in Adelaide for work or looking for more senior footy than was available in the star studded Shark line up of the mid 80's? Get started now for free. The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. That would explain it, 12 games and 25 goals for Panagaris' career suggests he wasnt a complete dud. [5], Unable to register a senior game in 1972, Parker returned to country football and played briefly at Gippsland club Leongatha. As far as the serious business of winning league matches was concerned, however, the club went steadily backwards, winning 9 of its 22 games in 1988 for seventh position, 8 in 1989 (eighth), and 7 in 1990 (eighth again). Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. Like Log in to remove this ad. In 1940 it changed its colours to purple and white and was admitted to section A2 of the South Australian Amateur Football League. I happened to mention it a guy at school the next day and it turned out he was in the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad. 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. Huppatz also played interstate football for both South Australia and the VFL. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. It was also agreed that blue would be the primary colour of the merged club. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Both matches took place at Woodville Oval. 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. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 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, I walked into a room where they were preparing the North Adelaide banner. 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. Things deteriorated still further in 1971 as the 'Peckers plummeted to the wooden spoon, and although this particular indignity was avoided during the rest of the 1970s it was only towards the end of the decade that the club began to give serious on field indications that it could be anything other than an also ran. ?A famous Pecker in more respects than he may know!! The Peckers' only three victories for the season were all gained at the expense of the winless Bulldogs by 10, 28 and 35 points. 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. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. But one thing hasn't changed - Woodville still lack finals experience. 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. 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. Backed up by our B Grade coach Trent Petersen, C Grade coach Roland Chard and Women's coach Courtney Paulson. We're the mighty flying Eagles 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. This Club was accepted into the Adelaide and Suburban Association and won two Premierships in a row. The new club proved immediately competitive, and won their first premiership in 1993. "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'. Despite winning 5 of its first its first 10 games to be in with an outside chance of finals contention it wilted during the second half of the season, managing just 1 further win to finish in ninth place. During the 2021 SANFL season, the Eagles finished 2nd behind minor premiers Glenelg who had lost only one game all season. The league team with a 162 record from their 18 games. 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 good old days. Unfortunately the League team were dealt with 3 major season ending injuries in their 2nd semi-final victory, ripping out their engine room including Magarey Medal Runner-up and eventual 2015 Club Champion Angus Rowntree, as well as number 1 ruckman Marc Borholm and former Reserves Magarey Medalist Angus Poole. (Also, in 1972 they won the Coca-Cola cup, a competition between teams which did not make the final four). It was certainly in the Woodville area. 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 are newspaper references to a Woodville Football Club dating back to the 19th century, when Woodville and Adelaide were the only teams,[1] but the modern club was formed in 1938 to play in local amateur competitions. Rodney Allen (1965 to 1975) 200 games, 24 goals. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. * 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. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. Intersate recruit that didnt set the world on fire-Kym Chatfield, dont think he racked up many games at East Freo before his Woodville stint either, how did they get hold of this guy? Woodville South is developing itself as the football from everyone. To read the 2022 season preview please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. 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. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. 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. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. Past Players & Officials. Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Prior to amalgamation, West Torrens won four premierships while Woodville was unable to win a flag. Not so this time. He was also one of the pre-count favourites for the Magarey Medal, but finished a somewhat disappointing tenth. 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. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! B 75500/128: Player action shot, showing Garry Haylock, Woodville West Torrens, and another player. 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 the latest news and information about the Woodville Eagles football from Dave Campbell's Texas Football. sturt's senior squad . When I originally posted his name on FootySA, McAlmanac was curious about this too. 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. A photo does exist in the Hindmarsh Historical Society of a West Torrens team dated 1881. + Score at the end of extra time. 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. Woodville, which played at Woodville Oval for the first time that year, won 13 out of 15 minor round matches to win the minor premiership. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. 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. 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. It only takes a few seconds. Woodville-West Torrens. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. Sound the Siren, turn us loose Watched by a crowd of 39,086, the biggest to witness a first semi final since 1967, and indeed the largest crowd that Woodville was ever to appear in front of, Port opened with all guns blazing to register 9 opening term goals to 3 and seemingly have one foot firmly in the preliminary final. 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?? The Eagles went in as the underdogs but coach Michael Godden (in only his second year with the team and in a senior coaching position) believed his Eagles could overcome the Dogs. He was not happy. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. 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. to reflect uponThe player I will discuss ( I am positive) has not been mentioned before in the previous thread. 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. West Torrens had competed in the SANFL since the 1895 SAFA season, when it was originally known as the Port Natives[1] (who wore Blue and Gold) and renamed to West Torrens for the 1897 SAFA season,[2] while Woodville entered the competition for 1964 SANFL season. Woodville's captain in their last game was popular veteran Ralph Sewer (regular captain Romano Negri was in the team but stepped aside for the last game to give Sewer the honor). By 2018, the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club officially surpassed Woodville's total existence as it entered its 28th SANFL season, and interestingly, the club's on-field record read very similar to that of West Torrens prior to Woodville entering the competition in 1964. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore, Australian Football Championships (1979-86) - Budget Team Lists Required. 4. Rucci then proceeded to sit fairly and squarely on the fence when analysing Woodville's prospects: Woodville, which has qualified for the finals for the second time since it was re-admitted (sic.) Pretty sure Malcolm Ellis is still there. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. Based in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Woodville derived its name from the suburb it was located in. 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). Between 1980 and 1985 Woodville collected an unenviable six successive wooden spoons to create a new SANFL record (subsequently surpassed by Sturt). Gourmet Sausages. The records you've got are of course not perfect, but I thought I might point that out. [5]. The new team trained in a yard behind the Land of Promise Hotel but this was soon found to be inadequate so the players used Port Road as their training track. and come up with some " new " stuff for us devotees of the W.F.C. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! In 1938, a new Woodville Football Club was formed and admitted to the Port Adelaide District Football Association in which, wearing red and white playing uniforms, it competed without success for the final two seasons of that competition's existence. His 325 games was a club record. 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. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. Famous players from both clubs include Bob Hank and Lindsay Head, who .