Alberton Football Netball League

The Alberton Football Netball League was an Australian rules football league covering the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Alberton Football Netball League

Formerly	Alberton Football Association
Sport	Australian rules football
First season	1946
President	Barry Stride
No. of teams	6
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Foster (9 premierships)
Most titles	Fish Creek (20 premierships)
Official website	Alberton Football League Official Website

History

1946: Reformation of Alberton Football Association (League)

The Alberton Football Association was reformed in 1946 after the end of World War II in 1945, renamed the Alberton Football League in 1947, with eight teams comprising the league such as Carrajung, Devon (formed 1883 also known from 1900 to 1909 as West Alberton), Foster (formed 1890), Ramblers, Toora (formed 1891), Welshpool, Woodside and Yarram (formed 1887).^[1] The name of the league is taken from the small town of Alberton, near Yarram.

The Ramblers Football Club, after a promising inaugural season in the league where it recorded six wins to just miss the finals, decided to disband from the league and Won Wron Football Club were accepted into the league for the 1949 season.^[2] Four years later, the Carrajung Football Club followed suit which enabled Fish Creek to join the Alberton League in 1953.^[3] Carrajung produced many substandard efforts during their seven years of existence in the Alberton League and many matches would result in percentage gaining contests for opposing teams. The club finished last in 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1952. The very last game Carrajung played in the Alberton League during the 1952 season resulted in Toora forward, Frank Salmon, kicking a record 34 goals 17 behinds out of the teams 35.18 score. Salmon's (and his teammates' efforts) helped him claim the League goalkicking award by overtaking Woodside great Charles Williamson.

1947–1952: Early dominance by Woodside

Woodside dominated the competition during the early stages as the club won six consecutive premierships from 1947 to 1952.^[4] It is the only club to have achieved such a feat in the league's history.

1953–1967: Golden era of Fish Creek success

Fish Creek produced the most outstanding era of success in the Alberton League as it claimed 11 premierships from 15 successive Grand Final appearances between 1953 and 1967.^[5][6] The recruitment of former VFL Collingwood player, Maurice 'Mocca' Dunstan helped the club attain a standard of professionalism that was second to none for a sustained period.

Much focus throughout the late 1950s and 1960s centred around the future of football in the region, with many suggesting that the South Gippsland Football League and the Alberton Football League merge to generate a more powerful football league across South Gippsland for better growth in the sport. However, the AFL continued to function through many debates and became progressively stronger by the 1970s.

1970s: Meeniyan-Dumbalk United and Stony Creek join the fray

In 1969, the Meeniyan-Dumbalk United and Stony Creek Football Clubs joined the Alberton League after the SGFL eventually disbanded^[7] as Welshpool won a treble of premierships from 1969 to 1971. Welshpool also became the first club in the AFL to produce an undefeated season with its flag in 1970.^[8]

In 1973, Toora and Meeniyan-Dumbalk United fought out a close grand final with Toora winning by a single point. It remains to this day Toora's only Alberton senior grade premiership and the only 1-point grand final (seniors) in the Alberton league's history.

By the late 1970s, Yarram were looking to join the Latrobe Valley Football League but remained with the AFL and by the end of the 1981 season the league was reduced to nine clubs when Won Wron and Woodside merged to form the Won Wron-Woodside Football Club.^[9]

The inclusion of Tarwin in 1988^[10] returned the number of clubs to ten but by 1995, Welshpool had amalgamated with Devon.^[11]

1996–2005: League Expansion

In 1996, Dalyston, Wonthaggi Rovers, Inverloch, Korumburra and Bena joined the Alberton Football League,^[12] after the Bass Valley Wonthaggi FL had been disbanded as part of a restructuring of local football by the Victorian Country Football League. The "final five" system was first utilised with the inclusion of the new clubs.

Devon-Welshpool and Won Wron-Woodside created the Allies when they merged in 1997^[13] and then Bena and Korumburra joined forces to become Korumburra-Bena in 2001.^[14]

In 2005 the Phillip Island and Kilcunda-Bass football clubs moved from the defunct West Gippsland Football League to the Alberton Football League.^[15]

The 2008 season saw a large contingent from the Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside Football Club leave to create a new club, the Woodside & District Wildcats, in the North Gippsland Football League.^[16]

2005–2008: DWWWW Allies de-merger

See also: § Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside Recess

Since merging in 1997 the DWWWW Allies had enjoyed some early years of success with premierships in 1998, 1999 and 2003. However, with the further expansion of the league in 2005 the club tired of travelling up to two hours west to places such as Dalyston, Bass and Cowes. Some supporters and players with the club began agitating for a move to the closer North Gippsland Football League. This change was looking set to be approved, until in 2007 a proposal was put forth for the club to play all their home games at Woodside. The Devon-Welshpool people of the club who were proud of the facilities at the Alberton West Recreation Reserve, refused to agree. After a number of meetings failed to find a solution an extraordinary resolution took place. The club de-merged.^[17]

Most of the Won Wron-Woodside people, led by Anthony Banik, moved away from the rest of the club to form a new entity known as the Woodside & District Wildcats. The new club would join the North Gippsland Football League from the 2008 season onwards, whilst DWWWW would continue competing in the Alberton league, albeit with a heavily weakened playing list.

The division of the club extended beyond football, causing a major rift within the local community that in some cases continues to this day. Despite, the divide DWWWW refused to revert to their former name of Devon-Welshpool. A number of Won Wron-Woodside life members had remained on board with DWWWW through the split and the club president Matthew Moore had remained hopeful that some Won Wron-Woodside people may return.

In the six years after the de-merger the DWWWW football club's on-field success was virtually non-existent. From 2008 to 2013 the DWWWW senior team would achieve only 3 wins and a staggering 105 losses, which included four winless seasons. This level of poor on-field results was mirrored in the reserve and junior grades.

In 2014 after multiple years of struggling for success and maintaining a large enough playing list the options had become limited and the members voted for the club to enter recess.

2005–2009: Formation and departure of Wonthaggi Power

At the end of 2004 the Wonthaggi Rovers (Alberton) and Wonthaggi Blues (West Gippsland Latrobe) would merge to become a new entity known as the Wonthaggi Power. This new club applied to enter the Alberton league, citing junior players resenting travelling to distant clubs such as Sale and Maffra.

This move was met with discontent from some existing Alberton clubs. Wonthaggi with a local population of 7000 people now had a single club to compete against towns with local populations of only approximately 200 people. Wonthaggi Power were admitted into the Alberton Football League under the provision that if they were proven too strong they would relocate to the much stronger West Gippsland Latrobe Football League.

Wonthaggi Power achieved immediate success making the grand final in their first three years, winning two of them. The reserves and junior teams achieved similar success. Despite this evidence, Wonthaggi members and administrators refused to relocate to the stronger competition. The club's rivals became increasingly disgruntled and began to seek assistance from the Victorian Country Football League. The governing body reviewed the situation and ordered Wonthaggi Power to begin competing against towns of similar size. In response Wonthaggi Power decided to launch legal action.

Early in 2008 an agreement was reached that would see Wonthaggi compete in Alberton for seasons 2008 and 2009, before departing the league at the conclusion of the 2009 season. This was a legally binding agreement, however the Alberton clubs were still seeking a more rapid solution. They discussed options of forming their own breakaway league or boycotting matches against Wonthaggi Power.

Yarram Football Club were the first club to lead a boycott. They had defeated Wonthaggi Power in the 2007 grand final the previous year and were only scheduled to play Wonthaggi Power once during the 2008 home & away season. The Yarram committee had decided to take matters into their own hands and on 17 May 2008 in a watershed moment for the league they forfeited all grades of football and netball from their round 6 clash against Wonthaggi Power. As a consequence of the forfeiture the Victorian Country Football League issued Yarram with a $6,500 fine - half of which was suspended. Other clubs would avoid following Yarram's example and would instead assist to help cover the costs of their fine.

