North Adelaide’s history can be traced directly back to the formation of the Medindie Football Club in 1881.

It was so called locally because it was leased from the City of Adelaide by George Hawker, a well known citizen of the suburb of Medindie.

They wore the red and white colours of Prince Alfred College and played other football teams on the site.

[2] [3] One of the club's first reported games were in May 1882 against Prince Alfred and St Peters Colleges Second Twenties both on Medindie's home ground.

[6] At the Annual General Meeting on 16 March 1888, held at the Red Lion Hotel, the Secretary Charles Nitschke was elected a Life Member for his valuable services to the club.

North Adelaide started playing at Prospect Oval from 1922 with the first game of the season on Monday 8 May 1922 against Glenelg[11] and it has remained their home ground ever since.

North Adelaide competed in the first match played at Football Park (now known as AAMI Stadium) in round 5, 1974.

Each member provided a list of candidates for each position and the Committee then set about the arduous task of selecting the final team.