95-558: Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club (1997–2013) Football Park , known commercially as AAMI Stadium , was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes , a western suburb of Adelaide , the state capital of South Australia , Australia . It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and opened in 1974. Until the end of
190-488: A 103-point loss to fading champions St Kilda , the club's longest-serving coach Neil Craig stepped down, handing the reins to assistant coach and former premiership captain Mark Bickley as caretaker for the remainder of the season. Under Bickley the club won three of their next four games, but lost their final two to Richmond and West Coast , finishing in 14th place with 7 wins and 15 losses. Scott Thompson won
285-416: A capacity of around 80,000, Football Park was originally standing room only in the outer (along with the usual crush barriers) with bench seating in the main grandstand and ended up with a capacity of approximately 62,000. Bench seating was gradually added to the stadium's bowl section, and the concourse roof was finished in 1982, by which time the grounds capacity had settled to around 55,000. The new roof gave
380-566: A clash with the home team's guernsey design. Initially, the only clubs officially on the "clash list" were Carlton , Essendon , Fremantle , Melbourne and Richmond . Despite this, the AFL forced the club to wear it against other teams, such as Hawthorn and St Kilda in 2007, West Coast in 2008 and the Brisbane Lions in 2008 and 2009. Eventually, the clash jumper was required to be worn in nearly all away games. The first clash guernsey
475-546: A clear forward 50 mark to Geelong's Leigh Colbert during a critical stage of the third quarter was not awarded by field umpire Grant Vernon, with the game concluding with the final scores as Adelaide 11.10 (76) to Geelong's 9.14 (68). This set up an away Preliminary Final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG . Despite losing Coleman Medallist Tony Modra , who had kicked 84 goals for the season, to an ACL injury in
570-731: A comprehensive upset 27-point win against the Swans in the wet, which set up a Preliminary Final rematch against the Western Bulldogs. Despite going into the match as underdogs, the Crows played some of their best football of the year to soundly beat the Dogs by 68 points - 24.17 (161) to 13.15 (93). It was a complete contrast to the thriller that took place the previous year, with Matthew Robran kicking six goals and Andrew McLeod , opposed to renowned tagger Tony Liberatore , booting seven. Like
665-476: A decision unrelated to the reviews that were occurring. The 2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp was a summer camp undertaken by players of the Adelaide Football Club from 29 January to 2 February in the lead-up to the 2018 AFL season. In Eddie Betts' biography, he released details of what happened at the camp. These revelations caused many to question what had been said to that point regarding
760-568: A disappointing year in 1999 , premiership coach Malcolm Blight resigned from the role and the Crows entered the new millennium with two premierships under their belt. The Crows next made the finals in 2001 AFL season , though they lost their opening three matches for the season. Adelaide played fifth-placed Carlton at the MCG in the First Elimination Final and were roundly defeated, 17.16 (118) to 6.14 (50). High-profile forward Darren Jarman announced his retirement after
855-501: A famous win in what remains the only Showdown match against rivals Port Adelaide in the semi-finals. They then lost once more at the penultimate stage (preliminary final), to the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval by 16 points. This was repeated in 2006 when they again lost to West Coast in the preliminary final, this time at home and by an even smaller margin of 10 points. Adelaide would qualify for finals for each of
950-481: A full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia . New Zealand did not play home games in this series. For a complete list of finals with short scorecards and crowd figures, see Australian Domestic One-Day Cricket Final . Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2018–19 season. Points are awarded as follows: The top two teams at the end of the pool matches play-off in
1045-473: A knockout cup, the competition now features a single round-robin followed by a finals series . The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia , who also compete in the first-class Sheffield Shield . Three other teams have also played in the tournament for short periods of time: New Zealand's national team competed from 1969–70 until the 1974–75, Australian Capital Territory participated from 1997–98 until 1999–2000, and
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#17328009463941140-602: A men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1991, and a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition since 2017. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes , at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park . Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval , a 53,500-seat stadium located on
