Glenelg Football Club

"Glenelg Tigers" redirects here. For the basketball team, see Glenelg Tigers (NBL).

The Glenelg Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or the Bays, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Their home ground is Stratarama Stadium (formerly Glenelg Oval), located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East, South Australia.

Glenelg Football Club
Names
Full name	Glenelg Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tigers, Bays
Club details
Founded	10 March 1920; 105 years ago (10 March 1920)[1]
Colours	Black   Gold
Competition	South Australian National Football League (SANFL)
President	Peter Carey
Coach	Darren Reeves
Captain(s)	Liam McBean
Premierships	SANFL (7) 1934 1973 1985 1986 2019 2023 2024 SANFLW (1) 2021
Ground(s)	Stratarama Stadium (capacity: 15,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	www.glenelgfc.com.au

Club history

The inaugural meeting of the Glenelg Football Club was held at the Glenelg Town Hall on Wednesday 10 March 1920, to form a club for players west of South Road to play in the B Grade. It was decided that the club colors would be red, yellow and black with white knickers.^[2][3]

The Club participated in the B Grade (Reserves) Competition in 1920 and entered the South Australian League in 1921.^[4] At the Annual meeting on Thursday 3 March 1921 the club decided its colours to be black and gold, the guernsey to be black with a gold hoop around waist and arms, black socks with gold band, and white knickers.^[5][6] It was not until 2 May 1925 that the club saw its first league victory, a 12.6 (78) to 10.10 (70) win over West Torrens at Glenelg Oval.

"The Bays", as they are sometimes known (due to the club's proximity to Holdfast Bay), won their first SANFL premiership in 1934 with an 18.15 (123) to 16.18 (114) victory against Port Adelaide. The 1935 season saw them slump from first to last.

Until 1948, the team jersey was gold with a black V, in 1949 the club adopted the now familiar black with gold sash design. Since 2021 the team has revived the pre-1949 jersey and wears it as its "away" strip.

In total the club has won 7 premierships – in 1934, 1973, back to back flags in 1985 and 1986 and in 2019 and back to back flags in 2023 and 2024 – Glenelg first back to back premierships since 1985 and 1986.

Glenelg amalgamated with West Adelaide Football Club during the war years 1942 to 1944.^[7]

Glenelg was a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017.

Home grounds

• Glenelg Oval (Stratarama Stadium) (1921–90, 1992–present)
• Football Park (1991)

Since the club first entered the SANFL they have used Glenelg Oval as their home ground. The only year this did not occur was in 1991 when Glenelg used Football Park (along with new team Woodville-West Torrens) under the SANFL's ground rationalisation scheme. This arrangement only lasted for the 1991 season as Glenelg moved back to The Bay while the Eagles moved to Woodville Oval.

In 2012 Glenelg Oval became one of five suburban SANFL grounds to have lights installed for night games.

The ground record crowd for Glenelg Oval was set on 20 July 1968 when 17,171 saw Sturt defeat Glenelg by just one point, 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90). The record night attendance was set on 25 April 2014 (Anzac Day) when 9,245 saw Glenelg defeat the Adelaide Crows reserves 17.21 (123) to 13.8 (86) for the Tigers first win of the 2014 SANFL season.

Glenelg Oval also saw the highest score in SANFL history in 1975 when Glenelg defeated Central District 49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79): the winning margin of 238 is the 2017 the SANFL record, and remains the club's record win. Glenelg's champion full-forward, the 1969 Magarey Medallist Fred Phillis, kicked 18 goals for the game, including his 100th for the season.

Club song

The Glenelg Tigers have the same club song as that of the Richmond Tigers based on "Row, Row, Row".
Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland
In any weather you'll see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win
For we're from Tigerland.
We never weaken till the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old, we're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger (yellow and black) we're from Tigerland.

