Southern Football League

[cracka]

SAAFL would be good for Aldinga's current situation, won't happen. Sharks are building a strong club off field and hopefully things will improve on field as a result and maybe a little luck. A new soccer club starting at the club soon so will be Aussie rules, Soccer and Cricket from Shark park with Netball and Hockey next door. Growing area should be able to cater for all.

Foundations have been laid and hopefully continue to build for the Sharks.

good news for the scheme of things

excuse my unrestricted use words here, am not forcing any issues only discussing what most are prob too scared to discuss...

hypothetical....

aldinga joins saafl in 2014 >> nek minnutt >> holy sh&t we're a chance for a premiership for the first time since 1993!!!!!!

its the year of the sharks!!! go the sharks!! and all those who love aldinga fc will be buzzing, the joint will be alive again.

BUT no stuff it - lets stay crap and aim for the 2025 sfl premiership instead, and the next 15 years all the efforts of our volunteers can go unrewarded, the players can have minimal hope, and the sharks in 2014 will aim to win 5 matches instead - yay!!!

NOTE: this is not projected at Aldinga themselves, it relates to all the little battlers in the sfl, & i also understand the logistics of such a move

Can't see people from Aldinga wanting to travel to Smithfield or Angle Vale & vice versa. If the SAAFL changed things so that only div 1 & 2 were the best sides from across the metro area & then had div 3 nth, div 3 sth, div 4 nth, div 4 sth etc. then maybe.

[marbles]

So what year are Christies Beach aiming to win the flag??

ASAP

At least with a decent season, you can be in with a chance.

Div 6 teams are 5 years away even being allowed to compete for the premiership, and that would require qualifying for 5 minor grand finals in a row

huh?? sure over 60 clubs and yeah only one gets to win the Div 1 flag

but is whats most important at a club (for me) is the celebration of the community within

Ingle Farm have been Div 6 whipping boys for past few years, and probably has been very dark times for that club

Now look at their 2013 season, and those club members, girlfriends, families, have just had the times of their life with an victorious grand final celebration night - the vibe right now at Ingle Farm is sky high and 2013 will be treasured for decades to come

I doubt anyone there is caring that it wasnt the Div 1 flag their club achieved the ultimate success - an A-Grade premiership

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

[marbles]

SAAFL would be good for Aldinga's current situation, won't happen. Sharks are building a strong club off field and hopefully things will improve on field as a result and maybe a little luck. A new soccer club starting at the club soon so will be Aussie rules, Soccer and Cricket from Shark park with Netball and Hockey next door. Growing area should be able to cater for all.

Foundations have been laid and hopefully continue to build for the Sharks.

good news for the scheme of things

excuse my unrestricted use words here, am not forcing any issues only discussing what most are prob too scared to discuss...

hypothetical....

aldinga joins saafl in 2014 >> nek minnutt >> holy sh&t we're a chance for a premiership for the first time since 1993!!!!!!

its the year of the sharks!!! go the sharks!! and all those who love aldinga fc will be buzzing, the joint will be alive again.

BUT no stuff it - lets stay crap and aim for the 2025 sfl premiership instead, and the next 15 years all the efforts of our volunteers can go unrewarded, the players can have minimal hope, and the sharks in 2014 will aim to win 5 matches instead - yay!!!

NOTE: this is not projected at Aldinga themselves, it relates to all the little battlers in the sfl, & i also understand the logistics of such a move

Can't see people from Aldinga wanting to travel to Smithfield or Angle Vale & vice versa. If the SAAFL changed things so that only div 1 & 2 were the best sides from across the metro area & then had div 3 nth, div 3 sth, div 4 nth, div 4 sth etc. then maybe.

i would rather travel to aldinga than to houghton

if i was an aldinga player, id travel far and wide knowing we're a chance to win, instead of going down the road to get pumped by reynella

[cracka]

SAAFL would be good for Aldinga's current situation, won't happen. Sharks are building a strong club off field and hopefully things will improve on field as a result and maybe a little luck. A new soccer club starting at the club soon so will be Aussie rules, Soccer and Cricket from Shark park with Netball and Hockey next door. Growing area should be able to cater for all.

