Geelong & District Football League


The Geelong & District Football League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, being the oldest surviving competition in the region. It is one of three leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong FNL and the Bellarine FNL.
There are 12 teams competing in the GDFL, which has also produced over 600 VFL/AFL players.

History

The league was formed in 1879 as the Geelong and District Football Association. In 1919 it changed name to the GDFL, before changing to the Geelong Junior Football Association in 1922. It reverted to the GDFL name in 1933, then back to the GDFA in 1939, and back to the GDFL in 1945. From 1922 until 1927, the league operated and administrated the Geelong Association Football Club, which competed in the Victorian Football Association.
From 1946 onwards, the GDFL maintained a divisional system, with clubs in the First Division competing for the Evelyn Hurst Trophy, the Second Division for the Woolworth Cup, and the Third Division for the Jarman Cup.
In 1973 the GDFL had a restructure that insisted in having the senior club also provide a reserve grade side. This meant that senior clubs had to align with a junior club to survive. The Evelyn Hurst Trophy, the Woolworth Cup and the Jarman Cup titles were dropped for the more standard 1st and 2nd divisions. 1st division would have twelve clubs while 2nd division started with 8 and eventually grew to 11 clubs.
The league took the form it is today when 12 clubs broke away in 1979 to form the Geelong 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, which saw the movement of a couple of clubs.
The GDFL were left with 11 clubs but over the next couple of years it grew to fourteen. It was enough for the league add another division of competition. From 1984 until 1995 the league had two divisions that operated on a promotion/demotion system. From 1996 onwards, the league has reverted to a single division competition.
Today the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with the Geelong Football League, Geelong & District Football League and Bellarine Football League forming a three-league, three division football structure for the Geelong area. In 2002, the GDFL adopted netball, introducing A Grade, B Grade & C Grade senior teams, as well as U/17's, U/15's & U/13's junior netball. In 2009, the GDFL introduced a fourth senior netball section, D Grade, where East Geelong and Werribee have the past 3 of the last 6 D Grade premierships

Current Clubs

ClubNicknameColoursGDFL Senior PremiershipsGDFL Reserve PremiershipsYears in GDFLGDFL Premierships - Netball
AnakieRoosDiv 2: 1967, 1985
Div 1:1991, 1994		1985, 19911949-B Grade: 2013
BannockburnTigersDiv 2: 1990
Div 1: 1997-8, 2003, 2019		2001, 2005, 2007, 20181953-1958, 1970-A Grade: 2019
Under/13: 2010, 2014, 2015
Bell Post HillPanthers2010-11-12, 2014-15-16-171994, 2000, 2012, 20171977-B Grade: 2014
Under/17: 2017
BelmontLions200719881965-
A Grade: 2002
CorioDevilsDiv 1: 19951981-82-83-84-85-86, 2004, 2008–091974-
East GeelongEaglesDiv 2: 1993
Div 1: 2009		1999, 2003, 20111980-
D Grade: 2009, 2010, 2012
Under/15: 2017, 2018
Under/13: 2007, 2016, 2017
Geelong West GiantsGiants
2017-
InverleighHawksWoolworths Cup 1961
Div 2: 1992		1954- reformed 2002C Grade: 2017
Under/17: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Under/15: 2014, 2016
North GeelongMagpiesDiv 1: 1949-50-1-2-3-4-5, 1958, 1968-9, 1990, 1992-3, 2002, 20131996-97, 2002, 2013-14-15-161890-B Grade: 2015
C Grade: 2018
D Grade: 2015, 2017, 2018
ThomsonTigersDiv 2: 1964, 1986, 1991, 1995
Div 1: 1983, 1996, 2005-6, 2008, 2018		1989,1957-A Grade: 2017
C Grade: 2014, 2015, 2016
D Grade: 2016
Under/13: 2018
Werribee CentralsCenturionsDiv 2: 1984
Div 1: 1987, 1989, 1999, 2000-1, 2004		1987, 1990, 1992–93, 1998, 2006, 20101984-A Grade: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
B Grade: 2016, 2017, 2018
D Grade: 2011, 2013, 2014
WinchelseaBlues2002-A Grade: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Recent premierships

2009 Ladder

2009 GDFL Senior Finals Series

Week 1
Qualifying Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bell Post Hill7.4 9.6 16.11 17.12
Thomson2.3 3.9 5.10 8.18

Elimination Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bannockburn6.5 9.5 14.12 14.15
Werribee Centrals3.0 6.5 7.8 10.11

Week 2
2nd Semi Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
East Geelong2.7 5.10 10.14 10.15
Bell Post Hill1.2 3.10 3.12 8.17

1st Semi Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Thomson4.6 9.9 13.10 16.11
Bannockburn2.2 4.3 7.8 9.9

Week 3
Preliminary Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bell Post Hill3.0 6.5 10.7 15.11
Thomson2.4 4.5 10.7 15.8

Week 4
Grand Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
East Geelong4.2 8.5 11.13 13.13
Bell Post Hill0.3 5.5 6.5 10.10

2010 GDFL Ladder

2010 GDFL Senior Finals Series

Week 1
Qualifying Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bell Post Hill5.4 10.6 13.14 14.15
Bannockburn3.3 6.4 6.4 9.7

Elimination Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
North Geelong4.2 6.5 7.11 12.12
East Geelong2.0 6.5 8.6 16.12

Week 2
2nd Semi Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Werribee Centrals2.2 5.2 5.3 10.4
Bell Post Hill2.2 9.11 12.14 19.18

1st Semi Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bannockburn3.3 8.4 12.5 14.6
East Geelong2.5 7.7 9.7 15.9

Week 3
Preliminary Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Werribee Centrals4.1 6.1 10.1 10.2
East Geelong0.5 3.7 6.8 8.12

Week 4
Grand Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Bell Post Hill6.7 10.13 14.20 21.23
Werribee Centrals1.3 4.5 4.7 6.10

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

2014 Ladder

2015 Ladder

2016 Ladder

2017 Ladder

2018 Ladder

2019 Ladder

Reserve Football

2009 Ladder

2009 GDFL Reserves Finals Series

2011 Ladder

Netball

2014 Ladder - Netball A Grade

2014 Ladder - Netball B Grade

2014 Ladder - Netball C Grade