#ChandlerMedal
| Vermont's Brett Eddy wins the EFL's top individual honour - the Sir Gilbert Chandler Medal, as the best and fairest in
#EFLPremier
Division!
Congratulations, Brett!
#RookieDraft
| Congratulations to St. Simons/
@RowvilleKnights
junior David Mirra, selected with pick 23 by
@HawthornFC
in today's AFL rookie draft!
Mirra has captained the
@BoxHillHawks
since 2014, playing 120+ games since joining the club in 2010.
PICTURE: Hawthorn FC
The. Wait. Is. Over.
@NunawadingFC
has broken its 62-game losing streak, with a stirring win against Kilsyth!
SCORE:
Nunawading 15.16-106
Kilsyth 10.14.74
(Photos: EFL photographer Davis Harrigan)
WATCH |
@Rowvillefc
and
@NobleParkFC
produced one of the most thrilling finishes of the season on Saturday with two lead changes in the final 30 seconds including a goal after the siren as the Hawks snared a two-point victory!
#EFLPremier
Check out the final moments:
The stage is set for the Eastland Premier Division Grand Final this Saturday, as Vermont takes on Blackburn for the EFL's ultimate prize!
Will the Eagles go back-to-back or will the Panthers win their first senior flag since 2002?
Artwork by Ryan Wilson of Sporting Fine Art.
#AFLVCHAMPS
| "I’ve never coached a group of guys like this ... to put in 200 per cent for the team – they wanted that number one spot."
The EFL has claimed the number-one ranking in state community football, defeating
@AFLBarwon
at Etihad Stadium:
#EFLDIV1GF
| "I had tears in my eyes and I thought that’s it – I’m 31 and never going to play in a first division final ever."
South Croydon's Michael 'Zippy' King realises a dream tomorrow as he plays his final senior game in the Division 1 grand final:
#AFLVChamps
| GAME OVER! The EFL claims the number-one ranking in the
@aflvic
Community Championships, defeating
@AFLBarwon
16.9 (105) to 9.9 (63). Leigh Williams the hero up forward booting seven goals!
“Getting some reward for effort over the last two years is a fairy-tale ending.”
Saturday's Premier Division grand final win made it back-to-back flags for the retiring Adam Parker, after a storied career across Scoresby and Vermont.
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MOMENTS OF THE DECADE |
@BalwynFC
's Jeff Gobbels sends a mammoth torp through the big sticks on half-time of the 2013 Division 1 grand final, helping the Tigers to back-to-back flags!
.
@LILYDALEFC
and
@ParkOrchardsFC
played out a five-point thriller in
#EFLDIV1
on Saturday afternoon, with the Falcons scraping home courtesy of a clutch-goal on the siren!
Check out the final two minutes:
Congratulations to Greg Jarvis, Brad Neil, Marc Williams, Matt Lawson and Matt Whitty, inducted as 300-game life members at tonight's 2017 EFL Annual General Meeting.
#ChandlerMedal18
| Congratulations to Blackburn's Mackenzie Doreian for taking out the Leader Young Gun award in Division 1 & 2 and Heathmont's Fin Brown for taking out the Leader Young Gun award for Division 3 & 4!
“I feel pretty humbled and grateful at 36 to roll around and finish with the big one.”
Saturday saw the final chapter of one of the all-time great careers in community football, with Vermont's Ryan Mullett finishing with a fairy-tale fifth premiership.
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Charlie Haley is back for Season 2022 and started with a bang today, booting 5 goals, including the Goal of the Day, when you honoured the late great Shane Warne with a wrong-un from 40!
Congratulations to the winners of the Sir Gilbert Chandler, Kenneth Wright & Paul Edie Medals for 2021
Chandler Medal - Blake Pearson (Norwood FNC) + Lachlan Johns (Vermont FNC)
Kenneth Wright Medal - Austin Smith (Mooroolbark FC)
Paul Edie Medal - Liam Kidd (South Belgrave FNC)
Today we farewell our great friend Shaun Kelly, and as a tribute we dug through the archives to bring you some of the great man’s best work – the famous Friday Preview, in all its 10,000-word glory:
RUN FOR AUTISM | Balwyn Tigers Football Club superstar Kris Pendlebury is running to help create a world where no-one with autism is left behind.
Kris will be running from Sunday 1st - 8th November while raising much needed funds.
Donate 👉
Introducing the Eastern Football League's newest member of staff, Josh Hudson.
Hudson will be working in the role of Administration & Competitions Assistant.
