1977 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1977 season of the South Australian National Football League.

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

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with John Cahill as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1977 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 116

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Glenelg
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 -1- 4 35 59.4% 2,804 1,916 411 338 278 248
Glenelg 2nd 14 -0- 8 28 56.2% 2,676 2,089 391 330 302 277
West Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.6% 2,286 1,898 327 324 262 326
Norwood 4th 13 -0- 9 26 57.8% 2,533 1,848 364 349 258 300
South Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 9 26 52.5% 2,483 2,243 360 323 327 281
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 44.6% 1,979 2,458 283 281 353 340
Sturt 7th 9 -1- 12 19 49.7% 2,242 2,266 326 286 325 316
North Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 14 15 44.6% 2,206 2,736 316 310 397 354
Woodville 9th 6 -0- 16 12 40.0% 1,950 2,923 275 300 429 349
Central District 10th 5 -1- 16 11 42.0% 2,052 2,834 294 288 416 338

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 125 - 103 5,999
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 102 - 121 12,732
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 162 - 135 16,558
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 118 - 104 5,584
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 88 - 77 5,053

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 1 -0- 0 2 54.8% 125 103
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 54.5% 162 135
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 54.3% 121 102
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 0 2 53.3% 88 77
South Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 53.2% 118 104
West Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.8% 104 118
Woodville 7th 0 -0- 1 0 46.7% 77 88
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 1 0 45.7% 102 121
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 1 0 45.5% 135 162
North Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 45.2% 103 125

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 133 - 78 18,704
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 135 - 57 5,099
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 103 - 171 3,360
MON 11/04/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 141 - 86 7,678
MON 11/04/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 67 - 149 23,126

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 58.3% 289 207
West Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 1 2 57.7% 239 175
Norwood 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 57.2% 251 188
North Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 53.6% 244 211
Glenelg 5th 1 -0- 1 2 52.8% 268 240
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 1 2 45.9% 199 235
Port Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 1 2 44.6% 229 284
West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 1 2 44.4% 174 218
Central District 9th 1 -0- 1 2 43.3% 182 238
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 41.0% 180 259

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 75 - 91 12,682
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 188 - 86 3,607
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 180 - 79 10,665
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 131 - 101 6,693
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 86 - 47 7,766

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 57.7% 420 308
North Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 59.3% 432 297
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 56.5% 342 263
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 53.0% 409 363
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 1 4 50.3% 285 282
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 52.3% 286 261
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 2 2 50.9% 343 331
West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 2 2 44.1% 275 349
Central District 9th 1 -0- 2 2 38.4% 261 418
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 3 0 37.3% 266 447

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Football Park 148 - 81 11,099
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 169 - 101 6,187
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 138 - 98 5,284
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 137 - 90 5,014
MON 25/04/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Football Park 75 - 135 32,395

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 3 -0- 1 6 58.4% 511 364
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 55.4% 544 438
South Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 52.4% 501 456
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.9% 530 435
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 2 4 54.4% 491 412
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 54.2% 424 359
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 2 4 48.4% 412 439
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 2 4 46.3% 360 417
Central District 9th 1 -0- 3 2 38.7% 351 555
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 37.3% 367 616

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 100 - 108 3,694
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 132 - 59 7,836
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 170 - 105 12,053
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 104 - 118 8,705
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Football Park 52 - 184 9,487

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 1 8 62.6% 695 416
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 56.8% 714 543
South Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 52.5% 619 560
Glenelg 4th 3 -0- 2 6 56.9% 623 471
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 51.0% 589 567
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 50.0% 529 529
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 3 4 46.4% 464 535
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 3 4 42.7% 464 623
Central District 9th 1 -0- 4 2 40.5% 451 663
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 4 2 39.9% 475 716

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 131 - 80 5,963
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 219 - 69 8,340
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 65 - 158 16,298
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 73 - 165 3,876
SUN 08/05/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 124 - 59 7,935

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 1 10 65.3% 914 485
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 58.9% 872 608
Glenelg 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 59.2% 788 544
South Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 48.8% 684 718
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 52.6% 653 588
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 45.6% 658 786
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 4 4 45.0% 544 666
Central District 8th 2 -0- 4 4 43.9% 582 743
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 4 4 41.2% 523 747
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 5 2 38.3% 548 881

