Wouldn't get away with those today especially the top one!!!

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A pretty average song by The Sweet.[/quote]

Better than average was on their Greatest Hits Album.

Pay Homage to the Glam Kings of 70's Rock & Roll.

1973 hit song and their only No1# in the British Charts stayed there for 5 weeks.
It knocked Jimmy Osmond's "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" until it was replaced by Slade's "Cum Feel the Noise" late February / Early March 1973

Sadly Vocalist Brian Connolly & Drummer Mick Tucker are no longer with us.

Ahh Ahhh, Ahh Ahhh
You better beware, you better take care
You better watch out if you've got long black hair
He'll come from behind, you'll go out of your mind
You better not go, you never know what you'll find
Ahh Ahh, Ahh Ahhh

Don't look into his eyes, you'll be surprised
If don't know what going on behind his disguse
Nobody knows where Buster goes
He'll steal your woman out from under your nose

Does anyone know the way, did we hear someone say
(We just haven't got a clue what to do)
Does anyone know the way, there's got to be a way
To Blockbuster

The cops are out, they're running about
Don't know if they'll ever be able to blockbuster out
He's gotta be caught, he's gotta be taught
'Cause he is more evil then anyone here ever thought

Does anybody know the way, did we hear someone say
(We just haven't got a aho)
Does anybody know the way, there's got to be a way
To Blockbuster

Does anybody know the way, did we hear someone say
(We just haven't got a clue what to do)
Does anybody know the way, there's got to be a way
To Blockbuster

Ahh Ahh, Ahh Ahh
Ahh Ahh, Ahh Ahh

Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster

Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster

Buster buster blockbuster
Buster buster blockbuster

Day off for me too!

Will be sitting in the Man Cave at home watching.

Will do a live blog for those who have to work again

Early pick Falcons 27 Patriots 22
(Wishing and a Hoping: Dusty Springfield style)

interesting discussion going on at the moment about whether the washington redskins should change their name due to the obvious racial connotations. I think they should to be honest.

No they shouldn't. Should not have to change their name.

We are all to quick to change things to keep the PC Police happy

They are a private enity with over 70 years history so no it should not be changed!!!

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great gutsy win yesterday over an opposition that never gave up
A win at last and off the snide and we won't be the first side since Gepps Cross in 2015 not to win a game in A2/D2

I Wanna be a Broadview Tiger!!!!

One of the worst sights on the field is the "Man Bun" should be an automatic report for bringing the game into disrepute if you go out on the field wearing one, and if you turn up at the tribunal wearing one automatic 4 game suspension to get rid of this blight on the game.

Call me old fashioned and a Dinosaur but why in the hell do we have the Rainbow game ??? are you kidding me!!!

A game of football that promotes the LBGT lifestyle that is less than 5% of the population!!! What next "Land Rights for Gay Whales" Round

Just get on and play the game and stop trying to be politically correct for a minority

Call me a Dinosaur or what ever. I saw 5 mins of last nights game and that was enough for me. The skill level was abysmal some could not kick and missed from the goal square!!! and some had more tatts than Dustin Martin!!!

The only way they get crowds is that it is free if people had to pay nobody would turn up.

If this is the level of skill at that level I would hate to think what is happening in local grades!!!!

Good Morning, NFL fans,

For those who are unable to watch Super Bowl LII a live play by play blog will be happening again today

My picks for the last few years have been the "Kiss of Death" especially for the Fal;cons & Seahhawks

My prediction

Patriots 27 - Eagles 23

But I hope I'm wrong!!!!

"It was a fumble"


Cheers

Jim05 wrote:Glad I didn’t watch, nearly as bad as a Crows GF win

Well we solved that problem last year

All will come out in the next few days with what is happening at North Pines

A lesson for all clubs

Watch this space!!!!

23 goals in a half and a push & shove a 1/2 time between two teams who don't like each other

Great way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon!!!!

This is the type of footy that will bring people back to the game!!!!!

No Bundy's for you tonight

As for Kilburn we got what we deserved. Need to start behaving like grown men or we’ll go nowhere.

What happened to say that comment????


Spoke to Corey Pressler before the game was retiring when Kilburn got knocked out.

I'll believe that when I see it!!!!!

Will be giving live blog updates again from the Fourth Estate Man Cave

Pizza's, Chip & Beer all organised

Muppets being dropped off at school early so no interruptions!!!!!

Morning Sports Fan

Are you ready for some football?????

To Quote Legendary Two Time Super Bowl winning Cornerback Lester "The Molester - The Judge " Hayes

"Super Sunday Oh Yeah We're Going to win"


Patriots & Rams - East meets West - 17 years later they meet again


Will be keeping the Blogs coming live taking the CBS call on NFL Game Pass

So are you ready??????

Prediction Rams 26 Patriots 22

FG no good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fg good all tied 3-3

Decided to join the ranks of the Field umpiring brigade this year and volunteered to be a club umpire for the local C-Grade team.

Have enjoyed every minute of it and have gotten to know the lads at the club. Decent bunch of blokes.

Made an effort to attend some of the umpiring training lectures and learn the new rules for this season and explain them to the coach and players what they are, as well as the rule of the week.

Have umpired with some great umpires and they have been helpful with the feedback which has helped me gain more confidence.

Only handed out 3 yellow cards so far.

At times my football brain takes over and has got me where the ball is going to go and not where I should be as an umpire but this will come with time

All in all have enjoyed it immensely and wish I had done it sooner!!!

Great fighting come back win by the Tigers considering all the injuries during the game.

Off to Melbourne for the game. Might have a chance to get a ticket or end up a punt road.

I can clearly remember the storms of 68 as if it were yesterday

I can clearly remember one massive storm. Mum & Dad were sitting in the passage way of our house in Pooraka with me and my sister (Youngest sister not born yet) and holding onto my teddy bear for dear life as the massive hail storm that was predicted hit and it was so loud. Thunder & lightning everywhere and this was during the day It was mid afternoon and the sky was so Black. I asked my parents why were we in the passage and was told this was the safest place to be and that the coming storm was going to be like a cyclone. After the storm stopped our whole front & back yard was white with hail stones.

Things that stand out that you remember as a kid

Working for a newspaper has its advantages. I get to look at the newspaper archives for my football research in my free time and when looking at the football pictures for 1968 all most all of the photos are of wet & muddy conditions each round.

This would go a long way to explain the low scores for all teams in 1968

Sturt somehow had a knack of winning in the wet. They won some close games in 68 and their skills were top notch. One only has to look at the video of the 1970 Grand Final and their skills in the wet and some of their players of that era were coming to an end of their careers so they were at their height of skill in 68. That was the difference between Port & Sturt, the game was changing and Sturt adapted quicker. John Cahill in an interview for Port's 150th said he used 3 traits when coaching

Fos Williams preparedness
Neil Kerley's Inspiration
Jack Oateys skillfulness.

John Cahill realized what was missing at Port and changed their game style to more attacking and skillful than Fos Williams did. Always felt that Port Adelaide in the late 60's early 70's tried to play 1950's football and it slowly caught up with them as other clubs changed their game style or tried to be like Sturt

1968 was one of the wettest seasons on record. Scoring all over the league was down compared to previous seasons.

