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| Full name | North Adelaide Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Roosters |
| 2010 season | |
| Leading goalkicker | Damon White (33) |
| Best and fairest | James Allen |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Colours | Red and White |
| Competition | South Australian National Football League |
| Chairman | Bohdan Jaworskyj |
| Coach | Josh Francou |
| Captain(s) | Clinton Alleway |
| Ground(s) | Prospect Oval (capacity: 20,000) |
| Other information | |
| Official website | www.nafc.com.au |
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North Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League.
Formed in 1888 as Medindie, in 1893 the club renamed itself to North Adelaide. It is the fourth oldest club still in operation in the SANFL. Although several other early clubs used the name of "North Adelaide", none of them bore ties to the current club [1].
North Adelaide started playing at Prospect Oval in 1922 and it has remained their home ground ever since.
Ken Farmer – "The Bradman of Goalkickers" kicked 105 goals in 1930 to become the first SA League player to kick 100 goals in a league state. He was a prolific goalkicker, kicking 100 goals in a season in 11 consecutive seasons (1930–1940). Farmer also holds the record for the most goals in an SANFL match – 23 against West Torrens at Prospect on 6 July 1940. Farmer scored ten or more goals in thirty-seven matches, and 1,419 goals in total over his career, at an astounding average of 6.3 per match.
North Adelaide’s other iconic player [2], Barrie Robran, played 201 League games for the Roosters and 10 State games. He won 3 Magarey Medals (1968, 1970 and 1973) and is the only SANFL "Legend" in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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 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.
The club has won 13 Senior premierships in total: 1900, 1902, 1905, 1920, 1930–31, 1949, 1952, 1960, 1971–72, 1987, 1991
The club has also won premierships in:
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Recruited to North Adelaide from VFL/AFL Club, then re-drafted
^ – awarded retrospectively
North Adelaide have had many versions of their club song in the past. All contain the same lyrics, but have been changed rhythm wise to keep up with the times. The lyrics and tune 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.
It's a great, great club, And the club we love, We're the good old red and whites! The mighty Roosters we're called, All for one, one for all, If we're down we fight, fight, fight! We always play as a team, And we play it clean, We're never out of sight, Be it wet, be it dry, We try, try, try, We're the good old red and whites!
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