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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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1971 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1971 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Glenelg 6.310.415.617.9 111 LOST Port Adelaide 3.310.1213.1818.20 128 -17 ELZ Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Glenelg 7.414.1116.1319.19 133 LOST South Adelaide 5.27.516.1221.15 141 -8 GLE Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 3.54.117.148.15 63 LOST Central District 3.47.98.1111.14 80 -17 GLE Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 3.15.48.68.7 55 LOST Sturt 2.05.57.710.10 70 -15 ADO Apr 26 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
5 H Glenelg 2.27.69.813.15 93 WON West Torrens 3.53.77.88.8 56 37 GLE May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Glenelg 3.104.158.1615.18 108 LOST Norwood 4.29.615.1418.17 125 -17 NOR May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 2.38.612.815.9 99 LOST North Adelaide 1.83.127.1616.19 115 -16 ADO May 17 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
8 H Glenelg 5.68.815.1318.20 128 WON West Adelaide 4.57.610.812.10 82 46 GLE May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Glenelg 3.48.1013.1319.20 134 WON Woodville 6.16.19.213.4 82 52 WOO May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Glenelg 4.47.913.1317.20 122 WON Port Adelaide 4.46.810.915.12 102 20 GLE Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Glenelg 3.34.45.57.6 48 LOST South Adelaide 6.713.918.1221.16 142 -94 ADO Jun 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Glenelg 5.310.818.822.13 145 WON Central District 2.46.1110.1316.15 111 34 ELZ Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Glenelg 5.66.119.1612.22 94 WON Sturt 3.45.510.813.9 87 7 GLE Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Glenelg 1.15.35.310.10 70 LOST West Torrens 4.47.514.815.10 100 -30 THB Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Glenelg 4.110.812.917.13 115 WON Norwood 2.44.413.717.10 112 3 GLE Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Glenelg 2.63.83.118.17 65 LOST North Adelaide 1.39.512.814.9 93 -28 PRO Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Glenelg 3.18.215.821.10 136 WON West Adelaide 3.24.58.512.9 81 55 RIC Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Glenelg 8.215.723.1532.21 213 WON Woodville 1.22.36.56.7 43 170 GLE Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Glenelg 2.44.56.107.12 54 LOST Sturt 0.26.47.613.10 88 -34 UNL Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Glenelg 3.26.512.1013.11 89 LOST North Adelaide 3.39.119.1115.18 108 -19 GLE Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Glenelg 2.12.36.98.9 57 LOST Port Adelaide 4.09.39.412.12 84 -27 ALB Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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