Terry Lenton, a parent of one of the colt players, and Ron White, President of the juniors, formed a committee in 1973 and went on to register an amateur team in 1974. Word spread fast of the formation of the amateur side, with interest so great from other players, that in 1974 the club had enough players to enter an A's and Reserves team in the amateur league - in addition to the colts team. From here the Ingle Farm Amateur Soccer Club was formed under the name of Ingle Farm Nomads in Division 5A.

The clubs inaugural season was played on a local reserve at Helen Terrace, Valley View under the instructions of coach Dave Mochin. The ground was small, sloping and had no facilities, players were forced to use their own cars as a changing room. Despite these set backs, the club fought on and finished runners up, to gain promotion to Division 4 in its first season. Ingle Farm Amateur Soccer Club was on its way.

In 1975 the club moved to Rowe Park at Beovich Road Ingle Farm, sharing facilities with the junior club. In 1979 had an opportunity to claim stacks to it own club room and moved to its present ground and clubrooms at Walkley Park on Fairfax Road, Ingle Farm.

Of the original team members in 1973, two remain at the club: Peter (Pop) Newton and Paul Hurst. Paul has been a sensational patron and sponsor to the club and still stands on the committee as club Treasurer to date. Over the years many players have come and gone. Up until 2005, the club held an annual Fossils Cup reunion game were all players of the past where invited to compete and catch up on past glories. As the old players have aged, the annual event has died off and in place you will find the past players supporting the club with the families almost at every home game.

In 1976, the club won it first league championship, all be it the Division 6 Reserves league, but it was still a special moment for the club as it would be another 10 years before the club could pop the Champaign on another title. The A team cam so close in winning the Division 6 title finishing runners up under the guidance of Billy Molloy. This saw the club promoted to Division 5.

The club played the next 6 years in Division 5 before it came close again in 1982 in winning the title under the guidance of head coach Keith Hobbs. Although it did not win the silver wear, they were bridesmaids again but could celebrate promotion to Division 4 although the club would slip back into Division 5 in the following year.

In 1986, under the guidance of Head Coach Mick Dobson, Ingle Farm finally won their first ever 1st team championship in Division 5 after 13 years of existence. A fantastic moment for the club,  the then players included Paul Townsend, Jeremy Stubbs, Tommy Fazakaley, Terry Loveday, Kevin O'Hara, Steve Pickford, Jamie McGowan, Steve Cullen, Paul Hurst, Mark Grice, Sammy McMillian, John Nelson and Michael Smith. Back into Division 4.

In 1988, under the guidance of Sam McMillan, the A team would finish runners up in Division 4 and gain promotion to Division 3 for the first time in the clubs history. The Reserves would go onto the win the league in the same year.

It was in the 92/93 seasons that Ingle Farm fielded arguably one of its strongest team under the guiding eye of head coach Ron Cooper as they would win Division 3 in 1992 and finish Division 2 Runner up in 1993. In two seasons, the club would go from Division 3 to Division 1.

Captain Peter King, Dave Howell, Vinnie Evans, Clive Malsom, Lee Perkins, Brian Toomer, Christian Wilson, Steve Williams, Billy Orr, Steve Cooper, Paul Dawson, John Harte, John Loveday and Andy Nixey were some of the names that starred in the 1st team for Ingle Farm in that era.

In 1994, Alan Leadbeater took over from Ron Cooper in Ingle Farm's first ever season in the 1st Division of the SAASL. The then team finished a creditable 7th that season and remained in the 1st Division for a total of three seasons.

In 1998, Ingle Farm signed former Adelaide City player Eric Norman as coach for the season and he immediately made an impact around the club. His personality during and after games was something to behold, and in the process he managed to lift the club from the bottom half of the 2nd Division to the top four. Unfortunately Eric narrowly missed promotion in his 2 seasons at Ingle Farm and his departure to Para Hills Knights leaving a big hole at the club.

