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Glenelg Football Club
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1933 - 6th

1934 - 1st

1948 - 6th

1949 - 5th

1950 - 2nd

1950 Season Summary

1950 season chart
Largely due to the persistent efforts of Ray Curnow and connections made during the war-time competition (when Glenelg combined with West Adelaide), Glenelg were able to recruit Johnny Taylor as Captain-Coach for the 1950 season, along with his brothers Don and Laurie.
The Taylor brothers made an immediate impact at the club, and the Bays now had the four key positions covered with high quality players: League leading goalkicker Colin Churchett at full-forward, Laurie Taylor at centre-half-foward, Don Taylor at centre-half-back, and dual best & fairest winner Ray Hunt at full-back. They also had 1949 Magarey medallist Allan Crabb as Ruckman, and hard as nails followers in Johnny Taylor and Ted Robjent.
In the 1950 Magarey medal, ruckman Allan Crabb was runner-up with 16 votes, and Glenelg's other top vote getters were Don Taylor - 10 votes, Cliff Brooker (rover) - 8 votes, Clarrie Window (half-back) - 6 votes, and Laurie Taylor - 5 votes. Glenelg also had five players selected for the 1950 Australian National Football Carnival played in Brisbane: Don & Laurie Taylor, Allan Crabb, Colin Churchett & Clarrie Window.
During the 1950 season, Colin Churchett became the 2nd Glenelg player after Jack Owens, and just the 6th from any SANFL club, to kick 100 goals in a season. He booted 105 goals for the season, to be Glenelg's leading goalkicker for the 4th year in a row, and the league's leading goalkicker for the 3rd year in a row.
link to 1950 team photo
The 1950 season got off to a rollicking start with an unprecedented 74 point drubbing of Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval, and was followed up by 65 & 51 point wins over the previous season's bottom two sides, South & Sturt in the next 2 rounds. Over the course of the season the Bays were in the top two on the ladder for 12 of the 17 rounds, never falling out of the top 4.
With two minor round games remaining, Glenelg were in 4th spot, two games ahead of North in 5th, but with an inferior percentage. They were due to play North and top side Norwood in the last two rounds, and if they lost both games they would likely miss the finals, as North played South in the last round - who had not won a game.
At quarter time in the round 16 game against North, The Bays were down 0-6 to 6-6, and their finals aspirations were in jeopardy. Slowly but surely Glenelg dragged themselves back into the game, trailing by 9 points at half time and 3 points at three quarter time, until eventually running out winners by 5 points - thus securing their finals spot.
The last minor round game against top team Norwood at Norwood was another tight match, with Glenelg holding a 17 point lead with just 5 mniutes remaining. But Norwood kicked two late goals and had an oppotunity for a third, before a holding the ball decision allowed Glenelg to clear and hold on for victory. This win enabled Glenelg to finish the minor round in 2nd position - and gain the double chance - with 12 wins & 5 losses.
In the finals, they narrowly lost the Second Semi Final against Norwood by 5 points, thrashed Port in the Preliminary Final by 44 points, and then lost the Grand Final to Norwood by 47 points.

Glenelg Results in 1950 Minor Round

Glenelg Results in Minor Round
RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
122-AprAlberton Oval Glenelg 17-16118 d. Port Adel 6- 8 44Glenelg 741100
229-AprAdelaide Oval Glenelg 22-16148 d. South Adel11-17 83Glenelg 651200
3 6-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 15-22112 d. Sturt 8-13 61Glenelg 511300
413-MayProspect Oval North Adel 16-11107 d. Glenelg 9-16 70North Adel 372310
520-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 12-14 86 d. W.Torrens 9-17 71Glenelg 152410
627-MayKensington Oval Norwood 22-15147 d. Glenelg 9-15 69Norwood 784420
7 3-JunAdelaide Oval Glenelg 8-13 61 d. West Adel 7-10 52Glenelg 92520
810-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 17-18120 d. South Adel11- 9 75Glenelg 452620
917-JunGlenelg Oval Port Adel 12- 8 80 d. Glenelg 11- 9 75Port Adel 52630
10 1-JulUnley Oval Glenelg 12-16 88 d. Sturt 7-10 52Glenelg 362730
11 8-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 17-16118 d. North Adel13- 7 85Glenelg 332830
1215-JulThebarton Oval W.Torrens 20-11131 d. Glenelg 13- 9 87W.Torrens 442840
13 5-AugGlenelg Oval Norwood 20-16136 d. Glenelg 12- 4 76Norwood 604850
1412-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 13-16 94 d. West Adel 11-13 79Glenelg 154950
1519-AugAdelaide Oval Glenelg 12-26 98 d. South Adel 3- 6 24Glenelg 7441050
1626-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 11-18 84 d. North Adel11-13 79Glenelg 531150
17 2-SepNorwood Oval Glenelg 14-16100 d. Norwood 13-17 95Glenelg 521250

Premiership Table at End of 1950 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Norwood 17 13 4 0 1967 1265 26 60.86 wwwwwwwwlwwwwllwl3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Glenelg 17 12 5 0 1604 1401 24 53.38 wwwlwlwwlwwllwwww1 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2
3Port Adel 17 12 5 0 1426 1266 24 52.97 lwwlwwlwwwlwwwwwl8 6 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
4W.Torrens 17 11 6 0 1713 1314 22 56.59 wllwlwwwllwwwwwlw4 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 4 4
5North Adel 17 9 8 0 1577 1244 18 55.90 lllwlwwlwwllwwwlw5 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
6West Adel 17 9 8 0 1434 1332 18 51.84 lwwwwlllwlwwlllww6 5 4 3 3 2 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
7Sturt 17 2 15 0 1173 1902 4 38.15 wlllllllwllllllll2 4 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8South Adel 17 0 17 0 998 2168 0 31.52 lllllllllllllllll7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

1950 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
S1 9-SepAdelaide Oval Port Adel 14- 8 92 d. W.Torrens 7-16 58Port Adel 34
S216-SepAdelaide Oval Norwood 13-10 88 d. Glenelg 13- 5 83Norwood 5
PR23-SepAdelaide Oval Glenelg 15- 8 98 d. Port Adel 8- 6 54Glenelg 44
GF30-SepAdelaide Oval Norwood 15-16106 d. Glenelg 8-11 59Norwood 47

1950 Grand Final

Norwood7 - 58 - 612 - 915 - 16106
Glenelg2 - 25 - 5 6 - 7 8 - 1159
Best NorwoodMarriott, Edwards, Tilbrook, Dalwood, J.Oatey, Reimann, Gallagher, Blackmore, Olds
GlenelgWindow, Haussen, Prior, Hunt, J.Taylor, Crabb, Trenorden, Wickham
ScorersNorwoodTilbrook 4.3, Mayo 3.1, Dalwood 2.2, Rudd 2.0, Pedder 1.1, Gross 1.1, J.Oatey 1.0, Drage 1.0, Way 0.5, LePage 0.1, Gallagher 0.1, rushed 0.1
GlenelgHannaford 2.0, Churchett 1.3, Donaldson 1.2, Crabb 1.1, Haussen 1.1, Kempson 1.1, Potter 1.0, Prior 0.1, Miller 0.1, rushed 0.1
Attendance50,389 at the Adelaide Oval

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1950

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14822-16 Glenelg SA ADL 2 74 GL 17-16 PA 6- 8 ALB 1
12017-18 Glenelg SA GLG 8 74 GL 12-26 SA 3- 6 ADL 15
plus 4 other scores of 100+ points 65 GL 22-16 SA 11-17 ADL 2
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14722-15 Norwood GL KEN 6 -78 NW 22-15 GL 9-15 KEN 6
13620-16 Norwood GL GLG 13
13120-11 W.Torrens GL THB 12
plus 2 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1950

Player Goals
Colin Churchett105
Cliff Brooker26
Keith Haussen25
Laurie Taylor20
Don Laffin15
Bill Prior10

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1950

PlayerVotes
Don Taylor

1951 - 3rd

1953 - 3rd

1959 - 3rd

1962 - 5th

1964 - 4th

1965 - 6th

1967 - 4th

1968 - 5th

1969 - 2nd

1970 - 2nd

1970 Season Summary

1970 season chart
In Neil Kerley's first season as non-playing coach of Glenelg, with Ken Eustice as captain, the team could not replicate the dominance of the previous season.
Up until round 14, they consistently struggled against the top sides - losing every match they played against Sturt, Port or North - but generally winning comfortably against every other side. This left them on 9 wins & 5 losses, and sitting in 3rd position on the ladder - two wins and percentage in front of 5th placed Norwood.
But then things changed, they lost four games in a row, including three narrow defeats to Torrens, Centrals & North, but more importantly a 7 goal thumping by Norwood at Glenelg Oval, which allowed Norwood to take Glenelg's place in the top 4.
link to 1970 team photo
With two rounds remaining, Glenelg were half a game out of the top 4, and facing top side Sturt at Unley - a team they had lost their previous 5 encounters to, and on a ground they had only won at once in the last 8 years. In a season defining moment, after being 21 points up at three-quarter-time, Glenelg hung on to defeat Sturt by 5 points - keeping their season alive, but still needing other results to go their way.
In the last round, Glenelg needed to defeat Torrens, and hope Norwood lost to the new top side Port Adelaide. At three-quarter-time in that last round, Glenelg were 22 points ahead of Torrens, but Norwood were 4 points in front of Port. Despite four late goals to Torrens, the Bays held on to win by 9 points, but the real concern was at Alberton, where 20 minutes into the last quarter, Norwood led Port by 19 points. But three late goals to Port, followed by a point at the 26 minute mark, meant the game ended in a draw, and Glenelg qualified for the finals on percentage.
In probably Glenelg's most consistent and impressive finals series since their 1934 premiership, they first defeated North Adelaide in the first semi final by 16 points, after being 3 points down at three-quarter-time. Then they defeated minor premier Port Adelaide in the preliminary final by 18 points, after nearly kicking themselves out of the game with 14-20. In the Grand Final against Sturt, on a cold and wet day, Glenelg fought it out deep into the last quarter but eventually went down by 21 points.
  • Rex Voigt won the club's best & fairest award.
  • Fred Phillis was the club's top goalkicker for the 3rd year in a row with 107 goals, including 12 in a match against Woodville at Glenelg Oval. He was also the league's top goalkicker for the 2nd year in a row.

