List of former South Australian regional football leagues

This is a list of former regional Australian rules football leagues in South Australia

Name Founded Ended Reason Previous Names
Albert District Football Association 1920 1926 [1]
Alexandra Football Association 1913 1923 In recess 1916-21
Barossa & Light Football Association 1908 1986 Merged with Gawler and District Football Association to form Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association[2]
Barossa & Murray Valley Football Association 1947 [3] 1956 in recess 1949-1954
Belalie District Football Association 1929 1949 Jamestown Football Association (1929–33)
Blue Lake Football Association 1931 1937
Booboorowie Football Association 1925 1933
Border Downs Football Association 1930 1932 Midland Downs Football Association (1930–31)
Boundary District Football Association 1928 1934
Broughton Football League 1910 1980 [4] Broughton Football Association (1910–49)
Broughton Central Football Association 1912 1939 In recess 1932-35 North Western Football Association (1912–13)
Brown's Well Football Association 1920 1968 merged 1926-31 as part of the Loxton Brown's Well Football Association
Brown's Well Line Football Association 1913 1914
Bundaleer Football Association 1939 1940
Burra Football Association 1905 1940 In recess 1925-31
Cardwell Football Association 1945 1954 Merged with Lake Albert Football Association to form Lakes District Football Association
Carrow Football Association 1920 1932 In recess 1924-25
Central Football Association 1926 1937 Caralue Football Association (1926–34)
Central Areas Football Association 1946 1956
Central Peebinga Line Football Association 1928 1937 In recess 1936
Central South Eastern & Border District Football Association 1924 1927 In recess 1926 Central South Eastern Football Association (1924)
Central Yorke Peninsula Football Association 1909 1921 In recess 1915-18 (World War I), absorbed into Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association
Cleve & Districts Football Association 1909 1961 In recess 1914-18 (World War I), 1941-45 (World War II), merged with Franklin Harbour Football Association to form Cleve Cowell Football League
County Eyre Football Association 1931 1946 In recess 1934, 1941-44 (World War II)
County Jervois Football League 1962 1988 merged with Kimba Football Association to form Eastern Eyre Football League Cleve Cowell Football League (1962–63)
Cummins Football Association 1931 1931
Drainage Areas Football Association 1920 1926 [5] Millicent Football Association (1907-1914)
East Murray Football Association 1921 1970
Eastern Eyre Peninsula Football Association 1920 1962 In recess 1924, 1941-44 (World War II)
Eastern Yorke Peninsula Football Association 1913 1935 In recess 1916-20
Far Northern Football Association 1925 1962 In recess 1930, 1935–49
Far West Football Association 1924 1960 In recess 1941-46 (World War II)
Fleurieu Peninsula Football Association 1934 1934
Flinders Football Association 1912 1978 In recess 1914-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II)
Forster On Murray Football Association 1923 1929
Franklin Harbour Football Association 1900 1961 merged with Cleve & Districts Football Association to form Cleve Cowell Football League
Gawler and District Football Association 1889 1986 Merged with Barossa & Light Football Association to form Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association[2] Gawler Football Association
Gilbert Football Association 1921 1934
Golden Vale Football Association 1924 1928
Gordon Football Association 1923 1929
Great Northern Football Association 1936 1960 merged with Whyalla Football League & Port Pirie Football Association to form Spencer Gulf Football League[6]
Hills Football Association 1902 1961 In recess 1915-18 (World War I), 1930–37, 1940-44 (World War II)
Hills Central Football Association 1923 1966 In recess 1941-45 (World War II), merged with Torrens Valley Football Association to form Hills Football League
Kadina & Wallaroo Junior Football Association 1911 1936 In recess 1916-18 (World War I), merged with Moonta & Districts Junior Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Junior Football Association
Karte & District Football Association 1926 1937 Peebinga Kingsford Football Association (1926–29)

Kingsford & Border Football Association (1930–34)

