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KEY FACTS

Official name
Norwood Football Club

Known as
Norwood

Nickname
Redlegs

Formed
1878

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Norwood Reserves; Norwood U18s; Norwood North; Norwood WFC; Norwood U16s; Norwood U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1878–2025

Home Ground
Norwood Oval

SANFL Premierships
1878-79-80-81-82-83, 1887-88-89, 1891, 1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1922-23, 1925, 1929, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2012-13-14, 2022 (31 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia 1888, 1907 (2 total); Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy 1965, 1974, 1982, 1984-5-6-7, 1995-6-7-8, 2011-12 (13 total); NFL Series 1977 (1 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series 1956, 1958 (2 total); Living Health Cup (minor premiers) 1997

Most Games
336 - Garry McIntosh (1982-1998)

Most Goals
669 - Bruce Schultz (1933–41)

League Top Goalkickers
Bill Dedman (12) 1878 & (12) 1879; Joe Traynor (7) 1880; W.Duffy & Joe 'Curly' Pollock (both 7) 1881; Charles Woods (29) 1888, (55) 1891 & (46) 1892; Anthony Daly (88) 1893, (47) 1894, (46) 1895 & (32) 1899; Bill 'Darky' Miller (44) 1901 & (35) 1904; Richard 'Bruce' Townsend (22) 1909; Roy Bent (42) 1921, (53) 1924, (59) 1925 & (65) 1926; Thomas Hart (50) 1922; Bruce Schultz (100) 1941; Peter Dalwood (70) 1946; Max Mayo (78) 1953; Ian Brewer (96) 1965; Michael Coligan (81) 1972; Jim West (80) 1997 (25 total)

Magarey Medalists
Alby Green (1898), Charlie Perry (1915); Walter Scott (1921, 1924, 1930); Alick Lill (1925); Bill McCallum (1936); John Marriott (1951); Ron Kneebone (1966); Michael Aish (1981); Garry McIntosh (1994 & 1995); Andrew Jarman (1997); Matt Thomas (2013); Mitch Grigg 2017 & 2018 (12 Medallists/16 Medals)

Headquarters
4 Woods St, Norwood, SA 5067

Phone: (08) 8362 6278 

Website
norwoodfc.com.au

CEO
D.J. Wark

President
D.L. Brion

Norwood



"Jack Oatey, having fine-tuned his tactical knowledge during a wartime stint with South Melbourne in the VFL, was appointed Norwood’s captain-coach in 1945. Aged just 24, Oatey was not greeted with universal acclaim by his teammates, and indeed throughout his coaching tenure at the Parade there were some who persisted in viewing him with distrust. In part this was because Oatey was an immensely self-confident, forthright young man who was constitutionally antipathetic to the ‘politics of consensus’ by means of which most Australian football clubs of the time tended to operate. Paradoxically, this same forthrightness, when applied to the coaching sphere, was one of Oatey’s strengths, and a primary reason for his success ... "

John Devaney examines the Redlegs' rich history - including their early dominance of South Australian football

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2004 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Norwood's 2004 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Norwood 4.26.68.89.10 64 LOST Sturt 3.58.710.918.13 121 -57 NOR Apr 2 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
2 A Norwood 4.37.813.1213.15 93 LOST West Adelaide 5.28.312.517.9 111 -18 RIC Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Norwood 7.38.69.912.11 83 LOST North Adelaide 2.08.413.619.8 122 -39 NOR Apr 16 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
4 Norwood       Bye        
5 A Norwood 5.47.510.1014.12 96 WON South Adelaide 0.05.37.69.8 62 34 NOA May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Norwood 5.18.412.715.11 101 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 5.16.412.615.8 98 3 ADO May 7 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
7 H Norwood 4.14.28.711.14 80 LOST Central District 5.313.615.722.9 141 -61 NOR May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Norwood 3.47.513.814.11 95 LOST Glenelg 1.37.911.1119.12 126 -31 GLE May 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 A Norwood 4.39.612.912.9 81 LOST Woodville West Torrens 3.26.310.418.6 114 -33 WOO May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Norwood 0.31.53.98.11 59 LOST South Adelaide 3.36.610.1112.14 86 -27 NOR Jun 4 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
11 H Norwood 1.32.52.75.8 38 LOST West Adelaide 0.11.65.99.14 68 -30 NOR Jun 11 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
12 Norwood       Bye        
13 A Norwood 2.12.42.42.5 17 LOST Sturt 3.35.710.1116.13 109 -92 ADO Jun 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
14 A Norwood 0.52.74.94.9 33 LOST North Adelaide 3.16.79.1114.16 100 -67 PRO Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Norwood 3.15.35.38.5 53 LOST Woodville West Torrens 3.37.412.817.12 114 -61 NOR Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Norwood 5.19.313.417.12 114 WON Glenelg 0.41.41.41.4 10 104 NOR Jul 16 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
17 A Norwood 4.47.67.89.12 66 LOST Central District 7.411.714.1017.14 116 -50 ELZ Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Norwood 1.34.55.107.12 54 LOST Sturt 5.28.49.713.8 86 -32 UNL Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 Norwood       Bye        
20 H Norwood 1.55.67.710.8 68 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 4.25.56.116.15 51 17 NOR Aug 13 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
21 A Norwood 4.110.110.714.12 96 LOST West Adelaide 6.47.710.1114.14 98 -2 ADO Aug 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
22 H Norwood 5.27.58.79.7 61 LOST Woodville West Torrens 5.16.212.815.14 104 -43 NOR Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 H Norwood 1.23.36.38.5 53 LOST Glenelg 3.57.614.1017.16 118 -65 ADO Sep 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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