Tea Tree Gully District Football Club
Peteringa Oval Steventon Drive Banksia Park.

Our History

The Tea Tree Gully Football Club (The Gullies), then known as the Rifles, first recorded game was
against ‘The Adelaidians’ near Modbury on August 30 1862.

The match was played on what was kindly described as "a fallow paddock at Modbury".

For the record, there were no umpires and the game started around 2pm with twenty players in
each side, at around 5:15pm, “The Adelaidians” kicked its second goal this amounted to an
unsurpassable lead and the game was declared in their favour 2 goals to nil.

This game is one of the first ever recorded in South Australia.

Check out the football side in 1922!

The Gullies originally operated out of a tin shed at Memorial Oval and continued with relatively
primitive facilities until its move to Pertaringa Oval in 1964. The current oval and clubroom facilities
were built in 1969 and opened in 1970 as one of the most up to date rooms in the area.

The Tea Tree Gully Football Club holds the distinction of being one of the oldest continuously
operating football clubs in Australia.

The Gullies originally wore the double blue colours and changed to red with a black trim in 1969.

During the Second World War it combined with Hope Valley, and after the War played in the East Torrens Association which became Norwood North.

In 1970 the Club moved to Pertaringa Oval where club-rooms were constructed to replace an old shed, and celebrated an 'A' team premiership in 1973.

It became an inaugural member of the S.A.F.A. in 1978 and chose a new design of red and black vertical stripes. In 1987 the current black Guernsey with a red sash was selected.

In 1988 it joined the SAAFL at level A6 and it took only eight seasons to reach A1. It stayed in Division 1 for 5 of the next 6 seasons then settled down in Division 2, celebrating ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and Under 17 premierships in 2001. Since then it has risen to A1 and fields 5 teams.

The Gullies are steep in history with many milestones including over 25, 200 game players -
including 3 players playing more than 300 games and 1 over 400.

The Gullies have had over 20 players develop to play SANFL and a number to play AFL.

The club has had a fair share of premiership success in various grades.

The Tea Tree Gully District Football Club has no paid employees and relies solely on the
support of volunteers, parents, ex players and current players.

Guernsey’s & Colours :
???? - Tea Tree Gully wore double blue colours.
1946-77 - Red Guernsey with black trim.
1978-86 - Red & black vertical stripes.
1987-2002 - Black Guernsey’s with plain red sash.
2003 -> Black Guernsey with Red ‘claw’ sash.

Grounds :
<-1969 - Memorial Oval, Tea Tree Gully.
1970-> - Pertaringa Oval, Banksia Park.

Associations played in :
1912-1914 - Tea Tree Gully participated in various suburban associations.
1915 - North Eastern Hills FA Grand Final : Houghton defeated Tea Tree Gully.
1916-1921 - Tea Tree Gully participated in various suburban associations.
1922 – 1923: Torrens Valley Football League
1931-35 - North Eastern Hills Football Association
WW2 - Hope Valley combined with Tea Tree Gully during WW2.
1945 - Torrens Valley FL Grand Final : A combined Houghton, Paracombe, Tea Tree Gully & Hope Valley team defeated Gumeracha.
1946-54 - East Torrens Football Association
1955-56 - North Adelaide DFA : Tea Tree Gully participated.
1959-68 - East Torrens FA : Tea Tree Gully participated.
1969-77 - Norwood North Football Association
1978-87 - SAFA: Tea Tree Gully was a founding club.
1988 - SAAFL : Division A6 Runners-Up / A8.
1989 SAAFL : Division A5 Runners-Up / A9.
1990 SAAFL : Division A4 Premiers (def Modbury) / A8.
1991 SAAFL : Division A3 Runners-Up / A8.
1992-93 SAAFL: Division A2 / A7.
1994 SAAFL: Division A2 Runners-Up / A7.
1995-1997: Division 1 / A7.
1998 - 2005: SAAFL Division 2
2006: Division 2 Premiers (def Gepps Cross)
2007-09: Division 1

Our Club in 2008

26 Junior Teams

2 x Under 6

5 x Under 8

3 x Under 9 and Under 10 & Under 11

2 x Under 12, Under 13, 2 x (Under 14, Under 15 & Under 16)..

~ The club is very proud to have approximately 500 junior players ~

5 Senior Teams

SAAFL Division 1 and Division 1 Reserves (A & B Grade)

SAAFL Division C1 and Division C6 (C & D Grade)

SAAFL Under 18