Latrobe Valley Soccer League
[3] An association focused on the Latrobe Valley did not arrive until the formation of the Central Gippsland Soccer Football Association - which featured multiple teams from Yallourn SC ('Wanderers' and 'Rovers' initially, then 'Celtic', 'Swifts' and 'Milita' followed), Yallourn North-based Brown Coal Mine and Morwell SC - in 1933, later adding Morwell Bridge, with invitations extended to prospective clubs in Moe, Traralgon and Trafalgar.
[4] Following a hiatus due to Second World War, the Association eventually evolved into Latrobe Valley Soccer Association, who in turn formed the Latrobe Valley Soccer League in 1951, with the original four teams being Morwell, Yallourn, Heyfield and Maryvale,[5] with Australian Paper Manufacturers SC (known as A.P.M SC, formed by contractors working for Prentice Bros at the Maryvale Paper Mill) also joining the league in time for its opening round of fixtures on Saturday, July 15 1951.
SC, Moe United, Traralgon Tigers and Sale United all joining,[9] although some - such as 1952 LVSL champions Overseas Construction Company SC (from a company which employed German migrants working on the Morwell Briquette Factory) - were short-lived.
[10] With the backing of Football Victoria, the organisation purchased a site in Morwell in 1953 and constructed its new headquarters soon after.
[11] The secretary of the Australian Rules' Central Gippsland Football League, Stewart Harris, pleaded with the VFL to proceed with a planned 1952 VFL season match between St Kilda and Footscray in Gippsland, saying "...thousands of migrants are pouring into the Latrobe Valley.
It is primarily staged in the Australian winter and, in its current format, runs between March and September.
As of 2025, there is presently no finals series - the league winner is decided by the team who finishes top of the table in the regular season.
It began in 2010 and is named after two local pioneers of women's football, Nigel Browne and Adrian Huizer, who were instrumental in developing the female game in Gippsland and fought for the implementation of a women's league in the Latrobe Valley - a feat finally achieved in 2009.
To date, no Latrobe Valley Soccer League club has advanced beyond the third preliminary round.
