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{{Infobox australian football club
{{Wikify|date=July 2008}}
| clubname = St Kilda Football Club
{{Expand|date=July 2008}}
| image = [[Image:2006 AFL St Kilda.jpg|200px|St Kilda Football Club's 2006 logo]]
{{Unreferenced|date=July 2008}}
| fullname = St Kilda Football Club
'''Jay Conrad Levinson''' is the author of a popular 1984 book "Guerilla Marketing" . The first to coin the term "[[Guerilla Marketing]]" describing 'unconventional' marketing tools used in cases when financial or other resources are limited or non-existent.
| nicknames = The Saints, Sainters, Mighty Saints
| motto =
| season = 2008
| position = 4th overall.<br>
4th after the home & away rounds.<br>
National Cup Winners.
| topgoalkicker = Nick Riewoldt
| bestandfairest = Sam Fisher
| founded = 1873
| colours = Red {{color box|Red}}, White{{color box|White}} and Black{{color box|Black}}
| league = [[Australian Football League]]
| coach = [[Ross Lyon]]
| captain = [[Nick Riewoldt]]
| President = [[Greg Westaway-Elected]]
| ground = Telstra Dome, Melbourne
| ground2 = Melbourne Cricket Ground
| capacity =
| capacity2 =
| url = [http://www.saints.com.au www.saints.com.au]
}}
The '''[[St Kilda|St. Kilda Football Club]]''', nicknamed '''The Saints''', is an [[Australian Football League]] club permanently based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


The club was established in 1873 and its name originates from the Melbourne suburb of [[St Kilda, Victoria|St. Kilda]].
==Bibliography==


===Home game grounds===
*Guerrilla marketing : easy and inexpensive strategies for making big profits from your small business
*[[Telstra Dome]], Docklands, Melbourne; 2000 – Present
by Jay Conrad Levinson; Jeannie Levinson; Amy Levinson), now in its 4th edition (2007).
*[[Waverley Park]], [[Mulgrave]], Melbourne; 1993 – 1999
*Guerrila publicity . Levinson, J. C., Frishman, R., & Lublin, J. (2002). Avon, MA: Adams Media Corp.
*Moorabbin Oval, Moorabbin, Melbourne; 1965 – 1992
*Guerrila marketing handbook, Levinson, J. C., & Godin, S. (1994). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
*Junction Oval, St Kilda, Melbourne; 1877 – 1964
and numerous other books on the same general theme.


The club's training and administration base remained at Moorabbin Oval after home games were moved to Waverley Park (VFL Park) in 1993. Moorabbin remains the club's training, administration and social club base.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levinson, Jay Conrad}}

[[Category:Living people]]
The club is building a multi-million dollar training and administration base facility in the Frankston area (the club has announced its new facility will be built in Seaford by 2010) after an agreement was reached with the [[City of Frankston]] Council.
[[Category:American business writers]]

[[pt:Jay Conrad Levinson]]
The club will retain a presence at Moorabbin Oval with the social club facilities remaining there and the lease agreement for Moorabbin reserve continuing, with the team continuing to use Moorabbin as a training venue.

==Club history==
The St Kilda Football Club was established in 1873.<br>
<br>[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg]]
<br><br>
St Kilda Football Club was a foundation team in the [[Victorian Football Association]] (VFA) in 1877.<br>
St Kilda Football Club was a foundation team in the [[Victorian Football League]] (VFL) in 1897.<br>
The VFL was officially renamed the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) before the start of the 1990 Premiership season.<br>
In 2008 the AFL celebrated the [http://150years.com.au 150th anniversary] of the first official game of the sport that is now known as Australian Football.

==Australian Football League – Present to 1990==

===Home and away season results===

Finish denotes position at the end of the home and away rounds (before the finals series).<br>
Bold text indicates that the club played in or has qualified for the finals series in that year.

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor=#bdb76b style="text-align:center;"
! Year !! Finish !! Games !! Wins !! Losses !! Draws !! Percentage !! Points !!
|-
|'''2008'''||'''4'''||'''22'''||'''13'''||'''9'''||'''0'''||'''110.56'''||'''52'''
|-
|2007||9||22||11||10||1||96.55||46
|-
|'''2006'''||'''6'''||'''22'''||'''14'''||'''8'''||'''0'''||'''118.38'''||'''56'''
|-
|'''2005'''||'''4'''||'''22'''||'''14'''||'''8'''||'''0'''||'''133.28'''||'''56'''
|-
|'''2004'''||'''3'''||'''22'''||'''16'''||'''6'''||'''0'''||'''127.97'''||'''64'''
|-
|2003||11||22||11||11||0||85.79||44
|-
|2002||15||22||5||16||1||78.60||22
|-
|2001||15||22||4||18||0||72.56||16
|-
|2000||Last||22||2||19||1||70.51||10
|-
|1999||10||22||10||12||0||97.87||40
|-
|'''1998'''||'''6'''||'''22'''||'''13'''||'''9'''||'''0'''||'''102.09'''||'''52'''
|-
|'''1997'''||'''1'''||'''22'''||'''15'''||'''7'''||'''0'''||'''119.60'''||'''60'''
|-
|1996||10||22||10||12||0||100.98||40
|-
|1995||14||22||9||13||0||100.65||36
|-
|1994||13||22||7||14||1||74.91||30
|-
|1993||12||20||10||10||0||94.18||40
|-
|'''1992'''||'''6'''||'''22'''||'''14'''||'''8'''||'''0'''||'''120.21'''||'''56'''
|-
|'''1991'''||'''4'''||'''22'''||'''14'''||'''7'''||'''1'''||'''120.36'''||'''58'''
|-
|1990||9||22||9||13||0||100.65||36
|-
|'''Overall Record'''||||'''416'''||'''201'''||'''210'''||'''5'''||||
|}

'''Membership:'''

Year Members

2008 30,655<br/>
2007 30,850<br />
2006 32,327<br />
2005 32,043<br />
2004 30,533

===2008===

{{See Also|St Kilda Football Club Season 2008}}

In a very competitive [[2008 AFL season|2008 Premiership season]] St Kilda Football Club qualified for the 2008 Premiership Season Finals Series finishing the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position with 13 wins.
<br>
<br>
'''2008 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Qualifying Final
| 8.13 (61)
| Geelong
| 17.17 (119)
| Loss
| 58
| 71,653
| MCG
| 7/9/2008
|-
| '''Semi Final'''
| '''17.4 (106)'''
| '''Collingwood'''
| '''9.18 (72)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''34'''
| '''76,707'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''13/9/2008'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 9.10 (64)
| Hawthorn
| 18.10 (118)
| Loss
| 54
| 77,002
| MCG
| 20/9/2008
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final.
<br>
<br>
'''2008 National Australia Bank Cup Win'''
<br>
<br>
Earlier in the year, the 2008 season began with the club winning the [[2008 NAB Cup|National Australia Bank Cup]]. The club had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-final, Essendon in the semi-final and won the final against the [[Adelaide Crows]] by 5 points at Football Park (AAMI stadium) 69 to 64. [[Jason Gram]] won the [[Michael Tuck Medal]] for player adjudged best on ground during the final.
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[2008 NAB Cup|2008 AFL NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK CUP FINAL]]'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| '''2. 7. 9'''
| align="center"|'''69'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Adelaide Crows|ADELAIDE]]'''
| align="center"| '''9. 10.'''
| align="center"|'''64'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''[[Michael Tuck Medal|Michael Tuck Medalist:]] [[Jason Gram|JASON GRAM]] [[St Kilda|ST KILDA]]'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''26,823 AAMI STADIUM, ADELAIDE'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''9 MARCH 2008'''
|-
|}
<br>
<br>

===2006===

A competitive [[2006 AFL season|2006 Premiership season]] with 14 wins and 8 losses saw the club finish sixth at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for their third successive finals series.

'''2006 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Elimination Final
| 10.12 (72)
| Melbourne
| 13.12 (90)
| Loss
| 18
| 67,528
| MCG
| 8/9/2006
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Melbourne in the Elimination Final.
<br>
<br>
On [[11 October]] [[2006]], [[Ross Lyon]] was appointed as the new coach for the Saints for 2007 to 2009.

===2005===

In a consistent and very competitive [[2005 AFL season|2005 Premiership season]], the Saints finished the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position, qualifying for the Finals Series with 14 wins and 8 losses. Full-forward [[Fraser Gehrig]] won the [[Coleman Medal]] for the most goals kicked in the 2005 home and away season (74).
<br>
<br>
'''2005 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Qualifying Final'''
| '''10.5 (65)'''
| '''Adelaide'''
| '''8.9 (57)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''8'''
| '''48,768'''
| '''AAMI Stadium'''
| '''3/9/2005'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 9.11 (65)
| Sydney
| 15.6 (96)
| Loss
| 31
| 73,344
| FOOTBALL PARK
| 16/9/2005
|}

St Kilda was eliminated by Sydney in the Preliminary Final.
<br>
<br>
===2004===

The [[2004 AFL season|2004 Premiership season]] saw the club win a club record ten consecutive matches between round 1 and round 10. A consistent and very competitive season saw St Kilda finish third at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for the Finals Series with 16 wins and 6 losses. Full-forward [[Fraser Gehrig]] won the [[Coleman Medal]] for the most goals kicked in the 2004 home and away season (90).