Kimba Football Association 1920 1988 merged with County Jervois Football League to form Eastern Eyre Football League
Kooringa Football Association 1925 1930
Kowree Naracoorte Football League 1936 1992 Merged with Tatiara Football League to form Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League[7] Kowree Football Association (1936)
Lake Albert Football Association 1946 1948 Merged with Cardwell Football Association to form Lakes District Football Association
Lakes District Football Association 1945 1954
Lameroo & Districts Football Association 1925 1993 Merged with Murray Lands Football League to form Mallee Football League[8]
Lameroo & Western Football Association 1923 1924
Le Hunte Football League 1919 1987 In recess 1941-45 (World War II),
merged with Streaky Bay Football League to form Mid West Football League[9] 		Central Eyre Peninsula Football Association (1919–41)
Lower North Football Association 1925 1952 In recess 1932-35, 1941-45 (World War II)
Loxton Brown's Well Football Association 1926 1931
Loxton & District Football Association 1932 1940
Loxton Line Football Association 1909 1925 In recess 1916-1918 (World War I); merged with Brown's Well Football Association to form Loxton Brown's Well Football Association Loxton Football Association (1909-1915)
Mallee Football League 1994 2022 4 clubs - Border Downs/Tintinara, Murrayville, Karoonda Districts and Peake & District either merged or moved to other leagues
Marble Range Football Association 1934 1936
Martindale Football Association 1927 1927
Mid Murray Football Association 1910 2009 [10]
Mid North Football Association 1910 1975
Mid Western Football Association 1913 1955 In recess 1915-25, 1929–47
Mid Western Junior Football Association 1922 1922
Millicent Football Association 1907 1914 Abandoned due to World War I, reformed as Drainage Areas Football Association
Moonta & District Junior Football Association 1914 1936 In recess 1916-18 (World War I), merged with Kadina & Wallaroo Junior Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Junior Football Association Moonta Junior Football Association (1914-1926)
Mount Gambier Football Association 1894 1914 Player numbers affected by World War I enlistments
Mount Lock Football Association 1921 1933
Mount Lofty Football Association 1921 1938
Murray Bridge Football Association 1922 1925
Murray Downs Football Association 1920 1940 In recess 1924-25 Lower Murray Football Association (1923)
Murray Lands Football League 1923 1993 merged with Lameroo & Districts Football League to form Mallee Football League[8]
Murray Mallee Football Association 1932 1940 Central Murray Football Association (1932)
Murray Ranges Football Association 1922 1935
Murray River Football Association 1919 1931 In recess 1927-29
Murray Valley Football Association 1921 1934
Naracoote Football Association 1935 1935
Narracoote Football Association 1912 1913
North Gambier Football Association 1931 1934
North West Goldfields Football Association 1935 1935
North Western Football Association 1911 1963 North Western Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1930s)
Northern Districts Football Association 1979 1984
Northern Football Association 1889 1889
Olary Ridge Football Association 1935 1935
Orroroo Football Association 1914 1923
Peake & District Football Association 1925 1940
Peterborough & Districts Football Association 1911 1961 In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1936, 1942-44 (World War II) Petersburg Football Association (1911–15)

North Eastern Football Association (1919–26, 1929–38, 1945–58)
Peterborough Football Association (1927–28, 1939–41)

Pinnaroo & Border Football Association 1910 1954 Pinnaroo Football Association (1910–15)
Port Augusta Football Association 1912 1934 In recess 1916 (World War I)
Port Pirie Football Association 1893 1960 merged with Whyalla Football League & Great Northern Football Association to form Spencer Gulf Football League[6]
Port Pirie Shiftworkers Football Association 1923 1930
Port Pirie United Churches Football Association
Quorn Football Association 1918 1954 In recess 1928-32, 1939, 194-45 (World War II)
Rocky River Football Association 1945 1945
Rudall Centre Football Association 1929 1947 In recess 1941-45 (World War II) Middle Areas Football Association (1929–40)
Rudall District Football Association 1935 1940
South East & Border Football League 1946 1963 merged with Western Districts Football League to form Western Border Football League[11] Mount Gambier & District Football Association (1946–47)
South Eastern Country Football Association 1929 1930
South Eastern Football Association 1926 1935 Folded, clubs joined the Mid South Eastern Football League
Southern Ports Football Association 1928 1965
Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association 1908 1993 In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II), merged with Yorke Valley Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Football League Central & Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1923)
Spalding Football Association 1924 1926
Stanley Football Association 1915 1936 In recess 1916-17 (World War I), 1919. Joined the Mid North Association following the 1936 season
Streaky Bay Football League 1923 1987 In recess 1941-45 (World War II),
merged with Le Hunte Football League to form Mid West Football League[9] 		Central Flinders Football Association (1923–40)
Tatiara Football League 1911 1992 merged with Kowree Naracoorte Football League to form Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League[7]
Torrens Valley Football Association 1921 1966 In recess 1940-45 (World War II), merged with Hills Central Football Association to form Hills Football League
Wakefield Football Association 1925 1939
Wakefield, Light & Gilbert Football Association 1904 1905
Warratta Football Association 1910 1914
Western Areas Football Association 1908 1961
Western Flinders Football Association 1924 1938
Willochra Football Association 1920 1936 Mount Remarkable Football Association (1920–23)
Wooroora Football Association 1909 1925 folded due to financial issues
Yackamoorundie Football Association 1912 1924 In recess 1914-18 (World War I), clubs transferred to Moorundie Football Association
Yackilowie Football Association 1914 1921
Yorke Peninsula Football Association 1887 1960 In recess 1895, 1916-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II)
Yorke Peninsula Junior Football Association 1937 1946
Yorke Valley Football League 1910 1993 In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1937-45 (World War II), merged with Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Football League Northern Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1910–24)

Northern and Mid Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1925–29)

See also

  • Lines, P. (2012) South Australian Country Football Digest, Cowell (SA). ISBN 9780987159199.

References

  1. ^ "Albert District Football Association Funds". Renmark: The Murray Pty. Ltd. The Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. 10 November 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Laidlaw, Robert. "The Gawler & District Football League 1889-1987" (PDF). South Gawler Football Club. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Football Season Opens - Murray Valley Assn. Wins Growing Interest". Angaston. The Leader. 8 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ Devaney, John. "Broughton Mundoora". AustralianFootball.com. Full Points Publications. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Football - Big Meeting at Millicent". Border Watch. 7 April 1927. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Port Augusta: Leisure and Tourism: Football". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League Inc". Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League Inc. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Welcome to the Mallee Football League". Mallee Football League (SA). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "League and Clubs". Mid West Football League. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. ^ Tanner, Deb (2009). "Time's Up For The Mid Murray Football League (Media Release)". countryfooty.com.au. countryfooty.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Western Border Football League". AustralianRulesFootball.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.