL competition from 1939 to 1941. After WWII, Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge returned to playing as separate clubs.
• In 1987, Watsonia won the Division 2 Premiership, but declined to compete in Division 1 due to concerns regarding financial stability and competitiveness: the DVFL allowed Reservoir-Lakeside (the 1987 runners-up) to be promoted to Division 1 for the 1988 season to avoid a bye.
• In 1997, Reservoir-Lakeside asked to be relegated to Division 2 due to an exodus of players, leaving a nine team Division 1 and a bye for that season: Greensborough avoided relegation since Reservoir-Lakeside had dropped before the season began. At the end of the 1997 season, Reservoir-Lakeside (Div 2) and West Preston (Div 1) merged to become West Preston-Lakeside and played the 1998 season in Division 1.
• In 2015, Reservoir won the Division 3 Premiership, but went into recess before the 2016 season, leaving Division 2 with seven teams and requiring a bye.
• In 2018, Lalor requested relegation to Division 3 due to an exodus of players, so that the club could survive and rebuild. The NFL granted Lalor's request, trading places with Epping who agreed to be promoted from Division 3 to Division 2 for the 2018 season to avoid a bye.
• In 2019, the league decided to move to a ten team Division 1 & 2 and an eight team Division 3 structure for the 2020 season with Old Eltham Collegians's successful transfer from the VAFA into the NFNL's Division 3 for the 2019 season. This decision created a nine team Division 2 and 3 for the 2019 season: the league thus promoted the 2018 Division 3 premier, St Mary's, to Division 2 and allowed the last placed 2018 Division 2 team, Watsonia to avoid relegation. At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Panton Hill were promoted to Division 2 after winning the Division 3 premiership and last placed Epping avoided relegation, thus completing the competition restructure.
• In 2021, the season commenced but was interrupted several times due to Victoria being locked down due to COVID-19 outbreaks. A lengthy lock down occurred at the end of the home and away season which caused the finals series to be cancelled. It was subsequently decided that there would be no promotion or relegation between the divisions, however the Best and Fairest and Leading Goal Kicker awards were presented.

Premiers

Premiership Table

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Awards

Division 1

Division 2

• Player awarded Best on Ground despite playing for the losing team

Division 3

Women's Senior Competition

The NFNL Women's Senior Competition was established in 2017. As the NFNL was one of the first metropolitan leagues in Melbourne to begin their own senior women's competition, football clubs from the EDFL, EFL, VAFA and WRFL participated in the NFNL until their own leagues established women's competitions.

There is currently no promotion or relegation between the divisions. To ensure a competitive balance each season, the competition is graded, meaning teams are placed on their level of ability rather than on how they performed the previous year.

Clubs

Division 1

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Banyule		Bears	RJ Brockwell Reserve, Heidelberg	–	1974	2021-	0	-
Darebin		Falcons	A.H. Capp Reserve, Preston	VWFL	1990	2017-	0	-
Diamond Creek Women's		Creekers	Plenty War Memorial Oval, Plenty	VWFL	2010	2017-	1	2022
Heidelberg		Tigers	Warringal Park, Heidelberg	–	1876	2019-	0	-
Montmorency		Magpies	Montmorency Park, North Oval, Montmorency	VWFL	1924	2017-	1	2023
St Mary's		Burra	Whatmough Park, Greensborough	–	2009	2018-	2	2024

Division 2

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Darebin		Falcons	A.H. Capp Reserve, Preston	VWFL	1990	2017-	0	-
Fitzroy Stars		Stars	Sir Douglas Nicholls Oval, Thornbury	–	1973	2021-	0	-
Greensborough		Boro	War Memorial Park, Greensborough	–	1893	2018-	1	2019
Ivanhoe		Ivies	Ivanhoe Park, Ivanhoe	VAFA	1910	2024-	0	-
Lower Plenty		Bears	Montmorency Park, South Oval, Lower Plenty	–	1961	2021-2022, 2024-	1	2024
Mernda		Demons	Waterview Recreation Reserve, Mernda	–	1891	2018-	0	-
Montmorency		Magpies	Montmorency Park, North Oval, Montmorency	VWFL	1924	2017-	1	2023
Thomastown		Bears	Main Street Reserve, Thomastown	–	1976	2024-	0	-
West Preston Lakeside		Roosters	J E Moore Park, Reservoir	–	1998	2017-	1	2018
Whittlesea		Eagles	Whittlesea Showgounds,Whittlesea	–	1896	2021-	0	-