The talent that Glenelg had that year and the way they were playing made them almost unbackable for the flag similar to Richmond in 1972

They defeated Sturt easily in QF by 26pts and would have been more if they kicked straight 17.24 - 15.10

Stormed away from Norwood in the SS by 29pts. 21.9 - 16.10.

It all went pear shaped on Grand Final Day.

Glenelg's winning margins that year were

R1 - Norwood 76pts
R2 - Port 55pts
R3 - West 90pts
R4 - Sturt 22pts
R5 - Woodville 53pts
R6 - South 45pts
R7 - North 56pts
R8 - Central 141pts
R9 - West Torrens 73 pts
R12- West 49pts
R14 - Woodville 111pts
R15 - South 31pts
R16 - North 104 pts
R17 - Central Dist 238pts
R18 - West Torrens 88pts

Average winning margin in the Minor Round was 11 goals

It was a strange season only 18 rounds

The SANFL added the knockout comp called the Datsun Cup in which Glenelg & Sturt made the final

The Big four made it thru the early rounds with Port playing the Bays & Norwood playing Sturt in the semi

Thus making Glenelg & Sturt the only clubs to play 21 games in the minor round

Norwood had the second best defence & Glenelg third

Glenelg had best offence averaging 159 pts per game Norwood was 4th at 122 pts per game.

The Glenelg side that year was the best ever assembled side in the history of the SANFL not to win the flag.

In 1980 Port Adelaide became the first ever side to break thru for the 3000 pts scored in a minor round but they didn't achieve it until Round 21 and finished up with 3176 after 22 rounds. If going on Glenelg's average score in 1975 they would have scored 3498pts for 22 games. Even thou the seasons are 5 years a part High Scoring was still in vogue in 1980. Port were scoring at 144 pts per game in 1980 and Glenelg who finished second was at 131 pts per game.

If you u ever get to look at the video of the 49.23 match against Central at the Bay that year , the type of play that day Glenelg were playing was the way that they were playing all year, That day everything came together in a match of almost perfection.

1975 was the biggest ever Boil Over in Grand Final. Of All the Grand Finals that Glenelg lost that one hurts the most it should never have happened.

Play that match again the following week and the Bays would have won.

My mail at the time which was close to situation told me that Mickan had lost the players and it was time to move one. In all honesty Mickan should have pulled the pin after 2010

The decisions after that were confounding.

My Mail also told me that the appointment of Nick Stevens was a monumental blunder.

My source tells me that the Board was told not to pick Nick Stevens for the every problems that led to his imprisonment. This info came from people in the know in Melbourne.

The problem I believe was that they were that far down the track they had no option but to select him.

Bad feelings when West won, a little. We had the talent in 2008-2009 to win the flag the usual problems appeared as they do for us in finals.

But last year made up for it finally beat those B*st*rds from Alberton and may they drown in their own mire.

The Broadview Football Club has never said that they couldn't come back and play for us

Could not agree more, great game in wet heavy conditions. Both sides fought it out to the end.

Three Cracking games between the two clubs.

Special thanks to the TTG Committee for the 1/2 time invite for the drinks and eats.
The Pies & Spring rolls helped us all thaw out. Well done boys and was well attended by both committees.

Looking forward to returning the favor when we clash at our ground next.

Good to get back to suburban footy and watch two sides who just want to win.

Gullies may have got the points but we weren't disgraced looking forward to the return clash.

Other than the weather and the 2 losses a top day at the footy.

Happens every home game with us.

One of our traditions

Sponsors
VP
BFC Board
Opposition Committee

Every 1/2 time at our home games

Looks like the Chiefs make a goal line stand

Wife rings while all happening to see if the girls got off to school okay. You kidding me

Tampa Bay win their second SB over another AFC West opponent

Super Bowl MVP - Tom Brady

That's all for the day folks hope you enjoyed the coverage again.

Look forward to catching up in Round 9.

Our clubs have never met at A & B Grade level only at C, D U18 & Women's

Bit of a history making day.

First time we ever played Golden Grove in D2 it was one of the best games I had ever seen at Local level and I've seen a lot of A1 / D1 & A2 / D2 footy over the years.

Hopefully our first meeting is a cracking game as well

Black & Yellow vs Black & White. No matter what comp clubs with those colors always have cracking games!!!!

Cracking Day yesterday Locky. Great Luncheon & Connor was fantastic to listen to.
Made Butch & Maxine's day to have their photo with Connor.

A Grade Women's & Men's coaches Luke Robertson & Matty Burgess both spoke really well about the season so far.

Good crowd at the luncheon, almost 70 people there.

Good wins by both the Men's A & B's. Both played cracking footy at times and setting themselves up for a good run into the finals.

C grade got the win via forfeit but would have loved to have played to get another game under their belts.

Imagine the Crowd at the Bay for 2.15 start on a Sunday afternoon between these two well supported clubs.
Atmosphere would have been off the hook for a sudden death final.

Trying not to blow my own horn but what the hell I was the one who came up with the proposal for home finals in the SAAFL back in 2004 when a member of the league executive.

Best thing I ever did on the Executive along with retrospective medals for players who lost on a count back in other grades besides A1

Only second game I have been to all year due to Local club commitments, but gee the standard was poor.

The D2 Second Semi Final in the Adelaide Footy League at the Bay yesterday was a higher standard.

Skill level by both sides was deplorable. Will need to improve 150% if we are to finish higher than 4th.

SANFL really needs to think about home finals in the first two weeks. Atmosphere is not great in a 90% empty stadium that size.

Home Finals have a lot more atmosphere and would probably be better attended.

When the Adelaide Footy League went to home finals in 2004. Attendances for finals improved 100% and money going back into local clubs.

Really needs to be considered. The WAFL went that way a few years ago and their finals attendances improved.

Massive crowd at Broadies last night. Player presentations held outside the club rooms under the Steve Wintle Pavillion and on the oval.
Biggest crowd seen in years.

29 years for the B Grade

13 years for the A Grade

29 years since an A & B Grade double.

3rd time it has been done, 1987, 89 & 93.

Few other records and hoodoos smashed this year will list them later on once I've had a good sleep.

2 FROM 2 IN 2022

Crowds for 1973 final series

Elimination Final Norwood 23.13 def vs Port Adelaide 17.13 17,734
Qualifying Final Sturt 12.17 def North Adelaide 12.11 26,803

1st Semi North Adelaide 13.17 def Norwood 13.12 17,749
2nd Semi Glenelg 20.13 def Sturt 11.10 34,140

Preliminary Final North Adelaide 25.18 def Sturt 9.21 34,495

Grand Final Glenelg 21.11 def North Adelaide 19.16 56,525

Biggest Grand Final crowd since 1968 - 57,811


Norwood defeated Port in the last minor round game 11.13 - 6.8 on a wet boggy Norwood oval in which it rained continually all day. They were one game behind Central District. They needed to win and rely on North Adelaide defeating Central at Elizabeth.

