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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
H. Kernahan

President
R. Hendrie

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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1990 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 1990 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Adelaide 6.211.711.813.12 90 LOST Woodville 4.27.314.817.12 114 -24 WOO Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H South Adelaide 0.32.711.1611.16 82 LOST West Adelaide 4.38.511.1214.14 98 -16 FBP Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H South Adelaide 4.25.49.816.12 108 WON Sturt 3.24.79.1010.15 75 33 ADO Apr 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A South Adelaide 3.26.37.611.7 73 LOST Glenelg 4.212.1021.1329.19 193 -120 GLE May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H South Adelaide 7.111.618.1323.17 155 WON Central District 3.35.66.98.13 61 94 ADO May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H South Adelaide 2.23.67.716.12 108 WON West Torrens 1.56.87.147.16 58 50 FBP May 28 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Adelaide 4.25.56.911.13 79 LOST Norwood 5.414.722.1026.10 166 -87 NOR Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A South Adelaide 6.310.415.719.10 124 LOST Port Adelaide 5.111.616.1120.15 135 -11 FBP Jun 11 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
9 A South Adelaide 3.25.46.97.10 52 LOST North Adelaide 6.18.411.715.11 101 -49 ADO Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H South Adelaide 2.16.98.1314.21 105 WON Woodville 4.48.413.815.8 98 7 FBP Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H South Adelaide 2.24.76.1013.15 93 WON West Adelaide 0.51.73.145.15 45 48 ADO Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Adelaide 3.112.316.419.7 121 WON Sturt 5.67.611.1114.12 96 25 ADO Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A South Adelaide 4.87.119.149.15 69 LOST Glenelg 3.25.912.1321.19 145 -76 FBP Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A South Adelaide 2.54.77.910.9 69 LOST Central District 3.18.314.921.19 145 -76 FBP Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H South Adelaide 4.310.716.919.16 130 WON West Torrens 4.29.614.817.13 115 15 ADO Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Adelaide 4.15.310.412.7 79 LOST Norwood 3.28.811.1215.14 104 -25 ADO Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Adelaide 1.23.65.78.11 59 LOST Port Adelaide 5.412.1019.1224.20 164 -105 ALB Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A South Adelaide 6.59.612.914.12 96 LOST North Adelaide 3.29.913.1519.19 133 -37 FBP Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H South Adelaide 5.47.814.921.17 143 WON Woodville 1.34.97.910.10 70 73 ADO Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A South Adelaide 4.57.811.1220.17 137 WON West Adelaide 0.72.107.1511.17 83 54 RIC Sep 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF A South Adelaide 3.611.1013.1119.18 132 WON Norwood 2.64.88.1213.12 90 42 FBP Sep 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF A South Adelaide 5.46.710.1014.12 96 LOST North Adelaide 2.211.715.1023.14 152 -56 FBP Sep 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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