Glenelg Results in 1970 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 4-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 26-16172 d. Woodville 17-14116Glenelg 563100
211-AprGlenelg Oval Port Adel 25-14164 d. Glenelg 17-13115Port Adel 494110
325-AprAdelaide Oval Sturt 14-22106 d. Glenelg 12- 6 78Sturt 287120
4 2-MayRichmond Oval Glenelg 11-15 81 d. West Adel 9-15 69Glenelg 124220
5 9-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 12-25 97 d. South Adel13-15 93Glenelg 44320
616-MayThebarton Oval Glenelg 16-14110 d. W.Torrens 12-18 90Glenelg 204420
723-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 24-24168 d. Cent.Dist 20-13133Glenelg 353520
830-MayNorwood Oval Glenelg 20-18138 d. Norwood 14-16100Glenelg 383620
9 6-JunGlenelg Oval North Adel 17-15117 d. Glenelg 15-13103North Adel 143630
1013-JunAlberton Oval Port Adel 16-17113 d. Glenelg 11-13 79Port Adel 344640
1120-JunGlenelg Oval Sturt 17-15117 d. Glenelg 12-14 86Sturt 314650
12 4-JulWoodville Oval Glenelg 21-16142 d. Woodville 14-12 96Glenelg 464750
1311-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 10-14 74 d. West Adel 8- 8 56Glenelg 184850
1418-JulAdelaide Oval Glenelg 11-13 79 d. South Adel 6- 6 42Glenelg 373950
1525-JulAdelaide Oval W.Torrens 13- 6 84 d. Glenelg 10-16 76W.Torrens 84960
16 1-AugElizabeth Oval Cent.Dist 10-16 76 d. Glenelg 11- 9 75Cent.Dist 14970
17 8-AugGlenelg Oval Norwood 23-10148 d. Glenelg 15-17107Norwood 415980
1815-AugProspect Oval North Adel 15-15105 d. Glenelg 14-16100North Adel 55990
1922-AugUnley Oval Glenelg 19-13127 d. Sturt 17-20122Glenelg 551090
2029-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 15-11101 d. W.Torrens 13-14 92Glenelg 941190

Premiership Table at End of 1970 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 20 17 2 1 2219 1475 35 60.07 lwwwwwwwlwwwwwwwwwwd 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
2Sturt 20 17 3 0 2209 1508 34 59.43 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwlll 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
3North Adel 20 12 8 0 2104 1709 24 55.18 wwlwwlllwwlwwlwwlwlw 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
4Glenelg 20 11 9 0 2108 2039 22 50.83 wllwwwwwlllwwwllllww 3 4 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4
5Norwood 20 10 8 2 1872 1872 22 50.00 wlwllwwlwlwllwdwwlwd 4 7 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5
6West Adel 20 8 11 1 1478 1775 17 45.43 lwwlllwwllwllldlwwlw 9 8 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
7Centrals 20 7 13 0 1722 1873 14 47.90 wllllllllllwlwlwwwwl 5 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 7
8W.Torrens 20 7 13 0 1841 2016 14 47.73 llllwllwwwwlllwlllwl 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8
9Woodville 20 6 14 0 1621 2193 12 42.50 lwwllwllwwlllllllllw 8 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
10South Adel 20 3 17 0 1492 2206 6 40.35 lllwllllllllwllllwll 6 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1970 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
S1 5-SepAdelaide Oval Glenelg 14-16100 d. North Adel12-12 84Glenelg 16
S212-SepAdelaide Oval Sturt 17-12114 d. Port Adel 11-13 79Sturt 35
PR19-SepAdelaide Oval Glenelg 14-20104 d. Port Adel 12-14 86Glenelg 18
GF26-SepAdelaide Oval Sturt 12-13 85 d. Glenelg 9-10 64Sturt 21

1970 Grand Final

Sturt1 - 44 - 68 - 1012 - 1385
Glenelg3 - 64 - 85 - 10 9 - 1064
Best SturtBagshaw, Greenslade, Adcock, Rigney, Endersbee, Brooks, Burgan, Schoff, Wild
GlenelgMarker, Rosewarne, Sandland, Kernahan, Colbey, Cornes, Voigt
ScorersSturtGreenslade 6.1, Tilbrook 3.1, Burgan 1.2, Shearman 1.0, Wild 1.0, Endersbee 0.3, Ottens 0.2, Friedrichs 0.1, rushed 0.3
GlenelgD.Phiilis 4.2, Pattinson 2.2, Button 1.2, Sandland 1.1, Cornes 1.0, Rawson 0.1, Crabb 0.1, rushed 0.1
Attendance48,575 at the Adelaide Oval
Match Highlights
  • The 1970 Grand Final was played in mud-bath conditions on a miserable cold and wet day, and Glenelg established an early lead by kicking the first three goals, but by half time Sturt had reduced Glenelg's lead to just 2 points.
  • The thrid quarter belonged to Sturt, and Glenelg went into the last change with a 3 goal deficit.
  • Two goals in two minutes at the start of the final quarter - to John Sandland and Fred Phillis - gave Glenelg a fighting chance as they only trailed by 6 points. But Malcolm Greenslade's sixth goal of the match, and two goals to 'Diamond' Jim Tilbrook, saw Sturt steady to run out 21 point winners and claim their fifth consecutive premiership.

Glenelg 1970 Grand Final Team
(with SANFL games played to date)

ForwardsJim Rawson
(12)
DK 'Fred' Phillis
(104)
Keith Pattinson
(68)
Half-ForwardsKen Eustice [C]
(224)
John Sandland
(23)
Ray Button
(115)
CentresLaurie Rosewarne
(115)
Peter Marker
(86)
Terry Crabb
(48)
Half-BacksKen Smith
(80)
Darrell Moss
(103)
Brian Colbey
(94)
BacksChris Hunt
(135)
Neville Caldwell
(23)
Wayne Phillis
(69)
1st Ruck

(2nd Ruck)
Harry Kernahan
(171)
(Wayne Phillis)
Graham Cornes
(44)
(Ken Eustice)
Rex Voigt
(78)
(Keith Pattinson)
ReservesBob Anesbury
(128)
Ian Hockridge
(22)
CoachNeil Kerley

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1970

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
17226-16 Glenelg WD GLG 1 56 GL 26-16 WD 17-14 GLG 1
16824-24 Glenelg CD GLG 7
14221-16 Glenelg WD WDV 12
13820-18 Glenelg NW NOR 8
12719-13 Glenelg ST UNL 19
plus 8 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
16425-14 Port Adel GL GLG 2 -49 PA 25-14 GL 17-13 GLG 2
14823-10 Norwood GL GLG 17
13320-13 Cent.Dist GL GLG 7
12217-20 Sturt GL UNL 19
plus 7 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1970

Player Goals
Fred Phillis107
Rex Voigt48
John Sandland36
Keith Pattinson24
Bob Anesbury18

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1970

PlayerVotes
Rex Voigt66
Peter Marker58
Brian Colbey37

1971 - 6th

1972 - 6th

1973 - 1st

1974 - 2nd

1974 Season Summary

1974 season chart
During 1974 Glenelg definitely came back down to earth from the giddy heights of 1973.
They were clearly only the 4th best team during the minor round, winning only 1 of 9 matches against the top 3 sides (Sturt, Port & Norwood), but were obviously far superior to the rest of the teams, winning 10 out of 13 matches against the bottom 6 sides, and those three losses were all by a goal or less on the opposition's home ground - whereas, apart from a 2 point win against North (when they nearly kicked themselves out of the game with 15-24), the wins against those sides were all by 7 goals or more.
Finishing the minor round in 4th spot with an 11-11 win-loss record, meant the defence of their title had to begin via the sudden-death elimination final.
link to 1974 team photo
In the finals Glenelg kicked up a gear.
In the elimination final against Torrens, they had twice as many scoring shots, kicking 15-28 and winning by 36 points - with Fred Phillis booting 7-8.
In the first semi final against Norwood, after being only 4 points up at three-quarter-time, they finished strongly into the wind in the last quarter, to run out 23 points winners, but were again plagued by inaccuracy with 12-18.
In the preliminary final against Port Adelaide, again only 3 points up at three-quarter-time, they stormed home in the last quarter, to win by 49 points - with Peter Carey kicking 7 goals, but Peter Marker rated as best on ground.
The Grand Final against Sturt, the first at Football Park, was played on a very windy day and the weather conditions played a big part in the result of the match.
Sturt won the crucial coin toss and kicked with a howling wind in the first quarter, and took full advantage leading 6-5 to 0-1 at quarter time. The Bays turn with the wind, was hampered by rain after 10 minutes, so they trailed 4-6 to 6-6 at half time. In a magnificent third quarter into the wind, they outscored Sturt 2-1 to 0-6, and were only 5 points down at the last change with the wind at their backs in the last quarter. However, they had used all their petrol tickets, and due to injuries had used all their reserves as well, so had no-one to freshen up the team in the last quarter. So in the last term, Sturt kicked three goals into the wind against an exhausted Glenelg, and ran out winners by 15 points.
While Sturt were absolutely worthy premiers based on their performances throughout the year - 21 wins & 3 losses, but based on their grand final performance, Glenelg also would have been worthy premiers, and with a bit of luck they could have been.
  • Neil Kerley and Peter Marker continued their coach-captain partnership for the 4th year in a row.
  • Graham Cornes won his 3rd club best & fairest award, and continued to take a number of spectacular marks during the season.
  • John Sandland was the club's top goalkicker for the season with 55 goals, and Fred Phillis was 2nd on 46 goals after again spending a large chunk of the season at centre-half-back.
  • Kym Hodegmenan and Stephen Copping both made their league debuts in 1974, and Paul Weston played his first SANFL league match after debuting in the 1973 champions of Australia series.
  • Kym Hodgeman won the reserves Magarey medal in just 12 games, before he was promoted to the league side.

Glenelg Results in 1974 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 6-AprAdelaide Oval Glenelg 21-23149 d. South Adel12-12 84Glenelg 651100
213-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 19-15129 d. Cent.Dist 13- 9 87Glenelg 422200
320-AprAlberton Oval Port Adel 25-15165 d. Glenelg 16-16112Port Adel 532210
425-AprAdelaide Oval Glenelg 24-21165 d. North Adel14-14 98Glenelg 672310
5 4-MayRichmond Oval Glenelg 32-25217 d. West Adel 12-14 86Glenelg 1312410
611-MayGlenelg Oval Norwood 27-17179 d. Glenelg 21-17143Norwood 364420
720-MayWoodville Oval Woodville 20-10130 d. Glenelg 19-10124Woodville 64430
825-MayFootball Park Glenelg 18-17125 d. W.Torrens 12- 9 81Glenelg 443530
9 1-JunUnley Oval Sturt 15-19109 d. Glenelg 10-18 78Sturt 314540
10 8-JunElizabeth Oval Cent.Dist 17-16118 d. Glenelg 18- 9117Cent.Dist 15550
1115-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 27-14176 d. South Adel11-21 87Glenelg 895650
1222-JunFootball Park Port Adel 19-21135 d. Glenelg 16-18114Port Adel 215660
1329-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 15-24114 d. North Adel17-10112Glenelg 24760
14 6-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 14-13 97 d. West Adel 6-15 51Glenelg 464860
1513-JulFootball Park Glenelg 15-20110 d. Norwood 10-10 70Glenelg 404960
1620-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 16-18114 d. Woodville 8-12 60Glenelg 5441060
1727-JulThebarton Oval W.Torrens 18-13121 d. Glenelg 17-15117W.Torrens 441070
18 3-AugGlenelg Oval Sturt 14-15 99 d. Glenelg 9-16 70Sturt 2941080
1910-AugProspect Oval Glenelg 18-13121 d. North Adel10-18 78Glenelg 4341180
2017-AugGlenelg Oval Port Adel 20-10130 d. Glenelg 15-29119Port Adel 1141190
2124-AugFootball Park Sturt 17-25127 d. Glenelg 15-20110Sturt 17411100
2231-AugNorwood Oval Norwood 12-18 90 d. Glenelg 8-12 60Norwood 30411110

