The Port Adelaide and District Football Association (PADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the western and north-western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1952 season. [1]
It was first formed in 1921 as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Football Association under the auspices of the Port Adelaide Y.M.C.A., initially as a church based competition. [2]
Following World War I, the association reformed, [3] between 1921 and 1923 was known as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Church Football Association, and in 1924 was renamed the Port Adelaide and District Football Association. [4]
Club | Years Participating | Notes |
---|---|---|
Abattoirs | 1915 | |
Albert Park | 1910–15, [2] 1920–32 | |
Alberton Baptist | 1911–12, [2] 1920–22 | |
Alberton Church United | 1915, 1924–30 [9] | |
Alberton Juniors | 1915 | |
Alberton Methodist | 1911–13, [2] 1920 | |
Birkenhead | 1915, 1933 | |
Birkenhead Junior | 1929–41 | |
Birkenhead Sports | 1947–52 [10] | |
Brighton | 1936 | |
Camden | 1936 | |
Central Junior | 1911 [2] | |
Eastwood | -1952 [1] | |
Ethelton | 1913–15, 1920–52 | |
Exeter | 1931, [11] 1949 | Semaphore Central Juniors (1931) |
Glanville Methodist | 1920 | |
Kilkenny Terminus | 1933 | |
Kilkenny United | 1927–1933 | |
Largs Bay | 1932–33 | |
Naval Cadets | 1915 | |
Ottoway | 1933–35 | |
Peterhead | 1933 | |
Peterhead Mission | 1920 | |
Port Adelaide Methodist | 1912–13 | |
Port Catholic | 1914–15 [12] | |
Port Adelaide Church United | 1920–23 | |
Port Adelaide Congregational | 1911–13 [2] | Port Congregationalist (1911) |
Port Junior | 1912 | |
Queenstown | 1912–15 | Queenstown Church of Christ (1912) |
Riverside | 1933–48 [13] | |
Rosatala | 1922–1933 | Rosatala Church United (1922–31) |
Rosewater | 1920–48 [13] | |
Rosewater Catholic | 1922–23 | |
Semaphore Baptist | 1911 [2] | |
Semaphore Central B | 1949 | |
Semaphore Park | 1934–50 [14] | |
Semaphore Church United | 1920–23 | |
St. George | 1913 | |
Woodville | 1938–39 [15] | |
Woodville Catholic | 1922–24 |
The Port Adelaide and District Football Association (PADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the western and north-western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1952 season. [1]
It was first formed in 1921 as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Football Association under the auspices of the Port Adelaide Y.M.C.A., initially as a church based competition. [2]
Following World War I, the association reformed, [3] between 1921 and 1923 was known as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Church Football Association, and in 1924 was renamed the Port Adelaide and District Football Association. [4]
Club | Years Participating | Notes |
---|---|---|
Abattoirs | 1915 | |
Albert Park | 1910–15, [2] 1920–32 | |
Alberton Baptist | 1911–12, [2] 1920–22 | |
Alberton Church United | 1915, 1924–30 [9] | |
Alberton Juniors | 1915 | |
Alberton Methodist | 1911–13, [2] 1920 | |
Birkenhead | 1915, 1933 | |
Birkenhead Junior | 1929–41 | |
Birkenhead Sports | 1947–52 [10] | |
Brighton | 1936 | |
Camden | 1936 | |
Central Junior | 1911 [2] | |
Eastwood | -1952 [1] | |
Ethelton | 1913–15, 1920–52 | |
Exeter | 1931, [11] 1949 | Semaphore Central Juniors (1931) |
Glanville Methodist | 1920 | |
Kilkenny Terminus | 1933 | |
Kilkenny United | 1927–1933 | |
Largs Bay | 1932–33 | |
Naval Cadets | 1915 | |
Ottoway | 1933–35 | |
Peterhead | 1933 | |
Peterhead Mission | 1920 | |
Port Adelaide Methodist | 1912–13 | |
Port Catholic | 1914–15 [12] | |
Port Adelaide Church United | 1920–23 | |
Port Adelaide Congregational | 1911–13 [2] | Port Congregationalist (1911) |
Port Junior | 1912 | |
Queenstown | 1912–15 | Queenstown Church of Christ (1912) |
Riverside | 1933–48 [13] | |
Rosatala | 1922–1933 | Rosatala Church United (1922–31) |
Rosewater | 1920–48 [13] | |
Rosewater Catholic | 1922–23 | |
Semaphore Baptist | 1911 [2] | |
Semaphore Central B | 1949 | |
Semaphore Park | 1934–50 [14] | |
Semaphore Church United | 1920–23 | |
St. George | 1913 | |
Woodville | 1938–39 [15] | |
Woodville Catholic | 1922–24 |