The United Church Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based in the suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia from 1906 to 1977.
The competition was formed in April 1906 when delegates of some football clubs connected to churches in Adelaide met to establish a church association. The initial six clubs were Clayton Congregational, East Adelaide Methodist, Stanley Street Congregational, St Giles' Presbyterian, St Luke's Church of England, and St Mark's Church of England. [1]
The Stanley Shield was awarded to the champion team of the association from 1913. The shield was presented to the winner of a playoff between the A1 and A2 premiers. It was named after the Stanley Street team (later Thompson Memorial), which won three premierships in a row from 1910 to 1912. [2]
Non A-Division/A1 Premiers in bold.
Year | Champions |
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1913 | Brompton Methodist [2] |
1914 | Prospect Methodist [2] |
1915 | Walkerville Methodist [2] |
1916-1918 | In Recess |
1919 | Glen Osmond Baptist [2] |
1920 | Franklin Street Methodist [2] |
1921 | Franklin Street Methodist [2] |
1922 | Unley Methodist [2] |
1923 | St Augustine's [2] |
1924 | Unley Methodist [2] |
1925 | St Augustine's [2] |
1926 | Unley Methodist [2] [3] |
1927 | St Augustine's [2] |
1928 | Unley Methodist [2] [4] |
1929 | Flinders Park Methodist [2] |
1930 | Flinders Park Methodist [2] |
1931 | Flinders Park Methodist [2] |
1932 | Flinders Park Methodist [2] [5] |
1933 | Prospect Methodist [2] |
1934 | Queenstown Church of Christ |
1935 | Queenstown Church of Christ |
1936 | Queenstown Church of Christ |
1937 | Queenstown Church of Christ |
1938 | |
1939 | St Patrick's [6] |
1940 | |
1941 | |
1942-1945 | In Recess |
1946 | Queenstown Church of Christ [7] |
1947 | Park Street Church of Christ [8] |
1948 | Royal Park Methodist [9] |
1949 | Royal Park Methodist [10] |
1950 | |
1951 | Ovingham Methodist [11] |
1952 | Ovingham Methodist [12] |
1953 | Maylands Methodist [13] |
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Year | A Division | B Division | C Division | D Division |
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1906 | St Giles' Presbyterian [2] | |||
1907 | St Giles' Presbyterian [2] | |||
1908 | Stanley Street Congregational [2] | |||
1909 | St Luke's Church of England [2] | Chapel Street | ||
1910 | Stanley Street Congregational [2] | |||
1911 | Stanley Street Congregational [2] | |||
1912 | Stanley Street Congregational Undefeated [2] [14] | Parkside Methodist | ||
1913 | Parkside Methodist [15] | Brompton Methodist | ||
1914 | St. Luke's Church of England | Walkerville Methodist | Richmond Baptist | |
1915 | Walkerville Methodist | Richmond Baptist | ||
1916 - 1918 | In Recess (World War I) | |||
1919 | Glen Osmond Baptist | |||
1920 | Franklin Street Methodist Undefeated | |||
1921 | Franklin Street Methodist | |||
1922 | Unley Methodist Undefeated | Robert Street Church of Christ | Maylands Church of Christ | |
1923 | St. Augustine's Church of England | |||
1924 | Unley Methodist [16] | St Lawrence's [16] |
Year | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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1925 | St. Augustine's Church of England [17] | Hindmarsh Place Christian Church [17] | Mile End Church of Christ Undefeated [17] | St James' Church of England [17] [18] |
1926 | Unley Methodist [3] [19] | Mile End Church of Christ [3] | St James' Church of England [3] [20] | Royal Park Methodist [3] [19] |
1927 | St Augustine's Undefeated [21] | Hindmarsh Baptist [21] | Royal Park Methodist [21] | Flinders Park Methodist [21] [22] |
1928 | Unley Methodist | St Cuthbert's Church of England | St James' Church of England | Queenstown Church of Christ |
1929 | Flinders Park Methodist [23] | Burnside Christian Church [23] | Clayton Congregational | |
1930 | Flinders Park Methodist [24] | Clayton Congregational [24] | Manthorpe Memorial [24] |
Year | A Division | B Division | C Division | D Division |
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1931 | Flinders Park Methodist [25] | Queenstown Church of Christ [25] | Maylands Church of Christ [25] | |