Premiership Table at End of 1974 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Sturt 22 19 3 0 2691 1642 38 62.10 wwwwwwwlwwwwwlwwwwlwww 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Port Adel 22 18 3 1 2650 2146 37 55.25 lwwllwwdwwwwwwwwwwwwww 6 4 3 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3Norwood 22 16 6 0 2640 2001 32 56.88 wlwwwwwwwllwwwllwlwwww 5 8 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4Glenelg 22 11 11 0 2681 2297 22 53.86 wwlwwllwllwlwwwwllwlll 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5W.Torrens 22 11 11 0 2302 2319 22 49.82 wllwwlllwlwllwllwwwlww 3 3 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5
6Centrals 22 10 12 0 2280 2337 20 49.38 wllwwwwllwwllwlwlllwll 4 5 8 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
7North Adel 22 7 15 0 2039 2455 14 45.37 lwwllwlwlwllllwllwllll 9 7 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
8South Adel 22 7 15 0 2218 2790 14 44.29 llwllllwwllwwllwllllwl 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8
9Woodville 22 6 15 1 1957 2651 13 42.47 llllllwdlwlwllwllwlwll 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9
10West Adel 22 4 18 0 1754 2574 8 40.53 lwllllllllllllllwlwllw 7 6 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1974 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL 7-SepAdelaide Oval Glenelg 15-28118 d. W.Torrens 12-10 82Glenelg 36
QU 7-SepFootball Park Port Adel 19-15129 d. Norwood 15-13103Port Adel 26
S114-SepAdelaide Oval Glenelg 12-18 90 d. Norwood 10- 7 67Glenelg 23
S214-SepFootball Park Sturt 7-19 61 d. Port Adel 8- 8 56Sturt 5
PR21-SepFootball Park Glenelg 25-12162 d. Port Adel 17-11113Glenelg 49
GF28-SepFootball Park Sturt 9-16 70 d. Glenelg 8- 7 55Sturt 15

1974 Grand Final

Sturt6 - 56 - 66 - 129 - 1670
Glenelg0 - 14 - 66 - 78 - 755
Best SturtDavies, Nunan, Bagshaw, Wild, Adcock, Klomp, Murphy
GlenelgMarker, Tardif, MacFarlane, W.Phillis, Tregenza, Cornes, Osborn
ScorersSturtGraham 2.2, Klomp 2.2, Whelan 2.0, Barton 1.2, Davies 1.0, Burgan 1.0, Oatey 0.2, Nunan 0.1, Miels 0.1, Lauder 0.1, rushed 0.5
GlenelgD.Phillis 3.2, Caldwell 2.1, Marriott 1.1, Osborn 1.1, Cornes 1.0, Weston 0.1, Hodgeman 0.1
Attendance58,042 at Football Park
Match Highlights
The first Grand Final at Football Park, was played on a very windy day, and the weather conditions played a big part in the result of the match.
  • Sturt won the crucial coin toss and kicked with a howling wind in the first quarter, and at quarter time the Bays trailed 0-1 to 6-5. Glenelg's no.1 rover Greg Bennett was injured very early in the match, and had to be replaced by Kym Hodgeman before quarter time.
  • In Glenelg's turn with the wind, they banged on 3 goals in the first 10 minutes, but then it stated raining, the ball became greasy, and the scoring dried up, with only 1 more goal scored for rest of the term - so at half-time Sturt led 6-6 to 4-6.
  • In a magnificent third term into the wind, Glenelg oustcored Sturt 2-1 to 0-6, and at three-quarter-time were just 6 points down, with the wind at their backs in the last quarter. However, that third quarter effort came at a price. Backman Peter Obst was carried off before three quarter time, so Glenelg had no reserves to freshen up the team in the last quarter, and they had already spent all their petrol tickets in the third term.
  • Sturt kicked three goals in the last quarter, and the exhausted Bays had nothing left in the tank - Sturt ran out winners by 15 points.

Glenelg 1974 Grand Final Team
(with SANFL games played to date)

ForwardsTed Osborn
(83)
DK 'Fred' Phillis
(191)
Craig Marriott
(65)
Half-ForwardsGraham Cornes
(131)
Peter Carey
(81)
Paul Weston
(7)
CentresJohn MacFarlane
(68)
Peter Marker [C]
(174)
Peter Millard
(61)
Half-BacksPeter Obst
(19)
Wayne Phillis
(160)
Brian Colbey
(184)
BacksJim Rawson
(75)
Greg Croser
(21)
Bob Tregenza
(54)
1st Ruck

(2nd Ruck)
Bob Tardif
(61)
(Bob Tregenza)
Neville Caldwell
(103)
(Ted Osborn)
Greg Bennett
(46)
(Craig Marriott)
ReservesKym Hodgeman
(10)
Greg Wickens
(43)
CoachNeil Kerley

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1974

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
21732-25 Glenelg WA RCH 5 131 GL 32-25 WA 12-14 RCH 5
17627-14 Glenelg SA GLG 11 89 GL 27-14 SA 11-21 GLG 11
16524-21 Glenelg NA ADL 4 67 GL 24-21 NA 14-14 ADL 4
16225-12 Glenelg PA FPK PR 65 GL 21-23 SA 12-12 ADL 1
14921-23 Glenelg SA ADL 1
14321-17 Glenelg NW GLG 6
plus 14 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
17927-17 Norwood GL GLG 6 -53 PA 25-15 GL 16-16 ALB 3
16525-15 Port Adel GL ALB 3
plus 9 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1974

Player Goals
John Sandland55
Fred Phillis46
Graham Corens42
Colin Anderson39
Peter Carey34
Greg Wickens33
* SANFL goals only

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1974

PlayerVotes
Graham Cornes1st
John MacFarlane2nd

1975 - 2nd

1975 Season Summary

1975 season chart
1975 was another golden premiership opportunity lost during the club's golden era, a season that promised so much, but in the end just delivered another frustrating grand final loss.
They started the season with demolitions of two of the previous season's powerhouses, Norwood by 76 points in round 1, Port by 55 points in round 2, and followed it up by defeating reigning premiers Sturt by 22 points in round 4. After 9 rounds, they were sitting on top of the table, undefeated, 2 games clear of 2nd, with a percentage of 64.2% - with one newspaper scribe even predicting that Glenelg could go through the season undefeated.
Then, just like in 1969, they had a short slump - losing 3 out of 4 matches in the middle of the season - before finishing off the minor round with 5 thumping wins.
During the course of the season, they had four 100 point wins, including a league record 238 point win against Centals at Glenelg Oval in round 17.
link to 1975 team poster
Despite finishing the minor round with 15 wins & 3 losses and a percentage of 62.3%, Glenelg finished 2nd, 1 game behind Norwood - who had not lost since round 2 - but with a vastly superior percentage. Glenelg won the qualifying final against Sturt by 26 points (after nearly kicking themselves out of it with 17-24), and then in the second semi final inflicted Norwood's first defeat since round 2, with a 29 point win.
Glenelg went into the grand final as favourites on a sunny, but windy day. The grand final was a dour, low scoring match, with only 16 goals scored between the two teams. Glenelg had many opportunities to hit the scoreboard that day, but a litany of missed shots for goal throughout match, and a few dubious umpiring decisions deep in the last quarter when the match was up for grabs, conspired to deny Glenelg a premiership that was their's for the taking. However, the fact remains that Glenelg were only in front for 3 minutes in the entire match, and apart from 3 goals in 3 minutes just before half time, they only managed 4 goals for the rest of the game - they simply weren't good enough on the day and Norwood won the grand final by 12 points.
  • Neil Kerley and Peter Marker were once again coach and captiain.
  • Peter Carey, still only 21 years old, won his first club best & fairest award.
  • Peter Marker was 2nd in the Magarey medal by just 1 vote, Peter Carey finished 4th, and Kym Hodgeman finished 6th.
  • Fred Phillis returned to full-forward for the entire season and was the club's top goalkicker for the 6th time, kicking 128 goals - including a club record 18 goals against Centrals at Glenelg in round 17, and 11 goals against Centrals at Football Park in round 8.
  • Fred Phillis was also the league's top goalkicker for the 4th time in 1975.
  • Glenelg broke SANFL records for the biggest winning margin in a match (238 points), the highest score in a match (49-23, 317 points), and the highest scoring season (3185 points - beating the previous record of 3117 set by Glenelg in 1973).

Glenelg Results in 1975 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 5-AprFootball Park Glenelg 20-19139 d. Norwood 8-15 63Glenelg 761100
212-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 22-15147 d. Port Adel 12-20 92Glenelg 551200
319-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 27-20182 d. West Adel 13-14 92Glenelg 901300
425-AprFootball Park Glenelg 16-14110 d. Sturt 12-16 88Glenelg 221400
5 3-MayWoodville Oval Glenelg 19-19133 d. Woodville 11-14 80Glenelg 531500
610-MayAdelaide Oval Glenelg 20-20140 d. South Adel15- 5 95Glenelg 451600
724-MayFootball Park Glenelg 19-17131 d. North Adel10-15 75Glenelg 561700
831-MayFootball Park Glenelg 33-14212 d. Cent.Dist 9-17 71Glenelg 1411800
9 7-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 28-19187 d. W.Torrens 17-12114Glenelg 731900
1021-JunGlenelg Oval Norwood 20-24144 d. Glenelg 19-13127Norwood 171910
1128-JunAdelaide Oval Port Adel 19-16130 d. Glenelg 13-11 89Port Adel 411920
1212-JulFootball Park Glenelg 23-19157 d. West Adel 16-12108Glenelg 4911020
1319-JulFootball Park Sturt 15-15105 d. Glenelg 8-15 63Sturt 4231030
1426-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 30-26206 d. Woodville 14-11 95Glenelg 11121130
15 9-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 20-20140 d. South Adel16-13109Glenelg 3121230
1616-AugProspect Oval Glenelg 27-26188 d. North Adel12-12 84Glenelg 10421330
1723-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 49-23317 d. Cent.Dist 11-13 79Glenelg 23821430
1830-AugThebarton Oval Glenelg 29-30204 d. W.Torrens 18- 8116Glenelg 8821530

Premiership Table at End of 1975 Minor Round

1975 PREMIERSHIP TABLE
TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Norwood 18 16 2 0 2210 1620 32 57.70 llwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 10 9 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Glenelg 18 15 3 0 2872 1740 30 62.27 wwwwwwwwwllwlwwwww 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2
3Sturt 18 15 3 0 2251 1446 30 60.89 wwwlwwwlwwlwwwwwww 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
4Port Adel 18 12 6 0 2278 1845 24 55.25 lllwwwwwlwwlwwwwwl 7 8 9 7 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5North Adel 18 8 10 0 1869 2305 16 44.78 wllwlllwwlwwwllllw 5 6 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6West Adel 18 7 11 0 1855 1980 14 48.37 wwlwlwllwllllllwlw 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
7Centrals 18 6 12 0 1708 2247 12 43.19 wwwlwlllllwlwlllll 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
8South Adel 18 5 13 0 1687 2245 10 42.90 llwllllwlwlwllllwl 6 7 5 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9Woodville 18 4 14 0 1686 2283 8 42.48 lwllllwllwwlllllll 8 5 7 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
10W.Torrens 18 2 16 0 1806 2511 4 41.83 lllllllllllllwwlll 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1975 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL 6-SepFootball Park Port Adel 11-32 98 d. North Adel 8-20 68Port Adel 30
QU 7-SepFootball Park Glenelg 17-24126 d. Sturt 15-10100Glenelg 26
S113-SepFootball Park Port Adel 18-12120 d. Sturt 5-23 53Port Adel 67
S214-SepFootball Park Glenelg 21- 9135 d. Norwood 16-10106Glenelg 29
PR20-SepFootball Park Norwood 11-19 85 d. Port Adel 8- 7 55Norwood 30
GF27-SepFootball Park Norwood 9-10 64 d. Glenelg 7-10 52Norwood 12

