Universities, throughout the world, had always been regarded as the home of clean, pure sport, and the Adelaide University had always been loyal to that tradition. Also at the March 17 meeting, applications from Our Boys Institute and Rosslyn to join the Amateur League were discussed, but both applications were rejected. In 1906 they formed the University Football Club, recruited several students playing for senior district clubs, and applied to join the SA Football Association, foreshadowing the example of their Melbourne University counterparts who were admitted to the Victorian league in 1908. At a later meeting on April 7th, applications from Prospect, Stanley and Semaphore Central were rejected. Blackfriars Old Scholars set a new SAAFL record score when they posted 71.30 (460) in a 429-point win against Angle Vale in Division 6. Christian Brothers College Old Collegians. Middleton and Neil (St. Bartholomew), and S.W. The league received media coverage in 2014 due to extreme scores in a number of games. The league was officially formed on 8 March 1911 and the first match was played on 6 May 1911. The  red and black colours started in 1946 and remain those colours albeit with various designs. For the record, there were no umpires and the game started around 2pm with twenty players in each side. Central United had 10 Category A reports during the season, resulting in a combined total of 36 games suspension, with one player banned for life. Gepp) and Marlborough (J. Redwood). Salisbury West's captain received a 27-game suspension for four incidents, including breaking an opponent's jaw, during a home Qualifying Final against Trinity Old Scholars which resulted in a life ban; this more than doubled the Adelaide Footy League's threshold of 12 weeks. Over the next 30 years or so many new clubs were formed and as a consequence, several new associations sprang up to accommodate them. Smithfield were reinstated to the competition with stipulations around player behavior. Retrieved 23 January 2014. Salisbury North were deducted eight premiership points for each of their teams and fined $4,000 following an incident in a C-Grade game against Plympton on 18 July. 19 May - Police were called after a spectator wielded a knife and another used a broken beer bottle as a weapon in a fight during a match between Ingle Farm and Trinity Old Scholars. Central United were deducted nine premiership points as a result of a player being suspended for spitting at and striking another player in a game played on 19 July 2014 against Blackfriars Old Scholars. He wanted to appeal to the sport-loving public of South Australia with every confidence that they would help them by the pressure of public opinion. With the exception of recesses during the two World Wars, the competition has been continuous since that time. 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The league currently provides competition across eight Senior divisions with Reserves grades, accompanied by a separate C grade competition, all from Divisions 1 to 7. Semaphore Central and Exeter merged to form "Port District FC" in 1979. The 'old' one was Jubilee Oval situated on the south-western corner of Frome Road and Victoria Drive, about a hundred metres south of the Adelaide Zoo. The South Australian Football Association (later to be renamed to South Australian National Football League) had existed as a competition since 1877, but by the early 1900s was structured on an "electorate system" where players qualified for clubs on the basis of electoral boundaries. Salisbury's Under-18 Coach was suspended for the rest of 2015 and all of 2016 for failing to stop a melee that occurred during an Under-18 game against Mitcham on 10 May 2015, and for misleading the tribunal during the investigation. Semaphore Central and Exeter merged to form "Port District FC" in 1979. The Gullies originally operated out of a tin shed at Memorial Oval and continued with relatively primitive facilities until its move to Pertaringa Oval in 1964. Ladder for Division 4 - Nine News - SportsTG, fixtures, results, ladders, statistics, news and events for the Adelaide Footy League (SAAFL), on SportsTG, the Home of Grassroots Sport 10 June - Three players were allegedly involved in an incident where their names were signed in permanent marker on a bar whilst representing the SAAFL in Tasmania as part of the Under-23 representative team. Affiliation peaked in 2001 with 72 clubs. A North Pines player was suspended for 32 weeks, resulting in a life ban, for attempting to headbutt, threatening and abusing an umpire and racial vilification during a Division 7 Semi-Final against Adelaide University. In April 1910 after the fifth successive unsuccessful application, a special meeting was called at the University to discuss the matter.