Metro Football League

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 two divisions.^[1]

Metro Football League

Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1993; 30 years ago (1993)
No. of teams	10
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Queens Park (2020)
Most titles	Cockburn (7)
Official website	https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3934-0-0-0

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, 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

Club	Logo	Home ground	Colours	Years in MFL	MFL premiers	MFL premiership years	Notes
Balga	Bombers	Keemore Park	Blue, orange	2018-	1	Div 2: 2018
Beechboro	Bombers	Altone Park	Black, red	2018-	-
Brighton	Seahawks	Addison Oval	Black, blue, yellow	2014-	2	Div 2: 2015, 2019	Known as Alkimos 2015-2016
Dwellingup	Razorbacks	Dwellingup Oval	Red, white, black	1993-2000, 2003-2018, 2022-	3	Div 1: 1994, 2008, 2014
Gosnells	Hawks	Gosnells Oval	Blue, yellow	2018, 2022	-		Thirds team of WAAFL Club
Innaloo	Bulldogs	Birralee Reserve	Red, white	2000-2006, 2008-	1	Div 2: 2010
Karnup-Serpentine	Bulldogs	Clem Kentish Oval	Blue, Red, White	2022-	-
Koongamia	Crows	Koongamia Oval	Navy blue, red, yellow	2011-	-
Midland	Tigers	North Swan Oval	Yellow, white, black	2004-	3	Div 2: 2009, 2012, 2016, 2022
Murdoch University	Vikings	Murdoch University Sports Ground	Maroon, White		-
Queens Park	Bulldogs	Queens Park Reserve	Blue, red, white	2013-	5	Div 1: 2016-17-18, 2020, 2022 Div 2: 2013
Safety Bay	Stingers	Stan Twight Reserve	Blue, white	2014, 2017-2018	-

Former clubs

Club	Logo	Home ground	Colours	Years in MFL	MFL premiers	MFL premiership years	Notes
Applecross	Hawks	Shirley Strickland Oval	Yellow, brown	1995-2002	-		Joined Sunday FL Saturday Division 2003
Baldivis	Brumbies	Arpenteur Park	Navy blue, red, yellow	2012-2013, 2015-2018	1	Div 2: 2017	Thirds team of Peel FL Club
Bayswater	Blues	Hillcrest Park	Navy blue, white	2005-2006, 2008, 2013-2014, 2016	-		Reserves team of WAAFL Club
Cockburn	Cobras	Anning Park	Blue, yellow	1993-2011	7	Div 1: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005-06, 2008	Joined WAAFL 2012
Como	Tigers	?	?	1993-1999(?)	2	Div 1: 1996, 1998
Cowan University	Hawks	Robinson Reserve	Navy blue, red, yellow	2004-2007	-		Became Noranda-ECU Hawks
Dwellingup	Razorbacks	Dwellingup Oval	Red, white, black	1993-2000, 2003-2018	3	Div 1: 1994, 2008, 2014
ECU	Jets	Windemere Park	Navy blue, red, yellow	2019	-		Reserves team of WAAFL Club
Ellenbrook	Eels	Coolamon Park	Purple, green, red, white	2002	-		Joined WAAFL 2003
Gosnells	Hawks	Gosnells Oval	Blue, yellow	2018	-		Thirds team of WAAFL Club
Jandakot	Jets	Atwell Park	Red, white	2009-2010	-		Joined WAAFL 2011
Kelmscott	Bulldogs	John Dunn Oval	Blue, White,	2018-2021	1	Div 1: 2019	Joined PFL 2022
Kenwick	Royals	Mills Park	Blue, black	2019-?	-		Thirds team of WAAFL Club
Kingsley	Cats	Kingsley Reserve	Red, blue	2002	-		Joined WAAFL 2003
Kingsway	Roos	Kingsway Reserve	Black, white	2007-2010	1	Div 1: 2007	Known as Wanneroo-Kingsway 2007 Joined WAAFL 2008 Thirds team of WAAFL Club 2008-2010
Kwinana	Knights	Medina Oval	Blue, red, white	2006-2014	3	Div 1: 2010, 2013 Div 1 Res: 2010	Joined WAAFL 2015
Midvale	Lions	Morrison Park	Maroon, blue, yellow	2003-2004	2	Div 1: 2003-04
Morley	Bulldogs	RA Cook Reserve	Blue, red, white	2000(?)-2001	-
Murdoch	Lions	Murdoch Oval	Maroon, yellow	2000	-
Murdoch University	-	Murdoch Oval	Maroon, white, grey	2008-2009	-
Noranda-ECU	Hawks	Lightning Park	Yellow, brown	2008-2010	-		Merger of Cowan University and Noranda juniors. Joined WAAFL 2011
Osborne Park	Saints	Robinson Reserve	Red, white	2007-2011	-		Joined WAAFL 2012
Quinns Districts	Bulls	Anthony Waring Park	Maroon, yellow	2000-2001	1	Div 1: 2001	Joined WAAFL 2002
Safety Bay	Stingers	Stan Twight Reserve	Blue, white	2014, 2017-2018	-		Reserves team of WAAFL Club 2014
Secret Harbour	Dockers	Rhonda Scarrott Oval	Purple, white	2011-2012	2	Div 1: 2011-12	Joined WAAFL 2013
Wanneroo	Roos	Wanneroo Showgrounds	Black, white	2015, 2018	-		Fifth team of WAAFL Club
Warwick-Greenwood	Bulls	Percy Doyle Reserve	Yellow, brown	2003-	3	Div 1: 2015 Div 2: 2011, 2020	Known as Greenwood 2003-2006 Joined HFA 2021
Wooroloo	Bombers	Woorloo Prison Farm	Black, red	2009	1	Div 1: 2009
Yanchep	Redhawks	Oldham Reserve	Blue, white, red	1997-2014	3	Div 1: 2000, 2002, 2014	Joined WAAFL 2015

