On this occasion, the scoreboard clearly showed the green and golds as winners. The 'Football Times' tipsters had changed their tune prior to Woodville's first semi final meeting with Port Adelaide, with four of the five favouring the Warriors. In its 27 seasons in the SANFL, Woodville reached the finals only three times: in 1979, 1986 and 1987; its best result was 3rd position in 1986. Blight stood down at the end of 1987 and was replaced by Port Adelaide Football Club legend and four time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert. Here's my list of the Woodville one hit wonders: Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. 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. He played 105 Games and kicked 7 Goals during his Woodville career.Don't have his Norwood or Melbourne details and also played in the early '90s for Woodville/West Torrens. [6], The rest of his career was spent in the SANFL. Robert Muir (no. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. From there the team started to gel and by 1986 was considered an outside chance of obtaining their first league premiership, but finished 3rd after losing to eventual premiers Glenelg in the Preliminary Final. 2 or 3 night home games per year are played at Thebarton Oval (Former home of West Torrens) which is also the club's pre-season base. In 1991, the club merged with neighbouring Woodville Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. 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. It was decided at the end of the season to merge the two sides to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, effectively returning to how things were prior to 1964. This includes: Events, Memberships, Meetings, Finances, Online Shop, Communications and more. See The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress, p.199. Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1964 to 1990, when it merged in 1991 with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles . They defeated Glenelg in the 2021 SANFL Grand Final by a margin of 67 points to claim their 5th premiership and became only the second team all year to defeat Glenelg. I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. A longtime Norwood Cheer Squad stalwart, Peter Nanotti, showed us at Woodville how to make them properly. This proved to be a false dawn, however, as the side recorded only 2 further wins for the year - one of which was against Central District - to finish in a position which was to become familiar: last. [8]. The highlights of Woodville's SANFL career during the 1960s were arguably its draw in 1967 and its win two years later against Jack Oatey's all-conquering Sturt side. Thereafter, however, the 'old' Woodville inexplicably resurfaced: the Warriors lost every one of their last five minor round matches before being consummately bundled out of the premiership race by Glenelg to the embarrassing tune of 102 points. 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. In the meantime, a succession of home grown champions - McKellar, Huppatz and Blight - went off across the border in search of the mythological VFL pot of gold. All these factors were to the fore as Woodville led at every change in compiling a resounding 43 point win. 4. The Woodville South Football Club was establish in 1890 as the Carlton Football Club and is oneof the oldest and most respected clubs in the South Australian Amateur Football League. There's been a lot more planning and preparation this year so I'm not hoping as much this time because I know things are going to be better." The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football . history search requests & donations history timeline premierships honour board the players hall of fame team of the century club centurions club achievements afl draftees venue shop merchandise single entry tickets pick-a-picket baggy blue contact home; player profiles; player profiles. A total of 8 wins from 20 starts earned the comparative respectability of seventh place on the ladder and over the final few games of the season in particular, inspired by Teasdale, and with players like carnival ruckman Craig McKellar, experienced stalwarts Simunsen and Barrie Barbary, and exciting youngsters such as Ray Huppatz, Colin MacVicar, Malcolm Blight and Ralph Sewer, all of whom would be automatic inclusions in any Woodville 'Hall of Fame', they looked capable of matching it with the very best. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. All Woodville needed to do now in order to clinch the double chance in the finals was defeat wooden spoon contender South Adelaide in the final minor round match of the season. It was not until 1902 that the Hindmarsh Council realising the need of a local Oval started to redevelop an irregular shaped paddock known as Lindsays Circus which was opened in 1905 as Hindmarsh Oval and the home ground of West Torrens Football Club. They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval, a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final (a game won by West Torrens). It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. You must log in or register to reply here. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. 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. Also, I looked in the Round 20 1990 Budget I got from "At the Toss of a Coin" store and noticed that Sewer had played 380 matches (plus one) so that would make 381, opposed to 382 you have. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. The Natives Club first secretary was John Carr, a member of the Legislative Council and the colours that the Club adopted were Blue and Gold. AFL. from 1964-66 inclusive. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. South Australian National Football League, SANFL History of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodville-West_Torrens_Football_Club&oldid=1124669097, Australian rules football clubs established in 1990, South Australian National Football League clubs, Australian rules football clubs in South Australia, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Pages using Australian rules football kit with incorrect pattern parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. These tallies refer to premiership (home-and-away) matches only. Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. As a junior, he was a very good athlete. The fact that only a handful of the Titles were gained made them lifetime highlights for players, officials and supporters when they did come along. West Torrens Football Club History Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! Your TidyHQ Account includes the email address and password you use to log in, as well as all the contact, payment and security details that you will use for this organisation and across all TidyHQ services. In doing so, the club went back-to-back for the first time in their history. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. I remember going to Prospect Oval the Thursday night before the 1971 GF. Major Partner. Except that, as so often appears to be the case, 'next season' after a season of apparent promise proved to be an enormous disappointment. B 75500/128: Player action shot, showing Garry Haylock, Woodville West Torrens, and another player. