# 1966 St Kilda Football Club season

The 1966 St Kilda Football Club season is the most successful season in St Kilda Football Club history. It currently stands as the only premiership season for St Kilda since its entry into the VFL. The Saints season in 1966 also saw St Kilda win every home game, including the Grand Final rematch in round 8.
Although 1966 was St Kilda's first premiership season, the club had been to the VFL Grand Final in 1913 and more recently, 1965. Leading up to the premiership season, St Kilda had played finals football in both the 1961 and 1963 seasons.
That they won the 1966 flag was perhaps more surprising given the success of the season prior, in which the Saints finished minor premiers before winning the Second Semi Final in a thrilling one-point victory over Collingwood, and losing to Essendon in the Grand Final.

## Season summary
### Fixture

St Kilda's 1966 VFL season fixture :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
| Ladder position |||
| 1 | Monday, 25 April | Melbourne | 4.9 (33) | 17.7 (109) | Won (76 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 64,930 | 1st |
| 2 | Saturday, 30 April | Carlton | 15.17 (107) | 7.12 (54) | Won (53 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,810 | 1st |
| 3 | Saturday, 7 May | North Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | 15.13 (103) | Won (36 points) | Arden Street Oval | 17,261 | 1st |
| 4 | Saturday, 14 May | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | 7.16 (58) | Won (43 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 37,140 | 1st |
| 5 | Saturday, 21 May | South Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | 13.17 (95) | Won (42 points) | Lake Oval | 32,294 | 1st |
| 6 | Saturday, 28 May | Fitzroy | 17.16 (118) | 8.6 (54) | Won (64 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,737 | 1st |
| 7 | Saturday, 4 June | Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | 15.12 (102) | Won (24 points) | Glenferrie Oval | 17,755 | 1st |
| 8 | Monday, 13 June | Essendon | 8.8 (56) | 7.7 (49) | Won (7 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 50,458 | 1st |
| 9 | Saturday, 18 June | Richmond | 16.13 (109) | 11.8 (74) | Lost (35 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 55,426 | 1st |
| 10 | Saturday, 25 June | Collingwood | 17.15 (117) | 6.9 (45) | Lost (72 points) | Victoria Park | 37,607 | 2nd |
| 11 | Saturday, 2 July | Footscray | 15.15 (105) | 7.12 (54) | Won (51 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 21,507 | 2nd |
| 12 | Saturday, 16 July | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | 6.6 (42) | Won (43 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,003 | 2nd |
| 13 | Saturday, 23 July | Carlton | 7.15 (57) | 5.11 (41) | Lost (16 points) | Princes Park | 23,367 | 3rd |
| 14 | Saturday, 30 July | North Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | 4.16 (40) | Won (38 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,530 | 3rd |
| 15 | Saturday, 6 August | Geelong | 14.11 (95) | 10.12 (72) | Lost (23 points) | Kardinia Park | 28,720 | 3rd |
| 16 | Saturday, 13 August | South Melbourne | 19.19 (133) | 10.6 (66) | Won (67 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,583 | 2nd |
| 17 | Saturday, 20 August | Fitzroy | 5.10 (40) | 17.22 (124) | Won (84 points) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,343 | 2nd |
| 18 | Saturday, 27 August | Hawthorn | 14.9 (93) | 13.5 (83) | Won (10 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 23,860 | 2nd |
| Finals |||||||||
| SF (2nd) | Saturday, 10 September | Collingwood | 15.9 (99) | 13.11 (89) | Lost (10 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 95,614 | — |
| PF | Saturday, 17 September | Essendon | 15.4 (94) | 7.10 (52) | Won (42 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 93,453 | — |
| GF | Saturday, 24 September | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | 10.14 (74) | Won (1 point) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 102,055 | — |

### Ladder

1966 VFL ladder :
| Pos. | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts | GF–BF | GA–BA | F/A | A/A | W% |
| 1 | Collingwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1687 | 1073 | 157.22 | 60 | 236–271 | 149–179 | 93.72 | 59.61 | 83.33 |
| 2 | St Kilda | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1641 | 1149 | 142.82 | 56 | 234–237 | 159–195 | 91.17 | 63.83 | 77.78 |
| 3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1599 | 1162 | 137.61 | 56 | 226–243 | 164–178 | 88.83 | 64.56 | 77.78 |
| 4 | Essendon | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1457 | 1204 | 121.01 | 56 | 207–215 | 173–166 | 80.94 | 66.89 | 77.78 |
| 5 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1626 | 1320 | 123.18 | 54 | 232–234 | 183–222 | 90.33 | 73.33 | 72.22 |
| 6 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1233 | 1143 | 107.87 | 40 | 169–219 | 160–183 | 68.50 | 63.50 | 55.56 |
| 7 | North Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1294 | 1381 | 93.70 | 30 | 178–226 | 191–235 | 71.89 | 76.72 | 38.89 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1486 | 1505 | 98.74 | 28 | 212–214 | 205–275 | 82.56 | 83.61 | 38.89 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1224 | 1650 | 74.18 | 20 | 171–198 | 235–240 | 68.00 | 91.67 | 27.78 |
| 10 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1004 | 1458 | 68.86 | 16 | 136–188 | 201–252 | 55.78 | 81.00 | 22.22 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1235 | 1580 | 78.17 | 12 | 169–221 | 226–224 | 68.61 | 87.78 | 16.67 |
| 12 | Fitzroy | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1004 | 1865 | 53.83 | 4 | 141–158 | 265–275 | 55.78 | 103.61 | 5.56 |