1235-509: A move home to South Australia and subsequently nominating the Crows, high-value Sydney wingman Jordan Dawson was traded to Adelaide in the 2021 trade period . The trade would prove influential in Adelaide's rise out of the bottom four in 2022. The Crows hosted the first-ever Friday night Showdown in Round 3, and claimed one of their best-ever wins via an after-the-siren bending kick from
1330-504: A number of years, finally settling on the undeveloped swampland at West Lakes in 1970 (the same year as the similarly designed, but larger VFL Park opened in Melbourne ). The stadium hosted its first football game on 4 May 1974, a SANFL match between Central District and North Adelaide . The first goal was kicked by North Adelaide's Barry Hearl, but Central District won the game defeating North Adelaide by 30 points. Intended to have
1425-409: A one-club player. There were lofty aspirations going into 2019, with many expecting them to play finals or even in the premiership. Despite fewer injuries, the club failed to meet these lofty expectations of finals, finishing 11th with 10 wins, 12 losses, and 100.9 percentage points. There was much media coverage given to the team throughout the season, with concerns raised about player retention and
1520-580: A premiership threat. Since season 2000, a loss in the finals by a team outside the top four would result in instant elimination, but the Crows benefited from a quirk in the McIntyre finals system that was in use during the 90's and still progressed to the second week, drawn to play a semi final against the Sydney Swans at the SCG . The Crows bounced back from their disappointing first finals loss and recorded
1615-556: A rapidly improving team that became known for their skilled ball use and ability to grind out wins. During the season, Adelaide was cleared of any wrongdoing by the AFL in the Eddie Betts affair, which became newsworthy following an allegation that Betts's transfer to the Crows from Carlton had been illegally signed and approved as much as 18 months prior to his move. Tragically, on 3 July, two days prior to Adelaide's then-scheduled round 14 match against Geelong , coach Phil Walsh
1710-412: A select Cricket Australia XI took part as the seventh team for three seasons from 2015–16 until 2017–18. The current champions are Western Australia . England was the first country to introduce a domestic one-day limited-overs competition with its Gillette Cup in 1963. Australia was the next country to do so when this competition was established in 1969–70. It has been held every summer since, under
1805-496: A soldier with a bugle . It marks a new design trend not before seen in Adelaide's guernseys, with chevrons used rather than the traditional hoops, and the use of a gradient. The guernsey was worn in round 7 against North Melbourne . The proceeds of the auctioned player-issue guernseys will be donated to the RSL . In previous seasons, the Crows have had variations of alternate guernseys. The club briefly used an alternate design in
1900-411: A white outline to the numbers from 1996 to 2020 which has now been removed since the start of the 2021 season , and the removal of yellow cuffs and addition of navy blue panels down the sides (due to manufacturers template design) in 2006 . In 2009 the yellow cuffs and full hoops returned. In 2010 the hoops were cut off again at the sides. For 2016 , the club removed the side panels, returning to
1995-457: A wide variety of names and formats. It is a List A cricket competition. It was the first List A competition to feature numbers on player's shirts when they were introduced for the 1995–96 season and numbers were also subsequently introduced for the ODI series later in the season. In September 2017, former Australian Test cricketer Jason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to
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#17328009463942090-414: Is worn at all matches designated as home games for the club as well as in selected away games (currently only Geelong , Port Adelaide , Western Bulldogs , and Sydney ). The jumper is worn with navy shorts at all home and away games, except for away Showdowns , where it is paired with white shorts. It has had only minor variations through its history since debuting with the club in 1991 , including adding
2185-528: The 1976 SANFL Grand Final , though police believe the attendance figure was closer to 80,000. To avoid a crush, spectators were allowed on the field between the boundary line and the fence, and thousands were turned away by police as the house full signs went up. It was after this game that the original intended capacity of 80,000 was deemed unworkable for safety reasons so capacity was capped at around 62,000. Adelaide and Port Adelaide played their last home games at Football Park in 2013, with both clubs moving to
2280-581: The 2013 AFL season , it served as the home ground of South Australia's AFL clubs, the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club . It also hosted all SANFL finals from 1974 to 2013. Demolition of the stadium's grandstands began in August 2018, and finished in March 2019. Despite the demolition of all grandstands, the stadium's playing surface was retained. The surface is used by