1975 Grand Final

Norwood3 - 54 - 66 - 99 - 1064
Glenelg1 - 35 - 46 - 77 - 1052
Best NorwoodButton, Seekamp, Rosser, Pope, Gregg, Kerley, Turbill, Craig, Poulter, Thiel
GlenelgVoigt, W.Phillis, Carey, Colbey, Hodgeman, Caldwell, Rawson
ScorersNorwoodMichalanney 2.1, Woodcock 2.0, Turbill 1.1, Poulter 1.0, Dillon 1.0, Gallagher 1,0, Olsen 1.0, Craig 0.2, Taylor 0.2, Dunstan 0.1, Rosser 0.1, Seekamp 0.1, rushed 0.1
GlenelgCarey 3.1, Rady 1.0, C.Anderson 1.0, Cornes 1.0, Hodgeman 1.0, DK Phillis 0.6, Caldwell 0.2, rushed 0.1
Attendance53,283 at Football Park
Match Highlights
Norwood won the toss and chose to kick to the southern end of football park which was favoured by a 5 goal wind
First Quarter
---   7 min --- Glenelg point --- Neville Caldwell kicks a point on the run from 30m out in the right forward pocketNorwood +1
--- 16 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis kicks a point, 25m out dead in front, from a free after disposal on CaldwellNorwood +3
--- 18 min --- Norwood goal --- Mike Poulter snaps a goal from 50m outNorwood +9
--- 20 min --- Norwood goal --- Greg Turbill kicks a goal from a mark 25m out dead in frontNorwood +15
--- 22 min --- Glenelg goal --- Daryl Rady snaps a goal from a pack in the goalsquareNorwood +9
--- 23 min --- Norwood goal --- Jim Michaelanney goals from a mark on the boundary line in the right forward pocketNorwood +15
--- 26 min --- Glenelg point --- Peter Carey snaps a point from a stoppage 20m out from goalNorwood +14
Second Quarter
--- 14 min --- Glenelg goal --- Graham Cornes goals from an out on the full free on the left half forward flankNorwood +9
--- 19 min --- Out of Bounds --- Paul Weston marks from a kickout and his shot for goal from 25m out on a 45 degree angle goes across the goals and is marked by Fred Phillis, 15m out on the boundary in the left forward pocket. His checkside punt goes out of bounds on the full.
--- 21 min --- Norwood goal --- Roger Woodcock snaps a goal from 15m outNorwood +14
--- 26 min --- Glenelg goal --- Kym Hodgeman crumbs a pack in the goalsquare and kicks a goal from 1m outNorwood +8
--- 27 min --- Glenelg goal --- Peter Carey goals from 1m out when a Marker kick from the centre goes over the packNorwood +2
--- 28 min --- Glenelg goal --- Colin Anderson snaps a goal from 30m outGlenelg +4
Third Quarter
---   1 min --- Norwood goal --- Jim Michaelanney goals from a mark 25m out dead in frontNorwood +2
---   2 min --- Glenelg point --- Neville Caldwell snaps a point from 30m outNorwood +1
---   3 min --- Out of Bounds --- Fred Phillis marks on the lead 35m out dead in front and kicks out of bounds
---   9 min --- Norwood goal --- Roger Woodcock marks in the goalsquare and goalsNorwood +8
--- 13 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis marks 30m out on a slight angle, plays on and kicks a pointNorwood +7
--- 14 min --- Glenelg goal --- Peter Carey marks 20m out on a slight angle and kicks a goalNorwood +1
--- 25 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis marks 25m out on slight angle and kicks a pointNorwood +2
Fourth Quarter
---   3 min --- Norwood goal --- Phil Gallagher kicks a goal from 25m outNorwood +8
---   7 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis marks 35m out dead in front and kicks a pointNorwood +7
--- 13 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis marks 25m on a slight angle and kicks a pointNorwood +7
--- 14 min --- Glenelg goal --- Peter Carey marks in the goalsquare and goalsNorwood +1
--- 16 min --- Glenelg goal disallowed --- Adrian Rebbeck goals from the goalsquare after a long kick goes over the pack, but the goal is disallowed, after a controversial free to Michael Taylor 
--- 19 min --- Norwood goal --- Ross Dillon kicks a goal from a dubious free 20m out on a slight angleNorwood +7
--- 21 min --- Norwood goal --- Mike Olsen kicks a goal on the run from 35m, which appears to be touched on the line by Mike PoulterNorwood +13
--- 24 min --- Glenelg point --- Fred Phillis marks 35m out on a 45 degree angle and kicks a pointNorwood +12

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1975

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
31749-23 Glenelg CD GLG 17 238 GL 49-23 CD 11-13 GLG 17
21233-14 Glenelg CD FPK 8 141 GL 33-14 CD 9-17 FPK 8
20630-26 Glenelg WD GLG 14 111 GL 30-26 WD 14-11 GLG 14
20429-30 Glenelg WT THB 18 104 GL 27-26 NA 12-12 PRS 16
18827-26 Glenelg NA PRS 16 90 GL 27-20 WA 13-14 GLG 3
18728-19 Glenelg WT GLG 9 88 GL 29-30 WT 18- 8 THB 18
18227-20 Glenelg WA GLG 3 76 GL 20-19 NW 8-15 FPK 1
15723-19 Glenelg WA FPK 12 73 GL 28-19 WT 17-12 GLG 9
14722-15 Glenelg PA GLG 2
14020-20 Glenelg SA GLG 15
14020-20 Glenelg SA ADL 6
plus 7 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14420-24 Norwood GL GLG 10 -42 ST 15-15 GL 8-15 FPK 13
plus 8 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1975

Fred Phillis123   +5#
Kym Hodgeman58   +3#
Neville Caldwell43   +3#
Peter Carey35   +3#
Graham Cornes35   +2#
Greg Bennett29   +1#
Adrian Rebbeck27   +6#
#non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1975

PlayerVotes
Peter Carey

1976 - 3rd

1977 - 2nd

1977 Season Summary

1977 season chart
As Neil Kerley had resigned after the 1976 preliminary final, Glenelg appointed Carlton hard-man John Nicholls as the new Glenelg coach, and Peter Marker continued on for his 7th year as club captain. Unlike the previous two seasons, the team never really looked like they were going to carry all before them, and be the team to beat for the premiership, although they were one of the contenders - and did have a couple of 100 point wins late in the season against lower ranked sides. They started slowly and gradually worked their way up the ladder, eventually finishing in 2nd position with a 14-8 win loss record, 3 1/2 games behind top side Port Adelaide - and if not for a couple of inexplicable losses to bottom side Centrals would have been closer.
link to 1977 team photo
In the finals, they had a comfortable 40 point win over West in the qualifying final (with peter Carey kicking 8 goals), followed by a 25 point loss to Port in the second semi final, and then a 26 point victory over West again in the preliminary final, had them advancing into their 6th grand final in just 9 years.
The grand final against Port Adelaide was a tight match all day, with Port running out 8 point winners.
  • A highlight of the season was a 3 point win over Norwood at The Parade. Norwood were 3 points up with only seconds remaining, when Graham Cornes took a hanger 15 metres out from goal, and kicked a goal after the siren to win the match. Watch youtube video
  • Captain Peter Marker suffered a serious leg injury on the eve of the finals, which all but ended his career. He attempted a comeback in 1978, but retired after only a handful of games. Wayne Phillis took over captaincy duties in the finals.
  • Kym Hodgeman won his first club best & fairest award.
  • Graham Cornes was the club's top goalkicker with 74 goals, followed closely by Stephen Copping with 72 goals.

Glenelg Results in 1977 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 2-AprAlberton Oval Port Adel 25-12162 d. Glenelg 20-15135Port Adel 279010
2 9-AprFootball Park Glenelg 19-19133 d. Sturt 11-12 78Glenelg 555110
316-AprGlenelg Oval Norwood 13-13 91 d. Glenelg 9-21 75Norwood 167120
423-AprFootball Park Glenelg 22-16148 d. South Adel11-15 81Glenelg 675220
530-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 19-18132 d. North Adel 7-17 59Glenelg 734320
6 7-MayWoodville Oval Glenelg 25-15165 d. Woodville 11- 7 73Glenelg 923420
714-MayThebarton Oval W.Torrens 19-10124 d. Glenelg 7-12 54W.Torrens 704430
821-MayElizabeth Oval Cent.Dist 17-16118 d. Glenelg 17-13115Cent.Dist 34440
928-MayFootball Park Glenelg 24-12156 d. West Adel 7-16 58Glenelg 984540
10 4-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 15-14104 d. Port Adel 11-17 83Glenelg 214640
1111-JunUnley Oval Sturt 22- 7139 d. Glenelg 13-14 92Sturt 474650
1218-JunNorwood Oval Glenelg 15- 8 98 d. Norwood 13-17 95Glenelg 34750
1325-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 18- 8116 d. South Adel16-11107Glenelg 93850
14 2-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 34-15219 d. North Adel11- 6 72Glenelg 1473950
15 9-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 32-15207 d. Woodville 11-13 79Glenelg 12831050
1616-JulFootball Park Glenelg 21-22148 d. W.Torrens 14-14 98Glenelg 5031150
1723-JulRichmond Oval West Adel 9-13 67 d. Glenelg 8-11 59West Adel 831160
1830-JulGlenelg Oval Cent.Dist 21-15141 d. Glenelg 17-17119Cent.Dist 2231170
19 7-AugFootball Park Glenelg 12-14 86 d. Sturt 12- 9 81Glenelg 531270
2013-AugFootball Park Glenelg 16-24120 d. Norwood 11-12 78Glenelg 4221370
2120-AugFootball Park Port Adel 17-13115 d. Glenelg 8-14 62Port Adel 5321380
2227-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 20-13133 d. South Adel13-12 90Glenelg 4321480

Premiership Table at End of 1977 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 22 17 4 1 2804 1916 35 59.41 wlwwwwwwwlwwdlwwwwwlww 2 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Glenelg 22 14 8 0 2676 2089 28 56.16 lwlwwwllwwlwwwwwllwwlw 9 5 7 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
3West Adel 22 14 8 0 2286 1898 28 54.64 lwlwlwlwllwwlwwwwwwlww 6 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 3
4Norwood 22 13 9 0 2533 1848 26 57.82 lwwwwwwwwwlllwwlwllllw 8 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 4
5South Adel 22 13 9 0 2483 2243 26 52.54 wwwlwlwlwwwllllwwwlwwl 5 1 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5
6W.Torrens 22 10 12 0 1979 2458 20 44.60 wllwllwllwlwwlllwlwwwl 4 8 8 7 8 9 7 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 6 6 6 6
7Sturt 22 9 12 1 2242 2266 19 49.73 wlwlllwlwlwldwwllllwwl 3 6 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
8North Adel 22 7 14 1 2206 2736 15 44.64 lwwllllwldwwwllllwllll 10 4 2 4 5 6 8 7 9 9 7 6 5 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
9Woodville 22 6 16 0 1950 2923 12 40.02 llllwlllllllwwlwllwllw 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 9
10Centrals 22 5 16 1 2052 2834 11 42.00 wllllwlwldlllllllwlwll 1 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 10

