S.Malin (1899); J.Mack (1907); S.Hosking (1910, 1915); J.Ashley (1914); C.Adams (1921); P.Bampton (1925); B.Quinn (1938, 1945); D.Boyd (1956); G.Motley (1964); T.Obst (1967); R.Ebert (1971, 1974, 1976, 1980); P.Woite (1975); G.Anderson (1986); S.Hodges (1990); N.Buckley (1992); T.Brown and R.O'Connor (tied) (2001); B.Ebert (2003); J.Clayton (2005) Item 2: Badge featuring a portrait of 'Dick' Head. Email reception@westadelaidefc.com.au The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes, at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park. On 16 February 2014, Richmond played host to an AFL pre-season game in the 2014 NAB Challenge between Adelaide's two AFL teams, the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide. Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points. He created the club war honour boards, fixed the life members board and listed in order of debut all West Adelaide league players. display = true; From left to right: John J. McCarthy, Henry R. Head who won the Magarey Medal in 1909 and Alby Klose. Learn how and when to remove this template message, South Australian National Football League, "Foxtel Cup: Bloods sink Sharks in Grand Final thriller AFL.com.au", History of the West Adelaide Football Club from Australian Football.com, Bloods, Sweat & Tears Merv Agars (1987), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Adelaide_Football_Club&oldid=1136563834, South Australian Premiers: 9 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983, 2015, Runners-up: 9 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1991, 2003, 2012, South Australian Night Series Champions: 6 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1985, 1987. Jack played in our under 18s winning grand final as well 52 league games. The club slumped in 1910 to finish in fifth place before repeating their 1908 double success by winning the 1911 SANFL Premiership defeating Port Adelaide in the Grand Final and Essendon to win the Championship of Australia. setTimeout('renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"', 1); Magpies officially changed its heritage again by assuming similar conditions to the Crows SANFL side, having all its AFL players play under the Magpies Jumper. West Adelaide not only became SANFL premiers for the first time defeating Norwood in the Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval but they also became Champions of Australia when they defeated powerful Victorian Football League team Carlton by five goals at the Adelaide Oval. Despite West Adelaide playing their 400th game at Richmond Oval when they faced Sturt on 7 April 2006, neither season would bring any joy for The Bloods or their supporters as they finished with the wooden spoon in each season. Collins was criticised in the media for resting his "star" players over the final three rounds after West had already been assured of third place and the "double chance" in the finals. After a slow start to the season under the coaching of former Richmond (VFL) premiership player Kevin Morris, the team won nine of its last eleven games to reach the finals in fifth place. Mr. Jim Russell, chairman, & Mr Jack Hamilton, committee men of the West Adelaide Football Club at the time, appointed Mr Gordon Cahill to lead the WAFC Past Players & Official Social Club. Every era has had challenges but West Adelaide, in each of these years since 1897, has produced champion players and teams. You also add some talented local footballers to our training squad for 2021 and we have been able to get a few quality footballers that have been able to dominate in their teams and leagues this year as we look to unearth another Mitch Duval. else The club would like to give all members and supporters a list update of where the club is currently at for 2021 season. West bounced back a week later to record a 13.10 (88) to 10.7 (67) win over North Adelaide in the Preliminary Final to book a place in their seventeenth SANFL Grand Final, and their first against Norwood since the Bloods 1961 premiership. Richmond Oval was opened by long-serving member of the South Australian Legislative Council Sir Lyell McEwin on 26 April 1958. Grant was also a strong advocate for players in the early eras of football bringing balance to the team, as a voting member of the panel. The team hit its straps in the 1983 season, winning its first minor premiership since 1962 by two games from Sturt with an 184 record. In 1991, the formation of the Adelaide Football Club, South Australia's first team in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) saw a number of Wests players signed by the new team. Borchard led the Bloods back to the finals in 2001 and 2002, but they lost the Elimination Final each time. McNamara is tackled by a Woodville player. Not dated, B 75522/28: Five junior players and the West Adelaide coach sitting in the stands. renderedElement.style.top = (y + 15) + "px"; Will Mead has decided to go back and play local football. In 1990 the club approached the newly named AFL for entry but was eventually beaten by a composite proposal, the Adelaide Crows, by the SANFL. Written on back: From left to right, Daniel Rossetto - U/15 Captain, Jim Batzavalis - U/14 Captain, Darren White - U/13 Captain, Kevin Morris - League Coach. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. In 1995 Glenn Kilpatrick became West's thirteenth Magarey Medalist when he jointly won the award with Norwood legend Garry McIntosh. on back of photo, B 75522/74: West Adelaide's Paul Ravesi. B 75522/84: Players during a muddy game. on back of photo, B 75522/81: Action shot, West Adelaide v Norwood. However, Norwood's impregnable defence won out again, and the Bloods were in danger of equalling North Adelaide's 1989 ignominy of kicking only one goal in a Grand Final before two late goals in time-on of the last quarter saw then go down 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30). y = document.all ? In a major development for the club, lights for night games were installed at Richmond Oval (now called City Mazda Stadium under a sponsorship deal) in 2010 and Friday night games became a success with 6,133 fans attending The Bloods first ever home game under lights against North Adelaide on 26 March. The Bloods got some revenge for their 2003 Grand Final loss to Centrals with a 27-point win in the Qualifying final to book a place against Norwood in the Second Semi-final. Crows player Darel Hart (who had played 18 AFL games for Adelaide during the year but had enough SANFL games to qualify for the finals) kicked seven goals for the Roosters on his way to winning the Fos Williams Medal. The Club did everything possible to bring Sam back to West Adelaide, but he has made the decision to pursue other opportunities. Robert Snell (1929), Jack Sexton (1931) and Ray McArthur (1939) also won the Magarey Medal while playing for the