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St Kilda Football Club

October 30, 2023

"St Kilda Saints" redirects here. For the defunct basketball team, see Southern Melbourne Saints.

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.

St Kilda Football Club
Names
Full nameSt Kilda Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)Saints, Sainters
Former nickname(s)Seagulls, Panthers
MottoFortius Quo Fidelius
("Strength Through Loyalty")
Club song"When The Saints Go Marching In”
2023 season
After finals7th
Home-and-away season6th
Leading goalkickerJack Higgins (36 goals)
Club details
Founded1873; 150 years ago (1873)
Colours  Red   White   Black
CompetitionAFL: Senior men
AFLW: Senior women
VBFL: Blind (mixed)
VWFL: Wheelchair (mixed)
PresidentAndrew Bassat
CEOSimon Lethlean
CoachAFL: Ross Lyon
AFLW: Nick Dal Santo
Captain(s)AFL: Jack Steele
AFLW: Hannah Priest
VWFL: Ryan Smith / Nathan Wilburn
VBFL: Shannon Jones
PremiershipsVFL/AFL (1)
Reserves (5)
Ground(s)AFL: Docklands Stadium (56,347)
AFLW: Moorabbin Oval (8,000)
VWFL: Boroondara Sports Complex
VBFL: Action Indoor Sports Stadium
Former ground(s)Junction Oval (1897–1964)
 Moorabbin Oval (1965–1992)
 Waverley Park (1993–1999)
Training ground(s)Moorabbin Oval
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websitesaints.com.au
Current season

The club's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873. The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin due to it being the long-standing location of their training ground.

St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), now known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later became one of eight foundation teams of the original Victorian Football League in 1897, now known as the AFL. Additionally, St Kilda are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the modern VFL.

St Kilda have won a single premiership to date, a one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood. They have also qualified for the grand final on six additional occasions. The club has won the minor premiership three times, in 1965, 1997 and 2009.

St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers,[2] much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league (27 times),[3] having the longest current premiership drought and joint-fourth-longest in history (57 years), as well as having the second-lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league (after the Gold Coast Suns).[4]

History edit

Further information: History of the St Kilda Football Club

1873–1915: early years edit

On 14 March 1873, a meeting was held in Windsor to form the St Kilda Football Club. At this meeting, a provisional committee of men were elected.[5] The formation was completed on 2 April 1873,[6][7] and on 11 June 1873 another meeting was held to appoint the final committee.[8] The club's original home ground was colloquially nicknamed the "Alpaca Paddock", which was a large fenced-off area at the St Kilda end of what is now known as Albert Park.[9]

During its formation years, the club underwent multiple mergers. In June 1873, it merged with the South Yarra Football Club and adopted the red from their colour scheme.[10] In 1875, the club briefly merged with University to stay financially viable.[11] In March 1888, a decision was made to amalgamate St Kilda with nearby Prahran Football Club. St Kilda retained their colours, name and ground as well as picking up a number of Prahran players.[12][13] St Kilda competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, 1881 to 1882 and 1886 to 1896 before accepting an invitation into the breakaway competition, the Victorian Football League, from 1897 onwards.[14]

St Kilda were one of the eight clubs that took part in the inaugural VFL season in 1897.[15] They made their debut in an away game against Collingwood on 8 May 1897 at Victoria Park. The club's home ground in the new league was the Junction Oval in the suburb of St Kilda, Victoria and the club's first home game was against Fitzroy.

St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful and, in 1899, they had the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, one point against Geelong.[16] The club lost 48 consecutive games, recording their first win on 5 May 1900, against Melbourne. This match initially ended as a draw, but a protest launched by St Kilda saw the result overturned, resulting in a 1-point victory to St Kilda.[12]

 
St Kilda squad for the 1913 grand final

In 1902, Charlie Baker became the first St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 30 goals.[12]

Six successive wins at the start of the 1907 season helped St Kilda to its first finals appearance, qualifying third with nine wins and eight losses.[12][17] The club was beaten by eventual premiers Carlton.[18] The following year, the club once again qualified in third position and were again eliminated by Carlton in the semi-finals.[19]

The 1913 season saw major improvement with the team finishing fourth, eventually being defeated in the Grand Final by Fitzroy. Owing to the finals system at the time, Fitzroy, who had been defeated by St Kilda the previous week, were allowed to challenge St Kilda to a rematch the following week.[20] St Kilda lost the rematch 7.14 (56) to 5.13 (43).[21]

1916–1949: World wars and individual success edit

Owing to World War I, St Kilda went into recess in 1916 and 1917. Just prior to their recession, the club temporarily changed their official colours to include yellow in place of white. This was done to avoid association with the German Empire, who had the same colours as St Kilda at the time.[22] The club resumed normal operation in 1918 and fared well initially, qualifying for finals and being defeated in the semi-finals.[22] However, the following years saw St Kilda consistently struggle with poor form.

 
The 1928 team

The club qualified for finals once between 1919 and 1938, although during this time period Colin Watson became the first St Kilda player to win the league's highest individual award, winning the 1925 Brownlow Medal.[23] Additionally in 1936, forward Bill Mohr kicked 101 goals, winning the leading goalkicker award and becoming the first St Kilda player to kick 100 goals or more in a season.[24]

The club qualified for finals in 1939, finishing the season in fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories. The team had its first finals win since 1913, against Richmond, but were eliminated in the preliminary final by Collingwood.[25]

St Kilda won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season and were on top of the ladder after Round 4, however, the club went on to finish second last. Despite prominent players emerging for the club such as Harold Bray, Keith Drinan, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive for the duration of the 1940s.[26]

1950–1973: failure and success edit

The 1950s were initially as uncompetitive for St Kilda as the prior decade. The club failed to make the finals for the first half of the decade, and won three wooden spoons over the period.[27] At the end of 1955, Alan Killigrew was appointed as the club's coach.[28] As part of Killigrew's plan to reinvigorate the club, 17 players were removed from the club's list - one of the most substantial list turnovers in VFL history.[27] Between 1957 and 1959, St Kilda won three consecutive Brownlow Medals.[27] The 1959 winner, Verdun Howell, tied with Bob Skilton in the Brownlow Medal count. At the time, Skilton was awarded the medal on count-back. The league later decided to award a Brownlow Medal to any player who was eligible to win who tied on the same number of votes as a winner who won on count-back – with Howell receiving the Brownlow retrospectively.[29][30]

In 1958, St Kilda won the Consolation Night Series competition, a competition that was played between clubs that had failed to qualify for the premiership season finals series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101).[31]

In 1961, after finishing sixth in 1960, Allan Jeans was appointed coach. In his first season as coach, St Kilda qualified for the final four for the first time since 1939.[32] The club lost to Footscray in the first semi-final. The club qualified for finals again in 1963, but was eliminated in the semi-finals again.[32] In 1965, St Kilda finished the home and away season as minor premiers for the first time in the club's history. St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the second semi-final to progress into the grand final.[33] The club finished second in the 1965 premiership season, being defeated by Essendon in the 1965 VFL Grand Final.[34]

1966 VFL Grand Final G B Total
Collingwood 10 13 73
St Kilda 10 14 74
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground Crowd: 101,655[35]

Following their successful 1965 season, St Kilda qualified for finals in consecutive years for the first time since 1907–08.[36] The club was defeated in the second semi-final by Collingwood - however, the club defeated Essendon in the preliminary final in to qualify for the 1966 VFL Grand Final.[35] St Kilda defeated Collingwood by a single point to win their first premiership in 68 seasons.[37] The following year, St Kilda failed to qualify for the finals series, finishing fifth.[38]

Despite continued finals appearances in the early 1970s, St Kilda was unable to win a second premiership - being defeated by the eventual premiers in each finals series between 1970 and 1973.[39] During this 4-year period, St Kilda qualified for the 1971 VFL Grand Final. Despite leading by 20 points at the beginning of the last quarter, they were defeated by Hawthorn by 7 points.[40]

1974–1990: decline edit

1974 saw St Kilda decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s, finishing tenth. Allan Jeans retired from coaching two years later after 16 seasons coaching St Kilda, citing burnout as his reason for retirement.[41]

Following the appointment of Lindsay Fox as club president in 1979, arrangements were made to address the club's withstanding debt of $1.45 million. Many senior players and Allan Jeans accepted a deal to be paid 22.5 cents for each dollar they were owed. Additionally, non-football creditors received 7.5 cents for each dollar owed. The club was ultimately able to settle with its creditors for $195,000.[42] Despite these efforts, continuing financial pressures and defeats saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season between 1979 and 1986.[43]

In 1987, Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home-and-away season, the fourth St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award. Lockett also became the seventh St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal. He remains the only person in league history to win both the league's best and fairest Brownlow Medal and the league's leading goalkicker Coleman Medal award in the same season.[44]

1990–1999: AFL era edit

The league was officially renamed the Australian Football League prior to the start of the 1990 premiership season.[45]

A competitive 1991 AFL season saw St Kilda qualify for a finals series for the first time since 1973, qualifying fourth at the end of the home and away rounds.[46] However, the club failed to win a final, being defeated by Geelong.[47] St Kilda finally broke through the following year, winning its first finals series match since 1973 against Collingwood.[48]

St Kilda won the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup competition, also known as the pre-season cup. The team defeated Carlton in the final 20.10 (130) to 10.12 (72) in front of 66,888 people at Waverley Park. Nicky Winmar became the first St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal for best player on the ground in the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup Final.[49][50] Despite this success, the club failed to make the finals.[51]

In the 1997 season, St Kilda qualified for the finals series in first position at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses,[52] winning the second minor premiership in the club's history.[53] St Kilda defeated Brisbane in the qualifying finals and North Melbourne in the preliminary finals to move through to the grand final. St Kilda finished second after being beaten in the 1997 AFL Grand Final by Adelaide.[54]

The 1998 season initially appeared to be equally strong for the club. After Round 14 of the season, St Kilda was on top of the ladder in Round 14 with eleven wins and three losses and were tipped as warm favourites for the premiership.[54] However, the team's performance declined severely, losing six of their final eight matches to from first to sixth at the conclusion of the premiership season.[54] After qualifying for the finals in consecutive seasons, St Kilda were defeated narrowly by Sydney in the qualifying finals and then eliminated comprehensively by Melbourne in the semi-finals.[54]

2000–2011: wooden spoon to premiership contender edit

During the early part of the decade, St Kilda struggled, winning only two matches and drawing one to finish with the wooden spoon in 2000.[55] The following two years were similar, finishing second-last in both seasons. During this period, St Kilda recruited players such as Justin Koschitzke, Nick Riewoldt, Nick Dal Santo and Brendon Goddard who were mainstays of the team over the following decade.[55]

In 2004, St Kilda won a club record of 10 consecutive matches from round 1 to round 10.[55] The club returned to finals, eventually being defeated by eventual premiers Port Adelaide in a preliminary final.[56] The following year saw a similar result, with the club being defeated in a preliminary final by Sydney.[57]

St Kilda's 2006 AFL season saw the club finish in sixth position at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for a third successive finals series. St Kilda were eliminated by Melbourne in the elimination finals.[58] During this season, Robert Harvey broke the all-time games record for St Kilda when he played in his 324th premiership season match in Round 7. On 11 October 2006, Ross Lyon was appointed as the new head coach for St Kilda, replacing Grant Thomas.[59]

After missing finals in 2007, St Kilda again qualified for the finals in 2008. A 108-point win over Essendon in the final home-and-away round saw the club take fourth position for the finals series.[60] St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the qualifying finals,[61] defeated Collingwood in the semi-finals[62] and were eliminated by the eventual premiers, Hawthorn, in the preliminary final.[63]

St Kilda's 2009 season is considered one of the most dominant home-and-away seasons in AFL history.[64] The club won 20 games—the best-ever home and away record for the club—as well as winning 19 games in a row before being defeated by Essendon.[65] In Round 14, St Kilda defeated Geelong by six points, with both teams being undefeated prior to the match.[66] The game broke multiple records, including highest-ever crowd for an AFL match at Docklands Stadium (54,444).[66] The game was sold out two weeks in advance,[67] causing a change in timeslot (moving from 2:10 pm to 3:10 pm) so that the Seven Network could broadcast the game live in Victoria.[67] St Kilda eventually progressed to that year's grand final, when they were defeated by Geelong by 12 points.[68] Following the grand final, Ross Lyon signed a three-year extension to his coaching contract until the end of the 2012 season.[69]

The following year, St Kilda experienced a similar level of success, qualifying for the finals in third position. The club recorded their first win against Geelong in a finals match in the 2nd qualifying final and eventually qualified for the Grand Final against Collingwood. The match ended in a draw – the third drawn grand final in VFL/AFL history.[70] St Kilda midfielder Lenny Hayes won the Norm Smith Medal for the player judged best on ground in the match, making him the first St Kilda player to ever win the medal.[71] Owing to the draw, a second grand final match was played the following week. In the grand final replay, Collingwood won by 56 points.[72]

