} West Adelaide players mow the grass at Richmond Oval. renderedElement.style.left = (x + 15) + "px"; } { Photographer Bryan Charleton, 1 October, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/63, West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. Lee has served West Adelaide in almost every official capacity for 29 years: Team Manager, Head Trainer, Recruiting Committee, Accountant and now Club President. This has been evident from the responses to the playing group when asked about 2021. var originalFirstChild; Strong recruiting helped the team improve to sixth in 2009 while James Ezard, nephew of 1984 and 1985 Essendon premiership player Alan Ezard, jointly won the Magarey Medal with North Adelaide's Rhys Archard, becoming the fourteenth West Adelaide player to win the award. History of the Glenelg Football Club affiliated South Australian National Football League . The record attendance for a West Adelaide home game was set at Richmond Oval in 1969 when 15,742 attended the Round 5 fixture against Glenelg. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. The post would later end up hanging over the Bar in the West Adelaide Footballers' Club. (WFLA) A Tampa Bay area mom says a man kept tabs on her with a GPS tracker. renderedWidth = renderedElement.offsetWidth; West Adelaide immediately gained the services of one of the best players of the time, "Bunny" Daly who threw himself into developing the club. The club would like to give all members and supporters a list update of where the club is currently at for 2021 season. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/7: West Adelaide player Grantley Fielke in a shoe shop at Westfield Arndale. setTimeout('renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"', 1); In one of the photos a woman is walking behind him across the oval. Names not given on the back of the photo. Learn how and when to remove this template message, South Australian National Football League, "Foxtel Cup: Bloods sink Sharks in Grand Final thriller AFL.com.au", History of the West Adelaide Football Club from Australian Football.com, Bloods, Sweat & Tears Merv Agars (1987), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Adelaide_Football_Club&oldid=1136563834, South Australian Premiers: 9 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983, 2015, Runners-up: 9 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1991, 2003, 2012, South Australian Night Series Champions: 6 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1985, 1987. The following year 2016 it again collected the wooden spoon which it has repeated in the last 3 consecutive seasons 2019-2021. West then went back to the Adelaide Oval for its home games from 1940 until 1957, sharing the ground with South Adelaide. } Collins was criticised in the media for resting his "star" players over the final three rounds after West had already been assured of third place and the "double chance" in the finals. In 1877 Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia. ], Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/47, West Adelaide player Stephen Mager. In addition, the group includes a photograph by the Sunday Mail (do an archival number search on B 75522/85) as well as 26 photographs of player portraits, training sessions and events with no descriptions provided, apart from dates on some of the photos. First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Most Years as Captain: 7 by Bob Loveday (197172, 197478), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Bernie Leahy (1908, 1909) and Jos Dailey (1911, 1912). Attendance: 47,129 To celebrate these milestones, the WAFC waited for the completion of our 125th year of competition and selected a Team of the Centuries. The panel consisted of a chairman, the club historian and 7 voting members. Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date, B 75522/66: West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. Colours, badge and . Players were also to be selected in their normal playing We thank him for his contribution and wish him the best of luck in the future. Eventually a consensus was reached, sometimes based on character, and when two players seemed identical statistically. Jaxon Crabb. Initials I.P. However, with a number of young players such as Richard "Dick" Head joining veterans James Tierney. A life member and key recruiting officer of the club and foundation member of the WAFC Hall of Fame, Davids breadth of knowledge of early footballers up to those in the current era was unparalleled as a voting member of this panel. The club participated in the SAPFL while the SAFL was in recess from 19161918; The club merged with, List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (before 1997), List of Port Adelaide Football Club players, "Every player who has played in the SANFL The list", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Port_Adelaide_Football_Club_players_(before_1997)&oldid=1133743343, Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 08:44. The Bloods' home ground is at. Possibly published in the Weekly Times, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/57, Happy Eddie Hocking, West Reserves. Phone 8352 4022. He added another nine goals in the finals to finish on 97 for the year. 87 posts. Welcome to the North Adelaide Football Club Photo Gallery, proudly partnered by Burns Ceilings & Building Supplies. Includes information about the club, its officials, staff and players, membership, news, merchandise, and history Bloods sweat and tears : West Adelaide Football Club, 1877-1987 by Merv Agars ( Book ) In era 2 World War 1 interrupted player careers when the SANFL suspended the competition from 1916-1918. Kerley continued on as a player in 1963 honouring his contract, but the following season he left to become captain-coach of South Adelaide, taking the Panthers from bottom in 1963 to their last SANFL Premiership to date in 1964. Magpies officially changed its heritage again by assuming similar conditions to the Crows SANFL side, having all its AFL players play under the Magpies Jumper. