Northern Metropolitan Football League

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The Northern Metropolitan Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1994 season. It first formed in 1961 as the Central District Football Association, drawing from the recruiting zone of the Central District Football Club. [1] In 1988, it was renamed the Northern Metropolitan Football League which remained its name until it folded at the end of the 1994 season. [2]

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Member Clubs

ColoursClubYears ParticipatingOther Names
Blakeview1991-93[ citation needed ]
   Brahma Lodge 1962-94 [3] (1962–65 Juniors only) [4]
Campbelltown-Magill 1980-84
    Central United 1962-94 [2] [5] (1962-77 Juniors only)Central Juniors (1962–77) [5]
   Eastern Park 1962-94 [2] [6]
   Elizabeth 1961-77, 1994 [2] [7] [8] [9]
   Elizabeth North1961-64 [7] [10]
   Hope Valley 1980-86 [11]
   Ingle Farm 1968-73 [12] [13] [14]
Kaurna United1986-88
  Mile End Cats1991
   Ovingham 1987-88 [15]
  Para District Uniting1987
    Para Hills 1974-77, 1990-91 [16] [17] [18]
   Paralowie1979-93
   Pooraka 1969-75 [19] [20]
   Salisbury 1961-94 [2] [7] [21] [22]
Salisbury College of Advanced Education1975-76
  Salisbury North1961-78, 1989–91, 1994 [23] [24] [25]
   Salisbury West 1965-69, 1978-94 [26]
   Smithfield 1965-94 [2] [27] [28]
Two Wells-Virginia1961-69 [7] [29] [30] [31]
    Virginia 1975-1980, [32] 1987-94 [33] [34]
Westfields1968-84, 1987-89

Premierships

YearA1/Division 1A2/Division 2A3
1961Salisbury North [35]
1962Central Districts
1963Salisbury North [35]
1964Elizabeth North [36]
1965Salisbury North [35]
1966Elizabeth
1967Elizabeth
1968 Salisbury [7]
1969 Salisbury [7]
1970 Salisbury [7]
1971 Salisbury [7]
1972Salisbury North [35]
1973Elizabeth
1974Salisbury North [35]
1975Salisbury North [35] Salisbury CAE
1976Salisbury North [35]
1977 Brahma Lodge [3]
1978Salisbury North [35] Eastern Park [36]
1979Virginia
1980 Central United undefeated [37] Eastern Park [36]
1981 Campbelltown-Magill Eastern Park [36]
1982 Central United [37] Westfields
1983Hope ValleyWestfields
1984 Salisbury [7] Westfields
1985 Salisbury West [38]
1986 Salisbury [7]
1987 Salisbury West [38] Eastern Park [36]
1988 Salisbury [7] Ovingham [36]
1989Salisbury North [35] Virginia
1990Salisbury North [35] Virginia
1991ElizabethVirginia
1992SmithfieldVirginia
1993 Brahma Lodge [3]
1994 Brahma Lodge [3] [36]

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