Reference can also be found to an Annual Meeting of the Club at the Squatters Arms Hotel on April 7 th 1881 at which time the colours of the Club were changed to Red and White. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. 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. 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). On entry to the SANFL, Woodville were known as "The Woodpeckers" but changed to "The Warriors" in 1983. Woodville's first win against a club other than Centrals came in the opening round of the 1965 season against Norwood. Pretty sure Malcolm Ellis is still there. In 2015 the Woodville West Torrens Football Club celebrated their 25th season in the SANFL, and dominated the competition in U/18s, Reserves and League, taking out each Minor Premiership (the only club to ever do so) dropping just 4 games across all 3 grades throughout the minor round season. [7] Blight's charges refused to lie down, however, and by half time, incredibly, they had closed to within just 5 points. Any reflections on this classic victory are welcome. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . (and hopefully the image will work!!) 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. Sadly, however, 1970 did not see the club build on this platform. Plenty of old days at Oval Ave, but too few of the good!! FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. Its inaugural season was an indicator of its success (or lack thereof) for the remainder of its existence. 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. I happened to mention it a guy at school the next day and it turned out he was in the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad. Yes, Ettridge played at Torrens alright. 2023. AFL. 4. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. The turning point came in round eleven against Centrals, again at Football Park. Observation made at the time of the emblem switch by Whimpress, op cit, p.202. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. [8]. This was the first premiership against North Adelaide. The Club fields four senior teams in the competition, comprising of a A, B and C grades in the mens and a Women's team which was introduced to the league in the 2020 season. 7. News Football Matches . Nov 10, 2018 - Woodville Woodpeckers - First Ever Side (Round 1 1964) 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. Past Players support day. [5]. Such confidence appeared grossly misplaced early on as the side won only 2 out of 5 Escort Cup pre-season games. South Australian National Football League, "Full Points Footy: Max Parker (Footscray, Woodville, North Adelaide)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Parker_(footballer)&oldid=1105238095, This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 07:37. They also made the finals in 1987, but came 5th, losing the Elimination Final to Glenelg. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. 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. Initials I.P. JavaScript is disabled. Ah thanks again! [4]. 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-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (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. 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. In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. 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. [4], A three time South Australian interstate representative, Parker retired with 280 SANFL games and a total of 285 games in elite Australian rules football, and also played a further 21 pre-season/night series matches.[4]. The team won 3 games, drew 1 (abandoned after quarter time) and lost 13, which included a forfeit. You are so correct - talking of the 60's, 70's & early 80's SANFL has been great. Each club progressed straight through to their respective Grand Finals, and the Reserves completed a remarkable undefeated season (first team to do so since West Torrens in 1919) to take out their 8th flag. Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. [2] However, Walkerville were too strong in the final, winning 13.13 (91) to 8.11 (59) at SANFL club North Adelaide's home ground of Prospect Oval. All these factors were to the fore as Woodville led at every change in compiling a resounding 43 point win. The reason for this rejection was never explained, however J H Sinclair was chosen to replace him. B 75500/43: Sturt v Woodville, players Richard Champion and Michael Friebel. 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. Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. 8. 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). Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! [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. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. The clubrooms have been recently renovated and our oval is superbly maintained by the Charles Sturt Council. Full Points Footy's Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, Volume 1. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. He was probably more suited to a ruck-roving role or full-forward than ruck. This includes: Events, Memberships, Meetings, Finances, Online Shop, Communications and more. 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. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. 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. Woodville did not win a premiership or play in a grand final in their twenty-seven seasons (196490), usually being close to or on the bottom of the ladder. These tallies refer to premiership (home-and-away) matches only. 2021 (7 - 4) 2020 (8 - 3) 2019 (4 - 6) 2018 (11 - 1) Malcolm Blight left at the end of the 1987 season and was replaced as coach by another South Australian football legend in the shape of the only four time Magarey Medallist, Russell Ebert. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. Women's Major Partner. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Woodville-West Torrens. 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. Like Log in to remove this ad. *Behinds for the pre-1965 era are for selected matches only This setback only served to spark the Warriors into renewed resolve. The good old days. The Warriors simply overwhelmed their opposition to win with consummate ease, 27.20 (182) to 11.15 (81). 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. In 1959 the existing SANFL clubs agreed to submissions from Woodville and Central District to expand the competition from eight to ten teams on the proviso they enter the SANFL reserves competition on a five-year apprenticeship before gaining admission to the league competition in 1964. 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. In hindsight it is possible to suggest that Blight expected such success. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. They did it the hard way, too. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. I was born in 1959 and have memories of the early days of Woodville. Based in the north western suburb of Woodville, the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club was formed in 1991 when Woodville and West Torrens amalgamated. He would walk into the bank, a barber's shop the butchers and would start up "Come on the Peckers, Come on the Peckers . it's the Woody Woody Peckers Song". Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. 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 Natives Club first secretary was John Carr, a member of the Legislative Council and the colours that the Club adopted were Blue and Gold. 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!! I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! It proved too much to cover for the Eagles in the Grand Final, falling short to West Adelaide by 30 points. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SANFL Football - Woodville West Torrens Eagles Vintage Jackets - Size 2XL / 3XL at the best online prices at eBay! List of West Torrens players Edit Edit source History Talk (0) List [] PLAYER GAMES GOALS CAREER SPAN CLUBS (SANFL) WEIGHT Filsell, Edwin 112 18 1897-1906 WTOR . Only recently discovered the whereabouts of the late and great Jack " Singer " Edwards former home in Woodville West. Not even West Torrens had managed the feat previously. 