Great Southern Football League (South Australia)

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The Great Southern Football League (GSFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Fleurieu Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and is zoned to the South Adelaide Football Club. Season 2008 was a hotly contested year between all sides except Willunga Football Club who were premiers (for the fifth year in a row), easily defeating Strathalbyn Football Club who were embarrassed by the might of the Demons. David Hams kicked ten goals and was awarded the Best on Ground medal while Mitch (Porkchops) Portlock also nailed ten...hot dogs![1]

Current Clubs

Encounter Bay Football Club - Eagles - Royal Blue with a Gold Eagle

Langhorne Creek Football Club - Hawks - Brown and Gold vertical stripes

McLaren Football Club - Eagles - Dark blue, Red and Gold with a white Eagles head

Mt Compass Football Club - Bulldogs - Maroon and Gold with a Bulldog head

Myponga Sellicks Football Club - Green and Gold with a Mudlark

Saints Football Club (Goolwa/Pt Elliot) - Saints - Black, Red and White vertical stripes

Strathalbyn Football Club - Roosters - Red with a white V

Victor Harbor Football Club - Kangaroos - Royal Blue and White with a kangaroo and vertical stripes

Willunga Football Club - Demons - White with a Red Triangle around collar

Yankalilla Football Club - Tigers - Black and Gold with a tiger

Brief History

Although football was played in the area in the 1870's, with the Goolwa club dating themselves from 1878, it was not until 1923 that the Great Southern Football Association was formed. The founding clubs were Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Hindmarsh Valley, Port Elliot and Victor Harbor.

Since that time a number of clubs have formed part of the Association, which itself changed its name to the Great Southern Football League. Current member clubs include Willunga, which is one of the oldest football clubs in South Australia, tracing its history back to 1874.[2]