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Hi Spelly,

Glenelg play the Eagles at Woodville tommorow and I am led to believe that they havent had a win there in a number of years? Can you confirm the last win Glenelg had at Woodville and how long it has been since they have broken though?

Whilst we are on the subject, I do believe Norwood have a had a long losing streak at the Ponderosa at Elizabeth,

Do you have any data on the longest droughts clubs have had at opposition ovals?

1999 was the last time Glenelg won at Woodville. This is a list of double figure winless matches by a team at an opposition ground:

29 - South at Alberton (1940 to 1966)
26 - South at Alberton (1908 to 1935)*8th in streak was a draw
20 - South at Alberton (1968 to 1990)
18 - Glenelg at Unley (1921 to 1938)
18 - West at Alberton (1927 to 1946)*16th match in streak was a draw
17 - South at Unley (1960 to 1975)
17 - Sturt at Albeton (1949 to 1965)
16 - Woodville at Glenelg (1967 to 1982)
15 - Central at Unley (1964 to 1978)
15 - Glenelg at Alberton (1954 to 1968)
15 - Glenelg at Alberton (1994 to 2007)*last in streak was a draw
15 - West at Prospect (1929 to 1945)
15 - Torrens at Alberton (1954 to 1968)
15 - Torrens at Prospect (1967 to 1982)
14 - Glenelg at Elizabeth (1994 to 2007)
14 - North at Elizabeth (1993 to 2004)
14 - North at Unley (1933 to 1948)*3rd and 5th in streak were draws
14 - Sturt at Norwood (1987 to 1999)*in between the 11th and 12th matches, Sturt beat North at Norwood
14 - Woodville at Prospect (1964 to 1977)
13 - Sturt at Alberton (1902 to 1915)
13 - Sturt at Alberton (1984 to 1999)
13 - Sturt at Norwood (1948 to 1957)
13 - Torrens at Glenelg (1970 to 1990)
13 - Torrens at Unley (1964 to 1976)
13 - West at Prospect (1962 to 1974)
12 - South at Glenelg (1972 to 1982)
12 - South at Prospect (1925 to 1935)
12 - South at Prospect (1948 to 1958)
12 - South at Prospect (1968 to 1978)
12 - South at Thebarton (1945 to 1955)
12 - Sturt at Prospect (1948 to 1958)
12 - Sturt at Woodville (1989 to 2001)*first two matches were against Woodville, last ten against WWT
12 - Torrens at Alberton (1926 to 1936)
12 - West at Alberton (1910 to 1925)
12 - Woodville at Alberton (1964 to 1977)
11 - Glenelg at Prospect (1922 to 1932)
11 - North at Alberton (1904 to 1919)
11 - South at Norwood (1977 to 1990)
11 - Sturt at Thebarton (1945 to 1954)
10 - Central at Norwood (1980 to 1992)
10 - Central at Prospect (1964 to 1973)
10 - Glenelg at Norwood (1921 to 1930)
10 - Glenelg at Woodville (2000 to 2008)*9th in streak was a draw, current
10 - Norwood at Elizabeth (1984 to 1995)
10 - South at Elizabeth (2000 to 2008)*current
10 - South at Glenelg (1925 to 1934)
10 - South at Norwood (1946 to 1953)
10 - Sturt at Glenelg (1987 to 1996)
10 - Torrens at Alberton (1906 to 1915)
10 - West at Alberton (1949 to 1957)
10 - West at Elizabeth (2000 to 2008)*current
10 - West at Norwood (1972 to 1982)

Nice Work yet again Spelly!

My dad (a Sturt supporter) took me to Alberton when I was very young. Keith Chessell kicked a goal after the siren to give Sturt victory by a couple of points. My recollection was that was in 1967 and was Sturt's first win at Alberton since WWII.

Spelly, your list has Sturt's losing sequence going to 1965... can you please confirm scores and date of the game I went to - was it 1966 or had Sturt won there the year before?

Incidentally, it was obviously the first time I had been to Alberton but strangely it was the first time my father had ever been down there.

It was 1966:

Round 13 1966
Sturt 4.4 4.7 6.15 9.18 (72)
Port 3.1 7.1 7.2 11.4 (70)
Alberton, 15154

Thanks Spelly,

Amazing, 15,000 at Alberton and I remember actually seeing the game - I would have been 6 years old...

spell_check wrote:It was 1966:

Round 13 1966
Sturt 4.4 4.7 6.15 9.18 (72)
Port 3.1 7.1 7.2 11.4 (70)
Alberton, 15154

Keith Chessell won the game with a mark, and then a goal after the siren. It possibly marked the beginning of Sturt's most successful era.

29 - South at Alberton (1940 to 1966)

20 - South at Alberton (1968 to 1990)

This part interests me Spelly,

What happened in 1967?

If South won in 1967, that means they won one game at Alberton in 50 years?

That's correct Booney, I didn't realise that myself.

In exactly 50 attempts between Round 1 1940 and Round 17 1990, the only game South won was:

Round 11 1967
South 5.3 7.6 12.6 13.7 (85)
Port 1.2 4.7 5.10 10.13 (73)
Alberton, 6894

The next win was:

Round 16 1991
South 4.5 6.6 9.7 11.8 (74)
Port 0.5 2.7 5.8 6.9 (45)
Alberton, 4440

The complete list of wins against Port at Alberton are:
1st Semi 1904
Rd 11 1907
Rd 12 1936
Rd 13 1937
Rd 10 1938
Rd 13 1939
Rd 11 1967
Rd 16 1991
Rd 7 1998
Rd 7 2002
Rd 2 2003
Rd 2 2008

So how did the Panthers fare in their premiership years at Alberton?

15 - Torrens at Alberton (1954 to 1968)
15 - Torrens at Prospect (1967 to 1982)

13 - Torrens at Glenelg (1970 to 1990)
13 - Torrens at Unley (1964 to 1976)


Finally won one at Alberton, then became the Roosters play thing, with a bit of Bays & blues tossed in for good measure. You wouldn't have ventured far from Thebby as an Eagles fan!

spell_check wrote:12 - Woodville at Alberton (1964 to 1977)

Woodville's first (and only) win at Alberton in 1978 is in my Top 5 Days of all time.

FattyLumpkin wrote:So how did the Panthers fare in their premiership years at Alberton?

There were no meetings at Alberton between 1897 and 1900, so:
1935: 0-2
1938: 1-0
1964: 0-1

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