1977 SANFL season

1977 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 24th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 36th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Trevor Grimwood West Adelaide (32 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Tim Evans Port Adelaide (87 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	116
Total attendance	1,061,043 (9,147 per match)
Highest	56,717 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg)
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The 1977 South Australian National Football League season was the 98th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia and marked 100 years since the inaugural 1877 SAFA season.

Ladder

1977 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	22	17	4	1	2804	1916	59.41	35
2	Glenelg	22	14	8	0	2676	2089	56.16	28
3	West Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2286	1898	54.64	28
4	Norwood	22	13	9	0	2533	1848	57.82	26
5	South Adelaide	22	13	9	0	2483	2243	52.54	26
6	West Torrens	22	10	12	0	1979	2458	44.60	20
7	Sturt	22	9	12	1	2242	2266	49.73	19
8	North Adelaide	22	7	14	1	2206	2736	44.64	15
9	Woodville	22	6	16	0	1950	2923	40.02	12
10	Central District	22	5	16	1	2052	2834	42.00	11

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1977 SANFL Grand Final

	1977 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 24 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Glenelg	Football Park (crowd: 56,717)	[2]
	4.3 (27) 9.7 (61) 13.9 (87) 17.11 (113)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 8.3 (51) 12.6 (78) 16.9 (105)

Events

• On 2 July (Round 14), Woodville player John Roberts kicks a club record 16 goals against Central Districts, as the Peckers defeat the Bulldogs 24.16 (160) to 13.8 (86) ^[3]

References

1. http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1977/%5B%5D
2. http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1977%5B%5D
3. Walsh, Scott. "The day John Roberts created history with a sweet 16-goal haul for Woodville at Football Park". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 15 March 2019.