1976 SANFL season
Appearance
1976 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Sturt 12th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 35th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Russell Ebert Port Adelaide (42 votes) |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Fred Phillis Glenelg (98 Goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 111 |
Total attendance | 997,056 (8,982 per match) |
Highest | 66,897 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1976 South Australian National Football League season was the 97th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
Ladder
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2568 | 1902 | 57.45 | 34 |
2 | Sturt (P) | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2491 | 1843 | 57.48 | 29 |
3 | Glenelg | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2800 | 2116 | 56.96 | 28 |
4 | West Adelaide | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2171 | 1925 | 53.00 | 24 |
5 | Norwood | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2299 | 2164 | 51.51 | 22 |
6 | Central District | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2153 | 2409 | 47.19 | 22 |
7 | South Adelaide | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2217 | 2326 | 48.80 | 19 |
8 | North Adelaide | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2014 | 2521 | 44.41 | 16 |
9 | Woodville | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2021 | 2546 | 44.25 | 12 |
10 | West Torrens | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1994 | 2976 | 40.12 | 4 |
Finals Series
[edit]Grand Final
[edit]1976 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm) |
Port Adelaide | def. by | Sturt | Football Park (crowd: 66,897) | [1] |
2.5 (17) 3.8 (26) 7.13 (55) 10.15 (75) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.3 (9) 7.6 (48) 11.8 (74) 17.14 (116) |
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Port Adelaide were strong grand final favourites, but Sturt scored an upset win in the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, in front of a record crowd.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Season 1976 Australian Football [permanent dead link]