Metro Football League
Introduction The '''Metro Football League''' (MFL) is one of two community based football leagues based in Perth, Western Australia. The league is made up of 10 clubs over one division.
History Formerly known as the Mercantile Football Association, the league had its origins as a social league playing fortnightly in the late 1980s. Some of the clubs were 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.The Mercantile Football Association (MFA) changed its name to Metro Football League (MFL) in 2012.Bayswater and Queens Park joined the MFL for season 2013, with Baldivis and Secret Harbour leaving the MFL.The MFL occupies an important niche in the football community by hosting and fostering new clubs. This is done with sound football management with cost effective administration and therefore promotes its member clubs to invest their economies in to their own infrastructure. The success of the format can be seen by the number of new member clubs the MFL has helped establish and watches from afar as they flourish in other competitions that can accommodate their needs.
Current clubs  Colours Club  Logo  Home ground  Years in MFL  MFL premiers  MFL premiership years  Notes 40x40pxArmadale''Demons''Gwynne Park2023- -Reserves team of Perth Football League club 40x40px  Balga  ''Bombers'' Barry Britton Oval  2018-  1  Div 2: 2018   40x40px  Beechboro  ''Bombers'' Altone Park  2018-  -    40x40px  Brighton  ''Seahawks'' Kingsbridge Reserve  2014-  2  Div 2: 2015, 2019  Known as Alkimos 2015-201640x40pxDwellingup''Razorbacks''Dwellingup Oval1993-2000, 2003-2018, 2022-3Div 1: 1994, 2008, 2014 40x40px  Innaloo  ''Bulldogs'' Birralee Reserve  2000-2006, 2008-  1  Div 2: 2010   40x40px  Koongamia  ''Crows'' Koongamia Oval  2011-  -   40x40px  Midland  ''Tigers'' North Swan Park  2004-  4  Div 2: 2009, 2012, 2016, 2022  40x40px  Queens Park  ''Bulldogs'' Queens Park Reserve  2013-  5  Div 1: 2016-17-18, 2020, 2022Div 2: 2013 40x40pxSouth Mandurah''Falcons''Falcon Park2023- -Thirds team of Peel Football League club
Former clubs  Colours Club  Logo  Home ground  Years in MFL  MFL premiers  MFL premiership years  Notes 40x40px  Applecross  ''Hawks'' Shirley Strickland Oval  1995-2002  -   Joined Sunday FL Saturday Division 2003 40x40px  Baldivis  ''Brumbies'' Arpenteur Park  2012-2013, 2015-2018  1  Div 2: 2017  Thirds team of Peel FL Club 40x40px  Bayswater  ''Blues'' Hillcrest Park  2005-2006, 2008, 2013-2014, 2016  -   Reserves team of WAAFL Club 40x40px  Cockburn  ''Cobras'' Anning Park  1993-2011  7  Div 1: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005-06, 2008  Joined WAAFL 2012 ? Como  ''Tigers'' ? 1993-1999(?) 2  Div 1: 1996, 1998   Navy blue, red, yellow  Cowan University   ''Hawks'' Robinson Reserve  2004-2007  -   Became Noranda-ECU Hawks 40x40px  ECU  ''Jets'' Windemere Park  2019  -   Reserves team of WAAFL Club 40x40px  Ellenbrook  ''Eels'' Coolamon Park  2002  -   Joined WAAFL 200340x40pxGosnells''Hawks''Gosnells Oval2018, 2022 -Thirds team of WAAFL Club 40x40px Jandakot  ''Jets'' Atwell Park  2009-2010  -   Joined WAAFL 201140x40pxKarnup-Serpentine''Kings''Clem Kentish Oval2022 -41x41pxKelmscott''Bulldogs''John Dunn Oval2018-20211Div 1: 2019Joined PFL 202240x40pxKenwick''Royals''Mills Park2019-? -Thirds team of WAAFL Club 40x40px  Kingsley  ''Cats'' Kingsley Reserve  2002  -   Joined WAAFL 2003 40x40px Kingsway  ''Roos'' Kingsway Reserve  2007-2010  1  Div 1: 2007  Known as Wanneroo-Kingsway 2007Joined WAAFL 2008Thirds team of WAAFL Club 2008-2010 40x40px Kwinana   ''Knights'' Medina Oval  2006-2014  3  Div 1: 2010, 2013Div 1 Res: 2010  Joined WAAFL 2015 Maroon, blue, yellow  Midvale  ''Lions'' Morrison Park  2003-2004  2  Div 1: 2003-04  40x40px Morley  ''Bulldogs'' RA Cook Reserve  2000(? )-2001  -   Maroon, yellow  Murdoch  ''Lions'' Murdoch Oval  2000  -   Maroon, white, grey  Murdoch University  -  Murdoch Oval  2008-2009  -  40x40pxMurdoch University''Vikings''Murdoch University Sports Ground?