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**Woodville-West Torrens Football Club**
Names
Full name	Woodville-West Torrens Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Eagles
	Season 2010
Club Details
Founded	1991
Colours	Blue, Green and Gold
Competition	South Australian National Football League
Coach	Michael Godden
Captain(s)	Mark McKenzie
Ground(s)	Woodville Oval (Capacity: 15,000)
	Thebarton Oval (Capacity: --)
Other information
Official website	www.wwtfc.com.au
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Woodville-West Torrens Eagles is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. Since 1993, the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville's home ground of Woodville Oval, having previously used Football Park. They also play 2 or 3 games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval, a ground which has six light towers that the club wish to upgrade to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1980s.

[edit] History

West Torrens had competed in the SANFL since 1897, while Woodville entered the competition in 1964. Both sides had struggled throughout their respective existences, West Torrens having won four premierships in ninety seasons and Woodville none in thirty seven; whispers grew throughout SA football circles that perhaps a merger would save these clubs.

Calls for merger grew throughout the 1980s, culminating in 1990 when the imminent entry of the South Australian based Adelaide Crows into the national Australian Football League led officials of Woodville and West Torrens to realise that their clubs would struggle to exist as separate entities.

It was decided to merge the two sides as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, to play their home games at Woodville's home ground, Woodville Oval, and use the West Torrens Eagle emblem. The new club proved immediately competitive and won their first premiership in 1993.

Although officially formed in 1991, it was after the 1993 Premiership that many finally accepted the 'new' Eagles. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles (the first time for Woodville, and the first time since 1953 for West Torrens), captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed:

"This is a very sweet moment - the end result of two clubs that made a lot of tough decisions three years ago. This is for Woodville and for West Torrens. Now we are one club."

The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. It was also agreed that blue would be the primary colour of the merged club.

[edit] Club details

Formed:	1990 when Woodville and West Torrens merged.
League History:	SANFL League 1991-
Colours:	Blue and green with gold eagle.
Nickname:	The Eagles.
Current Coach:	Michael Godden
Current Captain:	Mark McKenzie
Home Ground:	Woodville Oval (1992-)
Alternative Facilities:	2 or 3 home games per year are played at Thebarton Oval (Former home of West Torrens) which is also the club's pre-season base.
Previous Grounds:	Football Park (1991-1992)

[edit] Coaches

1991-1992 - Neil Balme
1993-1997 - Bruce Winter+
1998-1999 - Mark Mickan
2000 - Paul Hamilton
2001-2009 - Ron Fuller+
2010 - Michael Godden

italics current coach
+ premiership coach

[edit] Captains

1991-1994 - Peter Schwarz*
1995-2000 - Andrew Rogers
2001-2006 - Gavin Colville
2007 - Justin Cicolella*
2008 - Mark McKenzie

italics current captain
* premiership captain (Justin Cicolella was acting captain for the 2006 Premiership)

[edit] Woodville-West Torrens 2009 playing list

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1 Adam Klun 2 Matt Cooper 3 Luke Jarrad 4 Peter Fiacchi 5 Leigh Treeby 6 Mark Passador 7 Luke Powell 8 George Pedler 9 Jon Floreani 10 Joseph Pedler 11 Ben Schwarze 12 Bradley Geddes 13 Jared Petrenko 14 Adam Grocke 15 Zack Hier 16 Jonathan Lee 17 Bernie Vince 18 Ken McGregor 19 Paul Lindsay 20 Robert Fiacchi		21 Christopher Knights 22 Lee Staple 23 Gavin Colville 24 Brad Mehaffey 25 James Rimington 26 Dale Symmons 27 Matt Broadbent 28 Brad Dabrowski 29 James Stewart 30 Steven Hall 31 Luke Duncan 32 Sam Fairclough 33 Robert Shirley 34 Paul Stewart 35 Craig Fitzgerald 36 Nick Salter 37 Trent Hentschel 38 Brendan Papps 39 Tim Inkster 40 Sam Davoren		41 Brodie Lomas 42 Denis Redden 43 Nathan Batsanis 44 Nathan Bock 45 Patrick Giuffreda 46 Jake Pavlich 47 48 Damien Williamson 49 Vincenzo Rugolo 50 51 Justin Ciocella 52 Cody Hicks 53 Stuart Hill 54 Ross Pedersen 55 Todd Miles 56 Brett Burton 57 58 Seamus McDonnell 59 Ben Arbon 60 Tallan Leighton

