Houghton Districts Football Club
The Houghton Districts Football Club (formerly Banksia Park Old Scholars 1983 - 95) was formed at the Tea Tree Gully Hotel by three old school mates. Since its inception the club has won four premierships - 1984, 85, 86 and 1999 and produced many great players winning several Association Best & Fairest Awards and leading goal kickers.
The Houghton Football Club was formed in 1915 and after moving through five different associations, merged with neighbouring Paracombe in 1980 to form Para Houghton. The new club lasted only three years and disbanded at the end of 1982 due to a shortage of players. The Houghton Oval was then taken up by the newly formed Banksia Park O.S. who played there in the S.A.A.F.L. and in 1995 changed its name to Houghton Districts.[1]
The Houghton Districts Football Club currently are in Division 7 of the Adelaide Football League. They were recently relegated from Division 6 in 2017 after not winning a game in their senior side. They started 2018 with a after the siren goal to win by one point against St Pauls OS. This ended a 542 day losing streak. Their senior side missed out on a finals position, but their reserves side have gone through the season undefeated prior to finals.
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