-2022 - 40x40px Noranda-ECU  ''Hawks'' Lightning Park  2008-2010  -   Merger of Cowan University and Noranda juniors.Joined WAAFL 2011 40x40px Osborne Park  ''Saints'' Robinson Reserve  2007-2011  -   Joined WAAFL 2012 41x41px Quinns Districts  ''Bulls'' Anthony Waring Park  2000-2001  1  Div 1: 2001  Joined WAAFL 2002 40x40px Safety Bay  ''Stingers'' Stan Twight Reserve  2014, 2017-2022  -   Reserves team of WAAFL Club 2014 41x41px Secret Harbour  ''Dockers'' Rhonda Scarrott Oval  2011-2012  2  Div 1: 2011-12  Joined WAAFL 2013 40x40px Wanneroo  ''Roos'' Wanneroo Showgrounds  2015, 2018  -   Fifth team of WAAFL Club40x40pxWarwick-Greenwood''Bulls''Percy Doyle Reserve2003-3Div 1: 2015Div 2: 2011, 2020Known as Greenwood 2003-2006Joined HFA 2021 40x40px  Wooroloo  ''Bombers'' Woorloo Prison Farm  2009  1  Div 1: 2009  40x40px Yanchep  ''Red Hawks'' Oldham Reserve  1997-2014  3  Div 1: 2000, 2002, 2014  Joined WAAFL 2015
Grand final results '''Division 1'''Year  Premiers  Score  Runners up  Score 1993  Cockburn    Dwellingup   1994  Dwellingup    Cockburn   1995  Cockburn    Dwellingup   1996  Como Tigers    Cockburn   1997  Cockburn    ? 1998  Como Tigers    Cockburn   1999  Cockburn  9.9 (63)  Yanchep  9.3 (57) 2000  Yanchep  10.9 (69)  Cockburn  6.10 (46) 2001  Quinns Districts  13.9 (87)  Yanchep  8.8 (56) 2002  Yanchep  20.13 (133)  Ellenbrook  14.8 (92) 2003  Midvale  16.15 (111)  Yanchep  10.10 (70) 2004  Midvale  10.17 (77)  Innaloo  7.13 (55) 2005  Cockburn  19.13 (127)  Dwellingup  5.11 (41) 2006  Cockburn  15.18 (108)  Yanchep  8.9 (57) 2007  Wanneroo-Kingsway  14.16 (100)  Midland  12.9 (81) 2008  Cockburn  19.14 (128)  Noranda ECU  15.3 (93) 2009  Wooroloo  20.14 (134)  Cockburn  13.16 (94) 2010  Kwinana  7.8 (50)  Noranda ECU  4.15 (39) 2011  Secret Harbour  16.11 (107)  Osborne Park  12.8 (80) 2012  Secret Harbour  12.19 (91)  Kwinana  10.11 (71) 2013  Kwinana  13.11 (89)  Yanchep  9.5 (59) 2014  Yanchep  13.11 (89)  Warwick Greenwood  11.11 (77) 2015  Warwick Greenwood  13.7 (85)  Baldivis  12.8 (80) 2016  Queens Park  13.15 (93)  Warwick Greenwood Gold  8.5 (53) 2017  Queens Park  15.11 (101)  Safety Bay  11.7 (73) 2018  Queens Park  15.8 (98)  Midland  7.10 (52) 2019  Kelmscott  13.11 (89)  Queens Park  10.16 (76) 2020  Queens Park  8.12 (60)  Kelmscott   7.16 (58)2021Queens ParkKoongamia2022Queens Park24.13 (157)Innaloo10.6 (66)'''Division 2'''Year  Premiers  Score  Runners up  Score 2008  Dwellingup  17.22 (124)  Innaloo  12.12 (84) 2009  Midland  16.23 (119)  Osborne Park  13.13 (91) 2010  Innaloo  16.2 (98)  Warwick Greenwood  9.9 (63) 2011  Warwick Greenwood  20.16 (136)  Cockburn  5.12 (42) 2012  Midland  15.8 (98)  Secret Harbour  11.9 (75) 2013  Queens Park  15.13 (103)  Kwinana  7.8 (50) 2014  Dwellingup  15.11 (101)  Safety Bay  14.5 (89) 2015  Alkimos  16.17 (113)  Midland  6.8 (44) 2016  Midland  14.12 (96)  Dwellingup  11.5 (71) 2017  Baldivis  13.8 (86)  Dwellingup  9.9 (63) 2018  Balga  13.12 (90)  Koongamia  10.8 (68) 2019  Brighton  16.8 (104)  Beechboro  9.6 (60) 2020  Warwick Greenwood  9.4 (58)  Kelmscott  7.7 (49)2021Queens Park17.13 (115)Midland7.3 (45)2022Midland8.8 (56)Gosnells7.8 (50)'''Notes:'''(1) In 2015, there was only one division. The Division 2 Premiership was decided in a Round Robin series between teams that missed the finals. (2) 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'''Year  Premiers  Score  Runners up  Score 2010  Kwinana  8.10 (58)  Cockburn  7.9 (51)
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