Current league & reserves playing list for 2025

2025 Glenelg Football Club squad

Playing list								Coaching Staff
1 Archie Lovelock 2 Jonty Scharenberg 3 Jake Walker 4 Cole Gerloff 5 Liam McBean (C) 6 Hugh Stagg 7 Luke Reynolds 8 Corey Lyons 9 Darcy Bailey 10 Luke Partington 11 James Bell 12 Max Proud 13 Oscar Adams 14 Brad McCarthy 15 Patrick Parnell 16 Alex Martini 17 Jarryd Lyons 18 Karl Finlay 19 Cameron McGree		20 Lachlan Hosie 21 Liam Jones 22 Matthew Allen 23 Riley Holder 24 Cooper Horsnell 25 Darcy Scott 26 Liam Wisdom 27 Nick Stevens 28 Isaac Hyatt 29 Connor McLeod 30 Ben Ridgway 31 Cooper Beecken 32 Matt Coulthard 33 Ryan Pickering 34 Will Stockman 35 Hayden Brokensha 36 Will Chandler 38 Lachlan Scannell 39 Waylon Davey-Motlop 40 Remi Brown		41 Lucas McInnerney 42 Chaz Baltussen 43 Jack McAuley 44 Latrell Pickett 45 Darcy Porter 46 Beau Symonds 47 Max Guerher 48 Harrison Ramm 49 Max Disbury 50 Tom Cocoran 51 Charlie McAuliffe 52 Oliver Betterman 53 Ben Dehirst 54 Kallan Bevan 55 Harry Francis 57 Aydan Hodgeson 59 Tom McKay 60 Rogan Kennedy 63 Archer Rouvray 64 Will Stevens				Head coach Darren Reaves Assistant coaches Brett Exelby Shamus Schutt Damien Raidis Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Club achievements

Premierships
Competition	Level	Wins	Years Won
SANFL	Men's Seniors	7	1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023, 2024
	Women's Seniors	1	2021
	Men's Reserves	8	1967, 1981, 1982, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2021, 2023
	Women's Reserves[a]	1	2025
	Under 19s (1937–2008)	6	1959, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1992, 2008
	Under 17s (1939–2008)	4	1958, 1959, 1960, 1975
	Under 18s (2009–present)	4	2009, 2010, 2016, 2023
	Under 16s (2010–present)	5	2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Other titles and honours
Stanley H Lewis Trophy	Multiple	11	1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1990, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2023
SANFL Night Series	Senior	4	1959, 1982, 1990, 1992
Finishing positions
SANFL	Minor premiership	8	1969, 1973, 1981, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2021, 2023
	Grand Finalists	21	1934, 1950, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2008, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
	Wooden spoons	20	1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014
SANFL Women's League	Minor premiership	0	Nil
	Grand Finalists	1	2021
	Wooden spoons	1	2018

Club records

• South Australian Supplementary Premiership Winners: 2 – 1971, 2007
• Home Ground: Glenelg Oval (Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg) (1921–90, 1992–Current)
• Previous Grounds: Football Park (1991)
• Record Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg: 17,171 v Sturt on 20 July 1968
• Record Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg since Adelaide Football Club formation (1991): 11,827 v Sturt, 28 June 2008
• Record Night Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg: 9,245 v Adelaide, 25 April 2014
• Record Attendance: 58,113 v Sturt at Football Park, 1974 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance since Adelaide Crows formation (1991): 42,242 v Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, 1992 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance since Port Adelaide AFL entry (1997): 39,105 v Port Adelaide, 2019 SANFL Grand Final
• Most Games: 423 by Peter Carey (1971–88)^[8]
• Most Goals: 842 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966–78, 1981)
• Most Goals in Match: 18 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis v Central District in 1975^[9]
• Most Goals in a Season: 137 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis in 1969
• First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Jack Owens (1932 – 102 goals)
• Most Years as Coach: 10 by Neil Kerley (1967–76)
• Most Years as Captain: 8 by Nick Chigwidden (1993–2000)
• Highest Score: 49.23 (317) v Central District 11.13 (79) at Glenelg Oval in Round 17, 23 August 1975^[10]
• Lowest Score: 1.4 (10) v Norwood in 2004
• Greatest Win: 238 points v Central District in 1975
• Greatest Loss: 146 points v North Adelaide in 1936
• Longest Winning Run: 18 in 1973–1974
• Longest Losing Run: 56 in 1921–1925

