About the Marion Football Club

The Marion Football Club is a non-profit organisation offering sporting facilities, mentoring, and coaching to young people throughout the community. 

A large percentage of any funds generated are used to support our junior development program, Under 8’s 10 & 12’s, 14’s, 16's, and 18’s.
The club also fields 2 senior teams, Division 1 and Division 1 Reserves.

Since 1905 the club has played their home games at Sturt Road Marion and has utilised facilities
located within the Marion Sports and Community Club, Marion.

2011 Fee Structure:  

The organisation that evolved into the Marion Football Club was originally formed in 1891, and is one of the oldest football clubs in South Australia. Originally known as the Sturt Football Club, the club changed their name to Marion in the 1950’s. The club is currently affiliated with the powerful Southern Football league who is in turn affiliated with the South Australian National Football League.

The club colours are green and gold, and their emblem is the Ram which was adopted in the 1970's.

The Marion Football Club has h ad an eventful history that has produced a total of 8 senior premierships; two in the Mid Southern League (1921, 1926); one in the Glenelg Districts Football Association (1931), three in the Glenelg South West Football Association (1951, 1957, 1958); one in the Glenelg South Adelaide Football Association (1967); and most recently in the Southern Football League (2000).

During the war years Marion joined with the Brighton club to form Sturt Brighton. The combined team were premiers in 1944 and 1945. (Neil Stallard 2009).

Since joining the Southern Football League in 1987 the Rams have frequently featured among the competition front-runners. During the 1990's the league side reached five grand finals suffering narrow defeats on each occasion. Finally in 2000 they made amends defeating Noarlunga by 7 points. The reserves also went top, defeating Brighton by 1 point.

The club has a number of Association Medallists including: Mr Purdie 1926; W. Egan 1936; C. Brown 1939; N. Edwards 1941; G. Cox 1944; H. Partridge 1949; M. Chambers 1950; P. Partridge 1954; J. Cook 1968/69; I. Hine 1981; S. Clark 1988; T. Plummer 1993; D. Exelby 1999; and B. Exelby 2001.

Marion has produced a number of talented players during the journey including Scott Welsh who has represented West Adelaide, North Melbourne, the Adelaide Crows, and the Western Bulldogs.

Committee Members     

Steve Winter               President                   
Russell Stanborough    Vice President           
John McCallum            Vice President           Senior Advocate
Peter Goode                Secretary
Syd Drage                   Treasurer
Graeme Hill                 Football Director         Senior Delegate
Lynton Jose                 Committee member     B grade Bench Coach
Kim Buckney                Committee member

 Hans Hekmiejer           Junior’s Coordinator
Jane Day                     Committee member