Foundations have been laid and hopefully continue to build for the Sharks.

good news for the scheme of things

excuse my unrestricted use words here, am not forcing any issues only discussing what most are prob too scared to discuss...

hypothetical....

aldinga joins saafl in 2014 >> nek minnutt >> holy sh&t we're a chance for a premiership for the first time since 1993!!!!!!

its the year of the sharks!!! go the sharks!! and all those who love aldinga fc will be buzzing, the joint will be alive again.

BUT no stuff it - lets stay crap and aim for the 2025 sfl premiership instead, and the next 15 years all the efforts of our volunteers can go unrewarded, the players can have minimal hope, and the sharks in 2014 will aim to win 5 matches instead - yay!!!

NOTE: this is not projected at Aldinga themselves, it relates to all the little battlers in the sfl, & i also understand the logistics of such a move

Can't see people from Aldinga wanting to travel to Smithfield or Angle Vale & vice versa. If the SAAFL changed things so that only div 1 & 2 were the best sides from across the metro area & then had div 3 nth, div 3 sth, div 4 nth, div 4 sth etc. then maybe.

I would rather travel to Aldinga than to houghton

if i was an aldinga player, id travel far and wide knowing we're a chance to win, instead of going down the road to get pumped by reynella

From where.

What club are you with.

[Dutchy]

huh?? sure over 60 clubs and yeah only one gets to win the Div 1 flag

but is whats most important at a club (for me) is the celebration of the community within

Ingle Farm have been Div 6 whipping boys for past few years, and probably has been very dark times for that club

Now look at their 2013 season, and those club members, girlfriends, families, have just had the times of their life with an victorious grand final celebration night - the vibe right now at Ingle Farm is sky high and 2013 will be treasured for decades to come

I doubt anyone there is caring that it wasnt the Div 1 flag their club achieved the ultimate success - an A-Grade premiership

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

How did Ingle Farm's juniors go?

[Look Good In Leather]

huh?? sure over 60 clubs and yeah only one gets to win the Div 1 flag

but is whats most important at a club (for me) is the celebration of the community within

Ingle Farm have been Div 6 whipping boys for past few years, and probably has been very dark times for that club

Now look at their 2013 season, and those club members, girlfriends, families, have just had the times of their life with an victorious grand final celebration night - the vibe right now at Ingle Farm is sky high and 2013 will be treasured for decades to come

I doubt anyone there is caring that it wasnt the Div 1 flag their club achieved the ultimate success - an A-Grade premiership

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

How did Ingle Farm's juniors go?

4th in U/11
3rd in U/12
Bottom U/14
Second bottom U/15
Runner-Up U/16

Good to see premiership tables down to U/11 level, something for the kids to enjoy - an area we fail at

[Zelezny Chucks]

So what year are Christies Beach aiming to win the flag??

ASAP

At least with a decent season, you can be in with a chance.

Div 6 teams are 5 years away even being allowed to compete for the premiership, and that would require qualifying for 5 minor grand finals in a row

huh?? sure over 60 clubs and yeah only one gets to win the Div 1 flag

but is whats most important at a club (for me) is the celebration of the community within

Ingle Farm have been Div 6 whipping boys for past few years, and probably has been very dark times for that club

Now look at their 2013 season, and those club members, girlfriends, families, have just had the times of their life with an victorious grand final celebration night - the vibe right now at Ingle Farm is sky high and 2013 will be treasured for decades to come

I doubt anyone there is caring that it wasnt the Div 1 flag their club achieved the ultimate success - an A-Grade premiership

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

So you'd be happy to win a flag every 2 years yo-yoing between divisions?

Think it's time for you to go back to the Amateur threads, you have nothing to offer here.

[marbles]

Can't see people from Aldinga wanting to travel to Smithfield or Angle Vale & vice versa. If the SAAFL changed things so that only div 1 & 2 were the best sides from across the metro area & then had div 3 nth, div 3 sth, div 4 nth, div 4 sth etc. then maybe.

