When was st kilda founded

Their home ground was the Junction Oval, in the Melbourne suburb of St. In , the team moved from St Kilda to Moorabbin. Docklands Stadium — St Kilda's home ground.

Training in front of the G. Huggins Stand at the former home ground and current training, administration and entertainment base Moorabbin Oval in Quick facts for kids. All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. They wear a guernsey that is red, white and black, in a vertical stripes.

The first mention of a football team in St Kilda was made in Kilda Football Club. The first guernsey worn by the club was red and black striped horizontally, with a white neckerchief.

The club joined the new Victorian Football League in , and lost its first 48 games. In , the team moved from St Kilda to Moorabbin , where they now train. The team won their first and only premiership in , beating Collingwood. In recent years they have been more competitive, playing in the Grand Final, losing to Adelaide. Between and , St. Kilda established a period of dominance, playing in all but the finals series, and playing in the Preliminary Finals in , , , and In , St.

The win came at a cost thought, with 'Doc' breaking a bone in his foot and missing 4 weeks. The Saints slipped back to the middle of the ladder though, despite the impressive wins, posting 9 victories from 18 games. Another hero joined the Saints in , with blonde bombshell Carl Ditterich putting on the Saints' colours for the first time. Another gentleman by the name of Ian Stewart also makes his debut for the sea-side club. St Kilda's new stars impressed early, and the Saints shot to fourth place on the ladder with 13 wins, securing a spot in the semi final against Melbourne which they lost.

The Saints were back in a big way, and in they continued to show they had the makings of a premiership team. The Saints ended the year with 10 wins, but it was the Saints' announced move to Moorabbin that had supporters furious at the end of However, it seemed soon forgotten as a stunning crown of 51, turned up at Moorabbin Oval to welcome the Saints, and the fans were even more pleased as the Baldock-led Saints won a hard-fought clash over Collingwood.

Kevin Neale and Barry Breen made their debuts in a year that saw the Saints storm to the top of the ladder with 14 wins from 18 games. To cap off an outstanding year, Ian Stewart won the Brownlow Medal.

The Saints made their first Grand Final in just their 2nd Grand Final, and first in 52 years, but went down to an more determined Essendon outfit by 35 points. John Winneke eventually secured a 9-month deferral for Ditterich a few days later, and the Saint was able to play in what would be a famous season for the club. The Saints had a sublime season, finishing second on the ladder with 14 wins and just 4 losses, second only to Collingwood.

But the most important part of season was the Grand Final. Darrel Baldock won the toss before the game and decided to kick with wind. The Saints kicked the first two goals with Ian Stewart playing strongly in the centre before the Magpies returned fire with a goal to Des Tuddenham.

The Saints led by 4 points at the first change, with both coaches posting ruckmen in defensive positions in a bid to stop marks in their opponant's forward The Saints looked like kicking clear several times, but the Magpies found a way to stay in the game. At the final change, the Saints held the lead by 4 points.

Poor kicking at the start of the final term kept Collingwood in the game and this proved nearly fatal for the Saints. Goals to 'Cowboy' Neale and Jeff Moran kept the Saints in front, but Collingwood leveled the scores at the 23 and half minute mark. With seconds ticking furiously away, year old Barry Breen intercepted a Collingwood handpass and snapped at goal; the ball wobbled before dribbling through for a point, but it was enough to break the deadlock.

Collingwood quickly countered, but Saints' fullback Bob Murray provided more heroics with a mark to kill the attack, before booting the ball out of the backline as the siren sounded and the Saints took their first flag in 69 years. The Saints' premiership defense suffered a flag hangover, with the Saints sliding to 5th on the ladder by the end of the season, missing the finals altogether. Consolation was recieved however when year old Ross Smith won the Brownlow Medal, making it three years in a row for St Kilda with Ian Stewart winning the previous two.

