The Barossa District Football Club (BDFC) was formed on the 7th November 1979 following the amalgamation of the Williamstown Rovers Football Club and the Lyndoch Football Club playing in the Gawler and District League. Williamstown Rovers were based at the Queen Victoria Jubilee Park at Williamstown operating out of a primitive pavilion. Lyndoch was based at Lyndoch Oval, sharing the ground with the Lyndoch Cricket Club and operating out of the ageing cricket clubrooms. The Williamstown strip was red, black, and white [Saints] and Lyndoch was blue and gold.
Williamstown was previously blue and gold but changed to the Saints strip when the Club moved from the Hills League to the Gawler League after the 1973 season. The Barossa District Football Club was named after the Local Council Area wearing a new Guernsey with colours of blue with a red and white V and the Barossa Bulldogs logo. The following life members were transferred to BDFC : from the Lyndoch Football Club R Filsell, Mrs V Filsell, H Noll, D Noll, J Fewster, Mrs V Fewster, H Mates, Mrs V Mates, C Minge, B Schwartz, A Turvey, A Mahlo, J Evans, B Koch, R Hodgson, B Harris, L Heidrich, F Edmonds and from the Williamstown Rovers Football Club R Smith, C Smith, I Venning, A Lange, D Wilkin, J Parmenter.