Norwood Football Club

Norwood

Names
Full name	Norwood Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Redlegs
Club details
Founded	1878
Colours	Navy and      Red
Competition	South Australian National Football League
Coach	Nathan Bassett
Captain(s)	James Gallagher
Ground(s)	Coopers Stadium (capacity: 22,000)
Other information
Official website	www.norwoodfc.com.au
Guernsey:

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium, often referred to as "The Parade".

History

The Norwood Football Club was formed at a meeting held at the Norfolk Arms Hotel in Rundle Street, Adelaide on 28 February 1878.

Norwood’s first home ground was in the east parklands near the tramway and opposite the Kent Town Brewery.

Norwood played their first match at Adelaide oval on 16 May 1878 against South Adelaide, who were the reigning champion at the time. Norwood went on to win the match 1 goal to nil, with internationally acclaimed cricketer, George Giffen, kicking Norwood's first goal.

Norwood won a premiership in its first year of existence and then followed with five more in a row. Only Port Adelaide in the 1950s has managed to repeat the feat of winning 6 premierships in a row. Norwood eventually won 11 'pennants' between 1878 and 1899 and was the most successful team of the 1800s.

In 1883, after winning the pennant for the sixth successive year, Norwood became the first South Australian club to record a win over a Victorian team, when it defeated Essendon. In 1888, Norwood were proclaimed 'Premiers of Australia' when they defeated South Melbourne in three matches at Kensington Oval.

Norwood and Port Adelaide became famous rivals after a particularly tough qualifying finals match in 1894.

Early champions of the club include Alfred 'Topsy' Waldron, who captained the club for 9 years, Alby Green, the first player to win the Magarey Medal for the best and fairest player in the competition in 1898 and Anthony 'Bos' Daly, who kicked 88 goals in 1893 including an astonishing 23 goals in one match. Daly's goal tally would not be surpassed for another 37 years and his tally of 23 goals in one match has only ever been equalled by the great North Adelaide goal shooter, Ken Farmer. Daly was widely regarded as "the greatest South Australian footballer from 1877 to the close of the nineteenth century".

Norwood were proclaimed the Champions of Australia again in 1907 when they defeated the Victorian premier, Carlton, 13.12 to 8.9 after Norwood scored 7 goals in the first 20 minutes of the third quarter.

Tradition

The Redlegs are one of the two traditional power-houses in the South Australian National Football League, the other team being the Port Adelaide Magpies, although in recent years both teams fortunes have been less than stellar. However, with the appointment of Nathan Bassett as Senior Coach before the 2010 season, Norwood's on-field fortunes have substantially improved, making the 2010 Grand Final.

The rivalry between the two clubs has always been intense, with those claiming allegiance to Norwood typically coming from the eastern side of Adelaide, which is the higher socio-economic side of town; whereas the Port Adelaide Magpies come from the north-west side, leading to a traditional rich-poor split in the following of the two clubs.

Memorable Games

1904 Grand Final: Norwood was down by 35 points at 3/4 time against traditional rival Port Adelaide. Norwood then produced an extraordinary burst of football with a goal by centre half forward Dean Dawson followed by 2 goals each from full forward, Bill Miller and half forward flanker, Stan Robinson. Norwood was only 2 points down with a minute remaining. Tommy Gibbons held a mark on a seemingly impossible angle. His kick sailed through the goal posts to give Norwood a 4 point victory 9.8 to 8.10.

1978 Grand Final: 1978 was Norwood's centenary year. Sturt had lost only one game for the year and was odds-on favourite to win its 8th flag in 13 years. Norwood was 29 points down at three-quarter time but scored 7 goals to Sturt's 2 in the last quarter to win the premiership by one point. Memorable moments in the match include Neil Button's effort in ruck against Sturt's Rick Davies, John Wynne's charge into the Sturt coaches box, Michael Taylor's mark 1 metre out from Sturt's goal with a minute to go, Danny Jenkin's leaping smother of a shot for goal with just seconds left to play and Brian Adamson's 5 goals from centre half forward. However, the most controversial moment was when field umpire Des Foster awarded a spilled mark to Norwood wingman Phil Gallagher, which resulted in the winning goal just minutes from the final siren. Foster later admitted the mark should not have been paid.^[1]

List of current AFL players drafted from Norwood

• Roland Ah Chee – Gold Coast
• Nicholas Duigan – Carlton
• Daniel Gorringe – Gold Coast
• Thomas Jonas – Port Adelaide
• Nick Lower – Fremantle
• Matthew Panos – Western Bulldogs
• Simon Phillips – Port Adelaide
• Paul Puopolo – Hawthorn
• Gavin Roberts – Fremantle
• David Rodan – Richmond, Port Adelaide
• Ryan Schoenmakers – Hawthorn
• Benjamin Speight – North Melbourne
• Matt Thomas – Port Adelaide
• Taylor Walker – Adelaide
• Will Young – Adelaide

Premierships

Premierships: 27 – 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1891; 1894; 1901; 1904; 1907; 1922; 1923; 1925; 1929; 1941; 1946; 1948; 1950; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1984; 1997.

