Eastern Football League (Australia)
The Eastern Football League (known prior to 1997 as the Eastern Districts Football League) is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.
With the entry of the Park Orchards Sharks into Division Four in 2012, the league has 45 member clubs, with 12 in Division One, 10 in Division Two, 12 in Division Three and 11 in Division Four.
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