The Cove Football Club is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

club that was formed in 1983 and later joined the

Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...

in 1984. From 1984 to 2001, Cove played in the SFL Division 2 competition before joining the combined Division 1 in 2002. The Cove Football Club continues to field teams in both Senior and Junior grades in the

History

The Cove Football Club was established in 1984 to cater the communities of Hallett Cove, Sheidow Park and Trott Park by a group of locals despite only planning a club around the early stages of building an oval. The first two seasons saw the newly formed club play as an 'away' team for each ground as they didn't have a secure oval and changerooms yet, with the players training at Morphett Vale. Early 1986 saw the completion of the ground and Cove having their own home ground. The club has enjoyed a number of success throughout the senior and junior grades, with two A-Grade premierships in 1998 in Division 2 and again in 2008 in Division 1. 2013 saw founding club president Chris Galley's induction into the

'Hall of Fame.'

A-Grade Premierships

1998 SFL Division 2
2008 SFL A-Grade

Greatest SFL Team

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the

, each club was asked to name their "Greatest Team" whilst participating in the SFL.

References

External links

Cove Football Club Website
{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs Southern Football League (South Australia) clubs 1983 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1983