Great Northern Football League

Great Northern Football League General Information

Founded | 1961
Records
Highest Score | 278 – Railways 43.20.278 V Mullewa 4.1.25 – 2009
Most goals in a game | 23 – D Wallam – Mullewa V Brigades – 1985
Most goals in a season | 126 – Dale Baynes – Towns – 2006
Most career goals | 836 – Big Suge – Towns
Most wins in a row | 28 – Railways – 2010–2011
Most losses in a row | 28 – Mullewa – 1972–1974
Most flags | 13 – Towns
Current champions | Northampton
Website | Official site

The Great Northern Football League is an Australian rules football league centred on the city of Geraldton in Western Australia, which was formed in 1961 as a merger of the Geraldton Football Association and the Northampton-Upper Chapman Football Association.[1] It currently includes four clubs from Geraldton (Brigades, Railway, Rover and Towns) and one each from Mullewa, Northampton and Nabawa (Chapman Valley).

## Clubs

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### Current

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| Brigades  | Hawks | Geraldton | 1961–  | 7 | 1962, 1971, 1986, 1988, 2015, 2018, 2021
| Chapman Valley  | Royals | Nabawa | 1961–  | 4 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1992
| Mullewa  | Saints | Mullewa | 1963–  | 9 | 1966, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2013, 2017
| Northampton  | Rams | Northampton | 1961–  | 7 | 1967, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2004, 2023
| Railway  | Blues | Geraldton | 1961–  | 12 | 1961, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2010, 2011
| Rovers  | Demons | Geraldton | 1961–  | 11 | 1963, 1975, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2019, 2020, 2022
| Towns  | Bulldogs | Geraldton | 1961–  | 13 | 1976, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016

### Previous

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* Irwin Districts
* St Patrick's College

## 2011 ladder

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Railways  | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3019 | 1041 | 290.01% | 72 |  | 1st semi | Rovers | 19 | 20 | 134 | Brigades | 7 | 8 | 50
Towns  | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2667 | 1701 | 156.79% | 54 |  | 2nd semi | Railways | 22 | 21 | 153 | Towns | 8 | 7 | 55
Brigades  | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1983 | 1903 | 104.20% | 46 |  | Preliminary | Rovers | 18 | 16 | 124 | Towns | 9 | 11 | 65
Rovers  | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1681 | 1896 | 88.66% | 32 |  | Grand | Railways | 14 | 16 | 100 | Rovers | 12 | 12 | 84
Northampton | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1617 | 2195 | 73.67% | 28 |
Chapman Valley | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1439 | 2179 | 66.04% | 16 |
Mullewa | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1375 | 2846 | 48.31% | 4 |

## 2012 ladder

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Railways  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2230 | 1065 | 209.39% | 56 |  | 1st semi | Rovers | 22 | 5 | 137 | Mullewa | 15 | 14 | 104
Towns  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2201 | 1184 | 185.90% | 48 |  | 2nd semi | Railways | 12 | 6 | 78 | Towns | 15 | 17 | 107
Mullewa  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2156 | 1190 | 181.18% | 48 |  | Preliminary | Railways | 16 | 17 | 113 | Rovers | 13 | 7 | 85
Rovers  | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1687 | 1517 | 111.21% | 32 |  | Grand | Towns | 16 | 14 | 110 | Railways | 13 | 10 | 88
Brigades | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1489 | 1839 | 80.97% | 20 |
Northampton | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1129 | 2632 | 42.90% | 12 |
Chapman Valley | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 989 | 2454 | 40.30% | 8 |

## 2013 ladder

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Mullewa  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2258 | 1424 | 158.57% | 56 |  | 1st semi | Towns | 21 | 8 | 134 | Railways | 11 | 13 | 79
Brigades  | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2183 | 1171 | 186.42% | 50 |  | 2nd semi | Brigades | 16 | 15 | 111 | Mullewa | 13 | 11 | 89
Towns  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2090 | 1346 | 155.27% | 48 |  | Preliminary | Mullewa | 25 | 23 | 173 | Towns | 12 | 10 | 82
Railways  | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1554 | 1371 | 113.35% | 34 |  | Grand | Mullewa | 15 | 17 | 107 | Brigades | 11 | 15 | 81
Rovers | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1219 | 1946 | 62.64% | 16 |
Northampton | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1213 | 2183 | 55.57% | 16 |
Chapman Valley | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1075 | 2151 | 49.98% | 4 |

