The Modbury Football Club (nicknamed the ''Hawks'') is an
Australian rules football club based in
Modbury
Modbury is a large village, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor situated in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England. Today due to its large size it is generally referred to as a "town" although the parish co ...
, a suburb of
Adelaide
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in
South Australia
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.
Formed in 1862, the Modbury Football Club is the oldest extant football club in South Australia and the
sixth oldest football club of any code in Australia.
The Modbury Hawks currently field 30 teams. Senior teams compete in the
South Australian Amateur Football League
The Adelaide Footy League, formerly known as the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), is a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing ove ...
and junior teams in the North Eastern Metropolitan Junior Football League. It also now fields a women's team and an under-18 girls' team in the SAWFL. The club has over 550 registered players.
History
The first game recorded as taking place was between Modbury and the
Adelaide Football Club in 1862.
Adelaide Football Club History
/ref> Each side had 20 players but there were no umpires. The game ended after Adelaide kicked its second goal and the game was declared in their favour, 2 goals to nil.
The two teams met again the following year, on a strip of land near the Modbury Hotel (Civic Park), when "the game was kept up with the greatest spirit and good feeling, and so equally were the sides matched that not a goal was obtained"
To celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 1962, and during the state's 150th-year celebrations, in 1986, a special game was played between the Modbury Football Club and the South Adelaide Football Club at Modbury Oval to commemorate two of the oldest clubs in the state.
The club celebrated its 150th year in 2012.
Club honours
Modbury Premierships (35 senior, 44 junior)
A grade: (18)
1934, 1935, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016
B grade: (4)
1972, 1992, 2001, 2004
C grade: (9)
1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017
D grade: (3)
1994, 2015, 2017
Under 18: (1)
2019
Under 16: (2)
1979, 2012, 2019
Under 15: (6)
1970, 1994, 1995, 2010, 2013, 2015
Under 14: (4)
1992, 1993, 1994, 1999
Under 13: (12)
1970, 1971, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2017
Under 12: (7)
1982, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2010
Under 11: (10)
1969, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1993 (composite), 1995, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2012
Under 10: (2)
1982, 1985
Guernseys
* Up to 1937 – Maroon guernsey with one white band, later replaced with a white vee
* 1947–1978 – Dark blue guernsey with a light blue vee
* 1979–onwards – Brown and gold vertical stripes
Grounds
up to 1963 – Old Modbury Oval (Civic Park, adjacent to the Modbury Hotel).
1964 – Memorial Oval, Tea Tree Gully.
1965 – Temporary Oval, now Waterworld Swimming Centre.
1966 – onwards – Modbury Oval
Illyarrie Oval was also used for junior training and games.
Leagues
Prior to 1906 – Records not kept
1906 – Hills Football Association
1932 – North Eastern Hills Football Association
1933 – Hills Football Association
1934 – North Eastern Hills Football Association
1936 – East Torrens Football Association
The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association
The North ...
1947 – North Adelaide District Football Association
1969 – Norwood-North Football Association
The Norwood-North Football Association (NNFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1977 season. It was formed in 1969 as a merger ...
1978 – South Australian Football Association
1988 – South Australian Amateur Football League
The Adelaide Footy League, formerly known as the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), is a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing ove ...
Club song
We're a happy team at Modbury,
We're the Mighty Fighting Hawks.
We love our club and we play to win,
Riding the bumps with a grin, at Modbury.
Come what may you'll find us striving,
Team work is the thing that talks.
One for all and all for one,
Is the way we play at Modbury.
We are the Mighty Fighting Hawks.
References
External links
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{{Channel 9 Adelaide Football League Clubs
Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
Adelaide Footy League clubs
Australian rules football clubs established in 1862
1862 establishments in Australia