2375-402: The 2021 AFL season , beating the reigning Grand Finalists Geelong in an upset victory. The Crows improved slightly over their disastrous 2020 campaign, losing only one of their first four games. Walker was banned from the AFL for six games between the 2021 and 2022 AFL seasons due to racist comments directed towards Robbie Young of North Adelaide during a SANFL match. After requesting
2470-467: The Grand Final , having come first in the minor round and won both of their finals by margins of 46 and 31 points, against an Adelaide side without Tony Modra, Mark Ricciuto and goalsneak Peter Vardy due to injury. However, the Crows again overcame a half-time deficit, kicking 14 second-half goals to win by 31 points, 19.11 (125) to 13.16 (94). Darren Jarman kicked six goals, five of which came in
2565-409: The Grand Final , their first since 1998, where they faced Richmond . Despite starting as rampaging hot favourites, the Crows lost the match by 48 points and finished runners-up for the first time in their history. The club struggled to replicate its 2017 form in the 2018 AFL season . Prior to the season, Adelaide players went on a controversial pre-season camp that led to a decline in morale among
2660-716: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 21 November 1986 and Robbie Williams . Bon Jovi performed at Football Park in December 2013, while One Direction performed in February 2015. After it was built, Football Park underwent several additions including: Further upgrades, which largely did not eventuate, were proposed in June 2008. Proposed upgrades to the stadium were abandoned following confirmation that both Adelaide and Port Adelaide would move matches to
2755-495: The Port Adelaide Football Club reached terms of agreement with the AFL to enter a team into its competition in season 1991. The other nine SANFL clubs reacted strongly and entered into litigation in an endeavour to halt Port's bid. As the terms offered were more favourable than previously offered, talks were resumed. On 19 September 1990, the AFL approved the bid for a new South Australian club to enter into
2850-647: The pre-season competition in 2003 , the club's first win in that competition. The Crows' impressive 2003 season was eventually halted by the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba in the semi-finals. That season, Adelaide captain Mark Ricciuto became the first and (as of 2023) only Crow to win the Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the AFL in a three-way tie with Adam Goodes and Nathan Buckley . The Crows returned to finals in 2005 and recorded
2945-561: The 2005 heritage round, the Crows wore an adaptation of a 1930s South Australian state guernsey, with the AFC monogram replacing the SA monogram, which prompted outrage from Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams . The club returned to a similar home design for the 2006 and 2007 Heritage Rounds, with the left panel of the guernsey featuring the colours of all SANFL clubs, before the Heritage Round
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3040-513: The AFL in a debut year. The men's team won both the 1997 and 1998 Grand Finals, and have appeared in 15 finals series in their 33-year history. Adelaide is the most successful team in the AFL Women's competition, and is one of two clubs (the other being Brisbane ) that have won multiple premierships; winning in 2017 , 2019 and 2022 (S6) . It also fields a reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), along with
3135-620: The Adelaide Football Club as its primary training ground, and is also accessible to the public. Ground was broken for Football Park in 1971, giving the SANFL its own venue after years of playing out of the Adelaide Oval , which was controlled by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Due to ongoing conflicts with the SACA, the SANFL had wanted to leave Adelaide Oval and move into their own home stadium for
3230-464: The Adelaide Oval could not host due to it not getting lights until 1997. The stadium has also hosted International rules football games between Australia and Ireland , as well as being used for rock concerts . Football Park also hosted a National Soccer League game during the early-mid 1990s. The record football crowd at Football Park was 66,897 when Sturt defeated Port Adelaide in
3325-531: The Adelaide Oval from 2014 . The SANFL announced a long-term development plan for the precinct in November 2014 with property developers Commercial & General for AU$ 71 million. It was announced that the land will be redeveloped for 1,600 new houses, a library, retail area and a five-storey, 120-bed aged care facility. Following the announcement, most of the seating at the ground was removed and given to local football clubs, before full-scale demolition work on
3420-628: The Adelaide Oval in 2014. The record Showdown attendance at Football Park was recorded at Showdown XIX on 10 September 2005 when 50,521 saw the Crows defeat the Power by 83 points in the 2005 First Semi Final . A pre-season match was played at the ground between the two sides in March 2015, in what was the last official event to be held at the ground. Major artists held concerts at Football Park, including The Beach Boys , ABBA , Neil Diamond , Alice Cooper , Dire Straits , Electric Light Orchestra , U2 , The Rolling Stones , Genesis , Elton John with