Both games were tight affairs with the Legs holding a slight lead most of the day and led by 21pts at the last change 8.9 - 5.6.

The Bulldogs at home were looking to cause an upset as they led by 4pts at 3/4 time in wind swept conditions at Elizabeth 4.10 - 3.12.

Norwood extended their lead in the last to run out by 35pts while the Bulldogs could not hold off a fast-finishing North Adelaide to go down by 16pts and thus drop out of the finals race for 1973.

Glenelg's 57pt win in the Second Semi Final was a surprise to most pundits as a much closer game was expected as they had only beaten the Blues at Unley only a month earlier by 11pts in a very entertaining game. Most People expected a Glenelg - Sturt Grand Final

The Tigers beat the Double Blues 4 times in 1973 only for the Double Blues to reverse the result it in 1974 by going 4-0 against the Tigers.

R2 Glenelg Oval GL 22.19 def St 18.11 (Bays led all day)
R11 Adel Oval GL 14.14 def St 11.17 (Sturt led all day until last qtr)
R19 Unley Oval GL 19.18 def St 17.19 ( Bays led most of the day in a very tight game)
2nd Semi Adelaide Oval GL 20.13 def St 11.10

The Double Blues did not have a good finals series just scraping in 6pts after trailing most of the day to the Roosters in the Qualifying Final.
They were run over by the Bays after qtr time outscored 18.6 to 6.8. then then ran into a rampant North Adelaide to go down by 93 pts in all the Double Blues were outscored in the finals 57.42 - 32.48

While their good was good and could beat anyone on any single day they saved their worst for the finals with 3 well below par performances.

The Bays well what can I say, one of the most dominant performances ever seen in a single season. That is a story for another day.

One of the surprising results of 1973 was the Bulldogs beating Port Adelaide 3 times including a victory at Alberton Oval.

R1 Eliz. Oval CD 17.15 - PA 13.17
R10 Adel Oval CD 24.14 - PA 12.13
R20 Alb Oval CD 15.14 - PA 6.14

1973 was Port's worst season since 1969 with only 11 wins they only managed 9 in 1969. Other than 1969 the last time they only managed less than 9 winning games in a season was 1949 with 7 wins.

In 1973 their record was as follows

Glenelg 0-2
Sturt 1-1
North Adelaide 2-1
Norwood 1-3
Central District 0-3
West Adelaide 2-0
South Adelaide 2-0
West Torrens 1-1
Woodville 2-0

After 18 games the Magpies were 11-7 with a % of 53.25 and in 4th place 2 games behind the Roosters and with a round 19 clash at Prospect the Double chance was still alive but a dramatic last quarter half fade out resulting in a 55 pt loss ended and any hopes of a top 3 finish were over. Rounds 19 & 20 were not much better with a 54pt loss to the Bulldogs and 35pts to Norwood.

I can imagine that the Magpies would not have been happy about heading back to Norwood a week later. As the away team Norwood did have to wear white shorts from memory.

Once knocked out of the finals they did manage to win the Coca-Cola cup over West Torrens. A competition played for teams that did not make the finals from memory. John Cahill's last game as a player and last time the competition was held. Played before the Preliminary Final.

Might be depends, if I have guests today. Got a mate trying to get the day off so we can watch the game. If on my own will be giving commentary as usual.

Spargo wrote:@FOURTH ESTATE another outstanding performance by your good self

Thanks Mate

Now have to take the Girls to umpire training when they finish school.
First training session for them.
Going to be Boundary umpires in the Womens comp.

1973

This year sees the 50th anniversary of the greatest Grand Final ever played at Adelaide Oval.
Reigning Back - to Back Premiers and Australian Champions the North Adelaide Football Club would take on the all-conquering but success staved Glenelg Football Club.

Both teams were led by wily tough as nails coaches. The Roosters by former Richmond Ruckman / Hard Man and 1967 Premiership winner with the Tigers Michael "Swamp Fox" Patterson.
The Tigers were just as ably led by State, All Australian and Premiership Captain Coach with West Adelaide & South Adelaide, Donald Neil "Knuckles" Kerley.

The Roosters were flying high with back to back flags and were early favourites for a 3 peat for the 73 flag. The Tigers had missed the finals for the last two season after having lost both the 1969 & 1970 Grand Finals to Sturt.

Michael Patterson was in his 4th season as coach of the Roosters, his win loss record in that time was 49 wins - 18 losses including 4-1 in finals an impressive 73% winning record

Year Played Won Lost
1970 21 12 9
1971 23 19 4
1972 23 18 5

Neil Kerley was entering into his 7th season with the Tigers and it was now a very different side from the one he took over in 1967 with only about 6-10 players left from the that season.
While the Tigers were building into a strong team Premiership success had eluded the Tigers. After having finished bottom in 1966 with a 3-17 record. The arrival of Neil Kerley sparked a transformation in the Tigers and they were no longer the easy beats of the competition. An improvement of 9 wins in his first season had the Tigers in the finals for 1967 but they would bow out to the Port Adelaide Magpies by 41pts in the first Semi Final. By the end of the 1972 season the Tigers had played in 3 finals series and two Grand Finals which both resulted in losses to the Double Blues of Sturt by 65pts and 21 pts respectively.

Year Played Won Lost
1967 21 12 9
1968 20 11 9
1969 23 18 5
1970 23 13 10
1971 23 9 12
1972 23 11 10.

The Coaches for 1973 were

Central District - Tony Casserly
Glenelg - Neil Kerley
North Adelaide - Mike Patterson
Norwood - Robert Oatey
Port Adelaide - Fos Williams
South Adelaide - David Darcy
Sturt - Jack Oatey
West Adelaide - Robert Keddie
West Torrens - Bill Barrot
Woodville - Barry Barbary

Coming into the 1973 season two new rules were introduced by the league.

The first one was the final five. The VFL introduced this finals format for the 1972 season in which the minor premier would have a bye in the first week of the finals.
The second week of the finals would continue on as if normally would have under the final four.

The second rule change was the introduction of the diamond. To increase scoring and reduce the congestion of packs a painted diamond was marked on the ground with the 4 points stretching out to each wing and Centre Half Forward area. Only 4 players from each team were allowed in the diamond at centre bounces. The diamond last just over 2 seasons and was replaced by the square. Port Coach Fos Williams was a major opponent of the introduction of the Diamond.

Pre-season began in earnest for the 10 clubs with internal trial games and matches against interstate opponents from both Western Australia & Victoria.

Glenelg took on Footscray at Richmond Oval and there were to be no heroic comebacks this time as they Bulldogs ran over the top of the Tigers by 53 pts in front of an estimated crowd of 3000. Essendon dismantled West Adelaide in a battle of the Red & Blacks by 85pts. South Melbourne defeated Woodville by 7pts.

