- Mercantile Football Association
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The Mercantile Football Association (MFA) is one of the three community based football leagues based in Perth, Western Australia. The league is made up from 13 clubs, 16 teams and over 1200 registered players.[1]
It had its origins as a Sunday social league playing fortnightly in the 80s. Some of the clubs were Cockburn Cement, Komatsu and the Rosemount Hotel. The enhancement of the clubs structure along with a change in the Associations administration meant a more formalised competition being instituted.
New clubs joining had more of a community base, rather than social or workplace, with some of those being: Quinns, Ellenbrook and Midvale. Kingsway and Kwinana are clubs with a long established history and the Midland FC is one of only a few clubs in Perth that are over a hundred years old.
The Mercantile has its own independent Board, P & D and accredited panel umpires, joined the CFC in 2007 with its clerical administration done through the CFO and as understood is the only incorporated metropolitan senior Sunday football league in Australia.
The league made headlines in 2009 when former Richmond AFL player Andrew Krakouer, imprisoned for assault, played for the Wooroloo Prison football team whilst serving his sentence. The Wooroloo team went through the season undefeated, although with some complaints for rough play and intimidation of the opposition.[2]
The 2010 season saw the Kwinana Knights claim both the League and Reserves premierships. This is the first time a club has won both grand finals in the Mercantile Football League in the same year.
Division 1 Premiers
- 1993 Cockburn
- 1994 Dwellingup
- 1995 Cockburn
- 1996 Tigers
- 1997 Cockburn
- 1998 Tigers
- 1999 Cockburn
- 2000 Yanchep
- 2001 Quinns
- 2002 Yanchep
- 2003 Midvale
- 2004 Midvale
- 2005 Cockburn
- 2006 Cockburn
- 2007 Wanneroo/Kingsway
- 2008 Cockburn
- 2009 Wooroloo
- 2010 Kwinana
Division 2 Premiers
- 2008 Dwellingup
- 2009 Midland
- 2010 Kwinana
References
- ^ Community football is kicking off
- ^ Andrew Krakouer's Woorooloo Prison team wins grand final; PerthNow; 20 September 2009
Australian rules football in Western Australia Representative side The SandgropersGoverning Bodies West Australian Football Commission, West Australian Country Football League (regional)Professional Clubs (AFL) Major leagues West Australian Football League • West Australian State Premiership (former)Metropolitan leagues Western Australian Amateur Football League, Mercantile Football Association, Sunday Football League, Western Australian Football AssociationOther leagues Avon, Central Kimberley, Central Midlands, Central Wheatbelt, East Kimberley, Eastern Districts, Esperance District, Fortescue, Gascoyne, Goldfields, Great Northern, Great Southern, Hills, Lower South West, Mortlock, Newman, North Midlands, North Pilbara, Ongerup, Peel, Ravensthorpe, South West, Upper Great Southern, West KimberleyWomen's Leagues Principal Venues Subiaco Oval, Fremantle Oval, Medibank Private Stadium, East Fremantle Oval, Steel Blue Oval, Rushton Park, Claremont Oval, Arena Joondalup, EFTel OvalCategories:- Sport in Perth, Western Australia
- Australian rules football competitions in Western Australia
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