Division 3

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Diamond Creek Women's		Creekers	Plenty War Memorial Oval, Plenty	VWFL	2010	2017-	1	2022
Eltham		Panthers	Eltham Central Park, Eltham	–	1909	2018-	1	2022
Epping		Blues	Epping Recreation Reserve, Epping	–	1904	2024-	0	-
Heidelberg West		Hawks	Heidelbrg Park, Heidelberg	–	1936	2023-	0	-
Hurstbridge		Bridges	Ben Frilay Memorial Oval, Hurstbridge	–	1914	2019-	1	2022
Laurimar		Power	Laurimar Reserve, Doreen	–	2017	2017-	0	-
North Heidelberg		Bulldogs	Shelley Street Reserve, Heidelberg Heights	–	1958	2023-	0	-
Panton Hill		Redbacks	Cracknell Reserve, Panton Hill	–	1926	2024-	1	2024
South Morang		Lions	Mill Park Lakes Reserve, South Morang	VWFL	1954	2017-2019, 2024-	0	-
Wallan		Magpies	Greenhill Reserve, Wallan	–	1904	2019-	1	2023

Women's Clubs Currently In Recess

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Most recent
Bundoora		Bulls	Yulong Reserve, Bundoora	–	1974	2018-2022	1	2018
Reservoir		Mustangs	Crispe Park, Reservoir	–	1923	2019–2021	0	-

Premiers

Premiership Table

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Awards

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

• Player awarded Best on Ground despite playing for the losing team

Juniors Competition

The NFNL Juniors Competition has 24 clubs across the boys and girls competitions. The competition comprises age groups from under 9 thorough to under 17. In 2010 the league announced for there to be an under 16 age group which had previously not existed.

Lew Hall Trophy

The trophy is awarded each year to the club which has the most combined premiership points from the under 13, under 15 and under 17 age groups. The Lew Hall Award changed criteria to become an individual award to acknowledge club and community leadership by a young person.

Clubs

Club	Jumpers	Nickname	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Senior Affiliation
Darebin		Falcons	A.H. Capp Reserve, Preston	2011	Darebin
Diamond Creek		Creekers	Coventry Reserve, Diamond Creek	1922	Diamond Creek
Diamond Creek Women's		Creekers	Plenty War Memorial Oval, Plenty	2011	Diamond Creek
Donnybrook		Dragons	Cycad Park, Donnybrook	2022	None
Eltham		Panthers	Eltham Central Park, Susan Street Reserve, Eltham	1968	Eltham
Epping		Pingers	Epping Recreation Reserve, Epping		Epping
Greensborough		Raiders	Anthony Beale Reserve, Greensborough	1968	Greensborough
Hurstbridge		Bridges	Ben Frilay Memorial Oval, Hurstbridge		Hurstbridge
Kilmore		Blues	JJ Clancy Reserve, Kilmore	2017	Kilmore
Keon Park Stars		Stars	J C Donath Reserve, Reservoir	1993	Heidelberg West
Kinglake		Lakers	Kinglake Football Ground, Kinglake	2013	Kinglake (YVMDRL)
Laurimar		Power	Laurimar Reserve, Doreen	2011	Laurimar
Mernda		Demons	Waterview Recreation Reserve, Mernda		Mernda
Mill Park		Stallions, Parkers	Redleap Reserve, Mill Park	1981	Watsonia
Montmorency		Magpies	Montmorency Park, Montmorency	1968	Montmorency
Panton		Redbacks	Cracknell Reserve, Panton Hill	1997	Panton Hill
Research		Searchers	Research Park, Research	1987	Lower Plenty
South Morang		Lions	Mill Park Lakes Reserve, South Morang	1960	South Morang
Thomastown		Bears	Main Street Reserve, Thomastown	2023	Thomastown
Wallan		Magpies	Greenhill Reserve, Wallan	2002	Wallan
West Ivanhoe		Roosters	Seddon Reserve, Ivanhoe	2013	None
West Preston		Roosters	J E Moore Park, Preston		West Preston Lakeside
Whittlesea		Eagles	Whittlesea Showgrounds, Whittlesea		Whittlesea
Yarrambat		Bats	Yarrambat War Memorial Park, Yarrambat	1979	Hurstbridge

