Not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/48, West Adelaide player Mike Rennie. Dallas Willsmore has made the hard decision not to play SANFL football next year and head back to the family farm to assist there in 2021. This is one of a series of publications that document the history of South Australian football. y = overFlowY > 0 ? In the present SANFL era, one state game a year is played and that is under threat with the VFL withdrawing from such contests for the foreseeable future. Central District and Woodvilles admission as league teams also changed the demographics of zones, with Woodville having a huge impact on West Adelaide and West Torrens in terms of junior development. { 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. Photographer Richard Walker; 52-53: West Adelaide player Paul Ravesi during a game, not dated, B 75522/54: West Adelaide's Doug Thomas [who during his career was player, coach and administrator/manager.] To narrow the list of 280 players to just 50, players had to have played more games for West Adelaide than for another SANFL club, which ruled out champions like Tom Leahy, and Mark and Fos Williams to name but a few. //]]> The Bloods carried all before them early in the season and after ten games had suffered only a draw and two narrow losses. Lee is a life member of the club along with his brother Noel and, of course, grandfather Vin Stud Harradine who served as timekeeper for 48 years, only to have his service interrupted by World War 2. From that point on, West tended to forget about playing football and seemed more intent on punishing Sims, who finished the game with his right eye badly swollen and requiring 5 stitches. With Collins departing for Williamstown in the VFL, and club captain Ryan Ferguson following him, West Adelaide appointed club Hall of Famer Mark Mickan as its head coach for the 2014 season. History Board Members Committees & Coterie Groups . 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. South Adelaide Players by Season. Beech (Ex West Adelaide), Lovell (Ex Hawthorn/Kingborough Tigers), Maguire (Canberra), Redfern (Coolamon Rovers), J.Johnson (Coburg) & C.Allan (Sturt), Chamberlain (1 League game in 2020), Sinderberry (1 League game in 2020), Couroupis (played Reserves football in 2020), Sherlock (played Reserves football in 2020), Gilbert (played Reserves football in 2020), Kelly (played Reserves football in 2020), Laudato (played Reserves football in 2020), Bock, Van Den Berg, Boughen, Faulkner, Heitmann, Venning & De Cesare, Some local players listed below have been invited to train with the club over the pre-season, Ben Adams, Adam Carroll, Oliver Chesseman, Nick Cottrell, Hamish Gordon, Nick Jones, Issac McCormick, Levi Proude, Cameron Rankine, Luke Wilson & Jordon Wilson-King. The panel consisted of a chairman, the club historian and 7 voting members. on back of photo, B 75522/72: West Adelaide's Paul Ravesi. No date given, initials I.P. South Adelaide Football Club EST.1876. Attendance: 25,625 This was a reaction to a heavy but legal clash prior to the end of the half between Wests captain Brian Faehse and Ports Dave Boyd in which Boyd had come off second best. We welcome Issac and his family to Westies. Era 3 was interrupted by World War 2, with a Patriotic Competition introduced seeing West and Glenelg join together. In the former year a late kick for goal by ruckman Jack Richardson which would have given West the lead with only ninety seconds remaining hit the post allowing Port to hold on. if (document.body.firstChild != originalFirstChild) Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the club's home base is Richmond Oval (currently known as Hisense Stadium under a sponsorship agreement). 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for AFLVFL SANFL ADELAIDE ROOSTERS TRAINING JUMPER JERSEY JAX MENS M at the best online prices at eBay! West Adelaide were a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017. Free shipping for many products! West Adelaide United; West Croydon WFC; West Lakes; Western Warriors; Westfields; Wingfield Royals; . In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. The Crows also signed former Bloods Bruce Lindner (Geelong) and Mark Mickan (Brisbane) who under the rules of the time, were automatically allocated back to their former SANFL club. West Adelaide Football Club - Championship of Australia team member (1880, 1910, 1913, 1914). West Adelaide Club Website Based in the inner western suburb of Richmond, West Adelaide has won nine premierships, four of which came during a glorious run in the early 1900s. B 75522/4: West Adelaide football player Paul Ravesi pictured with a pile of text books. * 1988 and 1996 matches were under State of Origin rules. The Oval is located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide. Richmond Oval was opened by long-serving member of the South Australian Legislative Council Sir Lyell McEwin on 26 April 1958. These players are mentioned below on the Departures List. on back of photo, B 75522/77: Peter Winter, West Adelaide, and Des O'Dwyer, Woodville West Torrens, contest the ball. . Ruckman Mark Mickan, the clubs Best & Fairest for the year, ruptured his Posterior cruciate ligament in the teams 93-point win over Woodville at Football Park in Round 20 and missed the remainder of the season, while Roger Winter, twin brother of Grand Final back pocket player Peter Winter, was injured in the 2nd Semi against Norwood and could not recover in time to take his place in the side. Sung to