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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sturt Football Club

Known as
Sturt

Nickname
Double Blues

Formed
1901

Colours
Oxford and Cambridge blue

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

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1901–2024

Home Ground
Peter Motley Oval

SANFL Premierships
1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966-67-68-69-70, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016-17 (15 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1968, 1978, 1983, 2008 (4 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1954, 1975 (2 total)

Most Games
360 - Paul Bagshaw (1964-1980)

Most Goals
672 - Brant Chambers (2002-10)

League Top Goalkickers
Frank Golding (30) 1920; Paul Caust (57) 1955; Ross Sawley (70) 1964; Ken Whelan (107) 1973 & (108) 1974; Rick Davies (151) 1983; Brant Chambers (112) 2007, (97) 2008 and (80) 2009; Mark Evans (40) 2018 (10 total)

Magarey Medalists
Hendrick Waye 1903; Harry Cumberland 1911; Vic Richardson 1920; Horrie Riley 1923; Keith Dunn 1933; Len Fitzgerald 1952, 1954 & 1959; John Halbert 1961; Greg Whittlesea 1988; Brodie Atkinson 1997; Damian Squire 1999 & 2000; Jade Sheedy 2002; Tim Weatherald 2002; Luke Crane 2008; Zane Kirkwood 2014 & 2016 (15 medallists/18 medals)

Headquarters
39 Oxford Terrace, Unley, SA 5061

Phone: (08) 8271 4611 

Email
general@sturtfc.com.au

Website
sturtfc.com.au

CEO
SA Totham / MJ Benson

President
RP Allen

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"Try a word association test involving the name ‘Sturt’ with South Australian football followers of more than fifty years of age - and long memories - and the chances are that the most popular responses would be terms like “skilful”, “brilliant”, “classy” and “dazzling”. The Sturt side that dominated South Australian football during the second half of the 1960s had an impact which no other team in the history of the SANFL, with the possible exception of the great Port Adelaide side which won six successive premierships during the 1950s, ever managed ... "

  • John Devaney looks at the history of the Double Blues and their extraordinary run of success in the late 1960s

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2008 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 2008 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sturt 4.27.711.914.12 96 WON Norwood 3.34.44.74.12 36 60 NOR Mar 28 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sturt 4.47.69.1017.15 117 WON Central District 3.35.47.411.7 73 44 UNL Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sturt 4.511.1014.1117.14 116 WON North Adelaide 3.25.37.78.8 56 60 PRO Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Sturt 4.59.1113.1317.13 115 WON South Adelaide 0.21.22.44.6 30 85 HIC Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Sturt 3.16.410.713.12 90 LOST Glenelg 4.38.612.1015.14 104 -14 UNL Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sturt 5.28.38.712.10 82 LOST Woodville West Torrens 2.010.415.618.9 117 -35 THB May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sturt 3.010.416.622.7 139 WON West Adelaide 0.42.82.95.10 40 99 UNL May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sturt 2.16.38.712.9 81 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 1.74.95.117.13 55 26 UNL May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 Sturt       Bye        
10 H Sturt 8.315.521.927.12 174 WON North Adelaide 1.36.59.510.8 68 106 UNL Jun 9 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 3.26.412.915.17 107 WON Norwood 5.210.311.514.6 90 17 UNL Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sturt 4.88.1116.1119.15 129 WON Woodville West Torrens 1.34.84.106.12 48 81 WOO Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sturt 1.38.49.79.11 65 LOST Glenelg 4.47.77.910.13 73 -8 GLE Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 Sturt       Bye        
15 H Sturt 4.611.1112.1615.20 110 WON South Adelaide 0.22.33.55.10 40 70 JOH Jul 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Sturt 4.011.115.519.7 121 WON West Adelaide 2.24.65.108.13 61 60 RIC Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sturt 1.64.712.1014.10 94 WON Central District 2.03.37.412.9 81 13 UNL Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sturt 2.16.68.813.12 90 WON Woodville West Torrens 4.26.59.711.8 74 16 UNL Aug 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 A Sturt 0.22.33.44.7 31 LOST Norwood 2.23.47.711.9 75 -44 NOR Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 4.45.511.713.13 91 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 0.21.65.89.9 63 28 ALB Aug 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
21 Sturt       Bye        
22 H Sturt 4.29.412.1021.18 144 WON South Adelaide 2.12.32.43.5 23 121 UNL Aug 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
23 A Sturt 4.06.08.311.7 73 LOST Central District 1.38.411.414.5 89 -16 ELZ Sep 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF H Sturt 3.55.59.89.10 64 LOST Central District 1.14.85.99.13 67 -3 ADO Sep 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF H Sturt 3.36.1013.1419.19 133 WON Norwood 2.23.33.59.8 62 71 ADO Sep 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF A Sturt 3.44.46.58.5 53 LOST Glenelg 4.410.1013.1217.17 119 -66 ADO Sep 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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