That is Woodville's penalty for starting the season so poorly. Woodville - and the tactics of Blight and assistant coach John Reid - can beat Norwood. It only takes a few seconds. on back of photo, not dated B 75500/129: From back of photo - giant West Torrens ruckman, Chris Lindsay (6'9) looks after his new recruit rover, Dominic Fotia, during training during the rain on the sodden Thebarton Oval. Used to have female and male strippers " doing their thing" and after they were finished their acts on would come the DJ spinning all the big ti.. er I mean hits!! Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. He resigned the position after making a point of principle at the SAFA meeting while being abused by fellow delegates. This proved to be a false dawn, however, as the side recorded only 2 further wins for the year - one of which was against Central District - to finish in a position which was to become familiar: last. 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. [5], Unable to register a senior game in 1972, Parker returned to country football and played briefly at Gippsland club Leongatha. The team won 3 games, drew 1 (abandoned after quarter time) and lost 13, which included a forfeit. Any reflections on this classic victory are welcome. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. and I think this also brings up the 1000th post!!! Do we have the ability to PM each other. On entry to the SANFL, Woodville were known as "The Woodpeckers" but changed to "The Warriors" in 1983. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. He was probably more suited to a ruck-roving role or full-forward than ruck. (You included Robert Mammone, David Crisanti and Rohan McGrath who to my knowledge never played a league for Woodville). He was also one of the pre-count favourites for the Magarey Medal, but finished a somewhat disappointing tenth. Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! I think they all played league, but feel free to let me know if they didn't. 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. Blight stood down at the end of 1987 and was replaced by Port Adelaide Football Club legend and four time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert. 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. On this occasion, the scoreboard clearly showed the green and golds as winners. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. 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. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. 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. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! Nevertheless, there was always next season. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. You are using an out of date browser. West Torrens won 4 Premierships pre-1991, in 1924, 1933, 1945 and 1953. Woodville's only premiership successes came in the 1972 Coca Cola Cup, in which not all SANFL clubs competed, and the 1988 Escort Cup. Well this will get me a bit closer to that 331, while comparing lists with the one on SAFooty I have found these names. In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. 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. Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award. You need a TidyHQ to buy tickets, register for memberships and interact with your organisation. "There was no better player than Muir," says his first coach . Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. The Woodville Warriors and the West Torrens Eagles merged after the completion of the 1990 season and have since participated in the SANFL as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, winning the SANFL premiership in 1993, 2006, 2011, 2020, and 2021. 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 Rodney Allen (1965 to 1975) 200 games, 24 goals. . O old pecker Draftee May 22, 2007 4 0 Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! - 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. I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. Not even West Torrens had managed the feat previously. For the first few years the Club was an itinerant side, playing at other sides home grounds and contesting a fair number of their matches at the Jubilee Oval just near the Adelaide Zoo. Nov 10, 2018 - Woodville Woodpeckers - First Ever Side (Round 1 1964) Woodville remain one of only two SAAFL clubs to have won successive A2 and A1 premierships (allowing for the four year break for the war in Woodville's case). The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. + Score at the end of extra time. For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. 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. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! We're the mighty flying Eagles [8]. And watch the Feathers fly 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. 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. That would explain it, 12 games and 25 goals for Panagaris' career suggests he wasnt a complete dud. And there lies the tragedy of the 'form' side of the competition missing the double chance. I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. 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. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. I walked into a room where they were preparing the North Adelaide banner. Player Stats - Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. 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? The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. 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. After losing yet another Grand Final to their arch rivals in 2005, the Eagles bounced back and got their first premiership in 13 years, and after 6 attempts, with a thumping 76-point victory over the Bulldogs. "Zip Zap" as he was known, made his league debut with Woodville in 1969 and was playing his 325th game for the club. This is a list of the 63 players you missed. 2014 AFL Season; 2013 AFL Season; 2012 AFL Season; 2011 AFL Season; 2010 AFL Season; . The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. Your TidyHQ Account includes the email address and password you use to log in, as well as all the contact, payment and security details that you will use for this organisation and across all TidyHQ services. Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. 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. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. By 1884 the Club had joined the Adelaide and Suburban Association and had some success in this competition playing in the Red and White uniform. News Football Matches . John Carr subsequently succeeded him. 00:00. 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. The 38-year-old Sewer who was playing his 382nd and last game of SANFL football. Not even a change of emblem in 1982 from the admittedly whimpish 'Woodpeckers' to the ostensibly more macho Warriors could arrest the decline; after all, it is "the men inside the guernseys that count". It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. Jim Crichton was as you said Secretary of the mighty W.F.C. Disposals. The new club proved immediately competitive, and won their first premiership in 1993. His first season back in Adelaide was unsuccessful, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon. 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