the tune of The Yankee Doodle Boy. West Adelaide, which has earned a reputation amongst its fans as being "consistently inconsistent", would win through to their next grand final in 1991. { Under Kerley players such as Roger Luders, Bruce Lindner, Ian Borchard, Peter Meuret, Geoff Morris and Mark Mickan all started to play their best football and 1982 was almost a repeat of the 1981 season. Medallist, Michael Minuzzo Club Legend, Brian K Faehse Life Member, Steven Rabbett Steven Morris, drafted to the Richmond Tigers (father-son rule) Friday 28th October 2011 Rory Laird, Rookie draft pick #5, Adelaide Crows Life Member, Simon Munn Under 18's List & Stats Surname Given Game s Goals AHMAT-WATKINS Hassan 10 10 ANSPACH Jake 10 1 Updated: 27 May 2019Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff. The oval received over A$300,000 from the AFL for upgrades to the ground, including improved interchange area and coaches boxes, new goal and point posts and new grass. West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). if (agt.indexOf("gecko") != -1 && agt.indexOf("win") != -1) Once again West Adelaide failed to follow up its good form from the previous season and while still managing to qualify for the finals in 2004 had to be satisfied with just a fifth-placed finish. After finishing third in 1957, West Adelaide would play in both the 1958 and 1959 SANFL Grand Finals and again would be beaten by the Fos Williams coached Port Adelaide by just two points in 1958 and ten points in 1959. Date stamped 6 April 1988, B 75522/22: Peter Milsom of West Adelaide Footy Club helping Bradley Hopkins, 12 years, on with his new gurnsey (written on back of photo.) See also "West Adelaide Football Rally" (?date) by Reginald A A Stoneham (18951942) [6]. var de = !document.documentElement.clientWidth?document.body:document.documentElement; The West Adelaide Football Club are proud to present the team selection for the WAFC Team of the Centuries. Westies won their eighth premiership when Kerley coached the team to a 21.16 (142) to 16.12 (108) win in the Grand Final in front of 47,129 fans at Football Park. { BEST FROM THE WEST 1) JOSH CARR If you could have one claim to fame, how is this: 10 Showdowns, 10 victories (plus the bonus win at the Ramsgate Hotel). Photographer Richard Walker. However, Norwood again ended their run when they thumped the Bloods at Norwood Oval consigning West to a 6th-place finish. 0 : start; Very few people in football would have an awareness of players in so many football competitions around Australia. Mickan's place was taken by 6'7" (200cm) tall Dirk de Jong who had actually retired from league football one game into the season, but was persuaded by Kerley to come back following Mickan's injury. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. No date given, initials I.P. West Adelaide started the season well with a 51 record but injuries to key players plus general poor form saw the Bloods lose seven games in a row mid-season. on back of photo, B 75522/81: Action shot, West Adelaide v Norwood. The Following week Sturt defeated Norwood in the Preliminary to earn the other Grand Final berth. Kennedy would go on to play 236 games for the club between 1970 and 1982 before playing the last two seasons of his career with Port Adelaide. Jarrod Cotton. [ Clash Royale ] Top Player's Decks with Mighty Miner [Updated 10/1] Update 10/01/2022 08:00am UTC We have compiled the battle decks of the top 1000 players in the global leaderboards and compiled a list of ranker decks that use Mighty Miner. . It's sad to announce that former volunteer, Robert Riedy passed away peacefully 17/12/2022 . Name Era Seasons Debut vs; 1: KENNEDY, George D (capt.) No date given, initials I.P. Games and goals totals refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only. The voting panel then independently selected their own teams which were brought back to the full committee for tallying and comparison. West Adelaide may have won the fights, but North Adelaide won the football game would go on to win easily by the score of 21.22 (148) to 11.7 (73). SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. West Adelaide became one of the power teams in the SANFL following the resumption of full-scale competition in 1945. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/55: Fitzroy player Darren Wheildon, dated 22 March 1995, B 75522/56: Scott Simister, during a match between West Adelaide and Glenelg. renderedElement.style.left = (x + 15) + "px"; Umpires: Tobias Medlin, Craig Fleer and Leigh HaussenJack Oatey Medallist: Chris Schmidt, Best: Schmidt, Porplyzia, Stevens, Schiller, Tuck, Helbig The club used the showgrounds until the end of 1939 when it was taken over by the Australian Army following the outbreak of World War II. Brians assessments were invaluable to the panel and his contribution and memory of events was second to none as a voting member of the panel. Home; Leagues; Clubs; . Email reception@westadelaidefc.com.au Era 6 saw the AFL become a professional league. This one club merge removed the stand-alone Magpies from the league as shareholders and saw the Magpies relinquish its junior and country zones. One special mention which the club is delighted to have come to the club is a father son in Issac McCormick. Welcome to the North Adelaide Football Club Photo Gallery, proudly partnered by Burns Ceilings & Building Supplies. SANFLW Team Selections - Round 2 v North Adelaide 4 days ago Upcoming Events View All. 22 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Each print is signed by 14 living members of the team, You will be contacted by the club to organise print number, and framing after purchase, 122 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Official Team of the Centuries Souvenir Book, Includes player profiles for all 22 players and 4 emergency players, Includes statistics on the top 50 selected squad. Captain-Coach Bruce McGregor would not only lead his team to the premiership in 1927 but became the first (and so far only) West Adelaide player to win back to back Magarey Madals. 