The McLaren Football Club is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
club formed in 1998 as a merger of the
McLaren Flat Football Club
The McLaren Flat Football Club was an Australian rules football originally formed as the Hillside Football Club in 1903 playing in the Southern Football Association. The Hillside club was named after "Hilside", a farm owned by Mr Fred Wilson of ...
,
McLaren Vale Football Club
The McLaren Vale Football Club was an Australian rules football club that was an inaugural member of the Southern Football Association in 1886.
McLaren competed in the Southern Football League until the end of the 1997 season, when they merge ...
and McLaren Districts Junior Football Club.
McLaren started 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 ...
Division 2 competition where its predecessor clubs had participated in the previous season. McLaren only remained until the end of the 2000 season, when they transferred to the
Great Southern Football League.
McLaren continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the
Great Southern Football League. In 2018 it will field its first Women's teams.
Anthem
"Fly the Mighty Eagles fly the flag real high. reach and grab the football hear the crowd go wild. When you hear us play you'll know were here to stay we'll beat you on the ground and run you out of town.
Fly the mighty eagles fly the flag real high. Reach and grab the football hear the crowd go wild. We just won again so dont forget our name, we are the mighty McLaren Football Club".
A-Grade Premierships
*
Great Southern Football League A-Grade (2)
** 2003, 2022
References
External links
Official site
{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs
Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
1998 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1998