Northern Metropolitan Football League
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The Northern Metropolitan Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded at the end of the 1994 season. It first formed in 1961 as the Central District Football Association, drawing from the recruiting zone of the Central District Football Club.{{cite web|title=Bulldog History|url=http://cdfc.com.au/about-cdfc-2/bulldog-history/|publisher=Central District Football Club|accessdate=24 July 2013|first1=Robin |last1=Mulholland|first2=Robert|last2= Laidlaw}} In 1988, it was renamed the Northern Metropolitan Football League which remained its name until it folded at the end of the 1994 season.{{cite web|last=Bloch|first=Fred|title=SAAFL History - 1995|url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/History_1995|publisher=South Australian Amateur Football League|accessdate=24 July 2013}}
Clubs
= Final =
= Former =
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! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Colours ! rowspan="2" |Nickname ! rowspan="2" |Home Ground ! rowspan="2" |Former League ! rowspan="2" |Est. ! rowspan="2" |Years in NMFL ! colspan="2" |NMFL Senior Premierships ! rowspan="2" |Fate |
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!Most recent |
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| style="text-align:left" |Blakeview
| | align="left" | | align="left" | | | |1991-93{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} |0 | - | align="left" |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Campbelltown Magill
|File:Campbelltown_Magill_Football_Club_colours.svg | align="left" | | align="left" |Campbelltown Memorial Oval, Paradise |SAFA |1976 |1980-84 |1 |1981 | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1985 |
| style="text-align:left" |Central Districts
| | | | | |?-1962-? |1 |1962 | align="left" |? |
| style="text-align:left" |Elizabeth North
|File:Elizabeth North Football Club colours.svg | align="left" | | align="left" | |GDFL |1955 |1961-64 {{cite book |last1=Lines |first1=Peter |title=Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs |date=14 May 2024 |publisher=Peter Lines |isbn=978-0-9804472-9-3 |page=79 |chapter=Elizabeth North}} |1 |1964 | align="left" |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Hope Valley
|File:Albert_Park_football_club_colors.jpg | align="left" |Demons | align="left" |Hope Valley Sporting Club, Hope Valley |SAFA |1906 |1 |1983 | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1987 |
| style="text-align:left" |Ingle Farm
|File:Ingle Farm Football Club colours (NMFL).svg | align="left" |Bulldogs | align="left" |Rowe Park, Ingle Farm |– |1968 |1968-73 {{cite web |last=Devaney |first=John |title=Ingle Farm |url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Ingle%2BFarm/2321 |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Full Points Publications}}{{cite web |title=Football History |url=http://www.inglefarm.org.au/football_hist.htm |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Ingle Farm Sporting Club}}{{cite web |title=Ingle Farm |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/ingle-farm |accessdate=7 November 2013 |publisher=South Australian Amateur Football League}} |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to Norwood-North FA in 1974 |
| style="text-align:left" |Kaurna United
| | align="left" | | align="left" | | | |1986-88 |0 | - | align="left" |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Mile End
| align="left" |File:Essendonsymbol.png | align="left" |Cats | align="left" |Railways Oval, Adelaide |1957 |1991 |0 | - | align="left" |Absorbed by University of South Australia in 1992 |
| style="text-align:left" |Ovingham
| align="left" |Cats | align="left" |Cane Reserve, Prospect |SMFL |1906 |0 | - | align="left" |Returned to SAAFL in 1989 |
| style="text-align:left" |Para District Uniting
|{{color box|Red|border=silver}}{{color box|White|border=silver}} | align="left" | | align="left" |Parks Community Centre, Angle Park |– |1987 |1987 |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1988 |
| style="text-align:left" |Paralowie
|File:Paralowie Football Club colours (NMFL).jpg | align="left" |Kangaroos | align="left" |Yalumba Drive Reserve, Paralowie |– |1979 |1979-93 |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1994 |
| style="text-align:left" |Para Hills
|File:Para_Hills_Football_Club_colours.jpg | align="left" |Big Reds | align="left" |The Paddocks, Para Hills West |1974 |1974-77, 1990-91 {{cite web |title=Para Hills Football Club - History |url=http://freeteams.net/parahillsfootballclub/page.html?page=15455 |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Para Hills Football Club}}{{cite web |last=Devaney |first=John |title=Para Hills |url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Para%2BHills/1312 |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Full Points Publications}}{{cite web |title=Para Hills |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/para-hills |accessdate=7 November 2013 |publisher=South Australian Amateur Football League}} |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1978. Moved to South Australian FA in 1992 |
| style="text-align:left" |Pooraka
|File:Norwood_Redlegs_Icon.jpg | align="left" |Bulls | align="left" |Lindblom Park, Pooraka |1920 |1969-75 {{cite web |last=Bloch |first=Fred |title=Pooraka |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/clubs/Pooraka |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=South Australian Amateur Football League}}{{cite web |title=Pooraka |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/pooraka |accessdate=7 November 2013 |publisher=South Australian Amateur Football League}} |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to Norwood-North FA in 1976 |
| style="text-align:left" |Salisbury College
|File:Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg | align="left" | | align="left" |Salisbury College, Salisbury East |1970 |1975-76 |0 | - | align="left" |Returned to SAAFL in 1977 |
| style="text-align:left" |Two Wells Virginia
|File:North Adelaide design.jpg | align="left" | | align="left" | |{{Tooltip|GDFL|Gawler District Football League}} | |1961-69 {{cite web |last=Williams |first=Bet |title=Two Wells Football Club |url=http://mallala.nowandthen.net.au/index.php?title=Two_Wells_Football_Club |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Now&Then - Mallala}}{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.twfnsc.com.au/history/ |accessdate=24 July 2013 |publisher=Two Wells Football Club}}{{cite book |last1=Lines |first1=Peter |title=Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs |date=14 May 2024 |publisher=Peter Lines |isbn=978-0-9804472-9-3 |page=261 |chapter=Two Wells Virginia}} |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to Adelaide Plains FL in 1970 |
| style="text-align:left" |Westfields
| | align="left" | | align="left" | |1960s |1968-84, 1987-89 |0 | - | align="left" |Moved to SAAFL in 1985, folded in 1990 |
Premierships
References
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Category:Defunct Australian rules football competitions in South Australia