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KEY FACTS

Official name
Glenelg Football Club

Known as
Glenelg

Nickname
Tigers (also popularly referred to as 'The Bays')

Formed
1920

Colours
Black and gold

Associated clubs
Glenelg Reserves; Glenelg U18s; West Glenelg; Glenelg WFC; Glenelg U16s; Glenelg U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1921–2024

Home Ground
Glenelg Oval

SANFL Premierships
1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023-24 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1969, 1973, 1975-6, 1981, 1990, 2009-10, 2019 (9 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-Season Series: 1959, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1992 (5 total)

Most Games
448 - Peter Carey (1971-1988)

Most Goals
869 - D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966–78, 1981)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Owens (80) 1928, (83) 1929 & (102) 1932; C.Churchett (88) 1948, (72) 1949, (105) 1950 & (102) 1951; D.Phillis (137) 1969, (107) 1970, (99) 1971, (108) 1975 & (98) 1976; T.Grima (58) 2010; C.Alleway (47) 2015; L.McBean (46) 2019, (38) 2020, (51) 2021 (17 total)

Magarey Medalists
J.Handby 1928; G.Johnston 1934; M.Brock 1940; M.Boyall 1941; A.Crabb 1949; D.Phillis 1969; K.Hodgeman 1978; A.McGuinness 1982; B.Backwell 2006; L.Partington 2019 (10 total)

Headquarters
64 Brighton Rd, Glenelg East, SA 5045

Postal Address
PO Box 72, Glenelg, SA, 5045

Phone: 1300 687 258 

Email
[email protected]

Website
glenelgfc.com.au

Glenelg



In 1973, the quintessential 'Kerley method’ - glimpsed, perhaps, in 1964 with South Adelaide, and again with the 1969 Tigers - came at last to full fruition. Glenelg in ‘73 was, in terms of its average standard of performance, a VFL side in all but name. With [one] exception it not only never lost, it never looked like doing so - until that ‘one day in September’...

John Devaney looks back at Glenelg's SANFL history which, to many, represents a frustrating record of underachievement.

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2024 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 2024 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Glenelg 4.311.517.823.12 150 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 4.46.410.513.6 84 66 GLE Mar 29 (Fri, 4:40) Scores
2 A Glenelg 2.05.25.37.5 47 LOST Norwood 3.44.88.910.11 71 -24 NOR Apr 12 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
3 H Glenelg 5.39.615.816.10 106 WON Adelaide Reserves 0.23.34.310.8 68 38 GLE Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Glenelg 2.12.44.56.8 44 LOST Sturt 4.45.810.1511.16 82 -38 GLE Apr 25 (Thu, 2:10) Scores
5 A Glenelg 1.74.105.129.16 70 WON South Adelaide 3.15.35.46.7 43 27 NOA May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Glenelg 2.15.46.610.10 70 WON West Adelaide 1.11.24.56.7 43 27 GLE May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 3.56.79.1011.12 78 WON Woodville West Torrens 1.13.27.510.7 67 11 WOO May 26 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
8 H Glenelg 2.38.69.1011.12 78 WON Central District 2.46.410.710.11 71 7 GLE Jun 1 (Sat, 1:10) Scores
9 H Glenelg 1.17.49.912.12 84 WON North Adelaide 4.45.79.910.12 72 12 GLE Jun 10 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
10 Glenelg       Bye        
11 A Glenelg 4.311.514.816.12 108 WON West Adelaide 1.02.33.78.8 56 52 RIC Jun 23 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
12 H Glenelg 1.22.85.107.15 57 LOST Adelaide Reserves 6.18.214.415.6 96 -39 GLE Jun 29 (Sat, 2:20) Scores
13 H Glenelg 0.15.36.79.13 67 WON Woodville West Torrens 4.05.28.58.7 55 12 GLE Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Glenelg 1.43.54.86.11 47 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 4.05.46.59.7 61 -14 ALB Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Glenelg 1.37.68.710.12 72 LOST Sturt 6.18.512.714.8 92 -20 UNL Jul 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Glenelg 3.67.810.1511.15 81 WON Norwood 2.26.66.86.11 47 34 GLE Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Glenelg 4.38.58.910.15 75 LOST North Adelaide 2.47.713.716.7 103 -28 PRO Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Glenelg 2.34.45.56.8 44 LOST Central District 0.30.53.86.9 45 -1 ELZ Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Glenelg 4.39.1016.1521.22 148 WON South Adelaide 0.42.53.113.12 30 118 GLE Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF H Glenelg 5.29.614.1419.17 131 WON Woodville West Torrens 1.44.85.98.12 60 71 ADO Sep 1 (Sun, 12:15) Scores
1SF A Glenelg 3.16.28.314.5 89 WON Sturt 4.25.39.39.4 58 31 ADO Sep 8 (Sun, 12:15) Scores
PF A Glenelg 3.36.311.515.8 98 WON Central District 0.34.87.108.12 60 38 ADO Sep 15 (Sun, 3:15) Scores
GF A Glenelg 2.24.57.612.9 81 WON Norwood 2.47.59.711.10 76 5 ADO Sep 22 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.