Southern Football League

[rodney fox]

Thought I'd take this opportunity to put it out there.

Aldinga are Still Looking for an A grade Coach for 2009 and beyond.

I have been asked to put this on here so if any one has any interests in helping the Sharks move forward in 2009 let me know.

This job is for someone who would like to help cement an up and coming club and area in the next few years.

Any one with any interest please PM me, all information will be kept confidential, this is a great opportunity for the right person and I am more than willing to answer any questions.

[t express]

steve hill to coach mclaren vale i heard any truth gentleman !

[Mr Magoo]

steve hill to coach mclaren vale i heard any truth gentleman !

I would hate to be the blokes interviewing all the applicants for McLaren (must be at least 25)that have come up on the various threads

I am pretty interested in the Reynella and M/Vale situations

[Jayne]

BTP what are your thoughts re Edwardstown in the SFL.

I hear they are NOT bringing their juniors along. They are staying back in their old league. If that's the case they can bugger off.

Nope, juniors will be coming also...

[BringBackDBush]

BTP what are your thoughts re Edwardstown in the SFL.

I hear they are NOT bringing their juniors along. They are staying back in their old league. If that's the case they can bugger off.

Nope, juniors will be coming also...

Jayne I don't know were you get your info but. The Southern Times said pg 3.
"Initially they would only enter Senior teams and under 18s but would aim to establish 16s and 14s in future years".
"AIM TO" "FUTURE" two words I would call lip-service.
Warmen is welcoming them. That’s crap Warmen.
How is the SFL any better with a new club in the comp that doesn't provide juniors.
And don’t think they don’t have them either they just want to keep them in their old comp.
They want to have their cake and eat it too.
Edwardstown…..BUGGER OFF.

[Jayne]

Under 18's are juniors aren't they? Yes 16's and 14's will filter in over coming years the problem EFC has though is that 85% of their juniors play school footy [saturday]. Most of these kids play at Sacred Heart and Westminster which of course make school football compulsory as against club football, those 85% play a second game on the Sunday for Edwardstown. Will take some time to fill 14's and 16's on a Sat morning. That is the reasoning Bush so don't shoot first & ask questions second....

[Esteban Vihaio]

BTP what are your thoughts re Edwardstown in the SFL.

I hear they are NOT bringing their juniors along. They are staying back in their old league. If that's the case they can bugger off.

Nope, juniors will be coming also...

Jayne I don't know were you get your info but. The Southern Times said pg 3.
"Initially they would only enter Senior teams and under 18s but would aim to establish 16s and 14s in future years".
"AIM TO" "FUTURE" two words I would call lip-service.
Warmen is welcoming them. That’s crap Warmen.
How is the SFL any better with a new club in the comp that doesn't provide juniors.
And don’t think they don’t have them either they just want to keep them in their old comp.
They want to have their cake and eat it too.
Edwardstown…..BUGGER OFF.

I think it's attitudes like these why the SFL is now down to 14 teams with little parity between the top, middle, and lower echelons of clubs.

SFL departures and mergers in recent times
* Kangarilla (1915 -1922, 1981 - 2005)
* Hillside/McLaren Flat (1903 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Vale to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Vale (1886 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Flat to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Districts (1998 - 2000)
* Macclesfield (1984 - 1988)
* Meadows (1983 - 1998)
* Mitchell Park (1994 - 2000)
* Plympton (1987 - 1989) - ** Rumor that Plympton were forced out of the league
* Willunga (1886 - 1985)
* O'sullivans Beach - merged with Mawson to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)
* Mawson - Merged with O'Sullivans Beach to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)

Joined the league -
* Brighton (Late 90's)

[vics01]

I agree with BBDB. I know it is a hobbie horse of mine but if it is the case that Edwardstown are coming without the full compliment then BO. Again we see the excuse of College is compulsory. Are the kids contracted or is it more the case that they are bluffed. Club footy is the back bone of footy when will people realise this and say screw the school system. I would go as far as to say that the SFL will push the clubs to acept Edwardstown as there are some big ego's at SFL house We run the biggest and best, may not be so if they make the competition dysfunctional. We hear about how good it is to have all teams playing together at the one venue. This will bring a bye at senior level and chaos at junioir levels with teams playing all over the place. WARMAN and co wake up if clubs want to come make them bring the whole show to make our league stronger.
I would hope that ET with 14/16 available Sunday will play in the SFL Sunday comp????

[Look Good In Leather]

I think it's attitudes like these why the SFL is now down to 14 teams with little parity between the top, middle, and lower echelons of clubs.

