North Adelaide Football Club
North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect Oval, located in Prospect, a northern suburb of Adelaide. The club joined the SAFA in 1888 as the Medindie Football Club (nickname Dingoes), changing its name to North Adelaide in 1893. It is the fourth oldest club still in operation in the SANFL after South Adelaide (1877), Port Adelaide (1877) and Norwood (1878). North Adelaide's first premiership was won  in 1900 (which finally broke the dominance of the 3 older clubs), and the club has won a total of fourteen senior men's premierships in the SANFL, most recently in 2018. History. The club was originally formed in 1881 as Medindie by a number of college students from Prince Alfred College and the now defunct Whinham College, including Charles Nitschke who would become known as the founding Father of North Adelaide Football Club. The club's first reported games were in May 1882 against Prince Alfred and St Peters Colleges Second Twenties both on Medindie's home ground. South  Australian Football Hall of Fame and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee Jack 'Dinny' Reedman and future North Adelaide Premiership Captain began his career at Medindie in 1884. Medindie was a foundation member in 1885 of the South Australian Junior Football Association, before spending the 1886 and 1887 seasons competing in the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association. Joining the SAFA in 1888 as Medindie, on 14 March 1893 the club at a meeting held at Temperance Hall, Tynte Street, North Adelaide unanimously decided to renamed itself North Adelaide. Although several other early clubs used the name of "North Adelaide" prior  to 1893, none of them bore ties to the current club. North Adelaide started playing at Prospect Oval from 1922 with the first game of the season on Monday 8 May 1922 against Glenelg and it has remained their home ground ever since. The North Adelaide Football Club officially renamed both ends of Prospect Oval in 2012 after the two official Icons of the Club. The northern end around the goals was named the "Ken Farmer End", while the southern end was named the "Barrie Robran End". North Adelaide competed in the first match played at Football Park (now known  as AAMI Stadium) in round 5, 1974. Their opponent was Central District. The match was won by Central District. The longest serving coach for the club is Michael Nunan – 12 seasons from 1981 to 1992. The Captain's record is held by Ian McKay, captaining the team for 8 years from 1948–1955. North Adelaide was a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017. The Roosters lost two grand finals in the league before eventually claiming their maiden women's premiership in 2020. Club Icons. The North Adelaide Football Club has named two of their past champions as  Icons. They are: Club song. North Adelaide have had many versions of their club song in the past. All versions have contained the same lyrics, but have been changed rhythm wise to keep up with the times. The lyrics and tune, by well known Australian singer/songwriter Johnny Mac, are the only completely original written in the league, as all the other clubs have written lyrics to well known tunes. The most recent version was brought in during the early 2000s, but all versions can still be found on the club song CD. Premiership sides. 2018 Premiership Side. North Adelaide  19.10 (124) defeated Norwood 15.15 (105) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 40,355 Date: 23 September 2018 Umpires: Bowen, Medlin, Harris Jack Oatey Medallist: Mitch Grigg (Norwood) Best: Schwarz Allmond Barns Tropiano Woodcock Castree Goals: 4 – Barns 3 – Harvey, Woodcock, McInerney 2 – Hender 1 – Ramsey, Sweet, Wilkie, Young 1991 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 21.22 (148) defeated West Adelaide 11.7 (73) Venue: Football Park Attendance: 39,276 Date: 5 October 1991 Umpires: Laurie Argent and Mick Abbott Jack Oatey Medallist: Darel Hart Best: Hart, Perkins, Sanders, Krieg, Redden, Parsons, Sims Goals: 7 – Hart 4 – Burton 2 – Hamilton, Parsons 1 – Atkinson, Clisby, Krieg, Nunan, Perkins , Sanders 1987 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 23.7 (145) defeated Glenelg 9.9 (63) Venue: Football Park Attendance: 50,617 Date: 3 October 1987 Umpires: Neville Thorpe, Rick Kinnear Jack Oatey Medallist: Michael Parsons Best: Goals: 6 – Parsons 5 – Roberts 4 – Sims 3 – Burton, D. Jarman 2 – A. Jarman 1972 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 19.14 (128) defeated Port Adelaide 10.12 (72) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 55,709 Date: 30 September 1972 Umpires: Best: Goals: 6 – Sachse 3 – Hearl 2 – Marsh, R. Robran, von Bertouch 1 – Phillips, Plummer, Rebbeck, B. Robran, Webb 1971 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 10.19 (79) defeated Port Adelaide 9.5 (59) Venue : Adelaide Oval Attendance: 52,228 Date: 25 September 1971 Umpires: Best: Goals: 4 – Rebbeck 3 – Webb 2 – Sachse 1 – Collins 1960 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 14.11 (95) defeated Norwood 13.12 (90) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 54,162 Date: 1 October 1960 Umpire: Best: Potts, Gilbourne, Hammond, Gambling Goals: 7 – Potts 1 – Barbary, Hughes, Kent, D. Lindner, Thomas, Trenorden, Whitford 1952 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 23.15 (153) defeated Norwood 6.9 (45) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 50,105 Date: 4 October 1952 Umpire: Best: Goals: 4 – Kennett, McKenzie, Phillips 3 – Cox 2 – Proud 1 – Aldenhoven, Gilbourne, Griffin, Fuller, McKay, Renner 1949 Premiership Side. North Adelaide  13.17 (95) defeated West Torrens 9.18 (72) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 42,490 Date: 1 October 1949 Umpire: Best: Goals: 4 – Stringer 3 – Cox 2 – Peddler 1 – Arbon, Kennett, Pash, Phillips 1931 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 17.13 (115) defeated Sturt 11.11 (77) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 34,202 Date: 3 October 1931 Umpire: Best: Goals: 6 – Farmer 4 – Proud 2 – Furler, Willshire 1 – Burns, Hawke, Lock 1930 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 9.13 (67) defeated Port Adelaide 9.9 (63) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 23,609 Date: 4 October 1930 Umpire: Best: Goals: 4 – Farmer 2 – Barrett 1 – Burton, Furler, Hawke 1920 Premiership Side. North  Adelaide 9.15 (69) defeated Norwood 3.3 (21) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: Approximately 31,000 Date: 18 September 1920 Umpire: Best: Goals: 2 – Frost, Leahy 1 – Curnow, Lewis, Maloney, Sprigg, Trescowthick 1905 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 6.8 (44) defeated Port Adelaide 1.6 (12) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: Approximately 11,000 Date: 9 September 1905 Umpire: Best: Goals: 4 – Jessop 1 – Fleet, Johns 1902 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 9.14 (68) defeated South Adelaide 4.7 (31) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: not recorded Date: 6 September 1902 Umpire: Best: Goals: 4 – Jessop 2 – Dickenson, Johns 1 – Daly 1900 Premiership Side. North Adelaide 4.3 (27) defeated South  Adelaide 1.8 (14) Venue: Adelaide Oval Attendance: approximately 7,000 Date: 8 September 1900 Umpire: Best: Goals: 2 – McNamara 1 – Matthews, Shaw Team of the Century (1901–2000). Selected by a committee composed of Colin Walsh (Chairman), Don Lindner, Tom McKenzie, Jeff Pash, Barrie Robran and Gordon Schwartz. Each member provided a list of candidates for each position and the Committee then set about the arduous task of selecting the final team. The selected team was formally announced at a gala dinner held on 7 October 2000. ^ – awarded retrospectively