Sunday Football League


The Sunday Football League Western Australia, commonly known as the Sunday Football League, is a defunct semi-professional Australian rules football league that was based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The Kenwick Football Club is the most successful club in the history with 9 senior team premierships.

History

The Sunday Football League was formed in late 1983 after a proposed merger between the South Suburban Murray FL and Western Australian Football Association fell through. Six WAFA clubs decided to stay in that competition rather than join the new league. The twelve South Suburban clubs were Armadale,Canning, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Kelmscott, Kenwick, Kwinana, Maddington, Mandurah, Rockingham, Thornlie and Willetton. The five clubs to join from the WAFA were Applecross, Fremantle, Osborne Park, South Perth and Wanneroo.
Prior to the Sunday FL being formed, the South Suburban Murray FL was formed in 1960 when two leagues, the South Suburban FA and Murray Districts FA agreed to a trial season. The SSFA had only five teams competing in 1959 while the MDFA had four teams. Kenwick, who had been trying since 1958 to join the SSFA, was accepted as the tenth team to remove a bye in each round.
The SSFA began in 1910 with three teams, Armadale, Kelmscott and Mundijong. Queens Park joined in 1911, while Mundijong withdrew after five games. Victoria Park joined the SSFA in 1913. Queens Park won the premiership in 1913 after taking the SSFA to court after the league decided to change how the premier team would be selected that year.
The Murray Districts FA started in 1938 with five teams. Pinjarra won the first premiership, and Waroona won the next two before the competition was suspended due to World War 2. Waroona won the first two flags after the competition resumed in 1946 and 47. Pnjarra won in 1948 and Mandurah won their first premierhsip in 1949.

Premierships

South Suburban
South Suburban
South Suburban Murray FL
Sunday FL
Saturday Comp

2008 Ladder

Disbanding

In February 2009 it was announced that the league would not be operating for the 2009 football season with clubs applying to join the Western Australian Amateur Football League and the Peel Football League.
Armadale were admitted to the Peel Football League and the remaining clubs were admitted to the West Australian Amateur Football League.