Northern Football Netball League

Umpire announcement

The NFNL are extremely pleased to announce the following umpire coaching appointments for next season as below: Field Umpire Coach: Grant Joyner Grant is a former DVFL/NFNL and VAFA umpire

Football umpiring registrations are now open to umpire in the NFNL for 2026! Be a part of our great game, whilst keeping fit and earning money at the same

NFNL are looking for a Goal Umpire Coach for the 2026 Season

The Role: The Goal umpire coach will play a pivotal role in enhancing and leading our goal umpiring program at the NFNL. We are seeking an enthusiastic and suitably experienced

The NFNL wishes to congratulate Joel Clamp, who last night was crowned the VFL’s 2025 Field Umpire of the Year.

The Northern Football Netball League (NFNL) is excited to announce a three-year partnership with Belgravia Apparel that will see all football and netball umpires across the competition wearing New Balance

The NFNL wishes to congratulate Joel Clamp, who on Monday night was crowned the VFL’s 2024 Field Umpire of the Year.

As the second half of our football seasons take shape, the NFNL is delighted to announce record breaking female participation rates in football umpiring in 2024.

The NFNL is actively recruiting new umpires for its 2024 football seasons, and now is the perfect time to join.

NFNL umpires Joel Clamp (field) and Greta Miller (boundary) have been appointed to officiate the 2023 AFLW Grand Final this Sunday between North Melbourne and Brisbane.

In what has been a terrific year in the football umpiring program, the NFNL recognise the many outstanding milestones reached by our football umpires in 2023.

The NFNL congratulates former league umpire Martin Rodger who will make his AFL umpiring debut in Sunday’s opening round clash between Hawthorn and Essendon at the MCG.