1932 | Flinders Park Methodist [26] | Norwood Church of Christ [26] | College Park Congregational [5] | |
1933 | Prospect Methodist | Manthorpe Memorial | Hindmarsh Baptist | |
1934 | Queenstown Church of Christ Undefeated [27] | Brompton Methodist [27] | Torrensville Methodist [27] | St Giles' Presbyterian [27] |
1935 | Queenstown Church of Christ Undefeated [28] | St Patrick's | ||
1936 | Queenstown Church of Christ Undefeated [28] | Otiose [29] | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [29] | [29] |
1937 | Queenstown Church of Christ [30] | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [30] | Unley Methodist [30] | Clayton Congregational [31] |
1938 | Queenstown Church of Christ [32] | Norman Memorial [32] | Croydon Methodist Undefeated [32] | St Cuthbert's Church of England [32] |
1939 | St Patrick's [6] | Alberton Baptist [6] | Holder Memorial [6] | Ovingham Methodist [6] |
1940 | Prospect Methodist [33] | West Croydon Methodist [34] | North Adelaide Baptist [33] | Queen of Angels [34] |
1941 | Queenstown Church of Christ [35] | Queen of Angels [35] | Holy Cross [36] | |
1942 - 1945 | In Recess (World War II) | |||
1946 | Queenstown Church of Christ [37] | Enfield Methodist [37] | Ovingham Methodist [37] | |
1947 | Queenstown Church of Christ [38] | Park Street Church of Christ [38] | Royal Park Methodist [8] [9] | |
1948 | Prospect Methodist [39] | Royal Park Methodist [9] [40] | West Croydon and North Adelaide Baptist | |
1949 | Royal Park Methodist | Colonel Light Gardens United | Richmond Baptist | |
1950 | Richmond Baptist | Unley Methodist | ||
1951 | Ovingham Methodist [41] | Malvern Methodist [41] | ||
1952 | Ovingham Methodist [42] | Maylands Methodist [42] | ||
1953 | Maylands Methodist [43] | Royal Park Methodist [44] | ||
1954 | Maylands Methodist [45] | Allenby Gardens Methodist [45] | ||
1955 | ||||
1956 | ||||
1957 | ||||
1958 | ||||
1959 | ||||
1960 | ||||
1961 | ||||
1962 | ||||
1963 | ||||
1964 | ||||
1965 | ||||
1966 | ||||
1967 | ||||
1968 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | |||
1969 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | |||
1970 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | |||
1971 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | |||
1972 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | |||
1973 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] |
Year | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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1974 | Port Adelaide Presbyterian [46] | Brighton Methodist | Adelaide Lutheran | |
1975 | Adelaide Lutheran [47] | Enfield Methodist[ citation needed ] | ||
1976 | Adelaide Lutheran [47] | |||
1977 |
The Moyes Medal (officially called the John Moyes Memorial Trophy), named after Mr John Moyes who had founded the association, was awarded to the best overall player in the association. [17]
McLennan Medal
Club | Denomination | Known Years Participating | Notes |
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Adelaide Congress Hall [54] | Salvation Army | ||
Adelaide Lutheran | Lutheran | 1951-79 [55] | St Steven's Lutheran (1951–52) |
Alberton Baptist | Baptist | 1935-47 | |
Alberton East Baptist | Baptist | 1948-50 | |
Alberton and Ottaway United | 1951-54 | ||
Alberton Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1940 | |
All Saints | 1927-35 | ||
All Souls and Spicer | Uniting (Methodist) | 1933-40 | All Soul's and Spicer Memorial United (1933), Spicer and All Souls (1934–35) |
Allenby Gardens | Uniting (Methodist) | 1954-67 [56] | Allenby Gardens Methodist (1954) |
Ambleside | 1920 | ||
Bowden Baptist | Baptist | 1914-20 | |
Bowden Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1913-15 | |
Brighton Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1932 | |
Brighton Tigers | Uniting (Methodist) | 1963-77 | Brighton Methodist (1963–76) |
Brompton Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1911-35 | |
Brooklyn Park Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1946-49 | |
