Australian Football

The original Moonta Football Club, which was formed in 1876, won premierships in 1901, 1904, 1929 and 1932. In 1937 this club merged with Moonta Turks, which had enjoyed premiership success a total of eight times dating as far back as 1888. The newly merged club retained the Moonta name but its colours were those of the Turks, navy and red, as opposed to Moonta’s previous colours of black and white. Competing in the Yorke Peninsula Football Association Moonta claimed a premiership at the first time of asking thanks to a 14.13 (97) to 14.8 (92) grand final defeat of Curramulka. A year later, Wallaroo was overcome on grand final day by a margin of 25 points, 12.13 (85) to 9.6 (60).

Moonta continued in the YPFA until 1960, contesting another half a dozen senior grade grand finals for wins in 1947 against Wallaroo, 1949 over Kadina and 1960 at the expense of Paskeville. Between 1961 and 1994 the Demons were affiliated with the Yorke Valley Football League with the highlight of their involvement being an 8.18 (66) to 8.14 (62) grand final defeat of Kadina in 1963. 

Moonta's breakthrough Yorke Peninsula Football League grand final triumph came in 2016 at the expense of Central Yorke with scores of 14.15 (99) to 8.7 (55). A year later the Demons' season was brought to an end at the preliminary final stage by CMS Crows. Then in 2018 Moonta again made it through to a grand final clash with Central Yorke and once more reigned supreme, this time even more convincingly than two years earlier with scores of 15.12 (102) to 4.4 (28).