Wonthaggi would go on to finish the season undefeated and comfortably secure first position on the ladder, whilst Yarram would finish just below them in second position. Both teams would finally meet for the first time that year in a semi-final clash at Tarwin Lower. In this match, Wonthaggi would defeat Yarram by a massive 64-points in what was fierce and fiery encounter for both players and spectators. They would proceed directly through to the grand final two weeks later were their opponent would again be Yarram. Wonthaggi would become victorious, this time defeating Yarram by 57-points to claim their third flag in the Alberton league.^[18]

The dispute would continue into the following season with the VCFL making the recommendation that Wonthaggi Power enter either Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (Casey Cardinia division) or the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League. On July 14, 2009, Wonthaggi Power published an open letter to the VCFL disputing the decision. The letter referred to the decision as 'lacking clarity, direction and vision', whilst labelling the VCFL themselves as 'incompetent'.^[19] The VCFL did not publicly respond to the letter and despite Wonthaggi Power's resistance it was ultimately decided that the 2009 season would be Wonthaggi's last in Alberton.

Wonthaggi Power would once again finish on top of the ladder with only two losses during the 2009 home & away season. A victory in the finals would see Wonthaggi progress directly to the grand final and regardless of the result this was to be Wonthaggi's final match in Alberton. Their opponent was third placed Stony Creek, who also happened to be one of the teams to claim a victory against Wonthaggi during the season. With such a vast difference in township populations the match was widely considered a 'David verses Goliath' match-up. Despite playing two more finals matches on their way to the grand final Stony Creek would defeat Wonthaggi by 14-points. This was Stony Creek's second Alberton premiership, their first since 1983.^[20]

At the conclusion of the season Wonthaggi Power transferred into the newly renamed Gippsland Football League for the start of the 2010 season. For the five years that Wonthaggi Power had participated in the Alberton football league they had made the grand final every season, which included winning three of them.

2010–2020: League Demise

The last round of the 2010 season saw Yarram defeat Tarwin. However, this result was subsequently reversed and the win awarded to Tarwin by the Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) after it was discovered that Yarram had fielded an unregistered player under another identity. Yarram club president, Paul Clavorino, claimed that the player didn't have any impact on the result. The result didn't have any effect for Yarram's finals aspirations as by this point in the season the club was already out of contention. The change in result would impact which teams would play each other in the first week of finals. As a consequence three clubs (Fish Creek, Korumburra-Bena & Tarwin) would end up changing opponents.^[21]

Yarram depart to North Gippsland football league

In August 2013, Yarram applied to transfer to the North Gippsland Football League (NGFL). Their application would stall with an unofficial vote from the NGFL clubs to accept Yarram resulting in a fifty-fifty split. Some concerns cited by the NGFL clubs were the reintroduction of a bye, subsequent return to a 20-round season and struggle between clubs for junior footballers.^[22] In October Yarram appealed to AFL Victoria Country who after considering submissions from the relevant parties overturned the initial decision and allowed Yarram to enter the NGFL beginning with 2014 season.^[23] This move ended a 68-year affiliation with the Alberton Football League of which Yarram was a founding member.^[24]

Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside Recess

In its existence the Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside football has twice gone into recess. As of 2020 the club is still in recess.

First recess: 2014 season

On 30 March 2014, after many years of struggling since the 2008 de-merger, members of the DWWWW football club met to vote on the fate of the club. A shortage of players had already forced the club's committee to give up on fielding a team for the 2014 season. Now the members were voting on whether the club would be placed into a temporary recess or wound up. The club would remain alive after a vote saw close to 100% of members vote for the club to enter a recess. With the club in recess for the 2014 season the remaining DWWWW players transferred to the neighbouring Yarram and Woodside & District football clubs, who with the influx of players became markedly stronger. Despite not fielding a team the DWWWW community continued to keep the club's members together with regular meal nights for everyone to get together and continue to support the club. The recess would only last for the one season with the club back fielding a team the following season in 2015.^[25]

Second recess: 2018 season — Present

With the recruitment of players from outside of the local area the club was able to field football teams for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 season. During this time the club also experienced some success, coming within 11 points of a place in the 2017 grand final. Unfortunately, an acrimonious saga regarding player payment destabilised the playing group, culminating in several player players walking out on the club.

For the second time in four years the shortage of players forced the club to move into recess for the 2018 season, leaving the Alberton football league with only six clubs fielding teams. The Allies remain in recess to this day. Since 2017, the club has the maintained a healthy financial position and continues to engage with its members through the likes of midweek meals and social functions.^[26]

While the DWWWW remains still remains alive, the disbandment of the Alberton football league in 2020 has meant that the club is without a league to participate in. Should the club accumulate enough players to field a team again they would need to seek approval to join either the North Gippsland or Mid Gippsland football league where they could complete. However, many football followers in the Yarram region believe that the community of 2,200 people is simply too small to sustainably support three football clubs and that with each passing season the likelihood of DWWWW returning a team to the field continues to diminish.

AFL Gippsland Review

A 2015 review, conducted by AFL Gippsland to address issues of competitive imbalance and club sustainability, brought major change to structure of the Alberton Football Netball League.^[27] In 2017, the Alberton League was reduced to seven clubs after the departure Dalyston, Korumburra-Bena, Inverloch-Kongwak, Kilcunda-Bass and Phillip Island to the newly formed West Gippsland Football Netball League as part of the review. Prior to the 2018 season, DWWWW went into recess again due to lack of players in the district and would remain in recess throughout the 2019 season.^[28]

Colgan Bauer Review

In 2019 AFL Victoria commissioned consultancy group Colgan Bauer to review the structure and sustainability of football in the Gippsland region and provide a strategic plan for the future. A number of town hall style meetings were conducted to gather feedback from community members within the region. A number of ideas were proposed for how to preserve the Alberton Football League. These included adding two clubs from the nearby West Gippsland Football League and the Alberton Football League joining the West Gippsland Football League as a second division.

A further review recommended that the AFL merge with the Mid Gippsland Football League for the 2019 season.^[29] However a backlash by some clubs who had concerns over a 15 team competition and increased travel distance of the proposed league.^[30]

Final Alberton Match

The final match in the Alberton Football League was the 2019 Grand Final which took place on 31 August 2019. The match was contested by the Foster and Stony Creek football clubs at the Tarwin Lower recreation reserve. Foster defeated Stony Creek by 7 points in what would be the closest grand final margin since 1995. On the date of the match occurring the future of the Alberton had not yet been determined and no one was aware that this was Alberton's final match.^[31]

2020 Season Cancellation

The COVID-19 pandemic lead to the 2020 season being abandoned, despite efforts to run a junior competition in conjunction with the Mid Gippsland Football League.^[32] Whilst the league sat idle, the planning for the future of the Alberton football clubs continued. On 24 April 2020 a meeting of the Mid Gippsland football clubs saw them vote to accept all six Alberton clubs as of the 2021 season, whilst the Alberton Football League would cease to exist. This decision was met with widespread relief after many years of uncertainty surrounding the future of the league's clubs.^[33] On 25 November 2020 the Alberton Football League conducted its final annual general meeting. A special resolution to dissolve the league was passed and after 74 years of competition the league had officially met its end.

