Join us in the clubrooms this Saturday night as we celebrate our final home game of the year with a fantastic night of live music from our very own Tony Barber on acoustic guitar.
Tony will be performing a lively mix of pub classics, rock favourites, and popular hits, guaranteed to have people tapping their feet, singing along, and hitting the dance floor.
Bring your friends, stay for a drink, and help us cap off the home season with great music, great company, and a great atmosphere.
The Mt Lofty Devils Football Club is thrilled to invite all players, families and supporters to join us as we celebrate another fantastic season of football!
Presentation Day will be held on Saturday 22 August, coinciding with the final home game as our Senior Men take on Lobethal. It promises to be a fun-filled afternoon of football, team presentations, celebrations and scratch matches as we come together to recognise the achievements of our players and teams throughout the 2026 season.
Team presentations will run from 1:30pm to 4:30pm, with your team’s presentation time to be confirmed shortly.
Presentation & Scratch Match Schedule
🏆 U8s Presentations will take place before taking centre stage in a scratch match during the A Grade half-time break.
🏆 U9s to U12s Presentations will be held throughout the A Grade match.
Players will then hit the field for mixed scratch matches following the A Grade game, starting at approximately 4:45pm.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our Friday Night Football players and families to get behind our senior teams, while celebrating the dedication, teamwork and commitment that have made the 2026 season such a success. It’s the perfect way to finish the year together as one club!
🍔 The Burger Bar will be firing up after the scratch matches, and full bar facilities will be available throughout the afternoon, making it a great chance to relax, celebrate and enjoy the Club atmosphere.
🌟Guernsey Return 🌟 Please remember that all playing guernseys must be returned to your Team Manager on Presentation Day.
Club guernseys remain the property of the Mt Lofty Devils Football Club and will be reused next season. Any guernseys not returned will incur a replacement charge, as the club will need to purchase a new one.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you all and finish the season in true Devils style. See you at the Club for what promises to be a fantastic day of football, fun and celebrations! 🔴⚪👹
Register your interest legends@mtloftydevils.com.au and join us as we celebrate the rich history of our incredible club!
📅 Saturday, 22nd August 2026 ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 Upstairs in the Clubrooms ☕ Afternoon tea provided by the Lofty Legends
As we gather at our final home game of the season against Lobethal, we’ll be bringing together past and present players, volunteers, supporters, families, and friends to celebrate the people and moments that have shaped our club.
We’ll also be recognising some remarkable milestones:
🏆 80 Years – 1946 Stirling FC A Grade Premiers (Post-WWII)
🏆 60 Years – 1966 Heathfield-Aldgate United FC competing in the Adelaide Metro League & the opening of Heathfield Oval
🏆 50 Years – 1976 HAU A & B Grade Premiers
🏆 40 Years – 1986 Mt Lofty FC A & B Grade Double Premiers
🏆 20 Years – 2006 Mt Lofty FC A Grade, B Grade & Senior Colts Triple Premiers
🏆 10 Years – 2016 Mt Lofty FC Inaugural Women’s Team
Whether you played, volunteered, supported from the sidelines, or simply have great memories of the club, we’d love to see you there.
A great excuse to reconnect with mates and celebrate the club we all love.
We would especially like to thank David Le Monnier, or Max as he is affectionately known throughout the club, who is doing the honour of tossing the commemorative Life Member coin for last weekends match against Mt Barker Football Club.
Max the son of Roy and Lorina and brother of Anne, John, Barbara and Mel. Max grew up in Leslie Creek Road Mylor and went to school at Heathfield primary and high schools.
Roy was Max’s greatest supporter, to be honest Roy only saw one person on the field and he rode every bump, cheered for every mark or goal.
The connection you feel when you meet Max is evident in his lifelong friendships with Dennis Bishop, Dave Brine and brothers Dennis and Barry Earl. Together they were teammates in Mt Lofty Football Clubs first ever premiership of any grade in 1980.
After talking with the Earl brothers yesterday, they shared their memory of what that game meant to them, to their friendship and to their passion for this great club. In 1981, the Mt Lofty Under 16 team had lost their first 4 games by an average of 15+ goals. Max had been out injured and came back against undefeated Payneham. In that game, Max kicked 10 goals, the team won and they went on to win the premiership against Payneham. Mt Lofty’s first since 1978. The brothers say; that game against Payneham changed their lives and more than half the team went through to playing A grade at Mount Lofty.
