La Trobe Valley Football League / Gippsland-La Trobe Valley Football League (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :

1954 - Sale. 1955 - Sale. 1956 - Moe. 1957 - Sale. 1958 - Trafalgar. 1959 - Sale. 1960 - Traralgon. 1961 - Morwell. 1962 - Trafalgar. 1963 - Traralgon. 1964 - Traralgon. 1965 - Traralgon. 1966 - Morwell. 1967 - Moe. 1968 - Traralgon. 1969 - Traralgon.

1970 - Leongatha. 1971 - Sale. 1972 - Traralgon. 1973 - Sale. 1974 - Warragul. 1975 - Sale. 1976 - Warragul. 1977 - Leongatha. 1978 - Traralgon. 1979 - Leongatha. 1980 - Traralgon. 1981 - Bairnsdale. 1982 - Leongatha. 1983 - Morwell. 1984 - Warragul. 1985 - Morwell.

1986 - Sale. 1987 - Traralgon. 1988 - Morwell. 1989 - Leongatha. 1990 - Traralgon. 1991 - Traralgon. 1992 - Traralgon. 1993 - Morwell. 1994 - Traralgon. 1995 - Leongatha. 1996 - Morwell. 1997 - Leongatha. 1998 - Traralgon. 1999 - Traralgon. 2000 - Traralgon. 2001 - Leongatha.

Timeline :
1954 :
The Central Gippsland FL was superseded by the La Trobe Valley FL.
Founding clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Sale 13.15.93 defeated Warragul 9.9.63.

1955 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Sale 11.13.79 defeated Yallourn 10.9.69.

1956 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Moe 10.9.69 defeated Traralgon 8.14.62.

1957 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Sale 14.14.98 defeated Traralgon 10.9.69.

1958 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Trafalgar 6.13.49 defeated Traralgon 5.12.42.

1959 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Sale 8.10.58 defeated Moe 4.5.29.

1960 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul,
 - Yallourn and
 - Yarragon.
Grand Final - Traralgon 9.10.64 defeated Morwell 8.8.56.

1961 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Stratford,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Morwell 10.13.73 defeated Traralgon 9.14.68.

1962 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Stratford,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Trafalgar 14.8-92 defeated Traralgon 10.10.70.

1963 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Stratford,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 16.12.108 defeated Bairnsdale 8.11.59.

1964 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Stratford,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 10.12.72 defeated Morwell 6.7.43.

1965 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Drouin,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 10.19.79 defeated Morwell 9.12.66.

1966 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Morwell 14.12.96 defeated Traralgon 9.14.68.

1967 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Moe 14.9.93 defeated Bairnsdale 12.15.87.

1968 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Trafalgar (final season),
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 19.16.130 defeated Moe 8.13.61.

1969 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Leongatha (debut),
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 13.15.93 defeated Yallourn 11.7.73.

1970 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Leongatha 11.24.90 defeated Moe 13.9.87 @ (the original) Yallourn Oval.

1971 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Sale 12.15.87 defeated Traralgon 12.6.78.

1972 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Traralgon 13.17.95 defeated Moe 14.10.94.

1973 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Sale 13.15.93 defeated Moe 13.14.92.

1974 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Heyfield (final season),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Warragul 9.13.67 defeated Moe 8.15.63.

1975 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Sale 16.14.110 defeated Warragul 9.9.63.

1976 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn.
Grand Final - Warragul 18.15.123 defeated Traralgon 15.7.97.

1977 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Leongatha 13.14.92 defeated Traralgon 11.11.77.

1978 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Traralgon 10.13.73 defeated Yallourn-Yallourn North 9.9.63.

1979 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough (debut),
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Leongatha 21.23.149 defeated Traralgon 10.12.72.

1980 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough,
 - Sale ,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Traralgon 19.16.130 defeated Leongatha 12.12.84.

1981 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Bairnsdale 14.12.96 defeated Sale 11.9.75.

1982 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North.
Grand Final - Leongatha 12.15.87 defeated Warragul 8.5.53.

1983 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (made finals),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - TTU (debut),
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North (final season).
Grand Final - Morwell 12.14.86 defeated Traralgon 11.14.80.

1984 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (debut, won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - TTU and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Warragul 19.11.125 defeated Traralgon 5.12.42.

1985 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Newborough (final season),
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - TTU,
 - Warragul and
 - Yallourn-Yallourn North (final season).
Grand Final - Morwell 20.15.135 defeated Traralgon 17.7.109.

1986 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (did not make Grand Final won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - TTU (final season) and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Sale 13.15.93 defeated Morwell 10.11.71.