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 65 - 157 7,817
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Football Park 100 - 70 7,910
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 131 - 77 6,084
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 137 - 107 4,763
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 124 - 54 5,505

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 1 12 64.6% 1,014 555
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 60.5% 1,029 673
South Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 50.6% 815 795
Glenelg 4th 4 -0- 3 8 55.8% 842 668
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 51.2% 723 688
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 4 6 46.8% 681 773
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 4 6 44.7% 647 801
North Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 5 4 43.4% 723 943
Central District 9th 2 -0- 5 4 43.0% 659 874
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 6 2 39.2% 655 1,018

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 118 - 115 5,022
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 107 - 99 5,450
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 148 - 42 2,348
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Football Park 101 - 172 11,750
SUN 22/05/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 88 - 71 9,846

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 7 -0- 1 14 63.8% 1,102 626
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 60.8% 1,201 774
South Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 50.1% 886 883
Glenelg 4th 4 -0- 4 8 54.9% 957 786
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 54.4% 871 730
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 5 6 47.0% 780 880
North Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 44.3% 830 1,042
Central District 8th 3 -0- 5 6 44.0% 777 989
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 5 6 43.5% 748 973
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 7 2 37.4% 697 1,166

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 82 - 159 8,160
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 156 - 58 6,929
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 200 - 66 6,957
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 194 - 76 6,206
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 43 - 101 6,645

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 1 16 64.0% 1,261 708
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 1 16 62.5% 1,401 840
South Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 53.0% 1,080 959
Glenelg 4th 5 -0- 4 10 56.9% 1,113 844
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 51.2% 929 886
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 5 8 48.8% 881 923
Central District 7th 3 -0- 6 6 42.8% 859 1,148
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 6 6 42.4% 791 1,074
North Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 6 6 42.3% 906 1,236
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 8 2 35.8% 763 1,366

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 104 - 83 15,377
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 125 - 125 4,410
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 147 - 90 5,667
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 88 - 111 12,733
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 88 - 106 3,302

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 9 -0- 1 18 63.3% 1,372 796
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 61.1% 1,484 944
South Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 53.9% 1,227 1,049
Glenelg 4th 6 -0- 4 12 56.8% 1,217 927
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 6 8 49.7% 1,019 1,033
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.4% 969 1,034
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 6 8 43.6% 897 1,162
Central District 8th 3 -1- 6 7 43.6% 984 1,273
North Adelaide 9th 3 -1- 6 7 43.1% 1,031 1,361
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 9 2 36.6% 851 1,472

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 187 - 89 5,746
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 71 - 69 22,738
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 174 - 99 3,462
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 139 - 92 12,644
MON 13/06/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Football Park 102 - 88 6,362

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 9 -0- 2 18 62.4% 1,441 867
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 60.6% 1,555 1,013
South Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 55.0% 1,401 1,148
Glenelg 4th 6 -0- 5 12 55.1% 1,309 1,066
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 50.0% 1,121 1,121
Sturt 6th 5 -0- 6 10 49.6% 1,108 1,126
North Adelaide 7th 4 -1- 6 9 45.7% 1,218 1,450
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 7 8 42.2% 986 1,349
Central District 9th 3 -1- 7 7 43.8% 1,072 1,375
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 10 2 36.6% 950 1,646

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 32 - 109 7,032
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 95 - 98 10,452
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 99 - 64 6,761
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 78 - 76 3,463
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 82 - 102 2,305

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 2 20 61.4% 1,664 1,045
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 61.4% 1,536 965
South Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 54.6% 1,477 1,226
Glenelg 4th 7 -0- 5 14 54.8% 1,407 1,161
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 50.7% 1,220 1,185
North Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 6 11 46.3% 1,320 1,532
Sturt 7th 5 -0- 7 10 48.9% 1,172 1,225
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 7 10 42.7% 1,064 1,425
Central District 9th 3 -1- 8 7 42.7% 1,104 1,484
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 11 2 37.1% 1,032 1,748

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 109 - 119 4,722
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 116 - 107 9,047
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 90 - 78 5,322
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 96 - 96 16,621
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 88 - 83 3,890

