Sydney Australian Football League / Sydney Football League (NSW)

Timeline :

1903 - East Sydney. 1904 - North Shore. 1905 - Sydney. 1906 - Newtown. 1907 - Sydney. 1908 - YMCA. 1909 - ?. 1910 - ?. 1911 - ?. 1912 - ?. 1913 - ?. 1914 - ?. 1915 - ?. 1916 - ?. 1917 - ?. 1918 - ?. 1919 - ?. 1920 - ?. 1921 - ?. 1922 - ?. 1923 - ?. 1924 - ?. 1925 - ?. 1926 - Eastern Suburbs. 1927 - Eastern Suburbs. 1928 - Newtown.

1929 - Newtown. 1930 - Newtown. 1931 - Sydney. 1932 - Newtown. 1933 - Newtown. 1934 - South Sydney. 1935 - South Sydney. 1936 - Newtown. 1937 - Saint George. 1938 - Saint George. 1939 - Newtown. 1940 - Newtown. 1941 - Eastern Suburbs. 1942 - Newtown. 1943 - Saint George. 1944 - Sydney. 1945 - Newtown. 1946 - Newtown. 1947 - Newtown. 1948 - Newtown. 1949 - Newtown. 1950 - Newtown. 1951 - Western Suburbs. 1952 - North Shore. 1953 - Eastern Suburbs. 1954 - Eastern Suburbs.

1955 - Eastern Suburbs. 1956 - Eastern Suburbs. 1957 - Eastern Suburbs. 1958 - Eastern Suburbs. 1959 - Eastern Suburbs. 1960 - Sydney. 1961 - North Shore. 1962 - Western Suburbs. 1963 - Western Suburbs. 1964 - Saint George. 1965 - Western Suburbs. 1966 - Western Suburbs. 1967 - Newtown. 1968 - Newtown. 1969 - Western Suburbs. 1970 - Newtown. 1971 - Eastern Suburbs. 1972 - Western Suburbs. 1973 - Eastern Suburbs. 1974 - Western Suburbs. 1975 - Western Suburbs. 1976 - Eastern Suburbs. 1977 - Western Suburbs. 1978 - North Shore. 1979 - North Shore. 1980 - Eastern Suburbs.

1981 - Eastern Suburbs. 1982 - Eastern Suburbs. 1983 - Eastern Suburbs. 1984 - Eastern Suburbs. 1985 - ?. 1986 - Campbelltown. 1987 - Campbelltown. 1988 - Campbelltown. 1989 - Campbelltown. 1990 - Holroyd-Parramatta. 1991 - North Shore. 1992 - Sydney University. 1993 - Saint George. 1994 - Campbelltown. 1995 - Campbelltown. 1996 - Western Suburbs. 1997 - Balmain. 1998 - Balmain. 1999 - Campbelltown. 2000 - Pennant Hills. 2001 - North Shore. 2002 - UNSW-East Sydney. 2003 - ?. 2004 - ?. 2005 - ?.

Timeline :
1903 :
Founding clubs included :
 - Balmain (debut, made finals but not Grand Final),
 - East Sydney,
 - Newtown,
 - North Shore,
 - Paddington (3rd) and
 - Redfern (4th).
Grand Final - East Sydney 6.8.44 defeated North Shore 4.2.26.

1904 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - North Shore,
 - Sydney (4th) and
 - West Sydney (3rd).
Grand Final - North Shore 5.13.43 defeated Balmain 2.8.20.

1905 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (4th) and
 - Newtown (3rd).
Grand Final - Sydney 7.9.51 defeated YMCA 3.11.29.

1906 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (3rd),
 - Newtown,
 - Paddington (last),
 - Redfern and
 - Sydney (4th).
Grand Final - Newtown 9.8.62 defeated Redfern 1.14.20.

1907 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - East Sydney (3rd),
 - Newtown,
 - Paddington (last),
 - Redfern (4th) and
 - Sydney.
Grand Final - Sydney 1.6.12 defeated Newtown 1.4.10.

1908 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - East Sydney,
 - Newtown (3rd),
 - Paddington (last),
 - Redfern (4th) and
 - YMCA.
Grand Final - YMCA 15.6.96 defeated East Sydney 5.8.38.