Other trail games before round one would see reigning premiers North Adelaide overcome a 32pt 3/4 time deficit to draw with Claremont 14.14 (98) a piece. South Fremantle systematically took apart South Adelaide by the margin of 78pts. The Panthers would lose their last trial game to a combined Mt Gambier representative side. East Perth showed why they were the WA Premiers of 1972 with a 57pt win over West Torrens. Central District led by former East Fremantle player Tony Casserly ventured West to take on his old side East Fremantle and handed out a 62pt football lesson to Old Easts. Hawthorn held the Tigers at bay for 3 quarters in their trial match at the Bay before Kerley's Men stormed home in the last quarter in gruelling match played in wet and windy conditions kicking 5.1 to 1.6 to go down by 10pts.

Heading into the last of the trial games most team’s forms were very patchy. Footscray clocked up some frequent flyer miles by making the trip 4 times to Adelaide to Play Glenelg, West Torrens, Norwood and South Adelaide and returned each time to Victoria with a win.

The strength of the Victorian teams continued with Geelong giving West Torrens a 12 goal hiding at Geelong while St Kilda made life hard for the Roosters at Moorabbin by 7 goals. Glenelg after trailing West Adelaide all game and overcoming 46pt deficit at the first change piled on 25 goals after 1/4 time including 10 in the last quarter to win by 47pts.

Woodville scored an upset win in the preseason, for the first time in their history when they defeated their rivals on the North side of Port Road the Magpies by the margin of 33pts. South Melbourne also scored a 3 goal in over the Magpies after having led by as much 55pts at the last change.

There were some serious concerns at Richmond Oval heading into the 1973 season. Their preseason form had been well below standard. Losses of 85pts, 59pts & 44pts to Essendon, Glenelg & Woodville respectively could not be ignored. The club finished bottom in 1972 and earned their first wooden spoon since 1936. The winning fortunes had also decreased significantly with the team recording 18 wins 42 losses and 2 draws in the following 3 seasons since finishing third in 1969.

Round 1 began on Saturday 7th with the match of the day being between last year’s Preliminary Finalists Central District & Port Adelaide. A crowd of 17,685 would see the Bulldogs jump out to a 6 goal lead at the end of the first term 8.2 - 2.2. The Magpies started to find their way in the second term to only be trailing by 28 at the main break. A strong 6 goal third quarter would have the Boys from Alberton gain a 1pt lead going into the last term 12.15 (87) - 13.8 (86) The Bulldogs steadied in the last quarter led by John Wyley up forward kicking 6.1 to ensure the Bulldogs gained some revenge for the last two Preliminary Final losses to the Magpies by 22pts.

Sturt who had been relatively quiet in the off season having missed the finals in 1972 for the first time since 1963 ventured out to Norwood Oval in front of a full house of 17,910 enjoyed a rather easy win against the Redlegs. In a game in which they were always in control of they led by 48pts at 3/4 time before steamrolling the home side in the last quarter to win by 81pts 23.16 (154) - 10.13 (73) Full Forward Ken Whelan showed sign of things to come kicking 8.2 from full forward while Mike Coligan was Norwood's only shining light kicking 4.2


Reigning Premiers North Adelaide made the trip down to Thebarton and found themselves behind on the scoreboard at 1/2 time to the Eagles 4.9 (33) - 4.6 (30). West Torrens which along with West Adelaide had shown poor form in the preseason matched it with the Reigning Premier and if not for some poor kicking for goal might have been further in front at the main break. The Roosters led by big Full Forward Dennis Sachse up front with 6 goals ran over the top of the Eagles in the second half 9 goals to 3 to record a 35pt win 13.14 (92) - 7.15 (57).

The clash of the cellar dwellers of the last few years West & South Adelaide only drew a crowd of 4,075 at Richmond Oval. After an uninspiring first quarter by both sides in which they could only must a total 1.6 between the two teams Westies kicked 6.4 to the Panthers 3.3 to lead by 13pts at half time. The Panther's gained some composure after 1/2 time to kick 7 goals in the third term before holding off a fast finishing West Adelaide to win by 2pts 12.14 (86) - 12.12 (84).

The final match of round one was between Woodville & Glenelg at Woodville Oval. Woodville's preseason form had been better than in most years and were expected to cause the Tigers some problems. The Bays jumped out early to lead by 25pts at quarter time 5.6 (36) - 1.5 (11) The Woodpeckers matched the Tigers in the second quarter with 4 goals apiece to reduce the margin to 23pts at the main break. After half time the Tigers took complete control of the game adding a further 11.21 to the Woodpeckers 5.2 to runout winners by 78pts 20.29 (149) - 10.11 (71). If the Tigers had been more accurate in front of goal the margin could have been much larger with Greg Wickens in his debut game kicking 2.6 and Captain Peter Marker kicking 1.4 as the main culprits in the wayward goal kicking department.

A total of 52,504 attended the opening round of matches. It was the best opening round attendance for 5 games being played on the same day since 1966 which attracted a record attendance figure of 54,003. The season opener in 1972 attracted 58,043 but it was played over a split Easter round weekend.

After the completion of the round 2 of matches The Sunday Mail's headline on the sports pages read “Year of the Tiger it's the Word". The game of the day was between Glenelg & Sturt at Glenelg Oval. A crowd of over 13,000 crammed into the Bay to see the Tigers take on the Double Blues. Glenelg started strongly kicking 5.6 (36) - 2.2 (14) in the first quarter. Led by Ruckmen Bob Tardif & Bob Tregenza they nullified Sturt's Rick Davies who had been so dominant in the Double Blues win over Norwood the week before. The Tigers maintained the pressure on Sturt and set up a commanding 36pt lead by 3/4 time 17.15 (117) - 12.9 (81). The highlight of the day was the form of 1969 Magarey Medallist Dennis "Fred" Phillis who marked strongly and booted 7.2. Sturt's Ken Whelan not to be outdone managed 7.3 in at the other end to be leading the goal kicking after 2 rounds with a combined score of 15.5. The Tiger proved two strong in the air and on the ground running out winners by 32pts 22.19 (151) - 18.11 (119).

Central District continued its good form by managing to edge West Torrens out by 3 goals at Elizabeth Oval. The Bulldogs did not have it their own way as West Torrens made them earn every goal. With the Eagles holding a 5pt lead at the last change the Bulldogs held the Eagles goalless in the last quarter and restricting them only 1 pts while managing to kick 3.6 to run out winners by 18pts.

Port Adelaide got off to a flyer against West Adelaide at Richmond with an 11 goal first quarter from which the home sider never recovered. Thou the Bloods outscored the Magpies after 1/4 time 11.15 - 8.12 the margin was too much to make up as the Magpies ran out winners by 33pts with Captain John Cahill leading the way with 7.6 from the half forward flank.

West Torrens ventured out to Elizabeth Oval for a clash with the Bulldogs. In a match that never reached any great heights the Eagles led by 5pts at the last change 8.10 (58) - 7.11(53). Again the Eagles folded in the last quarter only managing 1pt as the Bulldogs kicked away to record an 18pt win.
West Torrens player Peter Phillipou was reported in the second by umpire P.Craig for kicking Kevin Johns.

North Adelaide ventured out to The Parade and were locked into a tight struggle with the Redlegs. Both sides were inaccurate in the first quarter with North kicking 4-8 to the Redlegs 1-5. The Roosters held 7pt leads at both half time and three - quarter time. The last quarter it was all one way traffic for North Adelaide as they stream rolled Norwood by kicking 7.8 to the Redlegs 2.3 to runout comfortable winners by 42 pts.

