2025 Adelaide Footy League - Division 7

[morell]

Great day at Flinders yesterday, obviously stoked to get two wins for the first time this year for Parkies, but as importantly the tradition of playing in honour of Martin Botiuk, former player of FUFC who passed away in July 2017. MPFC and FUFC whilst having a strong rivalry, will always be connected in this tradition.

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2025 Martin Botiuk Medal:

B Grade
FUFC - Trent Jones
MPFC - Ben Weekley

A Grade
FUFC - Bayley Pink
MPFC - James Pretty

[Yeahright]

I’m hearing whispers of Brahma in trouble again, this time it’s the coach getting red carded for abusing the opposition. Sounds like a great club to play footy at

[Dirty Darryl]

Interesting article in thr advertiser about Adelaide exposed concrete this morning. Is he still the president at mitty park

Like myself lynchy is just a good honest bloke that’s been misunderstood

[S Demon]

Interesting article in thr advertiser about Adelaide exposed concrete this morning. Is he still the president at mitty park

Like myself lynchy is just a good honest bloke that’s been misunderstood

You spelt SCUMBAG wrong

[morell]

Interesting article in thr advertiser about Adelaide exposed concrete this morning. Is he still the president at mitty park

Sorry, I missed this. No, he is not.

[woodublieve12]

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[The Bedge]

Good luck morell.

[morell]

Good luck morell.

Thanks mate. We're fine and I'm fine, as difficult a few days as it's been. In fact, weirdly, we've never been stronger off the field in my time.

I won't comment any further on this one other than to say that it's not his families fault, they are completely innocent. Naming his wife and their kids on socials is ******* pathetic and cowardly. As is trying to drag the football club into it. We had no idea either.

Bring on Satdee

[The Bedge]

Interesting division with the way it's setup each year - it's almost like winning becomes secondary, and being strategic around losses is more important.

Crazy to think that 5 games in, 4 teams on 1 win each still vying for that extra finals spot.

Given the last 3 rounds are when the teams split away as well and the top 3 appear well clear, you're almost better sitting outside the top 4 most the year.

[morell]

You agreed to keep our game plan a secret Bedge

[wenchbarwer]

Brahma Lodge coach handed lengthy suspension for abuse aimed at opposition player

An Adelaide Footy League coach has been handed a lengthy suspension for abusive language aimed at an opposition player.

Brahma Lodge A Grade coach, Matthew Leigh will serve an eight-week suspension after a verbal altercation with an Elizabeth player during his side’s 51-point division seven loss to the Eagles last Saturday.

This masthead understands Leigh’s comments were not regarded as threatening but were still considered to be a significant breach of the league’s code of conduct.

Leigh was handed the suspension by the Adelaide Footy League tribunal this week and will serve four of the weeks consecutively and four at a later date.

“The coach accepted responsibility for his actions and in turn accepted the Match Review Chairman’s findings and subsequent penalty of four matches and four matches suspended,” AdFL chief John Kernahan said.

“We’ve been really consistent in our messaging on this for a number of years and that message has centred around the fact it is a job in itself to maintain the mood between players let alone officials getting in on the act.

“It is widely considered that coaches are the most influential of a team’s conduct so it makes it exponentially more difficult if the coach and other officials are part of the baying mob.”

The incident comes a week after a southern suburbs club water runner was investigated for threatening an opposition player during an AdFL senior women’s game.

“The league has investigated that matter and arrived at a satisfactory position in concert with both clubs and their officials,” Kernahan said.

“We are somewhat hamstrung given the runner was not a registered official so we have no authority to demand they appear before the league … we have considered the allegations and responses from both clubs in absentia.

“The offending club concerned has certainly come to appreciate the challenge it has presented the league by not adhering to policy around the registration of volunteers and we’ll continue to work with all clubs to ensure compliance to this expectation.

“Likewise, the members of the offended club are satisfied with the league’s position and the offending club’s efforts to bring this matter, which we now consider closed, to a head.”

While the incident involving Leigh is the second altercation between officials and players in as many weeks, Kernahan did not believe it was a sign of a growing issue within the competition.

“We don’t think it is any more of an issue now than what it has been but what has changed is also a reflection of societal expectations, so the players themselves are bringing these incidents to our attention via the Complaint Reporting System.

“The system isn’t new … it is simply that the greater majority of players, officials and club supporters expect to participate in our competition free of that sort of confrontation and in turn expect the league to address it on their behalf when they can’t.”

The Brahma Lodge Football Club has been contacted for comment by this masthead.

[AdelaideSaint73]

Never a dull day in Div 7!

Back to the footy!

Rd 6
Mawson Lakes over Smithfield - 35
Brahma Lodge over Mitchell Park - 15
Elizabeth over Hackham - 67
Central United over Flinders Uni - 77

[The Bedge]

First round of matches now complete, Elizabeth 7-0 are 6 games clear of 6th, so you'd have to say that's their finals spot locked away.

Top 4 looks streets ahead of the rest, and even the top 3 looks pretty secure. The interest will come through Rds 14 to 17 when the bottom 4 face off for 5th place. Now a two game gap from 5th and the rest, wouldn't want to fall too far behind 5th heading into that final 3 rounds.

[morell]

Who cares no one's beating Elizabeth unless they crash the team bus

[The Bedge]

Who cares no one's beating Elizabeth unless they crash the team bus

interested to see who is getting promoted though.. and who misses finals and will be sniffing around for a new coach in 2026.

I'm getting itchy feet.

[Lightning McQueen]

Who cares no one's beating Elizabeth unless they crash the team bus

interested to see who is getting promoted though.. and who misses finals and will be sniffing around for a new coach in 2026.

I'm getting itchy feet.

You wouldn't coach a bottom half div 7 team.

[The Bedge]

You wouldn't coach a bottom half div 7 team.

Wouldn't be bottom half once I arrived.

[Lightning McQueen]

You wouldn't coach a bottom half div 7 team.

Wouldn't be bottom half once I arrived.

I'd think not, would be planning the refurbishment of the clubrooms before the season even kicked off.

[Arch44]

You wouldn't coach a bottom half div 7 team.

Wouldn't be bottom half once I arrived.

Is this your official application for Mitchell Park?

[The Bedge]

Is this your official application for Mitchell Park?

No.. they would never accept an Ingle Farmer anyway.

However, at least with Mitchell Park I feel like I understand some of their barriers as a club, can empathise given similarities to the Farm.