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C GRADE

Originally, between 1907 and 1926 there was an informal competition for boys called the "thirds"- probably more like a colts team today, however this was never regulated. Indeed, in 1907 South put together a "thirds" side to play a match against another team called the Ramblers, as a curtain-raiser for a one off senior game against Broken Hill Central. Interestingly - most likely due to numbers, South and Gawler Central occasionally fielded a combined junior side of this nature later between 1908 and 1912.

While the A Grade became primarily for senior players and the B Grade for reserves and young men, junior footabll would not really happen until the 1950s - so the term "thirds" was lost while the A Grade and B Grade competitions evolved as separate entities. For most of the century, this was to remain the only club footy.

During the Great Depression there were a lot of unemployed men with free time - and in 1931 the Wednesday Unemployed Football Association was created. Independent of their local club backgrounds, many footballers enjoyed these non-competitive games as a positive distraction to the hard times - with the captains of all three Gawler clubs involved in social teams.

With World War Two forcing the GFA into recess, during the 1940s there was a Sunday league organised amongst the local pubs to give the blokes left behind something to do. South players represented teams from the South End, Criterion and Old Spot Hotels, in what was virtually an early C Grade competition.

Between 1981 and 1984, the three Gawler clubs experienced an unusual glut of footballers - so, many fringe B Graders and others not so serious about training participated in a C Grade at Gawler Oval on Sundays as part of the GDFL. The club recognised these teams and awarded annual trophies in the last two seasons, but unfortunately the C Grade did not continue on with the ensuing merger with the BLFA.

Nevertheless, a number of later B Grade stalwarts were discovered and cultivated from this casual competition.