ZONE FOOTBALL LEAGUE
The Hunter Region has such a rich history of Club football stretching back as far as 1884.
Covering almost 33,000 square kilometres, across more than 10 Local Government Areas, football clubs are scattered across the region, all with a story to tell and a history to create.
From Minmi (1884), at the western edge of the now booming Western corridor, to Kurri Kurri (1904), in Mining country in the Hunter, Merewether Advance, (1894), in the City and Charlestown Juniors (1900), in Lake Macquarie, Club football has existed and thrived across varying competitions and numerous names representing 1st Division down to 6th Division.
Graded Interdistrict competitions have survived alongside the 2 Premier Divisions of local Northern NSW Football for decades, with promotion and relegation reintroduced in 2024 from top to bottom for the first time in more than 20 years.
Comprising 35 Clubs in 2025, across 5 Divisions, on top of the Premier Clubs and Community models, there is no other football code, no other sport, that has the breadth and reach of the beautiful game, the world’s game.
With the growing number of girls joining Clubs at record numbers and developing competitions at interdistrict level across the broader Hunter Region, plans are now in advance discussions to create a Women’s Zone Football League to sit between the NPLW Premier Competition and community models.
Pathways are created for young players to follow, allowing for all levels of development, vibrant diverse Clubs are encouraged and they grow off the back of their local communities and rivalries are either born or chapters are added.
Welcome to the Zone Football League.
2024 Award Winners
Club Champions
Zone League One:
Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Zone League Two:
First Grade - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Zone League Three:
First Grade - Lambton Jaffas Junior Football Club
Premiers
Zone League One:
First Grade - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Reserve Grade - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Third Grade - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Zone League Two:
First Grade - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Reserve Grade - Croudace Bay Football Club
Third Grade - Croudace Bay Football Club
Zone League Three:
First Grade - Lambton Jaffas Junior Football Club
Reserve Grade - Nelson Bay Football Club
Grand Final Winners
Zone League One:
First Grade - Newcastle Suns Football Club
Reserve Grade - Newcastle Suns Football Club
Third Grade - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Zone League Two:
First Grade - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Reserve Grade - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Third Grade - Croudace Bay Football Club
Zone League Three:
First Grade - Nelson Bay Football Club
Reserve Grade - Nelson Bay Football Club
Golden Boot
Zone League One:
First Grade - Alex Tserepas - Newcastle Suns Football Club
Reserve Grade - Joshua Williams - Newcastle Suns Football Club
Third Grade - Bailey Cooper - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Zone League Two:
First Grade - Beaudon McDonald - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Reserve Grade - Terry Surjan - Newcastle Croatia Football Club
Third Grade -Chad McCarter - Croudace Bay Football Club
Zone League Three:
First Grade - Asher Beasley - Lambton Jaffas Junior Football Club
Reserve Grade - Zachariah Shanahan - Greta Branxton Football Club
Best and Fairest
Zone League One:
First Grade - Brett Lancaster - Warners Bay Football Club
Reserve Grade - James Pichaloff - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Third Grade - Brad Cooper - Dudley Redhead United Senior Soccer Club
Zone League Two:
First Grade - Giles Oslen Boyd - Cooks Hill United Football Club
Reserve Grade - Elijah Barnes - Croudace Bay Football Club
Third Grade -Harry Cook - Cooks Hill United Football Club
Zone League Three:
First Grade - Aaron Comerford - Kurri Kurri Football Club
Reserve Grade - Patrick Huolohan - Lambton Jaffas Junior Football Club