List of former South Australian regional football leagues

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This is a list of former regional Australian rules football leagues in South Australia

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NameFoundedEndedReasonPrevious Names
Albert District Football Association19201926 [1]
Alexandra Football Association19131923In recess 1916-21
Barossa & Light Football Association19081986Merged with Gawler and District Football Association to form Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association [2]
Barossa & Murray Valley Football Association1947 [3] 1956in recess 1949-1954
Belalie District Football Association19291949Jamestown Football Association (1929–33)
Blue Lake Football Association19311937
Booboorowie Football Association19251933
Border Downs Football Association19301932Midland Downs Football Association (1930–31)
Boundary District Football Association19281934
Broughton Football League19101980 [4] Broughton Football Association (1910–49)
Broughton Central Football Association19121939In recess 1932-35North Western Football Association (1912–13)
Brown's Well Football Association19201968merged 1926-31 as part of the Loxton Brown's Well Football Association
Brown's Well Line Football Association19131914
Bundaleer Football Association19391940
Burra Football Association19051940In recess 1925-31
Cardwell Football Association19451954Merged with Lake Albert Football Association to form Lakes District Football Association
Carrow Football Association19201932In recess 1924-25
Central Football Association19261937Caralue Football Association (1926–34)
Central Areas Football Association19461956
Central Peebinga Line Football Association19281937In recess 1936
Central South Eastern & Border District Football Association19241927In recess 1926Central South Eastern Football Association (1924)
Central Yorke Peninsula Football Association19091921In recess 1915-18 (World War I), absorbed into Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association
Cleve & Districts Football Association19091961In recess 1914-18 (World War I), 1941-45 (World War II), merged with Franklin Harbour Football Association to form Cleve Cowell Football League
County Eyre Football Association19311946In recess 1934, 1941-44 (World War II)
County Jervois Football League19621988merged with Kimba Football Association to form Eastern Eyre Football League Cleve Cowell Football League (1962–63)
Cummins Football Association19311931
Drainage Areas Football Association19201926 [5] Millicent Football Association (1907-1914)
East Murray Football Association19211970
Eastern Eyre Peninsula Football Association19201962In recess 1924, 1941-44 (World War II)
Eastern Yorke Peninsula Football Association19131935In recess 1916-20
Far Northern Football Association19251962In recess 1930, 1935–49
Far West Football Association19241960In recess 1941-46 (World War II)
Fleurieu Peninsula Football Association19341934
Flinders Football Association19121978In recess 1914-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II)
Forster On Murray Football Association19231929
Franklin Harbour Football Association19001961merged with Cleve & Districts Football Association to form Cleve Cowell Football League
Gawler and District Football Association18891986Merged with Barossa & Light Football Association to form Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association [2] Gawler Football Association
Gilbert Football Association19211934
Golden Vale Football Association19241928
Gordon Football Association19231929
Great Northern Football Association19361960merged with Whyalla Football League & Port Pirie Football Association to form Spencer Gulf Football League [6]
Hills Football Association19021961In recess 1915-18 (World War I), 1930–37, 1940-44 (World War II)
Hills Central Football Association19231966In recess 1941-45 (World War II), merged with Torrens Valley Football Association to form Hills Football League
Kadina & Wallaroo Junior Football Association19111936In recess 1916-18 (World War I), merged with Moonta & Districts Junior Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Junior Football Association
Karte & District Football Association19261937Peebinga Kingsford Football Association (1926–29)

Kingsford & Border Football Association (1930–34)