The year 2001 was a difficult time for Ingle Farm as the club had to rebuild its playing stocks almost from scratch. The club was demoted to Division 3 finishing last and at the end of 2002, the club would almost folded. Some tough decision needed to be made and in its most desperate time, the club reached out to what can only be described as the clubs white knight in shinning armour in Paul “Simmo” Simpson to try rebuild the team to past glories. In 2003, Paul was appointed as club head coach which still holds today. Paul would bring a large nucleus of players to the club and Ingle Farm was again flourishing and able to field A's, B's and C's sides in the 2003 season. Although the club finished 6^th in 2003 the seed was planted for what can only be described as the clubs golden period.

The club in 2004, the club had its most successful season to date when the A team won the SAASL Sunday Division 3 League, the B team won the Reserves League and the C team finished Runners Up in Division 9. Previously Ingle Farm had only found success in winning the league in 1986 and 1992 although it had been runners up on 5 other occasions.

Notably in 2004 Ingle Farm's captain, Brendan Altus, was voted the Best and Fairest player in Division 3 by the referees of the league. Other good performances came from Barry Fitzharris, Ricky Simpson (15 goals), Anthony Martini (10 goals), Anthony Staltari, Alby Lynn, Sandy Neary, Colin Smith, Torsten Rutter, Adam Barnes, Chris Ennis, Andy Lynn,  Trevor Bradbrook, Graham Elrick, Duy Tran and Kevin Dawson.

2004 also saw another first for the club as Anthony Martini designed, developed and posted the Farm onto the World Wide Web. One of the very first amateur league clubs to have it own website at the time.

In 2006 Paul Simpson & Alan Leadbeater did it again. This time they guided the 1st team to a Division 2 Championship. The players included club captain Brendan Altus, Ricky Simpson, Anthony Staltari, Mario Staltari, Chris Ennis, David Ennis, Leon Hannessen, Marty Lara, Fernando Lara, Anthony Ragazzo, Torsten Rutter, Alby Lynn, Anthony Martini and goalkeeper Colin Smith.

Brian Toomer came into the Reserves coaching role in 2006 and lead that team to the League and Cup double. The 2006 Reserves team became the first ever Ingle Farm team to win the Amateur League Reserve Cup, when they overcame Elizabeth Downs 2-0 at League Headquarters, Grange. This followed a remarkable League turnaround where Farm's Reserves were sitting 8th in the league after 5 Rounds to eventually win Division 2B by 5 points.

In 2007 Ingle Farm returned to the top flight of Division 1 football. Although having a very slow start to the season with both the A's and B's in the bottom three after the third round, the club would turn around its early misfortunes to finish its most successful Division 1 season in the clubs history by finishing second in both the A's and B's.

The Reserves would actually finish equal top on points but miss out on the Champions prize by goal difference. To the credit of the Reserves players, they would bounce back from the disappointment of narrowly missing the champion prize and win the Reserves Cup for the second year running, adding another first to the clubs history by winning the Reserves Cup back to back.

2007 would see another first for the club as it introduced a fourth team. The C2's, better known as Dads Army, who would also have a successful inaugural year finishing runners up. The accolades would not stop there with Ingle Farm having two representatives in the Amateur Leagues State Team for the first time in Robbie Greenwood and Paul Jones.

2008 was a big year for the club and a year of many firsts. The A team would finish 3^rd in Division 1 and the Reserves would win the double again in the League Title and Reserves Cup under Billy Graves. This would make it the treble for 3 Reserves Cup in a row, a first for the club. 2008 would also see another first for the club as it introduced a 5^th team the C2’s, meaning the cub would field A’s, B’s, C1’s, c2’s and an O/35’s team. What a great effort for a club that almost folded 6 year earlier. Chris Ennis would make it a hat trick of first for the club by winning the Division 1 Player of the Year prize voted by the Referees.