In December 2010, the club was granted ownership of the Linen House Centre, a new training and administration property in the City of Frankston at Seaford valued at approximate $11 million.[73][74] Following the season, the club announced a record net profit of $7.467 million for season 2010.[75] St Kilda also achieved a new record membership for a single season and were the 2nd-most-watched team on television, rating 22,777,092 viewers across the season.[75]

Following a loss in their 2011 elimination final, Ross Lyon left the club, despite one year remaining on his contract, to coach Fremantle.[76] Former Sydney, Fremantle and West Coast player and Collingwood assistant coach Scott Watters was announced as Lyon's replacement in October 2011.[77]

2012–present: post grand finals struggles and rebuild edit

The years after the departure of Ross Lyon did not prove fruitful for St Kilda. They failed to make the finals in 2012 for the first time since 2007[78] and continued poor performances that ultimately culminated in the club finishing last in 2014.[79] Despite this, the 2013 season marked a historic moment for St Kilda and the AFL when St Kilda hosted the first premiership match outside of Australia in New Zealand.[80] Following the 2013 season, senior coach Scott Watters was sacked.[81] On 14 November, former Port Adelaide director of coaching Alan Richardson was announced as new senior coach for the next three years.[82]

Following further poor performances in the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Richardson was advised that his contract would not be renewed for 2020. As a result, he resigned from his position as senior coach. Assistant coach Brett Ratten took over as caretaker coach.[83] After winning three of the season's last six games, Ratten was appointed permanent senior coach in September 2019.[84] During the 2019 trade period, four high-profile players requested a trade to St Kilda and many discussions were held with other players looking to move.[85]

In the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, the club managed 10 of a possible 17 wins to qualify for their first finals series since 2011.[86] During the finals campaign, St Kilda would defeat the Western Bulldogs in an elimination final by 3 points, bringing the first finals victory to the club since 2010 preliminary final against the same opponent. Richmond would later defeat St Kilda by 31 points in the semi-final, ending their campaign. In the following 2021 season, the club would decline in performance, leading to the club finishing 10th with only a 10–12 record. In the 2022 season, after starting at an impressive 8-3 record by round 11, the club would then win only three of their last 11, leading to an 11-11 record, finishing 10th once again. On October 14, 2022, senior coach Brett Ratten would be sacked by the club. Former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon would be reinstated as senior coach for the 2023 season.

In the 2023 season, Ross Lyon's first season back as coach, St Kilda would return to the finals, finishing sixth with a 13–10 record. They would be defeated by Greater Western Sydney by 24 points in the elimination final.

AFLW involvement edit

Main article: St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)

In 2017, following the inaugural AFL Women's (AFLW) season, St Kilda was among eight clubs that applied for licences to enter the competition from 2019 onwards.[87] In September 2017, the club was announced as one of four clubs to receive a licence to join the competition in 2020.[88]

Club identity edit

The club's on-field nickname is the "Saints", usage of which dates back to as early as the 1870s.[89] Many clubs' early nicknames were derived from an abbreviation or demonym of the club's suburb, but St Kilda is unique among the AFL clubs in now utilising this as its official nickname. Dating back to as early as the 1890s,[90] and to as late as the 1950s,[91] the "Seagulls" was also in use as a nickname, but this has fallen out of use. In 1945, the club adopted the moniker "Panthers"; however, this was short-lived.[92]

Uniforms edit

St Kilda's home guernsey has three vertical panels of red, white and black on the front, with the club crest located on the left breast of the guernsey. The guernsey has a plain black back, white ribbing and white numbers. The away guernsey is identical to the home guernsey.

The clash guernsey is similar to the other two guernseys, but has two extra white panels on either side of the red and black panels. The guernsey has a white back, with the tri-colour panels continuing below the number, it retains the white ribbing of the other guernseys, and has black numbers.

Evolution edit

Uniform Evolution[93]
Period Description and history Design
1873–1885 St Kilda's original guernsey. A stylised replica was worn in 2013, as part of the club's 140th anniversary celebrations.[94]
 
 
 
 
 
1893–1909 A widened version to the stripes used in the preceding guernsey.
 
 
 
 
 
1910–1914 The same guernsey top, using black shorts instead of blue.
 
 
 
 
 
1915–1918 A yellow version of the guernsey, used to avoid playing in the colours of the German Empire's flag during the First World War.[95]
 
 
 
 
 
1919–22 A second yellow guernsey, sporting a K for 'Kilda'.
 
 
 
 
 
1923–52 A return to the pre-war guernsey, with an additional white stripe between the Red and Black stripes.
 
 
 
 
 
1953–96
2002–present 		A "vest" type guernsey, with the tricolour red, white and black stripes.
 
 
 
 
 
1997–01 A stylised jumper based on the club crest.
 
 
 
 
 

Logos edit

St Kilda has used multiple different logos since it was formed in 1873. Prior to 1976, no clubs in the VFL used logos in an official capacity.

Many early club logos were printed in the same shield design frame and had each club's individual colours, name and design in them. St Kilda used a consistent design in the 1970s and 1980s, featuring a stick figure bearing a halo, holding the competition's logo.[96] In 1989, just prior to the league officially becoming the AFL, the club used a logo with a red white and black vertically striped design with the goal and behind posts on it, with a stick figure attempting a mark on it with a halo above its head, with the league logo and the club crest on top of either behind post. The VFL league logo was replaced with the AFL logo when the competition changed names in 1990.[96]

The St Kilda Football Club crest first appeared officially on the jumper in 1933, after existing at the club for quite some time beforehand in basic design form. The crest became an iconic feature of the club's jumper – a well-known and recognisable symbol of the club. The crest also includes the club's motto, Fortius Quo Fidelius, which is usually translated as "Strength through Loyalty".[97] As with the nickname "Saints", the club crest has no religious associations. A logo change before the start of the 1995 season saw the club make the decision to use the official club crest as the club's official logo in the league.[98]

Club song edit

The club song is an adaption of "When The Saints Go Marching In".[99] The song was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers and released as a single. The song was recorded with all copyright and royalty agreements in place, and the AFL has permission to broadcast it publicly at each St Kilda match.[100] Prior to 1965, when St Kilda played at the Junction Oval, the club's song was an adaptation of "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside".[101]

Home grounds edit

Junction Oval: 1897–1964 edit

St Kilda's first home ground in the Victorian Football League was Junction Oval. The club used this ground until 1964, when it moved to Moorabbin Oval.[102] The oval was formerly known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground and was originally established as the home of the St Kilda Cricket Club in 1856.[103][104]

By the late 1950s, the St Kilda Football Club sought to move its playing base away from Junction Oval as it wanted to operate its own venue rather than continue being a tenant of another club. In 1959, the club made enquiries about a lease to play at and develop Elsternwick Park in the neighbouring suburb of Elsternwick, but no deal was signed.[105]

During 2014, St Kilda became involved in discussions with the Victorian government to return as a co-tenant at Junction Oval alongside Cricket Victoria. As part of the proposals, St Kilda would utilise the oval as a training and administrative base, with the site to receive a second oval to accommodate the club.[106][107][108] This proposal was later rejected by the Victorian government,[109] and Junction Oval was converted into a full-time cricket venue as of 2015.[110]

Moorabbin Oval: 1965–1992 edit

 
Players training in front of the G. G. Huggins Stand (demolished in 2017) before the 2009 AFL Grand Final

Moorabbin Oval has been St Kilda's training and administrative base since 1965, excluding an 8-year period between 2010 and 2018.[102]

In March 1964, the club arranged a deal to move its playing, training and administrative base to Moorabbin Oval on Linton St, Moorabbin, with all home games at the new venue starting the 1965 season.[111] The club signed a lease agreement in August 1964, giving the club access to all Moorabbin Oval facilities for 75 years, provided it completed required works at the ground to establish a social club, training facilities and spectator seating on the site in time for the 1965 Premiership season. The club had to invest a set amount, combined with funds from the local council, and complete the required works by a deadline date to ensure the agreement was ratified and the purchase was complete. Loans provided to St Kilda by the council were to be repaid over the subsequent lease period.[112]

Following the club's move away from using Moorabbin Oval as a home venue for playing games, it was retained as an administrative and training facility for the club. In 2007, the relationship between the club and the City of Kingston, who governs the suburb of Moorabbin, deteriorated. As a result, St Kilda announced that it would move its primary administrative and training base away from Moorabbin.[113] After the 2010 season, the club temporarily moved to a new facility was built at Belvedere Park, in Seaford.[74] During this time period, the club continued to manage Moorabbin Oval, using it as a retail, museum, entertainment and occasional training venue.[114]

In 2018, St Kilda returned to using Moorabbin Oval as their primary administrative and training facility, as part of a two-stage redevelopment deal, costing approximately 30 million dollars.[115] Moorabbin Oval also serves as the primary home ground for the Sandringham Dragons and the Southern Football League as well as being the administrative centre for football development in the south-east.[116]

Waverley Park: 1993–1999 edit

Waverley Park was opened by the Victorian Football League in 1970 under the name "VFL Park".[117] The ground was constructed by the league for a variety of reasons, with the primary reason being the fact the ground would be owned by the VFL. As the majority of teams in the competition at the time did not have control over their home grounds, they were unable to exercise control over various aspects, such as ground drainage and ticket prices.[118]

Since the 1960s, the AFL had been embarked on a strategy of ground rationalisation.[119] During the 1990s, as part of this strategy, St Kilda opted to take a deal to move home games to Waverley Park from 1993 and renovate the ageing Moorabbin Oval for training, administration and social club purposes. The club voted in favour of the move in a weighted vote of members in July 1992. The club received $430,000 upfront and $120,000 per year for three years from the AFL's grounds rationalisation funds, which helped to clear some of the club's debt.[120]

In 1999, the AFL announced that it would not schedule any further matches at Waverley Park, and that the stadium would be sold off to pay for the under-construction Docklands Stadium.[121]

Docklands Stadium: 2000–present edit

See also: Docklands Stadium
 
Docklands Stadium – St Kilda's home ground

In 2000, St Kilda moved to a new playing home at Docklands Stadium following the discontinuation of Waverley Park as a scheduled ground.[55][122]

Docklands Stadium was conceived as a multi-purpose venue to be used for Australian rules football, soccer, rugby and other general entertainment events.[123] The AFL sought to replace Waverly Park, which would have been nearly 30 years old in 2000. The decision to build a new stadium was supported by the AFL due to issues regarding accessibility and Waverly Park, with the league stating there would be no improvement to the situation if upgrades were made to the stadium, and any upgrades would result in little financial return.[122] The stadium was designated to be in the Docklands region of Melbourne, behind Southern Cross Station, and was designed to hold 52,000 people.[123] The stadium cost approximately $460 million to construct.[124] Exclusive ownership of the ground was later purchased by the AFL in October 2016.[125]

Due to Waverly Park being disused following the construction of Docklands Stadium, St Kilda, alongside fellow tenants Hawthorn, were forced to find a new home ground. As part of the initial arrangement, both clubs were planned to play a significant number of games at the stadium,[123] however, only St Kilda would move to the ground.[126] St Kilda set the attendance record for the ground in 2009, when 54,444 people attended a match against Geelong. Other former club players also hold records at the venue, with Lenny Hayes holding the record for most games played at the venue, and Nick Riewoldt holding the record for most goals kicked.[126]

Additional facilities edit

St Kilda's primary administrative and training base from late 2010 until 2018 was the 'Linen House Centre' at Belvedere Park in Seaford.[115] The creation of the base came about due to disagreements between St Kilda and the City of Kingston's council regarding proposed upgrades to their Moorabbin facilities, which included the implementation of 80 poker machines.[127] The club subsequently negotiated a deal with the neighbouring City of Frankston, to develop Frankston Park into its new training base. However, when proposed costs blew out by $5 million, a new agreement was formed between the two entities.[128] In this new deal, the club would develop Belvedere Park in conjunction with the Frankston City Council, the Victorian state government and the AFL. The cost of developing the facilities was valued at approximately $11 million.[74] The centre received its name as part of a naming rights sponsorship deal with Linen House.[129]

The club signed a lease on the facility until 2059. The club, however, chose to relocate back to Moorabbin Oval as its primary administrative and training base by 2018. As a result, in December 2020, St Kilda made a proposal to the Frankston City Council to repurpose the facility as a centre to be used by the wider Frankston community.[130]

Playing squad edit

See also: List of St Kilda Football Club players

Current AFL squad edit

St Kilda Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  •   Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 15 October 2023
Source(s): [131][132]

Reserves teams edit

St Kilda operated its own reserves team from 1919 to 2000. From 1919 to 1991 the VFL/AFL operated a reserves competition and, from 1992 to 1999, a de facto AFL reserves competition was run by the Victorian State Football League. St Kilda fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions, allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for St Kilda in the lower grade. During that time, the St Kilda reserves team won three premierships (1942, 1943 and 1961). Following the demise of the AFL reserves competition, the St Kilda reserves team competed in the new Victorian Football League in the 2000 season before the team was dissolved at the end of the year.[133]

