Do we have the ability to PM each other. I know most of these did play League for Woodville, but just to make sure, I'd like to see the AH brand of microscope placed over them. For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. They also made the finals in 1987, but came 5th, losing the Elimination Final to Glenelg. Well this will get me a bit closer to that 331, while comparing lists with the one on SAFooty I have found these names. Ahhh, those Powerful Pressurising Peckers for Premiers. Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. It may not display this or other websites correctly. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game, Age at first & last AFL gameFirst game: 25y 196dLast game: 31y 315d, Height and weightHeight: 170 cmWeight: 70 kg, Senior clubsWoodville; PortAdelaide; Footscray; NorthMelbourne, Jumper numbersFootscray: 7NorthMelbourne: 10, 2, Recruited fromWoodville (1974); Footscray (1978); NorthMelbourne (1980); Woodville (1982), Hall of fameSouth Australian Football Hall Of Fame (2003), AFL: 8,642nd player to appear, 2,809th most games played, 1,114th most goals kickedFootscray: 631st player to appear, 198th most games played, 80th most goals kickedNorthMelbourne: 699th player to appear, 466th most games played, 242nd most goals kicked. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. He would later play for North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), winning the Brownlow Medal in 1978 and joining a select group of players who had won the highest individual honor in both the SANFL and VFL competitions. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! South Australian National Football league. Wearing Gold and Green and Blue Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Get the latest news and information about the Woodville Eagles football from Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Photographer Martin Jacka, not dated B 75500/46: Torrens v Woodville at Thebarton. It only takes a few seconds. The merger effectively marked the death knell of the Woodville Football Club as an autonomous organisation, and from that point of view was probably regarded in a negative light by many of the club's supporters, at least initially. [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. His first season back in Adelaide was unsuccessful, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon. He resigned the position after making a point of principle at the SAFA meeting while being abused by fellow delegates. Except that, as so often appears to be the case, 'next season' after a season of apparent promise proved to be an enormous disappointment. In 1990, the imminent admission of the Adelaide Crows into the AFL placed both club's futures as separate entities in serious doubt: West Torrens was technically insolvent, Knew those old Footy Times yearbooks, might come in handysome of these names will test the memory of any Woody diehard!! Believe he may be the father or uncle of a former popular ' 80s trainer at Oval Avenue: Paul aka "Porky" Crichton, someone may be able to verify this?? You are using an out of date browser. 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. Woodville-West Torrens entered a team in the SANFL Women's League in 2019 and, as of 2021 SANFL season, are the only club to have never won a wooden spoon. In the event, after a hard fought first half, the Bays proved to be just a little too accomplished for Blight's men and won by 21 points in front of another big finals crowd of 30,744. from 1964-66 inclusive. Woodville and West Torrens join forces to become the Woodville West Torrens Football Club, known as The Eagles. Well, there's an interesting story! Grenville Dietrich 17 Shane McGrath 16 Damien Christensen 14 David Foote 13 Keith Baker 12 Michael Edmonds 11 Ian Hanna 10 Steven Barratt 9 Justin Smith 9 Alan Schwartz 7 Gerard Toohey 6 Jeff Graham 5 Grant Eyles 4 Stephen Flintham 3 Gavin Appleton 3 Dale Wilson 3 Ashley Mitchell 3 John Cunningham 2 Trevor Pierson 1 Initials I.P. Des O' Dwyer played with Woodville from middish 1986 to 1990 incl. Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. In 1940 it changed its colours to purple and white and was admitted to section A2 of the South Australian Amateur Football League. Player Stats - Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. Yes, I saw Trevor Hoffman play, He was a little short and skinny to match it with the likes of Wedding, Darley, etc, but he had pretty good skills for memory. 20152019 - Patrick Giuffreda & Luke Thompson, South Australian Premiers: 9 1924, 1933, 1945, 1953, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2020, 2021, South Australian Night Series Winners: 4 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, Record Night Attendance at Thebarton Oval: 4,566 v, Most Goals for the Club: 312 by Mark Passador (200310), Most Years as Coach: 9 by Michael Godden (201018), Most Premierships as Coach: 2 by Jade Sheedy (2020, 2021), Most Years as Captain: 8 by Luke Thompson (201522), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Luke Thompson (2020, 2021), Most Best & Fairest Awards: 5 by Mark McKenzie (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011), Longest Winning Run: 14 (199394 last 7 games in 1993, first 7 games in 1994), Longest Winning Run in a Season: 12 (2004), This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:30. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. In 1964, when the Woodpeckers embarked on their fully fledged SANFL career, it was Simunsen who was both their first skipper and their first interstate representative, while the coaching duties were handled by former Port Adelaide wingman Harold McDonald. Thebarton, which had lights installed for night games since the 1950s (the lights were upgraded in 201112), is occasionally used as an alternative playing venue for the club, with the team having played a handful of games at the venue since 2006. * Premiership Captain (Justin Cicolella was acting captain for the 2006 Premiership), Presented to best on ground for South Australia in a State match, Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Grand Final, Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Reserves Grand Final, Presented to best on ground in an SANFL U/18's Grand Final, Presented to best on ground in an SANFL U/16's Grand Final, Presented to best on ground in an ANZAC Day match (Grand Final replay), Presented to best SANFL player as voted by League coaches, The highest individual honour that is bestowed by the club. [4], He played his final league season with North Adelaide, having left Woodville in acrimonious circumstances. just past the Arkaba Hotel! Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! Woodville's most successful player was Malcolm Blight, who won the SANFL's Magarey Medal and gained selection in the All Australian team in 1972. Tournament Game 2022 UIL Texas Football State Championships 2022 Football Conference 3A D1 Woodville 27 East Chambers 20 Final Box Score All Contest Videos Tournament Bracket Blight stood down at the end of 1987 and was replaced by Port Adelaide Football Club legend and four time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert. [4] He made five appearances for Footscray in the 1971 VFL season, aged only 17. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 26, 11/9/86, page 2. You guys in Cheer Squads were fanatics. Heading into 1964, West Torrens had won four premierships in the previous forty seasons, and were a highly competitive club, regular finalists, and played off in 8 Grand Finals - the last one being the 1953 victory over Port Adelaide. To be honest, I never correlated the two players, but when someone said it was the same player I couldn't say for certain as I don't remember the Woodville Ettridge all that well. 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 Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. List of Woodville-West Torrens Players Edit This is a list of players to have played for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Blight returned to Woodville in 1983 as Captain-Coach, leading the club through its most successful period. 2021 (7 - 4) 2020 (8 - 3) 2019 (4 - 6) 2018 (11 - 1) Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! This was to prove to be the last ever time that Woodville would play off for the A1 premiership prior to the club's elevation to SANFL B grade status in 1959. They had reckoned without the Warriors' intense desperation and desire, however,coupled with the pace of players like Colin McDonald, Ron Fuller and Kevin Harris, and the aerial ability of Michael Templeton and Andrew Taylor. 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. Similarly, the return to the Woodville fold as playing coach a year later of 'favourite son' Malcolm Blight did not immediately succeed in turning things 'round. Success in attaining the A2 premiership earned Woodville automatic promotion to A1, but the club had to wait until 1946 to savour the benefits of this privilege, as the SAAFL went into recess for the next four seasons owing to the war. This was a splinter group of dissatisfied members of the Port Adelaide Football Club, who, in 1894, broke from that Club when unable to get games with Port, and formed their own team known as the Port Natives. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. 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. The West Torrens Club, as the fans knew it, had its beginnings from a group of players known as the Port Natives. 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. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. 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