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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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1980 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1980 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Glenelg 2.48.813.1120.14 134 WON West Adelaide 0.33.54.58.9 57 77 RIC Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Glenelg 4.47.716.1121.17 143 WON North Adelaide 5.610.1014.1317.15 117 26 GLE Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 5.710.1316.2024.26 170 WON Central District 2.57.1112.1215.18 108 62 GLE Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 1.12.45.98.14 62 LOST West Torrens 4.36.108.149.18 72 -10 ADO Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 A Glenelg 8.117.421.729.11 185 WON Woodville 2.46.67.88.11 59 126 WOO May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Glenelg 5.47.118.1714.22 106 WON Norwood 3.16.67.99.13 67 39 FBP May 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 3.85.118.159.17 71 LOST Port Adelaide 3.38.1010.1018.14 122 -51 FBP May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Glenelg 8.49.1014.1917.20 122 WON Sturt 2.46.87.1011.13 79 43 GLE May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Glenelg 2.36.711.1220.16 136 WON South Adelaide 3.55.813.1015.12 102 34 FBP May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Glenelg 6.211.618.1023.15 153 WON West Adelaide 3.26.512.816.13 109 44 GLE Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Glenelg 4.89.1013.1418.15 123 WON North Adelaide 1.13.94.106.12 48 75 PRO Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 A Glenelg 4.79.1115.1417.14 116 WON Central District 2.15.410.615.15 105 11 FBP Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Glenelg 6.310.516.916.12 108 WON West Torrens 3.36.116.139.16 70 38 THB Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Glenelg 8.512.720.1126.17 173 WON Woodville 3.57.911.1513.19 97 76 GLE Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Glenelg 3.29.411.1018.14 122 WON Norwood 2.96.128.1412.18 90 32 NOR Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Glenelg 6.77.1313.2014.26 110 WON Port Adelaide 0.45.88.912.14 86 24 GLE Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Glenelg 5.36.312.1413.20 98 LOST Sturt 4.27.812.1115.19 109 -11 UNL Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Glenelg 7.610.616.1123.13 151 WON South Adelaide 4.19.1010.1515.19 109 42 GLE Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Glenelg 2.48.1014.1822.24 156 WON West Adelaide 7.512.715.1018.12 120 36 FBP Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Glenelg 7.218.923.1427.18 180 WON North Adelaide 5.86.139.1611.22 88 92 PRO Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Glenelg 6.514.1019.1522.20 152 WON Central District 4.310.612.816.12 108 44 GLE Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Glenelg 3.54.69.915.12 102 WON West Torrens 2.35.78.1111.16 82 20 FBP Sep 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF H Glenelg 0.27.710.813.12 90 LOST Sturt 6.128.1312.1616.23 119 -29 FBP Sep 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF H Glenelg 2.03.55.78.11 59 LOST Norwood 2.22.89.1213.18 96 -37 FBP Sep 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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