The surprising result of the day was South Adelaide's 21pt win over Woodville at Adelaide Oval. Woodville after having been badly beaten by the Bays in round 1 bolted out of the blocks with 10.4 first quarter to the Panthers 2.3. The second quarter was a complete reversal as it was the Panthers turn to hit the scoreboard as they added 10.6 to the Woodpeckers 4.1 to only trail by 8pts at halftime. The Panthers continued on with a 7 goal third quarter while the Peckers added 5 goals as the Panthers wrestled the lead back to lead by 7pts at the last change. The Panthers finished stronger in the last quarter to run out winners by 19pts 24.21 (165) - 23.8 (146)

At the end of the second round 4 four teams remained unbeaten Glenelg, North Adelaide, Central District & South Adelaide. Sturt and Port Adelaide were next with 1 win & 1 loss while West Adelaide, Woodville, West Torrens & Norwood were yet to record a win.

Goal Kicking was a highlight in the first 2 round Ken Whelan from Sturt led the way with 15 goals. Burly North Adelaide Full Forward Dennis Sachse was second with 14 goals and ex Port Adelaide player Michael Dittmar was third with 12 goals after his 10 goal effort against Woodville. Michael Dittmar previously had kicked 10 goals in a game when playing for the Magpies.

C Grade Broadview 9.17 def Salisbury North 0.2

B Grade Broadview 8.14 def Salisbury North 4.8

A Grade Broadview 11.13 def Salisbury North 11.5

Women
6qtr vs SMOSH

Broadview 12.12 def SMOSH 2.2

Good Crowd on the day for a trial game

Special thanks to Salisbury North who supported the club over the Bar, Canteen & BBQ

Season Launch as well, good day for the club as we launch back into Division 1.

On a perfect night in a dome and the Dogs and the Blues can only manage 11 goals in 3qtrs of football.

The standard is woeful.

2 very ordinary teams

Last weekend the club held a 60 reunion for the A & B Grade players. This group of players, officials & members saved the club from folding in 1958 with a brave plan to build a set of clubrooms to ensure the survival of the club and which would eventually see it become a powerhouse of both the
North Adelaide District Football Association & the South Australian Amateur Football League.

This is their story.

Over the course of its journey the Broadview Football Club has been recognised as being a successful and leading club both on and off the field.
While it is best known for its history in the SAAFL and Adelaide Footy League as the second most successful club in the league in Premiership wins, it was also a power club in the North Adelaide District Football Association.

Born out of a meeting in 1927 held by Cec Footer & “Sailor” Myers who had both been involved with the Gaza Football Club, they approached the Jolly Rodgers club with a view to forming a football club at Broadview.
The first meeting of those interested in forming the new club was held at Cec Footer’s residence in Sefton Park and it was agreed to form the Broadview Football Club.

The club began playing in 1928 in the North Adelaide District Football Association and it did not take long to make its mark in the competition. A Grand Final appearance in only its second year of existence and a Premiership in its third year set the tone pre- war, 9 Finals appearances, 5 Grand Finals, 1 Premiership and 3 Association medals before the league suspended play for World War 11. Post war when the league resumed in 1946 the club returned to where it had left off being a regular finals contender. The club only missed the finals once between 1946 & 54 playing in 4 Grand Finals and winning PREMIERSHIPS in 1948 & 54. Following the 1954 Premiership the club was unable to sustain any on field success.

A Seconds “B Grade” side was attempted on several occasions but was forced to withdrawal part way through each season due to a lack of numbers. The lack of facilities was also hampering the club as it had no social base for after game socialising, social functions or appropriate changerooms. So bad was the decline of the on-field performance that the Tigers could only win 30 of the 92 matches that the club played in between 1955 & 1960. The 1957 season would see the club play its home games at Walkerville due to the unavailability of Broadview Oval.
During the 1957 to 1960 seasons many of the former players, who had since retired, were asked to pull on the boots to enable to club to field a side each week to avoid forfeiting games. With only 2 wins in 1958 the club was on the brink of folding

Without a social base it was hard to recruit players and club functions had to held at a Local Hall, Pub, or Players House, with Official Club Functions being held at the North Adelaide Football Club. In 1958 under President Syd Hayter a building committee was formed and an approach to council was favourably received.
The Building Committee of Ted Mason, Bill Footer, Jack Ashton & Jack Tredrea lost no time in proceeding with the formidable task of commencing work on the magnificent new clubrooms which would eventually cost £ 7,000. ($243,500 in 2023)

Many of the members gave a lot of their time and effort into building the new clubrooms and special mention must be made of 2 groups in particular. The Women’s Committee of the club. Led by Rita Footer, was a group of volunteers that were one of the major backbones of the club and their efforts in the fundraising for the new building cannot be underestimated. From organising functions to after match meals for the players, there was no task too big or too small for these dedicated ladies. It was the ladies committee that came up with the initial deposit of £ 500 ($17,385 in 2023) to commence the building of the new clubrooms. We must also be very thankful to those members that mortgaged their homes to go guarantors for the bank loan needed to finance the new building, these include Alan Jacobs. Bill & Rita footer, Alby Johns, Jack Macey, Laurie Pritchard, and Joe Crow.

The Club was incorporated on the 10th of June 1959 and became known as the Broadview Football Club Inc.
Over the next 18 months many fundraising functions were held & raffles were run for tv sets & stereos as well as engaging local Adelaide TV and radio identity Ernie Sigley at some of the functions to raffle Holden Cars to raise the funds for the building.

At the Annual Dinner in 1959 held at the North Adelaide Football Club, Life Membership was awarded for the first time ever with the following Players and Members having this award bestowed upon them.

Cec Footer, Archibald McInnes, Roy Geisler, Keith Geisler, L. Anderson, Bill Footer, Norm Virgin, Allan Howard, Don Richardson, Roy Lapham, Jack Ashton, Allan Jacobs, Jack Sandery, Eric Atkins, Peter Coleman, Robert Ramsay Snr, Jack Mathews, Jack Tredrea & Robert Oliver.

At the beginning of the 1960 season, the new coach Tom Kendall faced an extreme shortage of players – and an average of nine players attending training. A plan to field a B Grade team fell through due to a shortage of players. As the season wore on it began increasing difficult to field eighteen players each week for the A Grade team. Former players Bill Footer, Robert Oliver & Ted Mason took the field to make up the numbers.

In this season Barry Callinan lost the A1 medal by 4 votes - after having been forced to sit on the bench for the North Adelaide seconds team for the last two games. Barry Potts who booted North Adelaide to a league premiership later that season played four games earlier in the year for the Tigers.
While the club did see some improvement on the playing field, it was unable to improve it’s win loss record of 1959 and finished the season with only 3 wins. but the change in the clubs’ playing fortunes were on the horizon.

The new clubrooms were completed in time for the 1960 annual dinner and were officially opened in January 1961.