Clubs

Final Clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Formed	First year	Premierships		Premiership Years
						Total	Most recent
Fish Creek		Kangaroos	John Terrill Memorial Park, Fish Creek	1891	1953	20	2018	1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1985, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2018
Foster		Tigers	Foster Showgrounds, Foster	1890	1946	9	2019	1946, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1993, 2010, 2019
Meeniyan Dumbalk United		Demons	Meeniyan Recreation Reserve, Meeniyan	1964 Merger	1969	5	1990	1975, 1976, 1981, 1988, 1990
Stony Creek		Lions	Stony Creek Racecourse, Stony Creek	1894	1969	2	2009	1983, 2009
Tarwin		Sharks	Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve, Tarwin Lower	1988	1988	1	2004	2004
Toora & District		Magpies	Toora Recreation Reserve, Toora	1891	1946	1	1973	1973

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	Formed	First Year	Last Year	Premierships		Premiership Years	Details
						Total	Most recent
Bena		Bulls	1921	1996	2000	0	—	—	Merged with the Korumburra Football Club prior to the 2001 Alberton League season to form the Korumburra-Bena Football Club.
Carrajung		Blacks	1911	1946	1952	0	—	—	Disbanded at the conclusion of the 1952 Alberton League season.
Dalyston		Magpies	1898	1996	2016	1	2015	2015	Left at the conclusion of the 2016 season to join the newly formed West Gippsland Competition.
Devon		Bombers	1883	1946	1994	2	1987	1968, 1987	Merged with the Welshpool Football Club prior to the 1995 Alberton League season to form the Devon-Welshpool Football Club.
Devon-Welshpool		Bombers / Bulldogs	1995 Merger	1995	1996	2	1996	1995, 1996	Merged with the Won Wron-Woodside Football Club prior to the 1997 Alberton League season to form the East Coast Allies Football Club, which was renamed the Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside Football Club prior to the 1998 Alberton League season.
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside		Allies	1997 Merger	1997	2017	3	2003	1998, 1999, 2003	The Allies participated in Alberton from 1997 to 2013 with a brief recess in 2014, before re-entering the competition in 2015. At the end of 2017 they again went into recess for a second time, which the club still remains in presently.
Inverloch-Kongwak		Sea Eagles	1957 Merger	1996	2016	0	—	—	Left at the conclusion of the 2016 season to join the newly formed West Gippsland Competition.
Kilcunda-Bass		Panthers	1957 Merger	2005	2016	3	2013	2011, 2012, 2013	Left at the conclusion of the 2016 season to join the newly formed West Gippsland Competition.
Korumburra		Bullants	1911	1996	2000	1	1997	1997	Merged with the Bena Football Club prior to the 2001 Alberton League season to form the Korumburra-Bena Football Club.
Korumburra-Bena		Giants	2001 Merger	2001	2016	0	—	—	Between 2001 and 2014 the club was known as the Bulldogs and wore red, white and blue colours. In 2015 the club rebranded themselves as the Giants and changed their colours to distinguish themselves from Phillip Island who worn similar colours.^[34] Left at the conclusion of the 2016 season to join the newly formed West Gippsland Competition.
Phillip Island		Bulldogs	1932	2005	2016	1	2014	2014	Left at the conclusion of the 2016 season to join the newly formed West Gippsland Competition.
Ramblers (Hiawatha)		Ramblers	1900	1946	1948	0	—	—	Disbanded at the conclusion of the 1948 Alberton League season.
Welshpool		Bulldogs	1909	1946	1994	6	1979	1953, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979	Merged with the Devon Football Club prior to the 1995 Alberton League season to form the Devon-Welshpool Football Club.
Won Wron		Swans	1919	1949	1981	0	—	—	Merged with the Woodside Football Club prior to the 1982 Alberton League season to form the Won Wron-Woodside Football Club.
Won Wron-Woodside		Blues	1982 Merger	1982	1994	1	1994	1994	Merged with the Devon-Welshpool Football Club prior to the 1997 Alberton League season to form the Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside Football Club.
Wonthaggi Rovers		Tigers	1956	1996	2004	0	—	—	Merged with the Wonthaggi Blues Football Club prior to the 2005 season to form the Wonthaggi Power Football Club.
Wonthaggi Power		Power	2005 Merger	2005	2009	3	2008	2005, 2006, 2008	Ordered to leave by the Victorian Country Football League for being considered too dominant to compete in the Alberton Football League.
Woodside		Blues	1908	1946	1981	8	1974	1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1974	Merged with the Won Wron Football Club prior to the 1982 Alberton League season to form the Won Wron-Woodside Football Club.
Yarram		Demons	1887	1946	2013	5	2007	1954, 1972, 1977, 1986, 2007	Left Alberton at the conclusion of 2013 to join the North Gippsland Football League for the 2014 season.

Timeline of clubs

| = indicates premiership year
Club recess

Players

VFL/AFL Players

During its history the Alberton Football League has produced a number of players who would go on to play in the VFL/AFL competition.

Jarryd Blair

Jarryd Blair played junior football at Wonthaggi Power and in 2006 he was a part of the senior premiership team. He was selected as pick 27 in the 2009 AFL rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 14, 2010 against West Coast at Etihad Stadium. His debut AFL season saw him play in Collingwood's 2010 premiership team. Blair played 157 games for Collingwood before being delisted in 2018. In 2020, Wonthaggi Power announced that Blair had been appointed as senior coach for the 2021 season in the Gippsland League.

Brent Macaffer

Brent Macaffer was selected as pick 26 in the 2007 AFL rookie draft. He would play in Collingwood's 2010 premiership team. In 2016, Macaffer announced his retirement from AFL football. Macaffer would return to his original club, Kilcunda Bass to coach the club for the 2017 season. On 13 February 2019, Macaffer was awarded a life member of the Collingwood Football Club.

Nathan Vardy

Nathan Vardy played his junior football for DWWWW. He was selected at pick 42 by Geelong in the 2009 national draft. At the conclusion of the 2016 season Vardy was traded to the West Coast Eagles. In 2017, with Nic Naitanui and Scott Lycett injured, Vardy had to take charge as West Coast's number one ruckman and played almost every game.^[35] He played a critical role in West Coast's 2018 premiership team. Vardy is one of four current former Alberton players listed by AFL clubs.

Player	Original Alberton club	VFL/AFL club(s)	VFL/AFL games played	First season	Most recent season
Ian Abraham	Won Wron	Collingwood	3	1960	1961
Damien Adkins	Meeniyan Dumbalk United	Collingwood / West Coast Eagles	54	2000	2005
Anthony Banik	Won Wron-Woodside	Richmond	49	1990	1994
Jarryd Blair	Wonthaggi Power	Collingwood	157	2010	2018
Neil Chandler	Welshpool	Carlton / St Kilda	82	1968	1974
Sam Docherty	Phillip Island	Brisbane Lions / Carlton	108*	2013	2020
Andrew Dunkley	Devon	Sydney Swans	217	1992	2002
Xavier Duursma	Foster	Port Adelaide	35*	2019	2020
Brett Eddy	Foster	Port Adelaide	3	2017	2017
Robert Eddy	Stony Creek	St Kilda	33	2007	2011
Sam Flanders	Fish Creek	Gold Coast Suns	5*	2020	2020
Mitch Golby	Kilcunda Bass	Brisbane Lions	56	2011	2015
Jed Lamb	Yarram	Sydney Swans / GWS Giants / Carlton	66	2011	2018
Brent Macaffer	Kilcunda Bass	Collingwood	77	2009	2016
Max Parker	Welshpool	Footscray	5	1971	1971
Laurie Rippon	Welshpool	Footscray	45	1969	1973
Barry Standfield	Fish Creek	Footscray / Adelaide	111	1990	1997
Wayne Weidemann	Fish Creek	Adelaide	68	1991	1996
Trent West	Wonthaggi Power	Geelong / Brisbane Lions	70	2008	2016
Nathan Vardy	DWWWW	Geelong / West Coast Eagles	68*	2010	2020
Current AFL listed player *Games played correct as at 5 October 2020 † List may not be complete

Awards

The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season:

• Peter Moore Medal — to the fairest and best player in the league, voted by the umpires
• Leading goal kicker award — for the player who scores the most goals during the home & away season
• Bill Pollock Medal — the best player on the ground in the grand final
• Rising star award — a monthly award for promising up-and-coming players
• Team of the year — a squad of 21 players deemed the best in their positions
• Most disciplined club award — for the club who receives the most discipline points, voted by the umpires

Season structure

Pre-season

The Alberton Football League like most country leagues does not have a formal Pre-season competition. As part of their Pre-season preparation clubs will often schedule between one and two practice matches with clubs from other leagues prior to the season beginning. These matches could take on different structures and were primarily conducted on a non-official basis with limited match officials and scores not being recorded.

