The original Gippsland Football League was formed when the Northern Gippsland Football Association (NGFA) officially changed their name to “The Gippsland Football League” in 1921,[1] which then operated under this title until 1953.
A new Gippsland football competition was formed in 1954, as the La Trobe Valley Football League, [2] [3] when seven club's from the Central Gippsland Football League joined the Latrobe Valley Football League, with the three remaining Central Gippsland Football League club's joining the South Gippsland Football League.
[4] The following is a list of all the Gippsland FL premiership winning teams from 1921 to 1953 and of the La Trobe FL from 1954 to present day.
[5] The Reserves competition commenced in 1954, the Thirds competition in 1957 and the Fourths in 2000.