Grand final results

Division 1

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners up	Score
1993	Cockburn		Dwellingup
1994	Dwellingup		Cockburn
1995	Cockburn		Dwellingup
1996	Como Tigers		Cockburn
1997	Cockburn		?
1998	Como Tigers		Cockburn
1999	Cockburn	9.9 (63)	Yanchep	9.3 (57)
2000	Yanchep	10.9 (69)	Cockburn	6.10 (46)
2001	Quinns Districts	13.9 (87)	Yanchep	8.8 (56)
2002	Yanchep	20.13 (133)	Ellenbrook	14.8 (92)
2003	Midvale	16.15 (111)	Yanchep	10.10 (70)
2004	Midvale	10.17 (77)	Innaloo	7.13 (55)
2005	Cockburn	19.13 (127)	Dwellingup	5.11 (41)
2006	Cockburn	15.18 (108)	Yanchep	8.9 (57)
2007	Wanneroo-Kingsway	14.16 (100)	Midland	12.9 (81)
2008	Cockburn	19.14 (128)	Noranda ECU	15.3 (93)
2009	Wooroloo	20.14 (134)	Cockburn	13.16 (94)
2010	Kwinana	7.8 (50)	Noranda ECU	4.15 (39)
2011	Secret Harbour	16.11 (107)	Osborne Park	12.8 (80)
2012	Secret Harbour	12.19 (91)	Kwinana	10.11 (71)
2013	Kwinana	13.11 (89)	Yanchep	9.5 (59)
2014	Yanchep	13.11 (89)	Warwick Greenwood	11.11 (77)
2015	Warwick Greenwood	13.7 (85)	Baldivis	12.8 (80)
2016	Queens Park	13.15 (93)	Warwick Greenwood Gold	8.5 (53)
2017	Queens Park	15.11 (101)	Safety Bay	11.7 (73)
2018	Queens Park	15.8 (98)	Midland	7.10 (52)
2019	Kelmscott	13.11 (89)	Queens Park	10.16 (76)
2020	Queens Park	8.12 (60)	Kelmscott	7.16 (58)
2021	Queens Park		Koongamia
2022	Queens Park	24.13 (157)	Innaloo	10.6 (66)

Division 2

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners up	Score
2008	Dwellingup	17.22 (124)	Innaloo	12.12 (84)
2009	Midland	16.23 (119)	Osborne Park	13.13 (91)
2010	Innaloo	16.2 (98)	Warwick Greenwood	9.9 (63)
2011	Warwick Greenwood	20.16 (136)	Cockburn	5.12 (42)
2012	Midland	15.8 (98)	Secret Harbour	11.9 (75)
2013	Queens Park	15.13 (103)	Kwinana	7.8 (50)
2014	Dwellingup	15.11 (101)	Safety Bay	14.5 (89)
2015	Alkimos	16.17 (113)	Midland	6.8 (44)
2016	Midland	14.12 (96)	Dwellingup	11.5 (71)
2017	Baldivis	13.8 (86)	Dwellingup	9.9 (63)
2018	Balga	13.12 (90)	Koongamia	10.8 (68)
2019	Brighton	16.8 (104)	Beechboro	9.6 (60)
2020	Warwick Greenwood	9.4 (58)	Kelmscott	7.7 (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

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners up	Score
2010	Kwinana	8.10 (58)	Cockburn	7.9 (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.