Premiership season

The Alberton home-and-away season at present lasts for 15 rounds, starting in mid April and ending in early August. As of the 2017 season, each team plays 15 matches. Teams receive four premiership points for a win and two premiership points for a draw. Ladder finishing positions are based on the number of premiership points won, and "percentage" (calculated as the ratio of points scored to points conceded throughout the season) is used as a tie-breaker when teams finish with equal premiership points.

Finals series

Since its inception until 1995 the Alberton finals consisted of a 'final-four' system. With the inclusion of a number of clubs from the defunct Bass Valley Wonthaggi football league in 1996 the finals series was expanded to a 'final-five' system. The finals series was expanded again in 2005 with the inclusion of Kilcunda Bass and Phillip Island to become a 'final-six' system. Since 2017 the finals series has since returned to a 'final-four' system, after a number of clubs left resulting in a smaller competition.

The top four teams at the end of the Alberton home & away season compete in a four-week finals series throughout August, culminating in a grand final to determine the premiers. The grand final is played on the afternoon of the last Saturday in August.

The winning team receives a silver premiership cup and a premiership flag – a new one of each is manufactured each year. The flag has been presented since the league began and is traditionally unfurled at the team's first home game of the following season. Additionally, each player in the grand final-winning team receives a premiership medallion.

2019 Finals series

	Qualifying – Week 2 / Elimination – Week 1					Preliminary – Week 3					Grand Final – Week 4
	1	Foster	12.8 (80)								1	Foster	8.7 (55)
	2	Stony Creek	8.5 (53)								2	Stony Creek	7.6 (48)
						2	Stony Creek	12.10 (82)
						3	Fish Creek	7.5 (47)
	3	Fish Creek	23.10 (148)
	4	Toora & District	4.5 (29)

Grand final venues

For most of its history the Alberton football league grand final was hosted at the Yarram recreation reserve. With the expansion of the league in 1996 the grand final was relocated to the Foster Showgrounds to maintain a central location with respect to the rest of the league. With Foster football club making the grand final in 2010 and 2011 the grand final was subsequently relocated to Inverloch recreation reserve to avoid a home-ground advantage. The grand final venue would then cycle back to Foster in 2012. The grand final since cycled between a few different venues until Tarwin Lower recreation reserve hosted the last Alberton grand final in 2019.

• Yarram Recreation Reserve (1946–1952)
• Welshpool Recreation Reserve (1953)
• Yarram Recreation Reserve (1954–1973)
• Foster Showgrounds (1974)
• Yarram Recreation Reserve (1975)
• Foster Showgrounds (1976–1977)
• Yarram Recreation Reserve (1978–1995)
• Foster Showgrounds (1996–2009)
• Inverloch Recreation Reserve (2010–2011)
• Foster Showgrounds (2012)
• Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve (2013)
• Meeniyan Recreation Reserve (2014–2018)
• Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve (2019)

Finals history

Year	Premier	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
1946	Foster 3.4 (22)	Woodside 2.7 (19)	Devon	Welshpool
1947	Woodside 15.23 (113)	Foster 9.6 (60)	Welshpool	Devon
1948	Woodside 11.15 (81)	Devon 11.5 (71)	Toora	Yarram
1949	Woodside 11.18 (84)	Welshpool 9.14 (68)	Yarram	Devon
1950	Woodside 8.17 (65)	Devon 7.10 (52)	Yarram	Welshpool
1951	Woodside 10.15 (75)	Welshpool 9.12 (66)	Yarram	Foster
1952	Woodside 3.5 (23)	Toora 2.7 (19)	Foster	Welshpool
1953	Welshpool 16.20 (116)	Fish Creek 6.6 (42)	Toora	Woodside
1954	Yarram 10.12 (72)	Fish Creek 11.4 (70)	Welshpool	Woodside
1955	Fish Creek 16.7 (103)	Welshpool 7.10 (52)	Woodside	Yarram
1956	Fish Creek 17.12 (114)	Woodside 15.14 (104)	Yarram	Welshpool
1957	Woodside 9.10 (64)	Fish Creek 7.11 (53)	Foster	Yarram
1958	Fish Creek 18.14 (122)	Yarram 15.13 (103)	Woodside	Foster
1959	Fish Creek 16.15 (111)	Yarram 11.14 (80)	Won Wron	Welshpool
1960	Fish Creek 8.14 (62)	Welshpool 6.8 (44)	Won Wron	Yarram
1961	Fish Creek 15.14 (104)	Devon 7.6 (48)	Toora	Won Wron
1962	Welshpool 7.13 (55)	Fish Creek 8.5 (53)	Foster	Yarram
1963	Fish Creek 13.8 (86)	Toora 4.11 (35)	Foster	Welshpool
1964	Fish Creek 8.6 (54)	Welshpool 5.5 (35)	Toora	Devon
1965	Fish Creek 9.11 (65)	Toora 8.9 (57)	Won Wron	Welshpool
1966	Fish Creek 17.17 (119)	Toora 9.7 (61)	Yarram	Foster
1967	Fish Creek 12.8 (80)	Welshpool 9.11 (65)	Won Wron	Devon
1968	Devon 12.9 (81)	Welshpool 7.3 (45)	Toora	Foster
1969	Welshpool 12.24 (96)	Fish Creek 9.11 (65)	Toora	Foster
1970	Welshpool 12.16 (88)	Toora 8.7 (55)	Yarram	Foster
1971	Welshpool 12.12 (84)	Woodside 6.5 (41)	Won Wron	Toora
1972	Yarram 14.14 (98)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 9.20 (74)	Woodside	Toora
1973	Toora 10.13 (73)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 10.12 (72)	Woodside	Foster
1974	Woodside 10.13 (73)	Yarram 5.8 (38)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Toora
1975	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 17.19 (121)	Woodside 5.16 (46)	Welshpool	Yarram
1976	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 15.16 (106)	Yarram 10.12 (72)	Woodside	Fish Creek
1977	Yarram 18.15 (123)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 16.12 (108)	Foster	Woodside
1978	Foster 13.14 (92)	Woodside 5.9 (39)	Yarram	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United
1979	Welshpool 12.18 (90)	Foster 13.10 (88)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Stony Creek
1980	Foster 11.17 (83)	Stony Creek 8.7 (55)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Toora
1981	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 9.14 (68)	Foster 6.16 (52)	Stony Creek	Toora
1982	Foster 14.11 (95)	Won Wron-Woodside 8.8 (56)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Devon
1983	Stony Creek 14.13 (97)	Devon 7.6 (48)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Won Wron-Woodside
1984	Foster 15.7 (97)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 9.11 (65)	Won Wron-Woodside	Fish Creek
1985	Fish Creek 8.9 (57)	Stony Creek 3.11 (29)	Devon	Yarram
1986	Yarram 15.12 (102)	Devon 5.8 (38)	Won Wron-Woodside	Stony Creek
1987	Devon 11.10 (76)	Fish Creek 8.15 (63)	Won Wron-Woodside	Yarram
1988	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 16.15 (111)	Fish Creek 10.9 (69)	Devon	Won Wron-Woodside
1989	Foster 12.10 (82)	Toora 7.8 (50)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Devon
1990	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 14.19 (103)	Foster 11.12 (78)	Fish Creek	Toora
1991	Fish Creek 20.8 (128)	Foster 7.11 (53)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Toora
1992	Fish Creek 14.12 (96)	Foster 7.14 (56)	Yarram	Tarwin
1993	Foster 20.10 (130)	Won Wron-Woodside 9.6 (60)	Fish Creek	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United
1994	Won Wron-Woodside 12.15 (87)	Fish Creek 5.10 (40)	Foster	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United
1995	Devon-Welshpool 11.8 (74)	Won Wron-Woodside 10.8 (68)	Fish Creek	Foster
1996	Devon-Welshpool 9.18 (72)	Inverloch-Kongwak 5.5 (35)	Dalyston	Foster	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United
1997	Korumburra 17.14 (116)	Inverloch-Kongwak 13.7 (85)	Dalyston	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Fish Creek
1998	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside 22.19 (151)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 14.10 (94)	Yarram	Korumburra	Fish Creek
1999	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside 15.19 (109)	Fish Creek 10.10 (70)	Inverloch-Kongwak	Korumburra	Yarram
2000	Fish Creek 13.6 (84)	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside 10.11 (71)	Dalyston	Korumburra	Inverloch-Kongwak
2001	Fish Creek 14.11 (95)	Inverloch-Kongwak 11.6 (72)	Korumburra-Bena	Dalyston	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside
2002	Fish Creek 18.12 (120)	Inverloch-Kongwak 13.13 (91)	Dalyston	Wonthaggi	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside
2003	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside 13.14 (92)	Fish Creek 12.12 (84)	Dalyston	Wonthaggi	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United
2004	Tarwin 6.13 (49)	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United 2.5 (17)	Fish Creek	Stony Creek	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside
2005	Wonthaggi 15.8 (98)	Fish Creek 11.12 (78)	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	Tarwin	Yarram	Korumburra-Bena
2006	Wonthaggi 20.13 (133)	Yarram 14.15 (99)	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	Foster	Korumburra-Bena	Tarwin
2007	Yarram 16.10 (106)	Wonthaggi 14.13 (97)	Inverloch-Kongwak	Toora	Tarwin	Phillip Island
2008	Wonthaggi 18.20 (128)	Yarram 10.11 (71)	Phillip Island	Tarwin	Dalyston	Korumburra-Bena
2009	Stony Creek 14.10 (94)	Wonthaggi 11.14 (80)	Korumburra-Bena	Yarram	Tarwin	Phillip Island
2010	Foster 13.20 (98)	Stony Creek 11.8 (74)	Phillip Island	Fish Creek	Tarwin	Korumburra-Bena
2011	Kilcunda-Bass 13.3 (81)	Foster 7.15 (57)	Korumburra-Bena	Fish Creek	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Stony Creek
2012	Kilcunda-Bass 12.17 (89)	Dalyston 11.4 (70)	Fish Creek	Korumburra-Bena	Foster	Inverloch-Kongwak
2013	Kilcunda-Bass 18.10 (118)	Korumburra-Bena 12.10 (82)	Dalyston	Fish Creek	Yarram	Phillip Island
2014	Phillip Island 17.16 (118)	Dalyston 11.07 (73)	Kilcunda-Bass	Inverloch-Kongwak	Korumburra-Bena	Fish Creek
2015	Dalyston 21.9 (135)	Fish Creek 8.5 (53)	Phillip Island	Stony Creek	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	Inverloch-Kongwak
2016	Fish Creek 6.15 (51)	Inverloch-Kongwak 4.10 (34)	Dalyston	Foster	Kilcunda-Bass	Stony Creek
2017	Fish Creek 17.10 (112)	Toora 10.9 (69)	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	Stony Creek
2018	Fish Creek 14.12 (96)	Foster 6.6 (42)	Stony Creek	Toora
2019	Foster 8.7 (55)	Stony Creek 7.6 (48)	Fish Creek	Toora

