Para Hills West Soccer Club

The Club was well and truly established by this time and had earned itself respect for being strong and successful, thanks to the hard ground work put in during those early days by dedicated volunteers and supporters.

In 1972 a team called Para Manor entered the South Australian Amateur Soccer League playing in Division 4. The following year the club changed its name to Para Hills West and played its games at the Levels Campus at Pooraka. Success initially was with Para Manor as the Reserves won the title in their inaugural year. The first year as Para Hills West the club won the Division 4 title with players like A Holland (with 14 goals was second top goal-scorer), R Cooper, H Leverink, D Coombs, C McKemia, C Smith, C Holden, R Leedham and R Critchely. The following year of 1974 saw the club finish 2nd in Division 3 and the Reserves finish top. H Leverink with 15 goals was the Divisions top goal-scorer.