1977 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL 3-SepFootball Park South Adel 12-17 89 d. Norwood 10-13 73South Adel 16
QU 4-SepFootball Park Glenelg 20- 6126 d. West Adel 13- 8 86Glenelg 40
S110-SepFootball Park West Adel 9-17 71 d. South Adel 5- 6 36West Adel 35
S211-SepFootball Park Port Adel 12-12 84 d. Glenelg 9- 5 59Port Adel 25
PR17-SepFootball Park Glenelg 11-14 80 d. West Adel 7-12 54Glenelg 26
GF24-SepFootball Park Port Adel 17-11113 d. Glenelg 16- 9105Port Adel 8

1977 Grand Final

Port Adelaide4 - 39 - 713 - 917 - 11113
Glenelg5 - 28 - 312 - 616 - 9105
Best PortCunningham, Ebert, Gerlach, Light, James, Evans
GlenelgHodgeman, Voigt, Weston, Caldwell, Carey, Paech
ScorersPortEvans 7.2, Eckerman 3.2, Granger 2.1, Cunningham 2.0, James 1.3, Blethyn 1.1, Sorrell 1.0, Belton 0.1, rushed 0.1
GlenelgPaech 5.0, DK Phillis 3.0, Rady 2.1, Carey 2.0, Hodgeman 1.2, Farquhar 1.0, Holst 1.0, Jackson 1.0, Caldwell 0.1, D.Johnston 0.1, McInerney 0.1, W.Phillis 0.1, rushed 0.2
Attendance56,717 at Football Park

Glenelg 1977 Grand Final Team

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1977

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
21934-15 Glenelg NA GLG 14 147 GL 34-15 NA 11- 6 GLG 14
20732-15 Glenelg WD GLG 15 128 GL 32-15 WD 11-13 GLG 15
16525-15 Glenelg WD WDV 6 98 GL 24-12 WA 7-16 FPK 9
15624-12 Glenelg WA FPK 9 92 GL 25-15 WD 11- 7 WDV 6
14822-16 Glenelg SA FPK 4 73 GL 19-18 NA 7-17 GLG 5
14821-22 Glenelg WT FPK 16 67 GL 22-16 SA 11-15 FPK 4
plus 11 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
16225-12 Port Adel GL ALB 1 -70 WT 19-10 GL 7-12 THB 7
14121-15 Cent.Dist GL GLG 18
plus 6 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1977

Player Goals
Graham Cornes72   +2#
Stephen Copping71   +1#
Kym Hodgeman48         
Peter Carey31   +2#
Peter McInerney31         
David Holst29   +1#
Neville Caldwell25         
Daryl Rady24   +3#
#non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1977

PlayerVotes
Kym Hodgeman

1978 - 4th

1979 - 7th

1980 - 4th

1981 - 2nd

1982 - 2nd

1982 Season Summary

1982 season chart
After Glenelg had dominated the minor round, but failed in the finals, in the last two seasons, 1982 unfolded in a completely diffent manner. Glenelg were never higher than 3rd on the ladder throughout the minor round, and whilst the ladder shows they only made the finals by half a game, it was a bit more comfortable than that as they were 2 1/2 games inside the top five with just 3 rounds to play.
A highlight of the season was a four point win over Norwood at Football Park in round 19, when Paul Weston kicked 3 last quarter goals, including a booming screw punt from the half forward flank with just seconds remaining.
They finished in 4th spot with a 13-8-1 record, and faced Centrals in the elimination final - who had beaten them by 109 points at Glenelg Oval just 3 weeks earlier.
link to 1982 team photo
In a 26-goal turn-around from their previous meeting, Glenelg defeated Centrals by 50 points in the elimination final, then defeated Sturt (whom they hadn't beaten in the minor round) by 35 points in the first semi final, and then faced Port Adelaide in the qualifying final - whom they hadn't beaten during the minor round, and hadn't beaten in any final since 1974 - 6 consecutive finals losses. In a match made famous by a rampaging and out of control David Granger - who broke Stephen Barratt's leg with a kick, and was suspended for 9 matches for stiking Graham Cornes - Glenelg prevailed by a point to progress to the grand final against Norwood. But unfortunately, after 3 tough finals, and on a six day break from the toughest of them all, Glenelg had run their race, and put in yet another disappointing grand final performance - losing by 62 points.
  • Tony McGuinness won the club best & fairest award, and at 18 years of age became the yougest ever winner of the Magarey medal.
  • Michael Lunniss was the club's top goalkicker with 69 goals.
  • At the end of the season John Halbert quit to take up the coaching position at Sturt, after the retirement of Jack Oatey.

Glenelg Results in 1982 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 3-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 17-13115 d. Norwood 14-12 96Glenelg 193100
210-AprAdelaide Oval South Adel 22- 8140 d. Glenelg 21-10136South Adel 44110
317-AprElizabeth Oval Glenelg 21-15141 d. Cent.Dist 20-13133Glenelg 84210
424-AprFootball Park Port Adel 11-15 81 dr Glenelg 12- 9 81Draw 04211
5 1-MayGlenelg Oval Sturt 24-16160 d. Glenelg 15-21111Sturt 497221
6 9-MayThebarton Oval Glenelg 18-20128 d. W.Torrens 10-14 74Glenelg 545321
715-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 31-30216 d. Woodville 12-11 83Glenelg 1334421
822-MayFootball Park Glenelg 23-16154 d. North Adel16-10106Glenelg 484521
929-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 32-13205 d. West Adel 11-17 83Glenelg 1223621
10 5-JunNorwood Oval Norwood 22- 8140 d. Glenelg 17-16118Norwood 224631
1114-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 18-14122 d. South Adel14-11 95Glenelg 274731
1220-JunFootball Park Glenelg 12-13 85 d. Cent.Dist 9- 9 63Glenelg 224831
1326-JunAlberton Oval Port Adel 19-16130 d. Glenelg 11-10 76Port Adel 544841
14 3-JulFootball Park Sturt 16-20116 d. Glenelg 12-21 93Sturt 234851
1510-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 29-24198 d. W.Torrens 10-19 79Glenelg 1194951
1617-JulWoodville Oval Glenelg 16-13109 d. Woodville 9-12 66Glenelg 4341051
1724-JulProspect Oval North Adel 24-12156 d. Glenelg 21- 9135North Adel 2151061
1831-JulRichmond Oval Glenelg 24-14158 d. West Adel 15-14104Glenelg 5451161
1914-AugFootball Park Glenelg 17-11113 d. Norwood 16-13109Glenelg 431261
2021-AugGlenelg Oval Cent.Dist 30-18198 d. Glenelg 13-11 89Cent.Dist 10941271
2128-AugFootball Park Glenelg 22-18150 d. South Adel 8-16 64Glenelg 8641371
22 4-SepFootball Park Port Adel 20-15135 d. Glenelg 13-15 93Port Adel 4241381

Premiership Table at End of 1982 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 22 16 5 1 2626 2073 33 55.88 wlwdwlwwwwwlwwwlwwwwlw 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Norwood 22 15 7 0 2749 2114 30 56.53 lwwlwlwlwwllwwwwwwlwww 8 6 5 6 3 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 2
3Sturt 22 15 7 0 3010 2333 30 56.34 lwwwwwwwwwlwwwllllwwlw 9 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
4Glenelg 22 13 8 1 2826 2411 27 53.96 wlwdlwwwwlwwllwwlwwlwl 3 4 4 4 7 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 4
5Centrals 22 13 9 0 2839 2435 26 53.83 lwlwlwlwwlwllllwwwwwww 7 3 6 5 8 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
6West Adel 22 13 9 0 2816 2602 26 51.97 wllwwwwwlwwwlwwwllllwl 4 7 7 7 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 5 5 6
7North Adel 22 10 12 0 2663 2697 20 49.68 wwwlllllllwwwllwwllwwl 2 1 1 2 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8South Adel 22 8 14 0 2124 2375 16 47.21 lwlwwwlllllwllwllwlllw 10 8 8 8 6 2 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9W.Torrens 22 5 17 0 2030 3274 10 38.27 wllllllllwllwwllwlllll 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
10Woodville 22 1 21 0 2047 3416 2 37.47 llllllllllllllllllwlll 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1982 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL11-SepFootball Park Glenelg 19-21135 d. Cent.Dist 12-13 85Glenelg 50
QU12-SepFootball Park Norwood 11-17 83 d. Sturt 10-15 75Norwood 8
S118-SepFootball Park Glenelg 15-17107 d. Sturt 9-18 72Glenelg 35
S219-SepFootball Park Norwood 19- 6120 d. Port Adel 14-17101Norwood 19
PR26-SepFootball Park Glenelg 13-12 90 d. Port Adel 14- 5 89Glenelg 1
GF 2-OctFootball Park Norwood 20-13133 d. Glenelg 9-17 71Norwood 62

1982 Grand Final

Norwood3 - 37 - 511 - 820 - 13133
Glenelg2 - 23 - 76 - 149 - 1771
Best NorwoodJenkins, McIntosh, Turbill, Neagle, M.Aish, K.Thomas, Winter, Stemper, Thiel
GlenelgCornes, Maynard, Marshall, Carey, Frost
ScorersNorwoodNeagle 6.1, Roberts 2.2, A.Aish 2.2, M.Aish 2.1, Michalanney 2.0, Turbill 1.3, K.Thomas 1.1, Fosdike 1.0, Gallagher 1.0, Jenkins 1.0, Thiel 1.0, Adler 0.1, Button 0.1, rushed 0.1
GlenelgLunniss 3.1, McInerney 2.2, Carey 2.2, Kernahan 1.3, Holst 1.0, Symonds 0.2, McDermott 0.1, Weston 0.1, McGuinness 0.1, Maynard 0.1, rushed 0.3
Attendance47,336 at Football Park

Glenelg 1982 Grand Final Team

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1982

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
21631-30 Glenelg WD GLG 7 133 GL 31-30 WD 12-11 GLG 7
20532-13 Glenelg WA GLG 9 122 GL 32-13 WA 11-17 GLG 9
19829-24 Glenelg WT GLG 15 119 GL 29-24 WT 10-19 GLG 15
15824-14 Glenelg WA RCH 18 86 GL 22-18 SA 8-16 FPK 21
15423-16 Glenelg NA FPK 8
15022-18 Glenelg SA FPK 21
14121-15 Glenelg CD ELZ 3
plus 11 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
19830-18 Cent.Dist GL GLG 20 -109 CD 30-18 GL 13-11 GLG 20
16024-16 Sturt GL GLG 5 -62 NW 20-13 GL 9-17 FPK GF
15624-12 North Adel GL PRS 17
14022- 8 South Adel GL ADL 2
14022- 8 Norwood GL NOR 10
plus 8 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1982

Player Goals
Michael Lunniss69
Tony McGuinness59
Stephen Kernahan56
John Paynter39
Paul Weston35
Peter Carey34
Ralph Sewer31
Chris McDermott28
* includes non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1982

