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 disbanded the following year, in 1979. Killarney Vale split to form Bateau Bay in 1984. That same year also saw Gosford Wyoming split up to form Wyoming. Although Bateau Bay remained as a separate club, Wyoming would join back up with Gosford in 1986. North Central Coast, known as the Kangaroos, joined in 1995 and 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 (now called the Hunter Central Coast Australian Football League).

Logo of the Central Coast Australian Football League


Clubs

Final Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in CCAFL CCAFL Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Bateau Bay
Blues Bateau Bay Sports Facility, Bateau Bay – 1984 1984-1999 2 1993, 1995 Only fielded under 18s in 1999. Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000
Gosford (Gosford-Wyoming 1980-83)
Tigers Garnet Adcock Memorial Park, West Gosford NAFL 1971 1976-1999 4 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984 Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000
Killarney Vale
Bombers Adelaide Street Oval, Killarney Vale – 1978 1978-1999 6 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1997, 1998 Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000
Terrigal-Avoca
Panthers Hylton Moore Oval, East Gosford – 1976 1976-1999 8 1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999 Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000
Woy Woy Peninsula (Peninsula Swans)
Swans Rogers Park, Woy Woy – 1976 1976-1999 2 1985, 1992 Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000
Wyong Lakes (The Lakes 1975-mid 80s)
Magpies Don Small Oval, Tacoma – 1975 1976-1999 2 1978, 1979 Formed Black Diamond AFL in 2000

Former Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in CCAFL CCAFL Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Narara-Wyoming
Bulldogs – 1976 1976-1979 0 - Merged with Gosford to form Gosford-Wyoming following 1979 season
North Central Coast
Kangaroos – 1995 1995-1996 0 - Folded after 1996 season

Central Coast Australian Football League Premierships

Year Premiers
1976 Terrigal 9.19.73 def Gosford 9.10.64
1977 Gosford 10.14.77 def The Lakes 8.16.64
1978 The Lakes 11.14.80 def Gosford 8.10.58
1979 The Lakes 17.17.119 def Woy Woy 14.12.96
1980 Gosford Wyoming 14.14.98 def Killarney Vale 8.13.61
1981 Killarney Vale 16.21.117 def Gosford Wyoming 10.15.75
1982 Killarney Vale 16.11.107 def Gosford Wyoming 11.8.74
1983 Gosford Wyoming 9.18.72 def Killarney Vale 10.8.68
1984 Gosford 26.21.171 def Woy Woy 14.15.99
1985 Woy Woy 21.11.137 def Killarney Vale 15.9.99
1986 Killarney Vale 28.17.185 def Gosford Wyoming 9.17.71
1987 Killarney Vale 18.11.119 def Terrigal 16.13.109
1988 Terrigal 15.8.108 def Gosford Wyoming 11.14.80
1989 Terrigal 12.15.87 def Gosford Wyoming 6.9.45
1990 Terrigal 24.21.165 def Killarney Vale 6.7.43
1991 Terrigal 14.19.103 def Peninsular Swans 9.11.65
1992 Peninsula Swans 28.22.190 def Killarney Vale 11.10.76
1993 Bateau Bay 13.16.94 def Terrigal 11.10.76
1994 Terrigal 14.10.94 def Bateau Bay 7.13.55
1995 Bateau Bay 12.10.82 def Terrigal 11.15.81
1996 Terrigal-Avoca 9.17.71 def Bateau Bay 6.10.46
1997 Killarney Vale 16.18.114 def Gosford Wyoming 11.4.70
1998 Killarney Vale 18.16.124 def Terrigal-Avoca 11.6.72
1999 Terrigal-Avoca 16.22.118 def Killarney Vale 8.6.54

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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