The Football West Amateur League Premier Division is a regional Australian association football league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league sits at Level 4 on the Western Australian league system (Level 5 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state.
Format The league operates with a promotion and relegation system, with relegation to the Amateur League Division 1, and potential for promotion to the State League Division 2 for the top team each year.
In 2020, promotion and relegation was suspended for the season, due to the impacts on the competition from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
Clubs The following 12 clubs competed in the 2020 Season:
Club Hamersley Rovers Jaguar FC Joondalup United (Amateurs) Kwinana United SC Leeming Strikers Maddington White City North Perth United Queens Park Quinns FC (Amateurs)South West Phoenix UWA-Nedlands (Amateurs) Wembley Downs SC
Honours
Year Premiers1968 Queen's Park1969 Graylands Hostel1970 Gosnells1971 Gosnells U1972 Lathlain Meazza1973 Neerlandia1974 Belmont-Cloverdale U1975 Windsor Athletic1976 WA Maccabi1977 Whitford United1978 Whitford United1979 Windsor Athletic1980 Windsor Athletic1981 Kwinana1982 Ferndale United1983 Gosnells Amateurs1984 Gosnells Amateurs1985 Gosnells Amateurs U1986 Rochester1987 Gosnells Amateurs1988 Fremantle United1989 Fremantle United U1990 Canning City1991 Fremantle United1992 Fremantle United1993 Gosnells Ferndale
Year Premiers Ref.1994 Fremantle United 1995 Mandurah City 1996 Shamrock Rovers 1997 Shamrock Rovers 1998 Fremantle United 1999 Murdoch University 2000 Fremantle United 2001 Hamersley Rovers 2002 Hamersley Rovers 2003 Hamersley Rovers 2004 Shamrock Rovers 2005 Colo Colo 2006 Spearwood Dalmatinac 2007 Shamrock Rovers 2008 Fremantle United 2009 Stirling Panthers 2010 Shamrock Rovers 2011 Southern Spirit FC 2012 Joondalup United 2013 North Perth United 2014 North Perth United 2015 Gwelup Croatia 2016 Gwelup Croatia 2017 Wembley Downs 2018 North Perth United 2019 Kingsley SC 2020 North Perth United 2021 South West Phoenix 2022 Maddington White City 2023 Emerald FC 2024 Wembley Downs
Notes Ref: :KreiderKreider, R.N. (2012) Paddocks to Pitches. The Definitive History of Western Australian Football. Published by SportsWest Media U undefeated league season
References
External links Football West Official website