Brooklyn Park U.C. | Uniting (Methodist) | 1941 | |
Burnside Christian Church | Baptist | 1923-36 | |
Campbelltown Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1911 | |
Cathedral | 1911-13 | ||
Chapel Street | Church of Christ | 1907-13 | |
Clayton Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1906-37 | |
Clayton Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1931 | |
Clayton Norwood | 1952 | ||
Clayton and Wesley United | Uniting (Methodist) | 1949-54 | |
College Park Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1928-48 | |
Colonel Light Gardens United | Uniting | 1947-50 | Colonel Light Gardens Presbyterian and Congregational United (1947) |
Cottonville Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1924-25 | |
Cowandilla Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1925-28 | |
Croydon Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1927-31, 1937-46 | |
Croydon Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1930-32 | |
Croydon Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1936-41 | |
Draper Memorial | Uniting (Methodist) | 1909-21 | |
Dulwich Park Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1932 | |
Dulwich Rovers | 1919 | ||
East Adelaide Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1906-08 | |
Edwardstown Baptist | Baptist | 1974 [57] | |
Enfield Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1934-54 | |
Flinders Park Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1927-32 [58] | |
Flinders Street Baptist | Baptist | 1910-14 | |
Franklin Street Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1913-21 | |
Franklin Street West Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1914-20 | |
Fullarton Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1926-50 | |
Gartrell Memorial Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1924-25, 1946-54 | |
Gartrell-Tusmore Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1948 | |
Glen Osmond Baptist | Baptist | 1919 | |
Glenelg Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1927-48 | |
Glenunga Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1954 | |
Goodwood Baptist | Baptist | 1932-33 | |
Goodwood Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1912-14, 1929-30 | |
Greek Orthodox | Greek Orthodox | 1968 [59] | |
Grote Street Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1929-31 | |
Henley Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1941 | |
Henley Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1941 | |
Highgate Congregational | Uniting (Congregational) | 1934-35 | |
Hindmarsh Baptist | Baptist | 1908-40 | |
Hindmarsh Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1924 | |
Hindmarsh Place Christian Church | Church of Christ | 1925-28 | |
Holder Memorial | Uniting (Methodist) | 1925-54 | |
Holy Cross | Catholic | 1941 | |
Holy Trinity | Anglican | 1926-28 | |
Immanuel Old Scholars | Lutheran | 1977 | |
Islington Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1913-14 | |
Kent Town Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1934-35 | |
Kent Town Rovers | 1919 | ||
Keswick Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1929-30 | |
Kilkenny United | 1919-21 | ||
Madge Memorial Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1946-48 | |
Malvern Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1912-13, 1950-54 | |
Malvern and Rosefield Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1934-41, 1946-49 | |
Manthorpe Memorial | Uniting (Congregational) | 1923-35 | |
Marryatville Juniors | 1919 | ||
Maylands Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1922-40, 1947-48 | |
Maylands Church of Christ and St Peters Presbyterian | mixed | 1941 | merger |
Maylands Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1911-12, 1941, 1946-54 | |
Mile End Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1924-30, 1938, 1950 | |
Mile End and Dulwich Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1948-49 | |
Mitchell Memorial | Uniting (Presbyterian) | 1925-30, 1934-35 | Goodwood Presbyterian (1925–30) |
Nailsworth Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1947-48 | |