3515-488: The Cats was cancelled, with both teams receiving two premiership points each. Adelaide's SANFL team 's match against South Adelaide , scheduled for the next day, was postponed until later in the season. On 6 July, assistant coach Scott Camporeale was appointed interim coach for the remainder of the season, while West Coast premiership coach John Worsfold was hired as coaching director to support Camporeale. Inspiringly,
3610-485: The Crows lost the first 13 matches of the coronavirus-affected 2020 AFL season and ultimately claimed their first wooden spoon in club history. However, the Crows' disastrous season did end with some optimism, as the Crows broke the drought in round 15 against Hawthorn and won three matches in a row towards the season's conclusion. The Crows received their highest-ever draft pick at the 2020 AFL draft , used to draft Riley Thilthorpe . The Crows won their first game of
3705-424: The First Elimination Final. In the first final ever to be played at Football Park , the Crows won 14.15 (99) to 9.12 (66). The next week, Adelaide benefited from the finals system in use at the time and hosted the higher ranked Geelong , who had finished two places above the Crows but were forced to play away due to losing the previous week to North Melbourne . The Crows won narrowly in a controversial match, where
3800-587: The Malcolm Blight Medal (best and fairest award) for the season. New coach Brenton Sanderson began his era at the club with a pre-season premiership in 2012 and followed up that success with an above-expectations regular season ; the Crows finishing 17-5 and never once losing consecutive matches. Adelaide eventually qualified to face minor premiers Hawthorn at the MCG in the First Preliminary Final. Hawthorn led for most of
3895-723: The Ryobi One Day Cup live. The Nine Network became the rights holder once again from season 2013–14 to the 2016–17 season, primarily showing matches Live on GEM and simulcasting via Cricket Australia 's website. There are negotiations in place with ITV to televise the competition in the UK. For the 2017–18 season, the Nine Network dropped its coverage of the JLT One Day Cup. All matches were streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's own website and app. From
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3990-408: The away strip was introduced. In response to this, a new away guernsey was introduced in 2008 featuring more red and yellow with a flying crow on the front – similar in design to the mid-90s pre-season jumper. The clash guernsey was first introduced for season 2006 and was radically different from the "home" and "away" designs at the time. It was worn at all away games where the AFL deemed there to be
4085-429: The camp. Following the release of Eddie Betts biography, Josh Jenkins released a statement with further details from the camp. His opposition to aspects of the camp led to him being ostracised and was the reason he left the club. Former Port Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney assistant coach Matthew Nicks was appointed as Adelaide's senior coach on 15 October 2019, replacing the outgoing Pyke. Under new coach Nicks,
4180-429: The club's AFL, AFLW and SANFL teams. Head coach Assistant coaches Updated: 28 November 2024 Source(s): Senior list , Rookie list , Coaching staff , Injuries One-Day Cup (Australia) The One-Day Cup , is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season . Initially
4275-409: The club's away guernsey from 2008 to 2009. A key factor behind this change is the popularity for the club's Gather Round guernsey, which debuted in 2023 and featured the same crow design in a "stealth" style. Adelaide will wear both this new clash guernsey and their pre-existing Gather Round guernsey moving forward in 2024 . The club's Indigenous guernsey has been a rotating design since it
4370-493: The club's best and fairest) and Don Pyke , a former premiership player and assistant coach with West Coast who had also been an assistant coach at Adelaide from 2005 to 2006, was appointed Adelaide's senior coach for at least three years. Adelaide was widely tipped to slide out of the finals in 2016 but the Crows proved to be one of the successes of the season, comfortably qualifying for a home elimination final and defeating North Melbourne by 62 points, before being eliminated
4465-440: The club's first father–son pick. The Crows headlined the first-ever Gather Round , as they had a return to form, defeating multiple top-eight teams. Some controversial finishes, including one in round 23 against Sydney , when a Ben Keays goal was mistakenly disallowed, cost the Crows their first AFL finals series in seven years. Adelaide finished 2023 in 10th on the ladder, their best position since 2017 , in part due to
4560-485: The club's game-day facilities were merged with the administration offices, whilst the general public were granted access to the oval outside of Crows' training sessions. In 2024, following prolonged negotiations with the local council and SANFL, the Adelaide Football Club announced it would move its training and administrative headquarters to an upgraded Thebarton Oval , which will feature a 150m, two-storey wrap-around building and upgraded grandstands and new facilities for