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! We're the mighty flying Eagles He was Woodville's leading goal kicker in 1975, and had won the club's best & Fairest award in 1978, the same year he was awarded with Life Membership from the club and Player Life Membership from the SANFL. The new club proved immediately competitive, and won their first premiership in 1993. (Also, in 1972 they won the Coca-Cola cup, a competition between teams which did not make the final four). He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. The 1967 performance was especially noteworthy in that, besides the draw, the Peckers managed only a solitary win for the year en route to their second wooden spoon. [6]. During the 2021 SANFL season, the Eagles finished 2nd behind minor premiers Glenelg who had lost only one game all season. Correct on all counts. SANFL Under 17's: 5 - 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, Most Games: 325 by Ralph Sewer (196980, 198490), First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Trevor Pierson (1982 - 104 goals). 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". You are using an out of date browser. As well as that controversy, the teams on field performance in its first two games, when it failed even to score and could not field a full complement of the allowed 20 men, was hardly a confident beginning. I walked into a room where they were preparing the North Adelaide banner. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. The clubrooms have been recently renovated and our oval is superbly maintained by the Charles Sturt Council. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. The club is also famous for having a fantastic social scene and you can be assured that your partnersand families will really feel apart of the club andenjoy the atmosphere at our club. He became the second to win one at his first attempt (Winter 1993). Our newly upgraded Gym allows us to provide the best training facilities, equipment and football experience for our players.We are a very professionally run club and do everything possible to provide the best playing conditions for all of our members. Woodville and West Torrens join forces to become the Woodville West Torrens Football Club, known as The Eagles. "At the moment, it hasn't got an obvious one for any length of time. Knew those old Footy Times yearbooks, might come in handysome of these names will test the memory of any Woody diehard!! Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. 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. 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). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. Does anyone on here have a Woodville peckers guernsey? "Woodville's Acid Test" ran the headline to Mike Rucci's story in the prefinals issue of South Australia's weekly football newspaper 'Football Times'. Michael Aish's wife Pam Spalding also worked there and Michael was a regular fixture at many of our social occasions as well. Once the season proper got underway the side continued much as it had left off in 1986 and by the time it downed South Adelaide by a couple of goals in round seventeen finals participation was virtually assured. 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. Ironically the team finishing last in that year was Port Adelaide. [5]. [3]. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. And you'll see what we can do, We're the mighty flying Eagles Dave Campbell's Texas Football reveals its 2023 6-Year TXHSFB Program Rankings, a comprehensive measure of every UIL Texas high school football program. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. Initially at least, Blight's impact was greater on the playing side than it was as a tactician and man motivator. 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. 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Adelaide . Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. to the league series in 1964, enters the finals series far better prepared than its previous major round appearance in 1979 - ironically against Norwood in an elimination final. It only takes a few seconds. It would be the last trophy the Woodville Football Club would win in the SANFL. 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. All matches are played on Saturdays. They did it the hard way, too. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! The next seven minor round matches represented one of the pinnacles of Woodville's twenty-seven season involvement in the SANFL at senior level, with victories over Sturt (31 points), Norwood (21 points), West Adelaide (23 points), Port Adelaide (6 points), West Torrens (45 points), Central District (22 points) and North Adelaide (18 points). Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. For the first few years the Club was an itinerant side, playing at other sides home grounds and contesting a fair number of their matches at the Jubilee Oval just near the Adelaide Zoo. 7. However, having qualified for the elimination final the Woodville players may have subconsciously decided that they had achieved enough for one season; in any event, they were never in the contest against reigning premier Norwood and went down by 11 goals. After finishing the minor round in second place behind University they had to overturn Semaphore Central (12.18 to 10.15) in a semi final and Colonel Light Gardens (13.15 to 11.9) in the final before responding to the challenge which University, as minor premiers, had the right to throw down. The mighty flying Eagles The SAAFL still operated a challenge system of playing finals at this point. 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. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! Given the nature of their brief, the five official tipsters in 'Football Times' had no choice but to be less non-committal: all predicted a narrow win to the Redlegs. with debts of $1.1 million, and while Woodville was financially viable, club officials realised that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the club to be competitive in the foreseeable future. Ralph Sewer: Debuting in 1969 and playing his final match in 1990 aged 38, Sewer became not only the only man to have played in the SANFL in four different decades, but also the only grandfather. And watch the Feathers fly South Adelaide were the next side to succumb to the new-found wrath of the Warriors, going down by 37 points at Football Park, only for Glenelg to throw a temporary spanner into the works in round fourteen with a 39 point triumph at the Bay. Before the game a number of legends from both clubs were introduced to the crowd. Based in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Woodville derived its name from the suburb it was located in. 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!! However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. It was certainly in the Woodville area. After losing yet another Grand Final to their arch rivals in 2005, the Eagles bounced back and got their first premiership in 13 years, and after 6 attempts, with a thumping 76-point victory over the Bulldogs. Dazzling Darryl was the son of a Woodville member who was in the cheer squad (Dazzling, that is) briefly in the mid 70's (I think). Does anyone remember the said establishment?? 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