'''2004 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Qualifying Final
| 10.9 (69)
| Brisbane
| 23.11 (149)
| Loss
| 80
| 33,582
| 'Gabba
| 3/9/2004
|-
| '''Semi Final'''
| '''16.11 (107)'''
| '''Sydney'''
| '''8.8 (56)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''51'''
| '''50,671'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''10/9/2004'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 13.10 (88)
| Port Adelaide
| 14.10 (94)
| Loss
| 6
| 46,978
| Football Park
| 17/9/2004
|}

St Kilda was eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Port Adelaide.
<br>
<br>
'''2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup Win'''

[[2004 in sports|2004]] began with the club winning the [[2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup]]. [[St Kilda]] had wins over Adelaide in the round of 16, Richmond in the quarter final, Essendon in the semi-final and defeated Geelong in the final 1-14-5 (98) to 1-10-7 (76) in front of 50,533 people at Telstra Dome, with [[Robert Harvey]] winning the [[Michael Tuck Medal]] for player adjudged best on ground during the final.
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup|2004 AFL WIZARD HOME LOANS CUP FINAL]]'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| '''1. 14. 5'''
| align="center"|'''98'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Geelong Cats|GEELONG]]'''
| align="center"| '''1. 10. 7'''
| align="center"|'''76'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''[[Michael Tuck Medal|Michael Tuck Medalist:]] [[Robert Harvey|ROBERT HARVEY]] [[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''50,533 Telstra Dome, Melbourne'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''13TH March 2004'''
|-
|}
<br>
<br>

===2000===

In [[2000 AFL season|2000]] the St Kilda Football Club moved to a new playing home at [[Telstra Dome|Docklands, Melbourne, now called Telstra Dome]], whilst maintaining training and administration headquarters at Moorabbin.

===1998===

In a competitive [[1998 AFL season|1998 Premiership season]], St Kilda again qualified for the Finals Series finishing sixth. [[Robert Harvey]] won his second successive Brownlow Medal.

'''1998 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Qualifying Final
| 13.9 (87)
| Sydney
| 12.17 (89)
| Loss
| 2
| 36,076
| S.C.G
| 5/9/1998
|-
| Semi Final
| 7.14 (56)
| Melbourne
| 15.17 (107)
| Loss
| 51
| 88,456
| MCG
| 12/9/1998
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Melbourne in the Semi Finals.
<br>
<br>
'''1998 Ansett Australia Cup Final'''

In 1998 St Kilda also won through to the Ansett Australia Cup Final before being eliminated by North Melbourne.

{| class="wikitable"
! Final
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Final
| 12.11 (83)
| North Melbourne
| 14.13 (97)
| Loss
| 14
| n/a
| Waverley Park
| 21/3/1998
|}
<br>
<br>
===1997===

In the [[1997 AFL season|1997 Premiership season]], St Kilda had an excellent, consistent and professional home and away season, qualifying for the 1997 Final Series 1st at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses and [[1997 AFL season|winning the minor premiership]] for the second time in the clubs history. [[Robert Harvey]] won the leagues highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[1997 AFL season|1997 AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON]]'''
|-
| align="center"|'''*'''
| align="center"|'''TEAM'''
| align="center"|'''P'''
| align="center"|'''W'''
| align="center"|'''L'''
| align="center"|'''D'''
| align="center"|'''%AGE'''
| align="center"|'''PTS'''
|-
| '''1'''
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| '''22'''
| align="center"|'''15'''
| align="center"|'''7'''
| align="center"|'''0'''
| align="center"|'''119.6'''
| align="center"|'''60'''
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"| '''AT THE END OF THE HOME AND AWAY ROUNDS - 31ST AUGUST 1997 '''
|}
<br>
<br>
'''1997 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Qualifying Final'''
| '''20.15 (135)'''
| '''Brisbane'''
| '''13.11 (89)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''46'''
| '''50,035'''
| '''Waverley Park'''
| '''7/9/1997'''
|-
| '''Preliminary Final'''
| '''15.14 (104)'''
| '''North Melbourne'''
| '''11.7 (73)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''31'''
| '''77,531'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''19/9/1997'''
|-
| Grand Final
| 13.16 (94)
| Adelaide
| 19.11 (125)
| Loss
| 31
| 98,828
| MCG
| 27/9/1997
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the [[AFL Grand Final]] by Adelaide.
<br>
<br>

===1996===

'''1996 Anestt Australia Cup Win'''

1996 saw St Kilda win in [[1996 Ansett Australia Cup|the Ansett Australia Cup]] competition. The team had wins over Hawthorn in the round of 16, Adelaide in the quarter final, West Coast in the semi-final and defeated Carlton in the final 20-10 (130) to 10-12 (72) in front of 66,888 people at Waverley Park, with [[Nicky Winmar]] winning the [[Michael Tuck Medal]] for player adjudged best on ground during the Final.
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[1996 Ansett Australia Cup|1996 AFL ANSETT AUSTRALIA CUP FINAL]]'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| ''' 20. 10'''
| align="center"|'''130'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Carlton Blues|CARLTON]]'''
| align="center"| '''10. 12'''
| align="center"|'''72'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''[[Michael Tuck Medal|Michael Tuck Medalist:]] [[Nicky Winmar|NICKY WINMAR]] [[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''66,888 Waverley Park, Melbourne'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''23rd March 1996'''
|-
|}
<br>
<br>

===1992===

In a competitive [[1992 AFL season|1992 Premiership season]], St Kilda again qualified for the Finals Series, finishing sixth at the end of the home and away rounds.

'''1992 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Elimination Final'''
| '''13.13 (91)'''
| '''Collingwood'''
| '''12.11 (83)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''8'''
| '''74,253'''
| '''Waverley Park'''
| '''5/9/1992'''
|-
| Semi Final
| 14.6 (90)
| Footscray
| 19.5 (119)
| Loss
| 29
| 59,512
| Waverley Park
| 12/9/1992
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Footscray in the Semi-Finals.
<br>
<br>
===1991===

A very competitive [[1991 AFL season|1991 Premiership season]] saw St Kilda qualify for the Finals Series for the first time since 1973, finishing fourth at the end of the home and away rounds. Tony Lockett won the [[Coleman Medal]] for leading goalkicker in the home and away season with 118 goals.

'''1991 Finals Series'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Elimination Final
| 14.13 (97)
| Geelong
| 15.14 (104)
| Loss
| 7
| 63,796
| Waverley Park
| 8/9/1991
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Geelong in the Elimination Final.
<br>
<br>

==Victorian Football League 1897 to 1989==
===Early years in the VFL 1897 to 1915===
St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful. The club joined the new breakaway VFL competition and struggled to establish itself and finished last in nine of the first 14 seasons of the VFL competition.

In 1899, St Kilda scored the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, 1 point against Geelong (who scored 162).<ref>[[Jim Main]], ''Aussie Rules for dummies'' (2nd edition, 2008) p 45.</ref>

Six successive wins to start 1907 saw the club make the finals for the first time, finishing third with 9 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda was beaten by Carlton in the club's first VFL final by 56 points.

'''1907 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Semi Final
| 4.11 (35)
| Carlton
| 13.13 (91)
| Loss
| 56
| 26,100
| MCG
| 14/9/1907
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.

The club again finished third in 1908 and was eliminated by Carlton by 58 points.

'''1908 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Semi Final
| 3.8 (26)
| Carlton
| 12.12 (84)
| Loss
| 58
| 25,531
| MCG
| 19/9/1908
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.

The years 1912 to 1915 saw major improvement, highlighted by a 1913 season in which the team finished fourth and were eventually beaten in the [[1913 VFL Grand Final|1913 Grand Final]] by Fitzroy 7-14 (56) to 5-13 (43).

'''1913 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Finals Match'''
| '''12.12 (84)'''
| '''Soutn Melbourne'''
| '''6.15 (51)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''33'''
| '''40,130'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''6/9/1913'''
|-
| '''Finals Match'''
| '''10.10 (70)'''
| '''Fitzroy'''
| '''6.9 (45)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''25'''
| '''54,846'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''20/9/1913'''
|-
| Grand Final
| 5.13 (43)
| Fitzroy
| 7.14 (56)
| Loss
| 13
| 59,556
| MCG
| 27/9/1913
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the VFL Grand Final by Fitzroy.
<br>

===Resuming after recess===
St Kilda Football Club was in recess in 1916 and 1917.
The club resumed in 1918 and fared well, making the finals in fourth position, but was eliminated by Collingwood in the semi-final by nine points, 58 to 49.