4655-478: The club's players. Adelaide struggled with injuries during the year, including Captain Taylor Walker , Rory Sloane , Brad Crouch , Tom Lynch , Rory Laird , and Richard Douglas . Combined with the loss of Cameron and Lever, the Crows struggled throughout the year but held on to win twelve games, including against 2017 Premiers Richmond and soon-to-be 2018 Premiers West Coast . The club finished 12th on
4750-575: The coaching staff, especially with players like Bryce Gibbs , Josh Jenkins , and Eddie Betts dropped on and off throughout the season due to issues of form. Following the end of their season, the club began an external review of their football operations, with many musing about the future of players and coaching staff. Prior to the conclusion of the review, co-captain Taylor Walker resigned his captaincy after four years to focus on his football and family. A week later, Coach Don Pyke stepped down,
4845-587: The commencement of the new season, assistant coach Dean Bailey died following a short battle with lung cancer. On the eve of the new season, the South Australian Football Commission announced it had struck a deal with the Adelaide Football Club which required the SANFL to transfer its ownership of the Crows' licence to the club, in exchange for payments totalling $ 11.326 million between 2013 and 2028. The arrangement marked
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#17328009463944940-465: The competition. In August 2024, Cricket Australia launched a campaign to rename the competition after a former player, with fans being able to vote to select the cup's new name. ACT Kit Cricket Australia XI Kit New South Wales Kit New Zealand Kit Northern Territory Kit Queensland Kit South Australia Kit Tasmania Kit Victoria Kit Western Australia Kit Each team has used several venues to host matches. For
5035-420: The eve of the 2010 season , shifting their logo to an entirely new design. Adelaide had a disastrous start to the 2010 season, losing their first six matches of the home and away season. They did recover to some extent in the back half of the year, finishing 11th with nine wins and thirteen losses, the first time under coach Neil Craig that the team did not make the finals. The season marked a turning point, with
5130-414: The eventual premiers by a hefty 86-point margin, winning 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69). The club reached its first finals series in the 1993 AFL season , eventually losing to Essendon in the preliminary final. The year 1997 marked the entry of a second South Australian club, Port Adelaide . The Crows finished fourth to qualify for its first finals series since 1993, and hosted fifth-placed West Coast in
5225-498: The final. The higher-placed team has the home ground advantage. In 2006–07, the Ford Ranger One Day Cup was televised on Fox Sports . 25 out of the 31 games were televised including the final. Prior to Fox Sports' broadcasting of the domestic cricket competition, Nine was the host broadcaster. In India STAR Cricket shows the telecast with the help of Fox Sports. In 2011–12 Fox Sports broadcast all 25 games of
5320-584: The first quarter and trailing by 31 points at half time, the Crows kicked four unanswered goals in the last quarter to record a two-point victory, 12.21 (93) to 13.13 (91). Darren Jarman kicked a goal to put Adelaide in front with less than two minutes remaining, this qualified the Crows for their first AFL Grand Final, to be played against St Kilda at the MCG a week later. St Kilda, chasing just their second premiership in VFL/AFL history, were warm favourites to win
5415-491: The first time the Adelaide Football Club had independent control of its own administration and came in conjunction with measures designed to solidify the SANFL's control of game development and the sport in South Australia . The 2015 season started incredibly successfully for the Adelaide Football Club with a 77-point win over reigning preliminary finalists North Melbourne . Newly appointed coach Phil Walsh oversaw
5510-582: The first two rounds of the 2012 draft . At a hearing at AFL House in Melbourne, both the Adelaide Crows and current CEO at the time, Steven Trigg, were fined $ 300,000 and $ 50,000 respectively. The Adelaide Football Club were also suspended from participating in the first two rounds of the 2013 draft . It's widely accepted to be the league's biggest salary cap and list management scandal since Carlton in 2002. In March 2014, over one week prior to
5605-403: The following year. Adelaide often struggled in close matches during the 1998 AFL season ; seven of their nine losses were by 13 points or less, compared to only three wins by corresponding margins (they finished the regular season fifth on the ladder, with a record of 13–9). The Crows were well beaten by Melbourne in the qualifying final at the MCG by 48 points, and at the time, looked far from
