NOARLUNGA
Current Affiliation: Southern Football Association/League (SFL) since 1938
Formed: 1890s
Colours: Royal blue and white
Emblem: Shoes
Senior SFL Premierships: 1921-2, 1925-6, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2001 (9 total)
Mail Medallists: W.Amee 1960; A.Fimeri 1962; J.Staker 1970 & 1971; B.Pilmore 1982; J.Mott 1989 & 1990; B.Baxter 1996 (6 Medallists/8 Medals)
Boasting the somewhat quaint, and quite possibly unique, nickname of the Shoes, Noarlunga Football Club first surfaced at least as long ago as the 1890s, since when it has enjoyed almost continuous involvement in the Southern Football League/Association.
Records of the competition prior to World War One are scant, but once the war was over Noarlunga was quick to establish itself as a force. When the Association resumed operations in 1919, it reached the premiership deciding match, but lost to Willunga. Two years later, however, it broke through for the first of two successive flags, the second of which involved the only replayed grand final in SFA/L history. Further premiership triumphs in 1925 and 1926 made the 1920s far and away the most successful decade in Noarlunga's history to date.
The 1930s, by contrast, proved a truly dire decade, with the club on occasion facing a real struggle merely to survive. In 1936 and '37 things were so tough that it was forced to enter into a temporary merger arrangement with Morphett Vale, which like Noarlunga had fallen on hard times.
The Shoes' fortunes did not noticeably improve after World War Two, but at least the club was still in business. The seniors finally made another grand final in 1970, and scored a tense 4 point win over Reynella. Since then, the club has added four more senior premierships, the most recent of which was in 2001 when the reserves also went top. In 2002 the seniors again contested the grand final, but went down narrowly to Brighton District and Old Scholars.
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