2011 Northern Football League season

2011 Premiership season
Teams	35
Premiers	Bundoora Lower Plenty South Morang
Leading goalkicker	Dean Limbach (Montmorency) Peter Shepperd (Lalor) Dallas King (Parkside)
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The 85th season of the Northern Football League was held in 2011.

2011 Season

The 2011 Northern Football League Season featured a Senior competition comprising three Divisions - 10 clubs in Division 1, 8 clubs in Division 2, and 7 clubs in Division 3 - a Junior competition featuring over 180 teams across 8 age groups, 8 Youth Girls Teams, and 36 Netball teams. The season began in April and concluded in September with the Division 1 Grand Final between Bundoora and Heidelberg at Preston City Oval.

Clubs

Division 1

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Promotion	Jumper
Bundoora Football Club	1974	Bulls	Bundoora	Yulong Reserve	1981	1982
Eltham Football Club	1909	Panthers	Eltham	Central Park	1922	2003
Greensborough Football Club	1905	Boro	Greensborough	War Memorial Park	1922	2007
Heidelberg Football Club	1876	Tigers	Heidelberg	Warringal Park	1923	1983
Macleod Football Club	1946	Kangaroos	Rosanna	De Winton Park	1947	2010
Montmorency Football Club	1924	Magpies	Montmorency	Montmorency Park, North Oval	1924	N/A
North Heidelberg Football Club	1958	Bulldogs	Heidelberg Heights	Shelley Street Reserve	1958	N/A
Northcote Park Football Club	1952	Cougars	Northcote	Bill Lawry Oval	1982	1995
West Preston Lakeside Football Club	1998	Roosters	Reservoir	J E Moore Park	1996	1997
Whittlesea Football Club	1904	Eagles	Whittlesea	Whittlesea Showgrounds	1934–1946, 1992	2011

Division 2

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Relegation/Promotion	Jumper
Diamond Creek Football Club	1888	Demons	Diamond Creek	Coventry Reserve	1922	2008
Epping Football Club	1904	Blues	Epping	Epping Recreation Reserve	1933	2007
Fitzroy Stars Football Club	1973	Stars	Thornbury	Victoria Park	2008	N/A
Hurstbridge Football Club	1914	Bridges	Hurstbridge	Ben Frilay Oval	1922–1931, 1988	2011
Lalor Football Club	1955	Bloods	Lalor	Lalor Reserve	1968	2011
Lower Plenty Football Club	1961	Bears	Montmorency	Montmorency Park, South Oval	1995	2005
Mernda Football Club	1903	Demons	Mernda	Mernda Recreation Reserve	1937–1939, 1987	1991
Thomastown Football Club	1976	Bears	Thomastown	Main Street Reserve	2001	2010

Division 3

Club	Founded	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Most recent Relegation	Jumper
Heidelberg West Football Club	1936	Hawks	Heidelberg	Heidelberg Park	1939	2009
Panton Hill Football Club	1926	Redbacks	Panton Hill	Cracknell Reserve	1929–1930, 1997	2009
Parkside Football Club	1934	Devils	Alphington	Pitcher Park	2003	2009
Reservoir Football Club	1984	Mustangs	Reservoir	Crispe Park	1981,2008	2009
South Morang Football Club	1954	Lions	Mill Park Lakes	Mill Park Lakes Reserve	1955	2009
St Mary's Senior Football Club	2008	Burra	Bellfield	Ford Park	2010	N/A
Watsonia Football Club	1967	Saints	Watsonia	A K Lines Reserve	1969	2011

Promotion and Relegation

Whittlesea earned promotion to Division 1 for the first time in its history after defeating Lower Plenty to win the 2010 Division 2 premiership, whilst Lalor, who finished bottom of Division 1, were relegated to Division 2. Hurstbridge became the first team in league history to be promoted from Division 3 after defeating Parkside in the 2010 Division 3 Grand Final. The Division 3 competition began after Round 13 2009, when the league split Division 2, however because only half a season of Division 3 competition had been played in 2009, no team was promoted for the 2010 season. Watsonia were relegated to Division 3 following a win less 2010 season in Division 2.

Ladders

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Finals

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Awards

Division 1

• The Frank Rosbrook Medal was awarded to Michael Finn of Heidelberg, who received 22 votes.
• The Leading Goalkicker for 2011 was Dean Limbach of Montmorency, with 83 goals.
• The Coaches Player of the Year was awarded to Kane Shaw of Macleod, who received 22 votes.

Division 1 Team of the Year

Division 2

• The Division 2 Best and Fairest was awarded to Darcy Barden of Lower Plenty, who received 29 votes.
• The Leading Goalkicker for 2011 was Peter Shepperd of Lalor, with 93 goals.
• The Coaches Player of the Year was awarded to Daniel Moore of Epping, who received 31 votes.

Division 2 Team of the Year

Division 3

• The Division 3 Best and Fairest was awarded to Brad Hockey of Parkside, who received 19 votes.
• The Leading Goalkicker for 2011 was Dallas King of Parkside, with 60 goals.
• The Coaches Player of the Year was awarded to Tristan Kreymborg of Panton Hill, who received 22 votes.

Division 3 Team of the Year

NFL Awards

Seniors

• The Senior Club of the Year was awarded to Lower Plenty
• The Senior Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Colin Bartlett of Epping
• The Most Outstanding Umpire was awarded to Steve Williams
• The Most Improved Umpire was awarded to Luke Richardson

Juniors

• The Junior Club of the Year was awarded to Montmorency
• The Lew Hall Players Award was awarded to Tyler Bux of Hurstbridge
• The Most Outstanding Umpire was awarded to Ben Murray
• The Best First Year Umpire was awarded to Kirsty Lord

See also

References

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1. ↑ http://www.nfl.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/annual_reports/2011_NFL_Annual_Report.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-3913-0-140860-0&pool=1001&a=LADDER
3. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-3913-0-140862-0&a=LADDER
4. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-3913-0-140861-0&a=LADDER
5. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=1&client=0-3913-0-140860-0&pool=1001
6. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&c=0-3913-0-140860-0&pool=1001&round=2
7. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&c=0-3913-0-140860-0&pool=1001&round=3
8. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=123401325&c=0-3913-0-140860-0&pool=1001