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

2020 Ladder

2021 Ladder

2022 Ladder

2023 Ladder

Further reading

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

References