West Torrens were also dragged down to this level by the 1970s. On the individual front, it did provide a Magarey Medallist in the shape of Malcolm Blight in 1972, while Woodville players topped the season's goalkicking on no fewer than four occasions. The Woodville-West Torrens Football Club song is called "We're the mighty flying Eagles" and is to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, We're the mighty Eagles Based in the north western suburb of Woodville, the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club was formed in 1991 when Woodville and West Torrens amalgamated. (and hopefully the image will work!!) We're the mighty flying Eagles Used to have female and male strippers " doing their thing" and after they were finished their acts on would come the DJ spinning all the big ti.. er I mean hits!! Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. 2014 AFL Season; 2013 AFL Season; 2012 AFL Season; 2011 AFL Season; 2010 AFL Season; . Sewer, who had played 57 games for perennial contenders Glenelg from 198184, is the only player to have played in four decades of football in the SANFL. Ahhh, those Powerful Pressurising Peckers for Premiers. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. It took 27 years, but order was finally restored for SANFL clubs in the western suburbs in 1991. Well curiousity has got the better of me and I went through all of the posts and got just about every league player I could find! "At the moment, it hasn't got an obvious one for any length of time. It may not display this or other websites correctly. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. In hindsight it is possible to suggest that Blight expected such success. Games: 164 Woodville, 178 North Melbourne Goals: 359 Woodville, 444 North Melbourne Captain Coach: 1983-85 Premierships: North Melbourne 1975, 77 Best and fairest: Woodville 1972 . [6]. These tallies refer to premiership (home-and-away) matches only. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed: The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). Indeed, 1986 was to prove to be the single most successful season in the entire history of the Woodville Football Club. In the final, played at Mortlock Oval, Woodville had to battle all the way to shake off a determined Goodwood, but steadiness under pressure ultimately paid off with a 12.7 (79) to 10.14 (74) win. Due to Woodville Oval also being the home of the Woodville Cricket Club who play in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, the Eagles use West Torrens' former home ground Thebarton Oval as their pre-season training base. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Whether it does win is in the hands of the 20 men Blight chooses to determine his destiny. Woodville remain one of only two SAAFL clubs to have won successive A2 and A1 premierships (allowing for the four year break for the war in Woodville's case). True, the side did manage to win 4 and draw 1 of its 20 minor round matches in 1966 to finish in the dizzy heights of eighth position, but overall it was rapidly becoming clear that both Woodville and fellow newcomers Central District were little better than competition makeweights. Not even a change of emblem in 1982 from the admittedly whimpish 'Woodpeckers' to the ostensibly more macho Warriors could arrest the decline; after all, it is "the men inside the guernseys that count". After 67 games for the Bulldogs he crossed to North Melbourne and added a further 19 games in 1978 and 1980, being forced to miss the whole of the 1979 season with a knee injury. [7] Blight's charges refused to lie down, however, and by half time, incredibly, they had closed to within just 5 points. 6. In 1946 the Woodville Football Club managed something which they would never achieve in twenty-seven seasons as a member of the SANFL: earned the right to call themselves the best team in an entire competition. However, after overcoming minor premiers Exeter at the semi final stage and Payneham in the final it was unable to overcome Exeter again in the challenge final. He became the second to win one at his first attempt (Winter 1993). Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. Although the club was to undergo a gradual overall decline during Ebert's three years in charge it did achieve one significant feat: in 1988 it achieved the first and only senior SANFL premiership in its history after downing Ebert's former clubPort Adelaide in the Escort Cup grand final by 45 points. B Barrie Barbary Bob Beecroft Malcolm Blight David Bolton (Australian footballer) Ray Boyanich Greg Brehaut C Richard Champion Phil Cronan F Peter Fitzpatrick (footballer) G Barry Goodingham The chief source for the entire section on Woodville's SAAFL career was A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994 by Fred Bloch. I just want to point out that these figures are not official, they are just my personal record taken from papers and year books, so I cannot vouch for their accuracy. Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. 00:00. Debuting in 1966 with just one appearance for the year he went on to become a regular in the ensuing seven seasons, for part of which time he helped the 'Peckers to field arguably the strongest first ruck combination in Australia featuring, along with Huppatz himself, future Richmond premiership ruckman and VFL state representative Craig McKellar, and one of the bona fide legends of the game in Malcolm Blight, who would become the first ever player to win both the Magarey and Brownlow Medals. For instance, I have no idea why Rodney Allen was credited with 23 games in 1967, but that is how many is recorded in the SANFL Year Book, and it is commensurate with his official total of games. Moreover, and without at all wanting to seem unkind, it is hard to imagine any alternative set of circumstances which would have given rise to the word 'Woodville' being engraved on the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy. This list may not reflect recent changes . With the introduction of district football in 1897, the Club changed its name to West Torrens as it realised that a major number of its players resided in that area. [5] Against both North Melbourne and South Melbourne he kicked three goals. Having a TidyHQ Account lets us remember who you are so we can keep everything in one place for you ready to access and update at any time. Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990. He took over Geroge Roache's No.26 jumper. Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! The following year, with Blight the player now history, Blight the coach finally came into his own. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. In 1978. for the first ever time, Woodville made a realistic bid to participate in the finals, ultimately missing out by just one game plus percentage. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. Public group Join group In 2011, the Eagles became the only club since the turn of the century to defeat Central District in two grand finals, with a thrilling 3-point win 81 to 78 on 9 October 2011. *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. Obviously he had to do until guys like McKellar came along. In 1968, Woodville avoided another wooden spoon by just half a game, but the following year, under the energetic coaching of former North Melbourne stalwart Noel Teasdale, the side seemed to be at last on the verge of establishing itself. [1] Further sporadic references to Woodville followed up to and including 1877 when a club bearing that name participated in the debut season of the South Australian Football Association, finishing fifth out of eight. Another thing Adelaide Hawk, I saw a thread in which you had some players you didn't know the first name to. It would be the last trophy the Woodville Football Club would win in the SANFL. It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. First mention of a West Torrens team is made as early as May and June 1879 when results of what must have been scratch matches against South Adelaide and North Adelaide (both these sides were members of the South Australian Football Association) were reported upon in the Register newspaper. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). A Woodville Football Club, about which hardly anything is known, also existed as late as 1910 but thereafter references cease for more than two decades. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. It appears that the Club went by the somewhat strange pseudonym of The Butchers, and perhaps this was because the team contained a number of slaughtermen and it seems to have played matches near the West Park slaughterhouse that was situated behind the Adelaide Gaol. [4] Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. Adelaide . Past Players support day. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. Woodville-West Torrens. Not dated B 75500/45: Players in action. Maxwell Sam Parker (born 29 October 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). This is a list of the 63 players you missed. In the end, only inaccuracy in front of goal prevented Woodville from winning with comparative comfort, but margins mean little in finals; there are only winners and losers. In 1991, the club merged with neighbouring Woodville Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. In Sheedy's first year in charge, the club finished minor premiers and advanced to the 2020 SANFL Grand Final where the club overcame North Adelaide by 39 points to win their first premiership in 9 years. The 'Peckers managed only 4 wins for the year and sustained some of the biggest hidings in their history to slump to the bottom of the ladder once more. South Australian National Football league. 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