1909 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Newtown (4th) and
 - Paddington (3rd).

1910 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (Reserve Grade only),
 - Paddington (4th) and
 - Sydney (3rd).

1911 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (reserve grade only),
 - East Sydney (4th),
 - Newtown (4th) and
 - YMCA (3rd).

1912 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (reserve Grade only) and
 - YMCA (3rd).

1913 :
Participating clubs included :
 - East Sydney (last),
 - Newtown (4th) and
 - South Sydney (3rd).

1914 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (4th),
 - East Sydney (last) and
 - Paddington (3rd).

1915 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (3rd),
 - East Sydney (last) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1916 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1917 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (4th) and
 - Newtown (3rd).

1918 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Paddington (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1919 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (reformed),
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1920 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - East Sydney (4th) and
 - Railway (3rd).

1921 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Paddington (3rd) and
 - Railway (4th).

1922 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - East Sydney (3rd) and
 - Railway (4th).

1923 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Paddington (4th) and
 - Railway (3rd).

1924 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Railway (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1925 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (final season),
 - East Sydney (4th) and
 - Newtown (3rd).

1926 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs (debut, result of merger, premiers),
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - South Sydney (4th).

1927 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs (premiers),
 - South Sydney (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1928 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (premiers),
 - South Sydney (4th) and
 - Sydney (3rd).

1929 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (premiers),
 - South Sydney (3rd) and
 - Sydney (4th).

1930 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs (3rd),
 - Newtown were premiers and
 - Sydney (4th).

1931 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs (4th),
 - South Sydney (3rd) and
 - Sydney (premiers).

1932 - Newtown were premiers.

1933 :
Participating clubs included :
 - South Sydney (3rd) and
 - Newtown (premiers).

1934 - South Sydney were premiers.
1935 - Grand Final : South Sydney defeated Saint George.
1936 - Newtown were premiers.

1937 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - Saint George (premiers).

1938 - Saint George were premiers.
1939 - Grand Final : Newtown defeated Saint George.
1940 - Newtown were premiers.

1941 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs (premiers) and
 - Newtown (3rd).

1942 - Newtown were premiers.
1943 - Saint George were premiers.

1944 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - Sydney (premiers).

1945 - Newtown were premiers.
1946 - Grand Final : Newtown defeated Saint George.
1947 - Newtown were premiers.

1948 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (rejoined) and
 - Newtown.
Newtown were premiers.

1949 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Newtown.
Newtown were premiers.

1950 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Newtown (premiers) and
 - Western Suburbs (4th).

1951 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - Western Suburbs (premiers).

1952 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Newtown (3rd) and
 - North Shore.
North Shore were premiers.

1953 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs and
 - Newtown (3rd).
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1954 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Eastern Suburbs.
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1955 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs (premiers) and
 - Western Suburbs (4th).

1956 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Eastern Suburbs.
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1957 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs (premiers) and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).

1958 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Eastern Suburbs.
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1959 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).

1960 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Saint George (minor premiers) and
 - Sydney.
Sydney were premiers.

1961 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - North Shore.
North Shore were premiers.

1962 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1963 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1964 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Saint George (minor premiers).
Saint George were premiers.

1965 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Saint George and
 - Western Suburbs.
Grand Final - Western Suburbs defeated Saint George.

1966 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Saint George and
 - Western Suburbs.
Grand Final - Western Suburbs defeated Saint George.

1967 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Newtown.
Newtown were premiers.

1968 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Newtown.
Newtown were premiers.

1969 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1970 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Newtown.
Newtown were premiers.

1971 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Eastern Suburbs.
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.
Division 2 :
The Second Division commenced, later to become the Sydney FA.

1972 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1973 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Eastern Suburbs.
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1974 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1975 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1976 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs,
 - Newtown (5th) and
 - Western Suburbs (4th).
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1977 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included Pennant Hills (debut, 5th).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Western Suburbs.
Western Suburbs were premiers.

1978 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Newtown (5th) and
 - Pennant Hills (6th).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - North Shore.
North Shore were premiers.

1979 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included Pennant Hills (5th).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - North Shore.
North Shore were premiers.