SFL departures and mergers in recent times
* Kangarilla (1915 -1922, 1981 - 2005)
* Hillside/McLaren Flat (1903 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Vale to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Vale (1886 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Flat to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Districts (1998 - 2000)
* Macclesfield (1984 - 1988)
* Meadows (1983 - 1998)
* Mitchell Park (1994 - 2000)
* Plympton (1987 - 1989) - ** Rumor that Plympton were forced out of the league
* Willunga (1886 - 1985)
* O'sullivans Beach - merged with Mawson to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)
* Mawson - Merged with O'Sullivans Beach to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)

Joined the league -
* Brighton (Late 90's)

Joined the league -
* Hackham (1977-)
* Happy Valley (1980-)
* Cove (1984-)
* Flagstaff Hill (1985-)
* Morphettville Park (1987-)
* Marion (1987-)
* Brighton Bombers (Juniors 1994-, Seniors 1997-)

Reformed -
* Aldinga (1977 - )

are all still here


Some others that have come and gone, very briefly:
Junior Teams Only -
* Reynella East High School (Sub-Junior Colts 1980)
* Sacred Heart (U/13 1983)

[Esteban Vihaio]

I think it's attitudes like these why the SFL is now down to 14 teams with little parity between the top, middle, and lower echelons of clubs.

SFL departures and mergers in recent times
* Kangarilla (1915 -1922, 1981 - 2005)
* Hillside/McLaren Flat (1903 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Vale to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Vale (1886 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Flat to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Districts (1998 - 2000)
* Macclesfield (1984 - 1988)
* Meadows (1983 - 1998)
* Mitchell Park (1994 - 2000)
* Plympton (1987 - 1989) - ** Rumor that Plympton were forced out of the league
* Willunga (1886 - 1985)
* O'sullivans Beach - merged with Mawson to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)
* Mawson - Merged with O'Sullivans Beach to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)

Joined the league -
* Brighton (Late 90's)

Joined the league -
* Hackham (1977-)
* Happy Valley (1980-)
* Cove (1984-)
* Flagstaff Hill (1985-)
* Morphettville Park (1987-)
* Marion (1987-)
* Brighton Bombers (Juniors 1994-, Seniors 1997-)

Reformed -
* Aldinga (1977 - )

are all still here


Some others that have come and gone, very briefly:
Junior Teams Only -
* Reynella East High School (Sub-Junior Colts 1980)
* Sacred Heart (U/13 1983)

Well, we could keep going back in history to include when the league was founded, but in the last 20 years only Brighton have joined the league and stayed ( with plenty of rumours of clubs considering the jump) versus the listed departures; The doctrine amongst many of blindly defending the league is ridiculous; Yes, it has some absolutely fantastic features (which is why Edwardstown are thinking about joining the league), but not addressing why so many clubs have left is rather short sighted.

Unless you think all these departures and mergers from/in the SFL are a good thing?

[Waterboy]

I think it's attitudes like these why the SFL is now down to 14 teams with little parity between the top, middle, and lower echelons of clubs.

SFL departures and mergers in recent times
* Kangarilla (1915 -1922, 1981 - 2005)
* Hillside/McLaren Flat (1903 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Vale to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Vale (1886 - 1997 then merged with McLaren Flat to form McLaren Districts)
* McLaren Districts (1998 - 2000)
* Macclesfield (1984 - 1988)
* Meadows (1983 - 1998)
* Mitchell Park (1994 - 2000)
* Plympton (1987 - 1989) - ** Rumor that Plympton were forced out of the league
* Willunga (1886 - 1985)
* O'sullivans Beach - merged with Mawson to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)
* Mawson - Merged with O'Sullivans Beach to form Lonsdale (late 90's/early 00's ??)

Joined the league -
* Brighton (Late 90's)

Mawson changed their name to Lonsdale late 90s
Lonsdale and O'Sullivan Beach merged to form O'Sullivan Beach/Lonsdale in 2002

Merger was a direct result of the combining of division 1 and 2.

[MatteeG]

Merger was a direct result of the combining of division 1 and 2.

Bullshit waterboy- Sullies were basically kicked out of their clubrooms by the local council who back the South Adelaide soccer club to the hilt. Hopefully OSB CC can continue down there to prevent total takeover of a once proud club.

You can tell soccer is the more family orientated sport by all the steel cages down there to allow the players to run into the chagerooms without getting beaten up by supporters....

