The Mitchell Park Football Club, nicknamed the ''Lions'', 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 that was founded in 1968 by Edward McAvaney, currently playing in the
South Australian Amateur Football League, that initially played in the
Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association.
Mitchell Park remained in the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association, later known as the
Southern Metropolitan Football League, until the end of the 1985 season.
Mitchell Park joined the
South Australian Football Association
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as the ...
in 1986 and remained in that competition they transferred to 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 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.
In 2001, Mitchell Park left 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 joined the
South Australian Amateur Football League Division 6 competition and have drifted between Divisions 5, 6 and 7 in the years since.
Mitchell Park also fields junior teams in the
Metro South Junior Football League.
A-Grade Premierships
*Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association A2 (2)
**1970, 1980
*
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
References
External links
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{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs
Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
1968 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1968
Adelaide Footy League clubs