Peel Football League
The Peel Football League is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged. There are currently eight clubs fielding a league reserves and colts team.
The formation years
The Metropolitan Football League was a predecessor to the PFL and competed from 1988 to 1991 under the administration of the Sunday Football League. The six founding MFL teams in 1988 were Kwinana, Manning, Midland, Mosman Park, North Fremantle and Cockburn. In 1989, the MFL grew from 6 teams to 8 teams with the inclusion of Mundijong Centrals and Pinjarra. These two teams were previously competing in the Murray Districts Football League.The MFL gained another two teams in 1990, with the admission of South Mandurah and Waroona, who were forced to join the league when the Murray Districts Football League disbanded at the end of the 1989 season. Cockburn also did not compete in 1990, but re-entered for the final year of the MFL in 1991.
In 1992, the ten MFL teams broke ties with the Sunday Football League and combined with Mandurah and Belmont to form the new Peel Football League. In 1994, Midland, Mosman Park, Manning, North Fremantle, Cockburn and Belmont left the PFL to form Division 2 of the Sunday Football League. However, the loss of these six teams was offset by the admission of Rockingham and a new team from Harvey.
Note: The information above was sourced from Sunday Football League Yearbooks and Westside Football Newspapers.
Merger rumours and the loss of the Bulls
The end of 2008 saw the end of neighbouring competition the Sunday Football League. This fuelled rumours that as many as four of their clubs would be joining the competition in 2009 although only two were reported as applying. There were many mixed reactions throughout the competition, with majority of the people and clubs involved, against the idea. Even though clubs rejected the offer, rumours persisted that the WAFC were going to over rule the clubs and input the new clubs in by themselves. The Harvey Bulls reacted immediately. With playing numbers already at a dangerous low, and coming off a poor season, the input of the more clubs would increase travel time and therefore playing interest would tumble further. So in an effort to increase interest in the club, it held a meeting within the community to decide on their future. There were two options decided to vote upon. Move to the South West Football League or fold. In an overwhelming decision it was voted to create a submission to become the tenth team in the SWFL.While all this was happening the PFL decided to try to fight off the merger. All clubs voted against it, but it was up to the WAFC to decide on their fate. Meanwhile, the SWFL decided to look into the Bulls submission. The Bulls had a meeting with the SWFL board and both parties came out of the meeting happy, and it was now up to the other clubs in the SWFL to vote upon the Bulls in a months time. The Bulls needed to get 7 or more votes out of 9 to enter the competition.
The SWFL voted late December on 2008. 8 of the clubs voted in favour of the Bulls with the only club against it was neighbouring and now rival team Harvey-Brunswick-Lecshanault Lions. This vote allowed the Bulls to join the competition in 2009. In their 15 years in the PFL the Bulls played in six Grand Finals, winning three premierships, and played in twelve finals series.
Later it was decided that the SFL teams were better suited to enter in the amateur Perth competition. Armadale though were admitted to the PFL to replace the Bulls. However they did not last there and also joined the Perth competition in 2010.
Current clubs
Former clubs
Grand final results
LEAGUE1992 Mundijong Centrals 17.12.114 d Mandurah 10.9.69
1993 Mandurah 9.11.65 d Pinjarra 8.7.55
1994 Pinjarra 16.9.105 d Mandurah 8.6.54
1995 Mandurah 19.22.136 d Harvey 18.14.122
1996 Harvey 9.9.63 d Rockingham 8.12.60
1997 Rockingham 14.17.101 d Pinjarra 7.5.47
1998 South Mandurah 16.6.102 d Mundijong Centrals 12.15.87
1999 Mundijong Centrals 13.10.88 d Harvey 8.8.56
2000 Mundijong Centrals 14.10.94 d Harvey 10.6.66
2001 Pinjarra 14.11.95 d Mundijong Centrals 7.7.49
2002 Pinjarra 9.9.63 d Mandurah 6.13.49
2003 Mandurah 11.8.74 d Pinjarra 9.9.63
2004 Harvey 14.10.94 d Pinjarra 9.5.59
2005 Harvey 16.17.113 d Rockingham 3.15.33
2006 South Mandurah 15.14.104 d Waroona 9.7.61
2007 Mundijong Centrals 13.7.85 d South Mandurah 8.8.56
2008 South Mandurah 26.16.172 d Mundijong Centrals 5.5.35
2009 Waroona 15.12.102 d South Mandurah 12.11.83
2010 Waroona 20.18.138 d Mandurah 7.2.44
2011 Waroona 16.7.103 d Rockingham 8.7.55
2012 Waroona 8.7.55 d Rockingham 7.9.51
2013 Pinjarra 15.14.104 d Waroona 12.7.79
2014 Pinjarra 14.7. 91 d Mundijong Centrals 12.13. 85
2015 South Mandurah 13.6. 84 d Waroona 10.5. 65
2016 Baldivis 10.7. 67 d Waroona 9.8. 62
2017 Pinjarra 14.12.96 d Waroona 8.7.55
2018 Pinjarra 13.7.85 d Centrals 5.12.42
Premierships
LEAGUE| Club | Years Won | Total |
| Waroona | 2009-2012 | 4 |
| Centrals | 1992, 1999, 2000, 2007 | 4 |
| Harvey | 1996, 2004, 2005 | 3 |
| Mandurah | 1993, 1995, 2003 | 3 |
| Pinjarra | 1994, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 | 7 |
| South Mandurah | 1998, 2006, 2008, 2015 | 4 |
| Rockingham | 1997 | 1 |
| Baldivis | 2016, 2019 | 2 |
RESERVES
| Team | Years Won | Total |
| Rockingham | 1995–1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2019 | 9 |
| Mandurah | 1992–1994, 2003, 2004, 2010 | 6 |
| Harvey | 2000, 2002 | 2 |
| South Mandurah | 2007, 2009, 2013, 2018 | 4 |
| Centrals | 2008 | 1 |
| Pinjarra | 2011 | 1 |
| Waroona | 2012, 2016 | 2 |
| Halls Head | 2015 | 1 |
| Baldivis | 2017 | 1 |
COLTS
| Team | Years Won | Total |
| Mandurah | 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001–2003, 2005, 2012 | 8 |
| Rockingham | 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019 | 7 |
| South Mandurah | 1995, 1997, 2007, 2016, 2017 | 5 |
| Halls Head | 2009, 2011, 2015 | 3 |
| Pinjarra | 1996, 2018 | 2 |
| Baldivis | 2013 | 1 |
Honour board
2006 Ladder
2007 Ladder
2008 Ladder
2009 Ladder
2010 Ladder
2011 Ladder
2012 Ladder
2013 Ladder
2014 Ladder
2015 Ladder
2016 Ladder
2017 Ladder
2018 Ladder
2019 Ladder
AFL players who originally come from PFL clubs
- Paul Bower - Carlton- Daniel Haines - Fremantle
- Matt Riggio - North Melbourne
- Daniel Wells - North Melbourne
- Hayden Ballantyne - Fremantle
- Farren Ray - Western Bulldogs/ St Kilda
- Brock O'Brien - Fremantle
- Nathan Wilson - GWS Giants
- Brad Walsh - Carlton
- Harley Bennell - Gold Coast/ Fremantle
- Ben Newton - Port Adelaide/Melbourne
- Josh Schoenfeld - Gold Coast
- Bradley Lynch - Western Bulldogs