Great Southern Football League (South Australia)

The Great Southern Football League (GSFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Fleurieu Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and is zoned to the South Adelaide Football Club.

History
Although football was played in the area in the 1870s, with the Goolwa club dating themselves from 1878, it was not until 1923 that the Great Southern Football Association was formed. The founding clubs were Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Hindmarsh Valley, Port Elliot and Victor Harbour.

Since that time a number of clubs have formed part of the Association, which itself changed its name to the Great Southern Football League. Current member clubs include Willunga, which is one of the oldest football clubs in South Australia, tracing its history back to 1874.

Current clubs

 * Notes

List of Premiers
List of premiership teams of Great Southern Football League.


 * 1923 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1924 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1925 GOOLWA FC
 * 1926 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1927 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1928 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1929 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1930 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1931 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1932 GOOLWA FC
 * 1933 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1934 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1935 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1936 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1937 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1938 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1939 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1940 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1946 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1947 VICTOR HARBOUR FC


 * 1948 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1949 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1950 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1951 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1952 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1953 GOOLWA FC
 * 1954 MOUNT COMPASS FC
 * 1955 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1956 BAY VALLEY ROVERS FC
 * 1957 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1958 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1959 MOUNT COMPASS FC
 * 1960 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1961 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1962 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1963 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1964 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1965 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1966 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1967 ENCOUNTER BAY FC


 * 1968 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1969 YANKALILLA FC
 * 1970 YANKALILLA FC
 * 1971 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1972 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1973 PORT ELLIOT FC
 * 1974 MYPONGA FC
 * 1975 GOOLWA FC
 * 1976 GOOLWA FC
 * 1977 GOOLWA FC
 * 1978 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 1979 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1980 MOUNT COMPASS FC
 * 1981 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1982 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 1983 MYPONGA FC
 * 1984 MYPONGA FC
 * 1985 YANKALILLA FC
 * 1986 WILLUNGA FC
 * 1987 STRATHALBYN FC


 * 1988 WILLUNGA FC
 * 1989 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1990 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1991 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1992 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1993 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1994 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1995 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1996 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 1997 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 1998 WILLUNGA FC
 * 1999 VICTOR HARBOUR FC
 * 2000 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 2001 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2002 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2003 MCLAREN FC
 * 2004 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2005 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2006 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2007 WILLUNGA FC


 * 2008 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2009 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2010 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 2011 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2012 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2013 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 2014 STRATHALBYN FC
 * 2015 ENCOUNTER BAY FC
 * 2016 MOUNT COMPASS FC
 * 2017 MOUNT COMPASS FC
 * 2018 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2019 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2020 LANGHORNE CREEK FC
 * 2021 WILLUNGA FC
 * 2022 MCLAREN FC
 * 2023 MCLAREN FC

Mail Medal
The Mail Medal has been awarded since 1933. The Ozone Medal was awarded from 1925-32.

Books

 * Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
 * South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199