Australian Football

AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game

 

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

Read more


1979 Season (SANFL) Fixture

Top

South Adelaide's 1979 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Adelaide 4.55.510.1013.13 91 WON North Adelaide 1.36.67.811.10 76 15 PRO Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H South Adelaide 3.45.910.1214.15 99 WON Woodville 3.37.89.1113.13 91 8 ADO Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Adelaide 3.53.97.109.12 66 LOST Port Adelaide 1.35.78.1211.18 84 -18 FBP Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Adelaide 5.48.811.1114.18 102 WON Central District 2.65.76.139.18 72 30 FBP Apr 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H South Adelaide 4.87.1212.1514.16 100 WON West Torrens 1.17.28.69.7 61 39 ADO May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A South Adelaide 3.07.18.311.9 75 WON Glenelg 3.24.78.148.15 63 12 FBP May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H South Adelaide 3.37.710.1015.18 108 WON West Adelaide 2.25.413.615.10 100 8 ADO May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Adelaide 4.14.36.710.10 70 LOST Norwood 5.49.1217.1323.16 154 -84 ADO May 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H South Adelaide 2.27.911.1314.19 103 WON Sturt 2.44.58.615.6 96 7 FBP Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H South Adelaide 5.59.715.1216.16 112 WON Port Adelaide 6.18.69.711.13 79 33 ADO Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A South Adelaide 1.18.38.512.9 81 LOST Woodville 5.47.612.1515.16 106 -25 WOO Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Adelaide 1.45.69.1015.15 105 WON North Adelaide 3.36.510.811.10 76 29 FBP Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 0.32.68.1011.13 79 LOST Central District 5.79.816.917.14 116 -37 ADO Jul 1 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A South Adelaide 3.15.27.710.9 69 WON West Torrens 3.18.48.98.10 58 11 THB Jul 8 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A South Adelaide 3.56.811.1220.15 135 LOST Glenelg 9.614.819.825.11 161 -26 GLE Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A South Adelaide 3.16.46.48.7 55 LOST West Adelaide 7.47.510.812.8 80 -25 RIC Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Adelaide 0.04.48.611.11 77 LOST Norwood 3.48.611.813.14 92 -15 NOR Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H South Adelaide 2.27.512.1017.14 116 WON Sturt 2.44.78.911.13 79 37 ADO Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A South Adelaide 4.15.27.57.8 50 LOST Port Adelaide 1.35.510.814.15 99 -49 ALB Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A South Adelaide 3.26.610.1012.12 84 WON Woodville 0.02.56.78.10 58 26 FBP Aug 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
21 H South Adelaide 6.214.520.1027.14 176 WON North Adelaide 4.35.69.810.16 76 100 ADO Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A South Adelaide 3.24.99.1114.15 99 WON Central District 2.47.710.1011.13 79 20 ELZ Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF A South Adelaide 1.34.49.415.9 99 LOST Port Adelaide 5.48.519.1021.11 137 -38 FBP Sep 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF H South Adelaide 5.66.910.2013.28 106 WON Norwood 3.26.49.413.7 85 21 FBP Sep 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
PF A South Adelaide 5.19.915.1019.11 125 WON Central District 3.56.79.1116.16 112 13 FBP Sep 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
GF A South Adelaide 0.03.73.83.14 32 LOST Port Adelaide 5.05.39.79.9 63 -31 FBP Sep 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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