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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. Abbottc

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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1991 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 1991 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Adelaide 5.39.415.1118.12 120 LOST North Adelaide 7.312.916.1219.14 128 -8 PRO Mar 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A South Adelaide 7.315.720.1222.16 148 WON Norwood 2.13.36.411.11 77 71 NOR Mar 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Adelaide 3.47.811.1017.16 118 LOST Glenelg 5.310.719.1021.15 141 -23 FBP Apr 8 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 A South Adelaide 6.28.911.1014.12 96 LOST Woodville West Torrens 5.06.313.417.14 116 -20 FBP Apr 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H South Adelaide 7.316.1019.1329.15 189 WON Sturt 5.46.610.814.14 98 91 ADO Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H South Adelaide 4.48.912.1315.19 109 WON Central District 2.34.310.615.9 99 10 FBP Apr 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H South Adelaide 2.66.1113.1517.20 122 WON Port Adelaide 4.45.77.1310.18 78 44 ADO May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A South Adelaide 4.48.711.916.10 106 WON West Adelaide 2.34.56.911.13 79 27 RIC May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 South Adelaide       Bye        
10 A South Adelaide 4.48.911.1315.19 109 WON North Adelaide 2.26.610.1013.11 89 20 FBP May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A South Adelaide 7.411.614.818.8 116 WON Norwood 1.24.44.106.14 50 66 ADO Jun 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Adelaide 4.211.614.1219.16 130 WON Glenelg 2.13.27.69.8 62 68 ADO Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 0.53.97.119.14 68 LOST Woodville West Torrens 2.84.116.1412.17 89 -21 FBP Jun 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A South Adelaide 6.210.717.1021.13 139 WON Sturt 1.02.55.911.14 80 59 ADO Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H South Adelaide 3.28.515.720.12 132 WON Central District 6.37.48.812.8 80 52 ADO Jun 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A South Adelaide 4.36.69.711.8 74 WON Port Adelaide 0.52.75.86.9 45 29 ALB Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 H South Adelaide 1.35.48.610.10 70 LOST West Adelaide 4.28.69.914.10 94 -24 ADO Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 South Adelaide       Bye        
19 H South Adelaide 3.16.611.816.10 106 WON North Adelaide 5.28.410.611.12 78 28 ADO Jul 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 H South Adelaide 1.34.128.1316.16 112 WON Norwood 4.55.56.78.8 56 56 CRB Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A South Adelaide 3.35.411.817.11 113 WON Glenelg 4.46.911.1213.16 94 19 FBP Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A South Adelaide 2.43.58.710.8 68 LOST Woodville West Torrens 7.211.913.1719.23 137 -69 ADO Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 South Adelaide       Bye        
24 A South Adelaide 2.45.910.1118.16 124 WON Sturt 3.23.45.59.5 59 65 FBP Sep 2 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
25 A South Adelaide 4.810.1012.1314.18 102 WON Central District 0.72.116.1410.19 79 23 ELZ Sep 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H South Adelaide 0.21.36.57.6 48 LOST North Adelaide 2.63.96.1810.22 82 -34 FBP Sep 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
PF H South Adelaide 2.27.610.1015.13 103 LOST West Adelaide 5.78.913.1318.16 124 -21 FBP Sep 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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