The Esperance District 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

league based in the city of Esperance in

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. It was formed in 1956.A way of Life

History

In 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and ''Salmon Gums'' was from surplus players from ''Grass Patch''. The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers. In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called ''The Mallee''. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.

Clubs

Current

Former

2020 Ladder

2021 Ladder

2022 Ladder

2023 Ladder

References

{{Aussie Rules in Western Australia Australian rules football competitions in Western Australia