Ovingham Football Club
| Full name | Ovingham Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Cats |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Folded | 2013 |
| League | Adelaide Footy League |
| Location | Charles Cane Reserve, Prospect |
| Colours | Royal Blue White |
The Ovingham Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the inner northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, that competed in the South Australian Amateur Football League.
History
Football had been played in and around Ovingham as far back as 1897, with the club being established in 1913 as Ovingham Methodist Football Club and was a founding member of the United Church Football Association. The club originally played on a field where the Adelaide Aquatic Centre is currently located and went into recess from 1926 to 1938 due to World War I. In 1948 the club moved to a new field opposite the former Ru Rua Nursing Home before moving to Cane Reserve in the 1960s, which was donated by Charles Cane to the local council. The Cats were a powerhouse club in the United Church FA from the 1950s to the 1970s, winning a total of 15 premierships.
The name of the club was changed to Ovingham United in 1977 until 1983, when the name 'United' was dropped. During that time period, the club moved to the Norwood-North Football Association for the 1977 season. They only lasted in the NNFA for that one season before transitioning to the Adelaide Suburban Football League until 1979, when they moved again to the South Australian Amateur Football League for the following 1980 season. During a match in round 11 of the 1985 season, an ugly incident took place in which an Ovingham player struck an umpire, which saw Ovingham disqualified from the league. They instead competed in the Southern Metropolitan Football League for the 1986 season and joined the Northern Metropolitan Football League for the following two seasons until the SAAFL allowed the club to rejoin for the 1989 season.[1]
Upon re-entry into the SAAFL in 1989, Ovingham never seemed to recapture the glory and success that they previously had. The 2009 season saw Ovingham finish in last place in the SAAFL Division 7 competition with just 1 win that season. The next four years were extremely difficult for the club with trouble finding players, financial problems and not having a secure home ground for the 2014 season as the lease for their Charles Cane Reserve home ground had ended and the council had recommended the BOSA Soccer Club take over as the new tenants of the reserve. A decision was made in December 2013 for the 100 year old club to ultimately fold.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "History". Ovingham Football Club. The Country club in the city. Archived from the original on
|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help). Retrieved 7/6/2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ↑ Devaney, John. "Ovingham FC History". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 7/6/2020. Retrieved 7/6/2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|access-date=, |archive-date=(help) - ↑ Turner, Matt (December 4, 2013). "100-year-old Ovingham Football Club set to fold after failing to secure ground for next season". The Advertiser. Retrieved 7/6/2020. Unknown parameter
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