2 AFL Premiership player: (1993, 2004), SANFL Premiership player: (1990), Brownlow Medal: (1993), John Cahill Medal: (2003), Michael Tuck Medal: (1993), Port Adelaide captain: (1997-2000), 5 All-Australian team: (1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003), National Football Carnival Championship (1993), Essendon Team of the Century (Back Pocket), Champions Kerley continued on as a player in 1963 honouring his contract, but the following season he left to become captain-coach of South Adelaide, taking the Panthers from bottom in 1963 to their last SANFL Premiership to date in 1964. The publication contains a description of Port Adelaide-West Torrens 1942 premiership season. The football club played its first match against a team called the "Young Australians" on 30 July 1870 at North Park Lands. Each member had a unique perspective on our clubs history as can be seen below. If you would like further information about this album, please Ask Us, Game matches, players and staff of the West Adelaide Football Club, 112 photographs : black and white, colour ; 23.2 x 30.2 cm or smaller, South Australian National Football League, Australian football matches -- South Australia, Australian football for children -- South Australia, Australian football teams -- South Australia -- Adelaide, Australian football teams -- South Australia -- West Adelaide Region, Australian football players -- South Australia -- Adelaide, Australian Football -- Coaches -- South Australia, B 75522/1: Outside view of the clubrooms of the West Adelaide Foootball Club on Richmond Road. Mark wrote the profiles on all the candidates for the Team of the Centuries and for the Hall of Fame candidates since its inception, as well as authoring this publication. on back of photo, B 75522/74: West Adelaide's Paul Ravesi. A spot had finally opened and it was announced that in 1997, one year later than expected, Port Adelaide would enter the AFL. The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player of the SANFL Grand Final. Men's League. West Adelaide players mow the grass at Richmond Oval. West Adelaide, coached by Port Adelaide premiership player and coach John Cahill (nephew of former West coach Laurie Cahill) finished 3rd in the 1985 SANFL season, missing out on a grand final spot by less than 2 goals to North Adelaide in the Preliminary Final. on back of photo, B 75522/69: West Adelaide player, Smith, cops an injury and is carried from the ground. var display = false; Not dated, B 75522/26: Player John O'Donohue at work painting a 'Bloods '89' sign. It was the first ground purpose built for Australian Rules Football in Australia, pre-dating the VFL's Waverley Park by twelve years. This list may not reflect recent changes. Photographer Bryan Charleton, 1 October, 1983, B 75522/63: West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. Not dated, B 75522/14: Junior West Adelaide players. SOCCER. In 1995 Glenn Kilpatrick became West's thirteenth Magarey Medalist when he jointly won the award with Norwood legend Garry McIntosh. The following are brief biographical sketches of the successful candidates: MR E. J. HOWARD. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. During his career Luders was known as one of the most spectacular high marking full-forwards in the SANFL. start = (start - 1) * 25; Dated September 21 1985. Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/32, New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) See 'contents' for details of individual images. . Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. During 2013, the club won its first competition since winning the 1987 Foundation Cup (SANFL pre-season) when they won the 2013 Foxtel Cup, defeating WAFL side East Fremantle 4.8 (32) to 2.16 (28) at Football Park, a win worth A$100,000 in prizemoney to the club. In 2015, West Adelaide broke a 32-year premiership drought, beating Woodville-West Torrens by 30 points in the 2015 IGA SANFL grand final. ], Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/46, West Adelaide player Mark Ricciuto, dated 4/3/91. { 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 back of photo, B 75522/68: West Adelaide coach Kevin Morris talks to the players on the ground. Bob was a volunteer in the property room for 5 years and part of the 2015 premiership year, operated the scoreboard at times and was on the history committee. if( typeof(console) == "undefined" ) Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/55, Fitzroy player Darren Wheildon, dated 22 March 1995, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/56, Scott Simister, during a match between West Adelaide and Glenelg. Not dated, B 75522/32: New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) overFlowY = y + renderedHeight + excessHeight - window.innerHeight - window.pageYOffset; * Thanks to the tireless efforts of people like club captain Brian Faeshe (who ironically never got to play on the ground having retired in 1956), Cliff Semmler, Roy