Lower South West Football League

The Lower South West Football League is a country football league incorporating teams from towns located within the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the Nelson Football Association and the Warren Football Association.

The Lower South West Football League was formed when the Nelson Football Association and the Warren Football Association merged in 1959.

Clubs Participating in the Nelson FA were:

Clubs participating in the Warren FA were:

Since 1959 the LSWFL has lost two clubs, Greenbushes and Nannup, But have recently gained Kojonup from the Great Southern FL.

With the commencement of the LSWFL in 1959, Manjimup Tigers were the form team, winning three of the first four premierships.

Between 1963 and 1976, Deanmill and Southerners would share all the premierships, which included Deanmill winning three in a row in the early 1970s. These two proud clubs would continue to regularly win premierships throughout every decade.

The late 1970s would see Tigers again prove strong, winning back to back titles. The early 1980s saw Manjimup Imperials reign supreme, and Boyup Brook would finally win their first premiership in 1981. Bridgetown would win their first title in 1984 and back it up in 1986.

Deanmill and Southerners dominated the 1990s, winning 4 and 3 titles respectively, as Southerners started the new millennium winning three premierships in a row (1999-2001).

The new century has seen all 7 current clubs win a premiership. Manjimup Imperials tasted success in 2004 & 2007, whilst Manjimup Tigers were victorious in 2010 & 2013. Deanmill had success in 2002 and won back to back premierships in 2008 and 2009, as well as 2015. After winning in 2001, Southerners won the title in 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2016.

Bridgetown, Boyup Brook and new club Kojonup all broke long droughts this century. Bridgetown won the premiership in 2003 (a 17-year drought), however this was nothing compared to Boyup's 31-year wait for a premiership in 2012. Kojonup would win their first premiership in 2014.

Boyup Brook - Were originally known as the Boyup Brook Tigers wearing yellow and black, although changed their nickname to the Roos and their colours to Green and White in 1987.

It took 22 years before Boyup would play in their first league Grand Final, where in 1981 they took on Southerners. They won the match by 132 points, which still remains the biggest winning margin in a LSWFL Grand Final.

Boyup would go on to play in the 1982, 1989, 1999, 2000 and 2002 Grand Finals, however they would not taste success in any of them.

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