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.[1] In 1988, it was renamed the Northern Metropolitan Football League which remained its name until it folded at the end of the 1994 season.[2]
| Colours | Club | Years Participating | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeview | 1991-93[citation needed] | ||
| Brahma Lodge | 1962-94 [3] (1962–65 Juniors only)[4] | ||
| Campbelltown-Magill | 1980-84 | ||
| Central United | 1962-94 [2][5] (1962-77 Juniors only) | Central Juniors (1962–77) [5] | |
| Eastern Park | 1962-94 [2][6] | ||
| Elizabeth | 1961-77, 1994 [2][7][8][9] | ||
| Elizabeth North | 1961-64 [7][10] | ||
| Hope Valley | 1980-86 [11] | ||
| Ingle Farm | 1968-73 [12][13][14] | ||
| Kaurna United | 1986-88 | ||
| Mile End Cats | 1991 | ||
| Ovingham | 1987-88 [15] | ||
| Para District Uniting | 1987 | ||
| Para Hills | 1974-77, 1990-91 [16][17][18] | ||
| Paralowie | 1979-93 | ||
| Pooraka | 1969-75 [19][20] | ||
| Salisbury | 1961-94 [2][7][21][22] | ||
| Salisbury College of Advanced Education | 1975-76 | ||
| Salisbury North | 1961-78, 1989–91, 1994 [23][24][25] | ||
| Salisbury West | 1965-69, 1978-94 [26] | ||
| Smithfield | 1965-94 [2][27][28] | ||
| Two Wells-Virginia | 1961-69 [7][29][30][31] | ||
| Virginia | 1975-1980,[32] 1987-94[33][34] | ||
| Westfields | 1968-84, 1987-89 |
| Year | A1/Division 1 | A2/Division 2 | A3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1962 | Central Districts | ||
| 1963 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1964 | Elizabeth North [36] | ||
| 1965 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1966 | Elizabeth | ||
| 1967 | Elizabeth | ||
| 1968 | Salisbury[7] | ||
| 1969 | Salisbury[7] | ||
| 1970 | Salisbury[7] | ||
| 1971 | Salisbury[7] | ||
| 1972 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1973 | Elizabeth | ||
| 1974 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1975 | Salisbury North[35] | Salisbury CAE | |
| 1976 | Salisbury North[35] | ||
| 1977 | Brahma Lodge[3] | ||
| 1978 | Salisbury North[35] | Eastern Park[36] | |
| 1979 | Virginia | ||
| 1980 | Central United undefeated [37] | Eastern Park[36] | |
| 1981 | Campbelltown-Magill | Eastern Park[36] | |
| 1982 | Central United[37] | Westfields | |
| 1983 | Hope Valley | Westfields | |
| 1984 | Salisbury[7] | Westfields | |
| 1985 | Salisbury West[38] | ||
| 1986 | Salisbury[7] | ||
| 1987 | Salisbury West[38] | Eastern Park[36] | |
| 1988 | Salisbury[7] | Ovingham[36] | |
| 1989 | Salisbury North[35] | Virginia | |
| 1990 | Salisbury North[35] | Virginia | |
| 1991 | Elizabeth | Virginia | |
| 1992 | Smithfield | Virginia | |
| 1993 | Brahma Lodge[3] | ||
| 1994 | Brahma Lodge[3][36] |
