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The Avon Football Association is an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
competition in the Avon Valley region of country
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History

The AFA was formed in 1959 through the merger of the East Avon FA (EAFA) and Avon Valley FA (AVFA). In 1952, the AVFA applied to enter a team in the Perth-based
Western Australian National Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting f ...
(WANFL). The WANFL secretary Billy Orr suggested in 1954 that the AVFA should merge with the EAFA and the Goomalling and District Football Association (GDFA) to form a stronger league in line with the newly created
South West Football League The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to Country Football WA, formerly known as the West Australian Country Football League. History The i ...
(SWFL). However, the GDFA rejected the suggestion on the grounds that it would weaken local clubs and would resulting in too-long travelling times. The AVFA and EAFA met in 1954 to discuss the merger proposal and the possibly of fielding a team in the WANFL.


Current clubs


Former clubs


Grand final results

Source:
Scores sourced from Northam Advertiser and The West Australian newspapers


Ladders


2002 ladder


2003 ladder


2004 ladder


2005 ladder


2006 ladder


2007 ladder


2008 ladder


2009 ladder


2010 ladder


2011 ladder


2012 ladder


2013 ladder


2014 ladder


2015 ladder


2016 ladder


2017 ladder


References


Further reading

* Western Australian Football: The Clubs, Competitions and Premiers (1885–1945) – Derek Mott * A Way of Life – The Story of country football in Western Australia – Alan East
WA Footy Forum
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