Peter Moore Medallists (Best and fairest winners)

Year	Player	Team	Votes
1947	Jack Mitchell	Foster	18½
1948	Noel Ross	Foster	32½
1949	Jack Mitchell	Foster	14½
1950	Joe Malone	Foster	26
1951	Joe Malone	Foster	20
1952	Ben Davis	Won Wron	15
1953	Stan O'Neill	Devon	25
1954	Brian Reid	Yarram	22
1955	Stan O'Neill	Devon	24
1956	Leo Clarke	Woodside	23
1957	Ken May	Won Wron	20
1958	Hugh Davis	Foster	18
1959	Pat Lithgow	Devon	19
1960	Ron Standfield	Fish Creek	17
	Ian Crewes	Devon	17
1961	Ernie Taylor	Won Wron	19
1962	George Howlett	Woodside	20
1963	Gary Clavarino	Foster	21
1964	Jeff Standfield	Fish Creek	14
1965	Gary Clavarino	Foster	22
1966	Gary Clavarino	Foster	28
1967	Gary Clavarino	Foster	21
1968	John Fellows	Fish Creek	21
1969	Paul Sutherland	Welshpool	24
1970	John Burleigh	Yarram	21
1971	Don McKnight	Stony Creek	30
1972	Ross Smith	Won Wron	19
	Paul Sutherland	Welshpool	19
1973	Angus Hume	Toora	31
1974	Graham Anderson	Foster	28
1975	Alan Lowe	Devon	23
1976	Peter Lynch	Yarram	23
1977	Wayne Lynch	Yarram	29
1978	Wayne Lynch	Devon	29
1979	Alan Lowe	Woodside	24
	Chris Aitken	Welshpool	24
1980	Rod McRae	Toora	29
1981	Neil Park	Fish Creek	18
	John Johnston	Toora	18
1982	Trevor Young	Toora	19
1983	John Pellicano	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	23
1984	Robert Davies	Foster	19
	Paul Clavarino	Yarram	19
	Wayne Withworth	Fish Creek	19
1985	Rohan Burke	Yarram	24
1986	Paul Clavarino	Yarram	27
1987	Wayne Weidemann	Fish Creek	25
1988	Paul Heppell	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	25
1989	Peter Lynch	Yarram	28
1990	Greg Ryan	Toora	26
1991	Wayne Lynch	Welshpool	21
1992	Henry Bergervoet	Won Wron-Woodside	23
1993	Henry Bergervoet	Won Wron-Woodside	25
1994	Brendan Littler	Won Wron-Woodside	21
1995	Nicholas Shaw	Fish Creek	23
1996	Phil Pavey	Devon-Welshpool	24
	Justin Paul	Wonthaggi	24
1997	Glen Garner	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	25
1998	Tim Harris	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	30
1999	Anthony Knox	Korumburra	19
2000	Marshall Livingstone	Fish Creek	27
2001	Barry Standfield	Fish Creek	29
2002	Neil De Santis	Inverloch-Kongwak	24
2003	David Baldi	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	26
2004	Brad Hutchinson	Stony Creek	31
2005	Brett Anthony	Kilcunda-Bass	31
2006	Mark Bradley	Korumburra-Bena	32
2007	Griffin Underwood	Yarram	27
2008	James Ross	Dalyston	32
2009	Aaron Ware	Wonthaggi	20
2010	Shaun Everington	Foster	30
2011	Shaun Everington	Foster	24
2012	Travis Manne	Fish Creek	21
2013	Mark Bradley	Korumburra-Bena	26
2014	Chris Endres	Kilcunda-Bass	25
2015	Brendan Kimber	Phillip Island	31
2016	Chris Endres	Kilcunda-Bass	27
	Tom Cameron	Fish Creek	27
2017	Callum Park	Fish Creek	25
	Ben Wells	Toora	25
2018	Ethan Park	Fish Creek	20
	Jesse Manton	Toora	20
2019	Darcy Atkins	Stony Creek	20