Charles, Cliff Todd and City of West Torrens Mayor Steve Hamra, The Bloods finally had a home ground to call their own. History of the Glenelg Football Club affiliated South Australian National Football League . Includes Magarey Medalists, SANFLW Best & Fairest, Ken Farmer Medalists, Jack Oatley Medalists, Fos Williams Medalists & Neil Kerley Medalists. originalFirstChild = document.body.firstChild; Originally from Clare, South Australia, Hocking began training with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Central District aged sixteen and within 12 months made his SANFL league debut. x = overFlowX > 0 ? Past Players | Adelaide Football Club Adelaide Football Club - Crows History Locker Home Past Players Club Men Women Contact Us Past Players Every past player to feature in a premiership match for the Adelaide Football Club } if (typeof(originalFirstChild) == "undefined") Not dated, B 75522/48: West Adelaide player Mike Rennie. Founded in 1923, they are the oldest club in the league. 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. The lights have seen an increase of attendances at the ground with the first game under lights attracting the grounds current record night crowd of 6,133 for the opening game of the season with West defeating North Adelaide 14.19 (103) to 4.7 (31). Photographer Bryan Charleton, 1 October, 1983, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/63, West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. 738 talking about this. Photographer Tony Lewis, dated 16/11/87. Future dual Crows premiership player Shaun Rehn who had made his AFL debut during the year with the Crows missed the SANFL finals through injury. Brian Faeshe was one of the driving forces in the formation of Richmond Oval while still a player with West Adelaide. From left to right: Kym Jones, Matt Ellis, Kevin Morris, Daniel Rossetto, Adam Goodfellow. Most Premierships as a Player: 4 by Jos Dailey, W. Dowling, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 23:46. 1876 - 1878: 3: 20/05/1876: Victorian - Rd 1: 2: . excessHeight = 20; West Adelaide had winners all over the ground but it was captain Ian Borchard who won the Jack Oatey Medal as the best player in the Grand Final while Centre half-forward Bruce Lindner with 5 goals and Full-forward Roger Luders kicked 4. The photos are not dated. on back of photo. He created the club war honour boards, fixed the life members board and listed in order of debut all West Adelaide league players. Mid West Football League. The Bloods would continue to perform poorly as they finished second last in 1980 and Trevor Hughes was sacked following the season. Dated 30/4/92, B 75522/24: Rod O'Riley, Technical and Development Manager. Despite the Roosters squad having far more finals experience than West, the in-form Bloods were rated an even chance to beat the Roosters who were playing in their fifth Grand Final since 1985. Dated 27 September, 1983, B 75522/17: Twins and West Adelaide players, Roger and Peter Winter, using exercise equipment during training. Alan Crawford (Australian rules footballer) Simon Crawshay. Weidemenn's replacement was former Hawthorn (AFL) premiership player from 1991 Andrew Collins. Son of Kevin the former Port player and West Adelaide Vice-Captain and Captain Mark became the clubs first official historian, appointed by then General Manager Doug Thomas in 2004 and has served in this capacity since. They formed this off shoot of the West Adelaide Football Club to entice former Past Players & Officials back to the club. Images from club events will also be posted here. His perspectives helped panellists break deadlocks over players who were vying for the same position and his vast experience and football knowledge of players over three decades, as well as his VFL/AFL experiences, proved invaluable. With lists every year, people come and go and that is the nature of the sport, We would like to pay tribute to a few that will not be with us in 2021 and thank them for their commitment and service to the football club, they have been able to help set the foundation of the next two exciting years for us and they should know they have played a part in that. History. In 1952 Leon was awarded the Sam Suckling medal for Best First Year Player and was awarded . At years End, Ryan Ferguson retired returning home to Victoria. Bruce McGregor became the club's fourth Magarey Madalist when he won the award in 1926. Club General Manager Doug Thomas and President Bob Lee enticed 1961 premiership coach Neil Kerley away from West Torrens and back to West Adelaide in 1981 and the improvement in the team was immediate. The West Adelaide Football Club and Past Players and Officials are sad to announce the passing of 1961 Premiership Player and Life Member Leon Lovegrove. 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. { Former Premier of South Australia (19962001) John Olsen AO, the current SANFL President and Chairman of the SA Football Commission, and former South Australian Sheffield Shield cricketer and SANFL umpire turned Adelaide television and radio personality K. G. Cunningham, are known to be proud Bloods fans. Copyright 2023 West Adelaide Football Club. Dated 30/4/92, B 75522/25: Robbie McKinnon of Richmond, spiking with David Toomey looking on, in the beach volleyball game between Lenny's Locals and the Royals. In 1985 Grantley Fielke, a premiership player from 1983, would become the club's twelfth Magarey Medal winner. The club is based in Novar Gardens, a western suburb of Adelaide. //