Colours: Black and White
Front:
Black & White vertical stripes
top half white with black number, bottom half same as front
Adelaide Lutheran, CBCOC, Kenilworth, North Haven, Ovingham, Payneham NU, Seaton Ramblers
Cheer boys cheer
We are the Salisburyites,
It's only now and then we ever lose.
We will play the ball around,
On the home or any ground,
It they could only play the ball
and not the man.
Play the ball, play the ball.
If they would only play the ball
and not the man.
We're a rugged bunch of fellas
and everyone's a star
So when we're finished training,
You'll find us at the bar,
And if you care to join us
You'll find that we're alright,
And then you"ll be a member
Of the MIGHTY BLACK AND WHITE.
Should all acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eyes on the Black and the White.
Mascot/Nickname: MagpiesThe history of football in the Salisbury area can be traced back to the early to mid 1880's. A Salisbury team competed in both local competitions and primarily in the Gawler League. Photographic records of this early period date back to 1907. There is some speculation that a photo from 1899 exists. With the building of a pavilion at Salisbury Oval in 1913 a base was created for the fledgling club. In the 1920's a club status was created with the keeping of club Committee minutes and financial accounts kept in trust by the current Committee. The first Life Membership of the club was awarded in 1927. During the first half of the 20th Century the club had different variations of names and guernsey designs. In the mid 1950's the club adopted the Collingwood strip and the nick name "The Magpies". The club became affiliated with the newly formed Central District Football Association in 1960, hence ending it's long association with the Gawler League. Until the demise of this Association (which included the Northern Metropolitan Fl) in 1994 the club fielded strong senior and junior sides. In 1995 it was accepted into the S.A.A.F.L. and has progressed from D7 in 1997 to D5 in 2002. With its 125th approaching the club can be proud of existing over 3 different centuries and can look forward to the future with confidence.
Salisbury historian John Lewis in his book Salisbury S.A.: A History of Town and District writes that the first land purchases in the Salisbury area occurred in the 1840s and settlement took place soon after. It is generally agreed that football was first played in Salisbury in the early 1880s on various ovals depending on the state of the surfaces. It is was not known until recently when the Salisbury Football Club was formed The first photo of the team exists for 1899. In July 2003 the Club was fortunate to acquire 6 team photographs from a deceased estate, the photographs having been found in a garage at Taperoo. One was a photograph of the 1937 premiership team stating that it was the Club's first premiership, whilst a photo of the 1948 semi finals team states that the Club was founded in 1883.
Salisbury Oval was established in the early part of the 20th century and the pavilion constructed in 1913 with the assistance of the local gymnasium club. During this period the title of the club varied including such names as Salisbury Star and Salisbury Rovers. Business people such as the Heidenreich and Prettejohn families were also involved in club activities. After the Second World War the club joined the Gawler League winning two premierships and changing its colours to vertical black and white stripes and adopting the "Magpies" logo. The club also won four premierships in the C.D.F.A. during the late '60s/early '70s and was again successful in the 1980s. When the Northern Metropolitan League folded in 1995 the Club joined the amateurs in A6, then won premierships in Division 7 in 1997 ('A's and 'B's) and Division 6 in 2001. John Demasi holds the record for games played with 263.
Source: A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994, Fred Bloch � 1995
Game Reports, 12/09/2011 07:15 am 
As any fortunate premiership player well knows you often need an ounce of luck to win a flag, particularly in an even competition and the 2011 Div5 season was as even as it gets. In this 10 team competition after all teams had played each other twice, remarkably 8 teams had cracked the 50% level percentage mark and for the top 3 finishing sides with the benefit of the double chance, comprising the
... Game Reports, 26/06/2011 12:20 pm
The second half of the season provides sides with a good opportunity to judge their progress when they come up against teams who beat them first time around. For the Jets, Salisbury were the only team to win convincingly against them in the first half of the season with a 10 goal margin back in round 2, so this would be a litmus test for Unley who are desperate to stamp their authority on th
... Game Reports, 01/06/2011 10:00 am
jordan tanner kicked that goal not matthew bennets get it right
... Game Reports, 06/05/2011 04:28 pm
It was Westies second home game in a row and was facing an unknown team from division 6 last year being the Lockley's Demons. The tigers started with a lot of shots on goal but could not convert and wasted some good opportunities, including top forward Justin Davies who kicked 1.5 for the day. Lockley's on the other had very limited opportunities but made most of them kicking 10.6.67 on the counte
... Game Reports, 15/04/2011 05:02 pm
It was Salisbury west first home game of the year and started out favorites, as they had a good first win against Adelaide Lutheran in round 1. Their opposition was a rosewater outfit that had a considerable loss the week before against an up and coming west croydon side.
After a 5min delay due to the umpires not arriving on time, the game got underway and it was rosewater who started out t
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League News, 11/04/2011 01:04 pm
The votes for West End's Lucky Player of the Week for round 1 have been meticulously checked and the final tally is in. Congratulations to Robert Miles of Salisbury with his nail biting win over second place Adam Becker of Woodville South. Robert has won a carton of 30x375ml cans of West End Draught and can pick it up from Thebarton!