Century Goal Kickers

Year	Player	Team	Goals (Incl. finals)
1957	Ben Davis	Won Wron	103
1970	Ron Tibballs	Welshpool	117
1972	Kevin Foat	Woodside	119
1974	Kevin Foat	Woodside	116
1977	Harry Skreja	Yarram	113
1978	Daniel Dwyer	Woodside	103
1983	Robert Profitt	Devon	116
1983	Daniel Dwyer	Won Wron-Woodside	110
1990	Andrew Young	Fish Creek	124
1992	Craig Hams	Foster	129
1994	Peter Anderson	Won Wron-Woodside	131
1995	Peter Anderson	Won Wron-Woodside	112
1996	Justin Paul	Wonthaggi	116
1996	Glen Martin	Inverloch-Kongwak	104
1997	Phil Bramley	Yarram	105
2002	Rodney Tack	Dalyston	119
2004	Lucas McMillan	Stony Creek	111
2006	Rodney Tack	Wonthaggi	135
2006	Barry Standfield	Fish Creek	102
2011	Luke James	Kilcunda-Bass	119
2011	Tom Bartholomew	Foster	110
2013	Kael Bergles	Kilcunda-Bass	121
2015	Michael Kraska	Dalyston	128
2015	Beau Runnalls	Phillip Island	106
2017	Kael Bergles	Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	122

Final standings

2004 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Meeniyan Dumbalk United	17	0	1	0	1878	1126	166.79%	68
Tarwin	14	0	4	0	1970	1144	172.20%	56
Fish Creek	14	0	4	0	1760	1331	132.23%	56
Stony Creek	12	0	6	0	1795	1252	143.37%	48
DWWWW	11	0	7	0	1453	1263	115.04%	44
Dalyston	10	0	8	0	1375	1241	110.80%	40
Korumburra-Bena	8	0	10	0	1488	1170	127.18%	32
Inverloch-Kongwak	7	0	11	0	1497	1412	102.06%	28
Wonthaggi Rovers	5	0	12	1	1121	1581	70.90%	22
Yarram	5	0	13	0	1132	1527	74.13%	20
Foster	2	0	15	1	1037	1928	53.79%	10
Toora & District	2	0	16	0	856	2387	35.86%	8

FINALS

	Qualifying Final at Wonthaggi					Second semi-final at Fish Creek					Preliminary final					Grand Final at Foster
						1	Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd.	19.13 (127)								Tarwin		6.12 (49)
							Tarwin	19.14 (128)								Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd.		2.5 (17)
	2	Tarwin	13.8 (86)								Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd.		13.11 (89)
	3	Fish Creek	12.6 (78)			First semi-final at Tarwin Lower					Fish Creek		11.16 (82)
						Fish Creek		18.10 (118)
	4	Stony Creek	20.18 (138)			Stony Creek		12.12 (84)
	5	DWWWW	9.11 (65)

2007 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Wonthaggi Power	17	0	1	0	2315	896	258.37%	68
Yarram	17	0	1	0	2009	896	224.22%	68
Toora & District	12	0	6	0	1757	1314	133.71%	48
Tarwin	10	0	8	0	1620	1385	116.97%	40
Inverloch-Kongwak	9	0	8	1	1268	1384	91.62%	38
Phillip Island	9	0	9	0	1297	1244	104.26%	36
Kilcunda-Bass	9	0	9	0	1476	1524	96.85%	36
Fish Creek	8	0	9	1	1387	1551	89.43%	34
Dalyston	8	0	10	0	1442	1478	97.56%	32
Stony Creek	7	0	10	1	1245	1476	84.35%	30
Korumburra-Bena	7	0	11	0	1134	1423	79.69%	28
Foster	6	0	11	1	1309	1588	82.43%	24
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	4	0	14	0	1067	2138	49.91%	16
Meeniyan Dumbalk United	1	0	17	0	886	1915	46.27%	4

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Tarwin Lower										Grand Final at Foster
						1	Wonthaggi Power	12.12 (84)								Yarram		16.10 (106)
						2	Yarram	14.19 (103)			Preliminary Final at Fish Creek					Wonthaggi Power		14.13 (97)
	First Elimination Final at Korumburra
											Wonthaggi Power		12.8 (134)
	3	Toora & District	18.19 (127)
						First semi-final at Wonthaggi					Inverloch-Kongwak		5.6 (36)
	6	Phillip Island	8.8 (56)
						Toora & District		10.13 (73)
	Second Elimination Final at Dalyston
						Inverloch-Kongwak		13.13 (91)
	4	Tarwin	10.10 (70)
	5	Inverloch-Kongwak	14.10 (94)

2008 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Wonthaggi Power	18	0	0	0	2088	883	236.47%	72
Yarram	14	0	4	0	1783	1187	150.21%	56
Dalyston	13	0	5	0	1810	1451	124.74%	52
Tarwin	12	0	6	0	2190	1441	151.98%	48
Korumburra-Bena	12	0	6	0	1710	1359	125.83%	48
Phillip Island	11	0	7	0	1568	1216	128.95%	44
Inverloch-Kongwak	9	0	9	0	1569	1247	125.82%	36
Stony Creek	9	0	9	0	1549	1525	101.57%	36
Fish Creek	9	0	9	0	1382	1400	98.71%	36
Toora & District	8	0	10	0	1550	1503	103.13%	32
Kilcunda Bass	6	0	12	0	1571	1781	88.21%	24
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	3	0	15	0	1063	2120	50.14%	12
Foster	2	0	16	0	1450	2038	71.15%	8
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	0	0	18	0	784	2916	26.89%	0

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Tarwin Lower										Grand Final at Foster
						1	Wonthaggi Power	20.8 (128)								Wonthaggi Power		18.20 (128)
						2	Yarram	10.4 (64)			Preliminary Final at Fish Creek					Yarram		10.11 (71)
	First Elimination Final at Korumburra
											Yarram		21.24 (150)
	3	Dalyston	16.8 (104)
						First semi-final at Wonthaggi					Phillip Island		7.10 (52)
	6	Phillip Island	17.6 (108)
						Tarwin		7.7 (49)
	Second Elimination Final at Fish Creek
						Phillip Island		6.16 (52)
	4	Tarwin	19.14 (128)
	5	Korumburra-Bena	8.8 (56)

2009 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Wonthaggi Power	16	0	2	0	2012	948	212.24%	64
Korumburra-Bena	15	0	3	0	1825	1061	172.01%	60
Stony Creek	14	0	4	0	1590	1086	146.41%	56
Yarram	13	0	5	0	1664	1252	132.91%	52
Tarwin	12	0	6	0	1641	1241	132.23%	48
Phillip Island	11	0	7	0	1559	1325	117.66%	44
Foster	9	0	9	0	1551	1373	112.96%	36
Dalyston	9	0	9	0	1481	1511	98.01%	36
Inverloch-Kongwak	7	0	11	0	1224	1267	96.61%	28
Kilcunda Bass	7	0	11	0	1140	1446	78.84%	28
Toora & District	5	0	13	0	1029	1541	66.77%	20
Fish Creek	3	0	15	0	1177	1814	64.88%	12
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	3	0	15	0	1217	1875	64.91%	12
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	2	0	16	0	804	2174	36.98%	8

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Tarwin Lower										Grand Final at Foster
						1	Wonthaggi Power	12.17 (89)								Wonthaggi Power		11.14 (80)
						2	Korumburra-Bena	8.3 (51)			Preliminary Final at Fish Creek					Stony Creek		14.10 (94)
	First Elimination Final at Wonthaggi
											Korumburra-Bena		11.13 (79)
	3	Stony Creek	11.11 (77)
						First semi-final at Inverloch					Stony Creek		15.14 (104)
	6	Phillip Island	7.5 (47)
						Stony Creek		9.17 (71)
	Second Elimination Final at Stony Creek
						Yarram		9.10 (64)
	4	Yarram	12.10 (82)
	5	Tarwin	7.17 (59)

2010 Ladder

 

Foster after winning the 2010 Alberton Football League grand final.

