[3] In 1880, a Ballarat and Western Districts Football Association was formed, but it appears no teams were entered or a draw was made up.

[8] Maryborough and Ararat joined in 1924, followed by Daylesford and Bacchus Marsh several years later.

[14] World War II brought Redan Football Club and the RAAF and Army teams into the league.

This competition consisted of smaller clubs based in Ballarat and the small towns surrounding it.

In 1959, the competition changed its name to the Ballarat District Football League.

George McKenzie was captain of Ballarat Imperial Football Club when they won six consecutive premierships between 1891 and 1896 and were runners up in 1897 and 1898.

In 2010, the Ballarat FNL awarded retrospective best and fairest medals to the following footballers, who originally polled the same number of votes as the winner, but finished second in the award, on the countback system - 1952: Stan Wallis, 1965: Tom Simpson and Lindsay Tucker.

The BFA leading goal kicking award was initially donated by the former publican of the Union Hotel, Ballarat between 1893 and 1903, Mr. Con Burrow[102] The BFNL leading goal kicking award was named the Tony Lockett Award in 1988, after the former North Ballarat player, who went onto kick 1360 goals in the AFL between 1983 and 2002, with St.Kilda and the Sydney Swans.

There is very little Ballarat Football Netball League netball history, premierships, league best and fairest winners, etc available on the internet to reference back to for inclusion on this page at present.