'''1918 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Semi Final
| 7.7 (49)
| Collingwood
| 7.16 (58)
| Loss
| 9
| 28,375
| MCG
| 17/8/1918
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Collingwood in the Semi Final.

Results declined in the early 1920s, with the club finishing last in 1920 and 1924. The following years saw St Kilda establish itself as a more consistently competitive club which it remained until the 1940s. [[Colin Watson (footballer)|Colin Watson]] played brilliantly in 1925, winning the Brownlow Medal.

The St Kilda team made the finals in 1929 and were eliminated by Carlton 12-9 (81) to 11-7 (73) in the semi-finals.
'''1929 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Semi Final
| 11.7 (73)
| Carlton
| 12.9 (81)
| Loss
| 8
| 58,481
| MCG
| 7/9/1929
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.


The mid-to-late 1930s saw the club consistently vying for finals berths, finally making the finals again in 1939 by finishing fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories and an overall record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

The team had its first finals win since 1913 over [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]].

'''1939 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Semi Final'''
| '''10.12 (72)'''
| '''Richmond'''
| '''6.6 (42)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''30'''
| '''51,411'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''9/9/1939'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 15.15 (105)
| Collingwood
| 20.14 (134)
| Loss
| 29
| 66,848
| MCG
| 23/9/1939
|}
St Kilda was eliminated by Collingwood in the Preliminary Final.
<br>

===The 1940s and 1950s===

The breakthrough win in the finals of 1939 did not herald a period of success for the club. The club won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season and was on top of the ladder after Round 4, before finishing second last. Though there was some high-class players like [[Harold Bray]], Keith Drinan, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive. The 1950 season saw the club win the first five games – before fading to finish with 8 wins and a draw in ninth place.

The club finished last 7 times in 13 years between 1943 and 1955.

After one of the club's worst seasons in 1955, [[Alan Killigrew]] was appointed coach. His first action was one of the most massive clean-out of players in the history of any VFL club. It is believed that only 17 St Kilda players from 1955 played for St Kilda again in 1956, while 11 new players appeared in the club's opening match for 1956. The appointment of [[Alan Killigrew]] as coach eliminated the defeat-accepting attitude of St Kilda and soon made the team more competitive. In the late 1950's St Kilda vied for finals berths without making the finals. St Kilda had three consecutive Brownlow Medal Winners [[Brian Gleeson]] in 1957, [[Neil Roberts (Australian footballer)|Neil Roberts]] in 1958, [[Verdun Howell]] in 1959.

In 1958 St Kilda won the [[1958 VFL season|Consolation Night Series]] competition, a competition played at night at the end of the home and away rounds between the 8 teams that finished between 5th and 12th and failed to qualify for the VFL Premiership Season Finals Series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101) in the Final.

===1960 to 1973===

In 1961 after finishing sixth in 1960, [[Allan Jeans]] was appointed coach and St Kilda made the four for the first time since 1939, finishing third with 11 wins and 7 losses. However with star full-back [[Verdun Howell]] unfit, the club lost to [[Western Bulldogs|Footscray]] in the first semi-final.

'''1961 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| First Semi Final
| 8.12 (60)
| Footscray
| 9.15 (69)
| Loss
| 9
| 86,411
| MCG
| 2/9/1961
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Footscray in the First Semi Final.


The club finished ninth in 1962 with 9 wins and 9 losses.

St Kilda had a convincing sequence of six consecutive wins ever over the last six rounds of the 1963 season to finish in fourth position with 13 wins (52 premiership points), two premiership points behind minor premiers Hawthorn. The club lost to [[Melbourne]] in the semi-finals.

'''1963 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| First Semi Final
| 8.16 (64)
| Melbourne
| 9.17 (71)
| Loss
| 7
| 88,914
| MCG
| 14/9/1963
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Melbourne in the First Semi Final.

In 1964 St Kilda was defeated in the Final of the [[1964 VFL season|Consolation Night Series]] competition, a competition played at night at the end of the home and away rounds between the 8 teams that finished between 5th and 12th and failed to qualify for the VFL Premiership Season Finals Series. St Kilda was defeated by Footscray 11.12 (78) to 11.7 (73) in the Final.

After the 1964 season, the club moved to [[Moorabbin Oval]] in the south-eastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]] in an effort to attract the population from a rapidly growing region.

The move was a success and St Kilda finished a game clear on top of the [[1965 VFL season|standings]] with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for the Finals Series in first position and winning the minor premiership for the first time in 1965. [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] won the 1965 [[Brownlow Medal]].
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[1965 VFL season|1965 VFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON]]'''
|-
| align="center"|'''*'''
| align="center"|'''TEAM'''
| align="center"|'''P'''
| align="center"|'''W'''
| align="center"|'''L'''
| align="center"|'''D'''
| align="center"|'''%AGE'''
| align="center"|'''PTS'''
|-
| '''1'''
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| '''18'''
| align="center"|'''14'''
| align="center"|'''4'''
| align="center"|'''0'''
| align="center"|'''136.3'''
| align="center"|'''56'''
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"| '''AT THE END OF THE HOME AND AWAY ROUNDS - 28TH AUGUST 1965'''
|}
<br>

'''1965 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Second Semi Final'''
| '''13.24 (102)'''
| '''Collingwood'''
| '''14.17 (101)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''1'''
| '''98,395'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''11/9/1965'''
|-
| Grand Final
| 9.16 (70)
| Essendon
| 14.21 (105)
| Loss
| 35
| 104,846
| MCG
| 25/9/1965
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the [[1965 VFL Grand Final|1965 Grand Final]] by Essendon.
<br>
<br>
1966 saw St Kilda again finish with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for the finals in second place. Ian Stewart won his second consecutive Brownlow Medal.

'''1966 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Second Semi Final
| 13.11 (89)
| Collingwood
| 15.9 (99)
| Loss
| 10
| 95,614
| MCG
| 10/9/1966
|-
| '''Preliminary Final'''
| '''15.4 (94)'''
| '''Essendon'''
| '''7.10 (52)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''42'''
| '''93,543'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''17/9/1966'''
|}

St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the [[1966 VFL Grand Final|1966 Grand Final]] 10-14 (74) to 10-13 (73), winning the Premiership for the first time.
<br>
<br>
{| border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:St.Kilda....jpg|100px]]
'''[[1966 VFL Grand Final|1966 VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE GRAND FINAL]]'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[St Kilda|ST. KILDA]]'''
| align="center"| '''10. 14'''
| align="center"|'''74'''
|-
| colspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Collingwood Magpies|COLLINGWOOD]]'''
| align="center"| '''10. 13'''
| align="center"|'''73'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''101,655 MCG Melbourne'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| '''24TH September 1966'''
|-
|}
<br>
<br>
In 1967 Ross Smith won the leagues highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.
<br>
<br>
The 1968 season saw the Saints qualify fourth with 14 wins, 5 losses and a draw.

'''1968 Finals Series'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| First Semi Final
| 11.17 (83)
| Geelong
| 19.13 (127)
| Loss
| 44
| 98,885
| MCG
| 7/9/1968
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Geelong in the First Semi Final.
<br>
<br>
A disappointing seventh place home and away season finish in 1969 was followed by another finals appearance in 1970, where St Kilda qualified in third place with 14 wins and 8 losses.

'''1970 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''First Semi Final'''
| '''22.11 (143)'''
| '''South Melbourne'''
| '''13.12 (90)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''53'''
| '''104,239'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''5/9/1970'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 7.19 (61)
| Carlton
| 17.21 (123)
| Loss
| 62
| 108,215
| MCG
| 19/9/1970
|}
St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Preliminary Final.
<br>
<br>
St Kilda qualified for the Finals Series in second place in 1971 at the end of the home and away season with 16 wins.

'''1971 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| Second Semi Final
| 12.16 (88)
| Hawthorn
| 12.18 (90)
| Loss
| 2
| 99,822
| MCG
| 11/9/1971
|-
| '''Preliminary Final'''
| '''16.12 (108)'''
| '''Richmond'''
| '''12.6 (78)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''30'''
| '''102,484'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''18/9/1971'''
|-
| Grand Final
| 11.9 (75)
| Hawthorn
| 12.10 (82)
| Loss
| 7
| 118,192
| MCG
| 25/9/1971
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the [[1971 in sports#Football .28Australian rules football.29|VFL Grand Final]] by Hawthorn.
<br>
<br>
The club qualified for the finals series again in 1972 fourth wins 14 wins and 8 losses.

'''1972 Finals Series'''
<br>
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Elimination Final'''
| '''18.16 (124)'''
| '''Essendon'''
| '''10.11 (71)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''53'''
| '''52,499'''
| '''Waverley Park'''
| '''9/9/1972'''
|-
| '''First Semi Final'''
| '''11.17 (83)'''
| '''Collingwood'''
| '''8.17 (65)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''18'''
| '''91,857'''
| '''MCG'''
| '''16/9/1972'''
|-
| Preliminary Final
| 13.15 (93)
| Carlton
| 16.13 (109)
| Loss
| 16
| 92,272
| MCG
| 30/9/1972
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Carlton.
<br>
<br>
1973 saw the club qualify for a record fourth consecutive finals series in fifth with 12 wins.

