Morphettville Park Football Club

Morphettville Park

Full name	Morphettville Park Football Club
Nickname	Roos
Sport	Australian Rules Football
Founded	1958
League	Southern Football League
Home ground	Kellett Reserve
Colours	Red, Gold
Anthem	We're a Happy Team at Morphies
President	Paul Sanders
Head coach	Byron Murphy
Captain	Scott Paterson

The Morphettville Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1958 and initial games were against sides who had forfeits or byes.^[1] In 1959, they joined the Glenelg-South-West District Football Association A2 Division.

After winning the A2 Premiership in 1963, Morphettville Park were promoted to the A1 division where they remained until the competition, then known as the Southern Metropolitan Football League, folded at the end of the 1986 season. Morphettville Park transferred to the Southern Football League with the Marion and Plympton clubs in 1987 where they have remained since.

The Morphettville Park FC continues to field teams in Senior and Junior grades in the Southern Football League.

Morphettville Park FC has produced one Australian Football League (AFL) player, Tony McGuinness, formerly of Adelaide and Footscray.^[2]

A-Grade Premierships

1963 Glenelg-South-West District Football Association A2
1990 Southern Football League Division 1

References

↑ "Club History". Morphettville Park Football Club. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
↑ "SFL to AFL". Southern Football League. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

External links

Morphettville Park Football Club Website

Preceded by Plympton	SFL Division 1 Premiers 1990	Succeeded by Noarlunga

Channel 9 Adelaide Football League

Division 1:	Adelaide University Goodwood Saints Payneham Norwood Union Port District Prince Alfred Old Collegians Rostrevor Old Collegians Salisbury North Tea Tree Gully Unley Mercedes Jets

Division 2:	Broadview Gaza Modbury Old Ignatians PHOS Camden Portland Sacred Heart Old Collegians Scotch Old Collegians SMOSH West Lakes St Peter's Old Collegians

Division 3:	Athelstone Flinders Park Gepps Cross Golden Grove Kilburn Mitcham Pembroke Old Scholars Plympton Seaton Ramblers Walkerville

Division 4:	Colonel Light Gardens Eastern Park Edwardstown Hope Valley Keni North Haven Pooraka Salisbury Westminster Old Scholars

Division 5:	Blackfriars Old Scholars Christian Brothers College Old Collegians Elizabeth Glenunga Greenacres Hectorville Lockleys Pulteney Rosewater Smithfield

Division 6:	Adelaide Lutheran Brahma Lodge Fitzroy Houghton Districts Ingle Farm Mawson Lakes Mitchell Park Trinity Old Scholars West Croydon Woodville South

Division 7:	Adelaide University Central United Flinders University North Pines Payneham NU Prince Alfred Old Collegians Salisbury West St Paul's Old Scholars Unley Mercedes Jets

C1:	Adelaide University Athelstone Goodwood Saints Henley PHOS Camden Port District Rostrevor Old Collegians Sacred Heart Old Collegians Salisbury North

C2:	Broadview Flinders Park Gaza Gepps Cross Portland Scotch Old Collegians SMOSH West Lakes St Peters Old Collegians Walkerville

C3:	Adelaide University Golden Grove Hope Valley Modbury North Haven Old Ignatians Pembroke Old Scholars Prince Alfred Old Collegians Tea Tree Gully

C4:	Colonel Light Gardens Edwardstown Kenilworth Lockleys Mitcham Plympton Pooraka Pulteney Salisbury Smithfield

C5:	Adelaide Lutheran Adelaide University Golden Grove Hectorville Modbury North Haven Old Ignatians Prince Alfred Old Collegians Tea Tree Gully

C6:	Brahma Lodge CBC Old Collegians Eastern Park Elizabeth Ingle Farm Rosewater Seaton Ramblers Trinity Old Scholars West Croydon Woodville South

Former Clubs:	Angle Vale Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Campbelltown-Magill Morphettville Park Para Hills

Southern Football League (South Australia)

Current Clubs:	Aldinga Christies Beach Cove Flagstaff Hill Hackham Happy Valley Marion Morphett Vale Noarlunga O'Sullivan Beach-Lonsdale Port Noarlunga Reynella

Former Clubs:	Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Clarendon Edwardstown Hills United Kangarilla Lonsdale Macclesfield McLaren McLaren Flat McLaren Vale Meadows Mitchell Park Morphettville Park Mount Compass Myponga Mount Bold Northern United O’Sullivan Beach Plympton Sellick’s Hill Willunga Yankalilla

Representative Side:	The Barbarians

Representative Competitions:	Pilmore Cup Lovelock Shield

Supporting Organisations:	Combined Southern Leagues Football Umpires Panel

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