In 2001, St Kilda entered a reserves affiliation with existing VFL club Springvale (which moved to Cranbourne and was renamed Casey in 2006). Under the affiliation, reserves players for St Kilda played VFL football with Springvale/Casey. The affiliation ended after the 2008 season[134] and St Kilda then entered an equivalent affiliation with Sandringham which it still maintains as of 2022.[135]

St Kilda had announced its intention to end its affiliation with Sandringham and re-establish its own reserves team in the VFL from the 2017 season after a redevelopment of Moorabbin Oval was completed;[136] but the club ultimately extended and expanded its affiliation with Sandringham. From 2017, St Kilda has had a greater involvement in the operation of the VFL club and, from 2018, Sandringham plays three games per year at Moorabbin Oval in St Kilda colours.[137]

Corporate edit

Administrative board edit

Sponsors edit

Principal partners

Major sponsors

Elite partners

Apparel sponsors

Supporters edit

St Kilda has historically had a large fanbase around the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne, such as St Kilda, with one in five AFL club members in the region being a St Kilda member. The club also has strong support in the south-east regions of Melbourne.[144] Politically, a poll of the club's supporter base indicated a small first party voting preference (39.7%) for the Coalition over the Labor Party (36.9%).[145] The suburb of St Kilda has a significant Jewish community and the club has a strong following from this community.[146]

Number-one ticket holders edit

Notable St Kilda supporters who have also been the club's number-one ticket holders include:

Membership and attendance edit

Membership & Attendance
Year Membership Ladder position Home crowds[151]
AFL audited Change Average Rank Change
Minor round Finals
1984 4,930 N/A 12th – 17,185 10 / 12   3,004
1985 5,708   778 12th – 15,489 10 / 12   1,696
1986 4,321   1,387 12th – 15,214 12 / 12   275
1987 3,924   397 10th – 18,069 10 / 14   2,855
1988 5,799   1,875 14th – 19,499 8 / 14   1,430
1989 8,360   2,561 12th – 20,483 7 / 14   984
1990 11,363   3,003 9th – 31,520 4 / 14   11,037
1991 9,765   1,598 4th 5th 27,757 6 / 15   3,763
1992 11,650   1,885 6th 4th 32,591 6 / 15   4,834
1993 12,956   1,306 12th – 28,442 8 / 15   4,149
1994 12,009   947 13th – 22,657 11 / 15   5,785
1995 8,870   3,139 14th – 19,173 12 / 16   3,484
1996 14,375   5,505 10th – 27,137 8 / 16   7,964
1997 16,610   2,235 1st 2nd 39,625 4 / 16   12,488
1998 23,204   6,594 6th 6th 37,427 7 / 16   2,198
1999 20,793   2,411 10th – 33,182 8 / 16   4,245
2000 17,855   2,938 16th – 24,422 14 / 16   8,760
2001 22,248   4,393 15th – 29,850 10 / 16   5,428
2002 17,696   4,552 15th – 26,174 14 / 16   3,676
2003 23,626   5,930 11th – 29,218 12 / 16   3,044
2004 30,534   6,908 3rd 3rd 38,164 5 / 16   8,946
2005[152] 32,043   1,509 4th 4th 39,897 5 / 16   1,733
2006[153] 32,327   284 6th 8th 38,097 7 / 16   1,800
2007[154] 30,394   1,933 9th – 37,921 8 / 16   176
2008[155] 30,063   331 4th 4th 40,340 8 / 16   2,419
2009[156] 31,906   1,843 1st 2nd 45,365 4 / 16   5,025
2010[157] 39,021   7,115 3rd 2nd 40,079 5 / 16   5,286
2011[158] 39,276   255 6th 7th 36,345 8 / 17   3,734
2012[159] 35,440   3,836 9th – 32,697 9 / 18   3,648
2013[160] 32,707   2,733 16th – 28,965 10 / 18   3,732
2014[161] 30,739   1,968 18th – 23,296 14 / 18   5,669
2015[162] 32,746   2,007 14th – 25,928 13 / 18   2,632
2016[163] 38,009   5,263 9th – 30,690 14 / 18   4,762
2017[164] 42,052   4,043 11th – 31,319 14 / 18   629
2018[165] 46,301   4,249 16th – 25,503 13 / 18   5,816
2019[166] 43,038   3,263 14th – 25,401 15 / 18   102
2020[167] 48,588   5,550 6th 5th 3,157[a] 14 / 18   22,244
2021[168] 55,802   7,286 10th – 19,552[a] 14 / 18   16,395

Partnerships edit

New Zealand partnership edit

In September 2012, St Kilda announced that they had signed a three-year partnership with the Wellington City Council to play an annual match in New Zealand on Anzac Day (25 April) at Westpac Stadium as part of the day's commemorations. As a result of the partnership, St Kilda and the Sydney Swans became the first two AFL clubs to play for premiership points outside of Australia.[80][169] Although the partnership was extended by three years in 2013,[170] a review conducted in 2015 saw the conclusion of the partnership.[171]

In 2018, AFL New Zealand and St Kilda both expressed interest in signing a new partnership in the future with matches hosted in Auckland rather than Wellington.[172]

China partnership edit

In October 2018, St Kilda signed a three-year deal to replace Gold Coast as Port Adelaide's opponents in their annual match played in China. The three-year deal was expected to earn St Kilda more than $2 million in addition to any commercial earnings.[173] In 2019, 4.01 million people watched the match between the two clubs.[174] Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 seasons.[175][176]

Commemorative boards edit

Honour board edit

See also: List of St Kilda Football Club coaches and List of St Kilda Football Club captains
St Kilda Football Club Honour Board[177][178]
Year Position Chairman CEO Coach Captain Best & Fairest Leading
Goalkicker
1897 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - B.Shawl - R.Stewart
B.Ahern 		6
1898 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - B.Shawl - A.Stewart 23
1899 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - B.Shawl - A.Stewart2 16
1900 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - C.Sandford - G.Sutherland 13
Federation of Australia
1901 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - D.McCabe
J.Smith 		- C.Sandford 9
1902 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - J.Hogan - C.Baker✪ 30
1903 Fifth - - - B.Jackson
J.Smith 		- C.Baker2 22
1904 Eighth
Wooden Spoon 		G.Turner - - J.Smith - C.Baker3 30
1905 Seventh - - - V.Barwick
W.Outen 		- C.Baker4 19
1906 Sixth - - A.Hall J.Smith - D.McNamara 23
1907 Third - - - J.Wells - D.McNamara2
J.Stewart 		21
1908 Third - - M.Grace J.Wells - J.Stewart2 28
1909 Tenth
Wooden Spoon 		- - J.Smith V.Barwick - V.Barwick 16
1910 Tenth
Wooden Spoon 		- - - S.Gravenall - A.Thomas 15
1911 Ninth - - E.Drohan G.Dangerfield - E.Sellars 22
1912 Eighth - - - G.Morrissey - E.Sellars2 44
1913 Second - - D.McNamara
G.Sparrow 		H.Lever - E.Sellars3 53
1914 Seventh - - D.McNamara H.Lever
D.McNamara 		W.Eicke D.McNamara3 48
1915 Fourth - - J.Smith G.Dangerfield W.Eicke2 H.Moyes 32
WW1 Recess
1918 Fourth - - J.Smith H.Lever R.Cazaly D.McNamara4
L.Boyd 		17
1919 Seventh - - W.Eicke W.Eicke W.Eicke3 J.James 12
1920 Ninth
Wooden Spoon 		- - G.Sparrow
C.Ricketts 		R.Cazaly W.Cameron J.James2 13
1921 Eighth - - C.Ricketts C.Ricketts
S.Williams 		B.Cubbins H.Moyes2 32
1922 Seventh - - D.McNamara B.Cubbins B.Carr H.Moyes3 23
1923 Sixth - - D.McNamara D.McNamara B.Cubbins2 H.Moyes4 29
1924 Ninth
Wooden Spoon 		- - W.Eicke W.Eicke C.Watson J.James3 28
1925 Sixth F.Nelson J.Irvine N.Clark B.Cubbins
B.Carr 		C.Gambetta J.Shelton 42
1926 Ninth F.Nelson J.Irvine N.Clark B.Cubbins H.Mason
H.Matthews 		J.Shelton2 47
1927 Seventh F.Nelson J.Irvine G.Heniz H.Mason
G.Heniz 		H.Matthews2 J.Shelton3 24
1928 Sixth - J.Irvine G.Sparrow H.Mason
B.Cubbins 		B.Cubbins3 B.Smedley 51
1929 Fourth - J.Irvine G.Sparrow B.Cubbins H.Mason2 B.Mohr 38
1930 Eighth C.Suhr
M.Gild 		J.Irvine B.Cubbins B.Cubbins F.Phillips B.Mohr2 83
1931 Ninth M.Gild J.Irvine C.Hardy H.Matthews H.Neill B.Mohr3 57
1932 Eleventh M.Gild J.Irvine C.Hardy
S.King 		S.King B.Mohr B.Mohr4 68
1933 Ninth F.Arlington-Burke J.Lord C.Deane C.Deane
C.Hindson 		H.Comte B.Mohr5 74
1934 Seventh - - C.Watson C.Watson J.Davis B.Mohr6 66
1935 Fifth - - D.Minogue C.Hindson J.Davis2 B.Mohr7 83
1936 Seventh - - D.Minogue J.Perkins B.Mohr2 B.Mohr8✪ 101
1937 Sixth - - D.Minogue B.Mohr J.Davis3 B.Mohr9 58
1938 Eighth - - D.Minogue
A.Clarke 		A.Clarke S.Lloyd B.Mohr10 34
1939 Third D.McNamara - A.Clarke A.Clarke R.Fountain B.Mohr11 47
1940 Eleventh D.McNamara
E.C. Mitty 		- A.Clarke S.Lloyd A.Killigrew B.Mohr12 25
1941 Eleventh E.C. Mitty - J.Knight J.Knight R.Garvin B.Flegg 47
1942 Seventh E.C. Mitty - R.Garvin R.Garvin K.Walker F.Kelly 21
1943 Eleventh E.C. Mitty - R.Garvin R.Garvin K.Walker2 J.Connelly 27
1944 Ninth E.C. Mitty - H.Thomas F.Kelly
C.Vontom 		R.Garvin2 S.Loxton 52
1945 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		E.C. Mitty - H.Thomas C.Vontom H.Bray J.Hall 21
1946 Eleventh R.Sackville - A.Hird A.Hird K.Rosewarne S.Loxton2 40
1947 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		R.Sackville - A.Hird A.Hird H.Bray2 P.Bennett 37
1948 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		R.Sackville - F.Froude H.Bray R.Hancock P.Bennett2 32
1949 Eleventh R.Sackville - F.Froude F.Green J.Ross J.Mcdonald 33
1950 Ninth R.Sackville - F.Froude F.Green B.Phillips P.Bennett3 59
1951 Tenth R.Sackville - F.Green K.Drinan J.Ross2 P.Bennett4 47
1952 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		R.Sackville - C.Williamson K.Drinan J.Ross3 J.Mcdonald2 31
1953 Ninth R.Sackville - C.Williamson K.Drinan K.Drinan P.Bennett5 36
1954 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		R.Sackville - L.Foote L.Foote L.Foote J.Ross3 34
1955 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		R.Sackville - L.Foote L.Foote N.Roberts J.Mcdonald3 24
1956 Eleventh - - A.Killigrew K.Drinan K.Drinan2 B.Young✪ 56
1957 Ninth - - A.Killigrew K.Drinan B.Gleeson★ B.Young2 56
1958 Eighth J.Reilly I.Drake A.Killigrew N.Roberts N.Roberts2★ B.Young3 56
1959 Eighth G.Huggins I.Drake J.Francis N.Roberts V.Howell★ B.Young4 45
1960 Sixth G.Huggins I.Drake J.Francis N.Roberts L.Oswald B.Young5 37
1961 Fourth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans N.Roberts L.Oswald2 I.Rowland 26
1962 Sixth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans N.Roberts D.Baldock D.Baldock 33
1963 Fourth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock D.Baldock2 D.Baldock2 36
1964 Fourth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock I.Stewart D.Baldock3 29
1965 Second G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock D.Baldock3 D.Baldock4 44
1966 ⚑ First G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock I.Stewart2★ K.Neale 55
1967 Fifth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock R.Smith★ K.Neale2 37
1968 Fourth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans D.Baldock C.Ditterich K.Neale3 32
1969 Seventh G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans I.Stewart B.Murray K.Neale4 50
1970 Third G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans R.Smith D.Griffiths B.Breen 35
1971 Second G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans R.Smith R.Smith2 A.Davis 70
1972 Third G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans
E.Guy 		R.Smith S.Trott J.Stephens 53
1973 Third G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans S.Trott K.Neale A.Davis2 49
1974 Tenth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans
E.Guy 		B.Lawrence G.Elliott B.Duperouzel 28
1975 Sixth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans B.Lawrence J.Sarau G.Young 53
1976 Ninth G.Huggins I.Drake A.Jeans C.Ditterich T.Barker G.Young2 52
1977 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		G.Huggins I.Drake R.Smith C.Ditterich J.Sarau2 G.Young3 58
1978 Sixth G.Huggins - M.Patterson G.Colling G.Gellie G.Young4 70
1979 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		L.Fox - M.Patterson B.Breen J.Dunne G.Sidebottom 56
1980 Eleventh L.Fox D.Wanless M.Patterson
A.Jesaulenko 		G.Sidebottom J.Dunne2 M.Scott 48
1981 Tenth L.Fox D.Wanless A.Jesaulenko A.Jesaulenko
B.Duperouzel 		T.Barker2 C.Gorozidis 34
1982 Eleventh L.Fox I.Stewart A.Jesaulenko B.Duperouzel P.Kiel M.Scott2 45
1983 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		L.Fox I.Stewart T.Jewell T.Barker M.Crow M.Jackson 41
1984 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		L.Fox I.Stewart T.Jewell
G.Gellie 		T.Barker G.Burns T.Lockett 77
1985 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		L.Fox
D.Perry 		I.Drake G.Gellie T.Barker P.Morwood T.Lockett2 79
1986 Twelfth
Wooden Spoon 		D.Perry K.Marshall G.Gellie T.Barker G.Burns2 T.Lockett3 60
1987 Tenth T.Payze K.Marshall D.Baldock
A.Davis 		D.Frawley T.Lockett★ T.Lockett4✪ 117
1988 Fourteenth
Wooden Spoon 		T.Payze R.Watt D.Baldock D.Frawley D.Frawley N.Winmar 43
1989 Twelfth T.Payze R.Watt D.Baldock D.Frawley N.Winmar T.Lockett5 78
Australian Football League era
1990 Ninth T.Payze R.Watt K.Sheldon D.Frawley S.Loewe T.Lockett6 65
1991 Fifth T.Payze R.Watt K.Sheldon D.Frawley T.Lockett2 T.Lockett7✪ 127
1992 Fourth T.Payze R.Watt K.Sheldon D.Frawley R.Harvey T.Lockett8 132
1993 Twelfth A.Plympton G.Bail K.Sheldon D.Frawley N.Burke T.Lockett9 53
1994 Thirteenth A.Plympton D.Hanly S.Alves D.Frawley R.Harvey2 T.Lockett10 56
1995 Fourteenth A.Plympton D.Hanly S.Alves D.Frawley N.Winmar2 S.Loewe 76
1996 Tenth A.Plympton D.Hanly S.Alves N.Burke
S.Loewe 		N.Burke2 S.Loewe2 90
1997 Second A.Plympton D.Hanly S.Alves N.Burke
S.Loewe 		R.Harvey3★ J.Heatley 73
1998 Sixth A.Plympton D.Hanly S.Alves N.Burke
S.Loewe 		R.Harvey4★ J.Heatley2 48
1999 Tenth A.Plympton D.Hanly T.Watson N.Burke N.Burke3 B.Hall 41
2000 Sixteenth
Wooden Spoon 		A.Plympton D.Hanly T.Watson N.Burke A.Thompson P.Everitt 40
2001 Fifteenth R.Butterss J.Watts M.Blight
G.Thomas 		R.Harvey P.Everitt B.Hall 44
2002 Fifteenth R.Butterss B.Waldron G.Thomas R.Harvey N.Riewoldt S.Milne 50
2003 Eleventh R.Butterss B.Waldron G.Thomas A.Hamill L.Hayes F.Gehrig 55
2004 Third R.Butterss B.Waldron G.Thomas L.Hayes N.Riewoldt2 F.Gehrig2✪ 103
2005 Third R.Butterss J.Watts G.Thomas N.Riewoldt S.Baker
L.Ball 		F.Gehrig3✪ 78
2006 Eighth R.Butterss J.Watts
A.Fraser 		G.Thomas L.Ball N.Riewoldt3 F.Gehrig4 71
2007 Ninth R.Butterss A.Fraser R.Lyon L.Ball
N.Riewoldt
L.Hayes 		N.Riewoldt4 F.Gehrig5 59
2008 Fourth G.Westaway A.Fraser R.Lyon N.Riewoldt S.Fisher N.Riewoldt 65
2009 Second G.Westaway M.Nettlefold R.Lyon N.Riewoldt N.Riewoldt5 N.Riewoldt2 78
2010 Second G.Westaway M.Nettlefold R.Lyon N.Riewoldt L.Hayes2 S.Milne2 57
2011 Seventh G.Westaway M.Nettlefold R.Lyon N.Riewoldt S.Fisher2 S.Milne3 56
2012 Ninth G.Westaway M.Nettlefold S.Watters N.Riewoldt L.Hayes3 S.Milne4 56
2013 Sixteenth G.Westaway M.Nettlefold S.Watters N.Riewoldt J.Steven N.Riewoldt3 50
2014 Eighteenth
Wooden Spoon 		P.Summers M.Finnis A.Richardson N.Riewoldt N.Riewoldt6 N.Riewoldt4 49
2015 Fourteenth P.Summers M.Finnis A.Richardson N.Riewoldt J.Steven2 J.Bruce 50
2016 Ninth P.Summers M.Finnis A.Richardson N.Riewoldt J.Steven3 T.Membrey 44
2017 Eleventh P.Summers M.Finnis A.Richardson J.Geary S.Ross T.Membrey2 38
2018 Sixteenth P.Summers M.Finnis A.Richardson J.Geary J.Steven4 J.Gresham 35
2019 Fourteenth A.Bassat M.Finnis A.Richardson
B.Ratten 		J.Geary S.Ross2 T.Membrey3 44
2020 Sixth A.Bassat M.Finnis B.Ratten J.Geary J.Steele D.Butler 29
2021 Tenth A.Bassat M.Finnis B.Ratten J.Geary
J.Steele 		J.Steele2 M.King 38
2022 Tenth A.Bassat M.Finnis B.Ratten J.Steele J.Sinclair M.King2 52
⚑ = Premier / ★ = Brownlow Medallist / ✪ = Coleman Medallist / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