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Foster	17	2	1	0	2367	966	245.03%	68
Stony Creek	15	2	2	1	1526	978	156.03%	62
Phillip Island	12	2	6	0	1737	916	189.63%	48
Tarwin	11	2	7	0	1744	1150	151.65%	44
Fish Creek	11	2	7	0	1544	1267	121.86%	44
Korumburra-Bena	10	2	7	1	1540	1123	137.13%	42
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	10	2	8	0	1687	1320	127.80%	40
Kilcunda Bass	9	2	9	0	1631	1348	120.99%	36
Yarram	8	2	10	0	1466	1310	111.91%	32
Inverloch-Kongwak	8	2	10	0	1521	1510	100.73%	32
Dalyston	3	2	15	0	1325	1738	76.24%	12
Toora & District	2	2	16	0	752	2219	33.89%	8
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	0	2	18	0	497	3492	14.23%	0

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Tarwin Lower										Grand Final at Inverloch
						1	Foster	11.9 (75)								Stony Creek		11.8 (74)
						2	Stony Creek	12.11 (83)			Preliminary Final at Fish Creek					Foster		13.20 (98)
	First Elimination Final at Foster
											Foster		9.15 (69)
	3	Phillip Island	8.9 (57)
						First semi-final at Meeniyan					Phillip Island		10.4 (64)
	6	Korumburra-Bena	6.4 (40)
						Phillip Island		11.11 (77)
	Second Elimination Final at Stony Creek
						Fish Creek		6.5 (41)
	4	Tarwin	4.5 (29)
	5	Fish Creek	6.9 (45)

2011 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Kilcunda Bass	16	2	2	0	2367	966	245.03%	64
Foster	14	2	4	0	1526	978	156.03%	56
Korumburra-Bena	13	2	5	0	1737	916	189.63%	52
Fish Creek	12	2	6	0	1744	1150	151.65%	48
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	12	2	6	0	1544	1267	121.86%	48
Stony Creek	12	2	6	0	1540	1123	137.13%	48
Dalyston	10	2	8	0	1687	1320	127.80%	40
Inverloch-Kongwak	10	2	8	0	1631	1348	120.99%	40
Yarram	7	2	11	0	1466	1310	111.91%	28
Phillip Island	5	2	13	0	1521	1510	100.73%	20
Tarwin	5	2	13	0	1325	1738	76.24%	20
Toora & District	1	2	17	0	752	2219	33.89%	4
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	0	2	18	0	497	3492	14.23%	0

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Korumburra										Grand Final at Inverloch
						1	Kilcunda-Bass	16.13 (109)								Kilcunda-Bass		13.3 (81)
						2	Foster	15.11 (101)			Preliminary Final at Tarwin Lower					Foster		7.15 (57)
	First Elimination Final at Cowes
											Foster		17.9 (111)
	3	Korumburra-Bena	16.10 (106)
						First semi-final at Foster					Korumburra-Bena		6.14 (50)
	6	Stony Creek	12.6 (78)
						Korumburra-Bena		11.12 (78)
	Second Elimination Final at Yarram
						Fish Creek		9.11 (65)
	4	Fish Creek	16.10 (106)
	5	Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd.	10.10 (70)

2012 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Fish Creek	15	0	2	1	1898	1013	187.36%	62
Kilcunda Bass	15	0	3	0	1653	1048	157.73%	60
Dalyston	13	0	5	0	1582	1116	141.76%	52
Korumburra-Bena	11	0	7	0	1517	1163	130.44%	44
Foster	10	0	7	1	1547	1499	103.20%	42
Inverloch-Kongwak	10	0	8	0	1717	1271	135.09%	40
Phillip Island	10	0	8	0	1458	1186	122.93%	40
Tarwin	9	0	9	0	1457	1164	125.17%	36
Yarram	9	0	9	0	1477	1454	101.58%	36
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	7	0	11	0	1367	1280	106.80%	28
Stony Creek	6	0	12	0	1248	1220	102.30%	24
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	1	0	17	0	736	2345	31.39%	4
Toora & District	0	0	18	0	637	2535	25.13%	0

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Foster										Grand Final at Foster
						1	Fish Creek	9.13 (67)								Kilcunda-Bass		12.17 (89)
						2	Kilcunda-Bass	11.11 (77)			Preliminary Final at Tarwin Lower					Dalyston		11.4 (70)
	First Elimination Final at Fish Creek
											Fish Creek		3.14 (32)
	3	Dalyston	11.7 (73)
						First semi-final at Cowes					Dalyston		8.10 (58)
	6	Inverloch-Kongwak	5.6 (36)
						Dalyston		20.10 (130)
	Second Elimination Final at Yarram
						Korumburra-Bena		15.12 (102)
	4	Korumburra-Bena	10.17 (77)
	5	Foster	9.5 (59)

2013 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Kilcunda Bass	16	2	2	0	2126	932	228.11%	64
Dalyston	16	2	2	0	1767	911	193.96%	72
Phillip Island	13	2	4	1	1674	987	169.60%	62
Yarram	14	1	3	1	1725	1067	161.67%	62
Korumburra-Bena	13	2	5	0	1844	977	188.74%	60
Fish Creek	12	2	6	0	1644	1103	149.05%	56
Inverloch-Kongwak	8	2	10	0	1238	1170	105.81%	40
Stony Creek	7	2	11	0	1384	1127	122.80%	36
Tarwin	6	2	12	0	851	1824	46.66%	32
Foster	6	1	12	0	1175	1443	81.43%	28
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	3	2	15	0	937	1755	53.39%	20
Toora & District	2	2	16	0	834	1932	43.17%	16
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	0	2	18	0	514	2485	20.68%	8

FINALS

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Cowes										Grand Final at Wonthaggi
						1	Kilcunda-Bass	15.10 (100)								Kilcunda-Bass		18.10 (118)
						2	Dalyston	9.8 (62)			Preliminary Final at Tarwin Lower					Korumburra-Bena		12.10 (82)
	First Elimination Final at Korumburra
											Dalyston		8.12 (60)
	3	Yarram	5.7 (37)
						First semi-final at Toora					Korumburra-Bena		15.18 (108)
	6	Fish Creek	7.6 (48)
						Fish Creek		9.8 (62)
	Second Elimination Final at Alberton West
						Korumburra-Bena		17.10 (112)
	4	Phillip Island	3.7 (25)
	5	Korumburra-Bena	7.8 (50)

2014 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Kilcunda Bass	13	3	3	0	1440	813	177.12%	64		Elimination	Phillip Island	19	22	136	Fish Creek	8	6	54
Dalyston	12	3	4	0	1461	826	176.88%	60		Qualifying	Inverloch-Kongwak	13	13	91	Korumburra-Bena	12	12	84
Phillip Island	11	3	5	0	1216	850	143.06%	56		1st semi	Phillip Island	24	15	159	Inverloch-Kongwak	7	8	50
Korumburra-Bena	9	3	7	0	1238	906	136.64%	48		2nd semi	Dalyston	14	20	104	Kilcunda Bass	14	9	93
Inverloch-Kongwak	9	3	7	0	1219	952	128.05%	48		Preliminary	Phillip Island	14	13	97	Kilcunda Bass	10	4	64
Fish Creek	8	3	8	0	975	1189	82.00%	44		Grand	Phillip Island	17	16	118	Dalyston	11	7	73
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	8	3	8	0	953	1191	80.02%	44
Tarwin	6	3	10	0	981	1256	78.11%	36
Stony Creek	6	3	10	0	842	1227	68.62%	36
Toora & District	4	3	12	0	753	1288	58.46%	28
Foster	2	3	14	0	750	1330	56.39%	20

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Cowes										Grand Final at Meeniyan
						1	Dalyston	14.20 (104)								Dalyston		11.7 (73)
						2	Kilcunda-Bass	14.9 (93)			Preliminary Final at Inverloch					Phillip Island		17.16 (118)
	First Elimination Final at Bass
											Kilcunda-Bass		10.4 (64)
	3	Phillip Island	19.22 (136)
						First semi-final at Stony Creek					Phillip Island		14.13 (97)
	6	Fish Creek	8.6 (54)
						Phillip Island		24.15 (159)
	Second Elimination Final at Fish Creek
						Inverloch-Kongwak		7.8 (50)
	4	Korumburra-Bena	12.12 (84)
	5	Inverloch-Kongwak	13.13 (91)

