Links
To Previous Competitions Of Relevance:
League's Official Website: http://1bfl.vcfl.com.au/
Formed: 1893
Name History: 1893-1907 Ballarat Football Association (BFA); 1908-33 Ballarat Football League (BFL); 1934-6 saw the Ballarat Football League and the Wimmera District Football League (WDFL), whilst technically retaining their own identities and autonomy, form a temporary partnership in order to conduct a competition known as the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League (BWFL); at the end of the 1936 season, this arrangement was dissolved, with the Ballarat Football League resuming its own competition in 1937 which, with the exception of two years during World War Two, has continued until the present day
VCFL Championships: Division One - 1956, 1981-2-3, 1986 (5 total); Division Two - 1991, 1995, 2001, 2003-4 (5 total)
League Colours: Navy blue and white
Current Clubs: Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Darley, East Point, Lake Wendouree, Melton, Melton South, North Ballarat City, Redan, Sebastopol, Sunbury
Some Former Clubs Of Note: Beaufort, Daylesford, Maryborough
Premiers: 1893 Ballarat Imperial 1894 Ballarat Imperial 1895 Ballarat Imperial 1896 Ballarat Imperial 1897 Ballarat 1898 Ballarat 1899 Ballarat Imperial 1900 Ballarat Imperial 1901 Ballarat Imperial 1902 Ballarat Imperial 1903 Ballarat Imperial 1904 South Ballarat 1905 Ballarat Imperial 1906 Ballarat Imperial 1907 South Ballarat 1908 Ballarat 1909 South Ballarat 1910 Golden Point 1911 South Ballarat 1912 South Ballarat 1913 South Ballarat 1914 Golden Point 1915-18 Competition suspended owing to the war 1919 Golden Point 1920 Golden Point 1921 Golden Point 1922 Ballarat Imperial 1923 Ballarat 1924 Maryborough 1925 Maryborough 1926 South Ballarat 1927 Maryborough 1928 Ballarat 1929 Ballarat Imperial 1930 Ballarat 1931 Maryborough 1932 Ballarat 1933 Ballarat [#1934 South Ballarat #1935 Ballarat Imperial #1936 Ballarat Imperial ] 1937 Ballarat Imperial* 1938 South Ballarat 1939 Golden Point 1940 Ballarat 1941-42 Competition suspended owing to the war 1943 Ballarat 1944 Ballarat 1946 Redan 1947 Golden Point 1948 Golden Point 1949 East Ballarat 1950 East Ballarat 1951 Ballarat 1952 Redan* 1953 Golden Point 1954 Ballarat 1955 Ballarat 1956 Geelong West 1957 Geelong West 1958 Geelong West 1959 Geelong West 1960 Maryborough 1961 Daylesford 1962 Ballarat 1963 North Ballarat 1964 East Ballarat 1965 Maryborough 1966 Golden Point 1967 Golden Point 1968 Maryborough 1969 Beaufort 1970 North Ballarat 1971 Ballarat 1972 Maryborough 1973 North Ballarat 1974 Maryborough 1975 Redan 1976 Redan 1977 Redan 1978 North Ballarat 1979 North Ballarat 1980 Golden Point 1981 Golden Point 1982 North Ballarat 1983 North Ballarat 1984 North Ballarat 1985 North Ballarat 1986 North Ballarat 1987 Golden Point 1988 Ballarat 1989 East Ballarat 1990 East Ballarat 1991 North Ballarat 1992 North Ballarat* 1993 East Ballarat 1994 North Ballarat 1995 North Ballarat 1996 North Ballarat 1997 Sunbury 1998 Sunbury 1999 Sunbury 2000 Melton 2001 Melton 2003 Redan 2004 Sunbury 2005 Melton 2006 Redan 2007 Redan 2008 Ballarat 2009 Redan 2010 Lake Wendouree
# between 1934 and 1936 the Ballarat Football League joined with the Wimmera District Football League to conduct the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League. However, as both leagues retained their separate identities during this time, the premierships won by South Ballarat (1) and Ballarat Imperial (2) are included on the BFL's official honour board.
* indicates won the premiership unbeaten
Summary Of Premierships: 18 Ballarat; 16 Ballarat Imperial; 14 Golden Point, North Ballarat; 9 Maryborough, Redan, South Ballarat; 5 East Ballarat; 4 Sunbury; 3 Melton; 1 Beaufort, Daylesford, Lake Wendouree