In 2009 the Reserves would go onto to win another Reserves league and reach the Semi finals of the Reserves cup. The A team would again finish 3^rd under the guidance of Paul Simpson and Alan Leadbeater but what can only be described as the greatest moment in the club history, the club would win the A’s SAASL Cup (Bianco Cup) for the first time. Torsten Rutter won the Templeten BOG award. The Over 35’s would also go onto to make the Semi finals of the O/35 Cup as well.

GOALKEEPERS - Robert Greenwood, Colin Smith

DEFENDERS    - Chris Ennis (VC), Anthony Staltari, Alby Lynn, Michael Clarke, Leon Hanessenen

MIDFIELDERS  - Brendan Altus (C), Barry Fitzharis, Anthony Rogazzo, David Ennis

STRIKERS       - Anthony Martini, Paul Jones, Torsten Rutter

The club is also famous for it's home game match program - "Tentacles". This fanzine was originally put together by long time club servant and life member, David Howell. Tentacles has added a buzz around the club on match days with its humorous graphics, player profiles and the clubs guest columnist, The Critical Tennant. His identity remains a mystery, but few players, coaches and members avoid his critical eye. His scathing match reviews always provide great comic entertainment with a touch of mystery. The Tentacles lives on by other club members and can be seen at most home games.

YEAR	DIV	PL	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	POS	COACH / COACHES	CLUB CHAMPION	PLAYERS' PLAYER	PRESIDENT	LIFE MEMBER INDUCTEE(S)
1973	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dave Mochin K Milka	-	-	Terry Lenton	-
1974	5A	18	12	3	3	56	35	27	2nd	Dave Mochin K Milka	-	-	Terry Lenton	-
1975	4	16	8	3	5	43	30	19	3rd	K Milka	-	-	Terry Lenton	-
1976	4	18	13	2	3	27	22	28	2nd	B Mallov	-	-	Terry Lenton	-
1977	3	16	7	5	4	37	23	19	4th	B Mallov	-	-	T Robinson	-
1978	3	18	4	4	10	26	51	12	9th	T Vansen	-	Peter Newton	Joe Farrell	-
1979	4	18	10	4	3	56	30	24	3rd	Billy Grey	-	G Irvine	Joe Farrell	-
1980	4	18	9	4	5	45	32	22	3rd	Billy Grey	-	Paul Hurst	Joe Farrell	-
1981	4	18	1	4	13	18	44	6	10th	S Butler	Paul Hurst	Peter Newton	Joe Farrell	-
1982	5	18	15	1	2	50	21	31	2nd	K Hobbs	-	P Smith	Robert Paterson	-
1983	4	18	5	1	12	28	50	11	9th	K McGibbon	-	Alan Groom	Robert Paterson	-
1984	5	18	6	6	6	39	38	18	6th	B Smith	Paul Hurst	Paul Townsend	Robert Paterson	-
1985	5	18	4	6	8	16	23	14	8th	K Hobbs	-	M Smith	Robert Paterson	-
1986	5	18	15	1	2	44	18	31	1st	Mick Dobson	-	Kevin O'Hara	D Platt Sam Farrugia	-
1987	4	18	7	3	8	58	35	17	4th	Mick Dobson	-	Sam McMillian	Sam Farrugia	-
1988	4	18	12	2	4	55	23	26	2nd	Sam McMillian	-	Paul Dawson J Stubbs	Sam Farrugia	-
1989	3	18	6	1	10	22	32	13	8th	Sam McMillian	B McGivern	B McGivern	Jamie McGowan	-
1990	3	18	7	3	8	31	28	17	4th	John Perkins	Vinnie Evans	Vinnie Evans	Jamie McGowan	-
1991	3	18	10	1	7	40	30	21	4th	John Perkins	Peter King	Vinnie Evans Chris Fitzharris	Robert Paterson	-
1992	3	18	16	1	1	49	11	33	1st	Ron Cooper	Peter King	Dave Howell	Robert Paterson	-
1993	2	22	15	1	6	49	23	31	2nd	Ron Cooper	Dave Howell	Dave Howell	Robert Paterson	-