Post World War II coaches

• Ray Curnow (1945)
• Norm Betson (1946)
• Ray Curnow (1947–1948)
• Allan Reval (1949)
• Johnny Taylor (1950–1952)
• Pat Hall (1953–1954)
• Charlie May (1955–1957)
• Neil Davies (1958–1959)
• Marcus Boyall (1960)
• Stan Wickham (1961)
• Doug Long (1962–1963)
• Len Fitzgerald (1964–1966)
• Neil Kerley (1967–1976)
• John Nicholls (1977–1978)
• John Halbert (1979–1982)
• Graham Campbell (1983–1984)
• Graham Cornes (1985–1990)
• Kym Hodgeman (1991–1992)
• Mark Williams (1993–1994)
• Tony Symonds (1995–1996)
• Wayne Stringer (1997)
• Tony McGuinness (1998–2000)
• Brenton Honor (2001–2002)
• David Noble (2003–2004)
• Peter Simmons (2005)
• Tony Burgess (2005)
• Mark Mickan (2006–2011)
• Kris Massie (2011–2013)
• Nick Stevens (2014)
• Matthew Lokan (2015–2017)
• Mark Stone (2018–2020)
• Brett Hand (2021–2022)
• Darren Reeves (2023 -)

Post World War II placings

• 1945 – 7th
• 1946 – 8th
• 1947 – 7th
• 1948 – 6th
• 1949 – 5th
• 1950 – 2nd
• 1951 – 3rd
• 1952 – 5th
• 1953 – 3rd
• 1954 – 8th
• 1955 – 6th
• 1956 – 6th
• 1957 – 7th
• 1958 – 7th
• 1959 – 3rd
• 1960 – 8th
• 1961 – 7th
• 1962 – 5th
• 1963 – 7th
• 1964 – 4th
• 1965 – 6th
• 1966 – 10th
• 1967 – 4th
• 1968 – 5th
• 1969 – 2nd
• 1970 – 2nd
• 1971 – 6th
• 1972 – 6th
• 1973 – 1st
• 1974 – 2nd
• 1975 – 2nd
• 1976 – 3rd
• 1977 – 2nd
• 1978 – 4th
• 1979 – 7th
• 1980 – 4th
• 1981 – 2nd
• 1982 – 2nd
• 1983 – 7th
• 1984 – 3rd
• 1985 – 1st
• 1986 – 1st
• 1987 – 2nd
• 1988 – 2nd
• 1989 – 5th
• 1990 – 2nd
• 1991 – 6th
• 1992 – 2nd
• 1993 – 4th
• 1994 – 5th
• 1995 – 7th
• 1996 – 7th
• 1997 – 8th
• 1998 – 9th
• 1999 – 4th
• 2000 – 9th
• 2001 – 9th
• 2002 – 9th
• 2003 – 8th
• 2004 – 7th
• 2005 – 8th
• 2006 – 6th
• 2007 – 4th
• 2008 – 2nd
• 2009 – 3rd
• 2010 – 4th
• 2011 – 5th
• 2012 – 6th
• 2013 – 9th
• 2014 – 10th
• 2015 – 9th
• 2016 – 7th
• 2017 – 7th
• 2018 – 6th
• 2019 – 1st
• 2020 – 4th
• 2021 – 2nd
• 2022 - 4th
• 2023 - 1st
• 2024 - 1st

Magarey Medallists

The Magarey Medal is awarded to the "fairest and most brilliant" player in the League during the Home and Away season. Glenelg has ten Magarey Medalists and two Reserves Magarey Medalists:

• 1928 – Jim Handby
• 1934 – George "Blue" Johnston
• 1940 – Mel Brock
• 1941 – Marcus Boyall
• 1949 – Allan Crabb
• 1969 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis
• 1974 – Kym Hodgeman (Reserves Magarey Medalist)
• 1978 – Kym Hodgeman
• 1982 – Tony McGuinness
• 2006 – Brett Backwell
• 2008 – Scott Lewis (Reserves Magarey Medalist)
• 2019 – Luke Partington

SANFL leading goalkickers

• 1927 – Jack Owens (80 goals)
• 1928 – Jack Owens (83)
• 1932 – Jack Owens (102)
• 1948 – Colin Churchett (88)
• 1949 – Colin Churchett (72)
• 1950 – Colin Churchett (105)
• 1951 – Colin Churchett (102)
• 1969 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (137)
• 1970 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (107)
• 1971 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (99)
• 1975 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (108)
• 1976 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (98)

Ken Farmer Medallists

• 2010 – Todd Grima (58)
• 2015 – Clint Alleway (47)
• 2019 – Liam McBean (46)
• 2020 – Liam McBean (38)
• 2021 – Liam McBean (51)
• 2023 - Lachlan Hosie (61)