PlayerVotes
Tony McGuinness192
Stephen Kernahan166
John Paynter129
David Holst121
Peter Carey116
Paul Weston113
Graham Cornes97
Peter Maynard91

1983 - 7th

1984 - 3rd

1985 - 1st

1986 - 1st

1987 - 2nd

1987 Season Summary

1987 season chart
Graham Cornes and Peter Carey were once again coach and captain in 1987, and the team got off to a rocky start, losing their opening two matches to Norwood & Port, and battling to a 3-5 record and 7th position on the ladder after round 8 - including a 75 point drubbing by North at Prospect Oval.
But when they finally got their act together, and inflicted successive wins of 100 points over Norwood, 97 points over Port, 66 points over West, 82 points over Sturt & 74 points over Woodville (all top 6 sides, apart from Sturt), the competition new that the sleeping giant had awoken, and that Glenelg were going to be hard to beat for the premiership.
link to 1987 team photo
But after defeating top of the ladder North by 26 points in round 17, their form tapered off, winning just 1 of their last 5 minor round matches (including losses to the bottom two sides) to finish in 4th place with 12 wins & 10 losses.
Come finals time they emphatically found their form again, starting with a 102 point win over Woodville in the elimination final, and followed up with wins over finals bogey sides Port & Norwood in the first-semi and preliminary finals.
So Glenelg were into the grand final, to have a crack at three premierships in a row.
Alas, it wasn't to be - they got belted by North to the tune of 82 points in the grand final.
  • Chris McDermott won his 2nd club best & fairest award.
  • John Seebohm was the club's top goalkicker with 89 goals.
  • Chris McDermott won the Fos Williams medal for best player against Victoria in the state game at Football Park, and the Simpson medal for best player on either side in the state game against Western Australia at Subiaco.
  • Scott Salisbury and Chris McDermott (for the 2nd time) were named in the All Australian side.
  • Peter Carey became the first SANFL player to play 400 games, against Torrens in round 7 on May 23.

Glenelg Results in 1987 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
111-AprNorwood Oval Norwood 18-13121 d. Glenelg 15- 9 99Norwood 227010
220-AprFootball Park Port Adel 20-16136 d. Glenelg 15-11101Port Adel 358020
325-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 30-21201 d. West Adel 17-16118Glenelg 837120
4 2-MayFootball Park Glenelg 16-15111 d. Sturt 14- 8 92Glenelg 196220
5 9-MayFootball Park Woodville 17-17119 d. Glenelg 14-11 95Woodville 247230
618-MayFootball Park Cent.Dist 18-12120 d. Glenelg 14-14 98Cent.Dist 228240
723-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 18-14122 d. W.Torrens 14- 9 93Glenelg 297340
830-MayProspect Oval North Adel 22- 8140 d. Glenelg 9-11 65North Adel 757350
9 6-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 14-25109 d. South Adel12-10 82Glenelg 276450
1013-JunFootball Park Glenelg 24-14158 d. Norwood 8-10 58Glenelg 1005550
1120-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 27-15177 d. Port Adel 11-14 80Glenelg 974650
1228-JunAdelaide Oval Glenelg 26-20176 d. West Adel 16-14110Glenelg 663750
13 4-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 24-19163 d. Sturt 12- 9 81Glenelg 823850
1411-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 27-12174 d. Woodville 15-10100Glenelg 742950
1518-JulElizabeth Oval Cent.Dist 11-10 76 d. Glenelg 9- 4 58Cent.Dist 184960
1625-JulThebarton Oval Glenelg 9- 7 61 d. W.Torrens 6- 7 43Glenelg 1831060
17 2-AugAdelaide Oval Glenelg 11-13 79 d. North Adel 8- 5 53Glenelg 2631160
18 8-AugFootball Park South Adel 16- 8104 d. Glenelg 12-20 92South Adel 1241170
1915-AugGlenelg Oval Norwood 14-13 97 d. Glenelg 13-14 92Norwood 551180
2022-AugAlberton Oval Port Adel 13-12 90 d. Glenelg 9-19 73Port Adel 1751190
2129-AugRichmond Oval Glenelg 19-22136 d. West Adel 14-15 99Glenelg 3741290
22 5-SepAdelaide Oval Sturt 16-11107 d. Glenelg 8-14 62Sturt 45412100

Premiership Table at End of 1987 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1North Adel 22 19 3 0 2515 1846 38 57.67 lwwwlwwwwwwwwwwwlwwwww 10 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2Port Adel 22 15 7 0 2280 2042 30 52.75 wwllwlwwlwlwllwwwwwwww 2 2 2 4 1 5 3 3 4 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2
3Norwood 22 14 8 0 2425 1998 28 54.83 wwlwlwwwllwlwwwlwwwwll 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 3
4Glenelg 22 12 10 0 2502 2119 24 54.14 llwwllwlwwwwwwlwwlllwl 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 4
5Woodville 22 12 10 0 2240 2409 24 48.18 wlwlwwlwwwwwllwwwlllll 3 5 5 7 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 5
6W.Torrens 22 10 12 0 2160 2069 20 51.08 lwlwllllwwllwwllllwwww 6 4 6 5 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
7West Adel 22 10 12 0 2374 2466 20 49.05 lllwwwwwllwlwllwllwllw 8 9 10 9 9 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
8Centrals 22 7 15 0 2121 2555 14 45.36 wwwllwllllllllwllwlwll 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9Sturt 22 6 16 0 2139 2500 12 46.11 llwlwlllwlllllllwlllww 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9
10South Adel 22 5 17 0 1798 2550 10 41.35 wlllwllllllwlwlllwllll 5 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10

1987 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL13-SepFootball Park Glenelg 24-22166 d. Woodville 9-10 64Glenelg 102
QU12-SepFootball Park Norwood 15- 8 98 d. Port Adel 8-16 64Norwood 34
S120-SepFootball Park Glenelg 12- 9 81 d. Port Adel 10-19 79Glenelg 2
S219-SepFootball Park North Adel 11- 7 73 d. Norwood 8- 5 53North Adel 20
PR27-SepFootball Park Glenelg 16-14110 d. Norwood 9-10 64Glenelg 46
GF 3-OctFootball Park North Adel 23- 7145 d. Glenelg 9- 9 63North Adel 82

1987 Grand Final

North Adelaide5 - 211 - 418 - 523 - 7145
Glenelg0 - 1 1 - 5 4 - 7 9 - 963
Best NorthParsons, Klomp, Redden, Sims, J.Riley, D.Jarman, Clisby, A.Jarman, Simmons, S.Riley
GlenelgSalisbury, McDermott, Grenvold, A.Stringer, Murphy, D.Kernahan
ScorersNorthParsons 6.1, Roberts 5.0, Sims 4.1, D.Jarman 3.1, Burton 3.0, A.Jarman 2.1, Hart 0.1, Klomp 0.1, rushed 0.1
GlenelgSeebohm 2.3, Woodlands 2.1, Murphy 2.0, Hall 2.0, Winton 1.0, McDermott 0.1, Maynard 0.1, Marshall 0.1, Gibbs 0.1, rushed 0.1
Attendance50,617 at Football Park

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1987

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
20130-21 Glenelg WA GLG 3 102 GL 24-22 WD 9-10 FPK EL
17727-15 Glenelg PA GLG 11 100 GL 24-14 NW 8-10 FPK 10
17626-20 Glenelg WA ADL 12 97 GL 27-15 PA 11-14 GLG 11
17427-12 Glenelg WD GLG 14 83 GL 30-21 WA 17-16 GLG 3
16624-22 Glenelg WD FPK EL 82 GL 24-19 ST 12- 9 GLG 13
16324-19 Glenelg ST GLG 13 74 GL 27-12 WD 15-10 GLG 14
15824-14 Glenelg NW FPK 10 66 GL 26-20 WA 16-14 ADL 12
plus 6 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14523- 7 North Adel GL FPK GF -82 NA 23- 7 GL 9- 9 FPK GF
14022- 8 North Adel GL PRS 8 -75 NA 22- 8 GL 9-11 PRS 8
plus 9 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1987

Player Goals
John Seebohm77   +12#
Craig Budarick41   +6#  
Craig Woodlands40   +10#
Peter Maynard40   +1#  
David Marshall24   +2#  
Kym Hodgeman23           
Robin Kidney21   +6#  
# non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1987

PlayerVotes
Chris McDermott281
Peter Carey214
David Marshall191
Peter Maynard129
David Kernahan124
Michael Murphy93
Scott Salisbury80
Kym Hodgeman77

1988 - 2nd

1988 Season Summary

1988 season chart
1988 was Graham Cornes' 4th year as coach, and Peter Carey's 6th and last year as captain. During the off-season Glenelg had gained John Schneebichler, Gary Christie, Warren Ralph & Chris Melican, but they lost Tony Hall, David Kernahan & Michael Murphy to the VFL.
Glenelg got off to a good start in 1988, on top of the ladder after 10 rounds with an 8-2 record. But a 10 point loss to Port at Alberton in round 11 began a losing streak of 5 losses in 6 matches, which had Glenelg sitting in 6th spot, half a game behind North in 5th at the conclusion of round 16. As it turned out they faced North at Prospect the very next round - and a loss would have left them 1 1/2 games out of the top five with 5 games to play.
In a season defining match, Glenelg defeated North by 33 points at Prospect to move back into the top 5, which is where they stayed for the rest of the minor round - despite narrowly losing 2 of their last 3 matches due to poor kicking for goal.
link to 1988 team photo
For the second season in a row, Glenelg would have to launch their premiership campaign via the elimination final. In the elimination final Glenelg defeated Sturt by 59 points, then they defeated Centrals in the first semi final by 21 points (thanks to poor kicking for goal by the Dogs), and Norwood in the preliminary final by 5 points. In the grand final, after being up 3-3 to 0-2 at quarter time, they only kicked 5 goals for the rest of the match and Port ran out winners by 29 points.
  • Chris McDermott won his 3rd straight club best & fairest award.
  • Craig Budarick was the club's top goalkicker with 41 goals.
  • Chris McDermott was appointed SA state captain.
  • Peter Carey broke an Australian record when he played his 447th senior game against Centrals on May 14.

