1976 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1976 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-one rounds. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Sturt were the premiers, with Jack Oatey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1976 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 21
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 111

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Gary Window
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Neil Kerley
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Patterson
Norwood Norwood Oval Bob Hammond
Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Haydn Bunton
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Fos Williams
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Noel Teasdale
Woodville Woodville Oval John McInnes

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 4 34 57.4% 2,568 1,902 371 342 274 258
Sturt 2nd 14 -1- 6 29 57.5% 2,491 1,843 357 349 263 265
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 7 28 57.0% 2,800 2,116 405 370 306 280
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 9 24 53.0% 2,171 1,925 305 341 276 269
Norwood 5th 11 -0- 10 22 51.5% 2,299 2,164 332 307 309 310
Central District 6th 11 -0- 10 22 47.2% 2,153 2,409 313 275 351 303
South Adelaide 7th 9 -1- 11 19 48.8% 2,217 2,326 313 339 338 298
North Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 13 16 44.4% 2,014 2,521 291 268 364 337
Woodville 9th 6 -0- 15 12 44.3% 2,021 2,546 294 257 361 380
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 19 4 40.1% 1,994 2,976 289 260 428 408

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Sturt 1st Premiers
Port Adelaide 2nd Runners-Up
Glenelg 3rd Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
Norwood 4th Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
West Adelaide 5th Defeated by Norwood (Elimination Final)
Central District 6th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 7th Did not qualify for finals
North Adelaide 8th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 9th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 72 - 124
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 209 - 84
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 67 - 138
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Football Park 81 - 139
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 122 - 75

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 1 -0- 0 2 71.3% 209 84
Woodville 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 67.3% 138 67
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 63.3% 124 72
Glenelg 4th 1 -0- 0 2 63.2% 139 81
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 61.9% 122 75
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 38.1% 75 122
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 1 0 36.8% 81 139
Central District 8th 0 -0- 1 0 36.7% 72 124
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 32.7% 67 138
North Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 28.7% 84 209

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 126 - 96
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 117 - 91
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 91 - 179
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 146 - 83
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 124 - 88

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 2 -0- 0 4 64.9% 318 172
Norwood 2nd 1 -0- 1 2 55.9% 292 230
Woodville 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 54.8% 234 193
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 52.6% 213 192
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 50.6% 227 222
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 1 2 48.7% 199 210
Central District 7th 1 -0- 1 2 47.4% 198 220
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 1 2 46.1% 215 251
North Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 1 2 40.1% 201 300
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 37.2% 155 262

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 120 - 85
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 109 - 86
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 120 - 92
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 93 - 110
MON 19/04/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 117 - 76

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 63.0% 438 257
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 57.2% 409 306
West Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 54.0% 333 284
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.2% 336 308
Central District 5th 2 -0- 1 4 49.6% 308 313
Woodville 6th 1 -0- 2 2 51.4% 320 302
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 2 2 47.7% 292 320
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 2 44.2% 291 368
North Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 40.5% 286 420
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 39.3% 247 382

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 128 - 116
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 144 - 137
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 80 - 70
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 131 - 168
MON 26/04/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 128 - 99

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 4 -0- 0 8 61.4% 566 356
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 54.7% 501 415
Central District 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 50.4% 436 429
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 2 4 53.9% 508 434
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 2 4 51.1% 406 388
Port Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 45.9% 371 438
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 2 4 43.6% 430 557
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 3 2 49.0% 451 470
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 3 2 48.0% 429 464
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 4 0 41.6% 363 510

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 89 - 122
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 115 - 73
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 140 - 120
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 117 - 128
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 93 - 125

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 0 10 61.4% 681 429
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 2 6 54.6% 630 523
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 52.0% 574 530
Central District 4th 3 -0- 2 6 48.8% 525 551
Port Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 47.8% 511 558
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 3 4 50.3% 523 516
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 3 4 49.9% 554 557
North Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 3 4 44.1% 550 697
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 4 2 47.8% 544 595
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 4 2 43.9% 491 627

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 67 - 97
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 70 - 99
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 126 - 116
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 142 - 62
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 112 - 78

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 1 10 58.9% 797 555
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 52.9% 671 597
Port Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 48.6% 637 674
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 3 6 53.0% 700 622
Sturt 5th 3 -0- 3 6 51.5% 622 586
Central District 6th 3 -0- 3 6 47.7% 592 648
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 4 4 49.4% 656 673
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 4 4 47.9% 633 689
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 4 4 46.8% 616 699
North Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 4 4 43.7% 628 809

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 75 - 63
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 133 - 85
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 174 - 141
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 75 - 115
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 85 - 78

