Northern Areas FA

The Northern Areas Football Association was formed in 1909.
==History==
In 1928 the member clubs were Crystal Brook, Georgetown, Gladstone, Jamestown and Laura. Laura left in 1930 and Crystal Brook followed in 1931 - replaced by Wirrabara. In 1932 Caltowie joined and Laura returned but in 1934 Laura left again and Wirrabara left as well. In 1935 Crystal Brook returned and in 1938 Wirrabara also returned. Laura returned in 1940 but World War 2 was biting and Jamestown, Caltowie and Laura went into recess. After 1941 the competition went into recess entirely.
The NAFA resumed in 1946 with all the clubs from 1940. Caltowie left in 1948 but they returned in 1956 - only to depart again in 1959 and return in 1961. Peterborough joined the competition in 1962. In 1964 Wirrabara left and Georgetown and Caltowie merged. Wirrabara returned in 1965 and Gladstone went into recess in 1966 - coming back in 1967 in the place of Wirrabara who left again. Laura went into recess in 1971.
There were a number of changes in 1972. Georgetown/Caltowie folded, but Laura returned in a merger with Wirrabara. Jamestown merged with Appila and Orroroo joined the competition. In 1977 Jamestown/Appila went into recess but they returned in 1978. In 1979 Wilmington/Melrose and Booleroo joined and in 1981 Port Broughton and Warnertown joined - bringing the club numbers to ten. In 1984 Port Broughton merged with Mundoora/Wokurna to become Broughton/Mundoora.
In 1991 Booleroo merged with Wilmington/Melrose to become BMW. Warnertown went into recess in 1993 and returned in 1994 only to fold in 1995. In 2001 Gladstone changed their name to Rocky River before merging with Laura/Wirrabara in 2002 to form Southern Flinders. In 2003 Jamestown/Appila merged with Peterborough to become Jamestown/Peterborough. At six clubs the NAFA finally achieved stability - with only 2020 rocking the boat as Jamestown/Peterborough went into recess due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They returned in 2021.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	J/AP	BR/M	CRYB	GLAD	LA/W	ORRO	PETE	BMW 	WARN
1992	CRYB	ORRO	GLAD	J/AP	BR/M	LA/W	BMW 	WARN	PETE
1993	BR/M	ORRO	BMW 	J/AP	GLAD	CRYB	LA/W	PETE	
1994	ORRO	BR/M	LA/W	GLAD	J/AP	PETE	CRYB	WARN	BMW
1995	ORRO	J/AP	BR/M	GLAD	CRYB	BMW 	LA/W	PETE	
1996	BR/M	GLAD	J/AP	ORRO	CRYB	LA/W	BMW 	PETE	
1997	BR/M	CRYB	ORRO	J/AP	BMW 	GLAD	LA/W	PETE	
1998	ORRO	CRYB	J/AP	BR/M	BMW 	LA/W	PETE	GLAD	
1999	ORRO	CRYB	BMW 	J/AP	BR/M	LA/W	PETE	GLAD	
2000	BR/M	CRYB	ORRO	BMW 	J/AP	PETE	LA/W	GLAD	
2001	BMW 	J/AP	ORRO	CRYB	ROCR	BR/M	LA/W	PETE	
2002	ORRO	SFLI	CRYB	J/AP	BMW 	BR/M	PETE	 	
2003	JA/P	SFLI	ORRO	BR/M	BMW 	CRYB	 	 	
2004	JA/P	BMW 	CRYB	ORRO	SFLI	BR/M	 	 	
2005	BMW 	CRYB	ORRO	BR/M	SFLI	JA/P	 	 	
2006	BR/M	CRYB	BMW 	ORRO	SFLI	JA/P	 	 	
2007	ORRO	BR/M	CRYB	SFLI	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2008	CRYB	SFLI	BMW 	BR/M	ORRO	JA/P	 	 	
2009	SFLI	BR/M	CRYB	BMW 	JA/P	ORRO	 	 	
2010	SFLI	BMW 	CRYB	ORRO	JA/P	BR/M	 	 	
2011	CRYB	JA/P	BMW 	SFLI	ORRO	BR/M	 	 	
2012	CRYB	SFLI	BR/M	ORRO	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2013	SFLI	ORRO	BR/M	CRYB	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2014	JA/P	CRYB	BMW 	ORRO	BR/M	SFLI	 	 	
2015	CRYB	BR/M	SFLI	JA/P	ORRO	BMW 	 	 	
2016	BR/M	CRYB	SFLI	ORRO	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2017	CRYB	BR/M	ORRO	SFLI	JA/P	BMW 	 	 	
2018	CRYB	ORRO	BR/M	SFLI	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2019	BR/M	CRYB	BMW 	SFLI	ORRO	JA/P	 	 	
2020	BR/M	ORRO	BMW 	CRYB	SFLI	 	 	 	
2021	BR/M	ORRO	BMW 	SFLI	CRYB	JA/P	 	 	
2022	BR/M	ORRO	SFLI	CRYB	BMW 	JA/P	 	 	
2023	ORRO	BMW 	CRYB	BR/M	JA/P	SFLI	 	 	
===Abbreviations===
BMW - BMW; BR/M - Broughton/Mundoora; CRYB - Crystal Brook; GLAD - Gladstone; J/AP - Jamestown/Appila; JA/P - Jamestown/Peterborough; LA/W - Laura/Wirribara; ORRO - Orroroo; PETE - Peterborough; ROCR - Rocky River; SFLI - Southern Flinders; WARN - Warnertown
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country South Australian Leagues