Esperance District Football Association Explained

Esperance District Football Association
Sport:	Australian Rules football
Inaugural:	1956
Teams:	4
Champion:	Gibson
Most Champs:	Esperance – 28
Website:	http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=3060&pID=1

The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.^[1]

History

In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.

The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers.

In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.

Clubs

Current

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	EDFA premierships	EDFA premiership years
	Esperance	Bulldogs	1956–	28	1957–59, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1967, 1970–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1999–2001, 2005, 2007, 2012–17, 2021
	Gibson	Tigers	1956–	18	1956, 1979–82, 1984–86, 1989–92, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2018–19, 2023
	Newtown Condingup	Lions	2005– (merger)	2	2009, 2022
	Ports	Blues	1966–	12	1973, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1996–98, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2020

Former

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	EDFA premierships	EDFA premiership years
	Condingup	Cougars	1982–2004	-	-
	Grass Patch		1956	-	-
	Newtown	Demons	1958–2004	7	1960, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1994, 1995
	Norseman	Vikings	1983–1995 (Previously in the Goldfields FL)	1	1983
	Munglinup	Demons	1983–1987 (Previously in the Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association)	-	-
	Salmon Gums		1956	-	-
	The Mallee		1957 - 1965	-	-

2020 Ladder

Esperance	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Esperance	7	0	2	0	702	453	154.97%	28		1st Semi	Gibson	7	7	49	Newtown Condingup	5	15	45
Ports	6	0	2	1	717	492	145.73%	26		2nd Semi	Esperance	15	1	91	Ports	5	15	45
Gibson	3	0	5	1	404	601	67.22%	14		Preliminary	Ports	14	8	92	Gibson	7	5	47
Newtown Condingup	1	0	8	0	404	681	59.32%	4		Grand	Ports	15	10	100	Esperance	4	10	34

2021 Ladder

Esperance	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Esperance	11	0	1	0	989	648	152.62%	44		1st Semi	Ports	8	6	54	Newtown Condingup	7	4	46
Gibson	7	0	5	0	865	636	136.01%	28		2nd Semi	Gibson	9	11	65	Esperance	4	12	36
Newtown Condingup	3	0	9	0	753	865	87.05%	12		Preliminary	Esperance	15	14	104	Ports	6	7	43
Ports	3	0	9	0	668	1126	59.33%	12		Grand	Esperance	11	9	75	Gibson	10	11	71

2022 Ladder

Esperance	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Esperance	11	0	1	0	1473	453	325.17%	44		1st Semi	Gibson	14	10	94	Ports	5	7	37
Newtown Condingup	7	0	5	0	923	836	110.41%	28		2nd Semi	Esperance	9	11	65	Newtown Condingup	5	11	41
Gibson	6	0	6	0	896	796	112.56%	24		Preliminary	Newtown Condingup	10	8	68	Gibson	10	6	66
Ports	0	0	12	0	313	1520	20.59%	0		Grand	Newtown Condingup	8	7	55	Esperance	4	15	39

2023 Ladder

Esperance	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Gibson	10	0	2	0	1052	388	271.13%	40		1st Semi	Ports	12	7	79	Newtown Condingup	8	7	55
Esperance	10	0	2	0	1050	569	184.53%	40		2nd Semi	Gibson	15	11	101	Esperance	2	7	19
	Newtown Condingup	2	0	10	0	581	1022	56.85%	8		Preliminary	Esperance	12	16	88	Ports	4	3	27
Ports	2	0	10	0	357	1061	33.65%	8		Grand	Gibson	15	5	95	Esperance	5	8	38

Further reading

• A Way of Life - The Story of country football in Western Australia - Alan East

Notes and References

1. A way of Life