9. The Federal Football League
which at the time of its formation
was known as the Federal Football Association
was known as the Federal Football Association
was
established on April 10 1909 at a meeting
held at the Mentone Parade offices of
Small & Edwards, Estate Agents, Mentone
held at the Mentone Parade offices of
Small & Edwards, Estate Agents, Mentone
The new football competition arose
from the need to establish
a football
competition independent of the
existing
Commonwealth Association
Moorabbin Junior Football Asociation
to cater for the ever increasing
popularity
of Australian Rules football
in Melbourne's bayside
districts
Mr HP Peterson Secretary
Mr E.Looker Treasurer
Inaugural season-1909
Cheltenham Ellindale (Bentleigh) Elsternwick
Frankston Glenhuntly Mentone Mordialloc Moorabbin
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In 1932 the
Federal Football
Association
entered into an agreement with the then
Victorian Football League
to become the
Federal District Football League.
When the agreement ended in 1965 the
Federal District
Football League
became the
Federal Football
League
remaining so until the end of
the 1981
season at
which time club delegates
took the decision to
place the
Federal Football
League into recess,
a
decision mainly brought about/influenced by:
(a) some clubs having ceased to exist in
recent years
(b) the difficulty clubs had in obtaining
under age players which were the
lifeblood of the
competition
(c) a decline in the number of affiliated clubs
(7) that had signified their intention
to affiliate for season 1982
(d) of these seven clubs three
Mentone - Clayton - Noble Park
had also signified their
intention to seek
a clearance to
other competitions
(e) other
contributing factors
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With the Federal League in recess,
club delegates elected
four Trustees
EF Waddell (Chairman)
AJ Maher (Secretary/Treasurer)
DE Molloy - A Goodes
to administer the League while in
recess with their given aim being
"the reinstatement of the
Federal Football League
as a competitive football body"
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Federal Football League-In Recess
In 1982 the Trustees
formed and entered a team in the
Victorian Metropolitan Superules League
winning the Premiership
in 1985
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