History
The league was formed in 1979 when 10 clubs broke away from the Geelong & District Football League. The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation, which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when the Victorian Country Football League held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place, on a voluntary basis. Today the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with a three-division three league competition in place in Geelong.
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