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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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2015 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 2015 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Glenelg 6.38.410.512.5 77 LOST South Adelaide 4.25.311.814.13 97 -20 GLE Apr 3 (Fri, 3:10) Scores
2 A Glenelg 4.16.212.413.4 82 LOST Sturt 4.28.711.1016.14 110 -28 UNL Apr 11 (Sat, 1:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 3.25.55.59.11 65 LOST Central District 0.35.710.1011.14 80 -15 GLE Apr 17 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 4.34.67.97.9 51 DRAW Adelaide Reserves 3.13.64.77.9 51 0 GLE Apr 24 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
5 A Glenelg 2.25.29.610.7 67 LOST Norwood 4.48.912.1216.16 112 -45 NOR May 1 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
6 A Glenelg 1.42.56.79.8 62 LOST Woodville West Torrens 5.58.88.1112.13 85 -23 WOO May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Glenelg 2.42.65.811.11 77 LOST West Adelaide 6.313.522.630.9 189 -112 GLE May 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Glenelg 0.03.36.711.9 75 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 4.310.411.513.5 83 -8 ALB May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Glenelg 2.36.48.614.10 94 WON North Adelaide 2.53.88.98.11 59 35 GLE Jun 8 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
10 A Glenelg 2.14.46.49.9 63 LOST South Adelaide 4.06.110.213.5 83 -20 HIC Jun 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 H Glenelg 5.510.613.915.14 104 WON Norwood 2.05.48.714.11 95 9 GLE Jun 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 H Glenelg 7.09.112.516.6 102 WON Sturt 0.16.211.615.7 97 5 GLE Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Glenelg 2.04.26.39.4 58 LOST West Adelaide 3.13.27.814.12 96 -38 RIC Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 Glenelg       Bye        
15 H Glenelg 1.15.28.39.3 57 LOST Woodville West Torrens 5.36.711.915.11 101 -44 GLE Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Glenelg 2.15.311.818.10 118 WON North Adelaide 1.32.86.88.8 56 62 PRO Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Glenelg 7.210.611.714.10 94 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 3.05.49.814.11 95 -1 GLE Aug 14 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
18 A Glenelg 2.24.65.107.10 52 LOST Central District 2.26.49.614.8 92 -40 ELZ Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Glenelg 5.37.610.913.10 88 LOST Adelaide Reserves 7.212.419.524.10 154 -66 GLE Aug 29 (Sat, 4:30) Scores
 

Footnotes

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