Flinders Park Football Club
| Full name | Flinders Park Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Reds |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| Founded | 1927 |
| League | Adelaide Footy League |
| Home ground | Flinders Park Oval |
| Colours | Navy blue Red Gold |
| President | Grant Scheuffele |
| Head coach | Dave Kennewell |
The Flinders Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in Division 3 of the Adelaide Footy League.[1]
History
The club was formed in 1927 as the Flinders Park Methodist Church Football Club when a meeting was held on the 15th of March 1927. The team played in the United Church Football Association in the B Division and wore a brown and blue guernsey, capping off their first season in history with a premiership win. The club remained in the United Church Association for six seasons until 1933 when the club applied to join the South Australian Amateur Football League. They played for one season in the SAAFL but were evicted from the league due to poor spectator behaviour and were moved to the Adelaide & Suburban Football League, where the Reds remained until 1946 That year the club won a second senior grade premiership.
In 1947, Flinders Park shifted leagues again, this time to the West Torrens District Football Association where they won another premiership that same year and the following year, in 1948, saw some more premiership success. The club moved back to the SAAFL in 1949 and over three decades, the Reds achieved a lot of success and the 1970s saw the club win back to back A-Grade premierships in 1976 and 1977. The 1978 season saw the club moving to the newly-formed South Australian Football Association (SAFA) which was then the second tier of Australian rules football in South Australia. Flinders Park competed in the SAFA for a number of years and won another A-Grade premiership that same year, in 1978, and won a back to back premiership in 1979. A third premiership was won in 1981 and a fourth in 1983. The SAFA disbanded after the 1995 season which saw Flinders Park and most of its other member clubs transfer to the SAAFL. Upon transferring, the Division 4 side won the premiership in 1996.[2][3]
The Flinders Park Reds FC fields A and B-Grade teams in Division 3 and Division 3 Reserves of the Adelaide Footy League and junior teams in SANFL Juniors and is looking to fielding female football teams onward from 2017.
Premierships
- Division 1 - 1976, 1977
- Division 2 - 1956
- Division 3 - 1949, 2000, 2008, 2011
- Division 4 - 1996
- Division 5 - 1968
- Division 6 - 1970, 1973, 1974
- Division 7 - 2000
- Division 1 Reserves - 1976
- Division 2 Reserves - 1962, 1972, 1973
- Division 3 Reserves - 2008, 2011
- Division 7 Reserves - 2012
- C-Grade 2 - 2009, 2010
- C-Grade 3 - 2011
- C-Grade 6 - 2011
- U18 - 1962, 1968, 1970, 1971
Guernsey
References
- ^ Wood, Ray (1977). Flinders Park Football Club : 50 years of history. Flinders Park Football Club. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Devaney, John. "The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs: Volume Two".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Blainey, Geoffrey (1990). A game of our own. Black Inc.