South Australian Patriotic Football League

The South Australian Patriotic Football League or Patriotic League was a short lived Australian rules football wartime competition formed during World War I in South Australia to fill the void left by the South Australian Football League (SAFL) which elected to go into recess at the time. Games held were used to raise funds for the war effort. The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.

In the first season of the Patriotic League the competition raised between £350 and £400 for the war effort and Australian soldiers. By 1918 some Patriotic League matches were raising £1,000 per game.

The Patron of the Patriotic League, Francis (Frank) Walter Lundie, and the Delegate for West Adelaide, Albert (Bert) Augustine Edwards, were Councillors for the City of Adelaide in Grey Ward, the area mainly associated with the West Adelaide Football Club (Bert Edwards was their President). Despite being anti-conscription Labor men, they were patriots and supported the war effort.

Three seasons

 * Port Adelaide
 * North Adelaide (playing as 'Prospect')
 * West Torrens

Two seasons

 * West Adelaide

One season

 * Kenilworth (based at St Marys)
 * Mitcham
 * Norwood
 * St Francis Xavier
 * South Adelaide
 * South Australian Police
 * South Australian Railways
 * Sturt