Glenelg Results in 1988 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
1 2-AprFootball Park Glenelg 17-14116 d. Norwood 9-14 68Glenelg 482100
216-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 22-10142 d. Port Adel 15-13103Glenelg 391200
323-AprRichmond Oval Glenelg 16-17113 d. West Adel 10-18 78Glenelg 351300
430-AprFootball Park Sturt 16-13109 d. Glenelg 14-14 98Sturt 112310
5 7-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 27-19181 d. Woodville 7-13 55Glenelg 1262410
614-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 12-10 82 d. Cent.Dist 7- 7 49Glenelg 331510
721-MayFootball Park Glenelg 22-18150 d. W.Torrens 11-11 77Glenelg 731610
828-MayFootball Park Glenelg 16- 9105 d. North Adel13-11 89Glenelg 161710
9 4-JunNorwood Oval Norwood 10-11 71 d. Glenelg 7- 5 47Norwood 241720
1011-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 24-13157 d. South Adel10- 8 68Glenelg 891820
1118-JunAlberton Oval Port Adel 12-11 83 d. Glenelg 10-13 73Port Adel 102830
1225-JunGlenelg Oval West Adel 14-22106 d. Glenelg 13- 9 87West Adel 192840
13 2-JulAdelaide Oval Sturt 21-12138 d. Glenelg 20- 6126Sturt 124850
14 9-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 16-15111 d. Woodville 14-13 97Glenelg 144950
1516-JulFootball Park Cent.Dist 12-13 85 d. Glenelg 9- 8 62Cent.Dist 236960
1623-JulThebarton Oval W.Torrens 18-18126 d. Glenelg 16- 7103W.Torrens 236970
1730-JulProspect Oval Glenelg 16-15111 d. North Adel11-12 78Glenelg 3351070
18 6-AugFootball Park Glenelg 19-20134 d. South Adel 4- 4 28Glenelg 10641170
1913-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 16-12108 d. Norwood 10-11 71Glenelg 3741270
2020-AugFootball Park Port Adel 16- 9105 d. Glenelg 14-18102Port Adel 341280
2127-AugFootball Park West Adel 14-11 95 d. Glenelg 11-17 83West Adel 1251290
22 3-SepGlenelg Oval Glenelg 24-21165 d. Sturt 10-15 75Glenelg 9041390

Premiership Table at End of 1988 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 22 16 6 0 2424 1903 32 56.02 wlwwlwwwlwwlwwlwwwlwww 3 7 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
2Centrals 22 15 6 1 2572 1923 31 57.22 wwlwwlwwdlwwwwwwlwwllw 5 3 6 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
3Norwood 22 14 8 0 2384 1808 28 56.87 lwwlwwwlwwwllwwlwwlwwl 9 6 2 5 4 3 3 4 3 2 1 3 5 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
4Glenelg 22 13 9 0 2456 1854 26 56.98 wwwlwwwwlwlllwllwwwllw 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 4
5Sturt 22 13 9 0 2458 2284 26 51.83 llwwllwwwwlwwwwwllwlwl 8 9 8 7 7 8 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 5
6North Adel 22 11 10 1 2182 1983 23 52.39 lwlwwwlldwwwwlwllwlwll 6 4 7 4 3 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 3 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
7Woodville 22 9 13 0 2350 2606 18 47.42 lllllwlwwllwlllwwlwwlw 7 8 9 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
8West Adel 22 9 13 0 2124 2402 18 46.93 wwlllllllllwwlwlwllwww 4 2 5 6 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 7 7 9 8 8 8
9W.Torrens 22 8 14 0 1986 2488 16 44.39 wlwlwlllwlwllllwllwlwl 1 5 3 8 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 9 9 8 9 9 9
10South Adel 22 1 21 0 1540 3225 2 32.32 lllwllllllllllllllllll 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1988 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL11-SepFootball Park Glenelg 15-12102 d. Sturt 4-19 43Glenelg 59
QU10-SepFootball Park Norwood 15-10100 d. Cent.Dist 8-13 61Norwood 39
S118-SepFootball Park Glenelg 12- 9 81 d. Cent.Dist 7-18 60Glenelg 21
S217-SepFootball Park Port Adel 10-17 77 d. Norwood 2- 5 17Port Adel 60
PR25-SepFootball Park Glenelg 11-10 76 d. Norwood 10-11 71Glenelg 5
GF 1-OctFootball Park Port Adel 12-12 84 d. Glenelg 8- 7 55Port Adel 29

1988 Grand Final

Port Adelaide0 - 24 - 67 - 1012 - 1284
Glenelg3 - 33 - 54 - 7 8 - 755
Best PortHynes, Phillips, Leslie, Abernethy, Williams, Fiacchi, Delaney
GlenelgSeebohm, Hewett, Russell, A.Stringer, McDermott
ScorersPortHodges 4.0, Brown 2.2, Ginever 2.0, Foster 1.2, Harrison 1.1, Williams 1.1, R.Smith 1.0, Hutton 0.2, Kerr 0.1, Mahney 0.1, rushed 0.2
GlenelgBudarick 3.0, Mansell 2.0, Hewett 1.1, Hodgeman 1.1, A.Stringer 1.0, Maynard 0.1, West 0.1, Marshall 0.1, Carey 0.1, rushed 0.1
Attendance50,313 at Football Park

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1988

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
18127-19 Glenelg WD GLG 5 126 GL 27-19 WD 7-13 GLG 5
16524-21 Glenelg ST GLG 22 106 GL 19-20 SA 4- 4 FPK 18
15724-13 Glenelg SA GLG 10 90 GL 24-21 ST 10-15 GLG 22
15022-18 Glenelg WT FPK 7 89 GL 24-13 SA 10- 8 GLG 10
14222-10 Glenelg PA GLG 2 73 GL 22-18 WT 11-11 FPK 7
plus 11 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
13821-12 Sturt GL ADL 13 -29 PA 12-12 GL 8- 7 FPK GF
plus 5 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1988

Player Goals
Craig Budarick41   +4#
Kym Hodgeman36         
Peter Maynard29         
Geoff Winton27   +2#
Peter Carey26         
Nick Chigwidden22   +1#
Chris McDermott22         
John Schneebichler21   +5#
# non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1988

PlayerVotes
Chris McDermott269
Alan Stringer175
David Marshall129
Mark Hewett116
Peter Carey105
John Seebohm103
Scott Salisbury103

1989 - 5th

1990 - 2nd

1990 Season Summary

1990 season chart
1990 was a year of upheaval in the SANFL, and as it turned out the last SANFL premiership that was untainted by the presence of a local AFL side which effectively relegated the SANFL to a second tier feeder competition.
For a number of years, the SANFL had been under pressure to enter a side in the AFL competition, but had resisted due to disagreement over the terms of entry and concerns over what it would do to the SANFL competition. However during the 1990 season, Port Adelaide went behind the SANFL's back and secretly launched their own solo bid to join the AFL, which forced the SANFL's hand into entering a composite side into the AFL in 1991 - thus changing the SA football landscape forever.

Graham Cornes was Glenelg's coach in 1990 for the 6th and last season (as he became Adelaide's inaugural coach in 1991), and Chris McDermott was captain for his 2nd and last season (as he became Adelaide's inaugural captain in 1991).
With Chris McDermott available for the full season, an injury free John Fidge hitting his straps, the improvement in youngsters Robbie Thompson, Rod Jameson & Matthew Liptak, and the recruitment of Clayton Lamb from West, Glenelg were a rejuvenated side in 1990 and back to their dominating best of the early to mid 80's.
Glenelg took top spot off Port in round 3 by defeating them by 26 points at Football Park, and held on to top spot all the way through to round 16, until a loss to North by 21 points in round 17, allowed Port to snatch top spot and keep it.
link to 1990 team photo
Glenelg finished the minor round in 2nd spot, with a 16-3-1 record, half a game behind Port on 17-3.
Starting their finals campaign via the qualifying final for the first time since 1986, Glenelg were down at half-time by 26 points to North, but a 9 goal third term saw them lead by 12 points at the last change, and they held on to win by 23 points. This set up a grudge match against Port in the second semi final - just 3 days after the AFL had approved the SANFL's bid to join the AFL in 1991, instead of Port's. Glenelg led by 23 points at the final change, and held on to win by 11 points - but Clayton Lamb suffered a broken ankle and would be unavailable for the grand final. This was only Glenelg's fourth 2nd semi final victory from 12 attempts, and their first win over Port in a 2nd semi final after 5 successive losses. But in the end the win counted for nothing, as Glenelg were once again defeated by Port in the grand final by 15 points.
  • David Marshall won the club's best & fairest award, and was runner-up in the Magarey medal by 1 vote to Scott Hodges.
  • John Fidge was the club's top goalkicker with 124 goals, including 10 in a match against Sturt at Adelaide Oval - and became only the 4th Glenelg player to kick 100 goals in a season after Jack Owens, Colin Churchett & Fred Phillis.
  • Chris McDermott was appointed SA state captain.

Glenelg Results in 1990 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
114-AprFootball Park Glenelg 16- 8104 d. W.Torrens 9-10 64Glenelg 402100
225-AprAdelaide Oval Glenelg 21-10136 d. Sturt 10-11 71Glenelg 652200
330-AprFootball Park Glenelg 17-13115 d. Port Adel 13-11 89Glenelg 261300
4 5-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 29-19193 d. South Adel11- 7 73Glenelg 1201400
512-MayWoodville Oval Glenelg 19-13127 d. Woodville 19-12126Glenelg 11500
619-MayFootball Park Norwood 16- 8104 d. Glenelg 13- 7 85Norwood 191510
7 2-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 16-22118 dr West Adel 19- 4118Draw 01511
8 9-JunProspect Oval Glenelg 26-14170 d. North Adel17- 8110Glenelg 601611
916-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 14-21105 d. Cent.Dist 10- 6 66Glenelg 391711
1023-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 16-18114 d. W.Torrens 14- 7 91Glenelg 231811
1130-JunFootball Park Glenelg 18-18126 d. Sturt 10-13 73Glenelg 531911
1215-JulFootball Park Port Adel 21-15141 d. Glenelg 18-13121Port Adel 201921
1321-JulFootball Park Glenelg 21-19145 d. South Adel 9-15 69Glenelg 7611021
1428-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 22-22154 d. Woodville 11-17 83Glenelg 7111121
15 5-AugFootball Park Glenelg 11-14 80 d. Norwood 11- 3 69Glenelg 1111221
1611-AugFootball Park Glenelg 16-14110 d. West Adel 14-10 94Glenelg 1611321
1718-AugFootball Park North Adel 16-15111 d. Glenelg 13-12 90North Adel 2121331
1825-AugElizabeth Oval Glenelg 17-16118 d. Cent.Dist 14-11 95Glenelg 2321431
19 1-SepFootball Park Glenelg 19-20134 d. W.Torrens 8-11 59Glenelg 7521531
20 8-SepGlenelg Oval Glenelg 31-14200 d. Sturt 8-13 61Glenelg 13921631

Premiership Table at End of 1990 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 20 17 3 0 2713 1811 34 59.97 wwlwwlwwwwlwwwwwwwww 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
2Glenelg 20 16 3 1 2545 1767 33 59.02 wwwwwldwwwwlwwwwlwww 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
3North Adel 20 14 6 0 2203 1594 28 58.02 wwllwwwlwlwllwwwwwww 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
4Norwood 20 12 8 0 2159 1809 24 54.41 llwlwwwwwwwllwlwwwll 8 9 7 8 7 6 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
5South Adel 20 9 11 0 1977 2199 18 47.34 llwlwwlllwwwllwlllww 7 7 8 9 6 4 8 8 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5
6West Adel 20 8 11 1 2001 2316 17 46.35 wwlllwdllwlwllllwwwl 5 4 6 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 5 6
7Centrals 20 8 12 0 1998 2211 16 47.47 lllwlwlwlllwwwwwllll 10 10 10 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
8Woodville 20 7 13 0 1926 2259 14 46.02 wlwwllllllwlwlllwllw 4 6 5 3 4 5 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
9W.Torrens 20 6 14 0 1665 2136 12 43.80 lwwwllwlwllwllllllll 9 5 4 4 5 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 9
10Sturt 20 2 18 0 1577 2662 4 37.20 lllllllwllllwlllllll 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1990 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL16-SepFootball Park South Adel 19-18132 d. Norwood 13-12 90South Adel 42
QU15-SepFootball Park Glenelg 17-16118 d. North Adel14-11 95Glenelg 23
S123-SepFootball Park North Adel 23-14152 d. South Adel14-12 96North Adel 56
S222-SepFootball Park Glenelg 16-14110 d. Port Adel 15- 9 99Glenelg 11
PR29-SepFootball Park Port Adel 28-14182 d. North Adel14- 7 91Port Adel 91
GF 7-OctFootball Park Port Adel 16-12108 d. Glenelg 13-15 93Port Adel 15

