Essendon District Football League#Division 2

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The league borders the RDFNL to the north and north-west, WFNL to the south and west, and the NFNL to the east and north-east. A number of clubs have transferred to and from these various leagues throughout their respective existences.

The league recruits a number of current players listed on VFL lists from the Northern and Western Suburbs of Melbourne, such as Coburg, Essendon, Werribee, and Williamstown

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;Notes

: (R) denotes that the player was selected in the rookie draft.

: (F-S) denotes that the player was selected as a father-son pick.

: (M-S) denotes that the player was selected in the mid-season draft.

: ¹ Playing statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 season.

;Notes

: North Coburg competed as St Olivers between 1978 and 1989.

: ^† denotes that the club did not participate between 1942 and 1945 due to World War II.

: Aside from the clubs mentioned in the table above, the EDFL 75th Anniversary History Book {{cite web | url=https://silo.tips/download/75th-anniversary-founded-1930 | title=[PDF] 75th. Anniversary. Founded 1930 - Free Download PDF }} also listed the following clubs as having been affiliated with the EDFL between 1930 and 2005

• 6th Melbourne Scouts
• Ascot Rovers/Maribyrnong
• Ascot Vale West
• Catholic Boys Club
• East Essendon
• Essendon Tullamarine (now known as {{EDFL Tul}})
• Ford Company
• Keilor Regal Sports
• Maribyrnong
• Maribyrnong Regal Sport
• Maribyrnong Youth Club
• Moonee Ponds YCW
• Moonee Valley Juniors
• Northcote Excelsior
• Parkville
• St. Bernards
• St. Bernards Juniors
• Tullamarine-Airport West
• Tullamarine Ascot Presbyterians (now known as {{EDFL Tul}})
• West Brunswick Laurels
• West Essendon
• West Essendon Youth Centre
• West Coburg Juniors (listed as different club to {{EDFL WC}})
• West Coburg Seniors (listed as different club to {{EDFL WC}})

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: ¹ Merger occurred between Essedon Baptist St Johns and Ascot Vale Presbyterians in 1973 to form Tullamarine Ascot Presbyterians, then later Essendon Tullamarine and finally shortened to Tullamarine Football Club in 1981.

: ² Woodland Football Club folded at the end of the 1934 Season.

: ³ La Mascotte played until the EDFL suspended competition due to WW2 in 1942 and didn't reform when the EDFL resumed in 1946.

: ⁴ Moonee Imperials merged with Riverside Stars at conclusion of 1979 season to form Maribyrnong Park.

: ⁵ Later renamed to Coburg Districts Football Club in 1981 to greater recognise the local community.

: ⁶ Old Essendon Gramarians joined the EDFL in 1968 for just two seasons until joining the VAFA (Victorian Amateur Football Association) for the 1970 and 1971 seasons before returning to the EDFL between 1972 and 1983, then departing to play in the Footscray District Football League, now the Western Region Football League in 1983.

: ⁷ Renamed from Brunswick to Brunswick City in 1955, Folded at the end of the 1986 season

: ⁸ Left the EDFL to join the Footscray District Football League, now the Western Region Football League at the conclusion of the 1987 season, folded in 1997. Later reformed in 2017, only participating in under-age football.

: ⁹ 2023 premier division premiership stripped from Keilor for salary cap breaches.{{cite news|newspaper=Star Weekly|url=https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/sport/keilor-stripped-of-2023-premiership/|title=Keilor stripped of 2023 premiership|date=26 February 2025|accessdate=26 February 2025}}

The EDFL was first formed in 1930 at the instigation of the Essendon Football Club to increase the pool of local talent available for recruitment. Consequently, the league has consistently had positive ties with Essendon Football Club which can also be seen with the use of former Essendon home ground Essendon Football Ground, now known as Windy Hill as the headquarters of the EDFL since 1958 and hosting training for umpires of the league and occasional use of the ground for home and away season matches as well as being a commonly featuring ground for men's grand finals.