With the new clubrooms now completed and being recognised as one of the best outside of the SANFL, attracting new players was made a lot easier. The A Grade brought their win total up to 9 wins in 1961 and missed the final by 2 premiership points after having been beaten in several games by only 2 – 3 goals. Better kicking in some games might have helped them into the finals as well with scores of 11-18, 3-14, 5-12 & 4-14.

The B Grade became firmly established and ended the season with a 3pt loss in the Preliminary Final after hitting the post after the siren. Wally Turner would win the B Grade Association Medal to become only the third medallist in the club’s history.

1962 would see the club progress even further with a final’s appearance by the A Grade for the first time since 1954, winning the first semi-final against St Dominics by 98pts before losing the Preliminary Final to our old foe Thompson Memorial by 13pts.

The B Grade defeated Woodville North in the first semi-final by 34pts.
The following week they defeated Gepps Cross by 11pts in the Preliminary Final to make the Grand Final only to go down to St Dominic’s by 26pts 10-8 – 6.6.

At the end of the 1962 season and after 3 seasons as A Grade coach, Tom Kendall stood down from the position and the search was on once again for an A Grade Coach. Adverts were placed in the paper on the 18th October with a closing date of November 20th for a Playing / Non - Playing Coach for season 1963. November 20th arrived, and the club committee felt the need to continue advertising for a coach with a closing date of December 4th.

At the General Management Committee meeting held on January 8th 1963, former Norwood footballer Brian Wells was appointed to the position of A Grade Playing Coach and B Grade Coach for the 1963 season for the princely sum of £ 200 ($6950 in 2023) and was introduced to the Members at the 1963 Annual General meeting held on the 7th of March. Back then the club senior coach was in charge of both the A and B grade sides.

Brian played for Norwood from 1954-55 & 1959-60 playing 75 games. Brian played in 2 grand finals, 1955 losing to Port Adelaide and 1960 losing to North Adelaide. Brian returned to Broken Hill for the 1956-58 seasons leading North Broken Hill to the 1957 Premiership as well as winning the Middleton Medal that same year as the Best & Fairest player in the competition. 1961 & 62 would see Brian as playing coach for South Whyalla and leading them to the 1962 Premiership.

The Tigers now had an experienced coach to take them to the next level to become a true force once again in the North Adelaide District Football Association, with moves being made behind the scenes to ensure the club remained a Powerhouse but on a higher level.

For the 1963 season it would see the Tigers go on the biggest recruiting drive in the club’s history. At least 20 new players pulled on the Black & Gold jumper for the first time in Senior ranks with 18 of those players making their A Grade debut for the club. Over 51 players were registered for 1963 season.

Some of the players to make their A Grade debut in 1963 were former Norwood 1960 U19 Premiership player Peter Nygaard, Gilbert Rusalen, Robert Whitehead, Eric Longford &, Robert Tilley.

At the 19th March General Management Committee meeting it was decided that the club would enter 5 teams into the N.A.D.F.A. competition for 1963. A Grade, B Grade, Senior & Junior Colts & Cubs.
Feelings between the Broadview Football Club and the N.A.D.F.A. were becoming strained. The General Management Committee at its 2nd April Meeting was made aware that the league was looking at imposing a levy on all Senior players for each game played in order to cover costs incurred by the Advertiser Shield Competition.
The Advertiser Shield Competition was an inter league game played between the District Leagues each year to determine who was the best local competition. The N.A.D.F.A. had won the competition for the last 7 straight years.

A motion at the meeting was put forward by Jack Tredrea and Seconded by Neil Stallard.
“That the Delegates be directed to oppose such a suggestion.” The Motion was carried.

The Committee met again 2 days later on April 4th at a Special General Meeting at 8.30pm in the clubrooms to discuss the club seeking admission into the SAAFL for season 1964. 25% of the club’s members were in attendance for this important meeting.

The meeting itself was quite fiery with many of the older members wanting to stay in the N.A.D.F.A. while the players and committee wanted to move into the bigger and better SAAFL.
Arguments were put forward by both sides. It was also noted that long-time rivals and former N.A.D.F.A. members Kilburn, Gaza & St Dominics had made the move to the SAAFL in 1958, 1962 & 1963 respectively and had all of them met with instant success, Gaza winning the 1962 A3 premiership the year they joined the SAAFL and Kilburn winning the 1959 A3, 1960 A2 premierships and gaining admittance into A1 for the 1961 season and finishing runners up in the Grand Final to Adelaide University. St Dominics made their way into the A3 Grand Final in their 1st year as well.

The areas of concern were the standard of football in the N.A.D.F.A. competition, and a lack of suitable facilities as most clubs were playing in the parklands with little or no facilities. Each week both the A and B Grade teams could not be guaranteed of playing at the same ground.

Another area of concern was the rule that North Adelaide could pick any player from any club, and they would have to play for North Adelaide that weekend. This would sound good in theory but most of the time they were just making up numbers in the League Seconds and would spend almost the entire game on the reserves bench. (No interchange rule back then) If a player refused, a club would lose all their points for that round of matches.

The players themselves also argued that they wanted to play in the best competition. and could see that the NADFA was dying a slow death.

Senior Coach Brian Wells was one of the players that spoke at the meeting about joining the SAAFL. During his speech to the members, he spoke about being a Big Fish in a little pond and did the club want to test themselves at the highest level on a weekly basis.
One of the qualifying points set down by the SAAFL for the Tigers to join the SAAFL in 1964 was that they had to win or at least make the 1963 Grand Final.

After an hour-long meeting discussing the benefits and disadvantages of remaining in the N.A.D.F.A. or joining the S.A.A.F.L. a motion was put forward at the meeting by Vice Chairman Graeme Fenton and seconded by Dean Mann
“That the Broadview Football Club attempts to join the Amateur League for next season.”
The motion was carried. This was not the first time the club had applied to join the SAAFL as it had previously attempted to join the SAAFL along with Kilburn in 1939

The season began on the 20thApril for the B Grade and the 27th for the A Grade. The B Grade got off to a flying start with a 74pt win at home over Super Elliotts. Former Junior John Lafferty starred for the B Grade with 5 goals as well as being named Best on Ground. The A Grade began their season the following week at home with a comprehensive 72pt win over local neighbour Gepps Cross.

The A Grade over the next two weeks would defeat both North Adelaide Centrals & Wingfield by 100 & 123pts respectively, setting up a round 4 match at against the current reigning and back-to-back premiers Prospect at Prospect’s home ground in the Medindie parklands just by Le Fevre Terrace.

There was ill feeling between the two clubs due to an article that appeared in the local paper “The Standard” during the 1962 season in which the Prospect Football Club accused the Broadview Football Club of un-sportsman like behaviour in which it singled out one player, by accusing him of a “hard and deliberate kick in the head” it also suggested that a certain Prospect player was targeted.
“Was always one step in front of his would-be attackers”. The club was rather incensed by these comments and at the committee meeting held on 11th September 1962 the club put forward the motion that the A Grade Coach respond to these accusations by reply letter.