1994	1	18	5	5	8	25	35	15	7th	Alan Leadbeater	Peter King	Craig Baker Dave Howell Lee Perkins	Wolf Herberner	-
1995	1	18	6	4	8	27	35	16	7th	Alan Leadbeater	Ian Oliver	Ian Oliver	Wolf Herberner	-
1996	1	18	3	2	13	18	43	8	10th	Billy Orr	Dave Howell	Clive Malsom	Robert Paterson	-
1997	2	22	7	3	12	37	41	17	9th	Ron Oliveri Mick Dobson	Dave Howell Graeme Scott	Lee Perkins	Robert Paterson	-
1998	2	22	12	3	7	52	37	39	4th	Eric Norman	Sean Orr	Richard Bales	Tony Costello	-
1999	2	20	7	4	9	43	38	25	8th	Eric Norman	Steve Paterson	Richard Bales	Peter Capone	-
2000	2	22	10	2	10	43	38	32	6th	Vinnie Evans	Brendan Altus	Brendan Altus	George Mulvaney	-
2001	2	18	1	1	16	15	81	4	12th	Vinnie Evans	Richard Bales	Darren Bancroft	George Mulvaney	-
2002	3	16	6	1	9	29	41	19	6th	Vinnie Evans	Steve Paterson	Steve Paterson	Gerry McLaughlin	-
2003	3	18	8	4	6	33	27	28	6th	Paul Simpson	Adam Barnes	Vinnie Evans	Gerry McLaughlin	Darren Bancroft
2004	3	16	12	3	1	58	18	39	1st	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Barry Fitzharris	Brendan Altus	Gerry McLaughlin	Dave Howell Ted Beck
2005	2	16	8	2	6	45	32	26	3rd	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	David Ennis	David Ennis	George Mulvaney	Brendan Altus Steve Paterson
2006	2	18	12	1	5	57	27	37	1st	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Anthony Staltari	Anthony Staltari	George Mulvaney	n/a
2007	1	18	9	4	5	33	24	31	2nd	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Chris Ennis	Chris Ennis	Jason Walker	Alan Leadbeater Peter King
2008	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Anthony Staltari	Anthony Staltari	Jason Walker	Graham Scott
2009	1								3rd	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Paul Jones	Paul Jones	Jason Walker	Lee Martindale
2010	Sun Prem	18	11	2	5	50	30	35	3rd	Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater	Matthew Cock	Evan Emmanuel	Jason Walker	Jason Walker
2011	Sun Prem									Paul Simpson Alan Leadbeater			Jason Walker

 

Special Mention
Over the years there has been those who have made major contributions off the park to ensure the clubs survival:

Terry Lenton - President 4 years, club founder
Sam Farrugia - President 3 years, past committee member and sponsor
Paul Lenarczyk - Over 30 years on committee, sponsor and coach
Paul Hurst - Over 30 years on committee and sponsor
Vinnie Evans - Over 20 years on committee and coach
Ron Sparks - Over 20 years on committee and sponsor
Peter Newton - Over 20 years on committee and sponsor
Robert Paterson - President 8 years, former committee member and sponsor
George Mulvaney - President 4 years, former committee member
Gerry McLaughlin - President 3 years, former committee member
David Howell - Founder of and 10 years as Tentacles Editor

Life members : Peter Newton, Sam Farrugia, Les Potts, Robert Paterson, Sandra Paterson, Paul Hurst, Glen Matthews, Jamie McGowan, George Mulvaney, Gerry McLaughlin, Vinnie Evans, Darren Bancroft, Andy Parker, Brian Toomer, Tony Costello, Paul Townsend, Lee Perkins, Mick Chetcuti, Ron Sparks, David Howell, Ted Beck, Brendan Altus, Steve Paterson, Alan Leadbeater, Peter King, Graham Scott, Jason Walker