Game Reports, 11/04/2011 09:30 am
(As Unley’s roving reporter I was not able to be at the game due to work commitments and therefore can only provide general commentary based on third party feedback.)
Word on the streets would have it that Salisbury and Unley are two of the teams to beat this season, though such pre-first-round musings fail to take into account the very variable nature of amateur footy from one season
... Game Reports, 05/04/2011 12:00 pm
The season kicked off for us away at Adelaide Lutheran, a side who finished last year in the finals. We had a good supporter base who travelled up into the city to watch the game. It was the first time in 3 years we had more players return to the club rather than leave, which is very promising.
Our best players on the day were Ricky Woodrow, he was instrumental in his return to footy from a
... Game Reports, 24/09/2010 08:57 am
In January of this year an old friend was invited back into my life as the result of a half hearted attempt to stay in touch with people I learned life’s early lessons with. Specifically it was a BBQ. Perhaps it was the pre mixed bourbon speaking but he offered me a chance to stay in touch through football; as the Pooraka runner. I said yes largely from compulsion of being
... Game Reports, 22/08/2010 03:48 pm
Sudden death finals – nail biting stuff. Both team looking ahead knowing only one will go on to the next round, the other will be cleaning the gear and putting it away until season 2011.
Salisbury had the unenviable task of taking on Unley at home to keep the finals dream alive – Unley knew they’d beaten The Maggies twice already but that their opponents had
... Game Reports, 08/08/2010 11:49 am
Aussie rules is a tough physical game, that’s why we like it. Man on man contests, ruck packs with bodies clashing, death defying leaps above opponents, all with the sole aim of taking possession of the ball. More often than not, the man with eyes only for the ball comes away with the leather. It’s a fundamental skill taught to all young footba
... Game Reports, 25/07/2010 08:28 pm
The finals are still 3 rounds away, but for The Jets and The Magpies, their Round 15 encounter was as close to a final as you could get. Both equal on points, in 6th and 5th spots respectively, success would elevate either side into possibly 4th position, a loss would put them one game out of the 5 in a competition where even 8th could still make the major round. Both sides knew
... Game Reports, 06/07/2010 12:48 pm
It was chilled Saturday afternoon as the soft breeze and recent run of losses carried a sparsely populated silence across Lindblom Park; a ghost town of high expectations and past glory littered with the faces of what made this club one of the most uncomfortable away games in the league. The hall of fame spectators and officials presided like Roman Gods over the actions of man, among the m&e
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Jove, 04/06/2010 04:34 pm
I am here at the Pooraka Football club to investigate a physical phenomenon that has divided opinion amongst the committee and attracted the attention of the Salisbury Council; the annual shifting of the southern goal posts.
Frank Scott, the team manager, has recorded the movement over the years in search of the evidence he needs to convince the committee the shift is speeding up … a
... Game Reports, 30/05/2010 12:03 pm
The long journey across the city of churches for Salisbury West’s young side saw them confront the Jets, keen to keep touch with the rest of the comp.
The Unley B Grade found the going easy, if not inaccurate, with 17 goals from 46 scoring shots against a somewhat hapless opposition with the final score being 17.29 to 3.2.
The main event took place in wet, windy conditions an
... Game Reports, 24/05/2010 04:39 pm
High Noon, Salisbury Downs. The fast scoring, gun slinging, cellar dwelling outlaws of the West prepared (quite professionally mind you) to face the stampeding Bulls in a test at the West. All was a hush as the townsfolk gathered in numbers and watched from a safe distance as the caravan of lost souls and born again footballers moseyed into town on the back of a horse called form.
Lea
... Game Reports, 18/05/2010 10:20 am
It was dubbed the battle for seventh position but it shaped up as the battle for middle earth as Salisbury’s Orks and angry Hobbits charged upon the Ents of Kingswood Forrest.
With the dimensions of an elevator shaft Kingswood Oval is punishment handed out by the department of education for poor attendance records, below average test results and the dysentery culture fostered by th
... Game Reports, 16/05/2010 09:11 am
Unley hosted Salisbury at Kingswood Oval in the round 6 clash for seventh spot expecting a no holds barred encounter with a team well known for their physicality.
Unley’s C Grade, at Salisbury Oval, did it very tough, going down 69 to 37, and in the earlier clash at Jet Park, the Unley B Grade went down by 11 goals against a very disciplined Magpies 2’s.
The main encounter saw
... Game Reports, 03/05/2010 08:46 am
It was an unrecognisable Pooraka that turned up to Salisbury’s vast and unforgiving (but impeccably maintained) home arena; resting on solid performances, anticipating limited resistance and planning on doing only as much as was needed to keep ahead of a gallant but luckless opponent.
Salisbury carried the tidal strength of a knee high wave, fittingly Pooraka looked as though they w
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