Metro Football League
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1993 (1993)
No. of teams10
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		Queens Park
(2020)
Most titlesCockburn (7)
Official websitehttps://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3934-0-0-0

The Metro Football League (MFL) is one of two community based football leagues based in Perth, Western Australia. The league is made up of 10 clubs over one division.[1]


History

Formerly known as the Mercantile Football Association, the league had its origins as a social league playing fortnightly in the late 1980s. Some of the clubs were Cockburn Cement, Komatsu and the Rosemount Hotel.[2]

A change in the administration in the late 1990s saw a more formalised competition, meaning incorporation of the league, board of control, a regular season, transfers, and accredited umpires officiating. New clubs joining had more of a community base, rather than social or workplace, with some of those being Quinns and Ellenbrook.

Transitions in the clubs occurred also, with Cockburn Cement becoming Cockburn and based in that suburb. Yanchep and Dwellingup also became active in promoting the game and junior development in their areas.

The league made headlines in 2009 when former Richmond AFL player Andrew Krakouer, imprisoned for assault, played for the Wooroloo Prison Farm football team whilst serving his sentence. The Wooroloo team went through the season undefeated and won the grand final.[3]

The Mercantile Football Association (MFA) changed its name to Metro Football League (MFL) in 2012.

Bayswater and Queens Park joined the MFL for season 2013, with Baldivis and Secret Harbour leaving the MFL.

The MFL occupies an important niche in the football community by hosting and fostering new clubs. This is done with sound football management with cost effective administration and therefore promotes its member clubs to invest their economies in to their own infrastructure. The success of the format can be seen by the number of new member clubs the MFL has helped establish and watches from afar as they flourish in other competitions that can accommodate their needs.

Current clubs

Colours ClubLogoHome groundYears in MFLMFL premiersMFL premiership yearsNotes
 Armadale Demons Gwynne Park 2023- - Reserves team of Perth Football League club
 BalgaBombersBarry Britton Oval2018-1Div 2: 2018
 BeechboroBombersAltone Park2018--
 BrightonSeahawksKingsbridge Reserve2014-2Div 2: 2015, 2019Known as Alkimos 2015-2016
 Dwellingup Razorbacks Dwellingup Oval 1993-2000, 2003-2018, 2022- 3 Div 1: 1994, 2008, 2014
InnalooBulldogsBirralee Reserve2000-2006, 2008-1Div 2: 2010
 KoongamiaCrowsKoongamia Oval2011--
 MidlandTigersNorth Swan Park2004-4Div 2: 2009, 2012, 2016, 2022
 Queens ParkBulldogsQueens Park Reserve2013-5Div 1: 2016-17-18, 2020, 2022
Div 2: 2013
 South Mandurah Falcons Falcon Park 2023- - Thirds team of Peel Football League club

Former clubs

Colours ClubLogoHome groundYears in MFLMFL premiersMFL premiership yearsNotes
 ApplecrossHawksShirley Strickland Oval1995-2002-Joined Sunday FL Saturday Division 2003
 BaldivisBrumbiesArpenteur Park2012-2013, 2015-20181Div 2: 2017Thirds team of Peel FL Club
 BayswaterBluesHillcrest Park2005-2006, 2008, 2013-2014, 2016-Reserves team of WAAFL Club
 CockburnCobrasAnning Park1993-20117Div 1: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005-06, 2008Joined WAAFL 2012
 ? ComoTigers ?1993-1999(?)2Div 1: 1996, 1998
Navy blue, red, yellow Cowan UniversityHawksRobinson Reserve2004-2007-Became Noranda-ECU Hawks
 ECUJetsWindemere Park2019-Reserves team of WAAFL Club
 EllenbrookEelsCoolamon Park2002-Joined WAAFL 2003
 Gosnells Hawks Gosnells Oval 2018, 2022 - Thirds team of WAAFL Club
 JandakotJetsAtwell Park2009-2010-Joined WAAFL 2011
 Karnup-Serpentine Kings Clem Kentish Oval 2022 -
Kelmscott Bulldogs John Dunn Oval 2018-2021 1 Div 1: 2019 Joined PFL 2022
 Kenwick Royals Mills Park 2019-? - Thirds team of WAAFL Club
 KingsleyCatsKingsley Reserve2002-Joined WAAFL 2003
 KingswayRoosKingsway Reserve2007-20101Div 1: 2007Known as Wanneroo-Kingsway 2007
Joined WAAFL 2008
Thirds team of WAAFL Club 2008-2010
 KwinanaKnightsMedina Oval2006-20143Div 1: 2010, 2013
Div 1 Res: 2010		Joined WAAFL 2015
Maroon, blue, yellow MidvaleLionsMorrison Park2003-20042Div 1: 2003-04
 MorleyBulldogsRA Cook Reserve2000(?)-2001-
Maroon, yellow MurdochLionsMurdoch Oval2000-
Maroon, white, grey Murdoch University-Murdoch Oval2008-2009-
 Murdoch University Vikings Murdoch University Sports Ground ?-2022 -
Noranda-ECUHawksLightning Park2008-2010-Merger of Cowan University and Noranda juniors.
Joined WAAFL 2011
 Osborne ParkSaintsRobinson Reserve2007-2011-Joined WAAFL 2012
 Quinns DistrictsBullsAnthony Waring Park2000-20011Div 1: 2001Joined WAAFL 2002
 Safety BayStingersStan Twight Reserve2014, 2017-2022-Reserves team of WAAFL Club 2014
 Secret HarbourDockersRhonda Scarrott Oval2011-20122Div 1: 2011-12Joined WAAFL 2013
 WannerooRoosWanneroo Showgrounds2015, 2018-Fifth team of WAAFL Club
 Warwick-Greenwood Bulls Percy Doyle Reserve 2003- 3 Div 1: 2015
Div 2: 2011, 2020		 Known as Greenwood 2003-2006

