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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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1977 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1977 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Glenelg 8.413.620.920.15 135 LOST Port Adelaide 7.112.719.825.12 162 -27 ALB Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Glenelg 3.39.1113.1219.19 133 WON Sturt 7.58.711.1011.12 78 55 FBP Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 1.83.116.159.21 75 LOST Norwood 3.16.510.813.13 91 -16 GLE Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 7.413.619.1022.16 148 WON South Adelaide 2.36.810.1111.15 81 67 FBP Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Glenelg 3.58.715.1619.18 132 WON North Adelaide 4.55.106.117.17 59 73 GLE Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Glenelg 12.614.918.1125.15 165 WON Woodville 2.24.46.511.7 73 92 WOO May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 2.23.73.107.12 54 LOST West Torrens 6.310.514.719.10 124 -70 THB May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Glenelg 4.59.914.1317.13 115 LOST Central District 2.67.1110.1417.16 118 -3 ELZ May 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Glenelg 4.36.914.1024.12 156 WON West Adelaide 3.33.67.107.16 58 98 FBP May 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Glenelg 5.39.612.1215.14 104 WON Port Adelaide 4.44.78.1211.17 83 21 GLE Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Glenelg 3.57.711.1013.14 92 LOST Sturt 2.17.114.422.7 139 -47 UNL Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Glenelg 3.18.513.715.8 98 WON Norwood 1.34.69.913.17 95 3 NOR Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Glenelg 7.28.413.818.8 116 WON South Adelaide 3.210.712.816.11 107 9 GLE Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Glenelg 9.517.925.1134.15 219 WON North Adelaide 1.33.48.411.6 72 147 GLE Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Glenelg 7.114.624.1032.15 207 WON Woodville 6.48.69.811.13 79 128 GLE Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Glenelg 7.410.1012.1721.22 148 WON West Torrens 6.410.712.1014.14 98 50 FBP Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Glenelg 3.04.16.78.11 59 LOST West Adelaide 3.75.117.129.13 67 -8 RIC Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Glenelg 5.46.812.1217.17 119 LOST Central District 4.311.1015.1321.15 141 -22 GLE Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Glenelg 3.23.410.812.14 86 WON Sturt 1.55.77.912.9 81 5 FBP Aug 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 A Glenelg 3.78.1412.2016.24 120 WON Norwood 3.36.79.811.12 78 42 FBP Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Glenelg 2.43.45.98.14 62 LOST Port Adelaide 3.39.913.1217.13 115 -53 FBP Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Glenelg 3.19.514.820.13 133 WON South Adelaide 2.64.68.913.12 90 43 GLE Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF H Glenelg 4.29.216.220.6 126 WON West Adelaide 3.25.310.613.8 86 40 FBP Sep 4 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Glenelg 3.24.38.49.5 59 LOST Port Adelaide 2.26.67.812.12 84 -25 FBP Sep 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF H Glenelg 0.33.85.911.14 80 WON West Adelaide 1.42.55.97.12 54 26 FBP Sep 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
GF A Glenelg 5.28.312.616.9 105 LOST Port Adelaide 4.39.713.917.11 113 -8 FBP Sep 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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