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What has been the best win and worst lose you have seen your club play.
For the Eagles - best win 1993 GF v Norwood.
Worst lose 2004 GF v Central.

Best
1990 Grand Final v Glenelg
1994 Grand Final v Eagles
1996 Preliminary Final v Norwood

Worst
1984 Grand Final v Norwood
1987 First Semi-Final v Gleneg (how many times can one team hit the post?)

I've followed the Redlegs foe 40 years and seen many highlights and suffered many disappointing losses. Without giving it a lot of thought, here is my list:

GREATEST WINS
1975 Grand final against Glenelg (1st flag in 25 years)
1984 Grand Final against Port Adelaide to become the History Makers.

MOST AMAZING WIN
1975 The Roosters led the Redlegs by over 11 goals 20 minutes into the 1st term at Norwood Oval. Norwood recovered to trail by 4 goals at quarter time and eventually win the game. I still shake my head in disbelief over this game.
And of course, our amazing come back in the 1978 Grand Final trailing by 29 points and getting up by 1 deserves a mention.

MOST ANNOYING LOSS
1972 v Glenelg at Glenelg Oval. Norwood were beginning to become a force in the SANFL. The week before they ventured to Alberton Oval and thrashed eventual Grand Finaliist Port Adelaide by 9 goals and found themselves top of the ladder. Two weeks later we belted eventual premier North Adelaide by 38 points at the Parade. However, in the interim, we ventured to the Glenelg Oval and received a 14 goal belting. It was one of those days where Glenelg could do no wrong and the Redlegs could do nothing right. All part of the roller coaster ride of a Norwood supporter.

MOST ASTONISHING LOSS
1983 v Sturt at the Parade. After leading comfortably all day, Norwood went into the time-on period leading the Blues by 30 points. Sturt went mad and in an incredible 5 minutes kicked 7-1 to 0-0 to win by 13 points.

Bad news first: My worst loss as a supporter was a rotten day at Prospect about 2 years in to our dark era. We went down by a margin I don't care to remember, and looked like we were going to get thumped (and by plenty) right from the opening bounce. What little support we had there that day was nullified by the most heart breaking onslaught the Blues have ever been on the receiving end of. I am ashamed to say that I left soon after the half time break, somewhat numbed by the half game I had witnessed.

My best win: I love bringing this up, Adelaide Hawk has beaten me to it this time around, so I'll get the details he missed of that wonderful game at the Parade in '83. The final minutes of that game were football heaven; Malcolm Graham started the roll on with an unlikely long dob from the wing. Ian Willmott in his debut for the blues kicked 6 for the day! John Halbert himself was off his coaches bench and going nuts on the side line, face split with the biggest grin you'd ever see as the Blues hit the front. Sturt cheer squad was already invading the pitch around the same stage. Sturt cheer squad leader was chasing down the youngsters and throwing them back over the fence, yelling out "Get back f**k ya's, game's not finished yet"!
There was also a game at the Bay not too long ago when McGuiness was in charge. I think Borat knows the details .

Simple, 1985 GF expectation turned into reality.
In 1984 I think it was down at the Bay against Port, might have been 1983, After a spiteful 1st half G Campbell made his famous half time speech where he said, "OK go out and do to those bastards what they have done to you for 60 odd years" we did and it set the tone for our success in the mid 80s

worst, simple too, 1990 GF, the best side (on paper) lost - the best team won - the lessons of 1984 had been lost.
There was also a game in 1995 when we met the current Centrals team on the way up. We needed to win to maintain our momentum after coming out of the blocks early and being on top. However we got slaughtered by a Centrals team that played awesome team footy. There was one period in the 3rd quarter where we didn't touch the ball for 5 mins. S Lee C Potter et al were sensational.

That was the sign that we were no longer a SANFL power, it was confirmed a year later by Sturt in 1996 at Adelaide Oval.

Best win - overcoming a 10-goal 3/4 time deficit to beat Sturt by a point after the siren, in the 1986 Escort Cup.

Worst loss - one goal four.....

Adelaide Hawk wrote:MOST AMAZING WIN
1975 The Roosters led the Redlegs by over 11 goals 20 minutes into the 1st term at Norwood Oval. Norwood recovered to trail by 4 goals at quarter time and eventually win the game. I still shake my head in disbelief over this game.

I've never heard about this before -a 17 goal first qtr?
The greatest comeback in SANFL history?

Best Win- Beating Glenelg by 84pts in the 1987 GF.
And the Blood bath 1991 GF over West by 74pts.

Worst lost-1989 GF lost to port scoring 1.8 for the game.
And all of the 2003 season one to forget got a lot of floggings that season.

Interceptor wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:MOST AMAZING WIN
1975 The Roosters led the Redlegs by over 11 goals 20 minutes into the 1st term at Norwood Oval. Norwood recovered to trail by 4 goals at quarter time and eventually win the game. I still shake my head in disbelief over this game.

I've never heard about this before -a 17 goal first qtr?
The greatest comeback in SANFL history?