I would rather travel to Aldinga than to houghton

if i was an aldinga player, id travel far and wide knowing we're a chance to win, instead of going down the road to get pumped by reynella

From where.

What club are you with.

i.am.a.henley.boy.

anyways, no sfl clubs gonna make any move to saafl, sacrificing gate revenue & allocating juniors is a task to difficult

yes marion, brighton, morphettville, edwardstown & even flagstaff hill, could see it as an alternative

but obviously to locked in to whatevers you blokes are doing down south

I just a little bit disturbed by a lack of drive for premierships, where clubs are content being the next 5 year whipping boys

Meanwhile why was the 2 conferences rejected as well as 2 divisions???

[marbles]

So what year are Christies Beach aiming to win the flag??

ASAP

At least with a decent season, you can be in with a chance.

Div 6 teams are 5 years away even being allowed to compete for the premiership, and that would require qualifying for 5 minor grand finals in a row

huh?? sure over 60 clubs and yeah only one gets to win the Div 1 flag

but is whats most important at a club (for me) is the celebration of the community within

Ingle Farm have been Div 6 whipping boys for past few years, and probably has been very dark times for that club

Now look at their 2013 season, and those club members, girlfriends, families, have just had the times of their life with an victorious grand final celebration night - the vibe right now at Ingle Farm is sky high and 2013 will be treasured for decades to come

I doubt anyone there is caring that it wasnt the Div 1 flag their club achieved the ultimate success - an A-Grade premiership

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

So you'd be happy to win a flag every 2 years yo-yoing between divisions?

Think it's time for you to go back to the Amateur threads, you have nothing to offer here.

i figure you as a morphett vale boy, secretly love having about 8 sides in the comp you can pump every second week, and couldnt careless how crap the bottom sides get

[Broken Down Hack]

MARBLES...you seem to forget history, in the 70,s there were a lot of different comps rd Adeelaide...GLENELG/SOUTH.....NORWOOD/NORTH....CENTRAL DISTRICTS...and SAAFL which had about 4 divs the others were strong leagues which all had 2 divisions......then came SAFA in 1977 witched ripped threads out of all these comps...over a 15 yr period many off the bottom clubs left these comps, merged or folded and joined SAAFL...Goodwood were whipping boys in the G/S... as were CLG, Mitcham, lockleys, Camden....even in the mid 80's clubs like Wingfield, Ovingham, Norwood Union, Bromptom were kicked out of SAAFL and joined G/S...THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM THE THUGGERY and they ended back in SAAFL...Clubs didn't want to play them....So other than Mitcham who made A3 many just hover rd A6,A7...if they get to A5...not long and down again.....once powerful clubs Ingle Farm, mitchell Park chose to go to SAFA and have struggled since....every club has it up down yrs.....once the southern express way gets up its a 25/30 minute drive to Aldinga from Edwarstown....so why don't clubs head to SFL....maybe with enough interest, less travel,cheaper fees strong junior comp,If we could get 15 clubs to join, have 3 divs this side off town.....just a thought.....but in a real world this will never happen so on we go....

[Look Good In Leather]

and to me it seems that SFL clubs care more about gate revenue, than they do bringing home a trophy.

No we care about winning a trophy that matters, not one for showing up

[Dutchy]

Ive played in the SAAFL at 2 clubs and am now involved as a in a small way at a SFL club, there is a much better atmosphere, competition, club togetherness (if thats a word) and respect in the SFL than anything Ive seen in the SAAFL.

There is something to be said for playing against the same clubs at every level from Under 8's to A grade year after year in your area, building relationships between clubs which helps the competition.

Compare that to the SAAFL where you have 4 clubs move in and out of you division every year and the juniors have little to no connection to the senior part of the club and play completely different teams/clubs, unless you fluke it for a year or two. And you could travel anywhere from Angle Vale to Houghton to Mitchell Park.

