 Contemporary newspapers rest much of the blame for this decision on the WAFL, suggesting that the WAFL's representative had "induced" the council to award sole control of the game in Western Australia to the coastal competition, and describing the WAFL's conduct towards the GFA as "unsportsmanlike", "vexatious" and "unfair".Norseman Football Club, formed from players from clubs in the Norseman Football Association, was admitted to the GNFL in 1971, playing in the league from 1971–72 and again from 1974–82.In 1978, five Norseman players were killed when their plane crashed on take-off.