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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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1991 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1991 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Glenelg 6.68.814.1322.22 154 WON Norwood 3.28.513.513.5 83 71 FBP Mar 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Glenelg 2.64.116.1713.20 98 WON West Adelaide 1.27.77.119.15 69 29 RIC Mar 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 5.310.719.1021.15 141 WON South Adelaide 3.47.811.1017.16 118 23 FBP Apr 8 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 Glenelg       Bye        
5 A Glenelg 2.56.109.1314.15 99 LOST North Adelaide 7.712.820.1226.17 173 -74 FBP Apr 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Glenelg 3.24.38.710.10 70 LOST Port Adelaide 4.27.68.1013.14 92 -22 FBP Apr 25 (Thu, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 1.26.410.516.11 107 LOST Central District 3.78.815.919.11 125 -18 ELZ May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Glenelg 8.415.622.824.12 156 WON Woodville West Torrens 3.011.115.318.6 114 42 FBP May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Glenelg 6.38.511.1217.15 117 WON Sturt 3.09.211.414.5 89 28 FBP May 20 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
10 H Glenelg 6.415.915.1119.13 127 WON Norwood 4.35.410.513.7 85 42 FBP May 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Glenelg 2.13.57.614.9 93 LOST West Adelaide 8.19.315.416.5 101 -8 FBP Jun 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Glenelg 2.13.27.69.8 62 LOST South Adelaide 4.211.614.1219.16 130 -68 ADO Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 Glenelg       Bye        
14 A Glenelg 4.26.412.817.9 111 WON North Adelaide 0.72.134.1410.16 76 35 PRO Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Glenelg 3.49.610.1010.11 71 LOST Port Adelaide 3.35.612.1016.20 116 -45 FBP Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Glenelg 1.45.69.716.15 111 WON Central District 6.410.614.916.9 105 6 FBP Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Glenelg 4.26.69.714.11 95 LOST Woodville West Torrens 3.610.916.1519.18 132 -37 FBP Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Glenelg 5.211.516.719.12 126 WON Sturt 2.36.68.817.11 113 13 ADO Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Glenelg 3.34.55.56.6 42 LOST Norwood 2.88.1014.1619.24 138 -96 NOR Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Glenelg 2.04.58.713.10 88 LOST West Adelaide 5.310.912.1118.15 123 -35 RIC Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Glenelg 4.46.911.1213.16 94 LOST South Adelaide 3.35.411.817.11 113 -19 FBP Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 Glenelg       Bye        
23 A Glenelg 3.36.96.1010.14 74 LOST Central District 5.38.614.914.9 93 -19 FBP Aug 26 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
24 H Glenelg 2.78.912.1219.12 126 WON North Adelaide 5.27.516.518.6 114 12 FBP Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
25 A Glenelg 4.67.811.912.12 84 LOST Port Adelaide 3.18.511.1115.15 105 -21 FBP Sep 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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