1990 Grand Final

Port Adelaide4 - 510 - 713 - 916 - 12108
Glenelg5 - 2 6 - 7 9 - 1113 - 1593
Best PortFiacchi, Hodges, Hynes, Rizonico, Foster, Abernethy, Phillips, Tregenza, Ginever
GlenelgSeebohm, Symonds, Bartlett, Fidge, Thompson
ScorersPortHodges 6.6, Settre 3.0, Wanganeen 2.0, D.Smith 2.0, S.Williams 1.1, Mahney 1.1, M.Williams 1.0, Tregenza 0.2, rushed 0.2
GlenelgFidge 5.3, Murphy 3.0, Christie 1.2, Liptak 1.2, Jameson 1.1, Marshall 1.1, Salisbury 1.0, Symonds 0.1, McDermott 0.1, Chigwidden 0.1, rushed 0.3
Attendance50,589 at Football Park

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1990

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
20031-14 Glenelg ST GLG 20 139 GL 31-14 ST 8-13 GLG 20
19329-19 Glenelg SA GLG 4 120 GL 29-19 SA 11- 7 GLG 4
17026-14 Glenelg NA PRS 8 76 GL 21-19 SA 9-15 FPK 13
15422-22 Glenelg WD GLG 14 75 GL 19-20 WT 8-11 FPK 19
14521-19 Glenelg SA FPK 13 71 GL 22-22 WD 11-17 GLG 14
plus 14 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14121-15 Port Adel GL FPK 12 -21 NA 16-15 GL 13-12 FPK 17
plus 6 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1990

John Fidge91  +33#
Clayton Lamb49    +4#
Darren Mansell43*        
Tony Symonds28*        
Michael Murphy27*        
David Marshall23*        
Paul Rouvray23*        
* Includes other goals# other goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1990

PlayerVotes
David Marshall195
Robbie Thompson128
Chris McDermott126
Rod Jameson102
Paul Hallahan93
Matthew Liptak85
Gary Christie76

1991 - 6th

1992 - 2nd

1992 Season Summary

1992 season chart
Kym Hodgeman and Scott Salisbury continued as coach and captain for a 2nd season, and after 18 rounds Glenelg were sitting in 2nd place on the ladder with 10 wins & 6 losses. Then 3 successive losses saw Glenelg slip down to 4th position, only 1 game in front of South in 6th, with 3 games to play. Fortunately Glenelg's last 3 games were against the bottom 3 sides, which they won comfortably to finish the minor round in 4th position with 13 wins & 9 losses - and only percentage away from gaining 3rd spot and the double chance.
In the elimination final, they thumped South by 51 points, then came from 4 goals down at quarter time to beat North by 6 points in the first semi final, and then belted Woodville-West Torrens by 64 points in the preliminary final - with John Fidge kicking 11 goals.
link to 1992 team photo
So for the 5th time in 16 seasons Glenelg faced up to Port in the grand final. Since the arrival of Neil Kerley in 1967, Glenelg had a 6-6 win-loss record in all finals against Port excluding grand finals, but over the same period of time they had a 0-4 record against Port in grand finals. Unfortunately the trend continued and Port won the grand final comfortably by 56 points.
  • Nick Chigwidden won his 2nd club best & fairest award.
  • In an injury interrupted season John Fidge still managed to be the club's top goalkicker (for the 2nd time) with 91 goals, including 3 matches where he kicked 10 goals or more - 13 goals against West at Glenelg, 11 goals against Sturt at Glenelg & 11 goals against WW Eagles in the preliminary final.
  • Mark Russell was 2nd on Glenelg's goalkicking list with 72 goals, including 10 in a match against Centrals at Adelaide Oval.
  • Andrew McKay was runner-up in the Magarey medal to Nathan Buckley.
  • Two weeks after the end of the season Kym Hodgeman was re-appointed coach for 1993, but a week later the coach & club had parted ways.

Glenelg Results in 1992 Minor Round

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & MarginLadder
Pos.
WLD
121-MarGlenelg Oval South Adel 22-13145 d. Glenelg 13-15 93South Adel 526010
228-MarFootball Park WW Eagles 16-10106 d. Glenelg 11-13 79WW Eagles 278020
3 4-AprGlenelg Oval Glenelg 17-15117 d. North Adel17-14116Glenelg 16120
411-AprNorwood Oval Norwood 20-19139 d. Glenelg 13-13 91Norwood 487130
518-AprElizabeth Oval Glenelg 19-19133 d. Cent.Dist 14-16100Glenelg 335230
625-AprFootball Park Glenelg 19- 8122 d. Sturt 11-13 79Glenelg 435330
8 9-MayGlenelg Oval Port Adel 17-20122 d. Glenelg 14-12 96Port Adel 266340
918-MayFootball Park Glenelg 22-17149 d. West Adel 15- 9 99Glenelg 506440
1023-MayFootball Park Glenelg 17-10112 d. South Adel 8-17 65Glenelg 473540
1130-MayGlenelg Oval Glenelg 20-14134 d. WW Eagles 13-16 94Glenelg 403640
12 6-JunFootball Park North Adel 19-11125 d. Glenelg 10-13 73North Adel 523650
1313-JunGlenelg Oval Glenelg 20-10130 d. Norwood 17-11113Glenelg 173750
1420-JunAdelaide Oval Glenelg 30-19199 d. Cent.Dist 10-14 74Glenelg 1252850
1527-JunAdelaide Oval Glenelg 15-16106 d. Sturt 10-19 79Glenelg 272950
1711-JulFootball Park Port Adel 15-12102 d. Glenelg 12-13 85Port Adel 173960
1818-JulGlenelg Oval Glenelg 20-19139 d. West Adel 11-12 78Glenelg 6121060
1925-JulAdelaide Oval South Adel 17-15117 d. Glenelg 13-11 89South Adel 2831070
20 1-AugFootball Park WW Eagles 15-20110 d. Glenelg 11- 8 74WW Eagles 3641080
21 8-AugProspect Oval North Adel 8-18 66 d. Glenelg 7-11 53North Adel 1341090
2215-AugFootball Park Glenelg 17-16118 d. Norwood 14-12 96Glenelg 2241190
2429-AugGlenelg Oval Glenelg 13-13 91 d. Cent.Dist 4- 9 33Glenelg 5841290
25 5-SepGlenelg Oval Glenelg 22-16148 d. Sturt 12-13 85Glenelg 6341390

Premiership Table at End of 1992 Minor Round

TeamP.W.L.D.ForAgnstPts%Win-Loss SequenceLadder Position each Round
1Port Adel 22 18 4 0 2673 1946 36 57.87 wlwwwwwwwwwwwwlwwwwlwl 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2WW Eagles 22 15 7 0 2173 2051 30 51.44 lwlwwlwwlllwwwwwwwlwww 7 6 7 8 6 6 6 5 3 4 5 7 8 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
3North Adel 22 13 9 0 2372 2006 26 54.18 lllllwwwlwwwlwwwlwwwwl 5 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3
4Glenelg 22 13 9 0 2431 2143 26 53.15 llwlwwlwwwlwwwlwlllwww 6 8 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
5South Adel 22 11 11 0 2371 2411 22 49.58 wwwlwllllllwllwwwlwwwl 3 2 1 3 2 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5
6West Adel 22 10 12 0 2266 2290 20 49.74 wwlwlwwlwlwlwlwlllllwl 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6
7Norwood 22 9 13 0 2187 2045 18 51.68 wwwllwllwllwllllwwlllw - 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8Centrals 22 8 14 0 2038 2467 16 45.24 wlllwllwwwllllllwlwllw 1 3 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9Sturt 22 2 20 0 1667 2819 4 37.16 llwllllllllllwllllllll 8 9 9 6 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

1992 Finals Results

RndDateGroundMatch ScoresWinner & Margin
EL12-SepFootball Park Glenelg 24-10154 d. South Adel15-13103Glenelg 51
QU12-SepFootball Park WW Eagles 24-10154 d. North Adel 7-10 52WW Eagles 102
S119-SepFootball Park Glenelg 14-11 95 d. North Adel13-11 89Glenelg 6
S219-SepFootball Park Port Adel 16-15111 d. WW Eagles 10-12 72Port Adel 39
PR27-SepFootball Park Glenelg 19-12126 d. WW Eagles 9- 8 62Glenelg 64
GF 3-OctFootball Park Port Adel 17- 3105 d. Glenelg 7- 7 49Port Adel 56

1992 Grand Final

Port Adelaide1 - 28 - 315 - 317 - 3105
Glenelg3 - 34 - 6 6 - 7 7 - 749
Best PortBuckley, Abernethy, Delaney, Hodges, D.Smith, R.Smith, Northeast, Chalmers, Rizonico
GlenelgMansell, McKay, Hallahan, Thompson, Reubenicht, Fidge
ScorersPortHodges 6.0, D.Smith 3.0, Buckley 2.2, Settre 1.0, Foster 1.0, Chalmers 1.0, Borlase 1.0, Brown 1.0, Ginever 1.0, S.Williams 0.1
GlenelgFidge 4.3, Lamb 1.2, Mansell 1.1, Salisbury 1.0, Seebohm 0.1
Attendance42,242 at Football Park

Glenelg's Highest Scores and Margins in 1992

Glenelg's Highest Scores  Biggest Winning Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
19930-19 Glenelg CD ADL 14 125 GL 30-19 CD 10-14 ADL 14
15424-10 Glenelg SA FPK EL 64 GL 19-12 WW 9- 8 FPK PR
14922-17 Glenelg WA FPK 9 63 GL 22-16 ST 12-13 GLG 25
14822-16 Glenelg ST GLG 25 61 GL 20-19 WA 11-12 GLG 18
plus 10 other scores of 100+ points
Highest Scores Against Glenelg  Biggest Losing Margins
PtsScoreByvsVenueRoundPtsScoresVenueRound
14522-13 South Adel GL GLG 1 -56 PA 17- 3 GL 7- 7 FPK GF
plus 12 other scores of 100+ points

Glenelg Leading Goalkickers in 1992

Player Goals
John Fidge84    +7#
Mark Russell57  +15#
Clayton Lamb53    +2#
Darren Mansell37*        
Nick Chigwidden34*        
Michael Murphy33*        
Craig Budarick28*        
Paul Hallahan25*        
#non-SANFL goals
* Includes non-SANFL goals

Glenelg Best & Fairest Voting in 1992

PlayerVotes
Nick Chigwidden170
Darren Mansell159
Andrew McKay153
Dwaine Kretschmer105
Lynden Bow94
Paul Hallahan86
John Fidge82
Chris Duthy80

1993 - 4th

1994 - 5th

1999 - 4th

2006 - 6th

2007 - 4th

2008 - 2nd

2009 - 3rd

2010 - 4th

2011 - 5th

2012 - 6th

2017 - 7th

2019 - 1st

2020 - 4th

2021 - 2nd

2022 - 4th

2023 - 1st