2011 Norwood Playing list

1. Gavin Hughes 2. Toby Schultz 3. Steven Doyle 4. James Gallagher (C) 5. Nick Ramsey 6. Bryce Campbell 7. Jesse Aish 8. Mitchell Grigg 9. Brett Zorzi 10. Nathan Eagleton

11. Darren Pfeiffer 12. Simon Phillips 13. Kieran McGuiness 14. Dylan Reinbrecht 15. Jace Bode 16. Sam Rowe 17. Matthew Davis 18. Angus Clarke 19. Luke Brown 20. Dean Terlich

21. Matt Suckling 22. Stuart Bown 23. Tim Webber 24. Taylor Walker 25. Cameron Shenton 26. Alex Stopp 27. Luke Jericho 28. Ben Jefferies 29. David Rodan 30. Brady Dawe

31. Tom Langford 32. Michael Ialleggio 33. Trevor Baust 34. Brad Zadow 35. Jordan Johns 36. Matthew Fuller 37. Josh Donohue 38. Brendan Littler 39. Alex Georgiou 40. William Young

41. James Moss 42. Andy Read 43. Josh Allen 44. Matt Thomas 45. Will Dalwood 46. 47. Dylan Harding 48. Tom Bielby 49. Peter Persinos 50.

51. Ben Gazzolla 52. 53. Alex Forster 54. Patrick Levicki 55. Tom Jonas 56. 57. 58. 59. Luke Thomas 60.

Achievements

• South Australian Premiers: 27 – 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1997
• Champions of Australia: 2 - 1888, 1907
• National Fotball League Championship (Ardath Cup): 1 - 1977
• South Australian Night Series Winners: 2 – 1956, 1958
• Stanley H. Lewis Trophy: 12 – 1965, 1974, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2011
• Home Ground: Coopers Stadium (1901-present)
• Previous Grounds: East Parklands (1878-82), Kensington Oval (1882-97), Jubilee Oval (1898-1900)
• Record Attendance at Coopers Stadium: 20,280 v Port Adelaide in Round 8, 1971
• Record Attendance: 58,924 v Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, 1957 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance at AAMI Stadium: 53,283 v Glenelg, 1975 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance since Adelaide Football Club formation (1991): 44,161 v Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, 1997 SANFL Grand Final
• Most Games: 371 by Garry McIntosh (1982–98)
• Most Goals in a Season: 111 by Neville Roberts in 1983
• Most Goals for the Club: 669 by Bruce Schultz (1933–41 - 124 games)
• Most Years as Coach: 12 by Jack Oatey (1945–56)
• Most Premierships as Coach: 3 by Jack Oatey (1946, 1948, 1950)
• Most Years as Captain: 9 by Alfred Waldron (1881–84, 1887–90, 1892) and Garry McIntosh (1990–98)
• Most Premierships as Captain: 6 by Alfred Waldron (1881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1889)
• Most Best & Fairest Awards: 6 by Michael Taylor (1973-74, 1978-80, 1986)
• Highest Score: 33.21 (219) v North Adelaide 10.9 (69) at Norwood Oval in Round 6. 1977
• Most State Games: 39 by Walter Scott, 1920–32
• Magarey Medallists: Alby Green (1898), Charlie Perry (1915), Walter Scott (1921, 1924, 1930), Alick Lill (1925), Bill McCallum (1936), John Marriott (1951), Ron Kneebone (1966), Michael Aish (1981), Garry McIntosh (1994, 1995), Andrew Jarman (1997)
• Fos Williams Medallists: Michael Aish (1983), Garry McIntosh (1984, 1992, 1995), Andrew Jarman (1990), Scott Burns (1994), James Thiessen (1997), Paul McCormack (1998), Anthony Harvey (1999), Scott Borlace (2005)
• Jack Oatey Medallists: Danny Jenkins (1982), Keith Thomas (1984), John Cunningham (1997)
• All Australians: John Marriott (1953), Bill Wedding (1961), Graham Molloy (1969), Michael Aish (1983, 1986 [1986 Vice-Captain])
• Gallagher/Williams Cup (v Port Adelaide): 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• SANFL Leading Goalkickers: W. Dedman (1878, 1879), J. Traynor (1880), J. Pollock (1880), C. Woods (1888, 1891, 1892), Anthony "Bos" Daly (1893, 1894, 1895), W. Miller (1901, 1904), Richard Townsend (1909), R. Bent (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926), Tom Hart (1922), Bruce Schultz (1941), Peter Dalwood (1946), M Mayo (1953), Ian Brewer (1965), M. Coligan (1972), Jim West, 1997

Last premiership side (1997)

Norwood 19.12 (126) defeated Port Adelaide 7. 11. (53)[1]

F: J. West, G. Molloy, S. Cook

HF: B. James, A. Pascoe, R. James

C: J. Thiessen, A. Jarman, D. Obst

HB: T. Davey, L. Bowman, T. Clements

B: J. D'Antiochia, D. Fleming, S. Pitt

R: S. Eastaugh, A. Harvey(C), J. Cunningham

Int: A. Keating, S. Bassett, S. Rowe

Coach: P. Rohde

Club jumper

Home The home jumper is Navy Blue with Red trim on the collar and cuffs.

The Norwood Football Club's current major sponsor is Fairmont Homes.

External links

• Official Homepage of the Norwood Football Club
• Fullpointsfooty
• Norwood Redlegs Myspace Page

References

1. ^ "That 1978 grand final revived". Eastern Courier. 2008-09-09. http://eastern-courier-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/that-1978-grand-final-revived/. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 

Preceded by South Adelaide Adelaide Port Adelaide South Adelaide North Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide West Torrens Port Adelaide Sturt West Torrens West Torrens North Adelaide Sturt Port Adelaide Port Adelaide West Adelaide Port Adelaide

SANFL Premiers 1878–1883 1887–1889 1891 1894 1901 1904 1907 1922–1923 1925 1929 1941 1946 1948 1950 1975 1978 1982 1984 1997

Succeeded by Port Adelaide Port Adelaide South Adelaide South Adelaide North Adelaide North Adelaide West Adelaide West Torrens Sturt North Adelaide West Torrens West Torrens North Adelaide Port Adelaide Sturt Port Adelaide West Adelaide Glenelg Port Adelaide