West Adelaide Football Club. The record attendance for a West Adelaide home game was set at Richmond Oval in 1969 when 15,742 attended the Round 5 fixture against Glenelg. The club won its fourth premiership in five years in 1912 after again defeating Port Adelaide in the grand final before finishing their Golden Era with a third placing in 1913. Strong recruiting helped the team improve to sixth in 2009 while James Ezard, nephew of 1984 and 1985 Essendon premiership player Alan Ezard, jointly won the Magarey Medal with North Adelaide's Rhys Archard, becoming the fourteenth West Adelaide player to win the award. The photos are not dated. West Adelaide Football Club is 1 of 10 teams competing in the SANFL Statewide Super League. They then defeated a determined South Adelaide by 21 points in the Preliminary Final and would then come up against North Adelaide, a team they had not beaten since Round 17 of the 1985 season. alert(message); Era 4 was a golden era in South Australian football. Courageous, caring, team man, role model. } Membership - West Adelaide Football Club are you locked in? 1952 North won its eighth premiership by 'slaughtering' Norwood - 23.15 to 6.9. Official website of the West Adelaide Football Club. A WAFC Hall of Fame Club Legend, multi-capped state player and one of the most famous football names in South Australian football, Neils insights as both Captain of the club and coach over many eras helped focus the panel in many debates on players and their roles and positions for this team. Not dated, B 75522/30: West Adelaide Coach Kevin Morris with a number of players, not identified. Players were split into 20-year eras and evaluated by their feats in accordance with the era in which they played. At the time, Mark Mickan and Tony Modra were playing for VFL/AFL clubs the Brisbane Bears and Adelaide Crows respectively and not West Adelaide. Donates state league match. Venue: Adelaide Oval Possibly published in the Weekly Times, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/57, Happy Eddie Hocking, West Reserves. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/dial-a-tow-found-guilty-of-breaching-workplace-safety-act-over-death-of-lee-ravlich/news-story/ed2f5d0555247a04cbf8ea17848c0ff4. { Upon entering the SAFA, West Adelaide changed their colours to black and red, the colours previously worn by the defunct Old Adelaide Football Club and moved its training headquarters from the South to the West Parklands. Following the 1991 grand final Kevin Morris joined a long list of coaches sacked by the club after a dispute with the club's board. Yee Yee Farm. 2 full size reproductions were made, one which will be kept by the club and displayed in the players area, and the other which was successfully auctioned by the Club during the Team of the Centuries dinner on Friday the 20th of April. Photograph not dated, B 75522/2: Women on an oval dressed in cheerleaders costume. else Possibly published in West-Side Messenger 3/4/91, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/33, West Adelaide player Larry Watson, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/34, West Adelaide player Greg Summerton, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/35, West Adelaide player Rodney Welch, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/36, West Adelaide player Mike McGinness, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/37, West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/38, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/39, West Adelaide player Justin Mackie, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/40, West Adelaide player Grant Porter, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/41, West Adelaide player Peter Winter, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/42, West Adelaide player Roger Winter, 1 March, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/43, West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/44, West Adelaide player Shane Malcolm, not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/45, West Adelaide player Brett Pianta, dated 4/3/91. Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval, a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD. His unique playing knowledge of players in this era helped the panel understand more about champions in this era and refined the panels views on various candidates. } West Adelaide was formed in 1892, adopting magenta and white as their colours and the club played in the Adelaide and Suburban Association from 1892 to 1896. WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL & FOOTBALLERS CLUB (18922012) Champions of Australia - 1908, 1911 SANFL Premiers - 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983 Runners Up - 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1991, 2003, 2012 2012 WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 1 OFFICE BEARERS Board of Direc to rs Umpires: Laurie Argent and Rick KinnearJack Oatey Medallist: Ian Borchard, Best: Borchard, Morris, Bennett, Meuret, Grosser, McKinnon, Kantilaftas, McKinnon, Burgess, Winter function Pagination() 738 talking about this. They formed this off shoot of the West Adelaide Football Club to entice former Past Players & Officials back to the club. * Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date, B 75522/64: West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. Written on back: From left. We thank him for his contribution and wish him the best of luck in the future. renderedHeight = renderedElement.offsetHeight; Former Norwood premiership player and Crows assistant coach Michael Taylor replaced Morris in 1996 and West would reach a best of third in 1998 before losing to Port Adelaide in the Preliminary final. At the time of selection their were 1405 known players to represent West Adelaide in an official Home and Away season game, a criterion was set such that a player had to have played 50 league games for our club. The West Adelaide Football Club had no home ground to call their own until the planning and building of Richmond Oval in the early 1950s. 2017 was also the anniversary of our 1927 and 1947 premierships. West Adelaide / Every Player History Board Members Committees & Coterie Groups . Issacs dad Simon McCormick played for the club and won the 2007 Best & Fairest. The Magarey Medal was won by Club Captain Ian McKay - the first full back to achieve this honour - the ninth Magarey Medal to have been awarded to North Adelaide players. 87 posts. In 1877 Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia. Page 5 of 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, byLee Harradine Fri Mar 18, 2022 4:33 pm, Vale Robert Bernhardt | Notice from Bernie Conlen. Attendance: 25,625 element.style.zIndex = 1000; It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day. 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