Max played his first A grade match at the ripe age of 17 and the following year he was ceremoniously presented with number 13 guernsey from retiring 360 A grade games great; Herman de Roos.
Having played in the 1986 and 1990 A grade premierships with the club, notched up 240 senior games, coached junior teams for ten years, junior umpiring and a Vice Presidency, meant that not only was Max part of such a great community, it became part of him. So many hours spent playing, being involved and going above and beyond for mateship, there was a connection and a way of life that we can only envy in this fast paced time in which we now find ourselves living.
Max is well respected throughout the club and if you ever get a chance to buy him a beer, you will definitely be rewarded with regaling a tale or three of the good ol days! Good onya Maxi.
On behalf of everybody at Mt Lofty, we thank you sincerely for all you have done for the Mt Lofty District Football Club.
We would like to thank Deb Milde who did us the honour of tossing the Life Member Coin for the A Grade match against Blackwood on Saturday 18 July 2026. Deb was made a Life Member in 2007 and was accompanied by her sister Margaret Petersen, both of whom have been very passionate Mt Lofty volunteers and supporters for many years.
Deb’s dedication to the Devils has been outstanding and the awarding of Life Membership recognised years of voluntary roles across many areas of the club as Treasurer, canteen manager, a creative member of the social committee and working on the bar and in the kitchen providing meals to the players and members on Thursday nights and Saturdays.
Her family and extended family have contributed an enormous amount of voluntary work and support to Mt Lofty over the decades in so many roles and her late father, Sam Shaw, was a much-loved Gatekeeper for years through the crazy Heathfield winters.
Deb is also a very proud mother, with son Connor playing over 100 senior games after years as a junior, being a member of Premiership teams and being the A Grade leading goal kicker for the season on 4 occasions.
It is only fitting that Deb toss the coin for the match today because way back in the early 90’s, Deb was Vice-Captain for our informal female matches against Blackwood Football Club. Put together with the support of our local football community, 3 matches were played with both clubs vying for the “Champagne Cup”. Playing alongside her sister Margaret, many volunteers and families were players at that time and close friend Vicki Lewis is also here to support Deb’s coin toss honour.
With her love of football, it is certain Deb would have enjoyed being a member of the official Women’s Mt Lofty HFL team, donning the red and white for the last 10 years. Maybe even AFLW!
Deb is certainly much loved across the club with her absolute dedication to the Devils over the years.
On behalf of everybody at Mt Lofty, we thank you sincerely for the incredible work and support you have given to a very grateful club.
Deb Milde at the Coin Toss with Mt Lofty & Blackwood Captains.
Deb with good friend Huia Manuel and sons, Sonny & Jackson Lindsay, Vicki Lewis, Nikki More and Margaret Petersen
Sister Margaret Petersen, Friend Vicki Lewis and Deb
Nikki Moore, Deb & A Grade Coach Michael Bawden
Life Member 2007 Deb Milde
Deb with family celebrating at Mt Lofty. L-R: Samariah Bolto, Helen Petersen, Marg Petersen, Liam Petersen, Nathan Petersen, Peter ‘Buzz’ Grey, Deb Milde, Cassandra Whitesides & Julie Petersen
Sister Marg Petersen, friend Kathleen Allen, Nikki Moore & Deb Milde
Warren Foster, A Grade coach of Heathfield Aldgate United for 5 years in the 1970’s, took the side to 5 Grand Final’s, winning 4 during the club’s amazing achievements over its 12-year history in the HFL. Between 1967 and 1978, 30 Premierships were won across all grades including 9 A Grade flags, missing the Grand Final in only one year and winning 87 matches without loss, an Australian record which stood for over 40 years.
Warren, or Sherg as he is affectionately known, instigated a reunion in 2024 and this year 39 former players, partners and officials gathered at the Balhannah Hotel which is managed by Greg Ryan whose children play for Mt Lofty. It was a wonderful day, made even more special by the attendance of 5 Onkaparinga Valley players who played in the legendary United v Onka’s matches which were the HFL equivalent of the AFL Showdowns back in the day.”
