Goodwood Saints Football Club is an
Australian rules football
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club based in
Adelaide
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. Formed in 1985 (as a merger of the Goodwood Football Club and the St Raphael's Football Club) they compete in the
Adelaide Footy League
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in Division 2 (Men) and Division 1 (Women).
One of the most successful amateur football clubs in Australia, they dominated the Adelaide Footy League in the mid to late 2000s, winning five straight Division 1 grand finals from 2005 to 2009. They also hold the record for the longest time spent in top division of the league, 1991 - 2023, until their first relegation in August 2023.
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A Grade Premierships
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Men
* South Australian Amateur Football League
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(Adelaide Footy League) (11)
** 1987 (Div 3)
** 1990 (Div 2)
** 1997 (Div 1)
** 2005 (Div 1)
** 2006 (Div 1)
** 2007 (Div 1)
** 2008 (Div 1)
** 2009 (Div 1)
** 2014 (Div 1)
** 2015 (Div 1)
** 2020 (Div 1)
Women
* South Australian Amateur Football League
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(Adelaide Footy League) (4)
** 2020 (Div 5)
** 2021 (Div 4)
** 2022 (Div 3)
** 2023 (Div 2)
Merger history
Goodwood Saints Football Club was formed in 1985 as a merger of the Goodwood Football Club and the St Raphael's Football Club.
Goodwood
The Goodwood Football Club was based at Goodwood Oval and competed in various suburban competitions over its history, most notably the South Australian Amateur Football League
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and the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association
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.
A-Grade Premierships
* Mid-Southern Football Association (2)
** 1928 South Australian Amateur Football League
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A2 (2)
** 1947
St Raphael's
The St Raphael's Football Club were an Adelaide Park Lands
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based club who regularly shifted between different competitions throughout much of their history.
A-Grade Premierships
* Sturt District Football Association B Division (1)
** 1951 South Australian Amateur Football League
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A4 (1)
** 1983 South Australian Amateur Football League
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A5 (1)
** 1978
Notable Past Players
Riley Bonner
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* Will Snelling
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* Cameron Wood
* Harry Barnett
* Paul Page
* Peter McCarty
* Luke Donaldson
* Brad Dabrowski
* David Bartel
* Trent Mills
* Kenrick Tyrrell
* Anthony Dempsey
* Simon Brooks
References
External links
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Australian rules football clubs established in 1985
Adelaide Footy League clubs
1985 establishments in Australia