{| class="wikitable"
! Finals
! St Kilda
! Opposition
! Their Score
!
!
! Attendance
! Stadium
! Date
|-
| '''Elimination Final'''
| '''24.14 (134)'''
| '''Essendon'''
| '''13.13 (91)'''
| '''Win'''
| '''43'''
| '''53,405'''
| '''Waverley Park'''
| '''8/9/1973'''
|-
| First Semi Final
| 9.14 (68)
| Richmond
| 15.18 (108)
| Loss
| 40
| 86,483
| MCG
| 15/9/1973
|}
St Kilda was eliminated in the Semi Finals by Richmond.
<br>
<br>
From 1960 to 1973, St Kilda qualified for 9 finals Series in 13 years, four preliminary finals including three in a row in 1970, 1971 & 1972, and 3 Grand Finals in 1965, 1966 and 1971.

The club won one Premiership and one Minor Premiership from 1960 to 1973. [[Allan Jeans]] coaching career at St Kilda ended with his retirement from St Kilda's coaching team at the end of the 1976 season.

===1974 – 1989===
1974 saw the Saints decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s, finishing tenth with seven wins. The club failed to build on competitive seasons in 1975 and 1976, finishing last in 1977. 1978 began and ended in excellent form, but a mid-season slump saw the club narrowly miss the finals. 1979 began well with a win over Hawthorn despite serious financial problems at the club, but thereafter disaster struck. St Kilda had a run of severe defeats and finished a clear last. Continuing severe financial pressure and bad on-field performances saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season from 1979 to 1986.

The Saints finished last 7 times in 12 seasons from 1977 to 1988 (the club finished last 26 times in the VFL from 1897 to 1989).

In 1987 St Kilda, with the irrepressible [[Tony Lockett]] at full forward, moved off the bottom for the first time since 1982 with nine wins. Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season with a magnificent 117 goals. He went on to win the AFL's highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal, the same year.

===Victorian Football Association 1877 to 1896===

The St Kilda Football Club was a foundation member of the VFA in 1877.

According the official website of the [http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-118-0-0-0 Victorian Football League], the St Kilda Football Club competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, in 1881, in 1882 and from 1886 to 1896 before competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1897 onwards. St Kilda did not compete as a senior club in the VFA in 1880 and from 1883 to 1885.

The Victorian Football Association was renamed the Victorian Football League for the start of the 1996 season.

==Club records==
===AFL===
'''1990 to Present'''

===AFL Premierships===
* -

===AFL Minor Premierships===
* [[1997 AFL season|1997]] – St Kilda – 15 wins – 7 losses 119.6% – 60 Premiership points

===AFL National Cup Wins===
* [[2008 NAB Cup|2008]] – St Kilda 2. 7. 9 (69) defeated Adelaide 0. 9. 10 (64) – by 5 points.
* [[2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup|2004]] – St Kilda 1. 14. 5 (98) defeated Geelong 1. 10. 7 (76) – by 22 points.
* 1996 – St Kilda 20.10 (130) defeated Carlton 10.12 (72) – by 58 points.

===AFL Highest finishing team based in the State of Victoria at the end of the Finals Series===
* [[2005 AFL season|2005]] – (3rd Overall)
* [[2004 AFL season|2004]] – (3rd Overall)
* [[1997 AFL season|1997]] – (2nd Overall)

===AFL Grand Finalists===
* 1997 – Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94) by 31 points.

===AFL National Cup Finalists===
* 1998 – North Melbourne 14-13 (97) defeated St Kilda 12-11 (83) by 14 points.

===VFL===
'''1897 to 1989'''

===VFL Premierships===
* [[1966 VFL Grand Final|1966]] – St Kilda 10.14 (74) defeated Collingwood 10.13 (73) – by 1 point.

===VFL minor premierships===
* [[1965 VFL season|1965]] – St Kilda – 14 wins – 4 losses 136.3% – 56 points

===VFL Grand Finalists===
* 1971 – Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75) by 7 points.
* 1965 – Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.16 (70) by 35 points.
* 1913 – Fitzroy 7.14 (56) defeated St Kilda 5.13 (43) by 13 points.

===Other Grades===
'''Until 2000'''

'''VFL Reserves Premierships'''
* 1961 – St Kilda 7.14 (56) defeated Geelong 5.16 (46) – by 10 points.
* 1943 – St Kilda 11.14 (80) defeated Fitzroy 8.6 (54) – by 26 points.
* 1942 – St Kilda 13.10 (88) defeated Fitzroy 7.15 (57) – by 31 points.

'''VFL Under 19s Premierships'''
* 1957 – St Kilda 8.7 (55) defeated South Melbourne 6.11 (47) – by 8 points.

'''AFL Reserves Grand Finalists'''
* 1999 – Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated St Kilda 11.10 (76) – by 57 points.

'''VFL Reserves Grand Finalists'''
* 1987 – Carlton 18.17 (125) defeated St Kilda 15.15 (105) – by 20 points.
* 1982 – Geelong 19.18 (132) defeated St Kilda 12.11 (83) – by 49 points.
* 1963 – Geelong 13.12 (90) defeated St Kilda 7.11 (53) – by 37 points.
* 1962 – Footscray 13.13 (91) defeated St Kilda 10.8 (68) – by 23 points.
* 1933 – Melbourne 10.15 (75) defeated St Kilda 10.14 (74) – by 1 point.

==Individual awards==
===[[Best and Fairest]]===
St Kilda Football Club Best & Fairest<br />
[[Trevor Barker Award]]

Most Best & Fairests:

[[Nick Riewoldt]] 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007<br>
[[Robert Harvey]] 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998<br>
[[Bill Cubbins]] 1921, 1923, 1928, 1928

===[[Brownlow Medal]] winners===
Best & Fairest Player in the League as voted by the Umpires
* [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], 1997 and 1998
* [[Tony Lockett]], [[1987]]
* [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]], [[1965]] and 1966
* [[Ross G. Smith|Ross Smith]], 1967
* [[Verdun Howell]], 1959
* [[Neil Roberts (Australian footballer)|Neil Roberts]], 1958
* [[Brian Gleeson]], 1957
* [[Colin Watson (footballer)|Colin Watson]], 1925

===[[Michael Tuck Medal]] winners===

Best player in the Pre-season Cup final

* [[Jason Gram]] (2008)
* [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]] (2004)
* [[Nicky Winmar]] (1996)

===[[Leigh Matthews Trophy]] winners===
* [[Nick Riewoldt]], 2004
* [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], 1997
* [[Tony Lockett]], 1987

===[[Coleman Medal]] winners===
Leading Goalkicker in the league in the Home & Away season

<small>Called the ''Leading Goalkicker Medal'' prior to 1955.</small>
* [[Fraser Gehrig]] (2004, 2005)
* [[Tony Lockett]] (1987, 1991)
* [[Bill Young (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Young]] (1956)
* [[Bill Mohr]] (1936)
* [[Charlie Baker (footballer)|Charlie Baker]] (1902)

===[[AFL Rising Star]] winners===
* [[Nick Riewoldt]] (2002)
* [[Justin Koschitzke]] (2001)

==Record Home Attendances==
In the home and away season (excluding finals and pre-season cup matches).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! St Kilda Saints
! Opposition
! Attendance
! Venue
! Year
|-
| St Kilda
| Adelaide
| 35,100
| Telstra Dome
| 2005
|-
| St Kilda
| Brisbane
| 52,539
| Telstra Dome
| 2004
|-
| St Kilda
| Carlton
| 53,065
| Waverley
| 1993
|-
| St Kilda
| Collingwood
| 72,669
| Waverley
| 1978
|-
| St Kilda
| Essendon
| 50,778
| Waverley
| 1998
|-
| St Kilda
| Fremantle
| 35,329
| Telstra Dome
| 2004
|-
| St Kilda
| Geelong
| 48,313
| Telstra Dome
| 2006
|-
| St Kilda
| Hawthorn
| 43,132
| Waverley
| 1992
|-
| St Kilda
| Melbourne
| 40,004
| Telstra Dome
| 2005
|-
| St Kilda
| North Melbourne
| 38,896
| Telstra Dome
| 2004
|-
| St Kilda
| Port Adelaide
| 22,878
| Telstra Dome
| 2008
|-
| St Kilda
| Richmond
| 71,488
| Waverley
| 1998
|-
| St Kilda
| Sydney
| 46,880
| Waverley
| 1999
|-
| St Kilda
| West Coast
| 40,177
| Telstra Dome
| 2006
|-
| St Kilda
| Western Bulldogs
| 49,706
| Waverley
| 1998
|-
|}

Record crowds where St Kilda is the away team in the clubs home city of Melbourne for matches in the home and away season (excluding finals and pre-season cup matches):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Opposition
! St Kilda
! Attendance
! Venue
! Year
|-
| Carlton
| St Kilda
| 55,658
| MCG
| 2008
|-
| Collingwood
| St Kilda
| 80,060
| MCG
| 1992
|-
| Essendon
| St Kilda
| 62,928
| MCG
| 1999
|-
| Geelong
| St Kilda
| 44,814
| Telstra Dome
| 2005
|-
| Hawthorn
| St Kilda
| 43,181
| Waverley
| 1997
|-
| Melbourne
| St Kilda
| 72,114
| MCG
| 1965
|-
| North Melbourne
| St Kilda
| 41,664
| Telstra Dome
| 2004
|-
| Richmond
| St Kilda
| 55,426
| MCG
| 1966
|-
| Western Bulldogs
| St Kilda
| 47,120
| Telstra Dome
| 2006
|-
|}

Record crowd figures and MCG information is correct as far as the source of it knows. If any record crowd figures or MCG information is incorrect it is unintentional.