Kimba Football Association19201988merged with County Jervois Football League to form Eastern Eyre Football League
Kooringa Football Association19251930
Kowree Naracoorte Football League19361992Merged with Tatiara Football League to form Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League [7] Kowree Football Association (1936)
Lake Albert Football Association19461948Merged with Cardwell Football Association to form Lakes District Football Association
Lakes District Football Association19451954
Lameroo & Districts Football Association19251993Merged with Murray Lands Football League to form Mallee Football League [8]
Lameroo & Western Football Association19231924
Le Hunte Football League19191987In recess 1941-45 (World War II),
merged with Streaky Bay Football League to form Mid West Football League [9] 		Central Eyre Peninsula Football Association (1919–41)
Lower North Football Association19251952In recess 1932-35, 1941-45 (World War II)
Loxton Brown's Well Football Association19261931
Loxton & District Football Association19321940
Loxton Line Football Association19091925In recess 1916-1918 (World War I); merged with Brown's Well Football Association to form Loxton Brown's Well Football AssociationLoxton Football Association (1909-1915)
Marble Range Football Association19341936
Martindale Football Association19271927
Mid Murray Football Association 19102009 [10]
Mid North Football Association19101975
Mid Western Football Association19131955In recess 1915-25, 1929–47
Mid Western Junior Football Association19221922
Millicent Football Association19071914Abandoned due to World War I, reformed as Drainage Areas Football Association
Moonta & District Junior Football Association19141936In recess 1916-18 (World War I), merged with Kadina & Wallaroo Junior Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Junior Football AssociationMoonta Junior Football Association (1914-1926)
Mount Gambier Football Association18941914Player numbers affected by World War I enlistments
Mount Lock Football Association19211933
Mount Lofty Football Association19211938
Murray Bridge Football Association19221925
Murray Downs Football Association19201940In recess 1924-25Lower Murray Football Association (1923)
Murray Lands Football League19231993merged with Lameroo & Districts Football League to form Mallee Football League [8]
Murray Mallee Football Association19321940Central Murray Football Association (1932)
Murray Ranges Football Association19221935
Murray River Football Association19191931In recess 1927-29
Murray Valley Football Association19211934
Naracoote Football Association19351935
Narracoote Football Association19121913
North Gambier Football Association19311934
North West Goldfields Football Association19351935
North Western Football Association19111963North Western Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1930s)
Northern Districts Football Association19791984
Northern Football Association18891889
Olary Ridge Football Association19351935
Orroroo Football Association19141923
Peake & District Football Association19251940
Peterborough & Districts Football Association19111961In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1936, 1942-44 (World War II)Petersburg Football Association (1911–15)

North Eastern Football Association (1919–26, 1929–38, 1945–58)
Peterborough Football Association (1927–28, 1939–41)

Pinnaroo & Border Football Association19101954Pinnaroo Football Association (1910–15)
Port Augusta Football Association19121934In recess 1916 (World War I)
Port Pirie Football Association18931960merged with Whyalla Football League & Great Northern Football Association to form Spencer Gulf Football League [6]
Port Pirie Shiftworkers Football Association19231930
Port Pirie United Churches Football Association
Quorn Football Association19181954In recess 1928-32, 1939, 194-45 (World War II)
Rocky River Football Association19451945
Rudall Centre Football Association19291947In recess 1941-45 (World War II)Middle Areas Football Association (1929–40)
Rudall District Football Association19351940
South East & Border Football League19461963merged with Western Districts Football League to form Western Border Football League [11] Mount Gambier & District Football Association (1946–47)
South Eastern Country Football Association19291930
South Eastern Football Association19261935Folded, clubs joined the Mid South Eastern Football League
Southern Ports Football Association19281965
Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association19081993In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II), merged with Yorke Valley Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Football League Central & Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1923)
Spalding Football Association19241926
Stanley Football Association 19151936In recess 1916-17 (World War I), 1919. Joined the Mid North Association following the 1936 season
Streaky Bay Football League19231987In recess 1941-45 (World War II),
merged with Le Hunte Football League to form Mid West Football League [9] 		Central Flinders Football Association (1923–40)
Tatiara Football League19111992merged with Kowree Naracoorte Football League to form Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League [7]
Torrens Valley Football Association19211966In recess 1940-45 (World War II), merged with Hills Central Football Association to form Hills Football League
Wakefield Football Association19251939
Wakefield, Light & Gilbert Football Association19041905
Warratta Football Association19101914
Western Areas Football Association19081961
Western Flinders Football Association19241938
Willochra Football Association19201936Mount Remarkable Football Association (1920–23)
Wooroora Football Association19091925folded due to financial issues
Yackamoorundie Football Association19121924In recess 1914-18 (World War I), clubs transferred to Moorundie Football Association
Yackilowie Football Association19141921
Yorke Peninsula Football Association18871960In recess 1895, 1916-18 (World War I), 1941-44 (World War II)
Yorke Peninsula Junior Football Association19371946
Yorke Valley Football League19101993In recess 1916-18 (World War I), 1937-45 (World War II), merged with Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association to form Yorke Peninsula Football League Northern Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1910–24)

Northern and Mid Yorke Peninsula Football Association (1925–29)

See also

South Australian Country Football Digest - Peter Lines

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