Team of the century edit

At a special function in 2003, the St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century was announced. Darrel Baldock, who captained the 1966 grand final team, was named as captain; and Allan Jeans, the only premiership-winning coach of the club, was named as coach.[179] Ian Stewart was also named a member of the AFL Team of the Century.[180]

Hall of fame edit

See also: Australian Football Hall of Fame

St Kilda Football Club's Hall of Fame was established in 2003. Club identities, past or present, are selected and inducted into the hall of fame by a committee.[181] The club has inducted 48 members into its hall of fame since its inception.

Achievements edit

Club achievements edit

VFL/AFL grand finals edit

1913 27 September 1913
14:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		Fitzroy   56-43   St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
3.6 (24)
4.8 (32)
5.11 (41)
7.14 (56) 		0.1 (1)
0.5 (5)
1.10 (16)
5.13 (43) 		Attendance: 59,556
Umpires: Jack Elder
    Goals  
Shaw 2, Freake, Heaney, Martin, Norris, Parratt   Morrissey 2, Baird, Millhouse, Sellars
1965 27 September 1913
14:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		St Kilda   70-105   Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
1.6 (12)
4.8 (32)
5.11 (41)
9.16 (70) 		2.7 (19)
5.10 (40)
10.18 (78)
14.21 (105) 		Attendance: 104,846
Umpires: Jeff Crouch
    Goals  
Howell 3, Baldock 2, Rowland 2, Roberts, Smith   Fordham 7, Gosper 2, Sampson 2, Birt, Fraser, Mitchell
1966 24 September 1966
14:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		Collingwood   73-74   St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
2.1 (13)
5.7 (37)
7.11 (53)
10.13 (73) 		2.5 (17)
5.6 (36)
8.9 (57)
10.14 (74) 		Attendance: 101,655
Umpires: Jeff Crouch
    Goals  
Tuddenham 3, Gabelich 2, Richardson 2, Graham, Pitt, Wallis   Neale 5, Baldock 2, Cooper, Griffiths, Moran
1971 25 September 1971
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		Hawthorn   82-75   St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
2.2 (14)
4.4 (28)
5.7 (37)
12.10 (82) 		2.1 (13)
4.6 (30)
8.9 (57)
11.9 (75) 		Attendance: 118,192
Umpires: Peter Sheales
    Goals  
Keddie 4, Hudson 3, Crimmins 2, Matthews, Rice, Scott   Bonney 3, Breen 3, Davis, Manzie, Smith, Theodore, Trott
1997 27 September 1997
14:45 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		St Kilda   94-125   Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
3.6 (24)
7.11 (53)
9.13 (67)
13.16 (94) 		3.8 (26)
5.10 (40)
11.11 (73)
19.11 (125) 		Attendance: 99,645
Umpires: Hayden Kennedy, Mark Nash, Bryan Sheehan
    Goals  
Hall 3, Heatley 3, Loewe 2, Burke, Harvey, Jones, Peckett, Winmar   Jarman 6, Ellen 5, Bond 4, Caven, Goodwin, Rintoul, Smart
2009 26 September 2009
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		St Kilda   68-80   Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
3.2 (20)
7.7 (49)
9.11 (65)
9.14 (68) 		3.0 (18)
7.1 (43)
9.4 (58)
12.8 (80) 		Attendance: 99,251
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan
    Goals  
Schneider 2, Dempster, Goddard, Hayes, Jones, Koschitzke, Montagna, Riewoldt   Chapman 3, Hawkins 2, Mooney 2, Rooke 2, Ablett, Byrnes, Selwood
2010 25 September 2010
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		Collingwood   68-68   St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
4.2 (26)
7.8 (50)
7.13 (55)
9.14 (68) 		3.2 (20)
4.2 (26)
7.5 (47)
10.8 (68) 		Attendance: 100,016
Umpires: Ray Chamberlain, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan
    Goals  
Cloke 2, Blair, Davis, Didak, Jolly, Lumumba, Macaffer, Thomas   Goddard 2, Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Gilbert, Hayes, Koschitzke, Schneider
2010 Replay 2 October 2010
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00) 		Collingwood   108-52   St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  
3.2 (20)
6.5 (41)
11.8 (74)
16.12 (108) 		0.2 (2)
1.8 (14)
4.9 (33)
7.10 (52) 		Attendance: 93,853
Umpires: Ray Chamberlain, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan
    Goals  
Dawes 2, Didak 2, Macaffer 2, Sidebottom 2, Wellingham 2, Goldsack, Johnson, Jolly, Lumumba, Swan, Thomas   Milne 2, Dal Santo, Gilbert, Goddard, Hayes, Koschitzke
    Bests  
Scott Pendlebury  

Individual achievements edit

Main article: List of St Kilda Football Club individual honours

Trevor Barker Award (Club best and fairest)

Main article: Trevor Barker Award

Brownlow Medal (League best and fairest)[188]

Norm Smith Medal (AFL Grand Final best on ground)[189]

Leigh Matthews Trophy (AFLPA Most Valuable Player)[190]

Coleman Medal (Leading Goal Kicker)[191]

AFL Rising Star (Best player under 21)[192]

All-Australian teams edit

An All-Australian team is considered a "best-of" selection of players for each calendar year, with each player usually represented in their own team position. The All-Australian teams are selected by a panel.[193] The concept of an All-Australian "team of the year" was first pioneered by Sporting Life Magazine in 1947, which created a team each year until 1955. No St Kilda players featured in these teams.[194]

This concept was later adopted by the interstate carnivals and the Australian Football League. All teams from the interstate carnivals and the AFL have been endorsed as official by governing bodies of the sport, such as the Australian National Football Council and the AFL, whilst teams selected by Sporting Life are not recognised.[194][195]

Interstate carnivals[196]

Australian Football League[196]

Records and statistics edit

For club records, see List of St Kilda Football Club records and statistics.
Highest Score 31.18 (204) v Melbourne, Round 6, 1978, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Lowest Score 0.1 (1) v Geelong, Round 17, 1899, Corio Oval
Greatest Winning Margin 139 points v Brisbane, Round 22, 2005, Docklands Stadium
Greatest Losing Margin 178 points v Collingwood, Round 4, 1979, Victoria Park
Lowest Winning Score 3.8 (26) v Geelong 2.10 (22), Round 15, 1909, Junction Oval
Highest Losing Score 21.18 (144) v Collingwood 24.16 (160), Round 11, 1983, Moorabbin Oval
Highest Crowd 72,669 v Collingwood, Round 10, 1978, Waverley Park

Reserves team edit

St Kilda
 
Names
Full nameSt Kilda Football Club Limited
2000 season
After finals5th
Home-and-away season4th
Club details
Founded1919 (as a reserves side)
Dissolved2000
CompetitionAFL reserves (1919−1999)
VFL (2000)
PremiershipsAFL reserves (5)
Training ground(s)Moorabbin Oval
Uniforms
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The St Kilda reserves were the reserves side of the club, competing in the VFL/AFL reserves, as well as the Victorian Football League for a single season.

Since 2013, the club has been affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club.

History edit

St Kilda was an inaugural club in the Victorian Junior Football League, which later became known as the VFL seconds.

Their first premiership in the competition came in 1942, with another to follow in 1943 and a third in 1961.

