Victorian Football Association History

In a separate post I mentioned that I knew of 53 teams to have played in the VFA/VFL. Stanga - you've got 54 who am I missing, or what have I got wrong? 1. Albert Park 1877 – 1879 merged with South Melbourne in 1880 2. Ballarat 1886 – 1888, the three Ballarat clubs dropped out due to their remoteness 3. Ballarat Imperial 1886 – 1888 4. Ballarat South 1886 – 1888 5. Bendigo 1998 to present, aligned with Essendon in 2003 6. Berwick 1983 – 1987, lack of local interest and success 7. Box Hill 1951 to present, aligned with Hawthorn in 2000 8.

Just on 10:00...time to get a move on and head for MC Labour Park.aka Optus Oval...Princes Park....John Elliotville The weather outside looks crap....very windy....who will this favour??? Hope the gane gets a good crowd We'll be there on the city side wing... Zebras....going for a 3peat....who would have thought that! In a few hours time we'll see if that will eventuate GO ZEBRAS...

As there has been a fair bit of reminiscing about clubs of the past, I thought it would be good to have a look at where clubs that were once part of the VFA are now. I know that Mordialloc are in Southern Football League Division 1, and Caulfield (in at least a partial form) are in Division 2. Can we identify any others?

With the 130th year of the VFA competition in 2007. I'd love to see the Victorian AFL clubs honour the occasion by wearing their original VFA jumpers during heritage round in the AFL next season... It'd be great to see some of those early jumpers such as Footscrays jumper (similar in layout to Central Districts SANFL jumper... but thinner stripes). But I guess the VFA doesnt really enter into the AFL's thinking much these days :)

Were is Dale61? 380+posts then gone. Are you still here with new name? Are u still alive? Are u with us Dale61