Essendon District Football League

The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is an Australian rules football Amateur League, based in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria comprising of 24 clubs. The EDFL has been supplying football to the community since 1930.

About

The league currently caters for children aged 7 years old right up to open-age. The league has come a long way since 1930, and to date has established: EDFL Umpires Association, EDFL Trainers Association, EDFL Auskick as well as many other organisations and is now recognised as one of the best amateur leagues in Victoria.

The league has two divisions for senior football (A Grade & B Grade), and seven divisions for junior football (Div 1 - 7). The EDFL is run mainly on a volunteer basis, with very few paid positions.

Senior Games

The current senior games are played every Saturday (during the football season). The seniors consist of: Under 18s (at 9.30am), Reserves (at 12.00pm) and Seniors (at 2.15pm). There are two divisions in the senior area, A Grade & B Grade.

A Grade

(2009) A Grade Teams:
*Greenvale Football Club. Senior Coach: Stephen MacPherson.
*Keilor Football Club. Senior Coach: Mick McGuane. [http://www.keilorfootballclub.org.au/ Official Site]
*West Coburg Football Club. Senior Coach: Peter Zouzounis. [http://www.wcfc.com.au/ Official Site]
*Strathmore Football Club. Senior Coach: Craig Hille. [http://www.strathmoresc.com.au/Football%20Pages/Football%20Club.htm Official Site] .
*Maribyrnong Park Football Club. Senior Coach: Glenn Allison. [http://www.marby-lions.com/ Official Site]
*Avondale Heights Football Club. Senior Coach: Paul Houston. [http://www.ahfc.org.au/ Official Site]
*Aberfeldie Football Club. Senior Coach: Dean Rioli. [http://www.abers.com.au/ Official Site]
*Craigieburn Football Club. Senior Coach: Gavan Langborne. [http://www.craigieburnfc.com.au/ Official Site]
*Doutta Stars Football Club. Senior Coach: John Barnes. [http://www.douttastars.org.au/ Official Site]
*Glenroy Football Club. Senior Coach: Ash Manning. [http://www.glenroyfc.com/ Official Site]

The 2008 A Grade premiers were Keilor.

B Grade

(2009) B Grade Teams:
*Taylors Lakes Football Club. Senior Coach: Shaun Smith. [http://www.taylorslakesfc.net/ Official Site]
*Tullamarine Football Club. Senior Coach: Ron Rooney. [http://www.tullamarinefc.org.au/ Official Site]
*Airport West Football Club. Senior Coach: Ian Denny. [http://www.airportwestfc.com/ Official Site]
*Westmeadows Football Club. Senior Coach: Dale Chadwick. [http://www.westmeadowsfc.com.au/ Official Site]
*Hadfield Football Club. Senior Coach: Robert Don.
*Northern Saints Football Club. Senior Coach: Matt O'Connor. [http://www.northernsaints.org.au/ Official Site]
*Keilor Park Football Club. Senior Coach: Christian Gaylard. [http://www.keilorparkfc.com/ Official Site]
*Pascoe Vale Football Club. Senior Coach: Alan Ezard. [http://www.pascoevalesc.org.au/ Official Site]
*Roxburgh Park Football Club. Senior Coach: Craig Burrows. [http://www.roxburghparkfc.com.au/ Official Site]
*East Keilor Football Club. Senior Coach: Peter Baxter. [http://www.eastkeilorfc.com/ Official Site]
*Sydenham Hillside Football Club. Senior Coach: Shane Rayment. [http://www.thesharks.com.au/ Official Site]
*Moonee Valley Football Club. Senior Coach: Ian F. Grant. [http://www.mooneevalleysportingclub.com.au/ Official Site]
*Jacana Football Club. Senior Coach: Frank Gallagher. [http://www.jacanafc.com.au Official Site]
*Oak Park Football Club. Senior Coach: Daryl Schimmelbusch. [http://www.oakpark.org.au/ Official Site]

The 2008 B Grade premiers were Glenroy.

Juniors Games

The current juniors games are played every Sunday (during the football season). The juniors consist of: Under 10s (at 10.00am), Under 12s (at 11.15am), Under 14s (at 12.45pm) and Under 16s (at 2.15pm). There are seven junior divisions and each team listed in the senior section has a junior team in divisions 1, 2 or 3 for each age group, however many clubs have more in divisions 4, 5, 6 & 7.

Interesting Facts

EDFL players who have gone on to play in the VFL/AFL

Steven Alessio, Paul Chapman, David Dench, Ron Evans, Dustin Fletcher, Shannon Grant, Mark Harvey, Aaron James, Brad Johnson, Matthew Lloyd, Justin Madden, Simon Madden, Glenn Manton, Corey McKernan, Brock McLean, Mark Mercuri, Joe Misiti, Daryl O'Brien, David Rodan, Dane Swan, Mark Thomson, Andrew Welsh

AFL players who have gone to the EDFL, after retiring from VFL/AFL

John Barnes, Aaron James, Dean Laidley, Justin Madden
Dean Rioli, Mark Thompson

External links

* [http://www.essendondfl.com.au/ Official EDFL Site]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/essendon_district_football_league.htm EDFL Records and History at Full Points Footy]