Former clubs

Former Men's Competition Clubs

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in NFNL	NFNL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
All Blacks		All Blacks	Unknown venue in Templestowe then Warringal Park, Heidelberg	–	1929	1929–1932	0	-	Amalgamated with Heidelberg
Diamond Valley Juniors			Coventry Oval, Diamond Creek	–	1939	1939–1941	0	-	Merger of Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge during WW2. De-merged following WW2
Fairfield Park		Bloods	Fairfield Park Oval, Fairfield	SFNL	1891	1996	0	-	Folded
Fawkner Park		Blues	Charles Mutton Reserve, Fawkner	WRFL	1998	1998, 2000–2006	0	-	Merged with North Coburg to form Northern Saints in Essendon District FL for the 2007 season
Kangaroo Ground			Kangaroo Ground Community Oval, Kangaroo Ground	BEFL	1893	1922–28	0	-	Folded
Parkside		Devils	Pitcher Park, Alphington	VAFA	1934	2003–2013	1	2009	Returned to VAFA in 2014
Plenty Rovers		Rovers	Doreen Recreation Reserve, Doreen	BEFL	1891	1937–39, 1941, 1946	0	-	Transferred to Panton Hill Football League, renamed to Mernda in 1965, returned to DVFL in 1987
Research		Bulldogs	Eltham Lower Park, Eltham	PHFL	1958	1986–91	0	-	Folded after 1991 season
Reservoir-Lakeside		Lakies	LE Cotchin Reserve, Reservoir	–	1947	1947–97	3	1977	Merged with West Preston to form West Preston Lakeside after 1997 season
St Andrews Coburg		Saints	De Chene Reserve, Coburg	VAFA	1986	1995–96	0	-	Folded after 1996 season
Templestowe		Maroons or 'Stowers	Porter Street Reserve, Templestowe	ESFL	1892	1922–26, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1947–54, 1961–1990	2	1973	Transferred to Eastern FNL after 1990 season
Thomastown (original)				BEFL	1919	1930-1931	0	-	Folded
Thornbury		Bears	John Cain Memorial Reserve, Thornbury	VAFA	1930s	1985–87	0	-	Merged with Reservoir Rovers in 1988 to form Thornbury Rovers
Thornbury Rovers		Rovers	John Cain Memorial Reserve, Thornbury	–	1988	1988–89	0	-	Folded in 1989
Wallan		Magpies	Wallan Recreation Reserve, Wallan	RDFNL	1904	2002–2007	0	-	Returned to Riddell District FNL in 2008
Warrandyte		Bloods	Warrandyte Reserve, Warrandyte	RDFL	1906	1922–23, 1925	0	-	Moved to Croydon Ferntree Gully FL in 1926
West Preston		Roosters	JE Moore Park, Preston	YCWFL	1948	1981–1997	3	1996	Merged with Reservoir-Lakeside to form West Preston Lakeside after 1997 season

Additional Information

• All Blacks Football Club (Folded). A team from Templestowe, the 'All Blacks' were admitted into the Diamond Valley for the 1929 season. It is known that they wore an all-black uniform based upon two small news articles in 1929 where it was reported that the club had lent their strip to the Diamond Valley Football League representative side for their match against the Bourke-Evelyn League as part of the Hartley Shield inter-league competition. The All Blacks were a different team to the current Templestowe Football Club as they played against them in the 1931 and 1932 seasons. They moved to Warringal Park in Heidelberg during the 1930 season and were co-tenants with Old Paradians. They played their final season in 1932 and 'amalgamated' with Heidelberg Football Club in 1933 to play in the VFL Sub-District League.
• Diamond Valley Juniors was a merger between Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge football clubs in 1938 due to a lack of open aged players. The Diamond Valley Juniors played as a junior club only in the Melbourne Boys League in 1938. In 1939, enough senior players were available and they re-entered the DFVL until 1941. The team was dissolved when the DVFL resumed in 1946 with Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge Football Clubs becoming independent once more.
• Plenty Rovers Football Club (The Plenty Rovers FC came about because of a merger between the Mernda & Doreen, they played at the Doreen Recreation Reserve, from 1932 to 1964 (1936–1939, 1946 in the DVFL), until they were forced to move out of Doreen due to powerline extensions, and moved to Mernda Recreation Reserve in Schotters Rd, Mernda, where they changed their name back to the Mernda Football Club in 1965). When Mernda rejoined the DVFL, they changed their jumper from the red and blue Melbourne Football Club design to a red jumper with a blue sash (due to Diamond Creek already wearing the Melbourne Football Club jumper).
• Research Football Club (Club is now solely a junior club, however they do have an alignment with Lower Plenty Football Club). They wore a royal blue jumper with a red hoop and a white hoop either side of it in the style of Footscray Football Club when they played in the Panton Hill Football League but changed to a white jumper with red vertical stripes when they joined the Diamond Valley Football League (Due to North Heidelberg already wearing the bulldogs jumper). As a result of a number of violent on-field altercations, the club was expelled following the 1991 season. The Research Senior Football Club played at Eltham Lower Park, a different venue from the junior football club who still play at Research Park. They originally played on the northern ground closest to the miniature railway, but moved to the southern ground in the early 1980s when social rooms were built.
• St Andrews-Coburg Football Club (Folded) played in a gold jumper with a royal blue vee in the VAFA, but changed to a Royal blue and gold jumper, the same as the original West Coast Eagles jumper but without the eagle logo, when they crossed to the Diamond Valley Football League. St Andrews originally played at Brearley Reserve, Pascoe Vale South but with Coburg Amateurs Senior Football Club going into recess at the end of the 1987 season, St Andrews made the move to De Chene Reserve, Coburg in 1989. As a result of the move, St Andrews then merged with the Coburg Amateurs Junior Football Club to become St Andrews-Coburg.
• Thornbury began as Thornbury Presbyterian Football Club in the 1930s. They played in the CYMS Football League and then the VAFA, wearing the Footscray Bulldogs jumper. When transferring to the DVFL in 1985, they adopted a blue and red stripes to avoid clashing with North Heidelberg Football Club.
• Thornbury Rovers folded after the 1989 season due to financial issues, as well as having 2 coaches and 21 senior players walk out of the club; according to The Sun newspaper in 1989, "Most weeks, the senior team is made up of players who have already played in the under-19s or reserves. On occasions, some juniors are asked to play three times on the one day". The same article displays a photograph of the team wearing the Port Melbourne Jumper. The club was a merger between Thornbury (DVFL) and the Reservoir Rovers (Panton Hill Football League). The Reservoir Rovers wore the Port Melbourne jumper and played at CT Barling Park in Reservoir.

