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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Adelaide Football Club

Known as
South Adelaide

Nickname
Panthers

Formed
1876

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
South Adelaide Reserves; South Adelaide U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; South Adelaide U16s; South Adelaide WFC; South Adelaide U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1877–2024

Home Ground
Hickinbotham Oval

SANFL Premierships
1877, 1885, 1892-3, 1895-6, 1898-9, 1935, 1938, 1964 (11 total)

Senior Premierships
NFL Series: 1978-9 (2 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1984, 1986, 1991 (3 total)

Most Games
337 - Stuart Palmer (1969-1985)

Most Goals
393 - Chris 'Diddy' Munro (1928-30, 1932-37)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Wardrop (14) 1882; H.Hill (19) 1885; Alf Bushby (25) 1887; Jack Kay (25) 1896, (35) 1898 & (28) 1902; S.Scott (54) 1945; Danny Del-Re (95) 1995; Michael Wundke (67) 2011 & (52) 2013 (63) 2014; Brett Eddy (68) 2016 (11 total)

Magarey Medalists
Frank Barry (1915); Dan Moriarty (1919, 1920, 1921); Jack Cockburn (1935); Jim Deane (1953, 1957); Mark Naley (1991); Andrew Osborn (1998); Joel Cross 2012 & 2015; Bryce Gibbs 2021 (8 medallists / 12 medals)

Headquarters
1 Lovelock Drive, Noarlunga Downs, SA 5168

Phone: (08) 8186 8200 

Website
safc.com.au

CEO
H.K. Cutting

President
C.W. Francis

South Adelaide



Grand Finals | Honour board | Notable players
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"All the elements of a good orchestra were there in 1963; what was needed now was an expert conductor, and throughout that season South was determinedly courting the man they had in mind. That man was Donald Neil Kerley, who in 1961, as playing coach, had been responsible for steering West Adelaide to a long overdue premiership. The following year he had failed by just three points to repeat the achievement, and to the astonishment of many had been dumped as coach in favour of Doug Thomas. Although he carried on with the club as a player in 1963, the South committee sensed - rightly, as it turned out - that here was a plant ripe for the picking ... "

John Devaney charts the chequered history of South Australia's second oldest club

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2000 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 2000 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Adelaide 4.58.99.1214.15 99 DRAW North Adelaide 3.58.910.1214.15 99 0 NOA Mar 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A South Adelaide 2.110.514.817.15 117 WON West Adelaide 3.36.710.1114.15 99 18 RIC Mar 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 South Adelaide       Bye        
4 A South Adelaide 6.212.515.716.10 106 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 9.413.415.1017.11 113 -7 ALB Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H South Adelaide 7.012.316.922.12 144 WON Glenelg 7.29.612.613.10 88 56 NOA Apr 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A South Adelaide 1.15.67.78.8 56 LOST Sturt 3.86.96.1110.20 80 -24 ADO Apr 14 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Adelaide 6.38.611.914.12 96 LOST Woodville West Torrens 4.38.513.1317.20 122 -26 WOO Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Adelaide 3.46.99.1112.12 84 WON Norwood 3.05.46.811.9 75 9 NOA Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 South Adelaide       Bye        
10 H South Adelaide 3.47.68.610.10 70 LOST West Adelaide 5.16.29.511.7 73 -3 ADO May 15 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
11 A South Adelaide 4.47.810.1012.15 87 WON North Adelaide 1.53.116.138.15 63 24 PRO May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Adelaide 1.25.75.87.14 56 WON Sturt 2.42.56.96.10 46 10 NOA May 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 1.11.12.22.3 15 LOST Woodville West Torrens 0.41.84.119.16 70 -55 NOA Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A South Adelaide 5.29.213.516.7 103 LOST Central District 7.115.322.527.14 176 -73 ELZ Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H South Adelaide 3.35.48.89.9 63 WON Glenelg 2.34.65.88.10 58 5 ADO Jun 16 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Adelaide 7.17.214.916.10 106 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 4.111.514.620.8 128 -22 NOA Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Adelaide 1.22.33.58.5 53 LOST Norwood 4.27.913.1118.16 124 -71 NOR Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A South Adelaide 3.77.1310.1814.21 105 WON North Adelaide 1.24.37.88.9 57 48 ADO Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 South Adelaide       Bye        
20 H South Adelaide 5.67.811.1414.14 98 LOST West Adelaide 3.29.311.517.11 113 -15 NOA Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H South Adelaide 7.17.116.117.6 108 WON Central District 2.18.88.1213.13 91 17 NOA Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A South Adelaide 1.38.612.921.13 139 WON Glenelg 4.07.212.414.7 91 48 GLE Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 A South Adelaide 5.59.710.1012.14 86 LOST Sturt 6.411.1018.1522.22 154 -68 UNL Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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