Fos Williams Medalists

The Fos Williams Medal is awarded to the best player during State of Origin games for South Australia. Glenelg has six Fos Williams Medalists, including one dual medalist:

• 1981 – Peter Carey
• 1982 – Stephen Copping
• 1982 – Paul Weston
• 1984 – Stephen Kernahan
• 1987 – Chris McDermott
• 1988 – Stephen Kernahan
• 2003 – Brett Backwell

Jack Oatey Medalists

The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player during Grand Final. Glenelg has five Jack Oatey Medalists:

• 1985 – Stephen Kernahan
• 1986 – Tony Hall
• 2019 – Matthew Snook
• 2023 - Lachlan Hosie
• 2024 - Liam McBean

Glenelg Hall of Fame

The Glenelg Football Club set up its Hall of Fame in 2001, when it inducted 25 of its greatest players. There have since been 14 induction ceremonies, the most recent taking place in 2021, as the club marked its League centenary celebrations.^[11] Glenelg's Hall of Fame divides players into five main historical eras for the club: 1) 1921–1939; 2) 1940–1960; 3) 1961–1976; 4) 1977–1990; and 5) 1991–2021.

• Players with names in bold are also in the South Australian Football Hall of Fame
• Players with an asterisk* next to their names are also in the Australian Football Hall of Fame

Glenelg Hall of Fame Members

Name	Inducted	Career span	Glenelg games (goals)	Notes
1921 – 1939 Era
Jack Hanley (#1)	2021	1921–1924	54 (36)	Inaugural captain-coach 1921 Club captain 1922–1923 Club leading goalkicker 1922 3 state games
Arthur Link	2011	1929–1939	167 (280)
1940 – 1960 Era
Ray Hunt (#193)	2001	1936–1952	206 (36)
Allan Crabb (#271)	2001	1942–1956	236 (177)
Colin Churchett (#278)	2001	1943–1954	186 (556)
Neil Davies (#368)	2001	1951–54, 1956–59, 1961–63	144 (97)
1961 – 1976 Era
Fred Phillis (#530)	2001	1966–1978	275 (869)
Peter Marker (#547)	2001	1967–1978	239 (170)
Wayne Phillis (#548)	2004	1967–1977	218 (90)
Rex Voigt (#550)	2001	1967–1979	257 (258)
Graham Cornes * (#553)	2001	1967–1982	317 (347)
1977 – 1990 Era
Peter Carey * (#580)	2001	1971–1988	448 (521)
John MacFarlane (#583)	2001	1971–1987	306 (91)
Paul Weston (#599)	2001	1973–1982	196 (177)
Kym Hodgeman (#602)	2001	1974–80, 1986–90	244 (412)
Stephen Copping (#603)	2004	1974–1986	246 (460)
David Holst (#607)	2010	1975–1985	190 (109)
Jim Lihou (#612)	2019	1976–1983	154 (15)
David Marshall (#631)	2001	1978–1993	353 (289)
John Seebohm (#634)	2003	1978–1992	319 (220)
Stephen Kernahan * (#655)	2001	1981–1985	136 (290)
Chris McDermott (#656)	2001	1981–1996	276 (184)
Tony Symonds (#661)	2007	1981–86, 1988–92	225 (231)
Tony McGuinness (#662)	2002	1981–85, 1998	113 (200)
1991 – 2021 Era
Nick Chigwidden (#714)	2005	1987–2000	293 (257)

Club ambassadors

As of 2013 the Glenelg Football Club has seven club ambassadors.^[12] They are:

• Anna Meares – Multiple World and Olympic track cycling champion.
• Brett Aitken – Olympic track cyclist. 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist – Men's Madison
• Gary Sweet – Film and television actor
• Jane Woodlands-Thompson – Head coach of the ANZ Championship's Adelaide Thunderbirds netball team
• John Hawkes – Leading Australian horse trainer
• Kate Ellis – Federal Member for Adelaide. Current Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood.
• Luke Schenscher – 7 ft 1 in (216 cm) tall former NBA basketball player. Formerly played for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australasian-based National Basketball League.

Notes

1. The second-tier of women's competition is officially referred to as the "Development League".