the S.A.F.A

[bulldogs]

barcley had a unique handball style. how will he go at the helm of dingle dumb? do they have the cattle? buffalos or antilopoes/

he did but knew how to kick a goal, farmers not sure jury still out. you played under bk to long

bk was a great coach. have alot of respect for him. every hand out that he gave me on a piece of paper, all the bullshit articles, i still have the all in my footy bag and read them from time to time>

ive got some of them to

[None]

Peter Lennon Wore #33 for Elizabeth I think, Wasn't a bad player.

[Dogwatcher]

Was a good player.
Played with one of his sons too.

John Marslen was a good player, played with Elizabeth and Walkerville.
Could play cricket too.

[gadj1976]

It used to actually be televised in the late 70's early 80's on a Sunday such was the standard & profile of the competition. I used to barrack for Edwardstown back in those days, simply due to me being so young and them wearing the double blues.

[gadj1976]

there is alot of errors on there. my brother has some old safa budgets from the 1979. the days when channel 9 used to televise the game of the rnd on sundays.

Best players in those days here is a few bulls players
Dragan Tankosic
Ian Jones
Gary Simpson
Michael Niessen
Phil Robertson
Colin Kirkwood
Darrin Wilson
Rob Kent
Paul Dittmar
Paul Gibbs

Dont no when to stop.

Michael Niessen......wasn't during the televised era. Unless it's a different Niessen I know then, he finished up playing against me when he was at Queanbeyan (NSW/ACT league).

Is that the same Wilson that finished up at Fitzroy (SA Am club) for a couple of seasons?

[Dogwatcher]

Niesen was certainly much younger than the televised days.
He was playing there in early to mid 90s.

[bulldogs]

there is alot of errors on there. my brother has some old safa budgets from the 1979. the days when channel 9 used to televise the game of the rnd on sundays.

Best players in those days here is a few bulls players
Dragan Tankosic
Ian Jones
Gary Simpson
Michael Niessen
Phil Robertson
Colin Kirkwood
Darrin Wilson
Rob Kent
Paul Dittmar
Paul Gibbs

Dont no when to stop.

Michael Niessen......wasn't during the televised era. Unless it's a different Niessen I know then, he finished up playing against me when he was at Queanbeyan (NSW/ACT league).

Is that the same Wilson that finished up at Fitzroy (SA Am club) for a couple of seasons?

sorry didnt mean the days of the telvised games for these names. most of these names are from the mid 80s to mid 90s. niessen did end up in nsw/act.

yes that is the wilson he then went to willaston and back to Pooraka then coached at flinders pk b-grade and is now coach of willaston

[Dogwatcher]

Niessen ended up playing for ACT in the Australian Country Footy Championships in Berri about five years ago.

[Dan The Man]

Most of JamesH information is correct with the exceptions that Flagstaff Hill, Happy Valley,Marion and Morphetville Park never played in the SAFA.

The SAFA started in 1978 with the first televised game being between Flinders Park v Athelstone in which Flinders Park winning by about 5 goals.It was a competition that was intended to be run like the VFA.Due to the good ratings on TV many clubs applied to join SAFA between 1978-81.In 1978 there were 16 teams in 2 divisions and it increased to 20 teams by the early 80's.
However once South Melbourne relocated to Sydney and their Sydney games were shown live in opposition to the SAFA and the SAFA ratings plummeted .Channel 9 dropped their coverage and thus this lead to the decline and eventual demise of SAFA as more clubs were leaving than joining because of the expense involved to stay in the competiton.
Ironically the VFA suffered the same fate and also finished in 1995.

[gadj1976]

I remember Ian Aitken and Gary Window doing the commentary back in those days - obviously the halcian days of local footy.

Thanks for the info DTM, I'm a bit too young to realise how it all started, and why it finished. I just used to enjoy the fact that one week I could watch the game on TV, and the next wander down to the local oval and watch the game, knowing it was on TV. Ahh, those were the days.

[malleebull]

mike niessen was quite a negative person at football training in the 90's at the bulls towards the younger guys. maybe he thought he was playing afl back then.this is when he played interstate and trained at pooraka whilst living in sa. good player though.

[bulldogs]

mike niessen was quite a negative person at football training in the 90's at the bulls towards the younger guys. maybe he thought he was playing afl back then.this is when he played interstate and trained at pooraka whilst living in sa. good player though.

if steve coles is a gun niessen is a genius, great player bit up himself at times ive known niessen since we played at farmers as 7yr olds

[malleebull]

fair comment dm. how long have you known the tooth fairy???

[giffo]

there is alot of errors on there. my brother has some old safa budgets from the 1979. the days when channel 9 used to televise the game of the rnd on sundays.

Best players in those days here is a few bulls players
Dragan Tankosic
Ian Jones
Gary Simpson
Michael Niessen
Phil Robertson
Colin Kirkwood
Darrin Wilson
Rob Kent
Paul Dittmar
Paul Gibbs

Dont no when to stop.

Michael Niessen......wasn't during the televised era. Unless it's a different Niessen I know then, he finished up playing against me when he was at Queanbeyan (NSW/ACT league).

Is that the same Wilson that finished up at Fitzroy (SA Am club) for a couple of seasons?

sorry didnt mean the days of the telvised games for these names. most of these names are from the mid 80s to mid 90s. niessen did end up in nsw/act.

yes that is the wilson he then went to willaston and back to Pooraka then coached at flinders pk b-grade and is now coach of willaston

I played in the same u/ 16&18's as Gibbsy and Kirky is just a club legend along with Yopie.

[malleebull]

there is alot of errors on there. my brother has some old safa budgets from the 1979. the days when channel 9 used to televise the game of the rnd on sundays.

Best players in those days here is a few bulls players
Dragan Tankosic
Ian Jones
Gary Simpson
Michael Niessen
Phil Robertson
Colin Kirkwood
Darrin Wilson
Rob Kent
Paul Dittmar
Paul Gibbs

Dont no when to stop.

Michael Niessen......wasn't during the televised era. Unless it's a different Niessen I know then, he finished up playing against me when he was at Queanbeyan (NSW/ACT league).

Is that the same Wilson that finished up at Fitzroy (SA Am club) for a couple of seasons?

sorry didnt mean the days of the telvised games for these names. most of these names are from the mid 80s to mid 90s. niessen did end up in nsw/act.

yes that is the wilson he then went to willaston and back to Pooraka then coached at flinders pk b-grade and is now coach of willaston

I played in the same u/ 16&18's as Gibbsy and Kirky is just a club legend along with Yopie.

paul gibbs ,robert kent and paul dittmar all played in poorakas c grade on the weekend. a blast from the past..

[Benchwarmer]

Does anyone know how I can get a hand on some of the old SAFA "Budgets" as I'd be keen to add the competition to my collection?