Aldinga Football Club

In 2014, Aldinga received significant media coverage after sacking their coach, Shane Lynch, after only two games which resulted in combined losses of 457 points, including a 300-point loss to Port Noarlunga.^[3] Following being sacked by Aldinga, Lynch was appointed coach of Mitchell Park and led them to the 2015 Channel 9 Adelaide Football League Division 7 premiership.^[4]

Following the sacking of Lynch, further media coverage occurred the next weekend when a player was stung in the throat by a bee in a 254-point loss against Morphett Vale,^[5] including an appearance by the President, Danny Wilde and the bee-stung player, Ali Vessali on The Footy Show.

These stories of plight led to Australian Football Hall of Famer Graham Cornes volunteering his time to run a training session and North Adelaide coach Ken McGregor offering his time to give a pre-match "rev-up" before their next game, a 6-point loss against Marion.^[6][7] The Advertiser also placed their support behind running a family day during the same game with various giveaways including cow bells and a free barbecue.^[8] Further events occurred:

• Brownlow Medallist Shane Crawford led Aldinga to their first win of the season playing as a guest player against O'Sullivan Beach-Lonsdale on 24 May.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}
• At the same game that Shane Crawford played, Sam Newman sung the National Anthem, Billy Brownless led the cheersquad, Warwick Capper made an appearance and some coverage will be given on the following week's Footy Show.^[9]
• Port Adelaide invited Aldinga to play a curtain raiser against fellow strugglers Kilburn to be held on 12 May.^[16] This game failed to eventuate when the South Australian Amateur Football League refused to adjust its program to allow Kilburn to play.^[17]

• Southern Football Association A-Grade (7):
  • 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934
• Southern Football League Division 2 (2):
  • 1991, 1993

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Southern Football League, each club was asked to name their "Greatest Team" whilst participating in the SFL.^[18]