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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

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1921–2023

Home Ground
Glenelg Oval

SANFL Premierships
1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019 (5 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



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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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2023 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Glenelg        vs Sturt          UNL Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
2 H Glenelg        vs Port Adelaide Magpies          GLE Apr 7 (Fri, 4:40)  
3 H Glenelg        vs Woodville West Torrens          GLE Apr 24 (Mon, 7:40)  
4 H Glenelg        vs Norwood          GLE Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10)  
5 A Glenelg        vs South Adelaide          NOA May 6 (Sat, 2:10)  
6 H Glenelg        vs North Adelaide          GLE May 13 (Sat, 2:10)  
7 A Glenelg        vs Central District          ELZ May 27 (Sat, 2:10)  
8 H Glenelg        vs Adelaide Reserves          GLE Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10)  
9 H Glenelg        vs Sturt          GLE Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10)  
10 A Glenelg        vs West Adelaide          RIC Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10)  
11 H Glenelg        vs Central District          GLE Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
12 A Glenelg        vs Norwood          NOR Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)  
13 H Glenelg        vs Adelaide Reserves          GLE Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
14 H Glenelg        vs West Adelaide          GLE Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
15 A Glenelg        vs North Adelaide          PRO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
16 A Glenelg        vs Port Adelaide Magpies          ALB Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 A Glenelg        vs Woodville West Torrens          WOO Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 H Glenelg        vs South Adelaide          GLE Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
 

Footnotes

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