[marbles]

MARBLES...you seem to forget history, in the 70,s there were a lot of different comps rd Adeelaide...GLENELG/SOUTH.....NORWOOD/NORTH....CENTRAL DISTRICTS...and SAAFL which had about 4 divs the others were strong leagues which all had 2 divisions......then came SAFA in 1977 witched ripped threads out of all these comps...over a 15 yr period many off the bottom clubs left these comps, merged or folded and joined SAAFL...Goodwood were whipping boys in the G/S... as were CLG, Mitcham, lockleys, Camden....even in the mid 80's clubs like Wingfield, Ovingham, Norwood Union, Bromptom were kicked out of SAAFL and joined G/S...THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM THE THUGGERY and they ended back in SAAFL...Clubs didn't want to play them....So other than Mitcham who made A3 many just hover rd A6,A7...if they get to A5...not long and down again.....once powerful clubs Ingle Farm, mitchell Park chose to go to SAFA and have struggled since....every club has it up down yrs.....once the southern express way gets up its a 25/30 minute drive to Aldinga from Edwarstown....so why don't clubs head to SFL....maybe with enough interest, less travel,cheaper fees strong junior comp,If we could get 15 clubs to join, have 3 divs this side off town.....just a thought.....but in a real world this will never happen so on we go....

'Like'

[marbles]

Ive played in the SAAFL at 2 clubs and am now involved as a in a small way at a SFL club, there is a much better atmosphere, competition, club togetherness (if thats a word) and respect in the SFL than anything Ive seen in the SAAFL.

There is something to be said for playing against the same clubs at every level from Under 8's to A grade year after year in your area, building relationships between clubs which helps the competition.

Compare that to the SAAFL where you have 4 clubs move in and out of you division every year and the juniors have little to no connection to the senior part of the club and play completely different teams/clubs, unless you fluke it for a year or two. And you could travel anywhere from Angle Vale to Houghton to Mitchell Park.

i certainly think 1 club plays the other on all grades down on one day is brilliant

its a great template, dont think a modbury could do it with like 27 junior sides or something

plus when and where ya cgrades play??

[Esteban Vihaio]

SAAFL would be good for Aldinga's current situation, won't happen. Sharks are building a strong club off field and hopefully things will improve on field as a result and maybe a little luck. A new soccer club starting at the club soon so will be Aussie rules, Soccer and Cricket from Shark park with Netball and Hockey next door. Growing area should be able to cater for all.

Foundations have been laid and hopefully continue to build for the Sharks.

good news for the scheme of things

excuse my unrestricted use words here, am not forcing any issues only discussing what most are prob too scared to discuss...

hypothetical....

aldinga joins saafl in 2014 >> nek minnutt >> holy sh&t we're a chance for a premiership for the first time since 1993!!!!!!

its the year of the sharks!!! go the sharks!! and all those who love aldinga fc will be buzzing, the joint will be alive again.

BUT no stuff it - lets stay crap and aim for the 2025 sfl premiership instead, and the next 15 years all the efforts of our volunteers can go unrewarded, the players can have minimal hope, and the sharks in 2014 will aim to win 5 matches instead - yay!!!

NOTE: this is not projected at Aldinga themselves, it relates to all the little battlers in the sfl, & i also understand the logistics of such a move

Can't see people from Aldinga wanting to travel to Smithfield or Angle Vale & vice versa. If the SAAFL changed things so that only div 1 & 2 were the best sides from across the metro area & then had div 3 nth, div 3 sth, div 4 nth, div 4 sth etc. then maybe.

i would rather travel to aldinga than to houghton

if i was an aldinga player, id travel far and wide knowing we're a chance to win, instead of going down the road to get pumped by reynella

the top players in the willunga C's get promoted to the B's.

[Bloods4Life]

They would have to drop their U/16 team as Metro South does not cater for anything above U/14

They might be next year....

"Might" hardly makes an attractive competition

Even if the teams come back from Metro West, only 5 clubs fielded that grade last year (Unley-Mercedes, Plympton, PHOS Camden, Goodwood Saints & Mitcham). Add in Aldinga and it is still only a 6 team comp, maybe with Unley, Plympton & PHOS Camden's second sides it might get to 9, but I cannot see them accepting Aldinga - we have seen what happens when a scare campaign happens around Edwardstown travelling to Aldinga maybe once a year, image what would happen if they definitely had to travel there once, maybe twice!!

