# Eastern Devils

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The '''Eastern Devils Football Club''' is a [women's Australian rules football](/source/women's_Australian_rules_football) club based in [Wheelers Hill, Victoria](/source/Wheelers_Hill%2C_Victoria) that currently competes in the [Eastern Football Netball League](/source/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](/source/Victorian_Women's_Football_League) (VWFL) as a representative of [Deakin University](/source/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](/source/Burwood_East%2C_Victoria), aligning with the [East Burwood Football Club](/source/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](/source/Wheelers_Hill%2C_Victoria).<ref name=":0" />

In 2016, the Devils were an inaugural competitor in the [VFL Women's](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Leader_Community_Newspapers) |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](/source/Eastern_Football_Netball_League), where they have since remained.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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{{EFL}}
{{South Eastern Women's Football}}
{{VFL Women's}}
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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)

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