Gawler Football Club
| Gawler Football Club | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Gawler Football Club |
| Former name | Gawler Albion Football Club (1880-87) |
| Nickname(s) | Albions (1887), Tigers |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Dissolved | 1891 (withdrew from SAFA) |
| Colours | |
| Competition | SAFA 1887-90 Gawler Football Association 1889–1953 Gawler and District Football League 1953–1986 |
| Ground | Gawler Oval |
The Gawler Football Club was an Australian rules football club that was founded in June 1868 based at Gawler in the Township of Gawler about 39 km to the north-north east of Adelaide, South Australia.
In 1877 it was a foundation club of the South Australian Football Association (later renamed SANFL).
By 1880 the township had three additional clubs - Gawler Albion and Athenians junior clubs and Havelock for juveniles which were all playing arranged matches against visiting teams from Adelaide.
Following a merger in 1887 of the Gawler and Gawler Albions an application to the SAFA was successful for a Seniors Team called Gawler Albion to join the SAFA competition. Albion was dropped from the Club name the following season.
The Gawler Junior Football Association was formed on Tuesday 23 April 1889 and comprised three junior local teams - Gawler South, Gawler Centrals and Willaston. All three clubs still exist and since 1897 compete in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.