Scotch Old Collegians Football Club
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Scotch Old Collegians Football Club (SOCFC) is an Australian Rules Football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club located in Torrens Park, South Australia
Torrens Park, South Australia
Torrens Park is a mainly residential inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, incorporating some of the foothills and adjacent to the original "Mitcham Village"....

 and plays in the South Australian Amateur Football League
South Australian Amateur Football League
The South Australian Amateur Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing over one hundred and ten matches per week, the SAAFL is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football...

. It was formed in 1929 and it is the fifth-oldest club in the SAAFL. Scotch currently fields three teams, one each in Division 3, Division 3 Reserves and C3. SOCFC draws its players from both old collegians of Scotch College
Scotch College, Adelaide
Scotch College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located on two adjacent campuses in Torrens Park and Mitcham, inner-southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia....

 and from the local community. All teams train at Scotch College with the A and B grade teams also playing home matches there.

History

Scotch Old Collegians Football Club was formed in 1929. There have been around 225 different clubs that have participated in the South Australian Amateur Football League since its inception in 1911. Only Adelaide University
Adelaide University Football Club
The Adelaide University Football Club is a South Australian based Australian rules football club. It is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Sports Association and plays in the South Australian Amateur Football League . The club promotes itself as the largest amateur football club in Australia...

(1911), Kenilworth (1914), Prince Alfred Old Collegians (1926) and St Peters Old Collegians (1928) have been in the SAAFL longer than Scotch OCFC.

Premierships

A Grade:
1959,
1989,
1997

B Grade:
1970,
1971,
1986,
1997

C Grade:
1980,
1983,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2006

D Grade:
1991,
1992
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