Footballing Anzacs is a tribute to the men of various Australian British Association football clubs that enlisted and fought in the Great War.

Farewells, such as the one reported below, were commonplace all around Australia, as sportsmen of all persuasions, responded to the call to arms.

"The South Australian British Football association tendered a farewell social to the members who are included in the Expeditionary Force at the King of Hanover Hotel on Wednesday evening. Mr. R. J. Holiday, chairman of the association, welcomed the members and wished them God-speed. He said that while the association was poor financially it was rich in strength of sentiment and action when demands of duty had to be met. Sergeant W. Holmes. R.G. A. responded.

He said that all those Britishers, be they "socccrites" or not, who were included in the Expeditionary Force, would have the satisfaction of knowing that they carried with them the good will of all Australian Britishers. Sergeant Edwards (Broken Hill) gave the toast of "The South Australian British Football Association," and Mr. T. Thompson responded. Mr. M. Davis proposed "Our chairman." The "soccerite" members of the contingent present were Sergeants Holmes, Leicester, Edwards, Wasley. Privates Mountford, Harvey, Kirk. Fisher, Wallers. Kelloran, Brown, Cleary, Sheppard, Rapley, Walt. Dunlop, Carter, Kelley, Cox, Towler, Norris, Mann, and Matthews."