The Morphettville Park Football Club is a

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first formed in 1958 and initial games were against sides who had forfeits or byes. The club is mostly known for their Australian rules football team, which joined the

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A2 Division in 1959. Other sports practised at Morphettville Park are

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and

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History

After winning the A2 Premiership in 1963, Morphettville Park were promoted to the A1 division where they remained until the competition, then known as the

Southern Metropolitan Football League 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 ...

, folded at the end of the 1986 season. Morphettville Park transferred to the Southern Football League with the

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and

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clubs in 1987 and moved to the

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in 2017 alongside

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. Morphettville Park FC has produced one Australian Football League (AFL) player, Tony McGuinness, formerly of

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and Footscray.

Honours

* A-Grade Premiership (3): ** 1963

A2 ** 1990 Southern Football League Division 1 ** 2021

Division 4

Former Logo

References

External links

* {{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs Southern Football League (SA) Clubs Australian rules football clubs in South Australia 1958 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1958