Joined HFA 2021

 WoorolooBombersWoorloo Prison Farm20091Div 1: 2009
 YanchepRed HawksOldham Reserve1997-20143Div 1: 2000, 2002, 2014Joined WAAFL 2015

Grand final results

Division 1

YearPremiersScoreRunners upScore
1993CockburnDwellingup
1994DwellingupCockburn
1995CockburnDwellingup
1996Como TigersCockburn
1997Cockburn ?
1998Como TigersCockburn
1999Cockburn9.9 (63)Yanchep9.3 (57)
2000Yanchep10.9 (69)Cockburn6.10 (46)
2001Quinns Districts13.9 (87)Yanchep8.8 (56)
2002Yanchep20.13 (133)Ellenbrook14.8 (92)
2003Midvale16.15 (111)Yanchep10.10 (70)
2004Midvale10.17 (77)Innaloo7.13 (55)
2005Cockburn19.13 (127)Dwellingup5.11 (41)
2006Cockburn15.18 (108)Yanchep8.9 (57)
2007Wanneroo-Kingsway14.16 (100)Midland12.9 (81)
2008Cockburn19.14 (128)Noranda ECU15.3 (93)
2009Wooroloo20.14 (134)Cockburn13.16 (94)
2010Kwinana7.8 (50)Noranda ECU4.15 (39)
2011Secret Harbour16.11 (107)Osborne Park12.8 (80)
2012Secret Harbour12.19 (91)Kwinana10.11 (71)
2013Kwinana13.11 (89)Yanchep9.5 (59)
2014Yanchep13.11 (89)Warwick Greenwood11.11 (77)
2015Warwick Greenwood13.7 (85)Baldivis12.8 (80)
2016Queens Park13.15 (93)Warwick Greenwood Gold8.5 (53)
2017Queens Park15.11 (101)Safety Bay11.7 (73)
2018Queens Park15.8 (98)Midland7.10 (52)
2019Kelmscott13.11 (89)Queens Park10.16 (76)
2020Queens Park8.12 (60)Kelmscott7.16 (58)
2021 Queens Park Koongamia
2022 Queens Park 24.13 (157) Innaloo 10.6 (66)


Division 2

YearPremiersScoreRunners upScore
2008Dwellingup17.22 (124)Innaloo12.12 (84)
2009Midland16.23 (119)Osborne Park13.13 (91)
2010Innaloo16.2 (98)Warwick Greenwood9.9 (63)
2011Warwick Greenwood20.16 (136)Cockburn5.12 (42)
2012Midland15.8 (98)Secret Harbour11.9 (75)
2013Queens Park15.13 (103)Kwinana7.8 (50)
2014Dwellingup15.11 (101)Safety Bay14.5 (89)
2015Alkimos16.17 (113)Midland6.8 (44)
2016Midland14.12 (96)Dwellingup11.5 (71)
2017Baldivis13.8 (86)Dwellingup9.9 (63)
2018Balga13.12 (90)Koongamia10.8 (68)
2019Brighton16.8 (104)Beechboro9.6 (60)
2020Warwick Greenwood9.4 (58)Kelmscott7.7 (49)
2021 Queens Park 17.13 (115) Midland 7.3 (45)
2022 Midland 8.8 (56) Gosnells 7.8 (50)

Notes:
(1) In 2015, there was only one division. The Division 2 Premiership was decided in a Round Robin series between teams that missed the finals.
(2) In 2016, the competition split into two divisions of 5 teams after Round 11 based on ladder positions. The bottom five teams played for the Division 2 Premiership for the remaining 8 rounds.


Division 1 Reserves

YearPremiersScoreRunners upScore
2010Kwinana8.10 (58)Cockburn7.9 (51)

References

  1. ↑ "Competitions at Metro Football League". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "MFL HISTORY". metroflperth.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Krakouer's Woorooloo Prison team wins grand final". PerthNow.com.au. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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