There you go, didn’t know that about Northcote I just assumed it was the same club. And yeah West merged with St Peters nearly as soon as they left the VFA I think. Now called Geelong West Giants
Mordialoc play in the Southern league, Geelong West play in the Geelong footy league, Northcote in the Northern league. Might be a few more but off the top of my head the 3 I mentioned definitely do
A lot of clubs died or moved down to local leagues. A fair bit of it would’ve been due to money issues but there was also other factors like changing demographics etc. Also the VFL starting to play Sunday games once South Melbourne moved to Sydney was another big factor in the gradual demise of...
Just a few I could think of.
- AFL clubs trying to force the vfl club to play players in certain positions.
- Basically taking over vfa clubs with name changes, jumper changes etc. Think Carlton/Preston, Hawthorn/Box Hill, Melbourne/Springvale, Richmond/Coburg.
Wish the VFA had never allowed...
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