The team were also runners-up a total of six times, including in the last AFL reserves grand final in 1999.

Shane Warne, considered to be one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket, played a single game for the reserves side in 1988. He was incorrectly listed in the Record as "Trevor" Warne, and played in the Under-19s for the remainder of the season.[197] Former St Kilda number one ticket holder John Moran also played for the reserves side.[198]

In 2000, St Kilda opted to continue their reserves side in the expanded Victorian Football League. From 2001 until 2008, St Kilda entered into an affiliation agreement affiliated with the Springvale Football Club, who relocated to Casey and became the Casey Scorpions in 2006.

Starting in 2009, St Kilda became affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club.

From 2018 until the end of the 2019 season, the Southern Saints in the VFL Women's were managed or co-managed by St Kilda. The club is now managed by Sandringham.[199]

Other teams edit

St Kilda has a team in the Victorian Blind Football League (VBFL), which entered the competition in 2019. The side won the 2021 VBFL premiership by 64 points.[200]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Capped stadium capacities.

References edit

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St Kilda Saints redirects here For the defunct basketball team see Southern Melbourne Saints The St Kilda Football Club nicknamed the Saints is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne Victoria The club plays in the Australian Football League AFL the sport s premier league St Kilda Football ClubNamesFull nameSt Kilda Football Club Limited 1 Nickname s Saints SaintersFormer nickname s Seagulls PanthersMottoFortius Quo Fidelius Strength Through Loyalty Club song When The Saints Go Marching In 2023 seasonAfter finals7thHome and away season6thLeading goalkickerJack Higgins 36 goals Club detailsFounded1873 150 years ago 1873 Colours Red White BlackCompetitionAFL Senior men AFLW Senior women VBFL Blind mixed VWFL Wheelchair mixed PresidentAndrew BassatCEOSimon LethleanCoachAFL Ross Lyon AFLW Nick Dal SantoCaptain s AFL Jack SteeleAFLW Hannah PriestVWFL Ryan Smith Nathan WilburnVBFL Shannon JonesPremiershipsVFL AFL 1 1966Reserves 5 19421943196119871999Ground s AFL Docklands Stadium 56 347 AFLW Moorabbin Oval 8 000 VWFL Boroondara Sports ComplexVBFL Action Indoor Sports StadiumFormer ground s Junction Oval 1897 1964 Moorabbin Oval 1965 1992 Waverley Park 1993 1999 Training ground s Moorabbin OvalUniformsHomeAwayOther informationOfficial websitesaints com auCurrent seasonThe club s name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873 The club also has strong links to the south eastern suburb of Moorabbin due to it being the long standing location of their training ground St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association VFA now known as the Victorian Football League VFL and later became one of eight foundation teams of the original Victorian Football League in 1897 now known as the AFL Additionally St Kilda are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the modern VFL St Kilda have won a single premiership to date a one point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood They have also qualified for the grand final on six additional occasions The club has won the minor premiership three times in 1965 1997 and 2009 St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers 2 much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league 27 times 3 having the longest current premiership drought and joint fourth longest in history 57 years as well as having the second lowest all time win percentage of any team still playing in the league after the Gold Coast Suns 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 1873 1915 early years 1 2 1916 1949 World wars and individual success 1 3 1950 1973 failure and success 1 4 1974 1990 decline 1 5 1990 1999 AFL era 1 6 2000 2011 wooden spoon to premiership contender 1 7 2012 present post grand finals struggles and rebuild 1 8 AFLW involvement 2 Club identity 2 1 Uniforms 2 1 1 Evolution 2 2 Logos 2 3 Club song 2 4 Home grounds 2 4 1 Junction Oval 1897 1964 2 4 2 Moorabbin Oval 1965 1992 2 4 3 Waverley Park 1993 1999 2 4 4 Docklands Stadium 2000 present 2 4 5 Additional facilities 3 Playing squad 3 1 Current AFL squad 3 2 Reserves teams 4 Corporate 4 1 Administrative board 4 2 Sponsors 5 Supporters 5 1 Number one ticket holders 5 2 Membership and attendance 6 Partnerships 6 1 New Zealand partnership 6 2 China partnership 7 Commemorative boards 7 1 Honour board 7 2 Team of the century 7 3 Hall of fame 8 Achievements 8 1 Club achievements 8 2 VFL AFL grand finals 8 3 Individual achievements 8 4 All Australian teams 9 Records and statistics 10 Reserves team 10 1 History 11 Other teams 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 External linksHistory editFurther information History of the St Kilda Football Club 1873 1915 early years edit On 14 March 1873 a meeting was held in Windsor to form the St Kilda Football Club At this meeting a provisional committee of men were elected 5 The formation was completed on 2 April 1873 6 7 and on 11 June 1873 another meeting was held to appoint the final committee 8 The club s original home ground was colloquially nicknamed the Alpaca Paddock which was a large fenced off area at the St Kilda end of what is now known as Albert Park 9 During its formation years the club underwent multiple mergers In June 1873 it merged with the South Yarra Football Club and adopted the red from their colour scheme 10 In 1875 the club briefly merged with University to stay financially viable 11 In March 1888 a decision was made to amalgamate St Kilda with nearby Prahran Football Club St Kilda retained their colours name and ground as well as picking up a number of Prahran players 12 13 St Kilda competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879 1881 to 1882 and 1886 to 1896 before accepting an invitation into the breakaway competition the Victorian Football League from 1897 onwards 14 St Kilda were one of the eight clubs that took part in the inaugural VFL season in 1897 15 They made their debut in an away game against Collingwood on 8 May 1897 at Victoria Park The club s home ground in the new league was the Junction Oval in the suburb of St Kilda Victoria and the club s first home game was against Fitzroy St Kilda s early years in the VFL were not successful and in 1899 they had the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL AFL match one point against Geelong 16 The club lost 48 consecutive games recording their first win on 5 May 1900 against Melbourne This match initially ended as a draw but a protest launched by St Kilda saw the result overturned resulting in a 1 point victory to St Kilda 12 nbsp St Kilda squad for the 1913 grand finalIn 1902 Charlie Baker became the first St Kilda player to be the league s leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 30 goals 12 Six successive wins at the start of the 1907 season helped St Kilda to its first finals appearance qualifying third with nine wins and eight losses 12 17 The club was beaten by eventual premiers Carlton 18 The following year the club once again qualified in third position and were again eliminated by Carlton in the semi finals 19 The 1913 season saw major improvement with the team finishing fourth eventually being defeated in the Grand Final by Fitzroy Owing to the finals system at the time Fitzroy who had been defeated by St Kilda the previous week were allowed to challenge St Kilda to a rematch the following week 20 St Kilda lost the rematch 7 14 56 to 5 13 43 21 1916 1949 World wars and individual success edit Owing to World War I St Kilda went into recess in 1916 and 1917 Just prior to their recession the club temporarily changed their official colours to include yellow in place of white This was done to avoid association with the German Empire who had the same colours as St Kilda at the time 22 The club resumed normal operation in 1918 and fared well initially qualifying for finals and being defeated in the semi finals 22 However the following years saw St Kilda consistently struggle with poor form nbsp The 1928 teamThe club qualified for finals once between 1919 and 1938 although during this time period Colin Watson became the first St Kilda player to win the league s highest individual award winning the 1925 Brownlow Medal 23 Additionally in 1936 forward Bill Mohr kicked 101 goals winning the leading goalkicker award and becoming the first St Kilda player to kick 100 goals or more in a season 24 The club qualified for finals in 1939 finishing the season in fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories The team had its first finals win since 1913 against Richmond but were eliminated in the preliminary final by Collingwood 25 St Kilda won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season and were on top of the ladder after Round 4 however the club went on to finish second last Despite prominent players emerging for the club such as Harold Bray Keith Drinan Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts St Kilda were rarely competitive for the duration of the 1940s 26 1950 1973 failure and success edit The 1950s were initially as uncompetitive for St Kilda as the prior decade The club failed to make the finals for the first half of the decade and won three wooden spoons over the period 27 At the end of 1955 Alan Killigrew was appointed as the club s coach 28 As part of Killigrew s plan to reinvigorate the club 17 players were removed from the club s list one of the most substantial list turnovers in VFL history 27 Between 1957 and 1959 St Kilda won three consecutive Brownlow Medals 27 The 1959 winner Verdun Howell tied with Bob Skilton in the Brownlow Medal count At the time Skilton was awarded the medal on count back The league later decided to award a Brownlow Medal to any player who was eligible to win who tied on the same number of votes as a winner who won on count back with Howell receiving the Brownlow retrospectively 29 30 In 1958 St Kilda won the Consolation Night Series competition a competition that was played between clubs that had failed to qualify for the premiership season finals series St Kilda defeated Carlton 16 13 109 to 15 11 101 31 In 1961 after finishing sixth in 1960 Allan Jeans was appointed coach In his first season as coach St Kilda qualified for the final four for the first time since 1939 32 The club lost to Footscray in the first semi final The club qualified for finals again in 1963 but was eliminated in the semi finals again 32 In 1965 St Kilda finished the home and away season as minor premiers for the first time in the club s history St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the second semi final to progress into the grand final 33 The club finished second in the 1965 premiership season being defeated by Essendon in the 1965 VFL Grand Final 34 1966 VFL Grand Final G B TotalCollingwood 10 13 73St Kilda 10 14 74Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground Crowd 101 655 35 Following their successful 1965 season St Kilda qualified for finals in consecutive years for the first time since 1907 08 36 The club was defeated in the second semi final by Collingwood however the club defeated Essendon in the preliminary final in to qualify for the 1966 VFL Grand Final 35 St Kilda defeated Collingwood by a single point to win their first premiership in 68 seasons 37 The following year St Kilda failed to qualify for the finals series finishing fifth 38 Despite continued finals appearances in the early 1970s St Kilda was unable to win a second premiership being defeated by the eventual premiers in each finals series between 1970 and 1973 39 During this 4 year period St Kilda qualified for the 1971 VFL Grand Final Despite leading by 20 points at the beginning of the last quarter they were defeated by Hawthorn by 7 points 40 1974 1990 decline edit 1974 saw St Kilda decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s finishing tenth Allan Jeans retired from coaching two years later after 16 seasons coaching St Kilda citing burnout as his reason for retirement 41 Following the appointment of Lindsay Fox as club president in 1979 arrangements were made to address the club s withstanding debt of 1 45 million Many senior players and Allan Jeans accepted a deal to be paid 22 5 cents for each dollar they were owed Additionally non football creditors received 7 5 cents for each dollar owed The club was ultimately able to settle with its creditors for 195 000 42 Despite these efforts continuing financial pressures and defeats saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season between 1979 and 1986 43 In 1987 Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season the fourth St Kilda player to win the league s leading goalkicker award Lockett also became the seventh St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal He remains the only person in league history to win both the league s best and fairest Brownlow Medal and the league s leading goalkicker Coleman Medal award in the same season 44 1990 1999 AFL era edit The league was officially renamed the Australian Football League prior to the start of the 1990 premiership season 45 A competitive 1991 AFL season saw St Kilda qualify for a finals series for the first time since 1973 qualifying fourth at the end of the home and away rounds 46 However the club failed to win a final being defeated by Geelong 47 St Kilda finally broke through the following year winning its first finals series match since 1973 against Collingwood 48 St Kilda won the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup competition also known as the pre season cup The team defeated Carlton in the final 20 10 130 to 10 12 72 in front of 66 888 people at Waverley Park Nicky Winmar became the first St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal