Limestone Coast Football Association

The Limestone Coast Football Association is a soccer based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. An affiliated league of Football South Australia, seven clubs participate in the LCFA across various divisions and age groups for men, women, boys and girls.

History

Founded as The South East Soccer Association in 1957, the founding teams were Blue Lake, Millicent, Mount Burr, Nangwarry and Naracoorte. ^[1] The league later became the Western Border Soccer Association with the competition growing due to migrants from countries such as Italy, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Holland and the United Kingdom. ^[2]

In 1986 the Green Triangle Soccer League was formed and played separately to the South East Soccer Association for two seasons. The SESA had International, Centrals, Blake Lake and Moorak whilst the GTSL had Apollo, Croatia, Portland, Millicent United, Millicent Wanderers and Naracoorte United. In 1988 the clubs combined again with the league becoming the Western Border Soccer Association.

In 2021 the South East Women's Football Association finished and women's leagues were introduced to the LCFA. ^[3]

Current clubs

Club	Home Ground	Years in comp	Senior Mens Premierships
			Total	Years
Apollo	Hastings Cunningham Reserve, Mount Gambier	1971-	3	1996, 1996, 2010
Blue Lake Rangers	Malseed Park, Mount Gambier	1957-	2	1969, 1979
Gambier Centrals	Bishop Road, Mount Gambier	1962-	8	1974, 1982, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2016, 2021, 2022
International	Casadio Park, Mount Gambier	1959-	38	1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
Millicent United	McLaughlin Park, Millicent	1966-	2	1971, 1990
Naracoorte United	Naracoorte Sports Centre, Naracoorte	1968-	-	-
Portland Panthers	Friendly Society Reserve, Portland	1955-2019 2025-	-	-

Former clubs

Club	Home Ground	Years in comp	Senior Mens Premierships
			Total	Years
Mount Burr	Mount Burr	1957-	-	-
Croatia/ Mt Gambier Knights	Initially Nangwarry Bishop Road, Mount Gambier	1957	12	1960, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995
Gambier City	Mount Gambier	1987	-	-
Gambier City Sharks	McDonald Park, Mount Gambier	2001–2015	-	-
Gambier United	Wireless Road East, Mount Gambier	-	-	-
Millicent Wanderers	Millicent	1987–1988	-	-
Naracoorte	Naracoorte	1957–1972
Naracoorte South	Memorial Oval, Naracoorte	-	-	-
Port Macdonell Crays	Port MacDonnell	1995–2001	-	-
Hamilton Rovers	Pedrina Park, Hamilton	-	-	-
Moorak United	Mount Gambier	1988	-	-
Roma	Mount Gambier	-	-	-

Senior premierships

LCFA Premiers

Until 2010, the premier was the first placed team on the table. From 2011, the premier is the winner of the Grand Final.

Senior Mens

       •       1960 – Croatia        •       1961 – International        •       1962 – Croatia        •       1963 – Croatia        •       1964 – International        •       1965 – International        •       1966 – International        •       1967 – Croatia        •       1968 – Croatia        •       1969 – Blue Lake        •       1970        •       1971 – Millicent        •       1972 – Croatia        •       1973 – Croatia        •       1974 – League abandoned with four games left, premiership awarded to Centrals in 2023        •       1975 – International        •       1977 – International        •       1978 – International        •       1979 – Blue Lake        •       1980 – International        •       1981 – International        •       1982 – Centrals        •       1983 – International        •       1984 – International        •       1985 – International        •       1986 – SESA–                       GTSL–Croatia        •       1987 – SESA–International                       GTSL–Croatia        •       1988 – International        •       1989 – Croatia        •       1990 – Millicent        •       1991 – International        •       1992 – International        •       1993 – Croatia        •       1994 – International        •       1995 – Croatia        •       1996 – Apollo        •       1997 – Apollo        •       1998 – Centrals        •       1999 – Centrals        •       2000 – International        •       2001 – International        •       2002 – International        •       2003 – Centrals        •       2004 – International        •       2005 – International        •       2006 – International        •       2007 – International        •       2008 – International        •       2009 – International        •       2010 – Apollo        •       2011 – International        •       2012 – International        •       2013 – International        •       2014 – International        •       2015 – International        •       2016 – Centrals        •       2017 – International        •       2018 – International        •       2019 – International        •       2020 – International        •       2021 – Centrals        •       2022 – Centrals        •       2023 – International        •       2024 – International

References

1. "LCFA History – LCFA – Limestone Coast Football Association" . Retrieved January 20, 2025.
2. Gerritsen, Tim. "The colourful history of South East Soccer" . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
3. Miles, Thomas (September 27, 2021). "Teams unite for new football era | The SE Voice" . Retrieved January 20, 2025.