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 in 1952. [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 | 1947–51 [10] | |
| Brighton | 1936 | |
| Camden | 1936 | |
| Central Junior | 1911 [2] | |
| Eastwood | -1952 [1] | |
| Ethelton | 1913–15, 1920–51 | |
| 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 |