Esperance District Football Association

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Esperance District Football Association
SportAustralian Rules football
First season1956
No. of teams4
Most recent
champion(s)		Gibson
Most titlesEsperance – 28
Official website[1]

The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.[1]

History[edit]

In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.

The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers.

In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.

Clubs[edit]

Current[edit]

Jumper Club Nickname Years in competition EDFA premierships EDFA premiership years
Esperance Bulldogs 1956– 28 1957–59, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1967, 1970–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1999–2001, 2005, 2007, 2012–17, 2021
Gibson Tigers 1956– 18 1956, 1979–82, 1984–86, 1989–92, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2018–19, 2023
Newtown Condingup Lions 2005–
(merger) 		2 2009, 2022
Ports Blues 1966– 12 1973, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1996–98, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2020

Former[edit]

Jumper Club Nickname Years in competition EDFA premierships EDFA premiership years
Condingup Cougars 1982–2004 - -
Grass Patch 1956 - -
Newtown Demons 1958–2004 7 1960, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1994, 1995
Norseman Vikings 1983–1995
(Previously in the Goldfields FL) 		1 1983
Munglinup Demons 1983–1987 (Previously in the Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association) - -
Salmon Gums 1956 - -
The Mallee 1957 - 1965 - -

2020 Ladder[edit]

Esperance Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Esperance 7 0 2 0 702 453 154.97% 28 1st Semi Gibson 7 7 49 Newtown Condingup 5 15 45
Ports 6 0 2 1 717 492 145.73% 26 2nd Semi Esperance 15 1 91 Ports 5 15 45
Gibson 3 0 5 1 404 601 67.22% 14 Preliminary Ports 14 8 92 Gibson 7 5 47
Newtown Condingup 1 0 8 0 404 681 59.32% 4 Grand Ports 15 10 100 Esperance 4 10 34

2021 Ladder[edit]

Esperance Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Esperance 11 0 1 0 989 648 152.62% 44 1st Semi Ports 8 6 54 Newtown Condingup 7 4 46
Gibson 7 0 5 0 865 636 136.01% 28 2nd Semi Gibson 9 11 65 Esperance 4 12 36
Newtown Condingup 3 0 9 0 753 865 87.05% 12 Preliminary Esperance 15 14 104 Ports 6 7 43
Ports 3 0 9 0 668 1126 59.33% 12 Grand Esperance 11 9 75 Gibson 10 11 71

2022 Ladder[edit]

Esperance Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Esperance 11 0 1 0 1473 453 325.17% 44 1st Semi Gibson 14 10 94 Ports 5 7 37
Newtown Condingup 7 0 5 0 923 836 110.41% 28 2nd Semi Esperance 9 11 65 Newtown Condingup 5 11 41
Gibson 6 0 6 0 896 796 112.56% 24 Preliminary Newtown Condingup 10 8 68 Gibson 10 6 66
Ports 0 0 12 0 313 1520 20.59% 0 Grand Newtown Condingup 8 7 55 Esperance 4 15 39

2023 Ladder[edit]

Esperance Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Gibson 10 0 2 0 1052 388 271.13% 40 1st Semi Ports 12 7 79 Newtown Condingup 8 7 55
Esperance 10 0 2 0 1050 569 184.53% 40 2nd Semi Gibson 15 11 101 Esperance 2 7 19
Newtown Condingup 2 0 10 0 581 1022 56.85% 8 Preliminary Esperance 12 16 88 Ports 4 3 27
Ports 2 0 10 0 357 1061 33.65% 8 Grand Gibson 15 5 95 Esperance 5 8 38



Further reading[edit]

  • A Way of Life - The Story of country football in Western Australia - Alan East

References[edit]

  1. ^ A way of Life
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