==Current squad==
===Senior List===
* 1. [[Jason Gram]]
* 2. [[Steven King (footballer)|Steven King]]
* 3. [[Xavier Clarke]]
* 5. [[Ben McEvoy]]
* 6. [[Leigh Fisher]]
* 7. [[Lenny Hayes]] (Vice-captain)
* 8. [[Max Hudghton]]
* 10. [[Steven Baker]]
* 11. [[Leigh Montagna]]
* 12. [[Nick Riewoldt]] (Captain)
* 13. [[Adam Schneider]]
* 14. [[Luke Ball]]
* 15. [[Michael Gardiner]]
* 16. [[Raphael Clarke]]
* 17. [[Aaron Fiora]]
* 18. [[Brendon Goddard]]
* 19. [[Sam Gilbert]]
* 20. [[David Armitage (footballer)| David Armitage]]
* 21. [[Matthew J. Ferguson]]
* 22. [[Shane Birss]]
* 23. [[Justin Koschitzke]]
* 24. [[Sean Dempster]]
* 25. [[Samuel Fisher|Sam Fisher]]
* 26. [[Nick Dal Santo]]
* 27. [[Jason Blake (footballer)| Jason Blake]]
* 28. [[Charlie Gardiner (footballer)|Charlie Gardiner]]
* 29. [[Michael Rix]]
* 30. [[Brad Howard]]
* 31. [[Matt Maguire]]
* 33. [[James Gwilt]]
* 34. [[Jack Steven]]
* 36. [[Jarryd Allen]]
* 37. [[Eljay Conners]]
* 38. [[Clinton Jones (footballer)| Clinton Jones]]
* 42. [[Jarryn Geary]]
* 44. [[Stephen Milne]]

===Rookie listed players===
* 43. [[Jayden Attard]]
* 41. [[Glenn Chivers]]
* 40. [[Robert Eddy]]
* 32. [[Andrew McQualter]]
* 45. [[Luke Miles]]
* 39. [[Luke van Rheenen]]

==Team of the 20th Century==
St Kilda's [http://westofmoorabbin.com/saints_history.html Team of the 20th Century]. (2003)

<!-- Do not change. -->
{{Aussie rules team | title = St Kilda Team of the 20th Century
| backpocket1 = [[Kevin Neale|Kevin (Cowboy) Neale]]
(1965–77)
| fullback = [[Verdun Howell]]
(1958–68)
| backpocket2 = [[Nathan Burke]]
(1987–2003)
| halfbackflank1 = [[Daryl Griffiths (Australian rules footballer)|Daryl Griffiths]]
(1963–70)
| centrehalfback = [[Neil Roberts (Australian footballer)|Neil Roberts]]
(1952–62)
| halfbackflank2 = [[Trevor Barker]]
(1975–89)
| wing1 = [[Colin Watson (footballer)|Colin Watson]]
(1920,22,25,33–35)
| centre = [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]
(1963–70)
| wing2 = [[Nicky Winmar]]
(1987–98)
| halfforwardflank1 = [[Darrel Baldock]] (Captain)
(1962–68)
| centrehalfforward = [[Dave McNamara]]
(1905–09,14–15,18–19,21–23)
| halfforwardflank2 = [[Bill Mohr]]
(1929–41)
| forwardpocket1 = [[Ross G. Smith]]
(1961–71,1975)
| fullforward = [[Tony Lockett]]
(1983–94)
| forwardpocket2 = [[Alan Morrow]]
(1957–66)
| ruck = [[Carl Ditterich]]
(1963–72, 1976–78)
| ruckrover = [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]]
(1988–2008 )
| rover = [[Harold Bray]]
(1941–43, 1945–52)
| interchange1 = [[Stewart Loewe]]
(1988– 2002)
| interchange2 = [[Lance Oswald]]
(1957–63)
| interchange3 = [[Barry Lawrence]]
(1968–78)
| interchange4 = [[Jim A. Ross]]
(1948–54)
| interchange5 =
| interchange6 =
| coach = [[Allan Jeans]]
(1961–76)
}}

===[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] players===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}

* [[Roy Cazaly]] -legend
* [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] -legend
* [[Darrel Baldock]] -legend
* [[Vic Cumberland]]
* [[Carl Ditterich]]
* [[Wels Eicke]]
{{col-break}}
* [[Les Foote]]
* [[Alex Jesaulenko]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!-- spaces for formatting columns -->
* [[Dave McNamara]]
* [[Bill Mohr]]
* [[Colin Watson (footballer)|Colin Watson]]
{{col-end}}

===St Kilda FC [http://saints.com.au/Saints/TheClub/History/HallofFame/tabid/5391/Default.aspx Hall of Fame]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}

2007 Inductees
* [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] – ''Club Legend''
* [[Harold Bray]]
* [[Barry Breen]]
* [[Jack Davis]]
* [[Keith Drinan]]
* [[Wels Eicke]]
* [[Danny Frawley]]
* [[Graham Huggins]]
* [[Stewart Loewe]]
* [[Alan Morrow]]
* [[Bob Murray]]
* [[Kevin Neale]]
* [[Travis Payze]]
{{col-break}}
2003 Inductees
* [[Darrel Baldock]]
* [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]
* [[Tony Lockett]]
* [[Trevor Barker]]
* [[Carl Ditterich]]
* [[Verdun Howell]]
* [[Nicky Winmar]]
* [[Ross G. Smith|Ross Smith]]
* [[Neil Roberts (Australian footballer)|Neil Roberts]]
* [[Bill Mohr]]
* [[Dave McNamara]]
* [[Allan Jeans]]
* [[Ian Drake]]
* [[James Dean]]
{{col-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of St Kilda Football Club coaches|St Kilda Football Club Coaches]]
* [[List of Australian Football League premiers|Australian Football League Premiers]]
* [[Australian Football League Pre-Season Cup Premiers|Australian Football League National Cup Winners]]
* [[List of Australian Football League night premiers]]

Please note:- the term National Cup refers to what is also known as the Pre-Season Cup.

==External links==
* [http://www.saints.com.au/ Official website of the St Kilda Football Club]
* [http://www.afl.com.au Official website of the Australian Football League]
* [http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=22 St Kilda Saints Discussion Board] on BigFooty.
* [http://www.saintscentral.com.au/ Saints Central website]
* [http://www.saintsational.com/ Saintsational.com – Unofficial St Kilda FC fan forum]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/St_Kilda_part_1.htm Full Points Footy History of the St Kilda Football Club]
* [http://www.sainters.com/ St Kilda Football Club supporter web portal]
* [http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/StK%2D05.html St Kilda statistics and honour roll] at Footystats
* [http://www.esaint.com.au/ e-saint – St Kilda FC web-site with original short films about supporters]
* [http://www.aroundthegrounds.bellestorie.com/junction/junction.html "Around the Grounds" – Web Documentary – Junction Street]
* [http://150years.com.au www.150years.com.au 150th anniversary of the first official game of the sport that is now known as Australian Football]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/afl_index.html AFL Tables]
*[[Victorian Football League|Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History (1877-2008)]]
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Revision as of 13:51, 11 October 2008

St Kilda Football Club
St Kilda Football Club's 2006 logo
Names
Full nameSt Kilda Football Club
Nickname(s)The Saints, Sainters, Mighty Saints
2008 season
Leading goalkickerNick Riewoldt
Best and fairestSam Fisher
Club details
Founded1873
ColoursRed  , White  and Black 
CompetitionAustralian Football League
CoachRoss Lyon
Captain(s)Nick Riewoldt
Ground(s)Telstra Dome, Melbourne
 Melbourne Cricket Ground
Other information
Official websitewww.saints.com.au

The St. Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian Football League club permanently based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The club was established in 1873 and its name originates from the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda.