[Bag The Points]

The Lions merger would have gone ahead even if Div Two was continuing. The two clubs each had urgent needs that the merger would help sort out.
The timing of the merger with commencement of the "all in one Division" system was pure coincidence.

[NO-MERCY]

Apparently Fabian Francis is the new Christies Beach coach.
Lock up your wives & girlfriends!

[THE MOLE]

The Lions merger would have gone ahead even if Div Two was continuing. The two clubs each had urgent needs that the merger would help sort out.
The timing of the merger with commencement of the "all in one Division" system was pure coincidence.

I dont think you could be much further off with your statement. Lonsdale won the premiership the year before, not really sure what urgent needs they would of had!!! Osullivan beach had a very young list and were developing into a good team, at that stage there were no problems with the soccer club and the oval.
If there stayed 2 divisions they definately would not of merged, in saying that i dont think that is a bad thing that the clubs did merge and the competition became one division.
Would like to hear Lion hearts thoughts on this.

[Waterboy]

Merger was a direct result of the combining of division 1 and 2.

Bullshit waterboy- Sullies were basically kicked out of their clubrooms by the local council who back the South Adelaide soccer club to the hilt. Hopefully OSB CC can continue down there to prevent total takeover of a once proud club.

You can tell soccer is the more family orientated sport by all the steel cages down there to allow the players to run into the chagerooms without getting beaten up by supporters....

Games were split between the 2 clubs for the first season or two, so Sullies certainly weren't kicked out prior to the merger.
The soccer club made training and playing at Sullies bloody difficult and it was decided that it was easier to move to Lonsdale full time. A club decision, aided by the soccer club being a bunch of pricks, but not at forced one.
OSB/Lonsdale were contacted by the council after the decision and asked why they had moved. The council was certainly told what had gone on.

[BringBackDBush]

Under 18's are juniors aren't they? Yes 16's and 14's will filter in over coming years the problem EFC has though is that 85% of their juniors play school footy [saturday]. Most of these kids play at Sacred Heart and Westminster which of course make school football compulsory as against club football, those 85% play a second game on the Sunday for Edwardstown. Will take some time to fill 14's and 16's on a Sat morning. That is the reasoning Bush so don't shoot first & ask questions second....

Spot on vics.
There may be more than one player in the Under 18'ssss but it is still only one team.
And these U18’s aren’t really their junior team anyway.
Jayne you said “Nope, juniors will be coming also...” I stress the letter (S) for plural.
I think you knew more than you wanted to say in your earlier post. If you were up front in the beginning I wouldn’t have had to correct you.
The words “will take some time to fill" and "will filter in” doesn’t sound very promising and considering Edwardstown is quite a old area it dosen’t sound like the public high schools will have many footy kids around to offer up to them. Not unless Sacred Heart and Westminster close or let their kids go play club in the future, not likley. I wonder how many of those private school chaps even live in the area.
I say Edwardstown give the SFL a complete package or BUGGER OFF.

[fisho mcspaz]

BTP what are your thoughts re Edwardstown in the SFL.

I hear they are NOT bringing their juniors along. They are staying back in their old league. If that's the case they can bugger off.

Serious?? Bloody mercenaries.

[Bag The Points]

The Lions merger would have gone ahead even if Div Two was continuing. The two clubs each had urgent needs that the merger would help sort out.
The timing of the merger with commencement of the "all in one Division" system was pure coincidence.

I dont think you could be much further off with your statement. Lonsdale won the premiership the year before, not really sure what urgent needs they would of had!!! Osullivan beach had a very young list and were developing into a good team, at that stage there were no problems with the soccer club and the oval.
If there stayed 2 divisions they definately would not of merged, in saying that i dont think that is a bad thing that the clubs did merge and the competition became one division.
Would like to hear Lion hearts thoughts on this.

Maybe the word "urgent" was too strong. However, even with Lonsdale winning the last Div Two Premiership they obviously still had some sort of need or they wouldn't have agreed to a merge. And as for Sullies, maybe not in the first year, but certainly after that they could not use Galloway Road. The writing was on the wall.
Both had a need, hence the merger.
Can't buy the fact that they merged "because they were going into Div One". Why would the Premiers see a need to merge ? The bottom side was game enough to go it alone. Its name was Cove.

[The Big Shrek]

Apparently Fabian Francis is the new Christies Beach coach.
Lock up your wives & girlfriends!

Amazing! Thought the bloke might get another chance after the first time, but after the second offence I can't believe anyone would go near him.

He needs to go coach in the country were there are netball teams that contain single women.