South Adelaide Football Club
| South Adelaide | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | South Adelaide Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Panthers | |
| Motto | Visionary, Can-Do, United | |
| 2016 season | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Brett Eddy (68) | |
| Best and fairest | Joel Cross/Brede Seccull | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1876 | |
| Colours | Navy and White | |
| Competition | South Australian National Football League (SANFL) | |
| President | Andrew Luckhurst-Smith | |
| Coach | Brad Gotch | |
| Captain(s) | Brad Crabb | |
| Premierships |
11 1877, 1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1935, 1938, 1964 |
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| Ground(s) | Hickinbotham Oval (capacity: 12,000) | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | safc.com.au | |
The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval (formerly Noarlunga Oval), located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.
The South Adelaide Football Club is the second oldest football club in South Australia, and has held its colours longer than any other. South Adelaide was formed in 1875 and played their first game in June 1876, wearing blue caps and long white trousers. South Adelaide was the first team to win a premiership in the (then) newly formed South Australian Football Association in 1877, and between 1885 and 1900 it won seven premierships (1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898 and 1899) and was runner-up three times.
South Adelaide was led from 1888 to 1898 by captain and "proto-coach" Dinny Reedman who is generally seen as the first to view team combination and planning as a critical component of success in football. In 1896 they won sixteen and drew two of eighteen games.
District football was introduced optionally in 1897 and became compulsory in 1899. This was difficult for South Adelaide, who had under Reedman obtained most of its top players from Christian Brothers College, and even in 1899 when it won its sixth premiership in eight years half its side came therefrom. With the loss of Reedman and Jones to North Adelaide, and after one season goalsneak "Bos" Daly to West Torrens in 1900, the blue and whites declined steadily. This was exacerbated by the admission of Sturt in 1901. South Adelaide was runner-up in 1903 to Port Adelaide, but won only 26 and drew two of 108 games between 1906 and 1914, including a winless season in 1909 and two consecutive one-win seasons (both wins by less than a goal) in 1910 and 1911. In 1915, South improved to second before lack of finals experience took its toll in the semi-final.
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