Former Women's Competition Clubs

Club	Jumper in NFNL	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Founded	Years in NFNL	Fate
Bendigo		Thunder	Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo	VWFL	2011	2017–19	Transferred to Central Victoria FL in 2020
Deer Park		Lions	John McLeod Reserve, Deer Park	VWFL	1925	2017	Transferred to Western Region FL in 2018
Keilor		Blues	Keilor Recreation Reserve, Keilor	WREDWFL	1877	2018	Transferred to Essendon District FL in 2019
Kew		Bears	JJ Higgins Reserve, Kew	VWFL	1900	2017	Transferred to VAFA in 2018
La Trobe University		Trobers	Main Oval, La Trobe University, Bundoora	VWFL	1967	2017–18	Transferred to VAFA in 2019
Melbourne University		MUGARS	Melbourne University Oval, Parkville	VWFL	1996	2017	Transferred to VAFA in 2018
Pascoe Vale		Panthers	Raeburn Reserve, Pascoe Vale	VWFL	1909	2017	Transferred to Essendon District FL in 2018
VU Western Spurs		Spurs	Henry Turner Reserve, Footscray	VWFL	1993	2017–2022	Transferred to Western Region FL in 2023
Whitehorse Colts		Colts	Springfield Park, Box Hill	VWFL	1954	2017–18	Transferred to Eastern FNL in 2019

Former Junior Competition Clubs

Club	Jumper in NFNL	Nickname	Home Ground	Founded	Years in NFNL	Fate
Bundoora Park Thunderbolts		Thunderbolts	Bundoora Park Oval, Bundoora	2011	2011–2022	Folded after 2022 season
Coburg Amateurs		Swans	De Chene Reserve, Coburg		1994–1999	Merged with Newlands Coburg to form Coburg Juniors in 2000
Coburg Juniors		Cougars	De Chene Reserve, Coburg	2000	2000–2004	Folded
Holy Child		Cats	Gibb Reserve, Dallas		1996–2000	Folded
Jacana		Jaguars	Jacana Reserve, Jacana	1961	2011	Female Team Only; joined their Male Teams in Essendon District FL in 2012
Kingsbury RSL		Kangaroos	John Hall Reserve, Kingsbury		1996–2004	Folded
Lalor Stars		Stars	WA Smith Reserve, Lalor		1994–2013	Folded
Newlands Coburg		Cobras	Jackson Reserve, Coburg North	1966	1996–1999	Merged with Coburg Amateurs to form Coburg Juniors in 2000
Northcote (Formerly Alphington)		Cougars	Mcdonnell Park, Northcote	1962	-2019	Moved to Yarra Junior FL in 2020
Preston RSL			W Ruthven VC Reserve, Preston		1986–2010	Folded
Reservoir		Colts	Crispe Park, Reservoir		?-2023	Folded
St Damian's		Saints	Binnak Park, Bundoora	1979	2011	Female Team Only; joined their Male Teams in Yarra Junior FL in 2012
West Lalor		Dragons	Huskisson Recreation Reserve, Lalor	1973	1987–2013	Folded

Footnote

Halfway through the 2009 season, six clubs (including Parkside and Hurstbridge) split from Division 2 in preparation for a third division in 2010. These clubs competed against each other for the rest of the season and Parkside defeated Hurstbridge in the senior grand final with Hurstbridge winning the reserve grand final. As per the announcement of the league at the time the divisions were split, Parkside were not promoted to Division Two.

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Notes

• Diamond Valley Football League Annual Report's from 1976 to 2007
• Diamond Valley Football League Website
• Diamond Valley Football League Clubs
• Diamond Valley Football League Football Record
• Diamond Valley Football League Archives

External links

• Official Northern Football League Website

• Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state)
• Northern Football Netball League
• Netball leagues in Victoria (state)