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KEY FACTS

Official name
Glenelg Football Club

Known as
Glenelg

Nickname
Tigers (also popularly referred to as 'The Bays')

Formed
1920

Colours
Black and gold

Associated clubs
Glenelg Reserves; Glenelg U18s; West Glenelg; Glenelg WFC; Glenelg U16s; Glenelg U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1921–2025

Home Ground
Glenelg Oval

SANFL Premierships
1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023-24 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1969, 1973, 1975-6, 1981, 1990, 2009-10, 2019 (9 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-Season Series: 1959, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1992 (5 total)

Most Games
448 - Peter Carey (1971-1988)

Most Goals
869 - D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966–78, 1981)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Owens (80) 1928, (83) 1929 & (102) 1932; C.Churchett (88) 1948, (72) 1949, (105) 1950 & (102) 1951; D.Phillis (137) 1969, (107) 1970, (99) 1971, (108) 1975 & (98) 1976; T.Grima (58) 2010; C.Alleway (47) 2015; L.McBean (46) 2019, (38) 2020, (51) 2021 (17 total)

Magarey Medalists
J.Handby 1928; G.Johnston 1934; M.Brock 1940; M.Boyall 1941; A.Crabb 1949; D.Phillis 1969; K.Hodgeman 1978; A.McGuinness 1982; B.Backwell 2006; L.Partington 2019 (10 total)

Headquarters
64 Brighton Rd, Glenelg East, SA 5045

Postal Address
PO Box 72, Glenelg, SA, 5045

Phone: 1300 687 258 

Email
reception@glenelgfc.com.au

Website
glenelgfc.com.au

Glenelg



In 1973, the quintessential 'Kerley method’ - glimpsed, perhaps, in 1964 with South Adelaide, and again with the 1969 Tigers - came at last to full fruition. Glenelg in ‘73 was, in terms of its average standard of performance, a VFL side in all but name. With [one] exception it not only never lost, it never looked like doing so - until that ‘one day in September’...

John Devaney looks back at Glenelg's SANFL history which, to many, represents a frustrating record of underachievement.

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2025 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 2025 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Glenelg 3.35.711.1014.14 98 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 2.04.34.54.10 34 64 ALB Mar 28 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
2 H Glenelg 4.36.410.611.11 77 WON Central District 1.33.74.86.11 47 30 GLE Apr 5 (Sat, 4:40) Scores
3 H Glenelg 4.39.512.614.10 94 LOST Adelaide Reserves 5.79.1013.1214.14 98 -4 GLE Apr 18 (Fri, 4:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 5.36.610.718.11 119 WON Norwood 3.06.59.911.10 76 43 GLE Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 A Glenelg        vs Sturt          UNL May 4 (Sun, 2:10)  
6 H Glenelg        vs Woodville West Torrens          GLE May 11 (Sun, 2:30)  
7 H Glenelg        vs West Adelaide          GLE May 24 (Sat, 2:10)  
8 A Glenelg        vs South Adelaide          NOA May 31 (Sat, 2:30)  
9 H Glenelg        vs North Adelaide          GLE Jun 8 (Sun, 2:10)  
10 H Glenelg        vs Sturt          GLE Jun 22 (Sun, 2:10)  
11 A Glenelg        vs Norwood          NOR Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)  
12 A Glenelg        vs West Adelaide          RIC Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)  
13 H Glenelg        vs Adelaide Reserves          GLE Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
14 H Glenelg        vs South Adelaide          GLE Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
15 Glenelg       Bye        
16 A Glenelg        vs Woodville West Torrens          WOO Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 A Glenelg        vs North Adelaide          PRO Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 H Glenelg        vs Port Adelaide Magpies          GLE Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 A Glenelg        vs Central District          ELZ Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)  
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.