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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
N. Sharpe

President
M. Nyland

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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2021 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 2021 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Adelaide 5.68.911.1214.18 102 WON Adelaide Reserves 1.05.25.36.5 41 61 NOA Apr 2 (Fri, 1:10) Scores
2 A South Adelaide 1.63.610.811.11 77 WON North Adelaide 1.35.66.99.12 66 11 PRO Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H South Adelaide 1.24.48.612.9 81 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 2.54.78.1010.12 72 9 NOA Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Adelaide 1.44.116.1111.15 81 WON Sturt 2.15.36.56.6 42 39 NOA Apr 24 (Sat, 3:05) Scores
5 A South Adelaide 2.13.24.46.6 42 LOST Norwood 2.37.47.67.9 51 -9 NOR Apr 30 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
6 A South Adelaide 5.37.412.515.9 99 WON Woodville West Torrens 2.38.611.1013.13 91 8 WOO May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H South Adelaide 1.26.46.79.8 62 LOST Glenelg 5.57.613.915.12 102 -40 NOA May 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Adelaide 2.28.511.717.10 112 WON Central District 4.26.410.1112.13 85 27 NOA May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A South Adelaide 4.56.512.812.9 81 WON West Adelaide 2.26.48.711.12 78 3 RIC Jun 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H South Adelaide 3.54.66.109.12 66 LOST Norwood 1.05.58.811.9 75 -9 NOA Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
11 South Adelaide       Bye        
12 A South Adelaide 2.42.94.105.14 44 LOST Sturt 3.06.37.58.7 55 -11 UNL Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 2.25.46.96.9 45 LOST Woodville West Torrens 4.17.210.213.3 81 -36 NOA Jul 3 (Sat, 1:35) Scores
14 H South Adelaide 2.67.810.1212.15 87 WON Adelaide Reserves 1.23.67.710.10 70 17 VHO Jul 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 A South Adelaide 0.24.46.68.7 55 LOST Glenelg 3.55.77.1110.13 73 -18 GLE Jul 17 (Sat, 1:35) Scores
16 A South Adelaide 3.39.611.1114.14 98 WON Central District 4.15.16.27.4 46 52 ELZ Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H South Adelaide 3.16.37.38.6 54 LOST North Adelaide 5.37.512.917.10 112 -58 NOA Aug 14 (Sat, 2:35) Scores
18 A South Adelaide 1.16.28.513.6 84 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 5.26.411.515.7 97 -13 ALB Aug 21 (Sat, 2:05) Scores
19 H South Adelaide 3.65.1010.1612.17 89 WON West Adelaide 1.02.23.27.4 46 43 NOA Sep 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF A South Adelaide 3.58.910.915.11 101 WON North Adelaide 0.12.56.98.10 58 43 ADO Sep 12 (Sun, 12:15) Scores
1SF A South Adelaide 3.36.611.912.11 83 WON Norwood 2.15.17.210.4 64 19 ADO Sep 18 (Sat, 3:15) Scores
PF A South Adelaide 1.14.45.66.13 49 LOST Glenelg 2.45.88.1011.11 77 -28 ADO Sep 24 (Fri, 7:15) Scores
 

Footnotes

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