1987 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Traralgon 14.18.102 defeated Morwell 8.7.55.

1988 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Morwell 7.7.49 defeated Traralgon 4.6.30.

1989 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Leongatha 12.7.79 defeated Maffra 11.11.77.

1990 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Traralgon 19.18.132 defeated Leongatha 11.7.73.

1991 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Traralgon 2.13.25 defeated Morwell 2.2.14.

1992 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Traralgon 21.17.143 defeated Sale 2.6.18.

1993 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Churchill (won 21 games from 1984-94),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Warragul.
Grand Final - Morwell 14.13.97 defeated Traralgon 12.13.85.

1994 :
Participating teams included :
 - Leongatha,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul (won 8 games),
 - Moe,
 - Morwell (4th or 5th),
 - Bairnsdale (did not make finals),
 - Maffra (4 wins),
 - Sale (7th) and
 - Churchill (last, won 21 games from 1984-94, had been wooden spooners for a few years now, final season).
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Morwell were defeated.
 - Preliminary Final - Moe were defeated.
 - Grand Final - Traralgon 18.16.124 defeated Leongatha 9.7.61.
This was the last year in which the league was known as the La Trobe Valley FL.

1995 :
The La Trobe Valley FL changed name to the Gippsland-Latrobe Valley FL.
Churchill had gone to the North Gippsland FL.
Participating teams included :
Ladder after home and away matches :
 1. Traralgon,
 2. Leongatha,
 3. Sale,
 4. Warragul,
 5. Morwell,
-----------
 6. Bairnsdale,
 7. Moe,
 8. Maffra (won four games) and
 9. Wonthaggi (debut).
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Warragul 13.24.102 defeated Morwell 10.8.68 at Leongatha.
 - Qualifying Final - Sale 16.12.108 defeated Leongatha 12.13.85 at Maffra.
 - First Semi-Final - Leongatha 18.9.117 defeated Warragul 12.10.82 at Wonthaggi.
 - Second Semi-Final - Traralgon 17.18.120 defeated Sale 14.12.96.
 - Preliminary Final - Leongatha 23.11.149 defeated Sale 15.10.100.
 - Grand Final - Leongatha 23.24.162 defeated Traralgon 12.4.76.

1996 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale (won 5 flags within the periods 1970, 73-75, 82, 86 & 89),
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul (3rd) and
 - Wonthaggi (did not make Grand Final).
Grand Final - Morwell 16.17.113 defeated Sale 13.5.83.

1997 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale,
 - Leongatha,
 - Moe,
 - Maffra,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Wonthaggi.
Grand Final - Leongatha 14.14.98 defeated Morwell 13.16.94.

1998 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bairnsdale (final season),
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon,
 - Warragul and
 - Wonthaggi.
Conflicting Data :
 - Grand Final : Traralgon 18.24.132 defeated Leongatha 5.4.34.
 - Grand Final : Traralgon 18.24.132 defeated Leongatha 5.5.35.
 - Grand Final : Traralgon 14.17.101 defeated Leongatha 5.4.34.

1999 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon (reportedly champions),
 - Warragul and
 - Wonthaggi.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Traralgon were victorious.
 - Preliminary Final - Moe defeated Wonthaggi.
 - Grand Final - Traralgon 7.14.56 defeated Moe 4.4.28.

2000 :
Traralgon-Tyers United were approached to join the GLVFL to boost club numbers from 7 to 8. After some passionate debate, they decided to stay put.
Participating clubs (complete list) were :
 - Leongatha (missed the finals),
 - Maffra (dunno if they made the finals),
 - Moe (made the finals),
 - Morwell (dunno if they made the finals),
 - Sale (dunno if they made the finals),
 - Traralgon (made the finals) and
 - Wonthaggi (made the finals).
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Traralgon were victorious.
 - Preliminary Final - Moe defeated Wonthaggi.
 - Grand Final - Traralgon 9.10.64 defeated Moe 9.4.58.

2001 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Leongatha,
 - Maffra,
 - Moe,
 - Morwell,
 - Sale,
 - Traralgon and
 - Wonthaggi.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Maffra 13.13.91 defeated Moe 4.15.39.
 - Second Semi-Final - Leongatha 13.18.96 defeated Wonthaggi 10.8.68.
 - Preliminary Final - Wonthaggi 16.13.109 defeated Maffra 6.12.48.
 - Grand Final - Leongatha 14.8.92 defeated Wonthaggi 12.11.83.

2002 - The West Gippsland-La Trobe FL was formed through the merger of the Gippsland-La Trobe FL and the West Gippsland.