2015 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Dalyston	18	0	0	0	2292	659	347.80%	72		Elimination	Fish Creek	9	13	67	Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	9	10	64
Phillip Island	15	0	3	0	1911	841	227.23%	60		Qualifying	Stony Creek	15	19	109	Inverloch-Kongwak	7	9	51
Stony Creek	12	0	5	1	1306	890	146.74%	50		1st semi	Fish Creek	11	14	80	Stony Creek	3	12	30
Fish Creek	12	0	6	0	1716	1299	132.10%	48		2nd semi	Dalyston	10	5	65	Phillip Island	2	3	15
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	12	0	6	0	1322	1141	115.86%	48		Preliminary	Fish Creek	13	16	94	Phillip Island	7	18	60
Inverloch-Kongwak	9	0	9	0	1200	1402	85.59%	36		Grand	Dalyston	21	9	135	Fish Creek	8	5	53
Foster	8	0	10	0	991	1293	76.64%	32
Kilcunda Bass	6	0	11	1	1095	1455	75.26%	26
Tarwin	6	0	12	0	1178	1222	96.40%	24
DWWWW	5	0	13	0	1009	1489	67.76%	20
Toora & District	3	0	15	0	784	1687	46.47%	12
Korumburra-Bena	1	0	17	0	635	2061	30.81%	4

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Korumburra										Grand Final at Meeniyan
						1	Dalyston	10.5 (65)								Dalyston		21.9 (135)
						2	Phillip Island	2.3 (15)			Preliminary Final at Tarwin Lower					Fish Creek		8.5 (53)
	First Elimination Final at Alberton West
											Phillip Island		7.18 (60)
	3	Stony Creek	15.19 (109)
						First semi-final at Toora					Fish Creek		13.16 (94)
	6	Inverloch-Kongwak	7.9 (51)
						Stony Creek		3.12 (30)
	Second Elimination Final at Foster
						Fish Creek		11.14 (80)
	4	Fish Creek	9.13 (67)
	5	Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd.	9.10 (64)

2016 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Fish Creek	16	0	2	0	1828	997	183.35%	64
Dalyston	15	0	3	0	1885	957	196.97%	60
Foster	15	0	3	0	1627	945	172.17%	60
Inverloch-Kongwak	14	0	4	0	1820	863	210.89%	56
Kilcunda Bass	11	0	7	0	1451	1155	125.63%	44
Stony Creek	9	0	9	0	1067	1211	88.11%	36
DWWWW	8	0	10	0	1248	1522	82.00%	32
Phillip Island	6	0	12	0	1214	1346	90.19%	24
Toora & District	5	0	13	0	1192	1376	86.63%	20
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	5	0	13	0	1091	1539	70.89%	20
Tarwin	3	0	14	1	972	1529	63.57%	14
Korumburra-Bena	0	0	17	1	431	2386	18.06%	2

	Week One					Week Two					Week Three					Week Four
						Second semi-final at Cowes										Grand Final at Meeniyan
						1	Fish Creek	13.9 (87)								Fish Creek		6.15 (51)
						2	Dalyston	11.11 (77)			Preliminary Final at Bass					Inverloch-Kongwak		4.10 (34)
	First Elimination Final at Tarwin Lower
											Dalyston		11.7 (73)
	3	Foster	13.10 (88)
						First semi-final at Stony Creek					Inverloch-Kongwak		13.13 (91)
	6	Stony Creek	7.7 (49)
						Foster		10.9 (69)
	Second Elimination Final at Dalyston
						Inverloch-Kongwak		11.11 (77)
	4	Inverloch-Kongwak	13.17 (95)
	5	Kilcunda-Bass	4.7 (31)

2017 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Fish Creek	17	3	1	0	2187	784	278.95%	68
Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside	12	3	6	0	1704	1015	167.88%	48
Toora & District	12	3	6	0	1656	1065	155.49%	48
Stony Creek	9	3	9	0	1127	1208	93.29%	36
Tarwin	9	3	9	0	1284	1472	87.23%	36
Foster	4	3	14	0	972	1541	63.08%	16
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	0	3	18	0	574	2419	23.73%	0

FINALS

	Semi-finals – Week 1					Preliminary – Week 2					Grand Final – Week 3
	1	Fish Creek	9.9 (63)								1	Fish Creek	17.10 (112)
	2	DWWWW	6.4 (44)								3	Toora & District	10.9 (69)
						2	DWWWW	8.13 (61)
						3	Toora & District	11.6 (72)
	3	Toora & District	19.11 (125)
	4	Stony Creek	5.4 (34)

2018 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Fish Creek	14	1	2	0	1417	663	213.73%	56
Stony Creek	11	1	5	0	1345	764	176.05%	44
Foster	9	1	7	0	1180	883	133.64%	36
Toora	8	1	8	0	1072	1006	106.56%	32
Tarwin	6	1	10	0	869	1410	61.63%	24
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	0	1	16	0	537	1694	31.70%	0

FINALS

	Semi-finals – Week 1					Preliminary – Week 2					Grand Final – Week 3
	1	Fish Creek	9.16 (70)								1	Fish Creek	14.12 (96)
	2	Stony Creek	10.8 (68)								3	Foster	6.6 (42)
						2	Stony Creek	12.7 (79)
						3	Foster	12.8 (80)
	3	Foster	8.4 (52)
	4	Toora & District	6.11 (47)

2019 Ladder

Alberton FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Foster	14	0	1	0	1411	589	239.56%	56
Stony Creek	10	0	5	0	950	860	110.47%	40
Fish Creek	9	0	6	0	1045	808	129.33%	36
Toora	5	0	10	0	912	1213	75.19%	20
Meeniyan-Dumbalk United	4	0	11	0	806	1098	73.41%	16
Tarwin	3	0	12	0	791	1347	58.72%	12

FINALS

	2nd semi-final– Week 2 / 1st semi-final– Week 1					Preliminary – Week 3					Grand Final – Week 4
	1	Foster	12.8 (80)								1	Foster	8.7 (55)
	2	Stony Creek	8.5 (53)								2	Stony Creek	7.6 (48)
						2	Stony Creek	12.10 (82)
						3	Fish Creek	7.5 (47)
	3	Fish Creek	23.10 (148)
	4	Toora & District	4.5 (29)

References

1. Gippsland Standard 1946
2. Gippsland Standard 1949
3. Foster Mirror 1953
4. Gippsland Standard
5. Gippsland Standard
6. Foster Mirror
7. Gippsland Standard
8. Gippsland Standard 1970
9. Yarram Standard News 1981
10. Yarram Standard News 1988
11. Yarram Standard News 1995
12. South Gippsland Sentinel 1996
13. Yarram Standard News 1997
14. South Gippsland Sentinel 2001
15. South Gippsland Sentinel
16. Gippsland Times 2008
17. The Age: The demerger and the damage
18. The Age: The Power win but still lose
19. The Great Southern Star: Wonthaggi's plea for help
20. South Gippsland Sentinel Times: The goal that sealed it for stony
21. The Great Southern Star: Footy Turmoil
22. Latrobe Valley Express: Split decision on Yarram
23. Gippsland Times: Split decision on Yarram move
24. Latrobe Valley Express: Backflip on Yarram move
25. The Age: Allies fold third team unlucky
26. Gippsland Times: DWWW likely to remain in recess
27. 2015/16 Football Review – Gippsland
28. Gippsland Times: DWWWW likely to remain in recess
29. Weekly Times: Alberton, Mid Gippsland leagues merger proposed
30. Hit Network: Merger plans scrapped for Alberton and Mid Gippsland leagues
31. The Foster Mirror: Year of the Tiger
32. Paper News: Alberton season cancelled
33. ABC Gippsland: Mid Gippsland Football Netball League accepts all six Alberton clubs into comp
34. The Great Southern Star: The Bulldogs to become the Giants
35. Forsaith, Rob (15 September 2017). "The Eagles' unlikely ruck saviour". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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