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The Southern Metropolitan Football League (SMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1986 season. It first formed in 1912 as the Sturt Football Association,[1][2] and during its history was also known as the Mid-Southern Football Association (1920-1930),[3] Glenelg District Football Association (1931–1949),[4] Glenelg-South-West District Football Association (1950–1966)[5] and Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association (1967–1983),[6] before finally being named Southern Metropolitan Football League (1984–1986).[7]

The association first affiliated with the South Australian Football League in 1921.[8] In 1927, the association made a special request to the SAFL for financial assistance.[9]

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The remaining clubs at the end of the 1986 season were distributed in 1987 as follows:
Joined SAFA – Brighton, Mitchell Park[10]
Joined Hills Football League – Blackwood[11]
Joined Southern Football League - Marion,[12] Morphettville Park,[13] Plympton[14]
Joined Central District Football Association – Ovingham[15]
Merged and joined SAAFL - Camden (merged with Greek FC) [16][17]

Member Clubs

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Clubs in Bold indicate teams playing in the final season (1986)

Club Years participating Other names
Adelaide Lutheran 1980-84 [18]
Albert Sports 1979-81 [19]
ANZ Bank 1960-80 [20]
Bank of Adelaide 1971-76 [21]
Black Forest 1919-1927, 1931-33 [22]
Blackwood 1912-15, 1919–41, 1944–48, 1953-86
Bridgewater 1915
Brighton 1912-13, 1919–41, 1946–57,[23] 1969-86 [24] Brighton and Seacliff (1938–56)
Brompton 1981-82
Brunswick 1952-53
Camden 1927-86 [25] Novar Gardens (1927–31)
Clarendon 1925, 1929, 1948
College Park 1950-51
Colonel Light Gardens 1944-45, 1976-85 [26][27]
Edwardstown 1920, 1925–33, 1936-54 Edwardstown B participated 1935
Flagstaff Hill 1978-84 Brighton Tigers (1978)
Glandore 1958-84 [18]
Glenelg Imperial 1912-15, 1923–30, 1942-46
Glenelg Junior 1933-34, 1936
Glenelg Rovers 1931-32
Glenelg Sailing Club 1928-29 B-Grade only
Glenelg United 1929
Glenelg YMCA 1946
Goodwood 1915, 1925–30,[28] 1979-84 [18][29]
Happy Valley 1924,[30] 1964-79
Immanuel Old Scholars 1978-79 [31]
Kelvinator 1950, 1953-67 [32]
Lockleys 1960-85 [27]
Marion 1912-15, 1920–41, 1946-86 Sturt (1920–41, 1946–56)
Mitcham 1912-15, 1922–24, 1976-84 [18][26]
Mitcham Park 1915
Mitchell Park 1969-85
Morphettville Park 1959-86
Mortlock Park 1927-30
North Brighton-Somerton 1950-51 [33]
Norwood Union 1979-82 [34]
Ovingham 1986
Plympton 1921-27, 1937-86
Port Noarlunga 1935-36
Public Service 1948
Reynella 1920-27, 1930-47
Richmond and Keswick United 1928-30
Salesian 1980-84 [18][31]
Seacliff 1931-35
Semaphore Seasiders 1915
South Adelaide Ramblers 1950-57 South Adelaide C (1953–55)
St. Leonards 1930-53
St. Leonards Colts 1935-38
St. Peters 1929
South Road Estate 1929 B-Grade only
Sturt-Brighton 1942-45
Sturt Centrals 1916
Sturt College Of Advanced Education 1981
Sturt Imperial 1915
Sturt Ramblers 1912-15
Torrens College Of Advanced Education 1975-78
Torrensville United 1962-78
Underdale United 1927 [35]
West Suburban 1930
Wingfield Royals 1979-81 [19]
Woodville South 1962-78 [29] Kilkenny United (1962–70)

Premierships

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Sturt Football Association

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Year A-Grade
1912 Mitcham Undefeated [36]
1913 Sturt Ramblers
1914 Mitcham[36]
1915 Sturt Ramblers
1916 Sturt Centrals
1917 In recess (World War I)
1918 In recess (World War I)
1919 Brighton

