SANFL 1970 Grand Final – Sturt v Glenelg: A Fistful Of Flags

June 5, 2023 by 8 Comments

Swish was gifted the Budget from the 1970 SANFL Grand Final by Sturt fan Phil Daly, which was the final of Sturt’s five successive flags.

SANFL 1973 Grand Final – Glenelg v North Adelaide: The Stud Gets Up

August 29, 2022 by 6 Comments

The 1973 SANFL Grand Final went down as a classic tussle, not decided until deep in the final term after a famous mark by Graham Cornes. Swish takes us back almost 50 years, to a time of car-salesman coaches, Vulcan oil heaters and groovy graphics.

1972 SANFL Grand Final – North Adelaide v Port Adelaide: Same Again Thanks

May 5, 2022 by 22 Comments

It’s fifty years since North Adelaide completed back-to-back SANFL flags. Swish takes a look at the 1972 Grand Final Footy Budget and provides some observations from the Roosters’ acclaimed win in the Champions of Australia a fortnight later.

1974 SANFL Grand Final – Glenelg v Sturt: Whelan In The Years

June 17, 2019 by 19 Comments

Swish Schwerdt continues his series reviewing great SANFL games, Footy Budget and all, this time it’s the 1974 Grand Final between Glenelg and Sturt.

The (Lost) Art of Umpiring

October 18, 2017 by 18 Comments

Swish found this 70s SANFL umpiring relic in the bowels of academia. He’s sharing it before it disappears entirely.

SANFL Season 1977 – Round 1: A New Hope

November 19, 2015 by 26 Comments

Swish relives the year his Dogs broke, 1977, via the SANFL Round 1 Budget.