Federal Football Association / Federal Football League / Victorian Federal District Football Association (Vic)

General :
At different points in time, this league was known as the Victorian Federal DFA, the Federal FA, and (most recently) the Federal FL. I am not certain at which points at each of these titles applied.

Quick Premiers List :

1909 - Cheltenham. 1910 - Vic Brewery. 1911 - Cheltenham. 1912 - Vic Brewery. 1913 - Cheltenham. 1914 - Moorabbin. 1915 - Brighton Amateurs. 1916 - WW1. 1917 - WW1. 1918 - WW1. 1919 - Sandringham Amateur. 1920 - Brighton Amateurs. 1921 - Brighton Amateurs. 1922 - Cheltenham. 1923 - Mordialloc. 1924 - Mordialloc. 1925 - Cheltenham. 1926 - Moorabbin. 1927 - Moorabbin. 1928 - Mentone. 1929 - Mordialloc. 1930 - Moorabbin. 1931 - Moorabbin. 1932 - East Burwood. 1933 - Moorabbin.

1934 - Cheltenham. 1935 - Black Rock. 1936 - Black Rock. 1937 - Darling. 1938 - Darling. 1939 - Mordialloc. 1940 - Moorabbin. 1941 - Moorabbin. 1942 - WW2. 1943 - WW2. 1944 - WW2. 1945 - Moorabbin. 1946 - Moorabbin. 1947 - Moorabbin. 1948 - Moorabbin. 1949 - Caulfield. 1950 - Mordialloc. 1951 - Mordialloc. 1952 - Mordialloc. 1953 - Dandenong. 1954 - Black Rock. 1955 - Chelsea. 1956 - Mentone. 1957 - McKinnon. 1958 - McKinnon.

1959 - McKinnon. 1960 - Springvale. 1961 - Springvale. 1962 - Springvale. 1963 - Springvale. 1964 - East Malvern. 1965 - Springvale. 1966 - East Malvern. 1967 - Mentone. 1968 - Mentone. 1969 - East Malvern. 1970 - East Malvern. 1971 - Highett. 1972 - Noble Park. 1973 - Highett. 1974 - Highett. 1975 - Springvale. 1976 - Springvale. 1977 - Parkdale. 1978 - Parkdale. 1979 - Highett. 1980 - Clayton. 1981 - Clayton.

B Grade / District Section : 1934 - Cheltenham B. 1935 - Mentone. 1936 - Chelsea. 1937 - Chelsea. 1938 - Caulfield. 1939 - Highett. 1940 - Edithvale-Aspendale. 1941 - ?. 1942 - ?. 1943 - ?. 1944 - ?. 1945 - ?. 1946 - ?. 1947 - ?. 1948 - ?. 1949 - ?. 1950 - ?. 1951 - ?. 1952 - ?.

Timeline :
1909 :
The Federal FA commenced.
Founding clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Edithvale,
 3. Mordialloc,
 4. Frankston,
----------
 5. Elsternwick,
 6. Moorabbin,
 7. Mentone and
 8. Glenhuntly.

1910 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Vic Brewery,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Edithvale,
----------
 5. Elsternwick and
 6. Moorabbin.

1911 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Moorabbin,
 3. Carrum and
 4. Vic Brewery.
Also mentioned from a different source was the participation of Chelsea-Carrum (this season only) and

1912 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Vic Brewery,
 2. Moorabbin,
 3. Edithvale,
 4. Cheltenham and
----------
 5. Glenhuntly.

1913 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Middle Brighton,
 3. Moorabbin,
 4. Black Rock,
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 5. Caulfield District,
 6. Carrum,
 7. Mentone,
 8. Moorabbin Park and
 9. Heatherton.

1914 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Cheltenham,
 3. Caulfield District,
 4. Middle Brighton,
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 5. Carrum,
 6. Black Rock,
 7. Mentone,
 8. Moorabbin Park and
 9. Heatherton.
Also mentioned from a different source was the participation of Chelsea-Carrum (rejoined).

1915 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Brighton District,
 2. Cheltenham,
 3. Moorabbin,
 4. Murrumbeena,
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 5. Oakleigh,
 6. Elsternwick and
 7. Moorabbin Park.

1916-18 - The Federal FA was in recess.

This information is now completely up in the air since ladder information arrived.
1919 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Black Rock,
 - Brighton Amateurs,
 - Carrum,
 - Chelsea,
 - Cheltenham,
 - Glenhuntly Amateurs,
 - Hamilton,
 - Mentone,
 - Mordialloc and
 - Sandringham Amateurs.

1919 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Sandringham Amateurs,
 2. Black Rock,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Middle Brighton,
----------
 5. Murrumbeena,
 6. Moorabbin and
 7. Chelsea.
Grand Final - Sandringham Amateur defeated Black Rock.

1920 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Brighton,
 2. Hampton,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Sandringham Amateurs,
----------
 5. Moorabbin,
 6. Chelsea,
 7. Black Rock,
 8. Glenhuntly,
 9. Mordialloc,
 10. Mentone and
 11. Heatherton.