5700-400: The full hoops of the original design. The original base design/idea has never changed in the club's 30-year history. In 2024, Adelaide began to wear a new design for their clash guernsey. It features the flying crow found on the club's old logo. The crow is in blue, the above background yellow and the below background red. The design derives from the 1996 preseason design, also found in
5795-517: The goals ran north to south. There was a drop of approximately 1.5 metres from the centre of the ground to the fence to help with drainage, leaving the ground with a distinctive hump. Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed the Crows , is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide , South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded
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#17328009463945890-462: The grandstands began in August 2018. The demolition of the grandstands was completed in March 2019. The playing surface covered approximately 2 hectares, with the average distance between the boundary line and fence being six metres. The ground dimensions from fence to fence were 177 m × 145 m (194 yd × 159 yd) and the playing area inside the boundary lines was 165 m × 135 m (180 yd × 148 yd) and
5985-412: The ground on 29 October 1990. Initially the club's offices were restricted to small space under the SANFL members' grandstand, before being moved to a new brick building at the southern end of the stadium in 1992. Between 1993 and 1995 a $ 2.3 million player and training facility was constructed behind the eastern grandstands, featuring several sports training facilities described at the time as “the best in
6080-399: The ladder with 12 wins, 10 losses, and a percentage of 104.1, and below crosstown rivals Port Adelaide who finished 10th, but with 3.5 more percentage points. This put Adelaide out of the finals for the first time since 2014. One highlight towards the end of the year was Rory Sloane who, despite rumours of a trade home to Victoria, signed a five-year contract and went on to play out his time as
6175-603: The last quarter, whilst utility Shane Ellen kicked a career-best five and Troy Bond kicked four. Andrew McLeod , who gathered 31 possessions across half-back and in the midfield, won the Norm Smith Medal for the best player on-field in the Grand Final. The win is arguably one of the finest moments in South Australian sporting history. Few expected the Crows to successfully defend their premiership
6270-620: The leadership of their new captain Jordan Dawson . Despite high expectations, 2024 was another disappointing year for the club, with a lack of on-field performance resulting in questions being raised around Nicks' coaching, particularly amid the choice to drop young forward Josh Rachele . Adelaide currently has three guernsey designs which are used in different matches throughout the season. The club's guernseys are currently supplied by Irish sportswear company O'Neills . The home guernsey features navy blue, red and gold hoops. It
6365-508: The league rather than a single existing SANFL club. The Adelaide Crows played their first season in the AFL in 1991 . Inaugural coach Graham Cornes and captain Chris McDermott led Adelaide to a respectable ninth place out of 15 in the league, with 10 wins and 12 losses and a percentage of 89.44. Adelaide's first AFL game was against Hawthorn on Friday 22 March at their then home ground, Football Park . The Crows defeated
6460-412: The league”. Additional offices were constructed at the northern end of the ground, and a $ 21 million renovation was concluded in 2009, which featured a 2500sq metre “Shed” for gatherings of fans and members, and upgrades to the indoor training and administrative facilities. When Football Park stopped hosting premiership matches at the end of the 2013 season, the grandstands were progressively torn down and
6555-401: The likes of McLeod, Simon Goodwin and fellow stars Brett Burton , Tyson Edwards and Trent Hentschel all announcing their retirements during the season. Long-term defender and club stalwart Nathan Bock announced he was leaving the club to join new side Gold Coast . These changes led to a disastrous 2011 campaign , which became the worst season in the club's history to that point. After
6650-503: The match and despite Adelaide taking the lead with five minutes remaining, the Hawks responded to win the match by five points, in yet another heartbreaking finals series loss for the Crows. Adelaide would then fall down the ladder in the following 2013 and 2014 seasons, narrowly missing the top 8 on both occasions. Failing to reach the finals led to Sanderson being sacked at the end of the 2014 season. The club would move its home matches to
6745-536: The match. Adelaide's impressive 2002 AFL season (in which they achieved a 15–7 win–loss record) came undone at the penultimate stage, losing to Collingwood in the Preliminary Final at the MCG. Ben Hart won his second Malcolm Blight Medal in 2002, with Tyson Edwards finishing runner-up. Brett Burton led the Crows' goalkickers with 51. Hart and Mark Ricciuto were both named as All-Australians. Adelaide then exacted some revenge by defeating Collingwood in
6840-468: The move in 2026. During this time, the local council approved an application by the SANFL to a 42-year lease on the Football Park oval, enabling SANFL offices to return to Football Park in a newly designed building adjacent to the oval and have exclusivity of the oval for approximately three hours on weeknights and five hours on weekends. The SANFL Grand Final was moved back to its original home at
