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CLUB SONG

'It's a Grand Old Flag'

It's a Grand old flag, It's a high-flying flag

It's the emblem for me and for you

It's the emblem of the team we love

The team of the Chocolate and Blue

Every heart beats true for the Chocolate and Blue

As we sing this song to you, what do we sing?

Should old acquaintance be forgot

Oh, keep your eye on the Chocolate and Blue!

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Like every other athlete and sporting club that has ever existed, we want to win every football game and win every premiership. Like everyone else, we thirst for the win, however, for us winning extends beyond the football field, beyond trophies. For us, winning is a measure of effort we put in as individuals and as a collective. Winning is about the achievements we make both on and off the field. Winning is about learning and growing from any losses we make and building ourselves stronger to claim future wins.

 

With our heritage dating back over one hundred years, Kenilworth is winning as a Football club that has stood the test of time. A club which has always looked for ways to grow and develop, has always looked into the face of challenge with determination and has always stood up against adversity and defied those who think us underdogs. Time and again we have shown our strength and our worth. Time and again we have shown that not every game needs to be won to have a winning spirit, that the way we lose is just as important. We know that losing is part of the territory, it's a risk worth taking in order to improve and a risk worth taking in order to win.

 

Over time Kenilworth has been home to thousands of players and their families, supporters and volunteers who have all helped us to expand as a club and as a family. Having such a commitment from an extensive range of people has us winning.

 

As football is not an individual sport, it is a team sport and with our club now being home to a diverse range of teams from juniors to seniors, masters and inclusive and with males and females representing the chocolate and blue, our philosophy takes a 'One Club, One Family' approach. Time has shown us the importance of banding together as a club, connected through the faces of many, represented by all teams and those who band around us. Time has shown that together, we are stronger.

As such, when our teams take to the ground, they go with the support of everyone here at Kenilworth, a part of

'One Club, One Family,'

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OUR HISTORY

Having been officially founded in 1907, Kenilworth Football Club is over 100 years old and is proud to be the second oldest club in the SAAFL.

Our history is testament to our commitment to the game of footy and our tenacity for hard work against the odds.

Timeline:

1906- June 22nd, earliest recorded game against Purveyors of Soft Goods

1907- Club officially founded, played against the Royal Association

1911- Won the Premiership in the Uniting Church Association

1924- Joined SAAFL

1925- Played Grand Final

1928- Played Grand Final

1927- A1 Premiership

1930- A1 Premiership

1931- B Grade Won the A3 flag

1938- Relegation from A1 to A2

1939- Won the A2 flag, bringing the club back to A1

1940- World War II impacted the world of Football, bringing the much-loved game to a halt throughout the country for the better part of a decade

Post-war- Kenilworth remained in A1 until the 1960s but was unable to challenge for another A1 flag

1981- the A3 flag was brought home

1986- Merger between Colonel Light Gardens, forming the Kenilworth-Colonel Light club

1989- Kenilworth-Colonel Light bring home the A4 flag

1990s- Kenilworth and Colonel Light disband and re-emerge as separate clubs

  • Kenilworth relocates to St Mary’s Park, formerly known as Panther Park prior to the South Adelaide Football Club vacating to premises in Noarlunga during 1995

2000s- Club maintains its presence as a solo club but struggles to pull through with wins and slips through the ranks on-field

2009- Relegated to Div 6 after a horrible season the previous year

2011- Kenilworth makes a comeback, winning the D6 flag

2013- Kenilworth claims the D5 flag

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Named after characters in Sir Walter Scott's novel, Kenilworth, it is the second oldest club in SAAFL today.

LEGENDS

2006

Arthur Frank Bradshaw (Art)

William L. Maguire (Bill)

Albert Edward Corran Treloar (Corry)

James John Moffatt (Jack)

Graeme John Shaughnessy (Shaggers)

Trevor John Hendry (Uncle Trev)

Richard Andrew Bowyer (Ric)

Anthony Bruce Richardson (Tony)

William Andrew Marryat (Will)

John William Schulz (Captain Panic)

2007

Mark John Rampling (Humpty)

2011

Wayne Neil Berryman (Monty)

LIFETIME MEMBERS

 

Allchurch, Clifford Edward (Cliff)

Hefron,J.W.