Don't worry, there are much bigger issues down on the plains than we have here in the SFL, I cannot see any of our clubs in a rush to join that disjointed system.

Although, apparently every team gets to win a premiership, so why wouldn't our clubs be rushing to be part of that - imagine the pride in sticking that Division 6 or 7 premiership up on your wall!

Let's face it, Rostrevor won the SAAFL premiership this year, Reynella won the SFL, Uraidla won the HFL, Encounter Bay won the GSFL, all the rest in those comps are also rans

I know of 10 clubs, including all their players, supporters and volunteers who would have been proud to have that div 6 flag in their clubs wall this year. And none of them are having a dig at your club or league mate. There is all different levels of football and if we all thought the way you have done here then hawthorn are the premiers and every other club in Australia are just also rans.

[happilyretired]

SAAFL would be good for Aldinga's current situation, won't happen. Sharks are building a strong club off field and hopefully things will improve on field as a result and maybe a little luck. A new soccer club starting at the club soon so will be Aussie rules, Soccer and Cricket from Shark park with Netball and Hockey next door. Growing area should be able to cater for all.

Foundations have been laid and hopefully continue to build for the Sharks.

good news for the scheme of things

excuse my unrestricted use words here, am not forcing any issues only discussing what most are prob too scared to discuss...

hypothetical....

aldinga joins saafl in 2014 >> nek minnutt >> holy sh&t we're a chance for a premiership for the first time since 1993!!!!!!

its the year of the sharks!!! go the sharks!! and all those who love aldinga fc will be buzzing, the joint will be alive again.

BUT no stuff it - lets stay crap and aim for the 2025 sfl premiership instead, and the next 15 years all the efforts of our volunteers can go unrewarded, the players can have minimal hope, and the sharks in 2014 will aim to win 5 matches instead - yay!!!

NOTE: this is not projected at Aldinga themselves, it relates to all the little battlers in the sfl, & i also understand the logistics of such a move

No disrespect intended to Aldinga but how would they go in Div 7? Do you think they would be a top 4 side marbles? One things for sure you're Henley super D grade would beat them!

[Keyser Soze]

Unfortunately with small minded dinosaurs on the SFL board still listening to relics from CB they will only go backwards. At some stage change is needed to move forward for the progression of the league.

Pretty empty wall at bice oval in the last 20 years.....although no problems with school/college footy most aren't at school at 16.

[Zelezny Chucks]

i figure you as a morphett vale boy, secretly love having about 8 sides in the comp you can pump every second week, and couldnt careless how crap the bottom sides get

I figure you have NFI. I have played in an A grade side that was beaten one year by Hackham and Kangarilla. That is without mentioning a few 20 goal beatings that we were handed by a few of the top teams at the time.

Those that copped those results know how sweet it was when we put it altogether and, as a CLUB (B grade won 3 in a row in that period too), achieved something we will remember forever. You seem to forget that this years Premiers went within a game of missing the 8 last year and that a team who finished outside the 8 went within 10 points of making the GF.

Watching players like Liam Green start out in minis and come through the grades to be the player he is today is something you and your club will never understand. I would love an even competition but disappearing to an easier league for "success" is a cowards way out.

[marbles]

I figure you have NFI. I have played in an A grade side that was beaten one year by Hackham and Kangarilla. That is without mentioning a few 20 goal beatings that we were handed by a few of the top teams at the time.

Those that copped those results know how sweet it was when we put it altogether and, as a CLUB (B grade won 3 in a row in that period too), achieved something we will remember forever. You seem to forget that this years Premiers went within a game of missing the 8 last year and that a team who finished outside the 8
Watching players like Liam Green start out in minis and come through the grades to be the player he is today is something you and your club will never understand. I would love an even competition but disappearing to an easier league for "success" is a cowards way out.

what a very lovely constructive contribution to the discussion, very good young man we didnt think you had it in you