for best player on the ground in the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup Final 49 50 Despite this success the club failed to make the finals 51 In the 1997 season St Kilda qualified for the finals series in first position at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses 52 winning the second minor premiership in the club s history 53 St Kilda defeated Brisbane in the qualifying finals and North Melbourne in the preliminary finals to move through to the grand final St Kilda finished second after being beaten in the 1997 AFL Grand Final by Adelaide 54 The 1998 season initially appeared to be equally strong for the club After Round 14 of the season St Kilda was on top of the ladder in Round 14 with eleven wins and three losses and were tipped as warm favourites for the premiership 54 However the team s performance declined severely losing six of their final eight matches to from first to sixth at the conclusion of the premiership season 54 After qualifying for the finals in consecutive seasons St Kilda were defeated narrowly by Sydney in the qualifying finals and then eliminated comprehensively by Melbourne in the semi finals 54 2000 2011 wooden spoon to premiership contender edit During the early part of the decade St Kilda struggled winning only two matches and drawing one to finish with the wooden spoon in 2000 55 The following two years were similar finishing second last in both seasons During this period St Kilda recruited players such as Justin Koschitzke Nick Riewoldt Nick Dal Santo and Brendon Goddard who were mainstays of the team over the following decade 55 In 2004 St Kilda won a club record of 10 consecutive matches from round 1 to round 10 55 The club returned to finals eventually being defeated by eventual premiers Port Adelaide in a preliminary final 56 The following year saw a similar result with the club being defeated in a preliminary final by Sydney 57 St Kilda s 2006 AFL season saw the club finish in sixth position at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for a third successive finals series St Kilda were eliminated by Melbourne in the elimination finals 58 During this season Robert Harvey broke the all time games record for St Kilda when he played in his 324th premiership season match in Round 7 On 11 October 2006 Ross Lyon was appointed as the new head coach for St Kilda replacing Grant Thomas 59 After missing finals in 2007 St Kilda again qualified for the finals in 2008 A 108 point win over Essendon in the final home and away round saw the club take fourth position for the finals series 60 St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the qualifying finals 61 defeated Collingwood in the semi finals 62 and were eliminated by the eventual premiers Hawthorn in the preliminary final 63 St Kilda s 2009 season is considered one of the most dominant home and away seasons in AFL history 64 The club won 20 games the best ever home and away record for the club as well as winning 19 games in a row before being defeated by Essendon 65 In Round 14 St Kilda defeated Geelong by six points with both teams being undefeated prior to the match 66 The game broke multiple records including highest ever crowd for an AFL match at Docklands Stadium 54 444 66 The game was sold out two weeks in advance 67 causing a change in timeslot moving from 2 10 pm to 3 10 pm so that the Seven Network could broadcast the game live in Victoria 67 St Kilda eventually progressed to that year s grand final when they were defeated by Geelong by 12 points 68 Following the grand final Ross Lyon signed a three year extension to his coaching contract until the end of the 2012 season 69 The following year St Kilda experienced a similar level of success qualifying for the finals in third position The club recorded their first win against Geelong in a finals match in the 2nd qualifying final and eventually qualified for the Grand Final against Collingwood The match ended in a draw the third drawn grand final in VFL AFL history 70 St Kilda midfielder Lenny Hayes won the Norm Smith Medal for the player judged best on ground in the match making him the first St Kilda player to ever win the medal 71 Owing to the draw a second grand final match was played the following week In the grand final replay Collingwood won by 56 points 72 In December 2010 the club was granted ownership of the Linen House Centre a new training and administration property in the City of Frankston at Seaford valued at approximate 11 million 73 74 Following the season the club announced a record net profit of 7 467 million for season 2010 75 St Kilda also achieved a new record membership for a single season and were the 2nd most watched team on television rating 22 777 092 viewers across the season 75 Following a loss in their 2011 elimination final Ross Lyon left the club despite one year remaining on his contract to coach Fremantle 76 Former Sydney Fremantle and West Coast player and Collingwood assistant coach Scott Watters was announced as Lyon s replacement in October 2011 77 2012 present post grand finals struggles and rebuild edit The years after the departure of Ross Lyon did not prove fruitful for St Kilda They failed to make the finals in 2012 for the first time since 2007 78 and continued poor performances that ultimately culminated in the club finishing last in 2014 79 Despite this the 2013 season marked a historic moment for St Kilda and the AFL when St Kilda hosted the first premiership match outside of Australia in New Zealand 80 Following the 2013 season senior coach Scott Watters was sacked 81 On 14 November former Port Adelaide director of coaching Alan Richardson was announced as new senior coach for the next three years 82 Following further poor performances in the 2018 and 2019 seasons Richardson was advised that his contract would not be renewed for 2020 As a result he resigned from his position as senior coach Assistant coach Brett Ratten took over as caretaker coach 83 After winning three of the season s last six games Ratten was appointed permanent senior coach in September 2019 84 During the 2019 trade period four high profile players requested a trade to St Kilda and many discussions were held with other players looking to move 85 In the COVID 19 shortened 2020 season the club managed 10 of a possible 17 wins to qualify for their first finals series since 2011 86 During the finals campaign St Kilda would defeat the Western Bulldogs in an elimination final by 3 points bringing the first finals victory to the club since 2010 preliminary final against the same opponent Richmond would later defeat St Kilda by 31 points in the semi final ending their campaign In the following 2021 season the club would decline in performance leading to the club finishing 10th with only a 10 12 record In the 2022 season after starting at an impressive 8 3 record by round 11 the club would then win only three of their last 11 leading to an 11 11 record finishing 10th once again On October 14 2022 senior coach Brett Ratten would be sacked by the club Former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon would be reinstated as senior coach for the 2023 season In the 2023 season Ross Lyon s first season back as coach St Kilda would return to the finals finishing sixth with a 13 10 record They would be defeated by Greater Western Sydney by 24 points in the elimination final AFLW involvement edit Main article St Kilda Football Club AFL Women s In 2017 following the inaugural AFL Women s AFLW season St Kilda was among eight clubs that applied for licences to enter the competition from 2019 onwards 87 In September 2017 the club was announced as one of four clubs to receive a licence to join the competition in 2020 88 Club identity editThe club s on field nickname is the Saints usage of which dates back to as early as the 1870s 89 Many clubs early nicknames were derived from an abbreviation or demonym of the club s suburb but St Kilda is unique among the AFL clubs in now utilising this as its official nickname Dating back to as early as the 1890s 90 and to as late as the 1950s 91 the Seagulls was also in use as a nickname but this has fallen out of use In 1945 the club adopted the moniker Panthers however this was short lived 92 Uniforms edit St Kilda s home guernsey has three vertical panels of red white and black on the front with the club crest located on the left breast of the guernsey The guernsey has a plain black back white ribbing and white numbers The away guernsey is identical to the home guernsey The clash guernsey is similar to the other two guernseys but has two extra white panels on either side of the red and black panels The guernsey has a white back with the tri colour panels continuing below the number it retains the white ribbing of the other guernseys and has black numbers Evolution edit Uniform Evolution 93 Period Description and history Design1873 1885 St Kilda s original guernsey A stylised replica was worn in 2013 as part of the club s 140th anniversary celebrations 94 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1893 1909 A widened version to the stripes used in the preceding guernsey nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1910 1914 The same guernsey top using black shorts instead of blue nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1915 1918 A yellow version of the guernsey used to avoid playing in the colours of the German Empire s flag during the First World War 95 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1919 22 A second yellow guernsey sporting a K for Kilda nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1923 52 A return to the pre war guernsey with an additional white stripe between the Red and Black stripes nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1953 962002 present A vest type guernsey with the tricolour red white and black stripes nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1997 01 A stylised jumper based on the club crest nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Logos edit St Kilda has used multiple different logos since it was formed in 1873 Prior to 1976 no clubs in the VFL used logos in an official capacity Many early club logos were printed in the same shield design frame and had each club s individual colours name and design in them St Kilda used a consistent design in the 1970s and 1980s featuring a stick figure bearing a halo holding the competition s logo 96 In 1989 just prior to the league officially becoming the AFL the club used a logo with a red white and black vertically striped design with the goal and behind posts on it with a stick figure attempting a mark on it with a halo above its head with the league logo and the club crest on top of either behind post The VFL league logo was replaced with the AFL logo when the competition changed names in 1990 96 The St Kilda Football Club crest first appeared officially on the jumper in 1933 after existing at the club for quite some time beforehand in basic design form The crest became an iconic feature of the club s jumper a well known and recognisable symbol of the club The crest also includes the club s motto Fortius Quo Fidelius which is usually translated as Strength through Loyalty 97 As with the nickname Saints the club crest has no religious associations A logo change before the start of the 1995 season saw the club make the decision to use the official club crest as the club s official logo in the league 98 Club song edit The club song is an adaption of When The Saints Go Marching In 99 The song was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers and released as a single The song was recorded with all copyright and royalty agreements in place and the AFL has permission to broadcast it publicly at each St Kilda match 100 Prior to 1965 when St Kilda played at the Junction Oval the club s song was an adaptation of I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside 101 Home grounds edit Junction Oval 1897 1964 edit St Kilda s first home ground in the Victorian Football League was Junction Oval The club used this ground until 1964 when it moved to Moorabbin Oval 102 The oval was formerly known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground and was originally established as the home of the St Kilda Cricket Club in 1856 103 104 By the late 1950s the St Kilda Football Club sought to move its playing base away from Junction Oval as it wanted to operate its own venue rather than continue being a tenant of another club In 1959 the club made enquiries about a lease to play at and develop Elsternwick Park in the neighbouring suburb of Elsternwick but no deal was signed 105 During 2014 St Kilda became involved in discussions with the Victorian government to return as a co tenant at Junction Oval alongside Cricket Victoria As part of the proposals St Kilda would utilise the oval as a training and administrative base with the site to receive a second oval to accommodate the club 106 107 108 This proposal was later rejected by the Victorian government 109 and Junction Oval was converted into a full time cricket venue as of 2015 110 Moorabbin Oval 1965 1992 edit nbsp Players training in front of the G G Huggins Stand demolished in 2017 before the 2009 AFL Grand FinalMoorabbin Oval has been St Kilda s training and administrative base since 1965 excluding an 8 year period between 2010 and 2018 102 In March 1964 the club arranged a deal to move its playing training and administrative base to Moorabbin Oval on Linton St Moorabbin with all home games at the new venue starting the 1965 season 111 The club signed a lease agreement in August 1964 giving the club access to all Moorabbin Oval facilities for 75 years provided it completed required works at the ground to establish a social club training facilities and spectator seating on the site in time for the 1965 Premiership season The club had to invest a set amount combined with funds from the local council and complete