A
@Deakin
University graduate, Hudson completed a Bachelor of Business/Sport Management in 2018, majoring in management.
READ | Vermont’s search for a new senior coach is over almost as soon as it began, with the EFNL powerhouse announcing two time premiership player Adam Parker will take the reins in 2021.
👉👉👉
#ChandlerMedal18
|
@DoncasterSharks
' Chris Annakis becomes an EFL legend!
Congratulations to Chris Annakis on winning this year's Sir Gilbert Chandler Medal, taking his EFL competition best and fairest total to three to be elevated to legend status.
The Geelong Football League and Eastern Football League will play the 2018 first versus second AFL Victoria WorkSafe Community Championship game at Etihad Stadium as curtain-raiser to St.Kilda vs. Collingwood on May 19.
Statement:
Outstanding work by Sporting Fine Art's Ryan Wilson ahead of this weekend's
@bendigobank
Division 1 grand final between Vermont and South Croydon.
Download high-res poster here:
THE TEAM OF MY TIME: 2003-2018 | Former Eastern Football League CEO Phil Murton has selected his best side during his time involved in the competition from 2003-2018.
Find out who made the team here:
Do you agree or disagree? Have your say below!
2021 SEASON OPENER | With just 107 days until the first bounce next year as Blackburn Football Club and Balwyn Tigers Football Club welcome us back with a Good Friday Classic at Morton Park!
Fancy yourself as the next Anthony Hudson, Kath Loughnan or Tony Armstrong? Get some real broadcast experience and join the EFNL Media team!
Email mfotia
@efnl
.org.au to find out more!
SCORE UPDATE - FULL-TIME
#EFLPREMIER
PF |
Blackburn 16.13 (109) def. Balwyn 10.14 (74)
Blackburn will play Vermont next Saturday afternoon in the Premier Division grand final!
#ChandlerMedal18
| JOEL GALVIN BECOMES AN EFL LEGEND!
Congratulations to Joel Galvin on taking out this year's Kenneth Wright Medal, his third EFL competition best and fairest in total, elevating him to legend status!
FREEZE THE BOSS | The EFL community came together over the weekend to mark
#Sockit2MND
Round, raising funds and awareness for motor neurone disease.
Saturday saw our
@FightMND
Freeze the Boss fundraiser event - watch here:
Eastland Leading Goal Kicking/Shooting | Well done to Charlie Haley (Balwyn), Belinda Williams (East Burwood) + Evie Allman (Vermont) on taking out the respective Premier Division Goal kicking/shooting titles
Reserves - Chris Tsatas (Blackburn)
U19 - Joshua Pollocks (Balwyn)
Blackburn's Michael Prendergast will take the plunge for
#Sockit2MND
Round this weekend, as the Panthers-great marks game 200:
Photo credit: Blackburn Football Club
Eastland TEAM OF THE DECADE | Nostalgic Footy is the only Footy we have at the moment.
So we asked a handful of EFNL Players and Media Team members to pick their team of the decade.
South Croydon star Daniel King has put his team on paper below!
BERWICK ARE IN | Berwick football club will become the Eastern Football Netball League’s 46th senior club in 2021 after crossing over from the AFL Outer East competition.
More here 👉
Finally, the Eastland Premier Division Men’s 2022 Team of the Year - Good luck getting through that back six.
Coach – Ben Wise (Rowville)
Captain – Kyle Martin (Noble Park)
EASTLAND TEAM OF THE DECADE | Nostalgic Footy is the only Footy we have at the moment.
We asked a handful of EFNL Players & Media Team members to pick their team of the decade with one qualifier - play a game in the EFNL from 2010 - 2019.
First up it's Dyson Baker ⬇️
FT
#EFLDIV1GF
Vermont Football Club Inc. 15.11 101
South Croydon Football Club 10.6 66
Goals
Eagles: Ainger 5, Buxton 2, L. McComb, Parker, Eddy, Johns, McConnon, Best, Schneider & Purdy
Dogs: Max King 6, Cass 2, Molnar & Michael King
EFNL STATEMENT: COVID-19 UPDATE
With the spread of COVID-19 increasing across Victoria the EFNL has made the decision to IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND all training, practice matches and events across the entire Competition until further notice.
MORE:
BIGGER PICTURE|Doncaster Football Club today received news that senior player and crowd favourite Marcus Alessi has been diagnosed with multiple lymphomas on the brain.
Hear from coach Stew Kemperman here ➡️
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