 He finished the season as the leagues leading goal scorer with 78 goals.In 2011, Courtney Johns signed with the Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL), along with other former Bombers Hayden Skipworth and Damien Peverill but had to bow out due to injury before the season even began.Johns played in multiple grand finals with the team, losing in 2013 and 2014 before winning in 2017 and 2018, retiring after the 2018 season.