Main, Harold Walter (Hibbel)

Pengelly, William Paul

1947

Rowe, Henry Lionel

Brown, George F.

Lawson, Kenneth Francis Arthur

North, Harrold B.

Reeves, Clyde Herbert

Walker, William Archibald (Archie)

Gage, Alexander Murray

 

1955

Metcalf, John C. (Jack)

 

1957

Wyly, George Thomas Whittingham

 

1959

Rowe, Kevin John

Bradshaw, Olive May Mrs.

Martlow, Harold William

Moffatt, James John (Jack)

Bradshaw, Arthur Frank (Art)

 

1960

Venning, Ron W.

 

1961

Chapman, John K. (Jack)

Poulton, Lancelot Henry (Lance)

 

1962

Mellor, David

Tuohy, Brian (Bang Bang)

Maguire, William Leslie (Bill)

 

1964

Peterson, C.H. (Clyde or Christopher)

 

1966

Pearson, George E.V.

Hale, Charles Robert (Chooka)

 

1967

Hehir, Colin P.

York, Allan William

 

1968

Tabe, G.D. or G.M. Tabe

Drummond, Carl

Archer, John Walter (Jack)

Button, Vernon Albert (Vern)

 

1972

Mahomet, Barry Wayne (Bluey)

Sfera, Anthony Michael (Tony)

Richardson, Peter John

Tonkin, Allan James (Jim)

 

1973

Hale, Roberts Charles (Bob)

Penny, John Joseph

 

1976

Lane, William George (Bill)

Richardson, Anthony Bruce (Tony)

Berryman, Wayne Neil (Monty)

Shaughnessy, Graeme John (Shaggers)

Minear, Michael Vernon (Minnie)

Schulz, John William (Captain Panic)

Rampling, Mark John (Humpty)

Hendry, Trevor John

 

1982

Smith, Brian Murray (Blackstick)

Richardson, Geoffrey Neil

Marryat William Andrew (Will)

Fiore, Tony Gino (Gino)

 

2000

Farrugia, Lilian Patricia Mrs. (Lil)

 

2004

Bowyer, Richard Andrew (Ric)

 

2007

Colmer, Garry Steven (2R’s)

 

2009

Siemering, Gary John (1R’s)

Kierr, Robert William

 

2010

Siemering, Leonie Mary Mrs.

 

2013

Muller, Fabian

Rayson, Scott

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PREMIERSHIPS

1912

United Churches Football Association B Division- A Grade

1913

United Churches Football Association A Division- A Grade

1917

Metropolitan Football Association- A Grade

1919

Metropolitan & Suburban Association- Juniors under 21

1927

South Australian Amateur Football League A1- A Grade

1930

South Australian Amateur Football League A1- A Grade

1931

South Australian Amateur Football Junior League- B Grade

1939

South Australian Amateur Football League A2- A Grade

1950

Sturt District Football Association B Division- B Grade

1952

Surt District Football Association B Division- B Grade

1968

Sturt District School Boys- Under 13s

1969

Sturt District Boys B Grade- Under 13s

1972

Sturt District School Boys- Under 11s

1981

South Australian Amateur Football League Div A3- A Grade

1986

South Australian Amateur Football League Div A10- C Grade

1989

South Australian Amateur Football League Div A4- A Grade

2005

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 12

2006

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 12

2007

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 12

2009

South Australian Amateur Football League Div C7s

2010

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 6 Res- B Grade

2011

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 6- A Grade

2011

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 6 Res- B Grade

2013

South Australian Amateur Football League Div 5- A Grade

2014

Metro South Junior Football League- Under 13s Girls

2016

South Australian National Football League- Under 14s

2018

South Australian Amateur Football League- Under 18s Blue
 

2022

SANFL APM Inclusive League 

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