South Australian Football Association (1978–95)

The South Australian Football Association (SAFA) was a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia from 1978[1] to the end of the 1995 season.[2]

For other uses, see South Australian Football Association (disambiguation).

Member Clubs

Club	Years Participating	Joined from	Went to	Where are they now?
Adelaide Tigers	1993–95		merged with TransAdelaide FC[2]	TransAdelaide Tigers folded in 1999 [3]
Athelstone	1978–95	left Norwood-North FA[1]	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 2
Brighton	1987–90	left Southern Metropolitan FL	merged with Brighton High Old Scholars FC[4]	Now part of Brighton DOS in Adelaide Football League Division 1
Burnside	1978	left Norwood-North FA [1]	merged with Kensington FC	see Burnside-Kensington
Burnside-Kensington	1979–80	merger of Burnside FC & Kensington Gardens FC	joined SAAFL[5]	Folded in 2002 [6]
Campbelltown-Magill	1978–79 (1978 as Campbelltown-Magill United)	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined Central District FA	Folded in 1998 [7]
Edwardstown	1978–95	left Glenelg-South Adelaide FA [1]	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 4
Elizabeth	1978–88	left Central District FA [1]	joined SAAFL	Adelaide Football League Division 6
Ferryden Park	1978–84	left SAAFL [1]	joined SAAFL[8]	Folded in 1996 [2]
Flinders Park	1978–95	left SAAFL [1]	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 3
Gepps Cross	1978–83	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL	Adelaide Football League Division 4
Henley District and Old Scholars	1982–93	left SAAFL[9]	merged with Greek FC (part of Greek Camden FC)[10]	Now Henley in Adelaide Football League Division2
Hope Valley	1978–79	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL	Adelaide Football League Division 5
Ingle Farm	1978–88	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL[11]	Adelaide Football League Division 6
Mitchell Park	1987–93	left Southern Metropolitan FL	joined Southern FL	Adelaide Football League Division 7
Modbury	1978–87	left Norwood-North FA [1]	SAAFL[12]	Adelaide Football League Division 1
Mount Lofty District	1979–85	merger of Heathfield-Aldgate FC & Stirling FC	joined Hills FL	Hills FL Division 1
Norwood Districts	1978–89 (1978–81 as Hectorville)	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL[13]	Now Hectorville in Adelaide Football League Division 4
Norwood Union	1978	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined Glenelg-South Adelaide FA	see Payneham-Norwood Union
Para Hills	1992–94	left Northern Metropolitan FL	joined SAAFL	Adelaide Football League Division 7
Payneham	1980–1993	left SAAFL[14]	merged with Norwood Union FC	see Payneham-Norwood Union
Payneham-Norwood Union	1994–95	merger of Payneham FC & Norwood Union FC	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 1
Plympton	1990–95	left Southern FL	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 3
Pooraka	1978–95	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 5
Port District	1979–83	merger of Exeter FC & Semaphore Central FC[15]	joined SAAFL[16]	Adelaide Football League Division 1
Salisbury North	1979-88, 1992–95	1979: left Central District FA [1] 1992: left Northern Metropolitan FL	1989: joined Northern Metropolitan FL 1996: joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 2
Salisbury West	1995	left Central District FA	joined SAAFL[2]	Adelaide Football League Division 6
Tea Tree Gully	1978–87	left Norwood-North FA [1]	joined SAAFL[12]	Adelaide Football League Division 1
Walkerville	1980–89	left SAAFL[14]	joined SAAFL[13]	Adelaide Football League Division 2
West Lakes	1978–87 (1978–83 as Semaphore Park)	left SAAFL [1]	joined SAAFL[12]	Now part of SMOSH West Lakes in Adelaide Football League Division 3

Premierships

A1 (John Stevens Perpetual Trophy)

• 1978 Flinders Park [17]
• 1979 Flinders Park [17]
• 1980 Edwardstown [18]
• 1981 Flinders Park [17]
• 1982 Edwardstown [18]
• 1983 Flinders Park [17]
• 1984 Pooraka [19]
• 1985 Pooraka [19]
• 1986 Payneham [20]
• 1987 Edwardstown [18]
• 1988 Edwardstown [18]
• 1989 Pooraka [19]
• 1990 Pooraka [19][21]
• 1991 Pooraka [19]
• 1992 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1993 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1994 Pooraka [19]
• 1995 Athelstone [23]

A2

• 1978 Modbury [24]
• 1979 Port District [25]
• 1980 Payneham [26]
• 1981 Mount Lofty District [27]
• 1982 Gepps Cross [28]
• 1983 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1984 Ingle Farm [29]
• 1985 Modbury [26]
• 1986 Elizabeth [30]
• 1987 Norwood Districts [26]
• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 1994 Edwardstown
• 1995 Athelstone

A3

• 1978 Edwardstown [18]
• 1979 Edwardstown [18]
• 1980 Edwardstown [18]
• 1981 Edwardstown [26]
• 1982 Edwardstown [18]
• 1983 Flinders Park [17]
• 1984 Edwardstown [18]
• 1985 Flinders Park [17]
• 1986 Flinders Park [17]
• 1987 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1988 Mitchell Park [31]
• 1989 Brighton [32]
• 1990 Mitchell Park [26]
• 1991 Edwardstown [18]
• 1992 Para Hills [33]
• 1993 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1994 Pooraka [19]
• 1995 Athelstone [23]

A4

• 1978 Athelstone [23]
• 1979 Athelstone [23]
• 1980 Walkerville [34]
• 1981 Athelstone [23]
• 1982 Athelstone [23]
• 1983 Flinders Park [17]
• 1984 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1985 Elizabeth [30]
• 1986 Elizabeth [30]
• 1987 Henley District and Old Scholars [22]
• 1988 Walkerville [34]
• 1989 Edwardstown [18]
• 1990 Plympton [35]
• 1991 Edwardstown [18]
• 1992 Salisbury North [36]
• 1993 Athelstone [23]
• 1994 Plympton [35]
• 1995 Athelstone [26]

Medallists

A1 - Harford Medal

1980 - Peter Munn (Ferryden Park)
1982 - John Eldridge (Ferryden Park)
1983 - Peter Munn (Ferryden Park)
1988 - Randall Wright (Brighton)
1991 - Andrew Horsnell (Henley District and Old Scholars)
1992 - Matthew Wormald (Henley District and Old Scholars)
1994 - Chris Grigg (Athelstone)[37]

A2 - Ardill Medal

1983 - Ian Berry (Henley District and Old Scholars)[38]

References

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