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes, at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park. West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The 50 game qualification ruled out West Adelaide champions who dominated the VFL/AFL/WAFL like Tony Modra (34), Shaun Rehn (20), Tyson Edwards (42), and Brownlow medal winners Patrick Dangerfield (4), Adam Cooney (12) and Mark Ricciuto (26). Not surprisingly, Weidemann was replaced as coach following the 2007 season. West Adelaide, which has earned a reputation amongst its fans as being "consistently inconsistent", would win through to their next grand final in 1991. No date given, initials I.P. else SANFLW Team Selections - Round 2 v North Adelaide 4 days ago Upcoming Events View All. Despite some impressive performances in his final four games, including out playing experienced Sturt ruckman Frank Spiel in the Grand Final, de Jong, who started his SANFL career with Wests in 1978, again retired from football after 1983 having played 53 games for the club. Following the 1993 season, Kerley was not retained and he was replaced by 220 game player Geoff Morris who led the team to second last in 1994, but improved to fifth in 1995. { A club with a colourful history, West Adelaide was formed around 1892 wearing red, white and blue switching to the old Adelaide Football club colours of red and black when it joined the South Australian Football Association in 1897. The lights have seen an increase of attendances at the ground with the first game under lights attracting the grounds current record night crowd of 6,133 for the opening game of the season with West defeating North Adelaide 14.19 (103) to 4.7 (31). The Bloods finished 5th in 1981, defeated in the Elimination Final by Norwood. Includes 1983 & 2015 teams View Premierships Medalists Boasting 14 Magarey Medal winners and 136 State Players, the Bloods also lay claim to some of the greatest names in SA Football history. For both stints at the Adelaide Oval, this created problems because during the football season Souths, being the main tenant, had first use of the oval (league) and the Adelaide Oval No. At the time of selection their were 1405 known players to represent West Adelaide in an official Home and Away season game, a criterion was set such that a player had to have played 50 league games for our club. The Ken Farmer Medal is awarded to the SANFL's leading goalkicker at the end of the minor round. The club often struggled to field a full team in its early years as clubs were then controlled by wealthy businessmen and it was no secret that players were regularly poached from less wealthy clubs. Name Era Seasons Debut vs; 1: KENNEDY, George D (capt.) Not dated, B 75522/32: New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) An unexpected 112-point thrashing of North Adelaide in their last game of 1940, however, proved a true omen of what was to come in 1941. No date given, initials I.P. on back of photo, B 75522/78: Craig Ward, West Adelaide, takes a strong mark in front of Fitzsimmons, West Adelaide and Steve Jacquier, Woodville West Torrens. List of Glenelg Football Club Players. West Adelaide and their captain Brian Faehse were given the honour of being the first team to use the new rooms and to run out onto the oval from them at the start of the 1955 SANFL season. Left to right: Matt Ellis, Kevin Morris, Adam Goodfellow. { He is pictured with another man, name and date not given, B 75522/10: Doug Thomas sitting at an office desk which bears the sign "winning is not everything, but wanting to is." The West Adelaide Football has a Hall of Fame area in the club which is regarded as one of the best in the South Australian National Football League. Sung to the tune of The Yankee Doodle Boy. Photographer Ian Parrish, not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/58, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/59, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/60, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/61, Mark Mickan being chaired off by West players. Luders kicked 94 goals in the 22 game minor round and with the 6th of his 7 goals in the 2nd Semi-final against Norwood he kicked his 100th for the season. However, a second straight Grand Final appearance went begging when North Adelaide reversed the previous years result and booked a place in the GF against Norwood (who would win their second straight flag), leaving The Bloods to finish in third place wondering what might have been. Luders tally of 558 goals places him 14th on the list of all-time SANFL goal kickers. Membership - West Adelaide Football Club are you locked in? 1876. self.location.href = ['','t623p'+start+'-rip'].join('/'); { Some local players listed below have been invited to train with the club over the pre-season Train on players: Ben Adams, Adam Carroll, Oliver Chesseman, Nick Cottrell, Hamish Gordon, Nick Jones, Issac McCormick, Levi Proude, Cameron Rankine, Luke Wilson & Jordon Wilson-King 233 S Patterson Ave, Springfield, MO, 65802 US 233 S Patterson Ave, Spring. Glenelg joined the SANFL as a league club in 1921 but still only 14 minor round games were programmed. } Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval, a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD. renderedHeight = renderedElement.offsetHeight; Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points. } 440 Following. Crows player Darel Hart (who had played 18 AFL games for Adelaide during the year but had enough SANFL games to qualify for the finals) kicked seven goals for the Roosters on his way to winning the Fos Williams Medal. Many players joined the forces and again careers were interrupted, and this had to be taken into consideration by panellists. The West Adelaide Football Club and Past Players and Officials are sad to announce the passing of 1961 Premiership Player and Life Member Leon Lovegrove. Photographer Tony Lewis, dated 16/11/87. The club would play its nemesis Port Adelaide in the 1962 grand final and once again would go down by a heartbreaking three points to the Magpies. Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/32, New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) 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