Norman Memorial | Uniting (Congregational) | 1936-39 | |
North Adelaide Baptist | Baptist | 1907-15, 1920–25, 1938–41, 1946 | |
North Adelaide Juniors | 1919 | ||
North Adelaide Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1946-47 | |
Norwood and Kensington Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1933-38 | |
Norwood and Maylands Methodist United | Uniting (Methodist) | 1932 | |
Norwood Baptist | Baptist | 1930-34 | |
Norwood Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1929-33 | |
Norwood Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1930-35 | |
Norwood Wesley | Uniting (Methodist) | 1907-20 | |
OTIOSE | 1933-37 | ||
Ovingham Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1913-15, 1925–26, 1939-76 [60] | |
Park Street Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1924-27, 1937–40, 1946-48 | |
Parkside Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1911-13 | became Kenilworth 1914 |
Parkside West Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1924-27, 1938-40 | |
Payneham Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1909-10, 1936–40, 1947-49 | |
Payneham and Woodville United | 1950-52 | ||
Port Adelaide Presbyterian | Uniting (Presbyterian) | 1935-38, 1961-77 [61] | |
Prospect Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1937-49 | |
Prospect Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1913-54 | Prospect Methodists United (1950) |
Prospect North Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1915 | |
Queen of Angels | Catholic | 1939-41 | |
Queenstown Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1923-49, 1951-54 | |
Richmond Baptist | Baptist | 1913-15, 1947-52 | |
Robert Street Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1922-30, 1937-38 | |
Royal Park Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1926-30, 1947-54 | |
Semaphore Baptist | Baptist | 1935-36 | |
Semaphore Church of Christ | Church of Christ | 1926-31 | |
St Augustine's Church of England | Anglican | 1920-27 [62] | |
St Bartholomew's Church of England | Anglican | 1924-41, [63] 1948-51 | |
St Cuthbert's Church of England | Anglican | 1922-35, 1937-39 | |
St George's Church | Anglican | 1909 | |
St Giles' Presbyterian | Uniting (Presbyterian) | 1906-39 | |
St Ignatius' | Catholic | 1924 | |
St James' Church of England | Anglican | 1925-31 | |
St John's | 1933 | ||
St Laurence's | Catholic | 1922-29 | |
St Luke's Church of England | Anglican | 1906-15, 1919-20 | |
St Mark's Church of England | Anglican | 1906-07, 1931, 1951 | |
St Mary's | 1929 | ||
St Mary Magdelene's | Anglican | 1911-12 | |
St Michael's | Anglican | 1913 | |
St Oswald's | Anglican | 1926-27 | |
St Patrick's | Catholic | 1930-40 | |
St Paul's | Anglican | 1926 | |
St Peters Presbyterian | Uniting (Presbyterian) | 1935-40 | |
St Saviour's | Catholic | 1913-14 | |
St. Thomas' | 1924 | ||
Sturt Ramblers | 1920 | ||
Torrensville Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1933-35 | |
Thebarton Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1926-29 | |
Thompson Memorial | Uniting (Congregational) | 1923-40 | Stanley Street Congregational (1906–14) [64] |
Thompson, Spicer and All Souls | Uniting | 1941 | |
Trinity | Anglican | 1911 | |
Unley Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1920-41, 1947-54 | |
W.A. Baptists | Baptist | 1926 | |
Walkerville Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1914-15, 1928-29 | |
Wellington Square Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1912-15, 1924-25 | |
Wesley | Uniting (Methodist) | 1911 | |
West Croydon Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1935-41 | |
West Croydon Rovers | 1926 | ||
West Croydon-North Adelaide Baptist United | Baptist | 1947-50 | |
West Hindmarsh Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1924 | |
Woodville District | Uniting (Methodist) | Mansfield Park Methodist (?-?) [65] | |
Woodville Methodist | Uniting (Methodist) | 1912-13, 1940 | |
Woodville Presbyterian | Uniting (Presbyterian) | 1953-54 | |
Y.M.C.A. | 1939 |
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