West Adelaide Football Club

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West Adelaide
Full name West Adelaide Football Club
Nickname The Bloods
Strip Black with red sash
Founded 1892
Sport Australian rules football
League South Australian National Football League
First season 1897
Ground Broadspectrum (Richmond) Oval
Club song We’re a happy team at Westies
President/Chair Paul Sperling
Coach Andrew Collins
Captain Nathan Brown
2007 9th of 9

West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club, nicknamed The Bloods in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

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[edit] Club history

West Adelaide was formed in 1892. The club played in the Adelaide and Suburban Association form 1895 to 1896. In 1897 the club joined the (then) South Australian Football Association, which subsequently became the SANFL.

[edit] Home Ground

Record Crowd: 15,742 - 1969 West Adelaide v Glenelg

[edit] Colours

Black and Red.

[edit] Premierships

Senior 1908-09, 1911-12, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983.
Runners-up 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958-59, 1962, 1991, 2003.
Reserves 1929, 1940, 1951, 1994.
Thirds/Under 19s 1943-44, 1968, 1978, 2002, 2004.
Colts/Under 17s 1948, 2001, 2002, 2006.
Other Premierships
Adelaide and Suburban Association 1895-96.
Championship of Australia 1908, 1911.
SANFL Night Series 1985, 1987.

[edit] Magarey Medallists

Main article: Magarey Medal

[edit] League Top Goalkickers

  • F.Fitzgerald (31) 1915
  • R.Phipps (90) 1957
  • Adam Richardson (85) 1998
  • Adam Richardson (66) 1999
  • Adam Richardson (72) 2000
  • Adam Richardson (84) 2001
  • Darren Bradshaw (97) 2003

[edit] Famous players

See Wikipedia listing of West Adelaide players

See [Legends of SANFL]

See [1908 Premiership Coach John Cole Reedman]

[edit] Miscellaneous

A song written dedicated to the West Adelaide Team by Reg Stoneham 1911. [Scan of the sheet music]

[edit] External links


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