Football West Amateur League Premier Division Explained

Country:Australia
Teams:12
Levels:5
Promotion:State League Division 2
Relegation:Amateur League Division 1
Champions:North Perth United (2020)
Website:Football West

The Football West Amateur League Premier Division is a regional Australian association football league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league sits at Level 4 on the Western Australian league system (Level 5 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state.

Format

The league operates with a promotion and relegation system, with relegation to the Amateur League Division 1, and potential for promotion to the State League Division 2 for the top team each year.

In 2020, promotion and relegation was suspended for the season, due to the impacts on the competition from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Clubs

The following 12 clubs competed in the 2020 Season:

Club
Hamersley Rovers
Jaguar FC
Joondalup United (Amateurs)
Kwinana United SC
Leeming Strikers
Maddington White City
North Perth United
Queens Park
Quinns FC (Amateurs)
South West Phoenix
UWA-Nedlands (Amateurs)
Wembley Downs SC

Honours

YearPremiers
1968 Queen's Park
1969 Graylands Hostel
1970 Gosnells
1971 Gosnells U
1972 Lathlain Meazza
1973 Neerlandia
1974 Belmont-Cloverdale U
1975 Windsor Athletic
1976 WA Maccabi
1977 Whitford United
1978 Whitford United
1979 Windsor Athletic
1980 Windsor Athletic
1981 Kwinana
1982 Ferndale United
1983 Gosnells Amateurs
1984 Gosnells Amateurs
1985 Gosnells Amateurs U
1986 Rochester
1987 Gosnells Amateurs
1988 Fremantle United
1989 Fremantle United U
1990 Canning City
1991 Fremantle United
1992 Fremantle United
1993 Gosnells Ferndale
YearPremiers Ref.
1994 Fremantle United
1995
1996 Shamrock Rovers
1997 Shamrock Rovers
1998 Fremantle United
1999 Murdoch University
2000 Fremantle United
2001 Hamersley Rovers
2002 Hamersley Rovers
2003 Hamersley Rovers
2004 Shamrock Rovers
2005 Colo Colo
2006 Spearwood Dalmatinac
2007 Shamrock Rovers
2008 Fremantle United
2009 Stirling Panthers
2010Shamrock Rovers
2011 Southern Spirit FC
2012[2]
2013 North Perth United [3]
North Perth United [4]
[5]
[6]
Wembley Downs [7]
North Perth United [8]
Kingsley SC [9]
North Perth United [10]

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bayswater-Perth to kick off revamped season. Football West. 11 June 2020. 14 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Round 20 MySolar Sunday Premier League wrap. Football West. Nathan Drudi. 24 September 2012 . 3 October 2020.
  3. Web site: North Perth seal historic title. Football West. 17 September 2013 . 3 October 2020.
  4. Web site: North Perth champions after fiery decider. Football West. Rachel Collier. 29 September 2014 . 3 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Gwelup crowned Amateur League champions. Football West. Ghaz Ramli. 14 September 2015 . 3 October 2020.
  6. Web site: Gwelup crowned Amateur League champions. Football West. Chris Caldwell. 19 September 2016 . 3 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Celebrations begin as Wembley Downs clinch title. Football West. Bobby Stamatoski. 17 September 2017 . 3 October 2020.
  8. Web site: North Perth crowned Amateur champions. Football West. Samuel Hays. 3 September 2018 . 3 October 2020.
  9. Web site: North Perth lift Amateur Premier title. Football West. 23 September 2019 . 3 October 2020.
  10. Web site: Kingsley destroy Villa 9-1. Football West. Samuel Hays. 29 September 2020 . 3 October 2020.
  11. Kreider, R.N. (2012) Paddocks to Pitches. The Definitive History of Western Australian Football. Published by SportsWest Media