[2] Four years later, the Carrajung Football Club followed suit which enabled Fish Creek to join the Alberton League in 1953.

[3] Carrajung produced many substandard efforts during their seven years of existence in the Alberton League and many matches would result in percentage gaining contests for opposing teams.

The very last game Carrajung played in the Alberton League during the 1952 season resulted in Toora forward, Frank Salmon, kicking a record 34 goals 17 behinds out of the teams 35.18 score.

Salmon's (and his teammates' efforts) helped him claim the League goalkicking award by overtaking Woodside great Charles Williamson.

[5][6] The recruitment of former VFL Collingwood player, Maurice 'Mocca' Dunstan helped the club attain a standard of professionalism that was second to none for a sustained period.

In 1969, the Meeniyan-Dumbalk United and Stony Creek Football Clubs joined the Alberton League after the SGFL eventually disbanded[7] as Welshpool won a treble of premierships from 1969 to 1971.

However, with the further expansion of the league in 2005 the club tired of travelling up to two hours west to places such as Dalyston, Bass and Cowes.

Some supporters and players with the club began agitating for a move to the closer North Gippsland Football League.

The Devon-Welshpool people of the club who were proud of the facilities at the Alberton West Recreation Reserve, refused to agree.

[17] Most of the Won Wron-Woodside people, led by Anthony Banik, moved away from the rest of the club to form a new entity known as the Woodside & District Wildcats.

The division of the club extended beyond football, causing a major rift within the local community that in some cases continues to this day.

In 2014 after multiple years of struggling for success and maintaining a large enough playing list the options had become limited and the members voted for the club to enter recess.

The club's rivals became increasingly disgruntled and began to seek assistance from the Victorian Country Football League.

The governing body reviewed the situation and ordered Wonthaggi Power to begin competing against towns of similar size.

The Yarram committee had decided to take matters into their own hands and on 17 May 2008 in a watershed moment for the league they forfeited all grades of football and netball from their round 6 clash against Wonthaggi Power.

As a consequence of the forfeiture the Victorian Country Football League issued Yarram with a $6,500 fine - half of which was suspended.

For the five years that Wonthaggi Power had participated in the Alberton football league they had made the grand final every season, which included winning three of them.

However, this result was subsequently reversed and the win awarded to Tarwin by the Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) after it was discovered that Yarram had fielded an unregistered player under another identity.

Since 2017, the club has the maintained a healthy financial position and continues to engage with its members through the likes of midweek meals and social functions.

A 2015 review, conducted by AFL Gippsland to address issues of competitive imbalance and club sustainability, brought major change to structure of the Alberton Football Netball League.

[28] In 2019 AFL Victoria commissioned consultancy group Colgan Bauer to review the structure and sustainability of football in the Gippsland region and provide a strategic plan for the future.

A number of town hall style meetings were conducted to gather feedback from community members within the region.

The match was contested by the Foster and Stony Creek football clubs at the Tarwin Lower recreation reserve.

[31] The COVID-19 pandemic lead to the 2020 season being abandoned, despite efforts to run a junior competition in conjunction with the Mid Gippsland Football League.

| = indicates premiership yearClub recess During its history the Alberton Football League has produced a number of players who would go on to play in the VFL/AFL competition.

Jarryd Blair played junior football at Wonthaggi Power and in 2006 he was a part of the senior premiership team.

In 2017, with Nic Naitanui and Scott Lycett injured, Vardy had to take charge as West Coast's number one ruckman and played almost every game.

The Alberton home-and-away season at present lasts for 15 rounds, starting in mid April and ending in early August.

With the inclusion of a number of clubs from the defunct Bass Valley Wonthaggi football league in 1996 the finals series was expanded to a 'final-five' system.

The flag has been presented since the league began and is traditionally unfurled at the team's first home game of the following season.