Mid-Southern Football Association

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Year A-Grade B-Grade
1920 Brighton
1921 Sturt[12]
1922 Mitcham[36]
1923 Brighton[37]
1924 Brighton[38] Brighton B[38]
1925 Brighton[39] Goodwood B
1926 Sturt[12] Goodwood B
1927 Mortlock Park [40] Mortlock Park B [41]
1928 Goodwood [42] Richmond and Keswick United
1929 Mortlock Park [43]
1930 Goodwood [3][28] Glenelg Juniors

Glenelg District Football Association

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Year A-Grade B-Grade
1931 Sturt[12]
1932 Edwardstown Edwardstown B
1933 Black Forest [44] St. Leonards B [45]
1934 St. Leonards Undefeated [46]
1935 St. Leonards St. Leonards Colts [47]
1936 Brighton Reynella[48]
1937 Camden[49]
1938 Blackwood[11][50]
1939 Edwardstown[51]
1940 Edwardstown[51][52]
1941 Edwardstown[51]
1942 Edwardstown[51]
1943 Edwardstown[51]
1944 Sturt-Brighton[12]
1945 Sturt-Brighton[12][53]
1946 Edwardstown[54][55]
1947 Brighton and Seacliff[56]
1948 Edwardstown[57]
1949 Edwardstown Plympton B[58]

Glenelg-South-West District Football Association

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Year A1 A2 A3
1950 Plympton[59] Kelvinator [60]
1951 Sturt[12][61] College Park [61]
1952 Edwardstown[62] Edwardstown[63]
1953 Blackwood[11][64]
1954 Blackwood[11][65]
1955 Blackwood[11]
1956 Plympton
1957 Brighton Marion[12]
1958 Marion[12]
1959 Camden[49]
1960 Edwardstown
1961 Glandore
1962 Edwardstown
1963 Glandore Morphettville Park[13]
1964 Plympton
1965 Glandore Lockleys[5]
1966 Edwardstown Kilkenny United[66] Morphettville Park[13]

Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association

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Year A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
1967 Plympton Marion Undefeated
1968 Glenelg Tigers
1969 Blackwood[11] Morphettville Park[13] Edwardstown
1970 Brighton Mitchell Park Happy Valley Edwardstown
1971 ANZ Bank ANZ Bank Plympton Edwardstown
1972 Camden[49] Camden[49] Morphettville Park[13] Edwardstown
1973 Edwardstown ANZ Bank Bank of NSW Brighton Morphettville Park[13]
1974 Camden[49] Lockleys[6] Happy Valley Camden[49] Edwardstown
1975 Camden[49] Edwardstown Edwardstown
1976 Camden[49] Blackwood Woodville South Undefeated [66] Morphettville Park[13]
1977 Edwardstown Mitcham Morphettville Park[13]
1978 Brighton Goodwood[67] Lockleys[6]
1979 Plympton
1980 Blackwood[11] Mitchell Park Undefeated Morphettville Park[13]
1981 Plympton Morphettville Park[13]
1982 Brighton Lockleys[6]
1983 Brighton Colonel Light Gardens[68] Morphettville Park[13]

Southern Metropolitan Football League

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Year A1 A2 A3
1984 Mitchell Park Mitcham[36] Mitchell Park
1985 Plympton Mitchell Park Mitchell Park
1986 Brighton[13] Colonel Light Gardens

H.S. Rugless Medallists

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The H.S. Rugless Medal was awarded to the player adjudged the Fairest and Most Brilliant in the competition. During the Sturt Football Association years (1912–19) it was known as the Thomas Medal.

Thomas Medal

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  • 1912
  • 1913
  • 1914 – Jack Rowlands (Blackwood) [11]
  • 1915
  • 1916
  • 1917
  • 1918
  • 1919

H.S. Rugless Medal (A1)

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J.C. Morrow Medal (A2)

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In 1936 the Morrow Medal was established for the fairest and most brilliant player in the then B-Grade competition.[82]

Division 2 A-Grade Medal

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  • 1980 - Neil Wuttke [83]
  • 1983 - Geoff Drechsler [83]
  • 1984 - Glenn Todman [83]

Division 2 B-Grade Medal

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  • 1983 - David Heard [83]

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