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1978 SANFL Grand Final
The 1978 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sturt Football Club and the Norwood Football Club, held at the Football Park in Adelaide on the 30 September 1978. It was the 57th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1978 SANFL season The 1978 South Australian National Football League season was the 99th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. Ladder Finals Series Grand Final References SANFL The South Australi ..., and attended by 50,867 ticketed spectators. Sturt had only lost one game all season, were heavy favourites, and led by 29 points at three quarter time. However Norwood fought back and won by 1 point, marking the club's 24th premiership victory. References SANFL Grand Finals Sanfl Grand Final, 1978 {{AFL-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturt Football Club Design
Sturt may refer to: * Sturt (surname) * Sturt (biology), a unit of measurement in embryology named for Alfred Sturtevant Places and things named after Charles Sturt, a British explorer of Australia, include: Australia * Sturt Highway, a national highway in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. New South Wales * Sturt National Park, New South Wales * Charles Sturt University, a university in Wagga Wagga Queensland * Sturt, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia South Australia *Sturt, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide *Sturt Football Club, an Australian Rules Football club *Sturt River, Adelaide *Sturt Street, Adelaide *City of Charles Sturt, a city *Point Sturt, a town *Division of Sturt, a federal electoral district in South Australia *Electoral district of Sturt (New South Wales), former New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate *Electoral district of Sturt (South Australia), former South Australian House of Assembly electorate See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Norwood may refer to: Places Australia * Norwood, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide ** Norwood Football Club, an Australian rules football club *Electoral district of Norwood, a state electoral district in South Australia * Norwood, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania * Norwood, a neighborhood in Ringwood North, Victoria * Norwood, a former name for Burwood, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada * Norwood, Nova Scotia, a community * Norwood, Ontario, near Peterborough * Norwood (Edmonton), a neighbourhood in north-central Edmonton, Alberta England * Norwood, Derbyshire * Norwood, North Yorkshire, a civil parish * Norwood (UK Parliament constituency), south London * Norwood (ward), Metropolitan Borough of Sefton * Norwood Green, in the London Borough of Ealing * Norwood (London County Council constituency) * Norwood Ridge, a ridge in south London * Norwood, an early name for the parish of Southall * South Norwood, in the London Borough of Croydon * Upper Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Park
Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, South Australia, West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and opened in 1974. Until the end of the 2013 AFL season, it served as the home ground of South Australia's Australian Football League, AFL clubs, the Adelaide Crows, Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club. It also hosted all SANFL finals from 1974 to 2013. Demolition of the stadium's grandstands began in August 2018, and finished in March 2019. Despite the demolition of all grandstands, the stadium's playing surface was retained. The surface is utilised by the Adelaide Football Club as its primary training ground, and is also accessible to the public. History Ground was broken for Football Park in 1971, giving the SANFL its own venue after years of playing out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 SANFL Grand Final
The 1977 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Glenelg Football Club, held at Football Park on Saturday 24 September 1977. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1977 SANFL season. The match, attended by 56,717 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 8 points, marking that club's twenty-fourth premiership victory. '' Sunday Mail'', 25 September 1977, pp. 1, 2, 61, 62, 123 & 124. Background Centenary of the SANFL In 1977 the SANFL celebrated its centenary, commemorating 100 years since the inaugural 1877 SAFA season. All SANFL clubs that year wore a patch commemorating the milestone. Port Adelaide's premiership drought The 12-year period leading up to the 1977 SANFL Grand Final included six grand final losses for Port Adelaide, with four to Sturt and two to North Adelaide. Teams Teams liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 SANFL Grand Final
The 1979 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ... beat by 63 to 32. There was a strong breeze, and all goals were scored at the same end. As of 2022, this is South Adelaide's last Grand Final appearance. References SANFL Grand Finals SANFL Grand Final, 1979 {{AFL-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturt Football Club
The Sturt Football Club, nicknamed The Double Blues, is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the suburb of Unley, South Australia, which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Founded in 1901 by the Sturt Cricket Club, the club initially struggled to make the finals, however, in 1915 they won their first Premiership. After several decades of substantial finals appearances and a few premiership wins, Sturt entered a period of success, winning seven premierships from 1966 to 1976 under coach Jack Oatey. Sturt has a total of 15 premierships, eleven Magarey Medallists and two Night Premierships. Sturt wear Oxford and Cambridge Blue reflecting the street names on which their home ground is based. Sturt play their home games at the 15,000 capacity Unley Oval and their club song is named ''It's a grand old flag''. History Establishment The Sturt Football club was established on 14 March 1901 following a meeting convened at the Unley Town H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium (Norwood Oval), which is often referred to as "The Parade". It is one of the two traditional powerhouse clubs of the SANFL, the other being Port Adelaide, who together have won half of all SANFL premierships (see Port Adelaide–Norwood SANFL rivalry). The club has won 31 SANFL premierships and 1 SANFLW premiership. History 1878–1899: Nineteenth-century powerhouse The Norwood Football Club was formed at a meeting held at the Norfolk Arms Hotel in Rundle Street, Adelaide on 28 February 1878: it was resolved that the club colours would be those of the old Woodville Club. At a subsequent meeting with 12 members present at the Norfolk Arms Hotel on 14 March the colours were confirmed as blue guernseys and knickerbockers, and red stockings and cap. The new club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 SANFL Season
The 1978 South Australian National Football League season was the 99th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. Ladder Finals Series Grand Final References SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ... South Australian National Football League seasons {{AFL-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SANFL Grand Finals
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories .... It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the South Australian Football Association on 30 April 1877, the SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code in Australia and is the Oldest football competitions, 7th oldest club football league in the world. Consisting of a single division competition, since the admission of the Adelaide Crows AFL Reserves in 2014 the season, has been a 10-team, 18-round home-and-away (regular) season from April to September. The top five teams play-off in a final series cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
