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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Adelaide Football Club

Known as
South Adelaide

Nickname
Panthers

Formed
1876

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
South Adelaide Reserves; South Adelaide U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; South Adelaide U16s; South Adelaide WFC; South Adelaide U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1877–2024

Home Ground
Hickinbotham Oval

SANFL Premierships
1877, 1885, 1892-3, 1895-6, 1898-9, 1935, 1938, 1964 (11 total)

Senior Premierships
NFL Series: 1978-9 (2 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1984, 1986, 1991 (3 total)

Most Games
337 - Stuart Palmer (1969-1985)

Most Goals
393 - Chris 'Diddy' Munro (1928-30, 1932-37)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Wardrop (14) 1882; H.Hill (19) 1885; Alf Bushby (25) 1887; Jack Kay (25) 1896, (35) 1898 & (28) 1902; S.Scott (54) 1945; Danny Del-Re (95) 1995; Michael Wundke (67) 2011 & (52) 2013 (63) 2014; Brett Eddy (68) 2016 (11 total)

Magarey Medalists
Frank Barry (1915); Dan Moriarty (1919, 1920, 1921); Jack Cockburn (1935); Jim Deane (1953, 1957); Mark Naley (1991); Andrew Osborn (1998); Joel Cross 2012 & 2015; Bryce Gibbs 2021 (8 medallists / 12 medals)

Headquarters
1 Lovelock Drive, Noarlunga Downs, SA 5168

Phone: (08) 8186 8200 

Website
safc.com.au

CEO
R.B. Taylor

President
A.D. Hickinbotham

South Adelaide



"All the elements of a good orchestra were there in 1963; what was needed now was an expert conductor, and throughout that season South was determinedly courting the man they had in mind. That man was Donald Neil Kerley, who in 1961, as playing coach, had been responsible for steering West Adelaide to a long overdue premiership. The following year he had failed by just three points to repeat the achievement, and to the astonishment of many had been dumped as coach in favour of Doug Thomas. Although he carried on with the club as a player in 1963, the South committee sensed - rightly, as it turned out - that here was a plant ripe for the picking ... "

John Devaney charts the chequered history of South Australia's second oldest club

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1978 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 1978 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Adelaide 4.36.810.1610.20 80 LOST Glenelg 8.213.313.421.7 133 -53 GLE Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H South Adelaide 3.58.914.1216.18 114 LOST Port Adelaide 6.412.1117.1221.16 142 -28 ADO Apr 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Adelaide 1.44.75.88.10 58 LOST Norwood 2.37.711.1015.13 103 -45 NOR Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Adelaide 1.25.510.918.11 119 WON Central District 3.16.37.512.6 78 41 FBP Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A South Adelaide 3.210.413.818.11 119 WON West Torrens 1.64.99.1213.13 91 28 THB Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H South Adelaide 3.37.711.814.14 98 WON Woodville 3.29.312.913.12 90 8 ADO May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Adelaide 2.24.54.88.12 60 LOST West Adelaide 7.49.513.716.9 105 -45 FBP May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Adelaide 2.510.811.1516.16 112 LOST North Adelaide 7.59.814.1220.15 135 -23 ADO May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H South Adelaide 4.58.610.1011.10 76 LOST Sturt 1.34.119.1517.21 123 -47 FBP May 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A South Adelaide 2.72.83.114.11 35 LOST Port Adelaide 1.13.45.69.13 67 -32 FBP Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H South Adelaide 2.36.610.815.13 103 LOST Glenelg 9.216.317.919.11 125 -22 ADO Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Adelaide 2.03.15.45.9 39 LOST Norwood 1.23.212.1015.19 109 -70 ADO Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 4.38.711.1615.21 111 WON Central District 7.110.411.514.6 90 21 ADO Jun 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H South Adelaide 4.67.89.911.10 76 LOST West Torrens 1.16.39.613.9 87 -11 FBP Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A South Adelaide 2.18.1513.1515.15 105 WON Woodville 2.64.74.126.14 50 55 WOO Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Adelaide 0.43.55.98.10 58 DRAW West Adelaide 2.94.115.137.16 58 0 ADO Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Adelaide 0.31.75.117.13 55 LOST North Adelaide 3.47.811.915.14 104 -49 PRO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A South Adelaide 1.26.56.87.13 55 LOST Sturt 1.36.610.1711.17 83 -28 FBP Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A South Adelaide 1.19.211.217.8 110 WON West Adelaide 3.67.69.711.7 73 37 RIC Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H South Adelaide 2.27.511.917.11 113 WON Glenelg 4.27.413.515.6 96 17 ADO Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A South Adelaide 3.15.39.613.8 86 LOST Port Adelaide 7.48.910.1312.18 90 -4 ALB Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A South Adelaide 2.34.45.47.8 50 WON Central District 1.31.42.63.7 25 25 ELZ Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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