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The '''Eastern Devils Football Club''' is a women's Australian rules football club based in Wheelers Hill, Victoria that currently competes in the Eastern Football Netball League.
== History == The club was formed in 1999 as the '''Deakin Devils Women's Football Club''', competing in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) as a representative of Deakin University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=History |url=https://easterndevils.com/about/history/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Eastern Devils Football Club |language=en}}</ref> The club continued in this guise until 2008, when it cut ties with the university and shifted its premises to Burwood East, aligning with the East Burwood Football Club to become the '''East Burwood Devils'''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012, the club changed its name to the '''Eastern Devils''', and again moved location a year later to Mulgrave Reserve in Wheelers Hill.<ref name=":0" />
In 2016, the Devils were an inaugural competitor in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition, having taken part in the Premier Division of the final VWFL season in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-01 |title=VFL Women's fixture release |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?articleID=41388779&client=1-118-0-0-0&news_task=DETAIL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920071945/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?articleID=41388779&client=1-118-0-0-0&news_task=DETAIL |archive-date=2023-09-20 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Victorian Football League |language=en}}</ref> After finishing fourth and seventh respectively in their first two VFLW seasons, the Devils departed the statewide competition to instead field multiple teams in the South Eastern Women's Football competition from 2018 onwards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prime |first=Toby |date=2017-11-06 |title=Eastern Devils depart VFL Women’s as competition expands in 2018 |work=Monash Leader |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/eastern-devils-depart-vfl-womens-as-competition-expands-in-2018/news-story/9e08af14303557f9798be9ec2dc34f2e |access-date=2023-09-20}}</ref>
In 2022, the club transferred to the Eastern Football Netball League, where they have since remained.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{EFL}} {{South Eastern Women's Football}} {{VFL Women's}} {{VWFL}}
Category:Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne Category:Women's Australian rules football clubs in Australia Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1999 Category:Yarra Junior Football League Category:Women's sports clubs and teams in Victoria (state)