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The Happy Valley Football Club is an
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club that competes in the
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.


History

The club first formed in 1952 playing in the former Hills Central Football League. In 1964, Happy Valley transferred to the
Glenelg-South-West District Football Association The Southern Metropolitan Football League (SMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1986 season. It first formed in 1912 as the Sturt Football A ...
and adopted the colours Black and Gold to avoid a clash with the Glandore club (having previously worn Blue and Gold). In 1980, Happy Valley joined the
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 2 competition and in 1984 were promoted to Division 1. Since joining Division 1, Happy Valley have been a very successful club, winning 8 A-Grade Premierships. The Happy Valley FC continues to field teams in Senior and Junior grades in the
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
and Senior women's teams in the Adelaide Football League. Happy Valley FC has produced a number of
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(AFL) players including Ben Rutten ( Adelaide), Nathan Eagleton ( Western Bulldogs,
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), Jason Porplyzia ( Adelaide), Beau Waters (
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),
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(
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) and Tom McNamara ( Melbourne).


Early References

* There are records of a Happy Valley Football Club playing against southern suburban teams in 1895. * In 1914, Happy Valley Football Club applied to join the
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but were rejected as it would "necessitate too much travelling". Morphett Vale and McLaren Vale were accepted instead.


Coaching Unrest

Happy Valley received media coverage in May 2015 when it sacked its then club coach, Stephen Keam, only 4 games into the season after a 124-point loss to Reynella.


A-Grade Premierships

1970 Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association Division 3
1974 Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association Division 3
1992
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Division 1
1993
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 1
1995
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 1
1996
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 1
1998
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 1
1999
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 1
2003
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
A-Grade
2012
Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
A-Grade


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External links

* {{Adelaide Footy League Clubs Southern Football League (SA) Clubs Australian rules football clubs in South Australia 1951 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1951 Adelaide Footy League clubs