The 2014 VAFA season was the 114th season of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), the largest senior men's Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season began on 5 April and concluded on 20 September, with 72 teams participating across seven divisions under a promotion and relegation system.
Association membership After a last-placed finish in Division 3 in 2013, the Old Westbourne Football Club split into two new clubs. The majority of the club formed the Wyndham Suns, changing Old Westbourne's name and competing in the under-19s competition without a senior team. A group of Old Westbourne players and officials formed a new club known as , which entered Division 4.
left the Eastern Football League (EFL) and entered the VAFA. Mt Lilydale withdrew from the VAFA senior competition as part of a club rebuild, entering Club XVIII for the 2014 season.
Premier
won the Premier Division premiership for the 14th time and the first time since 1974, defeating by 44 points in the grand final.
During the season, parted ways with senior coach Dom Berry.
Venues Club Home venue(s) Capacity Banksia Reserve Harry Trott Oval Waverley Oval Brighton Beach Oval 6,000 Camberwell Sports Ground 5,000 Daley Oval Sportscover Arena 8,000 Toorak Park 5,000 Brindisi Street Oval St Bernard's College University Oval 1,000
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Finals Grand Final
Premier B
won the Premier B premiership for the third time, defeating by 75 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Premier Division for the 2015 season.
Venues Club Home venue(s) Capacity Gary Smorgon Oval Glen Huntly Oval Brunswick Street Oval 10,000 Central Reserve 6,000 Gramlick Oval Princes Park Chelsworth Park Junction Oval 8,000 TH King Oval University Oval
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Finals Grand Final
Premier C
won the Premier C premiership for the fourth time, defeating by 75 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Premier B for the 2015 season.
Venues Club Home venue(s) Capacity R.J. Brockwell Oval Boss James Reserve 4,000 Marcellin College Frearson Oval Scammell Reserve Gordon Barnard Reserve E.E. Gunn Reserve Gerry Green Reserve PEGS Sporting Fields Peninsula School
Ladder
Finals Grand Final
Division 1
won the Division 1 premiership for the first time, defeating by 75 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Premier C for the 2015 season.
Ladder
Finals Grand Final
Division 2
won the Division 2 premiership for the first time, defeating by 11 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Division 1 for the 2015 season.
Ladder
Finals Grand Final
Division 3
The won the Division 3 premiership for the first time, defeating by 24 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Division 2 for the 2015 season.
Ladder
Finals Grand Final
Division 4
won the Division 4 premiership for the second time, defeating by 38 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to Division 3 for the 2015 season.
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Finals Grand Final
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