Athelstone Football Club "Raggies"

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The Athelstone Football Club was established in 1904 by a group of local market gardeners who donned hessian bags as guernseys, which is why we are called ""The Raggies"". The club originally played at the corner of Maryvale Road and Addison Avenue but later moved to Foxfield Oval on Maryvale Road. Separate clubrooms were established at Glynde in 1971. The club moved to Torrens Valley Oval on George Street, Paradise in 1976 and built and moved into the previous clubrooms. New clubrooms were built at oval level and opened in 2022.

The South Australian Football Association (SAFA) was formed in 1978 and we lost the Grand Final that year. We did not taste A grade premiership success in SAFA until 1995, SAFA's last year.

The club now plays in the South Australian Amateur Football League and won a premiership in Division 2 in 1996 to be promoted to Division 1. After winning the premiership in Division 2 in 2019 the club was promoted to Division 1 for Season 2020.