Home game grounds

  • Telstra Dome, Docklands, Melbourne; 2000 – Present
  • Waverley Park, Mulgrave, Melbourne; 1993 – 1999
  • Moorabbin Oval, Moorabbin, Melbourne; 1965 – 1992
  • Junction Oval, St Kilda, Melbourne; 1877 – 1964

The club's training and administration base remained at Moorabbin Oval after home games were moved to Waverley Park (VFL Park) in 1993. Moorabbin remains the club's training, administration and social club base.

The club is building a multi-million dollar training and administration base facility in the Frankston area (the club has announced its new facility will be built in Seaford by 2010) after an agreement was reached with the City of Frankston Council.

The club will retain a presence at Moorabbin Oval with the social club facilities remaining there and the lease agreement for Moorabbin reserve continuing, with the team continuing to use Moorabbin as a training venue.

Club history

The St Kilda Football Club was established in 1873.



St Kilda Football Club was a foundation team in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877.
St Kilda Football Club was a foundation team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.
The VFL was officially renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) before the start of the 1990 Premiership season.
In 2008 the AFL celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first official game of the sport that is now known as Australian Football.

Australian Football League – Present to 1990

Home and away season results

Finish denotes position at the end of the home and away rounds (before the finals series).
Bold text indicates that the club played in or has qualified for the finals series in that year.

Year Finish Games Wins Losses Draws Percentage Points
2008 4 22 13 9 0 110.56 52
2007 9 22 11 10 1 96.55 46
2006 6 22 14 8 0 118.38 56
2005 4 22 14 8 0 133.28 56
2004 3 22 16 6 0 127.97 64
2003 11 22 11 11 0 85.79 44
2002 15 22 5 16 1 78.60 22
2001 15 22 4 18 0 72.56 16
2000 Last 22 2 19 1 70.51 10
1999 10 22 10 12 0 97.87 40
1998 6 22 13 9 0 102.09 52
1997 1 22 15 7 0 119.60 60
1996 10 22 10 12 0 100.98 40
1995 14 22 9 13 0 100.65 36
1994 13 22 7 14 1 74.91 30
1993 12 20 10 10 0 94.18 40
1992 6 22 14 8 0 120.21 56
1991 4 22 14 7 1 120.36 58
1990 9 22 9 13 0 100.65 36
Overall Record 416 201 210 5

Membership:

Year Members

2008 30,655
2007 30,850
2006 32,327
2005 32,043
2004 30,533

2008

See also: St Kilda Football Club Season 2008

In a very competitive 2008 Premiership season St Kilda Football Club qualified for the 2008 Premiership Season Finals Series finishing the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position with 13 wins.

2008 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Qualifying Final 8.13 (61) Geelong 17.17 (119) Loss 58 71,653 MCG 7/9/2008
Semi Final 17.4 (106) Collingwood 9.18 (72) Win 34 76,707 MCG 13/9/2008
Preliminary Final 9.10 (64) Hawthorn 18.10 (118) Loss 54 77,002 MCG 20/9/2008

St Kilda was eliminated by Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final.

2008 National Australia Bank Cup Win

Earlier in the year, the 2008 season began with the club winning the National Australia Bank Cup. The club had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-final, Essendon in the semi-final and won the final against the Adelaide Crows by 5 points at Football Park (AAMI stadium) 69 to 64. Jason Gram won the Michael Tuck Medal for player adjudged best on ground during the final.

2008 AFL NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK CUP FINAL

ST KILDA 2. 7. 9 69
ADELAIDE 9. 10. 64
Michael Tuck Medalist: JASON GRAM ST KILDA
26,823 AAMI STADIUM, ADELAIDE
9 MARCH 2008



2006

A competitive 2006 Premiership season with 14 wins and 8 losses saw the club finish sixth at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for their third successive finals series.

2006 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Elimination Final 10.12 (72) Melbourne 13.12 (90) Loss 18 67,528 MCG 8/9/2006

St Kilda was eliminated by Melbourne in the Elimination Final.

On 11 October 2006, Ross Lyon was appointed as the new coach for the Saints for 2007 to 2009.

2005

In a consistent and very competitive 2005 Premiership season, the Saints finished the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position, qualifying for the Finals Series with 14 wins and 8 losses. Full-forward Fraser Gehrig won the Coleman Medal for the most goals kicked in the 2005 home and away season (74).

2005 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Qualifying Final 10.5 (65) Adelaide 8.9 (57) Win 8 48,768 AAMI Stadium 3/9/2005
Preliminary Final 9.11 (65) Sydney 15.6 (96) Loss 31 73,344 FOOTBALL PARK 16/9/2005

St Kilda was eliminated by Sydney in the Preliminary Final.

2004

The 2004 Premiership season saw the club win a club record ten consecutive matches between round 1 and round 10. A consistent and very competitive season saw St Kilda finish third at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for the Finals Series with 16 wins and 6 losses. Full-forward Fraser Gehrig won the Coleman Medal for the most goals kicked in the 2004 home and away season (90).

2004 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Qualifying Final 10.9 (69) Brisbane 23.11 (149) Loss 80 33,582 'Gabba 3/9/2004
Semi Final 16.11 (107) Sydney 8.8 (56) Win 51 50,671 MCG 10/9/2004
Preliminary Final 13.10 (88) Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) Loss 6 46,978 Football Park 17/9/2004

St Kilda was eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Port Adelaide.

2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup Win

2004 began with the club winning the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup. St Kilda had wins over Adelaide in the round of 16, Richmond in the quarter final, Essendon in the semi-final and defeated Geelong in the final 1-14-5 (98) to 1-10-7 (76) in front of 50,533 people at Telstra Dome, with Robert Harvey winning the Michael Tuck Medal for player adjudged best on ground during the final.

2004 AFL WIZARD HOME LOANS CUP FINAL

ST. KILDA 1. 14. 5 98
GEELONG 1. 10. 7 76
Michael Tuck Medalist: ROBERT HARVEY ST. KILDA
50,533 Telstra Dome, Melbourne
13TH March 2004



2000

In 2000 the St Kilda Football Club moved to a new playing home at Docklands, Melbourne, now called Telstra Dome, whilst maintaining training and administration headquarters at Moorabbin.

1998

In a competitive 1998 Premiership season, St Kilda again qualified for the Finals Series finishing sixth. Robert Harvey won his second successive Brownlow Medal.

1998 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Qualifying Final 13.9 (87) Sydney 12.17 (89) Loss 2 36,076 S.C.G 5/9/1998
Semi Final 7.14 (56) Melbourne 15.17 (107) Loss 51 88,456 MCG 12/9/1998

St Kilda was eliminated by Melbourne in the Semi Finals.

1998 Ansett Australia Cup Final

In 1998 St Kilda also won through to the Ansett Australia Cup Final before being eliminated by North Melbourne.

Final St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Final 12.11 (83) North Melbourne 14.13 (97) Loss 14 n/a Waverley Park 21/3/1998



1997

In the 1997 Premiership season, St Kilda had an excellent, consistent and professional home and away season, qualifying for the 1997 Final Series 1st at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses and winning the minor premiership for the second time in the clubs history. Robert Harvey won the leagues highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.

1997 AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON

* TEAM P W L D %AGE PTS
1 ST. KILDA 22 15 7 0 119.6 60
AT THE END OF THE HOME AND AWAY ROUNDS - 31ST AUGUST 1997



1997 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Qualifying Final 20.15 (135) Brisbane 13.11 (89) Win 46 50,035 Waverley Park 7/9/1997
Preliminary Final 15.14 (104) North Melbourne 11.7 (73) Win 31 77,531 MCG 19/9/1997
Grand Final 13.16 (94) Adelaide 19.11 (125) Loss 31 98,828 MCG 27/9/1997

St Kilda was eliminated in the AFL Grand Final by Adelaide.

1996

1996 Anestt Australia Cup Win

1996 saw St Kilda win in the Ansett Australia Cup competition. The team had wins over Hawthorn in the round of 16, Adelaide in the quarter final, West Coast in the semi-final and defeated Carlton in the final 20-10 (130) to 10-12 (72) in front of 66,888 people at Waverley Park, with Nicky Winmar winning the Michael Tuck Medal for player adjudged best on ground during the Final.

1996 AFL ANSETT AUSTRALIA CUP FINAL

ST. KILDA 20. 10 130
CARLTON 10. 12 72
Michael Tuck Medalist: NICKY WINMAR ST. KILDA
66,888 Waverley Park, Melbourne
23rd March 1996



1992

In a competitive 1992 Premiership season, St Kilda again qualified for the Finals Series, finishing sixth at the end of the home and away rounds.

1992 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Elimination Final 13.13 (91) Collingwood 12.11 (83) Win 8 74,253 Waverley Park 5/9/1992
Semi Final 14.6 (90) Footscray 19.5 (119) Loss 29 59,512 Waverley Park 12/9/1992

St Kilda was eliminated by Footscray in the Semi-Finals.