A Grade coach Tom Kendall replied to “The Standard” advising
“The Committee of the club have discussed with indignation, a report which appeared in your columns recently and that My Committee have expressed amazement at some of the remarks made in this report and indignation such inaccurate misleading statements should have appeared in the pages of a reputable newspaper”. He further wrote “Surely such a wild statement should be backed up by fact since it was obviously upsetting to the player concerned in an accidental incident.”

The match would turn out to be a one-sided affair with the A Grade winning by 148pts. 27.17 (179) – 4.7 (31) Coach Brian Wells with 6 goals motivated his side in the second quarter after the team only kicking 1 goal in the first quarter to run riot over a hapless Prospect team. Milton Farmer also chipped in with 7 goals along with 6 from Ken Cooper. Brian would also be named Best on Ground along with Vice-Captain Laurie Moon, Kevin Hutchin, Don Reedy, Barry Callinan & Peter Nygaard also being named in the best players.
1963 would prove to be the penultimate season for the Purple & Whites of Prospect as they disbanded at the end of the 1964 season. The Prospect Football Club one of the oldest clubs in South Australia joined the N.A.D.F.A. in the league’s second year of operation in 1922 and would win 7 premierships before disbanding.

The concerns that were raised at the April meeting about the lack of competition in the league at all senior levels were proving to be accurate. Both teams would continue to play dominant football leading up to the inter association game and would be 6-0 by the June long weekend. Five players from the club would represent the league as the N.A.D.F.A. easily defeated the Central District Football Association by 70pts. 15.17 (107) – 5.7 (37). Laurie Moon would be named amongst the best players while Brian Dew & Geoff Ashman both kicked 1 goal each.

During this period leading up to the Association game the A Grade would have a combined score of 105 Goals – 89 Behinds and score on average 17.14 (116) per game while it’s opposition could only manage 18 goals – 26 Behinds for an average score of only 3.8 (24) The only team to cause any problems for the Tigers were old foes and long-time finals nemesis Thompson Memorial who managed to hold the Tigers to only 9 goals in their round 5 clash at Broadview Oval.

The B Grade while not scoring as heavily as the A Grade would only be really challenged once as well during the first 6 rounds by the Modbury Football Club. Modbury along with Tea Tree Gully played in one of the first ever recorded matches when it played Adelaide in 1862 at Modbury Oval. The club disbanded during the years 1938-46, 1951-53 and once again 1959-62. They reformed again for the 1963 season and entered a side in the A2 competition of the league. Two other clubs Royal Park & Super Elliotts would also have their A Grade sides play in the A2 competition for season 1963. In the Round 5 A2 match against Thompson Memorial at Broadview Oval, Danny Turner would kick 10 goals out of the teams 16 in an outstanding display of football. While records are sketchy at best the times of the club history in the N.A.D.F.A. it is believed that this was the first time a Broadview player had kicked 10 goals or more in a game since Bill Footer kicked a club record 23 goals in 1938 against Prospect.

The A Grade continued to rack up the wins after the Association game leading up to the bye round on August 3rd. Woodville Gardens would be the first team to be held goalless for the season in which it only managed 3pts against the Tigers at Broadview. Their last ever visit to Broadview in round 16 would be even worse when they only scored 1 point. Gepps Cross, North Adelaide Centrals, Wingfield & Prospect would also be on the receiving end of the Tigers path of destruction. The real test came in Round 13 when the team would make the short trip down to Robe Terrace at Thompson Memorial’s home ground to take on the Red & White’s. Thompsons had caused the Tigers much heart ache over the years since joining the competition in 1947. The Tigers found themselves in the unusual position of chasing jumpers as the Red & Whites jumped the Tigers who found themselves 6 goals down at quarter time. In a thrilling finish the Tigers struck back to slowly overhaul the oppositions to win a thriller by 4pts 9.9 – 9.5 and remain undefeated.

The B Grade over this period suffered a slight drop in form. They won the first 4 games after the June Long weekend bye but played some sloppy football in the next four weeks by drawing with Thompson Memorial. ,
then After having a hard-fought win over Super Elliotts, they lost the next two games, their first of the season, to Gepps Cross & Modbury at home. The match against Modbury was quite a fiery game with players from both sides involved in several dustups. At one point in the last quarter Modbury captain D. Cormack chased a ball over the boundary line in which he was confronted by several Broadview players and spectators in which he was allegedly pushed and kicked. The Broadview players and Spectators were in turn spoken to by umpire Scott regarding their actions.

August 3rd would be the last Association game in which the players would represent the N.A.D.F.A
The Grand Final for the Advertiser Shield would see the N.A.D.F.A matched up against the Glenelg – South West Districts, which was played as the curtain raiser before the league match between South Adelaide & West Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. Attempting to win their 8th straight championship as the best association in the metropolitan area. The Northerners started slowly failing to score in the first quarter but took command in the second quarter to lead by 2 goals at ½ time. 7 goals to 5 after ½ time would see the Northerns take complete control of the game to run out winners by 25pts 12.15 (87) to 8.14 (62) Brian Dew kicked two goals while Geoff Ashman & Laurie Moon both kicked 1 each. Both Geoff Ashman & Brian Dew were also named in the best players

After the Association round in August the A Grade played some very ruthless football over the last 5 weeks of the minor round. Hope Valley & North Adelaide Centrals both failed to score against the Tigers while Woodville Gardens could only manage 1pt. Wingfield did a little better on their home ground managing 2 goals, but this did little to stem the might of the Tigers. Hope Valley was on the wrong end of a 235-point belting by the Tigers.
Hope Valley had earlier in the season withdrawn their B Grade from the A2 competition due to a lack of numbers. Ken Cooper would be the second player this season to kick over 10 goals in a game when he managed 11 against the Demons at Broadview. Brian Wells also kept the scoreboard attendants busy as well with 7 goals as the Tigers amassed a score of 37.13 (235) to Hope Valleys 0.0 (0) which would be the A Grade’s highest score since 1938 when they amassed a score of 41.22 (268) to Prospect’s 4.4 (28)

The round 18 match at Home against Thompson Memorial would once again put the Tigers to the test. A hard-fought win by 14pts would see the Tigers end the Minor round as Minor Premiers and for the first time ever they would finish the minor round undefeated. A record of 18-0 was new ground for the Tigers and confidence was high going into the finals in a weeks-time against Thompson Memorial in the Second Semi Final and a win would give them direct entry in to the 1963 Grand Final.

The B Grade’s form would continue to be patchy over the last 4 weeks of the season. They received forfeits from Wingfield and North Adelaide Centrals in rounds 15 & 17. A round 16 win over Gepps Cross at home was followed by a draw in round 18 against Royal Park at home, their second for the year. The B Grade would finish the minor round with a record of 12-2-2 and would also finish as Minor Premiers.

1963 would also see the SAAFL and District competitions receive some unfriendly advice from Port Adelaide Coach Foster Williams when he stated in a television interview “That a place in Amateur League was for those who felt the game was getting too tough”. These comments were not well received by the Directors of the SAAFL or other Associations who thought that his comments were unfair, unjust, and completely in bad taste.

