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Morphett Vale regained its mantle as king of the Southern Football League with a dominant 39-point win against Reynella in Saturday's grand final at Alan Hickinbothan Oval.

IF ANYONE had the inside knowledge on how to beat Morphett Vale on grand final day it was Reynella coach David Earl.

THE Bayly brothers have become the greatest double act in the Southern Football League but on Saturday it was younger brother Nathan who shone brightest.

Morphett Vale ruckman Martin Short calls time on an illustrious career

BRIGHTON's B grade and under-18 sides won back-to-back Southern Football League premierships on Saturday.

PORT Noarlunga's under 16s finally gave the club something to celebrate after a year where most things went wrong.

HAPPY Valley Football Club has plenty to look forward to judging by the efforts of last Saturday's premiership-winning under 14 side.

No protocol or pretence, just the way we like it.

WILLUNGA claimed its sixth straight flag after beating Strathalbyn by two points in the Great Southern Football League grand final.

ANOTHER long season of Southern Football League matches is coming to an end.

MORPHETT Vale's 20-goal win against Flagstaff Hill was downgraded to an 11-goal margin, after the Emus were penalised for having too many players on the field in the second quarter.

DANIEL Scadden shows his hometown pride by pouring his heart and soul into the Aldinga Football Club.

MATESHIP has kept Peter Dabinett at Edwardstown Football Club for 46 years.

CHRISTIES Beach celebrated a club legend milestone and kept alive its hopes of making the major round when it crushed Aldinga by 190 points at Bice Oval last Saturday.

IT'S time for Southern Football League officials to have another good look at their match program.

FROM premiership player to long-time volunteer, David Brown has become ``part of the furniture'' at Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Football Club.

PETER Duck jokes that his hands have built most of the Cove Football Club.

GRASSROOTS football has a strong hold on Greg Smith.

FLAGSTAFF Hill Football Club chair Jo Collins wants to see more women use business skills to make a difference at local clubs.

VOLUNTEERING at Morphettville Park Football Club is an opportunity for Jodee Jenkins to spend more time with her husband Michael and son Jed.

YEARS ago, the June long weekend meant a chance to watch or play association football.

WITH recent talk about who should or shouldn't make the Australian Football Hall of Fame it's probably timely to have a look at our own Southern Football League.

HACKHAM Football Club volunteer Mark Bradley gets a buzz watching children give football a go.

KAREN Kelly did not hesitate when she was asked to pitch in at her sons' football club.

HAVING listened to the, at times, apparent prickly relationship between AFL coaches and football journalists/commentators, I have to say what a pleasure it is to deal with the coaches in…

SALLY McRae is known for her tireless work at her beloved O'Sullivan Beach-Lonsdale Football Club.

THE traditional Essendon v Collingwood Anzac Day encounter started with an unforgettable draw in 1995.

Christies Beach was far too strong for Hackham, winning 24.20 (164) to 1.1 (7).

Noarlunga led all day to beat Lonsdale Lions by 35 points at Noarlunga.

Brighton showed that it was a top unit in day or night conditions when it outgunned Happy Valley by 41 points at Happy Valley oval last Friday night.

Edwardstown, Christies Beach, Brighton and Reynella continue unbeaten starts to the season.

Cove battled the ultra-tough conditions and a hard opponent in Morphett Vale before going down by 13 points at Cove.

Edwardstown maintained its unbeaten run and top of the ladder with a 47-point win against Flagstaff Hill at Edwardstown.

IT'S only early days and the opposition hasn't been great but could we be seeing a revitalised Christies Beach in this year's Southern Football League competition?

PHIL Richmond jokes he is Marion Football Club's jack-of-all-trades but master of none.

MOST of the Southern Football League pre-season discussion seemed to focus on whether Edwardstown was doing the right thing by entering the SFL.