1991

A very competitive 1991 Premiership season saw St Kilda qualify for the Finals Series for the first time since 1973, finishing fourth at the end of the home and away rounds. Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season with 118 goals.

1991 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Elimination Final 14.13 (97) Geelong 15.14 (104) Loss 7 63,796 Waverley Park 8/9/1991

St Kilda was eliminated by Geelong in the Elimination Final.

Victorian Football League 1897 to 1989

Early years in the VFL 1897 to 1915

St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful. The club joined the new breakaway VFL competition and struggled to establish itself and finished last in nine of the first 14 seasons of the VFL competition.

In 1899, St Kilda scored the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, 1 point against Geelong (who scored 162).[1]

Six successive wins to start 1907 saw the club make the finals for the first time, finishing third with 9 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda was beaten by Carlton in the club's first VFL final by 56 points.

1907 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Semi Final 4.11 (35) Carlton 13.13 (91) Loss 56 26,100 MCG 14/9/1907

St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.

The club again finished third in 1908 and was eliminated by Carlton by 58 points.

1908 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Semi Final 3.8 (26) Carlton 12.12 (84) Loss 58 25,531 MCG 19/9/1908

St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.

The years 1912 to 1915 saw major improvement, highlighted by a 1913 season in which the team finished fourth and were eventually beaten in the 1913 Grand Final by Fitzroy 7-14 (56) to 5-13 (43).

1913 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Finals Match 12.12 (84) Soutn Melbourne 6.15 (51) Win 33 40,130 MCG 6/9/1913
Finals Match 10.10 (70) Fitzroy 6.9 (45) Win 25 54,846 MCG 20/9/1913
Grand Final 5.13 (43) Fitzroy 7.14 (56) Loss 13 59,556 MCG 27/9/1913

St Kilda was eliminated in the VFL Grand Final by Fitzroy.

Resuming after recess

St Kilda Football Club was in recess in 1916 and 1917. The club resumed in 1918 and fared well, making the finals in fourth position, but was eliminated by Collingwood in the semi-final by nine points, 58 to 49.

1918 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Semi Final 7.7 (49) Collingwood 7.16 (58) Loss 9 28,375 MCG 17/8/1918

St Kilda was elimiated by Collingwood in the Semi Final.

Results declined in the early 1920s, with the club finishing last in 1920 and 1924. The following years saw St Kilda establish itself as a more consistently competitive club which it remained until the 1940s. Colin Watson played brilliantly in 1925, winning the Brownlow Medal.

The St Kilda team made the finals in 1929 and were eliminated by Carlton 12-9 (81) to 11-7 (73) in the semi-finals.

1929 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Semi Final 11.7 (73) Carlton 12.9 (81) Loss 8 58,481 MCG 7/9/1929

St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Semi Final.


The mid-to-late 1930s saw the club consistently vying for finals berths, finally making the finals again in 1939 by finishing fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories and an overall record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

The team had its first finals win since 1913 over Richmond.

1939 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Semi Final 10.12 (72) Richmond 6.6 (42) Win 30 51,411 MCG 9/9/1939
Preliminary Final 15.15 (105) Collingwood 20.14 (134) Loss 29 66,848 MCG 23/9/1939

St Kilda was eliminated by Collingwood in the Preliminary Final.

The 1940s and 1950s

The breakthrough win in the finals of 1939 did not herald a period of success for the club. The club won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season and was on top of the ladder after Round 4, before finishing second last. Though there was some high-class players like Harold Bray, Keith Drinan, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive. The 1950 season saw the club win the first five games – before fading to finish with 8 wins and a draw in ninth place.

The club finished last 7 times in 13 years between 1943 and 1955.

After one of the club's worst seasons in 1955, Alan Killigrew was appointed coach. His first action was one of the most massive clean-out of players in the history of any VFL club. It is believed that only 17 St Kilda players from 1955 played for St Kilda again in 1956, while 11 new players appeared in the club's opening match for 1956. The appointment of Alan Killigrew as coach eliminated the defeat-accepting attitude of St Kilda and soon made the team more competitive. In the late 1950's St Kilda vied for finals berths without making the finals. St Kilda had three consecutive Brownlow Medal Winners Brian Gleeson in 1957, Neil Roberts in 1958, Verdun Howell in 1959.

In 1958 St Kilda won the Consolation Night Series competition, a competition played at night at the end of the home and away rounds between the 8 teams that finished between 5th and 12th and failed to qualify for the VFL Premiership Season Finals Series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101) in the Final.

1960 to 1973

In 1961 after finishing sixth in 1960, Allan Jeans was appointed coach and St Kilda made the four for the first time since 1939, finishing third with 11 wins and 7 losses. However with star full-back Verdun Howell unfit, the club lost to Footscray in the first semi-final.

1961 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
First Semi Final 8.12 (60) Footscray 9.15 (69) Loss 9 86,411 MCG 2/9/1961

St Kilda was elimiated by Footscray in the First Semi Final.


The club finished ninth in 1962 with 9 wins and 9 losses.

St Kilda had a convincing sequence of six consecutive wins ever over the last six rounds of the 1963 season to finish in fourth position with 13 wins (52 premiership points), two premiership points behind minor premiers Hawthorn. The club lost to Melbourne in the semi-finals.

1963 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
First Semi Final 8.16 (64) Melbourne 9.17 (71) Loss 7 88,914 MCG 14/9/1963

St Kilda was elimiated by Melbourne in the First Semi Final.

In 1964 St Kilda was defeated in the Final of the Consolation Night Series competition, a competition played at night at the end of the home and away rounds between the 8 teams that finished between 5th and 12th and failed to qualify for the VFL Premiership Season Finals Series. St Kilda was defeated by Footscray 11.12 (78) to 11.7 (73) in the Final.

After the 1964 season, the club moved to Moorabbin Oval in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne in an effort to attract the population from a rapidly growing region.

The move was a success and St Kilda finished a game clear on top of the standings with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for the Finals Series in first position and winning the minor premiership for the first time in 1965. Ian Stewart won the 1965 Brownlow Medal.

1965 VFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON

* TEAM P W L D %AGE PTS
1 ST. KILDA 18 14 4 0 136.3 56
AT THE END OF THE HOME AND AWAY ROUNDS - 28TH AUGUST 1965


1965 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Second Semi Final 13.24 (102) Collingwood 14.17 (101) Win 1 98,395 MCG 11/9/1965
Grand Final 9.16 (70) Essendon 14.21 (105) Loss 35 104,846 MCG 25/9/1965

St Kilda was eliminated in the 1965 Grand Final by Essendon.

1966 saw St Kilda again finish with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for the finals in second place. Ian Stewart won his second consecutive Brownlow Medal.

1966 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Second Semi Final 13.11 (89) Collingwood 15.9 (99) Loss 10 95,614 MCG 10/9/1966
Preliminary Final 15.4 (94) Essendon 7.10 (52) Win 42 93,543 MCG 17/9/1966

St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the 1966 Grand Final 10-14 (74) to 10-13 (73), winning the Premiership for the first time.

1966 VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE GRAND FINAL

ST. KILDA 10. 14 74
COLLINGWOOD 10. 13 73
101,655 MCG Melbourne
24TH September 1966



In 1967 Ross Smith won the leagues highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.

The 1968 season saw the Saints qualify fourth with 14 wins, 5 losses and a draw.

1968 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
First Semi Final 11.17 (83) Geelong 19.13 (127) Loss 44 98,885 MCG 7/9/1968

St Kilda was elimiated by Geelong in the First Semi Final.

A disappointing seventh place home and away season finish in 1969 was followed by another finals appearance in 1970, where St Kilda qualified in third place with 14 wins and 8 losses.

1970 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
First Semi Final 22.11 (143) South Melbourne 13.12 (90) Win 53 104,239 MCG 5/9/1970
Preliminary Final 7.19 (61) Carlton 17.21 (123) Loss 62 108,215 MCG 19/9/1970

St Kilda was elimiated by Carlton in the Preliminary Final.

St Kilda qualified for the Finals Series in second place in 1971 at the end of the home and away season with 16 wins.

1971 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Second Semi Final 12.16 (88) Hawthorn 12.18 (90) Loss 2 99,822 MCG 11/9/1971
Preliminary Final 16.12 (108) Richmond 12.6 (78) Win 30 102,484 MCG 18/9/1971
Grand Final 11.9 (75) Hawthorn 12.10 (82) Loss 7 118,192 MCG 25/9/1971

St Kilda was eliminated in the VFL Grand Final by Hawthorn.

The club qualified for the finals series again in 1972 fourth wins 14 wins and 8 losses.

1972 Finals Series

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Elimination Final 18.16 (124) Essendon 10.11 (71) Win 53 52,499 Waverley Park 9/9/1972
First Semi Final 11.17 (83) Collingwood 8.17 (65) Win 18 91,857 MCG 16/9/1972
Preliminary Final 13.15 (93) Carlton 16.13 (109) Loss 16 92,272 MCG 30/9/1972

St Kilda was eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Carlton.