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 2 10 56.3% 938 729
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 3 8 54.1% 833 707
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 52.7% 737 661
West Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.2% 746 712
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 48.5% 715 759
Central District 6th 4 -0- 3 8 48.4% 667 711
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 4 6 49.7% 741 751
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 4 6 49.3% 807 830
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 5 4 45.7% 701 832
North Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 5 4 43.9% 691 884

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 85 - 125
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 130 - 95
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Football Park 185 - 51
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 79 - 84
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Adelaide Oval 107 - 160

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 6 -0- 2 12 56.6% 1,063 814
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 3 10 56.4% 922 712
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 55.0% 993 814
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 48.8% 799 838
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 50.9% 825 796
Central District 6th 4 -0- 4 8 47.4% 752 836
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 48.4% 902 960
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 5 6 48.2% 848 911
North Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 5 6 45.6% 821 979
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 6 4 42.5% 752 1,017

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 199 - 77
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 93 - 88
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 157 - 79
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 118 - 36
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Football Park 96 - 164

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 7 -0- 2 14 58.6% 1,262 891
Sturt 2nd 6 -0- 3 12 57.7% 1,079 791
Port Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 50.8% 963 934
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 4 10 54.4% 1,081 907
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 53.1% 943 832
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 5 8 48.7% 995 1,048
Central District 7th 4 -0- 5 8 45.2% 788 954
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.5% 925 1,110
North Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 6 6 44.2% 900 1,136
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 7 4 41.8% 848 1,181

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 104 - 88
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 86 - 73
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 129 - 95
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Football Park 131 - 89
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 101 - 141

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 8 -0- 2 16 58.6% 1,403 992
Sturt 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 57.9% 1,210 880
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 51.5% 1,092 1,029
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 4 12 54.4% 1,167 980
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 52.5% 1,016 918
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.1% 1,090 1,177
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 6 8 45.1% 1,004 1,224
Central District 8th 4 -0- 6 8 44.7% 877 1,085
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 7 6 45.5% 1,013 1,214
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 8 4 41.8% 949 1,322

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 226 - 65
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 108 - 114
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 97 - 112
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 90 - 137
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 79 - 161

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 8 -0- 3 16 58.1% 1,347 970
Glenelg 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 56.9% 1,493 1,129
Port Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 54.6% 1,318 1,094
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 4 14 55.6% 1,328 1,059
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 5 12 52.6% 1,128 1,015
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 7 8 48.1% 1,198 1,291
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 7 8 46.0% 1,127 1,322
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 7 8 43.9% 1,083 1,385
Central District 9th 4 -0- 7 8 41.8% 942 1,311
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 9 4 42.2% 1,046 1,434

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 88 - 108
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Football Park 82 - 59
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 112 - 77
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 131 - 55
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 68 - 107

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 3 18 54.7% 1,426 1,182
Sturt 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 57.2% 1,406 1,052
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 56.1% 1,581 1,237
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 4 16 55.8% 1,410 1,118
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 5 14 54.1% 1,259 1,070
South Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 48.9% 1,310 1,368
Central District 7th 5 -0- 7 10 43.2% 1,049 1,379
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 8 8 45.5% 1,195 1,429
North Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 8 8 42.9% 1,138 1,516
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 10 4 42.1% 1,123 1,546

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 124 - 102
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 64 - 118
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 82 - 51
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 106 - 68
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 57 - 99

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 20 55.0% 1,508 1,233
Sturt 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 57.6% 1,505 1,109
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 56.6% 1,699 1,301
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 5 16 54.9% 1,461 1,200
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 53.0% 1,327 1,176
South Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 49.6% 1,416 1,436
Central District 7th 6 -0- 7 12 44.2% 1,173 1,481
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 9 8 45.0% 1,252 1,528
North Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 9 8 42.4% 1,202 1,634
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 11 4 42.3% 1,225 1,670

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 146 - 43
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 167 - 151
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 121 - 106
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 99 - 66
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 99 - 145

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 10 -0- 4 20 57.9% 1,845 1,344
Sturt 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 57.2% 1,626 1,215
Port Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 4 20 54.4% 1,614 1,354
West Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 53.4% 1,426 1,242
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 6 16 52.8% 1,504 1,346
South Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 7 14 49.9% 1,583 1,587
Central District 7th 6 -0- 8 12 44.5% 1,324 1,648
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 9 10 43.7% 1,347 1,733
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 10 8 44.8% 1,318 1,627
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 12 4 42.2% 1,324 1,815

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 116 - 159
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 119 - 71
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 97 - 97
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 135 - 73
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 118 - 139

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 4 22 54.9% 1,733 1,425
Sturt 2nd 10 -1- 4 21 56.8% 1,723 1,312
Glenelg 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 56.5% 1,918 1,479
West Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 6 18 54.3% 1,561 1,315
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 7 16 51.8% 1,620 1,505
South Adelaide 6th 7 -1- 7 15 49.9% 1,680 1,684
Central District 7th 7 -0- 8 14 45.7% 1,483 1,764
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 10 10 45.5% 1,457 1,745
North Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 10 10 43.4% 1,418 1,852
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 13 4 42.5% 1,442 1,954