1921 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Brighton 2nds,
 2. Black Rock,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Mordialloc,
----------
 5. Mentone,
 6. Glenhuntly,
 7. Murrumbeena (this season only),
 8. Edithvale,
 9. Heatherton and
 10. Moorabbin.
Grand Final - Brighton 2nds defeated Black Rock.

1922 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Edithvale,
 4. Glenhuntly,
----------
 5. Chelsea,
 6. Mentone and
 7. Carrum.

1923 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mordialloc,
 2. Black Rock,
 3. Edithvale,
 4. Cheltenham,
----------
 5. Chelsea,
 6. Mentone,
 7. Carrum and
 8. Bentleigh.
Grand Final - Mordialloc defeated Black Rock.

1924 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mordialloc,
 2. Mentone,
 3. Edithvale,
 4. Carrum,
----------
 5. Black Rock,
 6. Cheltenham,
 7. Moorabbin,
 8. Aspendale,
 9. Chelsea and
 10. Bentleigh.

1925 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Mentone,
 4. Edithvale,
----------
 5. Moorabbin,
 6. Carrum,
 7. Aspendale,
 8. Bentleigh,
 9. Black Rock and
 10. Chelsea.

1926 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Mentone,
 4. Cheltenham,
----------
 5. Edithvale,
 6. Aspendale,
 7. Chelsea,
 8. Black Rock and
 9. Bentleigh.

1927 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Middle Brighton,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Mordialloc,
----------
 5. Mentone,
 6. Edithvale,
 7. Chelsea,
 8. Carrum,
 9. Aspendale,
 10. Wells Road,
 11. Bentleigh and
 12. Heatherton.

1928 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mentone,
 2. Moorabbin,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Chelsea,
----------
 5. Mordialloc,
 6. Aspendale,
 7. Edithvale,
 8. Wells Road,
 9. Bentleigh and
 10. Heatherton.

1929 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mordialloc.
 2. Mentone,
 3. Chelsea,
 4. Edithvale,
----------
 5. Brighton Vale and
 6. Wells Road.

1930 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Chelsea,
----------
 5. Mentone,
 6. Dandenong,
 7. Glen Waverley,
 8. Parkdale (debut),
 9. Edithvale and
 10. Aspendale.

1931 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Black Rock,
 4. Cheltenham,
----------
 5. East Burwood,
 6. Mentone,
 7. Glen Waverley,
 8. Parkdale and
 9. Regents Park.

1932 :
The league changed name to the Victorian Federal DFL. I am not sure what the name changed from, and not sure how long this lasted. Footypedia will apply the VFDFL name to this year only until more information comes to hand.
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. East Burwood,
 2. Mentone,
 3. Mordialloc,
 4. Moorabbin,
----------
 5. Cheltenham,
 6. Caulfield,
 7. Black Rock,
 8. Carnegie,
 9. Parkdale and
 10. Regents Park.

1933 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Mordialloc (or maybe Mentone?),
 3. Caulfield,
 4. Mordialloc (or maybe Mentone?),
----------
 5. Cheltenham,
 6. Black Rock,
 7. East Burwood,
 8. Regents Park,
 9. Carnegie and
 10. Chelsea (rejoined).

1934 :
The league was split into two grades, A Section and B Section.
A Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Black Rock,
 4. East Burwood,
----------
 5. Moorabbin,
 6. Mentone,
 7. Darling,
 8. Chelsea,
 9. Caulfield and
 10. Dandenong.
Grand Final - Cheltenham defeated Black Rock.
B Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Cheltenham B,
 2. Regents Park,
 3. Moorabbin B,
 4. Carrum,
----------
 5. Mount Waverley and
 6. Highett.
? Section :
Participating clubs included Carnegie (seems maybe not in this league at all).

1935 :
A Section :
A Section changed name to Open Section.
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Black Rock,
 2. East Burwood,
 3. Cheltenham,
 4. Mordialloc,
----------
 5. Caulfield,
 6. Moorabbin,
 7. Darling and
 8. Chelsea.
B Section :
B Section became known as District Section.
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mentone,
 2. Cheltenham B,
 3. Highett,
 4. Edithvale-Aspendale,
----------
 5. Mount Waverley,
 6. Mordialloc B,
 7. Black Rock B and
 8. Carrum.

1936 :
Open Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Black Rock,
 2. Darling,
 3. Moorabbin,
 4. Cheltenham,
----------
 5. East Burwood,
 6. Mordialloc,
 7. Caulfield and
 8. Vermont.
District Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Chelsea,
 2. Highett,
 3. Mentone,
 4. Mount Waverley,
----------
 5. Edithvale-Aspendale,
 6. Mordialloc B,
 7. Cheltenham B and
 8. Black Rock B.

1937 :
Open Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Darling,
 2. Moorabbin,
 3. Black Rock,
 4. Mordialloc,
----------
 5. Cheltenham,
 6. Mentone,
 7. Caulfield and
 8. East Burwood.
District Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Chelsea,
 2. Highett,
 3. Black Rock B,
 4. Edithvale-Aspendale,
----------
 5. Mount Waverley and
 6. Mordialloc B.