the required works by a deadline date to ensure the agreement was ratified and the purchase was complete Loans provided to St Kilda by the council were to be repaid over the subsequent lease period 112 Following the club s move away from using Moorabbin Oval as a home venue for playing games it was retained as an administrative and training facility for the club In 2007 the relationship between the club and the City of Kingston who governs the suburb of Moorabbin deteriorated As a result St Kilda announced that it would move its primary administrative and training base away from Moorabbin 113 After the 2010 season the club temporarily moved to a new facility was built at Belvedere Park in Seaford 74 During this time period the club continued to manage Moorabbin Oval using it as a retail museum entertainment and occasional training venue 114 In 2018 St Kilda returned to using Moorabbin Oval as their primary administrative and training facility as part of a two stage redevelopment deal costing approximately 30 million dollars 115 Moorabbin Oval also serves as the primary home ground for the Sandringham Dragons and the Southern Football League as well as being the administrative centre for football development in the south east 116 Waverley Park 1993 1999 edit Waverley Park was opened by the Victorian Football League in 1970 under the name VFL Park 117 The ground was constructed by the league for a variety of reasons with the primary reason being the fact the ground would be owned by the VFL As the majority of teams in the competition at the time did not have control over their home grounds they were unable to exercise control over various aspects such as ground drainage and ticket prices 118 Since the 1960s the AFL had been embarked on a strategy of ground rationalisation 119 During the 1990s as part of this strategy St Kilda opted to take a deal to move home games to Waverley Park from 1993 and renovate the ageing Moorabbin Oval for training administration and social club purposes The club voted in favour of the move in a weighted vote of members in July 1992 The club received 430 000 upfront and 120 000 per year for three years from the AFL s grounds rationalisation funds which helped to clear some of the club s debt 120 In 1999 the AFL announced that it would not schedule any further matches at Waverley Park and that the stadium would be sold off to pay for the under construction Docklands Stadium 121 Docklands Stadium 2000 present edit See also Docklands Stadium nbsp Docklands Stadium St Kilda s home groundIn 2000 St Kilda moved to a new playing home at Docklands Stadium following the discontinuation of Waverley Park as a scheduled ground 55 122 Docklands Stadium was conceived as a multi purpose venue to be used for Australian rules football soccer rugby and other general entertainment events 123 The AFL sought to replace Waverly Park which would have been nearly 30 years old in 2000 The decision to build a new stadium was supported by the AFL due to issues regarding accessibility and Waverly Park with the league stating there would be no improvement to the situation if upgrades were made to the stadium and any upgrades would result in little financial return 122 The stadium was designated to be in the Docklands region of Melbourne behind Southern Cross Station and was designed to hold 52 000 people 123 The stadium cost approximately 460 million to construct 124 Exclusive ownership of the ground was later purchased by the AFL in October 2016 125 Due to Waverly Park being disused following the construction of Docklands Stadium St Kilda alongside fellow tenants Hawthorn were forced to find a new home ground As part of the initial arrangement both clubs were planned to play a significant number of games at the stadium 123 however only St Kilda would move to the ground 126 St Kilda set the attendance record for the ground in 2009 when 54 444 people attended a match against Geelong Other former club players also hold records at the venue with Lenny Hayes holding the record for most games played at the venue and Nick Riewoldt holding the record for most goals kicked 126 Additional facilities edit St Kilda s primary administrative and training base from late 2010 until 2018 was the Linen House Centre at Belvedere Park in Seaford 115 The creation of the base came about due to disagreements between St Kilda and the City of Kingston s council regarding proposed upgrades to their Moorabbin facilities which included the implementation of 80 poker machines 127 The club subsequently negotiated a deal with the neighbouring City of Frankston to develop Frankston Park into its new training base However when proposed costs blew out by 5 million a new agreement was formed between the two entities 128 In this new deal the club would develop Belvedere Park in conjunction with the Frankston City Council the Victorian state government and the AFL The cost of developing the facilities was valued at approximately 11 million 74 The centre received its name as part of a naming rights sponsorship deal with Linen House 129 The club signed a lease on the facility until 2059 The club however chose to relocate back to Moorabbin Oval as its primary administrative and training base by 2018 As a result in December 2020 St Kilda made a proposal to the Frankston City Council to repurpose the facility as a centre to be used by the wider Frankston community 130 Playing squad editSee also List of St Kilda Football Club players Current AFL squad edit St Kilda Football Clubviewtalkedit Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff1 Nick Coffield 3 Zak Jones 4 Jade Gresham 5 Brad Crouch 6 Sebastian Ross 7 Nasiah Wanganeen Milera 8 Bradley Hill 9 Jack Steele c 10 Mitch Owens 11 Hunter Clark 12 Max King 13 Ryan Byrnes 15 Jack Billings 16 Dan Butler 17 Marcus Windhager 19 Rowan Marshall 20 Dougal Howard 21 Zaine Cordy 22 Jack Higgins 25 Mattaes Phillipou 26 Josh Battle 28 Tim Membrey 29 Jimmy Webster 30 Matthew Allison 31 James Van Es 33 Ben Paton 34 Tom Highmore 35 Jack Sinclair 36 Daniel McKenzie 38 Tom Campbell 39 Olli Hotton 40 Isaac Keeler 44 Callum Wilkie vc 14 Liam Stocker 18 Jack Hayes 32 Mason Wood 41 Angus McLennan B 42 Max Heath 43 Cooper Sharman 47 Anthony Caminiti Head coach Ross LyonAssistant coaches Corey Enright defence Lenny Hayes midfield Robert Harvey forwards Damian Carroll head of development amp learning Jake Batchelor VFL coach development Brendon Goddard development coach Legend c Captain s vc Vice captain s B Category B rookie italics Inactive player list nbsp Long term injury ret RetiredUpdated 15 October 2023Source s 131 132 Reserves teams edit St Kilda operated its own reserves team from 1919 to 2000 From 1919 to 1991 the VFL AFL operated a reserves competition and from 1992 to 1999 a de facto AFL reserves competition was run by the Victorian State Football League St Kilda fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for St Kilda in the lower grade During that time the St Kilda reserves team won three premierships 1942 1943 and 1961 Following the demise of the AFL reserves competition the St Kilda reserves team competed in the new Victorian Football League in the 2000 season before the team was dissolved at the end of the year 133 In 2001 St Kilda entered a reserves affiliation with existing VFL club Springvale which moved to Cranbourne and was renamed Casey in 2006 Under the affiliation reserves players for St Kilda played VFL football with Springvale Casey The affiliation ended after the 2008 season 134 and St Kilda then entered an equivalent affiliation with Sandringham which it still maintains as of 2022 135 St Kilda had announced its intention to end its affiliation with Sandringham and re establish its own reserves team in the VFL from the 2017 season after a redevelopment of Moorabbin Oval was completed 136 but the club ultimately extended and expanded its affiliation with Sandringham From 2017 St Kilda has had a greater involvement in the operation of the VFL club and from 2018 Sandringham plays three games per year at Moorabbin Oval in St Kilda colours 137 Corporate editAdministrative board edit President Andrew Bassat 138 Vice president Russell Caplan 138 Chief executive officer Matt Finnis 138 Director Dean Anderson 138 Director Jennifer Douglas 138 Director Paul Kirk 138 Director Jack Rush 138 Director Danni Roche 138 Director Adam Hilton 138 Sponsors edit Principal partners CMC Markets 139 Pepper Money 139 Major sponsors Red Rooster 139 RSEA Safety 139 Elite partners AIA 139 AVJennings 139 Furphy Beer 139 Jayco 139 Mosh 139 New Balance 139 Opal 139 Webcentral 139 Apparel sponsors Puma 1997 2001 Sekem 2002 2003 Piping Hot 2003 2006 140 Skins 2007 ISC 2008 2016 2020 141 BLK 2017 2019 142 New Balance 2021 present 143 Supporters editSt Kilda has historically had a large fanbase around the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne such as St Kilda with one in five AFL club members in the region being a St Kilda member The club also has strong support in the south east regions of Melbourne 144 Politically a poll of the club s supporter base indicated a small first party voting preference 39 7 for the Coalition over the Labor Party 36 9 145 The suburb of St Kilda has a significant Jewish community and the club has a strong following from this community 146 Number one ticket holders edit Notable St Kilda supporters who have also been the club s number one ticket holders include Eric Bana actor and comedian 147 Lindsay Fox former club president and St Kilda thirds player 148 Elle MacPherson model and actress 149 John Moran former St Kilda reserves player 150 Mark Dreyfus Attorney General of AustraliaMembership and attendance edit Membership amp AttendanceYear Membership Ladder position Home crowds 151 AFL audited Change Average Rank ChangeMinor round Finals1984 4 930 N A 12th 17 185 10 12 nbsp 3 0041985 5 708 nbsp 778 12th 15 489 10 12 nbsp 1 6961986 4 321 nbsp 1 387 12th 15 214 12 12 nbsp 2751987 3 924 nbsp 397 10th 18 069 10 14 nbsp 2 8551988 5 799 nbsp 1 875 14th 19 499 8 14 nbsp 1 4301989 8 360 nbsp 2 561 12th 20 483 7 14 nbsp 9841990 11 363 nbsp 3 003 9th 31 520 4 14 nbsp 11 0371991 9 765 nbsp 1 598 4th 5th 27 757 6 15 nbsp 3 7631992 11 650 nbsp 1 885 6th 4th 32 591 6 15 nbsp 4 8341993 12 956 nbsp 1 306 12th 28 442 8 15 nbsp 4 1491994 12 009 nbsp 947 13th 22 657 11 15 nbsp 5 7851995 8 870 nbsp 3 139 14th 19 173 12 16 nbsp 3 4841996 14 375 nbsp 5 505 10th 27 137 8 16 nbsp 7 9641997 16 610 nbsp 2 235 1st 2nd 39 625 4 16 nbsp 12 4881998 23 204 nbsp 6 594 6th 6th 37 427 7 16 nbsp 2 1981999 20 793 nbsp 2 411 10th 33 182 8 16 nbsp 4 2452000 17 855 nbsp 2 938 16th 24 422 14 16 nbsp 8 7602001 22 248 nbsp 4 393 15th 29 850 10 16 nbsp 5 4282002 17 696 nbsp 4 552 15th 26 174 14 16 nbsp 3 6762003 23 626 nbsp 5 930 11th 29 218 12 16 nbsp 3 0442004 30 534 nbsp 6 908 3rd 3rd 38 164 5 16 nbsp 8 9462005 152 32 043 nbsp 1 509 4th 4th 39 897 5 16 nbsp 1 7332006 153 32 327 nbsp 284 6th 8th 38 097 7 16 nbsp 1 8002007 154 30 394 nbsp 1 933 9th 37 921 8 16 nbsp 1762008 155 30 063 nbsp 331 4th 4th 40 340 8 16 nbsp 2 4192009 156 31 906 nbsp 1 843 1st 2nd 45 365 4 16 nbsp 5 0252010 157 39 021 nbsp 7 115 3rd 2nd 40 079 5 16 nbsp 5 2862011 158 39 276 nbsp 255 6th 7th 36 345 8 17 nbsp 3 7342012 159 35 440 nbsp 3 836 9th 32 697 9 18 nbsp 3 6482013 160 32 707 nbsp 2 733 16th 28 965 10 18 nbsp 3 7322014 161 30 739 nbsp 1 968 18th 23 296 14 18 nbsp 5 6692015 162 32 746 nbsp 2 007 14th 25 928 13 18 nbsp 2 6322016 163 38 009 nbsp 5 263 9th 30 690 14 18 nbsp 4 7622017 164 42 052 nbsp 4 043 11th 31 319 14 18 nbsp 6292018 165 46 301 nbsp 4 249 16th 25 503 13 18 nbsp 5 8162019 166 43 038 nbsp 3 263 14th 25 401 15 18 nbsp 1022020 167 48 588 nbsp 5 550 6th 5th 3 157 a 14 18 nbsp 22 2442021 168 55 802 nbsp 7 286 10th 19 552 a 14 18 nbsp 16 395Partnerships editNew Zealand partnership edit In September 2012 St Kilda announced that they had signed a three year partnership with the Wellington City Council to play an annual match in New Zealand on Anzac Day 25 April at Westpac Stadium as part of the day s commemorations As a result of the partnership St Kilda and the Sydney Swans became the first two AFL clubs to play for premiership points outside of Australia 80 169 Although the partnership was extended by three years in 2013 170 a review conducted in 2015 saw the conclusion of the partnership 171 In 2018 AFL New Zealand and St Kilda both expressed interest in signing a new partnership in the future with matches hosted in Auckland rather than Wellington 172 China partnership edit In October 2018 St Kilda signed a three year deal to replace Gold Coast as Port Adelaide s opponents in their annual match played in China The three year deal was expected to earn St Kilda more than 2 million in addition to any commercial earnings 173 In 2019 4 01 million people watched the match between the two clubs 174 Owing to the COVID 19 pandemic the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 seasons 175 176 Commemorative boards editHonour board edit See also List of St Kilda Football Club coaches and List of St Kilda Football Club captains St Kilda Football Club Honour Board 177 178 Year Position Chairman CEO Coach Captain Best amp Fairest LeadingGoalkicker1897 EighthWooden Spoon B Shawl R StewartB Ahern 61898 EighthWooden Spoon B Shawl A Stewart 231899 EighthWooden Spoon B Shawl A Stewart2 161900 EighthWooden Spoon C Sandford G Sutherland 13Federation of Australia1901 EighthWooden Spoon D McCabeJ Smith C Sandford 91902 EighthWooden Spoon J Hogan C Baker 301903 Fifth B JacksonJ Smith C Baker2 221904 EighthWooden Spoon G Turner J Smith C Baker3 301905 Seventh V BarwickW Outen C Baker4 191906 Sixth A Hall J Smith D McNamara 231907 Third J Wells D McNamara2J Stewart 211908 Third M Grace J Wells J Stewart2 281909 TenthWooden Spoon J Smith V Barwick V Barwick 161910 TenthWooden Spoon S Gravenall A Thomas 151911 Ninth E Drohan G Dangerfield E Sellars 221912 Eighth G Morrissey E Sellars2 441913 Second D