1980 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included Pennant Hills (5th).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs and
 - Western Suburbs (4th).
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1981 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included Pennant Hills (3rd).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs,
 - Newtown,
 - North Shore,
 - Saint George and
 - Southern Districts.
 - Western Suburbs (4th).
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1982 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown (debut),
 - Eastern Suburbs,
 - Pennant Hills (debut) and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).
Grand Final - Eastern Suburbs defeated Pennant Hills.

1983 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs and
 - Pennant Hills (6th).
Grand Final - Eastern Suburbs defeated Balmain.

1984 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Eastern Suburbs and
 - Pennant Hills (4th).
Eastern Suburbs were premiers.

1985 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Pennant Hills (6th).

1986 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown (premiers) and
 - Pennant Hills (3rd).

1987 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (final season),
 - Campbelltown,
 - Pennant Hills (4th) and
 - Saint George.
Grand Final - Campbelltown defeated Saint George.

1988 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Campelltown and
 - Pennant Hills (4th).
Campbelltown were Sydney FL First Division premiers.

1989 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Campbelltown and
 - Pennant Hills (7th).
Campbelltown were Sydney FL premiers.

1990 :
First Division :
Participating clubs included :
 - Holroyd-Parramatta,
 - North Shore and
 - Pennant Hills (8th).
Grand Final - Holroyd-Parramatta defeated North Shore.

1991 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Holroyd-Parramatta,
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills (7th) and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).
First Division Grand Final - North Shore defeated Holroyd-Parramatta.

1992 :
Participating clubs included :
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills (7th),
 - Sydney University and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).
Grand Final - Sydney University defeated North Shore.

1993 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Eastern Suburbs,
 - Holroyd-Parramatta,
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills (4th),
 - Saint George,
 - Sydney University,
 - Western Suburbs (3rd) and
 - 3 others (total of 10).
Grand Final - Saint George defeated North Shore.

1994 :
First Division :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain (rejoined),
 - Campbelltown,
 - Pennant Hills (6th) and
 - Western Suburbs (3rd).
Grand Final - Campbelltown were premiers.

1995 :
First Division :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown (final season) and
 - Pennant Hills.
Grand Final - Campbelltown defeated Pennant Hills.

1996 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Pennant Hills and
 - Western Suburbs.
Grand Final - Western Suburbs defeated Pennant Hills.

1997 :
Participants included :
 - Balmain,
 - Baulkham Hills,
 - Pennant Hills (6th) and
 - Saint George (minor premiers).
Grand Final - Balmain defeated Saint George.

1998ish :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Balmain,
 - Baulkham Hills,
 - Eastern Suburbs,
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills,
 - Saint George and
 - Western Suburbs.

1998 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain and
 - Pennant Hills.
Grand Final - Balmain defeated Pennant Hills.

1999 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown (rejoined) and
 - Pennant Hills.
Preliminary Final - Balmain defeated Pennant Hills at Macquarie University.
Grand Final - Campbelltown defeated Balmain.

2000 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Balmain (made finals),
 - Campbelltown,
 - East Coast Eagles,
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills,
 - Saint George (3rd),
 - Sydney Redbacks (debut),
 - University Of New South Wales-East Sydney and
 - Western Suburbs.
Pennant Hills were premiers.

2001 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown,
 - North Shore and
 - Saint George (3rd).
Grand Final - North Shore 12.12.84 defeated Campbelltown 10.9.69 @ Roger Sheeran Oval.

2002 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. University Of New South Wales-East Sydney,
 2. North Shore,
 3. Saint George,
 4. Western Suburbs,
 5. Balmain,
 6. Sydney Redbacks,
 7. Pennant Hills,
 8. Campbelltown and
 9. East Coast Eagles.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Saint George v Western Suburbs.
 - Preliminary Final - Saint George were defeated.
 - Grand Final - UNSW-East Sydney 16.10.106 defeated North Shore 11.6.72.

2004 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Balmain,
 - Campbelltown,
 - East Coast Eagles,
 - North Shore,
 - Pennant Hills,
 - Saint George,
 - University Of New South Wales-East Sydney and
 - Western Suburbs.

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