The first season in 1930 consisted of eight clubs, Ascot Vale, Flemington and Kensington, St John's, Kensington Methodist, Essendon High School Old Boys, Northern Juniors, West Essendon and Woodlands. None of the original foundation clubs exist in their current state as a result of participating in mergers or folding since. The completion of the season saw Les Rennie recruited by Essendon, the first successful recruitment of a player from the EDFL, he went on to play for Essendon throughout the 1931 VFL season. Later, in 1933 the great Dick Reynolds, one of just four players to have won three Brownlow Medals was recruited from Woodlands in the EDFL and began his successful 320 game career with Essendon.

In 1936, the first juniors competition was launched which contained a solitary under 16s division, once more at the instigation of the Essendon Football Club however this was abandoned and resumed at a later date in 1948 with the introduction of under-17s. By 1949, 32 teams took part in 3 grades of junior age football. 1962 saw the induction of under-15s to the EDFL and the competition was won by Essendon Doutta Stars, however as a result of fielding an overage player forfeited all their points for the season. In 1967, the inaugural A grade under-13s competition was launched which was a resounding success and resulted in demand for a B grade competition after just one year in 1968.

As a result of World War II the competition went into recess in 1941 with many players fighting in the war, once the war had ended two clubs (La Mascotte and Fawkner District) chose not to resume participation in the competition, despite this, After four years of recess a successful resumption of the leagues activities in this year. A 10 team competition on resumption resumed the success of the pre War Competition.

1949 saw the first split of the teams into two divisions (A grade and B grade) with Essendon Doutta Stars taking out the first ever undefeated season and Glenroy winning the inaugural B grade competition. Later in 1961, C grade was introduced to help facilitate the introduction of more clubs into the EDFL and was won by Doutta Stars, believed to be a reserve team for Essendon Doutta Stars. However, this competition did not last for long before going into recess after the 1982 season and only returning after the 30-year hiatus in 2012.

In 1961, The Umpires Association (EDFLUA) was inaugurated to help with the recruitment of umpires to officiate games. Despite this the league was consistently short of umpires. Notably in 1990, the season commenced with a desperate shortage of umpires. The problem was solved in the short term by former umpires who came out of retirement to assist the league.

in 1989, then prime minister of Australia Bob Hawke attended the A-grade seniors grand final.

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In partnership with the Western Region Football League (WRFL), in 2016 the two leagues established the Western Region & Essendon District Women's Football League, an eleven-team open-age competition for women. Five EDFL clubs fielded teams in the competition – {{EDFL Cra}}, {{EDFL Gle}}, {{EDFL Kei}}, {{EDFL Pas}} and {{EDFL Rox}} – with {{EDFL Kei}} prevailing against WRFL side Manor Lakes in the grand final.{{cite web |title=Keilor WFC vs Manor Lakes WFC |url=https://australianfootball.com/game/view/104955 |website=Australian Football |access-date=25 September 2019 |date=20 August 2017}}

In 2018, the EDFL established its own Women's competition, consisting of 13 teams. Of those 13 teams, two came from outside of the League – the Ballarat Football League-side {{EDFL SL}}; and {{EDFL SK}}, at the time competing in the Riddell District Football League. {{EDFL Gle}}, despite competing in the 2017 joint competition, did not field a side, while {{EDFL Avo}} and {{EDFL Tay}} fielded a joint team under the Avondale Heights–Taylors Lakes moniker.

In 2019, the competition expanded to 19 teams and was split into two divisions – a 10-club Premier Division and a nine-club Division 1. {{EDFL Abe}} became the first team to field two sides, one in each division.

The juniors consist of: Under 8s, Under 10s, Under 14s, Under 16s and Under 18.5s. There are also youth girls teams in the junior divisions. There are eight junior divisions at this level and each team listed in the senior section has at least one junior team in divisions 1, 2 or 3 for each age group, however many clubs have more in divisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

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• [http://www.essendondfl.com.au/ Official website]
• {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070502214817/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/essendon_district_football_league.htm EDFL Records and History at Full Points Footy]}}

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