Mitchell Park Football Club
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| Full name | Mitchell Park Football Club |
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| Nickname | Lions |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| Founded | 1968 |
| League | South Australian Amateur Football League |
| Home ground | Mitchell Park Oval, Mitchell Park |
| Colours | Green, White, Red |
| Anthem | "Are We? Are We? Are We?" |
| President | Ken Kelsall |
| Head coach | Tom Roberts |
| Captain | Benjamin Weekley |
The Mitchell Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club that was established in 1968, currently playing in the South Australian Amateur Football League, that initially played in the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association.[1]
Mitchell Park remained in the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association, later the Southern Metropolitan Football League, until it folded at the end of the 1986 season.[1] Mitchell Park joined the South Australian Football Association in 1987 and remained in that competition they transferred to the Southern Football League Division 1 competition in 1994. Mitchell Park lasted four seasons in the Division 1 competition before they were relegated to the Division 2 competition in 1998.[2]
In 2001, Mitchell Park left the Southern Football League and joined the South Australian Amateur Football League Division 6 competition and have drifted between Divisions 5, 6 and 7 in the years since.[1][3]
Mitchell Park also fields junior teams in the Metro South Junior Football League.[4]
A-Grade Premierships
- Southern Metropolitan Football League A1 (1)
- 1984
- South Australian Amateur Football League Division 6 (1)
- 2002
- South Australian Amateur Football League Division 7 (2)
- 2012, 2015[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "History". Mitchell Park Football Club. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ Whitford, Jane (23 March 2011). "Seven-year Stint". Southern Times Messenger. p. 8. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ "Clubs – Mitchell Park". South Australian Amateur Football League. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ "Clubs – Mitchell Park". Metro South Junior Football League. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ Turner, Matt (7 September 2015). "Tears as ridiculed Aldinga Sharks footy coach proves doubters wrong at Mitchell Park". News Corporation. Messenger Community News. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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