G Rimes was the Captain of the team and they finished in fourth position out of five teams. 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. 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. Whether it does win is in the hands of the 20 men Blight chooses to determine his destiny. Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. Its inaugural season was an indicator of its success (or lack thereof) for the remainder of its existence. 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. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! It may not display this or other websites correctly. His first season back in Adelaide was unsuccessful, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Not dated B 75500/45: Players in action. Thought I better post some Woody info. 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. I happened to mention it a guy at school the next day and it turned out he was in the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad. It contested the finals just three times, with third place in 1986 being its best ever effort. *Behinds for the pre-1965 era are for selected matches only On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. I found his name firstly in the team which played in Lindsay Heads' last game (1970) and I also know he was there in 1969 in the seniors. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). 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. The new club proved immediately competitive, and won their first premiership in 1993. Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! 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. Prior to amalgamation, West Torrens won four premierships while Woodville was unable to win a flag. His 325 games was a club record. 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! 'Football Times', volume 11, number 26, 11/9/86, page 2. Off the ground things have certainly sharpened up at Woodville. Our club is based at Ledger Reserve, 108 Ledger Road, Woodville South and is incorporated with the Woodville South Sports and Community club where we have established our own extensive clubrooms, training and social facilities. West Torrens introduction to the South Australian Football Association in 1897 was a baptism of fire, as the SAFA refused to recognize Dr. Ralph Potts, the Club Patron, as one of the Clubs chosen delegates. I remember walking past Singer Edwards place and he had a pair of footy boots on his front gate. Blight returned to Woodville in 1983 as Captain-Coach, leading the club through its most successful period. A TidyHQ Account is the personal account you use to access organisations that use TidyHQ to run their back office. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed: The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). I've actually got 331 players listed who played a league game for Woodville. * Premiership Coach, italics current captain *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. Obviously he had to do until guys like McKellar came along. Junior football club support day. It proved too much to cover for the Eagles in the Grand Final, falling short to West Adelaide by 30 points. Since entering the league together the two clubs had enjoyed an intense and unique rivalry; it hardly seemed to matter what the respective positions of the sides on the ladder were, their confrontations over a season almost invariably tended to be closely fought. Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. Had the young Woodville players been given the chance to play in a final - just to get the feel of playing in the big time - they would be a better proposition for the grand final. 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). Robert Muir (no. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. Woodville had also won the Coca-Cola Cup series in 1972, a competition between clubs which did not make the final four. You are using an out of date browser. Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. As a junior, he was a very good athlete. 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). It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. The mighty flying Eagles B 75500/43: Sturt v Woodville, players Richard Champion and Michael Friebel. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! That would explain it, 12 games and 25 goals for Panagaris' career suggests he wasnt a complete dud. He would later play for North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), winning the Brownlow Medal in 1978 and joining a select group of players who had won the highest individual honor in both the SANFL and VFL competitions. 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. A four-decade player. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Backed up by our B Grade coach Trent Petersen, C Grade coach Roland Chard and Women's coach Courtney Paulson. On this occasion, the scoreboard clearly showed the green and golds as winners. Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award. The challenge final was a dour affair, played at SANFL side Port Adelaide's home ground of Alberton Oval, but Woodville, with Skelley, Hickman and Burns especially to the fore, did just enough to triumph. Indeed, 1986 was to prove to be the single most successful season in the entire history of the Woodville Football Club. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. The records you've got are of course not perfect, but I thought I might point that out. 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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. 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. 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. League. 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, 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 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. After 67 games for the Bulldogs he crossed to North Melbourne and added a further 19 games in 1978 and 1980, being forced to miss the whole of the 1979 season with a knee injury. [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. Full forward Stephen Nichols booted 5 goals, with Templeton and Taylor bagging 3 apiece, while Kevin Harris, with 21 possessions, was best on ground. [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]. [6]. Moreso in this thread as Woodville takes a lead, instead of being amongst the "small print". The 'Peckers managed only 4 wins for the year and sustained some of the biggest hidings in their history to slump to the bottom of the ladder once more. 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. Round 18 Woodville South vs SMOSH 10.15am C Grade start 12.15pm B Grade start 2.15pm A Grade start Catstodians Day. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. I just told him he could see it for himself the next day just before the Roosters ran onto the Adelaide Oval. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. In the 93-year history of the West Torrens Club, many ups and downs were experienced, but with only 4 Premiership titles to display, the loyal support of the Clubs throng of admirers were surely tested over the years. The Warriors were far from disgraced, however, and there appeared to be every reason for those connected with the club to feel optimistic about prospects for 1987. Nov 10, 2018 - Woodville Woodpeckers - First Ever Side (Round 1 1964) Woodville's only premiership successes came in the 1972 Coca Cola Cup, in which not all SANFL clubs competed, and the 1988 Escort Cup. Sadly, however, 1970 did not see the club build on this platform. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Charity Partner . Huppatz also played interstate football for both South Australia and the VFL. 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. 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. At quarter time their confidence appeared to be seriously mis-placed. 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. 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. The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. Initially at least, Blight's impact was greater on the playing side than it was as a tactician and man motivator. 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. 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). Disposals. 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. Ah thanks again! Michael Aish's wife Pam Spalding also worked there and Michael was a regular fixture at many of our social occasions as well. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. [8]. 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 . And we always battle through Godden became the third coach to win a Premiership for Woodville-West Torrens, following Bruce Winter (1993) and Ron Fuller (2006). He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. B Barrie Barbary Bob Beecroft Malcolm Blight David Bolton (Australian footballer) Ray Boyanich Greg Brehaut C Richard Champion Phil Cronan F Peter Fitzpatrick (footballer) G Barry Goodingham All matches are played on Saturdays. All these factors were to the fore as Woodville led at every change in compiling a resounding 43 point win. Blight stood down at the end of 1987 and was replaced by Port Adelaide Football Club legend and four time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert. Does anyone remember the said establishment?? I remember Craig McKellar used to live on Trimmer Pde at Bus Stop 27 and would be seen on Sunday arvo, dressed in an old Pecker lace up jumper and footy shorts mowing the front lawn. 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. The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. This includes: Events, Memberships, Meetings, Finances, Online Shop, Communications and more. Under Ebert's coaching, Woodville won the SANFL Night Competition in 1988, the Escort Cup, defeating Port Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 7.9 (51) 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. + Score at the end of extra time. He became the second to win one at his first attempt (Winter 1993). haha. and I think this also brings up the 1000th post!!! [5] Against both North Melbourne and South Melbourne he kicked three goals. Major Partner. Ruckman Craig Parry was named the Jack Oatey Medalist for Best on Ground for 2011. You are so correct - talking of the 60's, 70's & early 80's SANFL has been great. However, given that the merged entity took only three seasons to etch its name on the SANFL roll of honour by winning a senior flag, such negativity soon appeared to be misplaced. Trevor Ettridge (Woodville) played 27 games, 11 goals from 1972 to 1975. In Sheedy's first year in charge, the club finished minor premiers and advanced to the 2020 SANFL Grand Final where the club overcame North Adelaide by 39 points to win their first premiership in 9 years. 2023. During its twenty-seven season stint in the SANFL Woodville's record was second to none - in terms of its mediocrity. 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. 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. 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. Home; Leagues; Clubs; Players; Coaches; Grounds; Articles; Community. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. The good old days. Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award, become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. . Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! 1980 Sachse John - the "other" Sachse brother; Leaping Lindner reckons it must have been a pre-season match. 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. This was the first premiership against North Adelaide. + Score at the end of extra time. I was born in 1959 and have memories of the early days of Woodville. 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. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You need a TidyHQ to buy tickets, register for memberships and interact with your organisation. Finally, is there anybody out there perchance who knew ( or knows..) DES " The Battster " Batt? The success was cut short when the Adelaide and Suburban competition went into a recess. just past the Arkaba Hotel! AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game, Age at first & last AFL gameFirst game: 25y 196dLast game: 31y 315d, Height and weightHeight: 170 cmWeight: 70 kg, Senior clubsWoodville; PortAdelaide; Footscray; NorthMelbourne, Jumper numbersFootscray: 7NorthMelbourne: 10, 2, Recruited fromWoodville (1974); Footscray (1978); NorthMelbourne (1980); Woodville (1982), Hall of fameSouth Australian Football Hall Of Fame (2003), AFL: 8,642nd player to appear, 2,809th most games played, 1,114th most goals kickedFootscray: 631st player to appear, 198th most games played, 80th most goals kickedNorthMelbourne: 699th player to appear, 466th most games played, 242nd most goals kicked. Woodville,Roys,NT Thunder Jan 12, 2006 Thread starter #1,004 Name the player? Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. In 1992 the new club moved permanently to the Woodville Oval (former home of the Woodville Warriors). 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. Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp recap the Texas high school football coaching carousel so far, take a way-too-early look ahead to 2023, and more. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. Yes, Ettridge played at Torrens alright. 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?? It would, however, prove to be the Eagles only premiership success during 19942005 in which they lost 5 Grand Finals 1994 to Port Adelaide and 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 all to Central District. Plenty of old days at Oval Ave, but too few of the good!! 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. However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. A Woodville Football Club, about which hardly anything is known, also existed as late as 1910 but thereafter references cease for more than two decades. I never knew that. 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). They had reckoned without the Warriors' intense desperation and desire, however,coupled with the pace of players like Colin McDonald, Ron Fuller and Kevin Harris, and the aerial ability of Michael Templeton and Andrew Taylor. In hindsight it is possible to suggest that Blight expected such success. 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