1966 St Kilda Football Club season

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St Kilda Football Club
1966 season
President Graham Huggins
Coach Allan Jeans
Captain(s) Darrel Baldock
Home ground Moorabbin Oval
VFL season 2nd
Finals series Premiers
Best and Fairest Ian Stewart
Leading goalkicker Kevin Neale (55 goals)
Highest home attendance50,458, vs. Essendon, 13 June
Lowest home attendance15,003, vs. Melbourne, 16 July
Average home attendance26,626 (total 239,628)

The 1966 St Kilda Football Club season is the most successful season in St Kilda Football Club history. It currently stands as the only premiership season for St Kilda since its entry into the VFL. [lower-alpha 1] The Saints season in 1966 also saw St Kilda win every home game, including the Grand Final rematch in round 8.

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Although 1966 was St Kilda's first premiership season, the club had been to the VFL Grand Final in 1913 and more recently, 1965. Leading up to the premiership season, St Kilda had played finals football in both the 1961 and 1963 seasons.

That they won the 1966 flag was perhaps more surprising given the success of the season prior, in which the Saints finished minor premiers before winning the Second Semi Final in a thrilling one-point victory over Collingwood, and losing to Essendon in the Grand Final.

Season summary

Fixture

St Kilda's 1966 VFL season fixture [1]
RoundDateOpponentHomeAwayResultVenueAttendanceLadder position
Scores
1 Monday, 25 April AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg Melbourne 4.9 (33)17.7 (109)Won (76 points) Melbourne Cricket Ground 64,9301st
2 Saturday, 30 April Carlton 2018 AFL.png Carlton 15.17 (107)7.12 (54)Won (53 points) Moorabbin Oval 30,8101st
3 Saturday, 7 May NMFC AFL.png North Melbourne 9.13 (67)15.13 (103)Won (36 points) Arden Street Oval 17,2611st
4 Saturday, 14 May AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 15.11 (101)7.16 (58)Won (43 points)Moorabbin Oval37,1401st
5 Saturday, 21 May SouthMelbourneDesign.png South Melbourne 7.11 (53)13.17 (95)Won (42 points) Lake Oval 32,2941st
6 Saturday, 28 May AFL Fitzroy icon.png Fitzroy 17.16 (118)8.6 (54)Won (64 points)Moorabbin Oval19,7371st
7 Saturday, 4 June AFL Hawthorn Icon.jpg Hawthorn 11.12 (78)15.12 (102)Won (24 points) Glenferrie Oval 17,7551st
8 Monday, 13 June EssendonDesign.svg Essendon 8.8 (56)7.7 (49)Won (7 points)Moorabbin Oval50,4581st
9 Saturday, 18 June AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 16.13 (109)11.8 (74)Lost (35 points)Melbourne Cricket Ground55,4261st
10 Saturday, 25 June Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 17.15 (117)6.9 (45)Lost (72 points) Victoria Park 37,6072nd
11 Saturday, 2 July AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Footscray 15.15 (105)7.12 (54)Won (51 points)Moorabbin Oval21,5072nd
12 Saturday, 16 July AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg Melbourne 12.13 (85)6.6 (42)Won (43 points)Moorabbin Oval15,0032nd
13 Saturday, 23 July Carlton 2018 AFL.png Carlton 7.15 (57)5.11 (41)Lost (16 points) Princes Park 23,3673rd
14 Saturday, 30 July NMFC AFL.png North Melbourne 10.18 (78)4.16 (40)Won (38 points)Moorabbin Oval20,5303rd
15 Saturday, 6 August AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 14.11 (95)10.12 (72)Lost (23 points) Kardinia Park 28,7203rd
16 Saturday, 13 August SouthMelbourneDesign.png South Melbourne 19.19 (133)10.6 (66)Won (67 points)Moorabbin Oval20,5832nd
17 Saturday, 20 August AFL Fitzroy icon.png Fitzroy 5.10 (40)17.22 (124)Won (84 points) Brunswick Street Oval 12,3432nd
18 Saturday, 27 August AFL Hawthorn Icon.jpg Hawthorn 14.9 (93)13.5 (83)Won (10 points)Moorabbin Oval23,8602nd
Finals
SF (2nd) Saturday, 10 September Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 15.9 (99)13.11 (89)Lost (10 points)Melbourne Cricket Ground95,614N/A
PF Saturday, 17 September EssendonDesign.svg Essendon 15.4 (94)7.10 (52)Won (42 points)Melbourne Cricket Ground93,453N/A
GF Saturday, 24 September Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 10.13 (73)10.14 (74)Won (1 point)Melbourne Cricket Ground102,055N/A

Ladder

1966 VFL ladder
Pos.TeamPWLDPFPA%PtsGF–BFGA–BAF/AA/AW%
1 Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 18153016871073157.2260236–271149–17993.7259.6183.33
2 AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg St Kilda 18144016411149142.8256234–237159–19591.1763.8377.78
3 AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 18144015991162137.6156226–243164–17888.8364.5677.78
4 EssendonDesign.svg Essendon 18144014571204121.0156207–215173–16680.9466.8977.78
5 AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 18134116261320123.1854232–234183–22290.3373.3372.22
6 Carlton 2018 AFL.png Carlton 18108012331143107.8740169–219160–18368.5063.5055.56
7 NMFC AFL.png North Melbourne 1871011294138193.7030178–226191–23571.8976.7238.89
8 SouthMelbourneDesign.png South Melbourne 1871101486150598.7428212–214205–27582.5683.6138.89
9 AFL Hawthorn Icon.jpg Hawthorn 1851301224165074.1820171–198235–24068.0091.6727.78
10 AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Footscray 1841401004145868.8616136–188201–25255.7881.0022.22
11 AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg Melbourne 1831501235158078.1712169–221226–22468.6187.7816.67
12 AFL Fitzroy icon.png Fitzroy 1811701004186553.834141–158265–27555.78103.615.56

Notes

  1. Now known as the AFL.

Sources

  1. "1966 V/AFL Premiership Season". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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