McNamaraG Sparrow H Lever E Sellars3 531914 Seventh D McNamara H LeverD McNamara W Eicke D McNamara3 481915 Fourth J Smith G Dangerfield W Eicke2 H Moyes 32WW1 Recess1918 Fourth J Smith H Lever R Cazaly D McNamara4L Boyd 171919 Seventh W Eicke W Eicke W Eicke3 J James 121920 NinthWooden Spoon G SparrowC Ricketts R Cazaly W Cameron J James2 131921 Eighth C Ricketts C RickettsS Williams B Cubbins H Moyes2 321922 Seventh D McNamara B Cubbins B Carr H Moyes3 231923 Sixth D McNamara D McNamara B Cubbins2 H Moyes4 291924 NinthWooden Spoon W Eicke W Eicke C Watson J James3 281925 Sixth F Nelson J Irvine N Clark B CubbinsB Carr C Gambetta J Shelton 421926 Ninth F Nelson J Irvine N Clark B Cubbins H MasonH Matthews J Shelton2 471927 Seventh F Nelson J Irvine G Heniz H MasonG Heniz H Matthews2 J Shelton3 241928 Sixth J Irvine G Sparrow H MasonB Cubbins B Cubbins3 B Smedley 511929 Fourth J Irvine G Sparrow B Cubbins H Mason2 B Mohr 381930 Eighth C SuhrM Gild J Irvine B Cubbins B Cubbins F Phillips B Mohr2 831931 Ninth M Gild J Irvine C Hardy H Matthews H Neill B Mohr3 571932 Eleventh M Gild J Irvine C HardyS King S King B Mohr B Mohr4 681933 Ninth F Arlington Burke J Lord C Deane C DeaneC Hindson H Comte B Mohr5 741934 Seventh C Watson C Watson J Davis B Mohr6 661935 Fifth D Minogue C Hindson J Davis2 B Mohr7 831936 Seventh D Minogue J Perkins B Mohr2 B Mohr8 1011937 Sixth D Minogue B Mohr J Davis3 B Mohr9 581938 Eighth D MinogueA Clarke A Clarke S Lloyd B Mohr10 341939 Third D McNamara A Clarke A Clarke R Fountain B Mohr11 471940 Eleventh D McNamaraE C Mitty A Clarke S Lloyd A Killigrew B Mohr12 251941 Eleventh E C Mitty J Knight J Knight R Garvin B Flegg 471942 Seventh E C Mitty R Garvin R Garvin K Walker F Kelly 211943 Eleventh E C Mitty R Garvin R Garvin K Walker2 J Connelly 271944 Ninth E C Mitty H Thomas F KellyC Vontom R Garvin2 S Loxton 521945 TwelfthWooden Spoon E C Mitty H Thomas C Vontom H Bray J Hall 211946 Eleventh R Sackville A Hird A Hird K Rosewarne S Loxton2 401947 TwelfthWooden Spoon R Sackville A Hird A Hird H Bray2 P Bennett 371948 TwelfthWooden Spoon R Sackville F Froude H Bray R Hancock P Bennett2 321949 Eleventh R Sackville F Froude F Green J Ross J Mcdonald 331950 Ninth R Sackville F Froude F Green B Phillips P Bennett3 591951 Tenth R Sackville F Green K Drinan J Ross2 P Bennett4 471952 TwelfthWooden Spoon R Sackville C Williamson K Drinan J Ross3 J Mcdonald2 311953 Ninth R Sackville C Williamson K Drinan K Drinan P Bennett5 361954 TwelfthWooden Spoon R Sackville L Foote L Foote L Foote J Ross3 341955 TwelfthWooden Spoon R Sackville L Foote L Foote N Roberts J Mcdonald3 241956 Eleventh A Killigrew K Drinan K Drinan2 B Young 561957 Ninth A Killigrew K Drinan B Gleeson B Young2 561958 Eighth J Reilly I Drake A Killigrew N Roberts N Roberts2 B Young3 561959 Eighth G Huggins I Drake J Francis N Roberts V Howell B Young4 451960 Sixth G Huggins I Drake J Francis N Roberts L Oswald B Young5 371961 Fourth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans N Roberts L Oswald2 I Rowland 261962 Sixth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans N Roberts D Baldock D Baldock 331963 Fourth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock D Baldock2 D Baldock2 361964 Fourth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock I Stewart D Baldock3 291965 Second G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock D Baldock3 D Baldock4 441966 First G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock I Stewart2 K Neale 551967 Fifth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock R Smith K Neale2 371968 Fourth G Huggins I Drake A Jeans D Baldock C Ditterich K Neale3 321969 Seventh G Huggins I Drake A 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J GearyJ Steele J Steele2 M King 382022 Tenth A Bassat M Finnis B Ratten J Steele J Sinclair M King2 52 Premier Brownlow Medallist Coleman Medallist 2 Multiple Best amp Fairest or Leading Goal KickerTeam of the century edit At a special function in 2003 the St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century was announced Darrel Baldock who captained the 1966 grand final team was named as captain and Allan Jeans the only premiership winning coach of the club was named as coach 179 Ian Stewart was also named a member of the AFL Team of the Century 180 Hall of fame edit See also Australian Football Hall of Fame St Kilda Football Club s Hall of Fame was established in 2003 Club identities past or present are selected and inducted into the hall of fame by a committee 181 The club has inducted 48 members into its hall of fame since its inception St KildaHall of FameIndividuals Darrel BaldockIan StewartTony LockettTrevor BarkerCarl DitterichVerdun HowellNicky WinmarRoss SmithMax HudghtonStuart Trott Neil RobertsBill MohrDave McNamaraAllan Jeans Ian DrakeHarold BrayBarry BreenJack DavisPeter EverittJim Ross Keith DrinanWels EickeDanny FrawleyGraham HugginsStewart LoeweAlan MorrowBob MurrayKevin NealeStephen MilneLenny Hayes Travis PayzeNathan BurkeGreg BurnsGary CollingBill CubbinsBrian GleesonDaryl GriffithsBarry LawrenceRobert Harvey Brian MynottDes NisbetLance Oswald Bruce PhillipsColin WatsonJeff SarauIan SynmanKen WalkerGlenn ElliottPlayers listed in bold are inductees in the Australian Football Hall of Fame Players listed in bold and italics are legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame Achievements editClub achievements edit PremiershipsCompetition Level Wins Years WonAustralian Football League Seniors 182 1 1966Reserves 1919 1999 3 1942 1943 1961Under 19s 1946 1991 183 1 1957Other titles and honoursAFL pre season competition Seniors 184 3 1996 2004 2008VFL Night Series Seniors 31 1 1958Lightning Premiership Seniors 185 1 1940Victorian Blind Football League Seniors 1 2021Finishing positionsAustralian Football League Minor premiership McClelland Trophy 186 3 1965 1997 2009Grand Finalist 182 6 1913 1965 1971 1997 2009 2010Wooden spoons 187 27 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1909 1910 1920 1924 1943 1945 1947 1948 1952 1954 1955 1977 1979 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 2000 2014VFL AFL grand finals edit 1913 27 September 1913 14 50 AEST UTC 10 00 Fitzroy nbsp 56 43 nbsp St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 3 6 24 4 8 32 5 11 41 7 14 56 0 1 1 0 5 5 1 10 16 5 13 43 Attendance 59 556 Umpires Jack Elder Goals Shaw 2 Freake Heaney Martin Norris Parratt Morrissey 2 Baird Millhouse Sellars1965 27 September 1913 14 50 AEST UTC 10 00 St Kilda nbsp 70 105 nbsp Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 1 6 12 4 8 32 5 11 41 9 16 70 2 7 19 5 10 40 10 18 78 14 21 105 Attendance 104 846 Umpires Jeff Crouch Goals Howell 3 Baldock 2 Rowland 2 Roberts Smith Fordham 7 Gosper 2 Sampson 2 Birt Fraser Mitchell1966 24 September 1966 14 50 AEST UTC 10 00 Collingwood nbsp 73 74 nbsp St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 2 1 13 5 7 37 7 11 53 10 13 73 2 5 17 5 6 36 8 9 57 10 14 74 Attendance 101 655 Umpires Jeff Crouch Goals Tuddenham 3 Gabelich 2 Richardson 2 Graham Pitt Wallis Neale 5 Baldock 2 Cooper Griffiths Moran1971 25 September 1971 14 30 AEST UTC 10 00 Hawthorn nbsp 82 75 nbsp St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 2 2 14 4 4 28 5 7 37 12 10 82 2 1 13 4 6 30 8 9 57 11 9 75 Attendance 118 192 Umpires Peter Sheales Goals Keddie 4 Hudson 3 Crimmins 2 Matthews Rice Scott Bonney 3 Breen 3 Davis Manzie Smith Theodore Trott1997 27 September 1997 14 45 AEST UTC 10 00 St Kilda nbsp 94 125 nbsp Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 3 6 24 7 11 53 9 13 67 13 16 94 3 8 26 5 10 40 11 11 73 19 11 125 Attendance 99 645 Umpires Hayden Kennedy Mark Nash Bryan Sheehan Goals Hall 3 Heatley 3 Loewe 2 Burke Harvey Jones Peckett Winmar Jarman 6 Ellen 5 Bond 4 Caven Goodwin Rintoul Smart2009 26 September 2009 14 30 AEST UTC 10 00 St Kilda nbsp 68 80 nbsp Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 3 2 20 7 7 49 9 11 65 9 14 68 3 0 18 7 1 43 9 4 58 12 8 80 Attendance 99 251 Umpires Chris Donlon Brett Rosebury Shaun Ryan Goals Schneider 2 Dempster Goddard Hayes Jones Koschitzke Montagna Riewoldt Chapman 3 Hawkins 2 Mooney 2 Rooke 2 Ablett Byrnes Selwood2010 25 September 2010 14 30 AEST UTC 10 00 Collingwood nbsp 68 68 nbsp St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 4 2 26 7 8 50 7 13 55 9 14 68 3 2 20 4 2 26 7 5 47 10 8 68 Attendance 100 016 Umpires Ray Chamberlain Brett Rosebury Shaun Ryan Goals Cloke 2 Blair Davis Didak Jolly Lumumba Macaffer Thomas Goddard 2 Milne 2 Riewoldt 2 Gilbert Hayes Koschitzke Schneider2010 Replay 2 October 2010 14 30 AEST UTC 10 00 Collingwood nbsp 108 52 nbsp St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 3 2 20 6 5 41 11 8 74 16 12 108 0 2 2 1 8 14 4 9 33 7 10 52 Attendance 93 853 Umpires Ray Chamberlain Brett Rosebury Shaun Ryan Goals Dawes 2 Didak 2 Macaffer 2 Sidebottom 2 Wellingham 2 Goldsack Johnson Jolly Lumumba Swan Thomas Milne 2 Dal Santo Gilbert Goddard Hayes Koschitzke Bests Scott Pendlebury Individual achievements edit Main article List of St Kilda Football Club individual honours Trevor Barker Award Club best and fairest Main article Trevor Barker Award Brownlow Medal League best and fairest 188 1925 Colin Watson 1957 Brian Gleeson 1958 Neil Roberts 1959 Verdun Howell 1965 Ian Stewart 1966 Ian Stewart 1967 Ross Smith 1987 Tony Lockett 1997 Robert Harvey 1998 Robert HarveyNorm Smith Medal AFL Grand Final best on ground 189 2010 Lenny HayesLeigh Matthews Trophy AFLPA Most Valuable Player 190 1987 Tony Lockett 1997 Robert Harvey 2004 Nick RiewoldtColeman Medal Leading Goal Kicker 191 1902 Charlie Baker 1936 Bill Mohr 1956 Bill Young 1987 Tony Lockett 1991 Tony Lockett 2004 Fraser Gehrig 2005 Fraser GehrigAFL Rising Star Best player under 21 192 2001 Justin Koschitzke 2002 Nick Riewoldt All Australian teams edit An All Australian team is considered a best of selection of players for each calendar year with each player usually represented in their own team position The All Australian teams are selected by a panel 193 The concept of an All Australian team of the year was first pioneered by Sporting Life Magazine in 1947 which created a team each year until 1955 No St Kilda players featured in these teams 194 This concept was later adopted by the interstate carnivals and the Australian Football League All teams from the interstate carnivals and the AFL have been endorsed as official by governing bodies of the sport such as the Australian National Football Council and the AFL whilst teams selected by Sporting Life are not recognised 194 195 Interstate carnivals 196 Neil Roberts 1956 Ian Stewart 1966 Darrel Baldock 1966 Bob Murray 1969 Travis Payze 1972 Bruce Duperouzel 1980 Danny Frawley 1988Australian Football League 196 Geoff Cunningham 1983 Greg Burns 1984 Tony Lockett 1987 1991 1992 Danny Frawley 1988 Nicky Winmar 1989 1991 1995 Stewart Loewe 1990 1991 1992 David Grant 1991 Robert Harvey 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2003 Nathan Burke 1993 1996 1997 1999 Austinn Jones 1997 2004 Peter Everitt 1997 1998 Lenny Hayes 2003 2005 2009 Fraser Gehrig 2004 Nick Riewoldt 2004 2006 2008 2009 2014 Luke Ball 2005 Nick Dal Santo 2005 2009 2011 Sam Fisher 2008 Brendon Goddard 2009 2010 Leigh Montagna 2009 2010 Stephen Milne 2011 2012 Sean Dempster 2012 Dan Butler 2020 Jack Steele 2020 2021 Jack Sinclair 2022 2023 Callum Wilkie 2023Records and statistics editFor club records see List of St Kilda Football Club records and statistics Highest Score 31 18 204 v Melbourne Round 6 1978 Melbourne Cricket GroundLowest Score 0 1 1 v Geelong Round 17 1899 Corio OvalGreatest Winning Margin 139 points v Brisbane Round 22 2005 Docklands StadiumGreatest Losing Margin 178 points v Collingwood Round 4 1979 Victoria ParkLowest Winning Score 3 8 26 v Geelong 2 10 22 Round 15 1909 Junction OvalHighest Losing Score 21 18 144 v Collingwood 24 16 160 Round 11 1983 Moorabbin OvalHighest Crowd 72 669 v Collingwood Round 10 1978 Waverley ParkReserves team editSt Kilda nbsp NamesFull nameSt Kilda Football Club Limited2000 seasonAfter finals5thHome and away season4thClub detailsFounded1919 as a reserves side Dissolved2000CompetitionAFL reserves 1919 1999 VFL 2000 PremiershipsAFL reserves 5 19421943196119871999Training ground s Moorabbin OvalUniforms nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp HomeThe St Kilda reserves were the reserves side of the club competing in the VFL AFL reserves as well as the Victorian Football League for a single season Since 2013 the club has been affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club History edit St Kilda was an inaugural club in the Victorian Junior Football League which later became known as the VFL seconds Their first premiership in the competition came in 1942 with another to follow in 1943 and a third in 1961 The team were also runners up a total of six times including in the last AFL reserves grand final in 1999 Shane Warne considered to be one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket played a single game for the reserves side in 1988 He was incorrectly listed in the Record as Trevor Warne and played in the Under 19s for the remainder of the season 197 Former St Kilda number one ticket holder John Moran also played for the reserves side 198 In 2000 St Kilda opted to continue their reserves side in the expanded Victorian Football League From 2001 until 2008 St Kilda entered into an affiliation agreement affiliated with the Springvale Football Club who relocated to Casey and became the Casey Scorpions in 2006 Starting in 2009 St Kilda became affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club From 2018 until the end of the 2019 season the Southern Saints in the VFL Women s were managed or co managed by St Kilda The club is now managed by Sandringham 199 Other teams editSt Kilda has a team in the Victorian Blind Football League VBFL which entered the competition in 2019 The side won the 2021 VBFL 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