Far West Football League

The Far West Football League (FWFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Ceduna area of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It currently includes clubs in Ceduna, Thevenard, Koonibba Aboriginal community and Penong (Western United FC). It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.

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Current Clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Years in comp FWFL premierships Premiership years[1]
Ceduna Blues 2 1997, 1999
Koonibba Roosters 1909- 30 1910, 1926-27-28, 1938-39-40, 1946-47-48-49, 1951, 1954, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1963, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994-95-96, 1998, 2001-02, 2010
Thevenard Magpies 1927- 21 1959, 1967-68-69-70-71-72-73-74, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983-84-85-86-87, 1989, 1991-92-93
Western United Tigers 1974- 8 1980, 2000, 2003-04-05-06-07-08

Brief history

The Far West Football Association was formed in 1909, with founding clubs including Charra, Denial Bay, Goode, Koonibba, Murat and Penong. Prior to World War I the league changed its name firstly to County Of Way Football Association and then to Murat Bay Football League.

In 1962 The Murat Bay Football League changed name to the Far West Football League.

The Koonibba Roosters are regarded as the oldest Aboriginal community football club in Australia, having named their Team of the Century in 2009.[2]

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