W. Duffield, situated to the west of the Township of Gawler, football was one of the several games provided that met with a fair amount of patronage.

The following were the list of the Gawler players:— Sandland (Captain), Messrs. R. Semple, T. R. Bright, R. Lewis, Barber, Crispe, Crump, Ferguson, Fitzgerald, Fuller, Martin, Smith, Symonds, N. Woods, and C.

[16][17][18] On 23 June 1874 it was reported that at game between Gawler and Kensington Football Club at the Park Lands that went on for four hours before a crowd of hundreds that failed to reduce in number.

[22] At a meeting held at the institute on 20 April 1880 with a good attendance of members present it was decided that the club colours would be black and blue stripes.

Great interest was displayed in the game by the Gawler people, a large number of spectators assembling to watch its progress with the visitors winning 3 goals to 1.

[24] A meeting to form a junior football club was held at Mr. L. J. Wilson's office, kindly lent by him for the occasion, on 19 April 1880.

A meeting was held in the local institute for the purpose of starting a club for the juniors, and judging from the good attendance and the enthusiasm of those present success is certain.

[26] A meeting with a good attendance was held at the Old Spot Hotel, on Monday 7 June 1880, for the purpose of forming a junior football club.

It was decided that the club be named the Gawler Albions and the colors blue jersey white knickerbockers, red caps and hose.

[32] The Gawler Albion Football Club held their first meeting for the 1885 season on Wednesday evening 15 April 1885 at the institute, Mr. E. Harker in the chair.

Harker; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Howard Wilkinson [33] Gawler Albion hosted an intercolonial team on the Exhibition Grounds against the visiting Victorian Hothams (renamed North Melbourne Football Club in 1887) which arrived by the first train of the day on Tuesday 5 May 1885.

[38] Sixth Annual Game with Old Adelaide was played on the afternoon Tuesday 20 June with 500 to 600 spectators present at the Gawler Recreation Ground.

It was further resolved that all Cricket and Football Clubs within a radius of twelve miles of Gawler be written to asking them to join the Association.

[46] At a special Meeting held at Gawler Institute on 23 April 1888, with a large attendance present, it was resolved to protest against the upcoming season programme and of the Club being excluded from playing matches on the Adelaide Oval.

It was reported that the Gawler ground, was rather rough, and some of the visiting teams were loud in their objections to the telegraph posts in the centre and the bicycle track around the playing area.

[50] Gawler played its last SAFA game on 6 September 1890 at Gawler Oval in Round 17 of the 1890 SAFA Season against Medindie (later renamed North Adelaide in 1893) which was abandoned at half-time due to torrential rain in the second quarter and officially ended in a "draw" 0.3 to 0.1 (as only goals counted) when the Medindies refused to take to the ground after half-time due to the condition of the oval.

The action of the committee when the programme was arranged showed that there was an underhand attempt to force the local team out of the Association, and it was no wonder that there was a lack of spirit in their performances through out the occasion.

Of the individual performers J. Thomson stands out prominently for all-round work, whilst amongst the best of the others are A. Keal, H. and C. Bischof, T. Doherty, C. Brown, Harker, Cullen, W. May, A. Ross, W. Lonsdale, and Saunderson.

[53] In April 1891, Mr W. James Secretary of the Gawler Club notified the South Australia Football Association in writing that it had no intention of joining for the upcoming season.

1892 - A large crowd attended a match on 13 September at Gawler Recreation Ground against the 1892 SAFA Premiers South Adelaide.

Joe Darling CBE - Future Australian Cricket Test Captain, whilst a student at Roseworthy College aged 18, played for Gawler in 1889.

The question of forming a Junior Association was then discussed, and Messrs. Ross, Doherty, and Barnet were appointed delegates to meet those from the other clubs.

The season ended in controversy when Gawler South were accused of deliberately losing in the last round to Willaston therefore preventing Salisbury from qualifying for the Finals.

[77] 1912 - When Mr E Johns Senior a delegate from North Adelaide was transferred to Gawler by the Postal Department he was soon elected to chairman and was instrumental in the Association applying for admission to the South Australia Football League.

[78] On 2 Dec 1912, the South Australia Football League granted Gawler admission to the senior competition in Adelaide as the eighth Club for the zone covering the Electoral District of Barossa.

[79] However, just before the start of the 1913 season withdrew due to loss of a number of prominent players from the District and the depressed condition of the sport locally.

An attempt was made to have two Gawler A grade teams (South and Centrals) compete in Barossa and Light Association but it failed with only the Angaston delegates voting in favour.

The meeting was chaired by Mr. E.J.Foord who expressed his pleasure at having present the Gawler Football Association President Mr. W. Antwis and Mr. V. Paternoster, a member of the Oval Advisory Committee, as well as so many other enthusiasts.

Gentlemen from Kangaroo Flat were hopeful that that district would be able to form a club to compete in the 1946 football competition, and that they had a prospective oval in view.

The club played on an oval across from Leitch’s Roseworthy Hotel, which was abandoned in the early 1960s due to the State Government realigning Main North Road (Horrocks Highway).