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 105 - 73
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 127 - 74
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 160 - 59
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 119 - 52
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Football Park 78 - 132

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 4 24 56.1% 1,893 1,484
Sturt 2nd 11 -1- 4 23 57.5% 1,842 1,364
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 56.8% 2,045 1,553
West Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 7 18 52.9% 1,613 1,434
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 7 18 52.5% 1,752 1,583
Central District 6th 8 -0- 8 16 46.4% 1,588 1,837
South Adelaide 7th 7 -1- 8 15 49.2% 1,754 1,811
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 11 10 44.3% 1,516 1,905
North Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 11 10 43.2% 1,491 1,957
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 14 4 42.2% 1,520 2,086

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 88 - 62
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 139 - 99
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 73 - 136
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 71 - 89
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 168 - 100

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 4 26 56.5% 2,061 1,584
Sturt 2nd 12 -1- 4 25 57.9% 1,978 1,437
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 5 24 56.9% 2,184 1,652
West Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 8 18 52.4% 1,675 1,522
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 8 18 52.2% 1,823 1,672
Central District 6th 9 -0- 8 18 46.9% 1,676 1,899
South Adelaide 7th 8 -1- 8 17 49.5% 1,843 1,882
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 12 10 44.1% 1,615 2,044
North Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 12 10 42.8% 1,564 2,093
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 15 4 41.8% 1,620 2,254

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 112 - 150
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 171 - 89
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 130 - 69
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 97 - 146
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 198 - 62

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 4 28 57.0% 2,191 1,653
Sturt 2nd 13 -1- 4 27 59.2% 2,176 1,499
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 56.0% 2,296 1,802
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 8 20 53.1% 1,994 1,761
Central District 5th 10 -0- 8 20 47.6% 1,826 2,011
West Adelaide 6th 9 -0- 9 18 51.4% 1,744 1,652
South Adelaide 7th 8 -1- 9 17 48.9% 1,940 2,028
North Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 12 12 43.8% 1,710 2,190
Woodville 9th 5 -0- 13 10 43.5% 1,704 2,215
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 16 4 40.7% 1,682 2,452

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 209 - 64
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 114 - 140
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 167 - 86
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 129 - 68
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 75 - 109

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 4 30 56.9% 2,331 1,767
Sturt 2nd 14 -1- 4 29 59.6% 2,343 1,585
Glenelg 3rd 13 -0- 6 26 57.3% 2,505 1,866
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 9 20 52.2% 2,062 1,890
West Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 9 20 52.1% 1,873 1,720
Central District 6th 10 -0- 9 20 46.7% 1,912 2,178
South Adelaide 7th 8 -1- 10 17 48.6% 2,054 2,168
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 12 14 44.5% 1,819 2,265
Woodville 9th 5 -0- 14 10 43.4% 1,779 2,324
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 17 4 39.6% 1,746 2,661

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 62 - 79
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 111 - 148
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 99 - 172
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 74 - 46
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 136 - 96

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 4 32 57.0% 2,405 1,813
Sturt 2nd 14 -1- 5 29 59.0% 2,389 1,659
Glenelg 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 56.5% 2,616 2,014
West Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 9 22 52.9% 2,045 1,819
Norwood 5th 11 -0- 9 22 52.5% 2,210 2,001
Central District 6th 10 -0- 10 20 46.7% 1,974 2,257
South Adelaide 7th 9 -1- 10 19 48.9% 2,133 2,230
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 13 14 44.0% 1,918 2,437
Woodville 9th 6 -0- 14 12 44.2% 1,915 2,420
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 18 4 39.7% 1,842 2,797

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 184 - 102
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 96 - 84
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 163 - 89
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 126 - 106
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 152 - 179

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 4 34 57.4% 2,568 1,902
Sturt 2nd 14 -1- 6 29 57.5% 2,491 1,843
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 7 28 57.0% 2,800 2,116
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 9 24 53.0% 2,171 1,925
Norwood 5th 11 -0- 10 22 51.5% 2,299 2,164
Central District 6th 11 -0- 10 22 47.2% 2,153 2,409
South Adelaide 7th 9 -1- 11 19 48.8% 2,217 2,326
North Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 13 16 44.4% 2,014 2,521
Woodville 9th 6 -0- 15 12 44.3% 2,021 2,546
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 19 4 40.1% 1,994 2,976

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1976 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 98 - 121 20,545

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/09/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Football Park 113 - 136 22,784

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1976 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 125 - 99 23,962
SUN 12/09/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 123 - 80 42,448

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1976 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 114 - 121 29,202

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1976 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 75 - 116 66,897