Sunday Football League (2024)


The Sunday Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Perth, Western Australia.
It was founded in 1993 as the Mercantile Football Association, and was renamed to the Metro Football League in 2012. It adopted its current name ahead of the 2024 season.
The league currently consists of seven clubs; a further 33 clubs have competed across its three decades.

History

Mercantile Football Association (1993–2011)

Formerly known as the Mercantile Football Association, the league had its origins as a social league playing fortnightly in the late 1980s. Competing clubs included Cockburn Cement, Komatsu and the Rosemount Hotel.
A change in the administration in the late 1990s saw a more formalised competition, meaning incorporation of the league, board of control, a regular season, transfers, and accredited umpires officiating. New clubs joining had more of a community base, rather than social or workplace, with some of those being Quinns and Ellenbrook. Transitions in the clubs occurred also, with Cockburn Cement becoming Cockburn and based in that suburb. Yanchep and Dwellingup also became active in promoting the game and junior development in their areas.
The league made headlines in 2009 when former Richmond AFL player Andrew Krakouer, imprisoned for assault, played for the Wooroloo Prison Farm football team whilst serving his sentence. The Wooroloo team went through the season undefeated and won the grand final.

Metro Football League (2012–2023)

The Mercantile Football Association changed its name to Metro Football League in 2012. Bayswater and Queens Park joined the MFL for season 2013, with Baldivis and Secret Harbour leaving the MFL.

Sunday Football League (2024–present)

The league changed its name to the Sunday Football League following the 2023 season. A number of clubs departed the league prior to the 2024 season, with Dwellingup entering recess, Brighton Seahawks merging with ECU in the Perth Football League and South Mandurah and Armadale withdrawing their teams. Warwick Greenwood re-joined the league following 3 seasons in the Hills Football Association.

Grand final results

Division 1
YearPremiersScoreRunners upScore
1993CockburnDwellingup
1994DwellingupCockburn
1995CockburnDwellingup
1996Como TigersCockburn
1997Cockburn?
1998Como TigersCockburn
1999Cockburn9.9 Yanchep9.3
2000Yanchep10.9 Cockburn6.10
2001Quinns Districts13.9 Yanchep8.8
2002Yanchep20.13 Ellenbrook14.8
2003Midvale16.15 Yanchep10.10
2004Midvale10.17 Innaloo7.13
2005Cockburn19.13 Dwellingup5.11
2006Cockburn15.18 Yanchep8.9
2007Wanneroo-Kingsway14.16 Midland12.9
2008Cockburn19.14 Noranda ECU15.3
2009Wooroloo20.14 Cockburn13.16
2010Kwinana7.8 Noranda ECU4.15
2011Secret Harbour16.11 Osborne Park12.8
2012Secret Harbour12.19 Kwinana10.11
2013Kwinana13.11 Yanchep9.5
2014Yanchep13.11 Warwick Greenwood11.11
2015Warwick Greenwood20.7 Baldivis12.8
2016Warwick greenwood13.15 midland8.5
2017Queens Park15.11 Safety Bay11.7
2018Queens Park15.8 Midland7.10
2019Kelmscott13.11 Queens Park10.16
2020Queens Park8.12 Kelmscott7.16
2021Queens ParkKoongamia
2022Queens Park24.13 Innaloo10.6
2023Koongamia10.14 Queens Park8.11
2024Balga13.12 Innaloo9.10
2025Beechboro13.8 Cobra Jets10.10

Division 2
Notes:
In 2015, there was only one division. The Division 2 Premiership was decided in a Round Robin series between teams that missed the finals.
In 2016, the competition split into two divisions of 5 teams after Round 11 based on ladder positions. The bottom five teams played for the Division 2 Premiership for the remaining 8 rounds.
Division 1 Reserves
YearPremiersScoreRunners upScore
2010Kwinana8.10 Cockburn7.9