6935-403: The newly redeveloped Adelaide Oval at the start of the 2014 season, though to this day the Crows retain their training and administrative headquarters at their old home stadium, Football Park . At the end of 2012, it was revealed that Adelaide had been found guilty of breaching the salary cap and tampering with the draft. As a sign of cooperation with the AFL, Adelaide forfeited themselves from
7030-562: The newly redeveloped Adelaide Oval , which has a capacity of 53,583 and is located very close to the city . Adelaide Football Club continued to use the oval as their headquarters, and have their own clubrooms, administrative offices and indoor training facilities on the eastern side of the ground, a similar arrangement to what fellow AFL club Hawthorn have with Waverley Park in Melbourne . The club announced their intention to move their training headquarters to an upgraded Thebarton Oval sports precinct in June 2024, and are expected to complete
7125-465: The next week by eventual beaten grand finalists, Sydney in the semi-finals. The club had a dominant 2017 season , winning their opening six games and never falling below second place for the entire season. Adelaide claimed their second McClelland Trophy as minor premiers. The Adelaide Crows entered the 2017 finals series as favourites for the premiership; they defeated Greater Western Sydney and Geelong by 36 and 61 points respectively to qualify for
7220-544: The northern bank on the River Torrens in North Adelaide . The Crows were formed in 1990 as the de facto state team representing South Australia in the AFL. They were originally owned by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), though they gained administrative independence in 2014. They played their first season in 1991 and finished in 9th place, the highest ranking of any expansion club in
7315-428: The old scoreboard located above the tunnel in the south-east corner remained in place as the main scoreboard. After years of speculation, Football Park's members grandstand was extended in 2001 with the opening of the new Northern Grandstand, opening up 7,000 new seats. The new grandstand was fitted with individual plastic seats, and the rest of the stadium was finally brought into line with this in 2004, seeing an end to
7410-515: The other South Australian football team in the Port Adelaide Football Club . The men's team is currently coached by Matthew Nicks and is captained by Jordan Dawson . After the VFL was renamed the AFL for the 1990 season, the SANFL clubs unanimously resolved, in 1990, that a team would not be entered into the AFL until 1992. The AFL refused to accept this, and revised negotiations with individual clubs Port Adelaide and Norwood . Two months later,
7505-586: The outer of the ground a limited number of under cover seats, as well as opening up more space for advertising boards. Television screens showing the games in progress at the ground are also in place under the concourse roof, as well as in the members area. After long-term negotiations with the State Government and the local council, as well as local residents, the SANFL started building the ground's four light towers in late 1983. These were finished by early 1984, with all night games in Adelaide moving from
7600-473: The pre-season competition. It was still in the club colours, but featured the club logo prominently on the front and continuing over onto the back. This design would go on to inspire multiple clash guernseys and the Gather Round guernsey . The away guernsey was originally intended for use in all matches designated as away games, except finals. The design had changed several times over the years since it
7695-414: The previous year, Adelaide went into the Grand Final as underdogs, playing against North Melbourne , who had won the premiership in 1996 and had won eleven consecutive matches leading up to the Grand Final. North Melbourne led by 24 points at half-time, 6.15 (51) to 4.3 (27), with only their inaccurate goalkicking keeping Adelaide in the contest. However, as they had in the previous year, Adelaide dominated
7790-561: The recruit Dawson, who received best-on-ground honours. Captain Rory Sloane ruptured his ACL in round 5. In his absence, the role of captain rotated between Reilly O'Brien , Ben Keays , Brodie Smith , and Tom Doedee for the remainder of the season. Adelaide traded in Izak Rankine at a high price, leaving them no first-round draft picks in the 2022 AFL draft until they matched the bid for Max Michalanney , son of Jim as
7885-488: The red guernsey for 2022 and 2023. These designs were similar to the alternative guernsey used from 2016 to 2017. The alternative guernsey, worn in 2016 and 2017 was the same design as the white clash guernsey of the time, but with a gold base. It was worn in away games in which it provided a greater contrast with the home team than either the home or white clash guernseys. Those teams were North Melbourne , Carlton , Fremantle and Western Bulldogs football clubs. It