It was suggested that “Williams is entitled to his own opinions, and he can adopt what methods he likes. He can settle for brawn if that’s what he wants, but he would be very advised to give a little more thought to some of the statements he makes”. Wrote “Amateurite” in conjunction with “Centre Bounce” of the “The Standard”. They further stated “In Williams own club alone, it would be interesting to list the names of all the players who have come from this body and those who have seen fit to return to it.” “Add to this all those who have found their way into other League clubs, and it would be a substantial number. Most of these will never forget their old clubs and many are furious at Mr Williams’ remarks.”

September 14th arrived, and the Finals began. The B Grade re-found their form that they had been missing for several weeks as they triumphed over second place Royal Park by 52pts after only haven played out a draw against them the previous week.

Confidence was high in the A Grade having defeated Thompson Memorial 3 times during the Minor Round. Thompsons had long been a thorn in the side of the Tigers having won 4 of the 6 finals matches between the two clubs including the 1947 & 1951 Grand Finals. Since entering the Competition in 1947 the Red & Whites had won 6 premierships including a hat trick in 1950 – 52.

Thompson’s who defeated the Tigers in the 1962 Preliminary Final caused a boil over in the second semi to inflict the Tigers with their first loss for the season by 15pts 8.15 (63) to 6.12 (48) the Red & Whites played the perfect game in which they dried up the Tigers avenue to goal and held them to their lowest score for the year.

The B Grade’s opponent for the 1963 Grand Final would take a bit longer to be decided as Modbury & Royal Park fought out a draw in the Preliminary Final pushing the A2 Grand Final now out to the 5th October, the same weekend as the SANFL Grand Final. In the Preliminary Final rematch Modbury would eventually get the upper hand over Royal Park to set up a meeting with the Tigers for the A2 flag.

The A Grade would meet local neighbor Gepps Cross in the Preliminary Final. Just like their round 8 meeting the match would be a hard-fought affair with the Tigers eventually proving to be too strong winning by 20 pts 7.12 (54) – 3.16 (34) This would be the last meeting between these two clubs for 40 years until they met in round 4 of the 2003 season at Broadview Oval in which the Tigers triumphed 14.23 (107) to 12.4 (76). Just like in 1963 the two clubs would also meet 40 years later in the 2003 Preliminary Final in a very tight game in which the Tigers would storm home with a five-goal last quarter to win by 10pts.

The scene was now set as the 2 best teams in the A Grade competition, the Broadview Football Club, and the Thompson Memorial Football Club, would now meet in the 1963 Grand Final as well as playing against each other for the very last time.

Strange things can happen in Grand Final week and 1963 was no different. Making your debut in a Grand Final is very rare, it has only happened about 3 times at VFL / AFL level. Coach Brian Wells made one change to the winning Preliminary Final team bringing in a young 17-year-old for his A Grade debut in Robert Tilley. Robert at that stage was only 17 years old and played 4 B Grade games earlier in the season for the club but had spent most of the season at North Adelaide in the U17’s & U19’s. Always keeping an eye out for up-and-coming talent Brian asked Robert to join in training with the A Grade. Robert impressed Brian so much with his attitude and ability that he was named in the team for the Grand Final. The decision to select Robert would turn out to be a masterstroke later in the game.

The club’s final A Grade appearance in the NADFA took place on the 28th September 1963 at Prospect Oval in rather pleasant conditions with the temperature of 68-Fahrenheit - (20 Celsius). The Tigers were the best team during the minor round, but their opponent Thompson Memorial were proven finals performers and were somewhat of a bogey side for the Men from Broadview when it came to finals. As in previous matches between the clubs it was a hard and bruising affair in which neither side could gain an upper hand with many lead changes during the game.

Thompson Memorial’s backline was once again having a stranglehold on the Broadview forward line and did not allow the Broadview players such as Brian Wells, Ken Cooper & Brian Dew to have their usual goal scoring influence on the game. Up until the Grand Final these three players had kicked over 100 goals for the season between them.

During a tense last quarter with Thompson leading by less than a goal with not much time left on the clock and looking to upset the Tigers season once again the decision by Coach Brian Wells to play Robert Tilley proved to be the turning point in the game. Playing across the half-forward-line Robert rose above the pack to take a telling mark, he then calmly kicked the goal that would put the Tigers back in front. Sensing victory the Tigers continued to attack ferociously and further extended their lead to 14pts by the time the siren rang out. The Tigers had captured the 1963 Premiership Flag, the 4th in their history and their last in North Adelaide District Football Association as well securing their entry into the South Australian Amateur Football League for season 1964.

Broadview 13.8 (86) defeated Thompson Memorial 10.12 (72)

Goal Kickers: Ken Cooper, Geoff Ashman, Stan Simpson, Robert Wakefield, Brian Williamson 2, Brian Wells,
Brian Dew & Robert Tilley 1

Best Players: All Played Well

The excitement of winning the premiership was not lost on the players and members and celebrations back at the club were in full swing. It is believed that 39 – 18-gallon kegs of beer were consumed and one Thompson Memorial player who turned up to the club and made a somewhat nuisance of himself, so much so that he and his car were promptly dealt with by one of the players. Senior Coach Brian Wells also won the 1963 Medal as the Best Player in the NADFA, giving the club now 5 medals from 4 players.

The season was not yet completely over as the B Grade would take on Modbury in the Grand Final the following week. The game was also played at Prospect Oval in very hot stifling conditions. As in previous games between the clubs during the season it was also a tough and bruising affair. Unlike the A grade the B Grade fell short against Modbury’s A Grade team and lost by 18pts 9.10 (64) – 6.10 (46) thus denying the club the Premiership Double.

The Premiership success of 1963 was the culmination of a 6-year plan that began back in 1958. The club was now well established in both senior and junior ranks and ready to begin its journey in the SAAFL where it would go on to become one of the most successful clubs in the competition, second to only Adelaide University in total premierships.

Longest time in A1, P1, D1 now M1

Top 4

Adelaide Uni-------------89 years 1911 - 2007
Semaphore Central---39 years 1936 - 1978
Goodwood Saints------33 years 1991 - 2023
Broadview----------------30 years 1978 - 2008

WW1 & WW2 years not included for Adelaide Uni & Semaphore Central

1916 - 19 no competition
1942 - 45 no competition

SANFL need a Glenelg vs Sturt Grand Final or it could be a very low crowd.

Very little support for the Cows at the Second Semi

Those two clubs will bring a decent crowd and it could be a double in the GF if the Double Blues get up in the Ressies as well.

Hoping its Sturt. Should be no AFL in the SANFL.

With the poor crowd on Sunday it does ask the question again why not home finals in the first two weeks.
90% of the Sturt & Central District supporters left after their match. Very empty stadium for the next game.

Look at WA decent crowds for their finals and played at home grounds.

Imagine the Bay, Elizabeth, Unley packed for home finals would give it more of a finals atmosphere.

Why do you think the ADFL have home finals. Great crowd's fantastic atmosphere.

Sadly thing got a little busy with my Mum who has been struggling since Dad passed. Taken up a fair bit of my time as well as work and the move to our new building. Hope to write more on this shortly. I know its late but will still be worth a good read.