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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 Adelaide-Glenelg; Glenelg WFC; Glenelg U16s; Glenelg U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1921–2024

Home Ground
Glenelg Oval

SANFL Premierships
1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023 (6 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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1926 Season (SAFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1926 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Glenelg 0.01.61.62.10 22 LOST West Torrens 3.103.109.1910.21 81 -59 THB May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H Glenelg 2.32.34.65.9 39 LOST West Adelaide 2.24.78.911.10 76 -37 GLE May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A Glenelg 3.14.17.39.4 58 LOST Port Adelaide 4.39.1012.1517.21 123 -65 ALB May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H Glenelg 4.34.56.99.10 64 LOST Sturt 1.18.311.614.11 95 -31 GLE May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Glenelg 0.43.75.98.12 60 LOST North Adelaide 7.47.59.139.14 68 -8 GLE May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Glenelg 1.24.78.712.9 81 WON South Adelaide 4.35.58.910.11 71 10 ADO Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Glenelg 3.45.58.610.10 70 WON Norwood 2.34.48.410.6 66 4 GLE Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Glenelg 3.24.56.77.13 55 WON West Torrens 2.15.37.77.7 49 6 GLE Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Glenelg 2.23.26.57.7 49 LOST West Adelaide 0.25.77.1110.17 77 -28 ADO Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H Glenelg 2.13.28.511.5 71 LOST Port Adelaide 1.55.126.1310.17 77 -6 GLE Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H Glenelg 2.96.1414.1616.16 112 WON South Adelaide 1.36.58.612.13 85 27 GLE Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A Glenelg 1.01.13.14.3 27 LOST Sturt 2.73.87.1010.12 72 -45 UNL Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Glenelg 2.14.34.59.6 60 LOST North Adelaide 4.24.95.188.21 69 -9 PRO Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Glenelg 1.24.56.79.8 62 LOST Norwood 7.514.619.920.10 130 -68 NOR Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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