1973 saw the club qualify for a record fourth consecutive finals series in fifth with 12 wins.

Finals St Kilda Opposition Their Score Attendance Stadium Date
Elimination Final 24.14 (134) Essendon 13.13 (91) Win 43 53,405 Waverley Park 8/9/1973
First Semi Final 9.14 (68) Richmond 15.18 (108) Loss 40 86,483 MCG 15/9/1973

St Kilda was eliminated in the Semi Finals by Richmond.

From 1960 to 1973, St Kilda qualified for 9 finals Series in 13 years, four preliminary finals including three in a row in 1970, 1971 & 1972, and 3 Grand Finals in 1965, 1966 and 1971.

The club won one Premiership and one Minor Premiership from 1960 to 1973. Allan Jeans coaching career at St Kilda ended with his retirement from St Kilda's coaching team at the end of the 1976 season.

1974 – 1989

1974 saw the Saints decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s, finishing tenth with seven wins. The club failed to build on competitive seasons in 1975 and 1976, finishing last in 1977. 1978 began and ended in excellent form, but a mid-season slump saw the club narrowly miss the finals. 1979 began well with a win over Hawthorn despite serious financial problems at the club, but thereafter disaster struck. St Kilda had a run of severe defeats and finished a clear last. Continuing severe financial pressure and bad on-field performances saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season from 1979 to 1986.

The Saints finished last 7 times in 12 seasons from 1977 to 1988 (the club finished last 26 times in the VFL from 1897 to 1989).

In 1987 St Kilda, with the irrepressible Tony Lockett at full forward, moved off the bottom for the first time since 1982 with nine wins. Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season with a magnificent 117 goals. He went on to win the AFL's highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal, the same year.

Victorian Football Association 1877 to 1896

The St Kilda Football Club was a foundation member of the VFA in 1877.

According the official website of the Victorian Football League, the St Kilda Football Club competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, in 1881, in 1882 and from 1886 to 1896 before competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1897 onwards. St Kilda did not compete as a senior club in the VFA in 1880 and from 1883 to 1885.

The Victorian Football Association was renamed the Victorian Football League for the start of the 1996 season.

Club records

AFL

1990 to Present

AFL Premierships

  • -

AFL Minor Premierships

  • 1997 – St Kilda – 15 wins – 7 losses 119.6% – 60 Premiership points

AFL National Cup Wins

  • 2008 – St Kilda 2. 7. 9 (69) defeated Adelaide 0. 9. 10 (64) – by 5 points.
  • 2004 – St Kilda 1. 14. 5 (98) defeated Geelong 1. 10. 7 (76) – by 22 points.
  • 1996 – St Kilda 20.10 (130) defeated Carlton 10.12 (72) – by 58 points.

AFL Highest finishing team based in the State of Victoria at the end of the Finals Series

  • 2005 – (3rd Overall)
  • 2004 – (3rd Overall)
  • 1997 – (2nd Overall)

AFL Grand Finalists

  • 1997 – Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94) by 31 points.

AFL National Cup Finalists

  • 1998 – North Melbourne 14-13 (97) defeated St Kilda 12-11 (83) by 14 points.

VFL

1897 to 1989

VFL Premierships

  • 1966 – St Kilda 10.14 (74) defeated Collingwood 10.13 (73) – by 1 point.

VFL minor premierships

  • 1965 – St Kilda – 14 wins – 4 losses 136.3% – 56 points

VFL Grand Finalists

  • 1971 – Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75) by 7 points.
  • 1965 – Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.16 (70) by 35 points.
  • 1913 – Fitzroy 7.14 (56) defeated St Kilda 5.13 (43) by 13 points.

Other Grades

Until 2000

VFL Reserves Premierships

  • 1961 – St Kilda 7.14 (56) defeated Geelong 5.16 (46) – by 10 points.
  • 1943 – St Kilda 11.14 (80) defeated Fitzroy 8.6 (54) – by 26 points.
  • 1942 – St Kilda 13.10 (88) defeated Fitzroy 7.15 (57) – by 31 points.

VFL Under 19s Premierships

  • 1957 – St Kilda 8.7 (55) defeated South Melbourne 6.11 (47) – by 8 points.

AFL Reserves Grand Finalists

  • 1999 – Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated St Kilda 11.10 (76) – by 57 points.

VFL Reserves Grand Finalists

  • 1987 – Carlton 18.17 (125) defeated St Kilda 15.15 (105) – by 20 points.
  • 1982 – Geelong 19.18 (132) defeated St Kilda 12.11 (83) – by 49 points.
  • 1963 – Geelong 13.12 (90) defeated St Kilda 7.11 (53) – by 37 points.
  • 1962 – Footscray 13.13 (91) defeated St Kilda 10.8 (68) – by 23 points.
  • 1933 – Melbourne 10.15 (75) defeated St Kilda 10.14 (74) – by 1 point.

Individual awards

Best and Fairest

St Kilda Football Club Best & Fairest
Trevor Barker Award

Most Best & Fairests:

Nick Riewoldt 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Robert Harvey 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998
Bill Cubbins 1921, 1923, 1928, 1928

Brownlow Medal winners

Best & Fairest Player in the League as voted by the Umpires

Michael Tuck Medal winners

Best player in the Pre-season Cup final

Leigh Matthews Trophy winners

Coleman Medal winners

Leading Goalkicker in the league in the Home & Away season

Called the Leading Goalkicker Medal prior to 1955.

AFL Rising Star winners

Record Home Attendances

In the home and away season (excluding finals and pre-season cup matches).

St Kilda Saints Opposition Attendance Venue Year
St Kilda Adelaide 35,100 Telstra Dome 2005
St Kilda Brisbane 52,539 Telstra Dome 2004
St Kilda Carlton 53,065 Waverley 1993
St Kilda Collingwood 72,669 Waverley 1978
St Kilda Essendon 50,778 Waverley 1998
St Kilda Fremantle 35,329 Telstra Dome 2004
St Kilda Geelong 48,313 Telstra Dome 2006
St Kilda Hawthorn 43,132 Waverley 1992
St Kilda Melbourne 40,004 Telstra Dome 2005
St Kilda North Melbourne 38,896 Telstra Dome 2004
St Kilda Port Adelaide 22,878 Telstra Dome 2008
St Kilda Richmond 71,488 Waverley 1998
St Kilda Sydney 46,880 Waverley 1999
St Kilda West Coast 40,177 Telstra Dome 2006
St Kilda Western Bulldogs 49,706 Waverley 1998

Record crowds where St Kilda is the away team in the clubs home city of Melbourne for matches in the home and away season (excluding finals and pre-season cup matches):

Opposition St Kilda Attendance Venue Year
Carlton St Kilda 55,658 MCG 2008
Collingwood St Kilda 80,060 MCG 1992
Essendon St Kilda 62,928 MCG 1999
Geelong St Kilda 44,814 Telstra Dome 2005
Hawthorn St Kilda 43,181 Waverley 1997
Melbourne St Kilda 72,114 MCG 1965
North Melbourne St Kilda 41,664 Telstra Dome 2004
Richmond St Kilda 55,426 MCG 1966
Western Bulldogs St Kilda 47,120 Telstra Dome 2006

Record crowd figures and MCG information is correct as far as the source of it knows. If any record crowd figures or MCG information is incorrect it is unintentional.

Current squad

Senior List

Rookie listed players

Team of the 20th Century

St Kilda's Team of the 20th Century. (2003)

St Kilda Team of the 20th Century
B: Kevin (Cowboy) Neale

(1965–77)

Verdun Howell

(1958–68)

Nathan Burke

(1987–2003)

HB: Daryl Griffiths

(1963–70)

Neil Roberts

(1952–62)

Trevor Barker

(1975–89)

C: Colin Watson

(1920,22,25,33–35)

Ian Stewart

(1963–70)

Nicky Winmar

(1987–98)

HF: Darrel Baldock (Captain)

(1962–68)

Dave McNamara

(1905–09,14–15,18–19,21–23)

Bill Mohr

(1929–41)

F: Ross G. Smith

(1961–71,1975)

Tony Lockett

(1983–94)

Alan Morrow

(1957–66)

Foll: Carl Ditterich

(1963–72, 1976–78)

Robert Harvey

(1988–2008 )

Harold Bray

(1941–43, 1945–52)

Int: Stewart Loewe

(1988– 2002)

Lance Oswald

(1957–63)

Barry Lawrence

(1968–78)

Jim A. Ross

(1948–54)

Coach: Allan Jeans

(1961–76)

Australian Football Hall of Fame players

St Kilda FC Hall of Fame

See also

Please note:- the term National Cup refers to what is also known as the Pre-Season Cup.

External links


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  1. ^ Jim Main, Aussie Rules for dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 45.
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