## 2014 ladder

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Brigades  | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1958 | 915 | 213.99% | 48 |  | 1st semi | Mullewa | 19 | 17 | 131 | Railways | 13 | 8 | 86
Towns  | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1733 | 1147 | 151.09% | 40 |  | 2nd semi | Towns | 12 | 12 | 84 | Brigades | 10 | 8 | 68
Mullewa  | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1792 | 1415 | 126.64% | 40 |  | Preliminary | Brigades | 12 | 12 | 84 | Mullewa | 5 | 6 | 36
Railways  | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1319 | 1362 | 96.84% | 26 |  | Grand | Towns | 9 | 16 | 70 | Brigades | 5 | 14 | 44
Rovers | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1260 | 1646 | 76.55% | 24 |
Northampton | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1097 | 1914 | 57.31% | 10 |
Chapman Valley | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1033 | 1793 | 57.61% | 8 |

## 2015 ladder

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Brigades  | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1702 | 1209 | 140.78% | 40 |  | 1st semi | Railways | 14 | 16 | 100 | Mullewa | 9 | 17 | 71
Towns  | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1516 | 1010 | 150.10% | 36 |  | 2nd semi | Towns | 13 | 14 | 92 | Brigades | 9 | 9 | 63
Mullewa  | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1723 | 1363 | 126.41% | 36 |  | Preliminary | Brigades | 17 | 12 | 114 | Railways | 9 | 7 | 61
Railways  | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1236 | 1279 | 96.64% | 30 |  | Grand | Brigades | 11 | 5 | 71 | Towns | 7 | 14 | 56
Rovers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1230 | 1304 | 94.33% | 28 |
Chapman Valley | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1122 | 1390 | 80.72% | 24 |
Northampton | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1046 | 2020 | 51.78% | 2 |

## 2016 ladder

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Towns  | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1678 | 824 | 203.64% | 48 |  | 1st semi | Brigades | 18 | 19 | 127 | Chapman valley | 9 | 5 | 59
Railways  | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1455 | 944 | 154.13% | 44 |  | 2nd semi | Towns | 20 | 12 | 132 | Railways | 16 | 10 | 106
Brigades  | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1456 | 1017 | 143.17% | 36 |  | Preliminary | Railways | 13 | 21 | 99 | Brigades | 8 | 15 | 63
Chapman Valley  | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1200 | 1064 | 112.78% | 28 |  | Grand | Towns | 20 | 7 | 127 | Railways | 7 | 4 | 46
Rovers | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1137 | 1479 | 76.88% | 20 |
Northampton | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 974 | 1570 | 62.04% | 16 |
Mullewa | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 945 | 1947 | 48.54% | 4 |

## 2017 ladder

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Railways  | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1775 | 679 | 261.41% | 52 |  | 1st semi | Rovers | 13 | 11 | 89 | Towns | 12 | 8 | 80
Mullewa  | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1425 | 1195 | 119.25% | 40 |  | 2nd semi | Mullewa | 13 | 11 | 89 | Railways | 13 | 9 | 87
Towns  | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1580 | 1047 | 150.91% | 36 |  | Preliminary | Railways | 19 | 5 | 119 | Rovers | 11 | 13 | 79
Rovers  | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1346 | 1166 | 115.44% | 36 |  | Grand | Mullewa | 15 | 16 | 106 | Railways | 11 | 10 | 76
Northampton | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 979 | 1529 | 64.03% | 16 |
Brigades | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 983 | 1551 | 63.38% | 12 |
Chapman Valley | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 688 | 1609 | 42.76% | 4 |

## References

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1. ^ "Australian Football". fullpointsfooty.net.

## Other references

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http://www.gnfl.com.au/

* Western Australian Football: The Clubs, Competitions and Premiers (1885-1945) - Derek Mott

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