NSW Australian Football History Society Inc – This is a non-profit organisation whose role is to research, gather, document, catalogue and arrange for the safe keeping of objects and items of significant interest to the history of Australian Football in NSW and most particularly in Sydney. All too often our history and memories are lost. If you know of anything which may be of interest please let us know

What’s New (updated)
Check out this page of any new material that we have posted on the site.
Stories, Images, Podcasts etc. (new podcasts added)
We will list our most recent postings here for your information.

Historical Archives
Digital copies of items held in the Society’s collections: Football Records, Newsletters, records of League and Club meetings, Annual Reports together
with League/Association Directories and other publications and documents.
Images of objects held in the collection: trophies, playing uniforms, flags, and more.
An online catalogue of the collection is gradually being completed.

Gallery
Copies of photographs and other images held in the Society’s collections.
These include pictures of players, officials, club and representative teams,
action shots of matches, grounds, and more

Information about players, officials, clubs and leagues
A database of players in representative matches slowly being expanded to a
general player database.
Information about umpires, leagues and clubs
Find a glimpse of your league/association or locate a current or former league in NSW

Results of historical research
Posts containing historical information about football in NSW,
a brief chronology of football in NSW, snippets of information about NSW football history and trivia, podcasts produced by the Society, videos of Sydney football as well as the Society’s annual journal, Time On and links to items of interest to football history

Society News
Information about the NSW Australian Football History Society, details of
Society events, news, information our newsletters as well as details on how to join

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Donations & Information
The Society is always seeking records, objects and information of relevance to the history of football in NSW. If you have anything you think might interest us please let us know

NSWAFL Intra-State Player Transfer Form

Not many would remember the days of paper player transfers.

This is a NSW intra-state player transfer form. HOWEVER it was only between clubs that were affiliated with the NSWAFL, so it did not include Riverina, Murray or Broken Hill Clubs.

Anyone new to football administration would have the form returned to them if they completed the wrong copy.

There was also an application to play form players had to complete, and if the player came from another club, a transfer form. If the club was affiliated with the NSWAFL then they used this one; if they came from a NSW club outside the jurisdiction of the NSWAFL, then they used an interstate transfer form, No. 1.

HOWEVER, if they were in the military, they completed a different player transfer form, a No. 2, and submitted it together with their application to play to their league secretary. All very confusing.

Of course player registrations are now done on line with transfer forms almost a thing of the past.