2016 season saw the Redlegs regain Andrew Kirwan from overseas, Matt Fuller, Anthony Wilson and Jaryd Cachia from AFL duties but this did not cover the losses of James Allan, Michael Newton, Liam Davis and Mat Suckling, all to retirement, with Andrew McInnes and Mitch Wilkins returning to Melbourne after only one year and Kane Murphy returning to Sydney. John Birt.
Walter Scott was captain-coach of the Norwood Football Club for five years, leading his team to two grand finals in 1928 and 1929, winning the latter against The period spanning the 1951 and 1973 seasons, totalling twenty three years, was the club's longest without a premiership. The club gained a large number of players from the then recently dissolved Norwood won a premiership in its first year of existence and then followed with five more in a row. SANFL Football Team that was founded in 1878 won 30 premierships and are in their 136th year as a club The emphasis of developing from within means many players have called Norwood their home for the duration of their football careers.We operate within the Norwood Sporting Club and a brand new state of the art facility located in Ringwood, we boast multiple user groups, who each respectively serve the wider sporting community with multiple sporting disciplines.The “One Club” slogan we are so proud of embraces every corner of the city of Maroondah and captures not just sporting participants, but business partners and multiple support groups.We often state that a sporting club has a far greater role than just developing sportspeople – we see the journey also as one which develops people and life skills in a family friendly environment. The following week a win over Central District saw them make the Grand Final, where again they would play Port Adelaide, this time in front of 44,161 eager spectators. Name Keith Leicester* The Redlegs started well with a win over archrivals, Port Adelaide, at Coopers Stadium by 25 points with Simon Phillips copping a season ending shoulder injury. Forward! Only Norwood and Port Adelaide became famous rivals after a particularly tough qualifying finals match in 1894. They finished 4th after the minor round with 11-7, equal third with West Adelaide, but with inferior percentage were sent to an Elimination Final and were bundled out by 44 points by Central District. Norwood were no longer complacent like they had been a couple weeks ago and dished out Port Adelaide's greatest ever grand final defeat in the SANFL winning by 73 points, 19.12 (126) to 7.11 (53). A shock loss to North Adelaide by 57 points was the start of things to come as the Redlegs struggled with many injuries throughout the year which started with Michael Chippendale missing for the first six weeks and then significant injuries to key players in Bode, Panos, Cachia, Phillips and Webber throughout the year saw the Redlegs struggle without their star players. Associated with Scrapbook Memories.
With midfielders Anthony Harvey (Jack Oatey Medallist), John Cunningham and Andrew Jarman playing superbly, the Redlegs had their Magpie opponents chasing shadows all afternoon. The win was significant given that the Port Adelaide team of 21 included 19 full-time professional AFL-listed players.
The 1904 Grand Final was a memorable one for Norwood who were down by 35 points at three-quarter time against traditional rival For his brief coaching stint, Thomas Leahy proved remarkably successful, leading the Redlegs to back to back premierships in 1922 and 1923, a feat that would not be repeated for 90 years.
This would be Norwood's third and last title in a national competition.
The Redlegs were top of the ladder after Round 10 but a loss to bottom side Glenelg in round 11 would prove pivotal as they fell away in the second half of the season to only win 2 of their remaining 9 games with an horrific run of injuries to key players.