1938 :
Open Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Darling,
 2. Mordialloc,
 3. Moorabbin,
 4. Black Rock,
----------
 5. Cheltenham,
 6. Mentone and
 7. Chelsea.
District Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Caulfield,
 2. Highett,
 3. Edithvale-Aspendale,
 4. Black Rock B,
----------
 5. East Burwood,
 6. Mordialloc B and
 7. Mentone B.

1939 :
Open Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mordialloc,
 2. Moorabbin,
 3. Caulfield,
 4. Darling,
----------
 5. Black Rock,
 6. Cheltenham,
 7. Mentone and
 8. Chelsea.
District Section :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Highett,
 2. Edithvale-Aspendale,
 3. Black Rock B,
 4. Mordialloc B,
----------
 5. Mentone B and
 6. Carrum.

1940 :
Open Section / A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Cheltenham,
 3. Darling,
 4. Mordialloc,
 5. Caulfield,
 6. Black Rock,
----------
 7. Chelsea (withdrew midseason) and
 8. Mentone (finished above a team that withdrew midseason?).
District Section / B Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Edithvale-Aspendale,
 2. Black Rock B,
 3. Carrum,
 4. Cheltenham B,
 5. Mordialloc B and
 6. Mentone B.

1941 :
Open Section / A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Moorabbin,
 2. Cheltenham,
 3. Mordialloc,
 4. Carrum,
 5. Black Rock,
 6. Chelsea,
----------
 7. Mentone and
 8. Edithvale-Aspendale.

1942-44 - No competition due to WW2.

1945 :
The league recommenced.
Participating clubs included :
 1. Moorabbin (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (senior grade debut, 6th or lower).

1946 :
Participating clubs included :
 1. Moorabbin (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1947 :
Participating clubs included :
 1. Moorabbin (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1948 :
Participating clubs included :
 1. Moorabbin (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1949 :
Participating clubs included :
 1. Caulfield (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1950 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Mordialloc (premiers),
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 ?. Moorabbin (final season).

1951 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Mordialloc (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1952 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Mordialloc (premiers) and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).

1953 :
The A & B Sections were combined, and the reserve competition commenced.
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Dandenong,
 2. Caulfield,
 4. Black Rock and
 6?. Highett (6th or lower).
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Caulfield defeated Black Rock.
 - Grand Final - Dandenong defeated Caulfield.

1954 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Black Rock,
 2. Dandenong,
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (debut, 10th or lower).
Grand Final - Black Rock defeated Dandenong by 11 points.

1955 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Chelsea (premiers),
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower).

1956 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Mentone (premiers),
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower).

1957 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. McKinnon (premiers),
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower).
 ?. Cheltenham,
 ?. Dandenong (final season) and
 ?. Springvale (debut).

1958 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. McKinnon (premiers).
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower).

1959 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. McKinnon (premiers).
 6?. Highett (6th or lower) and
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower).

1960 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Springvale,
 2. McKinnon,
 6?. Highett (6th or lower),
 10?. Clayton (10th or lower) and
 ?. Glenhuntly and (debut).
Grand Final - Springvale defeated McKinnon 'comfortably'.

1961 :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :
 1. Springvale,
 2. McKinnon,
 3. Cheltenham,
 6?. Highett (6th or lower),
 7. Black Rock,
 8. Caulfield,
 9. Bentleigh,
 10?. Clayton (6w, 10th or lower),
 ?. Parkdale and
 ?. South Caulfield (final season due to merger).
Grand Final - Springvale defeated McKinnon.

1962 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As where known) :
 1. Springvale (premiers),
 2. Glenhuntly,
 3/4. Black Rock,
 3/4. Caulfield,
----------
 5. McKinnon,
 6. East Malvern (debut),
 7. Mentone,
 8. Bentleigh,
 9. Cheltenham,
 10/11. Highett,
 10/11. Parkdale and
 12. Clayton.

1963 - Participating clubs included Springvale (premiers).

1964 :
Participating clubs included :
 - East Malvern (premiers) and
 - Oakleigh Districts (debut).

1965 - Grand Final : Springvale defeated Glenhuntly.
1966 - Participating clubs included East Malvern (premiers).
1967 - Participating clubs included Mentone (premiers).
1968 - Participating clubs included Mentone (premiers).
1969 - Participating clubs included East Malvern (premiers).
1970 - Participating clubs included East Malvern (premiers).
1971 - Participating clubs included Highett (premiers).
1972 - Participating clubs included Noble Park.
1973 - Participating clubs included Highett (premiers).
1974 - Participating clubs included Highett (premiers).
1975 - Participating clubs included Springvale (premiers).
1976 - Participating clubs included Springvale (premiers).
1977 - Participating clubs included Parkdale (premiers).
1978 - Participating clubs included Parkdale (premiers).
1979 - Participating clubs included Highett (premiers).

1980 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Clayton (premiers) and
 - Springvale (final season).

1981 :
Grand Final - Clayton defeated Oakleigh Districts.
The Federal FL folded after this season.

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