The North Adelaide District Football Association (NADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the northern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the East Torrens Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season.[1] It was formed in 1921 under the patronage of the North Adelaide Football Club with complete control over its own affairs.[2]

The association came into controversy in 1927 when a player, J. Warming, was not permitted to play for league club West Adelaide due to a 12-month suspension received for striking an umpire whilst playing within the North Adelaide District Association.[3]

Member Clubs

Club Years Participating Notes
Albert Druids 1968
ANZ Bank 1958-59 [1]
British Tube Mills 1941
Broadview 1928-63 [1][4]
College Park 1949
Enfield 1952-53
Excelsior 1937
Ferryden Park 1965-67 [5]
Gaza 1921-61 [6][7]
Gepps Cross 1952-68
Greenacres 1965-68 Super Elliotts (1948-54?[8]), Colts only 1965-66[9]
Hope Valley 1922-29,[1] 1949-68 Hope Valley United (1949)
Islington United 1921-24 [6]
Kangaroos 1922
Kilburn 1921-57 [10] Chicago (1925–32)
Mitcham 1921 [1][6]
Modbury 1947-50,[1] 1954-58, 1963-68
North Adelaide Central 1935-48
North Adelaide Colts 1938
North Adelaide Ramblers 1921-41 [6]
Parafield Air Force 1940
Pooraka 1921,[6] 1938, 1964-68 Abattoirs (1938, 1964–67)
Prospect 1923-64 [1][11]
R.A.A.F. 1941
SA Central 1936-50
St Dominic's 1954-62 [1][12] North Adelaide YCW (1954–61) [13]
St Raphael's 1968
Tea Tree Gully 1955-56
Thompson Memorial 1947-52
Walkerville 1921-35,[6][14] 1948, 1952
West Croydon 1965-68
Wingfield 1954-68

Premierships

Year A1 A2
1921 Mitcham [15]
1922 Walkerville
1923 Prospect [16][17]
1924 Prospect [17][18]
1925 Prospect [17]
1926 Gaza [19]
1927 Prospect [20]
1928 Chicago [21][22]
1929 Walkerville
1930 Broadview
1931 Walkerville [23]
1932 Walkerville [24]
1933 Kilburn [22][25]
1934 Kilburn [22][26]
1935 Kilburn [22][27]
1936 Prospect [28]
1937 Kilburn [22][29]
1938 Kilburn [22]
1939 Kilburn [22][30]
1940 Kilburn [22][31]
1941 North Adelaide Central [32]
1942-45 In Recess
1946 Kilburn [22]
1947 Kilburn [22]
1948 Broadview [1][33]
1949 Brunswick [34] College Park [35]
1950 Thompson Memorial [36] North Adelaide Central [37]
1951 Thompson Memorial [38] Gaza [38]
1952 Thompson Memorial [39] Super Elliott [39]
1953 Enfield [40] North Adelaide Central undefeated [40][41]
1954 Broadview [42] Hope Valley [42]
1955 Thompson Memorial
1956 Kilburn
1957 Kilburn Wingfield
1958 Thompson Memorial Wingfield
1959 North Adelaide Y.C.W.
1960 North Adelaide Y.C.W.
1961 Prospect
1962
1963 Broadview Modbury
1964 Thompson Memorial
1965 Gepps Cross [43] Ferryden Park
1966 Thompson Memorial
1967 Modbury [1]
1968 Modbury [1]

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