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It’s 2024 and you know the way the footy landscape is laid out. The top level is the AFL which is really just the old VFL with some extra teams, while the SANFL, WAFL and old VFA toil away as second tier leagues. So, let’s set the scene for an alternate history.
Coming into the 1980s the VFL began looking into the viability of adding a Sydney-based side to the league. Along with developing the sport in Sydney where it lagged behind three different football codes in terms of support, expansion into Sydney was destined to put the groundwork in place for the VFL to become the biggest league in the country. The premise for this alternate history is simple. The NFL, who oversee the sport at the time, deems that no league can expand towards the territory of another league, and that the three major state leagues have relatively equal footing as top-level football leagues. As for the sport itself, the NFL (later renamed the Australian Rules Football Commission or ARFC) oversees the rules and sits above the three 12-team leagues as an administrative body. They also control State of Origin competitions and a Champions League to crown a de facto Australian Champion.
This thread was inspired by Freight Train and his much-loved WAFL 2019 – Welcome to the West portfolio, so if you’re intrigued as to what you can expect in terms of structure or are curious what a WAFL equivalent might look like, or want a trip down memory lane, feel free to check his portfolio out, it’s a beauty.
The teams in this competition will be revealed in chronological order based on major changes to their identity, with the unaltered clubs shown first. I will be displaying their uniforms as they appear in the present with each team having a home and away uniform, one dark and one light.
With that being said, let’s see what this VFL would look like in 2024.
* The VFL in this timeline may or may not have ended up expanding to states and territories outside of Victoria.
Also please ignore any possible outdated sponsors, as well as the use of 22 on the back. I had started working on this back in 2022 and only really finished this up now.
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