[edit] Honours

SANFL Premierships:	2	1993, 2006
South Australian Night Series Winners:	2	1993, 1994
SANFL Minor Round Premiership:	4	1993, 1994, 2000, 2006
Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy:	2	1993, 2000
SANFL Grand Finals:	7	1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
SANFL Finals Appearances:	15	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
SANFL Reserves Premierships:	5	1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2004
SANFL Under 19's Premierships:	3	1996, 1998, 2000
SANFL Under 17's Premierships:	4	1993, 1998, 1999, 2000

[edit] League placings

1991 - 4th
1992 - 3rd
1993 - Premiers
1994 - 2nd
1995 - 8th
1996 - 4th
1997 - 7th
1998 - 6th
1999 - 3rd
2000 - 2nd
2001 - 2nd
2002 - 4th
2003 - 3rd
2004 - 2nd
2005 - 2nd
2006 - Premiers
2007 - 3rd
2008 - 6th
2009 - 4th

[edit] Magarey Medallists

None

[edit] Jack Oatey Medallists

Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Grand Final

1993 - Steven Sziller
2006 - Hayden Skipworth

[edit] Reserves Magarey Medallists

1992 - J Sziller
1996 - J King
2003 - D Newett

[edit] Bob Lee Medallists

Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Reserves Grand Final

2001 - Brett O'Hara
2004 - Luke Spehr

[edit] Best and fairest

1991 - Scott Morphett
1992 - Robert Pyman
1993 - Andrew Rogers
1994 - Jason Sziller
1995 - Andrew Rogers
1996 - Andrew Rogers
1997 - Steven Hall
1998 - Nick Pesch
1999 - Gavin Colville & Adam Pearce
2000 - Gavin Colville
2001 - Gavin Colville
2002 - Justin Cicolella
2003 - Justin Cicolella
2004 - Gavin Colville
2005 - Mark McKenzie
2006 - Mark McKenzie
2007 - Leigh Treeby
2008 - Mark McKenzie & Luke Powell

[edit] Life Governors

The highest individual honour that is bestowed by the club

[edit] Ken Farmer Medalists (SANFL Leading Goalkickers)

Scott Morphett: 99 goals (1991)
Chris Kluzek: 72 goals (2000)
Mark Passador: 74 goals (2006)

[edit] Records

Most Games:	232	G Colville (1995-08)
Most Goals:	302	M Passador (2003-)
Most Goals in a Match:	12	A Taylor v North Adelaide in 1994
Most Goals in a Season:	99	S Morphett in 1991
Most Years as Coach:	8	R Fuller (2001-)
Most Years as Captain:	6	A Rogers (1995-2000)
Highest Score:	30.14 (194)	v North Adelaide in 1994
Lowest Score:	3.9 (27)	v North in 1995
Greatest Win:	156	v North in 1993
Greatest Loss:	158	v Norwood in 1995
Longest Winning Run:	14	1993-1994
Longest Losing Run:	8	1997

[edit] Team of the Decade

Back	Glenn Freeborn	Steven Hall	Peter Schwarz
HalfBack	Andrew Rogers	Paul Prymke	Jamie Tape
Centre	Andrew Payze	Robert Pyman	Scott Camporeale
HalfForward	Shayne Breuer	Andrew Taylor	Gavin Colville
Forward	Brett Burton	Scott Morphett	Steven Sziller
Coach	Bruce Winter
Captain	Peter Schwarz
Ruck	David Niemann	Wayne Weidemann	Jason Sziller
Interchange	Paul Bulluss	Nick Pesch	Adam Pearce

[edit] Club grounds

Woodville Oval (1991—present)

[edit] Famous players

[edit] External links

Preceded by Port Adelaide	SANFL Premiers 1993	Succeeded by Port Adelaide
Preceded by Central District	SANFL Premiers 2006	Succeeded by Central District

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