Central Coast Australian Football League

The Central Coast Australian Football League was an Australian rules football league based in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia that was active from 1976 until 1999.

The CCAFL was founded in 1976 when interest of Australian rules football began developing on the Central Coast, a region just north of Sydney, although the sport in the region was played earlier. The Gosford Australian Football Club was founded in 1971, the first and oldest Aussie rules club on the Central Coast, and played in the Newcastle Australian Football League and played their first season in 1972, fielding teams in First and Second grades. It remained there until 1975 when it was decided that the Central Coast needed its own Australian rules football competition.[1][2]

The competition began in 1976 and consisted of 5 teams: Gosford, Narara-Wyoming, Terrigal, The Lakes and Woy Woy. The number of teams continued to grow from 1978 when Killarney Vale were founded and joined the league, playing their first season the same year. Narara-Wyoming disbanded the following year, in 1979. Bateau Bay was founded in 1984 and North Central Coast joined the league in 1995. North Central Coast, known as the Kangaroos, folded after the 1996 season. The number of teams rose from 5 to 8 in 19 years, each club supporting junior and senior teams in different age groups.

After the 1999 season,[3] the league merged with the Newcastle Australian Football League to form the Black Diamond Australian Football League.

Logo of the Central Coast Australian Football League


Clubs
  • Bateau Bay
  • Gosford
  • Killarney Vale
  • Narara-Wyoming
  • North Central Coast
  • Terrigal-Avoca
  • Woy Woy
  • Wyong Lakes

Central Coast Australian Football League Premierships
Year Premiers
1976 Terrigal
1977 Gosford
1978 The Lakes
1979 The Lakes
1980 Gosford Wyoming
1981 Killarney Vale
1982 Killarney Vale
1983 Gosford Wyoming
1984 Gosford Wyoming
1985 Woy Woy
1986 Killarney Vale
1987 Killarney Vale
1988 Terrigal-Avoca
1989 Terrigal-Avoca
1990 Terrigal-Avoca
1991 Terrigal-Avoca
1992 Peninsula Swans
1993 Bateau Bay
1994 Terrigal-Avoca
1995 Bateau Bay
1996 Terrigal-Avoca
1997 Killarney Vale
1998 Killarney Vale
1999 Terrigal-Avoca

Onward from 2000, all Premiers are listed under the Black Diamond Australian Football League.

References
  1. "Central Coast Australian Football League – NSW Australian Football History Society Inc". www.nswfootballhistory.com.au. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. "1985 Central Coast Australian Football League Annual Report" (PDF).
  3. "1999-08-27 Central Coast Australian Football League Football Record" (PDF).

See also


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