The club was formed in 1927 as the Flinders Park Methodist Church Football Club when a meeting was held on 15 March 1927. The team played in the United Church Football Association in the B Division and wore a brown and blue guernsey, capping off their first season in history with a premiership win. The club remained in the United Church Association for six seasons until 1933 when the club applied to join the South Australian Amateur Football League. They played for one season in the SAAFL but were evicted from the league due to poor spectator behaviour and were moved to the Adelaide & Suburban Football League, where the Reds remained until 1946 That year the club won a second senior grade premiership.
In 1947, Flinders Park shifted leagues again, this time to the West Torrens District Football Association where they won another premiership that same year and the following year, in 1948, saw some more premiership success. The club moved back to the SAAFL in 1949 and over three decades, the Reds achieved a lot of success and the 1970s saw the club win back to back A-Grade premierships in 1976 and 1977. The 1978 season saw the club moving to the newly formed South Australian Football Association (SAFA) which was then the second tier of Australian rules football in South Australia. Flinders Park competed in the SAFA for a number of years and won another A-Grade premiership that same year, in 1978, and won a back to back premiership in 1979. A third premiership was won in 1981 and a fourth in 1983. The SAFA disbanded after the 1995 season which saw Flinders Park and most of its other member clubs transfer to the SAAFL. Upon transferring, the Division 4 side won the premiership in 1996.[2][3]
In 2020 Flinders Park has senior A and B grade football teams competing in Division 3 and 3 Reserves of the Adelaide Footy League, C grade at C3 level, and a Senior Colts team competing in the Under 18.5 Red division as well as senior women's football in Division 4. Junior football is offered at all levels of SANFL Juniors for boys as well as two girls teams at under 12 and under 16 level, and the club has one of the strongest junior administrations in metropolitan Adelaide.[4]
Also part of the club are the Flinders Park Cricket Club competing in 2018/19 in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association's A2, B2 and LO1 levels with juniors in the Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Association.
In 2015 Flinders Park established netball teams that compete in the South Australian United Church Netball Association right across the grades, and has expanded at a rapid rate from the inaugural two winter teams in 2015 to some seven senior teams for summer 2018/19 and six during winter 2019.[5]
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ReferencesEdit
^Wood, Ray (1977). Flinders Park Football Club : 50 years of history. Flinders Park Football Club. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^Devaney, John (2008). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs: Volume Two. ISBN9780955689734.
^Blainey, Geoffrey (1990). A game of our own. Black Inc. ISBN9781459602601.
^"Flinders Park Football Club :: Home". www.fpfc.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^"Flinders Park Football Club :: Home". www.fpfc.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
External linksEdit
Official website
September 02, 2023
flinders, park, football, club, australian, sports, club, mainly, known, australian, rules, football, team, which, competes, adelaide, footy, league, flinders, parknamesfull, namenickname, reds2019, seasonafter, finals3rdhome, away, season3rdclub, detailsfound. The Flinders Park Football Club is an Australian sports club mainly known for its Australian rules football team which competes in the Adelaide Footy League 1 Flinders ParkNamesFull nameFlinders Park Football ClubNickname s Reds2019 seasonAfter finals3rdHome and away season3rdClub detailsFounded1927 96 years ago 1927 Colours red gold dark blueCompetitionAdelaide Footy LeaguePresidentTrevor QuainiCoachLuke IvensGround s Flinders ParkUniformsHomeOther informationOfficial websitefpfc com auOther sports practised at the club are cricket and netball Contents 1 History 2 Premierships 3 Guernsey 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe club was formed in 1927 as the Flinders Park Methodist Church Football Club when a meeting was held on 15 March 1927 The team played in the United Church Football Association in the B Division and wore a brown and blue guernsey capping off their first season in history with a premiership win The club remained in the United Church Association for six seasons until 1933 when the club applied to join the South Australian Amateur Football League They played for one season in the SAAFL but were evicted from the league due to poor spectator behaviour and were moved to the Adelaide amp Suburban Football League where the Reds remained until 1946 That year the club won a second senior grade premiership In 1947 Flinders Park shifted leagues again this time to the West Torrens District Football Association where they won another premiership that same year and the following year in 1948 saw some more premiership success The club moved back to the SAAFL in 1949 and over three decades the Reds achieved a lot of success and the 1970s saw the club win back to back A Grade premierships in 1976 and 1977 The 1978 season saw the club moving to the newly formed South Australian Football Association SAFA which was then the second tier of Australian rules football in South Australia Flinders Park competed in the SAFA for a number of years and won another A Grade premiership that same year in 1978 and won a back to back premiership in 1979 A third premiership was won in 1981 and a fourth in 1983 The SAFA disbanded after the 1995 season which saw Flinders Park and most of its other member clubs transfer to the SAAFL Upon transferring the Division 4 side won the premiership in 1996 2 3 In 2020 Flinders Park has senior A and B grade football teams competing in Division 3 and 3 Reserves of the Adelaide Footy League C grade at C3 level and a Senior Colts team competing in the Under 18 5 Red division as well as senior women s football in Division 4 Junior football is offered at all levels of SANFL Juniors for boys as well as two girls teams at under 12 and under 16 level and the club has one of the strongest junior administrations in metropolitan Adelaide 4 Also part of the club are the Flinders Park Cricket Club competing in 2018 19 in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association s A2 B2 and LO1 levels with juniors in the Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Association In 2015 Flinders Park established netball teams that compete in the South Australian United Church Netball Association right across the grades and has expanded at a rapid rate from the inaugural two winter teams in 2015 to some seven senior teams for summer 2018 19 and six during winter 2019 5 Premierships EditDivision 1 1976 1977 Division 2 1956 Division 3 1949 2000 2008 2011 Division 4 1996 Division 5 1968 Division 6 1970 1973 1974 Division 7 2000 Division 1 Reserves 1976 Division 2 Reserves 1962 1972 1973 Division 3 Reserves 2008 2011 2016 2018 2019 Division 7 Reserves 2012 C2 2009 2010 C3 2011 2017 2018 2019 C6 2011 Division 5 Women 2019 U18 1962 1968 1970 1971 2017 2018Guernsey EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it August 2020 References Edit Wood Ray 1977 Flinders Park Football Club 50 years of history Flinders Park Football Club Retrieved 3 August 2018 Devaney John 2008 The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs Volume Two ISBN 9780955689734 Blainey Geoffrey 1990 A game of our own Black Inc ISBN 9781459602601 Flinders Park Football Club Home www fpfc com au Retrieved 24 July 2020 Flinders Park Football Club Home www fpfc com au Retrieved 24 July 2020 External links EditOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flinders Park Football Club amp oldid 1090504548, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
