VAFA vs. Perth Football League; A brief history

Standing proud as one of the oldest community football leagues in the country, the Victorian Amateur Football Association has donned the Big V, one of the most well-known sporting jumpers in Australia, since 1925. The Big V tradition, which was later adopted by an array of other Victorian sports, is underpinned by the VAFA and their endeavour to provide their players the chance to partake in representative football.

Meeting on home soil at Elsternwick Park, the VAFA look forward to welcoming their counterparts from the West on Saturday 15 July; the Perth Football League. Beginning in 1922, the PFL has grown from what started as a small six team competition to the largest single organised football league in WA. The PFL caters for players as young as 16 years to provide a quality high standard competition whilst accommodating considerable volunteer personnel and social supporters.

Though the VAFA has played against WA 29 times since their first meeting in 1936, the VAFA boasts an 86% winning record against WA. The last time these sides met in the Premier (Senior) section was in 2003, a day that well and truly belonged to the VAFA.

The VAFA will enter Saturday’s contest having won the previous four meetings against WA. The captain in the most recent meeting of these sides, Josh Steadman (University Blacks) has been named as the starting ruck on Saturday.

This will be the first time the VAFA Senior Women’s team will meet against the Perth Football League. The first bounce at 11:00 AM

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Tickets for the Double-Header and Official Match Day Function at Elsternwick Park are on sale now.