That 1st quarter is now the equal 11th highest scoring quarter ever:

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21   6   132   South   10   2   62   Woodville   11   4   70   4   14   1984   Football Park
20   8   128   Port   13   6   84   South   7   2   44   2   2   1974   Adelaide
19   6   120   Norwood   7   3   45   Port   12   3   75   1   17   1936   Norwood
19   6   120   Central   9   1   55   Woodville   10   5   65   4   2   1985   Elizabeth
19   3   117   Sturt   5   0   30   Port   14   3   87   4   18   1990   Adelaide
19   3   117   South   8   0   48   Sturt   11   3   69   4   4   2003   Encounter Bay
18   8   116   West   15   7   97   Torrens   3   1   19   4   8   1982   Richmond
17   11   113   Port   14   6   90   Glenelg   3   5   23   4   3   1934   Alberton
18   4   112   West   14   3   87   Torrens   4   1   25   4   18   1984   Richmond
18   3   111   Norwood   7   1   43   North   11   2   68   1   5   1975   Norwood
17   9   111   Sturt   14   5   89   West   3   4   22   4   22   1980   Unley


As for comebacks, Centrals were 70 points behind Sturt at Unley in 1982, 2nd quarter. They won by 2 points.

Thanks spell_check, some incredible scoring tallies there.

As for the Centrals comeback, I can vaguely remember that happening now.
Must've been bad to be a Sturt supporter that day!

1988 Sturt V Port infront of over 30 thousand at footy park. It seems like it happened just yesterday. The greatest win I have ever seen by the double blues in a minor round game. 1 point result and the game had everything. Where have the years gone.

Greatest final triumph I have seen was the Grand Final against Cenrtrals in 2002. What a win. Sturt were the complete package on biggest stage and against a killer opponent.


Most dissapointing loss in a final I have seen was the 1998 Grand Final against Port. I really thought we were going to taste premiership success but Port were too good.

Other game that really hurt was a minor round game in 1988 v Glenelg at footy park. We were hammered by around 100points. All of these games proved to be very pivotal moments for the SFC.

worse loss: hell, there were so many...one i remember was at adel oval vs norwood early 90's...lost by only 10 goals but it rained so hard and i insisted to dad that we stay till the end just coz i wanted to see the blue boys play...after the game i went into the change rooms to get my flag signed and the guys were ok about it but i was the only one smiling as they had just got done by 10 goals AGAIN. Also vs the bays at Unley in 03, we played shite that day....hmmm...so many....theri, the one you talk of was the 160 point loss to north...i think parsons kicked 10 or so and we almost got tipped to win in the news/tiser??

best win:easily, vs port at adel oval in 97...some great footy moments there...for instance...thredders to oleary to judd, hb'd to beatle and bang goal...some matches there from 97 - 2000 were fantastic where it would be seesawing for 3/4's then we'd just pile them on in the last...

oh and the 80 odd point thumping we gave west at unley in 03 when we had 18 goals by the half to their 3.

and ofcourse the 2002 gf, i was not present as i had cricket that day, but i listened on the radio and it was like being there...:D

Worst loss - when gelenelg kicked 49 goals against us. (Saturday's loss has brought back that trauma - I must get some more counselling )

Best win - 2004 GF. I don't know that a team will ever again dominate like that in a GF (the counselling is working already ).

Jimmy wrote:

and ofcourse the 2002 gf, i was not present as i had cricket that day, but i listened on the radio and it was like being there...:D

Jimbob, this is something I was never aware of mate. How on earth did you ever forgive yourself??? 26 years in the making and you spent the afternoon running around after a little red leather ball? Actually, as you listened to it on the 'trani your team must have been batting so it's even more tragic!!!! I want the Blues to win another one in the next few years EXCLUSIVELY for your benefit.

What a nightmare you poor soul.

MST wrote:

Jimmy wrote:

and ofcourse the 2002 gf, i was not present as i had cricket that day, but i listened on the radio and it was like being there...:D

Jimbob, this is something I was never aware of mate. How on earth did you ever forgive yourself??? 26 years in the making and you spent the afternoon running around after a little red leather ball? Actually, as you listened to it on the 'trani your team must have been batting so it's even more tragic!!!! I want the Blues to win another one in the next few years EXCLUSIVELY for your benefit.

What a nightmare you poor soul.

I was thinking exactly the same thing

sturt1 wrote:1988 Sturt V Port infront of over 30 thousand at footy park. It seems like it happened just yesterday. The greatest win I have ever seen by the double blues in a minor round game. 1 point result and the game had everything. Where have the years gone.

Wasn't that the first of a double header at Footy Pk with the 2nd game being between Central and North and the game where Russell Johnston got his jaw broken?

I remember getting to the game at about 3/4 time and 25,000 of the crowd left after the first game!

It was Wedgie but it was Russell Johnstone who almost broke Carl Delinas jaw in our game. That game had everything and it was the last time we beat port for a long long long time.

Johnno got rubbed out for five weeks and missed out on a premiership.

All because that thug Dilena deliberately ran into his elbow.

Something like 38,000+ attended that double-header.

Worst loss-1976 Grand Final vs Sturt (and we even sat with SFC for the day. I tried to stuff my giant black and white panda in the bin on the way out of the ground. I was only young then!)

Best win-Pretty hard to pick just one but probably the 1992 Grand Final vs the Bays as I was home in labour the whole day awaiting the birth of number 1 son. It sure took my mind off of things!

Thats ok Magpiespower because that Port thug Browny ran into Andrew Geddes a few years ago and I havent forgiven Brown for that.