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. haha. South Australian National Football league. Then, after commencing the season proper promisingly with a hard fought 5 point win over West Torrens at Football Park, old habits promptly resurfaced and 7 of the next 9 matches were lost. It only takes a few seconds. Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. [4], He played his final league season with North Adelaide, having left Woodville in acrimonious circumstances. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! 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. + Score at the end of extra time. West Torrens were also dragged down to this level by the 1970s. 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. 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. Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! Do you still have a player you don't know their first name? Does anyone remember the said establishment?? and played many fine games mainly at FB for the Mighty Warriors. Photographer Martin Jacka, not dated B 75500/46: Torrens v Woodville at Thebarton. Central District were admitted to the league at the same time and, in 1964, it was Woodville's ability to account for their Cinderella rivals which enabled them to avoid the wooden spoon. The club has a strong proactive committee and an excellent football department led by our football director Peter Johnson and our Senior Club Wayne Knowles. The West Torrens Club, as the fans knew it, had its beginnings from a group of players known as the Port Natives. Get the latest news and information about the Woodville Eagles football from Dave Campbell's Texas Football. and come up with some " new " stuff for us devotees of the W.F.C. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 26, 11/9/86, page 2. In 1985, his final season as a player, Blight was named as an All Australian for the second time (the first had been 'way back in 1972) and topped the SANFL goalkicking list with 126 goals for the year. Jim Crichton was as you said Secretary of the mighty W.F.C. "At the moment, it hasn't got an obvious one for any length of time. 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. 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. Woodville,Roys,NT Thunder Jan 12, 2006 Thread starter #1,004 Name the player? The Eagles became the first side to win the Premiership from a Qualifying Final loss since Sturt did so in 1976, and the only club in the competition to have won Premierships in each of the last 3 decades. And we always battle through Hey everyone, Don't have birthdates available on many of the legendary Woodville League players from 1964- to the late 1970s but can post birthdays for most of the 1980s onward Peckers/Warrior champs and dare I say it ( but only the minority..LOL) "chumps"! For most of this three year period it was clear that the club was living on borrowed time, and while the formation of the Adelaide Crows at the end of the 1990 season may have precipitated matters, the merger with West Torrens which produced the WoodvilleWest Torrens Eagles in 1991 may, in hindsight, be viewed as having been almost inevitable. Dave Campbell's Texas Football reveals its 2023 6-Year TXHSFB Program Rankings, a comprehensive measure of every UIL Texas high school football program. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. As a struggling club with limited fans and finances, there were regular calls throughout the 1980s to merge Woodville with another club. Woodville South is developing itself as the football from everyone. - the players effectively 'froze', putting in a woeful performance to lose by 15 points and slump to fourth, which meant an elimination final meeting with finals-hardened Norwood. Both matches took place at Woodville Oval. And you'll see what we can do, We're the mighty flying Eagles I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. 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. Between 1980 and 1985 Woodville collected an unenviable six successive wooden spoons to create a new SANFL record (subsequently surpassed by Sturt). I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. the old post office chicago wedding cost; how does synaptic wiring allow the brain to learn memorize and change; how old was oakes fegley in the goldfinch lake mary ca water temperature werribee football club past players. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. It was a bitterly disappointing end for Michael Godden and his men after a near perfect season, cruelled by injury at the final hurdle. The mighty flying Eagles Rodney Allen (1965 to 1975) 200 games, 24 goals. 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. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. Ruckman Craig Parry was named the Jack Oatey Medalist for Best on Ground for 2011. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. Initially at least, Blight's impact was greater on the playing side than it was as a tactician and man motivator. Because of the exigencies of war the number of clubs in A2 of the SAAFL was reduced from ten to six in 1941. 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). Adelaide Hawk TheBrownDog Sep 21, 2002 51,136 44,216 Adelaide AFL Club Hawthorn Other Teams Norwood Jan 12, 2006 #1,005 Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. from 1964-66 inclusive. League. Sound the Siren, turn us loose 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. You are using an out of date browser. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! 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. Another thing Adelaide Hawk, I saw a thread in which you had some players you didn't know the first name to. 2014 AFL Season; 2013 AFL Season; 2012 AFL Season; 2011 AFL Season; 2010 AFL Season; . The Kreig Dynasty at the Woodville Football Club Can recall Larry, but not Curly & Mo!!! The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football Club become one of the most successful and professionally run clubs in the league. West Adelaide United, in 1935-6, were the only other club to achieve the feat. to reflect uponThe player I will discuss ( I am positive) has not been mentioned before in the previous thread. As a junior, he was a very good athlete. Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. After having merged only 3 years prior, Woodville-West Torrens claimed the Holy Grail of SANFL footy, The Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy, with a convincing 73-point victory over Norwood. 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. * 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. Wonder if he " displayed his wares" out at the Penthouse Club on Glen Osmond Rd. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. 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. The following year, with Blight the player now history, Blight the coach finally came into his own. West Torrens Football Club History Charity Partner . I walked into a room where they were preparing the North Adelaide banner. Photographer possibly Ashley Hornsey, dated 20 May 1989 B 75500/44: Torrens player Damien Christensen marks the ball, other player is Michael Long. Woodville south football club past players. Ironically the team finishing last in that year was Port Adelaide. Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award. The Port Natives, at their Annual meeting in March 1896, renamed themselves simply Natives and were accepted into to South Australian Football Association for that season. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. 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. 32), seen here playing for St Kilda in 1978, was regarded as one of the VFL's most talented players. Since 1993, the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville's home ground of Woodville Oval, having previously used Football Park. I remember going to Prospect Oval the Thursday night before the 1971 GF. 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. 1980 Sachse John - the "other" Sachse brother; Leaping Lindner reckons it must have been a pre-season match. He resigned the position after making a point of principle at the SAFA meeting while being abused by fellow delegates. 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. 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??