NORTHERN AREAS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

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[Information researched and compiled by Max Sayer]

Formed:  1909

“A meeting of delegates from Crystal Brook, Laura, Gladstone and Jamestown Football Clubs met at Gladstone on 16th April, 1909, with the view of forming an association, to be named the Northern Areas Football Association. At a subsequent meeting on 21st April rules, regulations and a programme of matches for the 1909 season were discussed and confirmed.”  (From John Glistak’s book, “Jamestown (Jamestown-Appila) Football Club 1882-1982)  

As a result of changing social patterns and declining district populations, Crystal Brook is the only foundation club still competing in the Northern Areas Football Association in its own right. Jamestown merged with Appila in 1972 to become the Jamestown Appila Football Club, and more recently with Peterborough to be known as Jamestown-Peterborough. Laura merged with Wirrabara in 1972, the same year that Gladstone merged with Georgetown-Caltowie to become Gladstone Combine. More recently, these two combined clubs have in turn combined to become the Southern Flinders Football Club.  

(Note: In the case of both of Jamestown’s mergers, in 1972 with Appila, and in 2003 with Peterborough, Jamestown was the senior partner in the merger, and in reality the change of name of the club was largely to protect the identity of the smaller merger partner.)  

The geographical area covered by the Northern Areas Association has expanded greatly since it’s formation in 1909 – indeed, much of the area covered by now defunct neighbouring leagues such as the Flinders League and the Broughton League are now represented by clubs in the present day Northern Areas Association. Booleroo-Melrose-Wilmington (commonly abbreviated as BMW) is a combined entity, the individual towns of which had a substantial history of football in the Flinders League, as did Orroroo. Broughton-Mundoora is a combined entity of Port Broughton and Mundoora-Wokurna, both of which played in the former Broughton League.  

Crystal Brook have won 16 A Grade premierships in the Northern Areas Association, more than any other single entity. Supporters from Jamestown have had much to cheer about though, celebrating a total of 20 flags – 12 of which were won by the Jamestown Football Club, 6 as Jamestown-Appila, and a further 2 as Jamestown-Peterborough. A barracker from Georgetown could lay claims to 16 premierships – 13 to Georgetown, 1 as Georgetown-Caltowie, and 2 as Gladstone Combine.

Current Clubs: Booleroo Centre–Melrose–Wilmington (BMW), Broughton-Mundoora, Crystal Brook, Jamestown-Peterborough, Orroroo, Southern Flinders

Premiers:

1909   Jamestown

1910   Crystal Brook

1911   Crystal Brook

1912   No competition

1913   Gladstone

1914   Laura

1915   Laura

1916   No competition

1917   No competition

1918   No competition

1919   Jamestown

1920   Jamestown

1921   Laura

1922  Jamestown

1923   Crystal Brook

1924   Gladstone

1925   Laura

1926   Georgetown

1927   Jamestown

1928   Gladstone

1929   Gladstone

1930   Gladstone

1931   Jamestown

1932   Jamestown

1933   Georgetown

1934   Georgetown

1935   Georgetown

1936   Jamestown

1937   Georgetown

1938   Georgetown

1939   Crystal Brook

1940   Georgetown

1941   Georgetown

1942   No competition

1943   No competition

1944   No competition

1945   No competition

1946   Georgetown

1947   Georgetown

1948   Georgetown

1949   Georgetown

1950   Gladstone

1951   Crystal Brook

1952   Georgetown

1953   Laura

1954   Crystal Brook

1955   Gladstone

1956   Gladstone

1957   Gladstone

1958   Jamestown

1959   Jamestown

1960   Crystal Brook

1961   James town

1962   Crystal Brook

1963   Crystal Brook

1964   Crystal Brook

1965   Peterborough

1966   Peterborough

1967   Crystal Brook

1968   Jamestown

1969   Georgetown-Caltowie

1970   Gladstone

1971   Crystal Brook

1972   Peterborough

1973   Gladstone Combine

1974   Gladstone Combine

1975   Crystal Brook

1976   Orroroo

1977   Orroroo

1978   Orroroo

1979   Peterborough

1980   Crystal Brook

1981   Crystal Brook

1982   Orroroo

1983   Jamestown-Appila

1984   Jamestown-Appila

1985   Broughton-Mundoora

1986   Broughton-Mundoora

1987   Orroroo

1988   Jamestown-Appila

1989   Jamestown-Appila

1990   Jamestown-Appila

1991   Jamestown-Appila

1992   Crystal Brook

1993   Broughton-Mundoora

1994   Orroroo

1995   Orroroo

1996   Broughton-Mundoora

1997   Broughton-Mundoora

1998   Orroroo

1999   Orroroo

2000   Broughton-Mundoora

2001   BMW

2002   Orroroo

2003   Jamestown-Peterborough

2004   Jamestown-Peterborough

2005   BMW

2006   Broughton-Mundoora

2007   Orroroo          

Summary Of Premierships:  16 Crystal Brook; 13 Georgetown; 12 Jamestown; 11 Orroroo; 10 Gladstone; 7 Broughton-Mundoora; 6 Jamestown-Appila; 5 Laura; 4 Peterborough; 2 Booleroo-Melrose-Wilmington, Gladstone-Combine, Jamestown-Peterborough; 1 Georgetown-Caltowie

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