The Saints also went to Sydney to play an exhibition match against Carlton, which the Saints won convincingly The season was an improvement for the Saints as they returned to finals action, but were soundly defeated in the first semi-final by Geelong. The Saints' recaptured some of their form with an impressive win season that included 2 finals appearances. St Kilda comfortably disposed of South Melbourne To make matters worse at the end of the season, Ian Stewart was traded to Richmond.

The season would however set the Saints up for a tilt at the flag in , as they stormed the season with 16 wins and finishing 2nd on the ladder. The Saints were too strong for Richmond, beating the Tigers by 30 points. The Saints faced Hawthorn again, this time in the Grand Final. The Saints almost won their second flag, but a huge effort from the Hawks in the last quarter saw them steal the match from the Saints, who had been 20 points up at the last change, and run out St Kilda were determined to avenge their Grand Final defeat and again finished the season strongly, finishing in 3rd place and winning a place in a revised VFL finals format.

The Saints easily beat the Magpies and moved onto the Preliminary Final, but were beaten by a strong Carlton outfit by 16 points. St Kilda battle strongly in , a season that saw the debut of Jeff Sarau , but ultimately, the Saints' golden age would end that year, with the Saints slipping to 5th on the ladder. St Kilda won an impressive points to Essendons 91 in the Elimination Final, but were comprehensively defeated by Richmond the following week.

It would be an end of a very successful year for the Saints, which saw them compete in 9 finals series in 12 years, including a premiership and three grand finals appearances. The next 15 years would be some of the most miserable for Saints' supporters and players alike as the club disappeared from the limelight of the s and early to become 'cellar dwellers' for much of the next decade and a half.

The Saints ended with just 7 wins and finishing 3rd last on the ladder in what was a poor season for the club. Trevor Barker also made his debut in a season that saw St Kilda make a push for the finals with 11 wins, but were otherwise too far behind the ladder leaders to win a place.

Tired of coaching and frustrated with the Saints missing the finals in recent years, the coach of 15 years called it a day after the Saints finished 4th last on the ladder with 9 wins.

The Saints had a forgettable , but a rare highlight included Rex Hunt kicking 8 goals against Fitzroy, with the Saints winning It would be just one win of 3 for the entire year for St Kilda.

Gary Sidebottom made his debut for the Saints in as the club pushed back up the ladder with 11 wins, but narrowly missing out on a top 5 place. His appointment as player-coach however did little to imrpove the situation at St Kilda, with the Saints narrowly missing out on the wooden spoon with just 4 wins and 2 draws. John Coleman medallists. The original colours of the St Kilda Football Club are red, white and black.

In the club's early years, from to , the players wore a thinly striped red, white and black jumper which was also used in selected games during and It later changed to thicker red, white and black stripes.

In St Kilda changed its colours to red, yellow and black. In the club returned to using the club's original colours of red, white and black.

The club crest first appeared on the jumper in approximately In the Saints' jumper took the look of the three stripes; red, white and black which have been used up until today, except for a period from to in which a stylised jumper which was based on the club crest was worn. The St Kilda jumper is three vertical stripes of red, white and black on the front with the club crest.

The back is black with white numbers. From the jumper's sponsor is Jeld-Wen, a windows and doors company. Jeld-Wen's logo also appears on the jumper.

The 'Shinboners' were reputed to be playing more vigorously than usual and from the outset the game had a foreboding quality about it. At half-time, St Kilda led by a goal and was already two men short. At one time there were five St Kilda players prostrate with trainers working all over the ground. It's fair to say that two North Melbourne players also needed some attention.

To the amazement of all, the Saints stayed in front. By the final term, quite ordinary players became giants as the Saints, with only 15 men on the field and at least two of these badly injured, stood strong to win the game by 14 points. Hindson had a broken leg, big ruckman Cave had stitches and a gashed eye; Bence had been stitched twice during the game; Mohr's ribs were fractured; George had a damaged ankle and the rest of the team sported heavy bruises.

It was a superb exhibition of indomitable pluck, stamina and steadfastness of purpose. While it has been a commonly held belief that this game provided the origin of the crest that has since been worn on the left breast of the traditional St Kilda jumper, Holmesby says this is probably not true.