7980-417: The remaining seasons in the 2000s, falling short at the elimination or semi-final on each occasion. Collingwood proved to be the biggest hurdle, knocking the Crows out of the finals race successively in 2008 and 2009 . Andrew McLeod and Bernie Vince won the club's best and fairest awards in that time. Adelaide's finals runs in the 2000s The Crows had their biggest rebrand in the club's history on
8075-403: The second half to win by 35 points, 15.15 (105) to 8.22 (70) - the result making Adelaide the only club during the decade of the 1990s to achieve the feat of winning back to back AFL premierships. Darren Jarman kicked five goals, while Andrew McLeod won his second successive Norm Smith Medal, an unprecedented feat. Club legend Mark Ricciuto won the Crows' Club Champion award in 1998. Following
8170-408: The suburban grounds ( Norwood Oval and Thebarton Oval ) to league headquarters for the next 16 years. Following Adelaide joining the AFL in 1991, and being joined by Port Adelaide in 1997, new corporate "superboxes" were built on top of the southern concourse, stretching from the scoreboard around to the members grandstand. The following year (1998) the stadium got its first video superscreen, although
8265-408: The team rebounded to win six of their next seven games and qualify for the 2015 finals series , where they defeated the Western Bulldogs by seven points in a thrilling elimination final at the MCG. Their season ended when they lost to eventual premiers Hawthorn the next week. Star midfielder for many years Patrick Dangerfield left the club at the end of the 2015 season (a season in which he won
8360-602: The unpopular aluminum bench seating, and dropping capacity to 51,240. In addition to football, Football Park has also hosted cricket matches, including the Kerry Packer -run World Series Cricket competition of the late 1970s when the upstart competition was shut out of major grounds such as the Adelaide Oval. And from 1984–1988 after the stadium got lights, Football Park also hosted the South Australian state one-day team in day/night McDonald's Cup games that
8455-415: Was always worn with white shorts. During the mid-2000s, the Crows adopted three different guernsey designs to wear during the AFL's Heritage Round . The 2004 iteration featured the tri-colour home guernsey but with the AFC crest on the chest and removal of white stroke to the numbers. All heritage guernseys featured each player's name and debut number above the manufacturer's jock tag. Controversially during
8550-569: Was first introduced in during the 2013 season vs. North Melbourne. The first iteration of the Adelaide Indigenous guernsey was a simple swap from Navy to Black, representing the colours in the Australian Aboriginal flag . Since 2014 however, they guernsey has featured art on a navy base from a wide number of indigenous artists and past players, such as Andrew McLeod and Ben Davis . The 2023 edition of these guernseys
8645-455: Was first used in 1999. From 2006 the red was removed from the top of the guernsey, moving it closer to the home guernsey. Its usage had waned since the introduction of the "clash" guernsey, to the point where it was only used twice in 2007, against the Western Bulldogs in round 2 and Collingwood in round 22. In a few away matches that year, the club also continued to use the traditional "home" guernsey, something which had rarely been done since
8740-442: Was red, and was worn from 2006 to 2009. The club first adopted a white clash guernsey in 2010. It featured the club logo on the front with stylised curves in club colours on the front and back with navy stripes down the sides. The design continued to be changed a number of times over the years, but remained predominantly white until the end of the 2020 season. There were yellow and red clash guernseys for 2021, before solely moving to
8835-565: Was scrapped by the AFL. The club song of the Adelaide Football Club is "The Pride of South Australia", and is sung to the tune of US Marines Hymn . The lyrics to "The Pride of South Australia" were written by the inaugural CEO Bill Sanders. The first club song, and the song used in the club's inaugural AFL game and victory against Hawthorn , was "Here We Go Camry Crows". Since inception in late 1990, Adelaide's training and administrative facilities have been located at Football Park in West Lakes . The club held their first training session at
8930-439: Was stabbed to death by his son at the age of 55 in his Somerton Park home. His son Cy Walsh would later be found not guilty of murder due to mental incompetence and placed under a lifetime psychiatric supervision licence, ordering that he be detained indefinitely in a secure psychiatric facility. The tragedy was followed by an outpouring of sympathy and tributes from the club's fans and the wider AFL community. The match against
9025-529: Was the first to be shared between the women's and the men's teams. The most recent of these was designed by Izak Rankine and his cousin Harley Hall, celebrating their shared Ngarrindjeri heritage. It was revealed in March 2024. The club wore their first commemorative ANZAC guernsey in 2024 . The guernsey features the chevrons of the sergeant rank insignia of the Australian Army , and
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