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -1- 2 21 60.7% 1,760 1,141
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 60.6% 1,619 1,053
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 54.6% 1,523 1,268
South Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 54.1% 1,584 1,342
North Adelaide 5th 6 -1- 6 13 46.7% 1,410 1,610
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 50.4% 1,298 1,275
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 7 12 43.5% 1,183 1,534
Sturt 8th 5 -1- 7 11 49.0% 1,268 1,321
Central District 9th 3 -1- 9 7 43.1% 1,213 1,603
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 11 4 38.0% 1,120 1,831

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Football Park 86 - 160 2,721
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 219 - 72 7,901
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 79 - 126 11,700
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 115 - 87 8,132
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 66 - 98 7,071

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -1- 3 21 59.5% 1,847 1,256
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 60.5% 1,717 1,119
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 56.5% 1,742 1,340
South Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 53.1% 1,663 1,468
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 7 14 50.9% 1,413 1,362
Sturt 6th 6 -1- 7 13 49.9% 1,394 1,400
North Adelaide 7th 6 -1- 7 13 44.8% 1,482 1,829
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 8 12 43.4% 1,249 1,632
Central District 9th 3 -1- 10 7 42.4% 1,299 1,763
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 11 6 40.0% 1,280 1,917

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 207 - 79 7,080
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 134 - 78 10,296
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 189 - 97 6,791
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 119 - 63 5,457
SUN 10/07/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 123 - 77 11,561

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -1- 3 23 59.8% 1,981 1,334
Norwood 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 60.6% 1,840 1,196
Glenelg 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 57.9% 1,949 1,419
South Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 7 16 52.1% 1,741 1,602
West Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 51.8% 1,532 1,425
Sturt 6th 7 -1- 7 15 51.4% 1,583 1,497
North Adelaide 7th 6 -1- 8 13 44.4% 1,559 1,952
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 9 12 42.8% 1,312 1,751
Central District 9th 3 -1- 11 7 41.7% 1,396 1,952
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 12 6 39.0% 1,359 2,124

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 177 - 91 8,301
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 183 - 76 3,552
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 97 - 63 7,385
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Football Park 98 - 148 6,962
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 119 - 98 5,263

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -1- 3 25 60.2% 2,158 1,425
Norwood 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 59.5% 1,903 1,293
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 58.0% 2,097 1,517
South Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 7 18 53.4% 1,924 1,678
West Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 7 18 52.3% 1,629 1,488
Sturt 6th 7 -1- 8 15 51.0% 1,681 1,616
North Adelaide 7th 6 -1- 9 13 43.7% 1,650 2,129
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 10 12 42.6% 1,410 1,899
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 12 8 39.9% 1,478 2,222
Central District 10th 3 -1- 12 7 40.8% 1,472 2,135

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 58 - 65 2,940
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 141 - 59 4,854
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 75 - 76 5,040
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 67 - 59 6,543
SUN 24/07/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 79 - 40 9,587

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -1- 3 27 60.4% 2,237 1,465
Norwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 60.2% 2,044 1,352
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 57.6% 2,156 1,584
South Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.4% 1,989 1,736
West Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 7 20 52.3% 1,696 1,547
Sturt 6th 7 -1- 9 15 50.9% 1,756 1,692
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 10 14 42.9% 1,486 1,974
North Adelaide 8th 6 -1- 10 13 43.8% 1,708 2,194
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 13 8 39.7% 1,518 2,301
Central District 10th 3 -1- 13 7 40.2% 1,531 2,276

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 119 - 141 5,926
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 135 - 109 5,482
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 89 - 81 9,536
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 116 - 83 8,236
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 93 - 115 2,902

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -1- 3 29 60.1% 2,326 1,546
Norwood 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 59.2% 2,127 1,468
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 56.9% 2,275 1,725
South Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 7 22 53.6% 2,105 1,819
West Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 7 22 52.5% 1,811 1,640
Sturt 6th 7 -1- 10 15 50.5% 1,865 1,827
North Adelaide 7th 7 -1- 10 15 44.5% 1,843 2,303
West Torrens 8th 7 -0- 11 14 43.2% 1,567 2,063
Central District 9th 4 -1- 13 9 41.1% 1,672 2,395
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 14 8 40.0% 1,611 2,416

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 81 - 91 16,906
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 82 - 55 3,552
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Football Park 64 - 51 5,066
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 103 - 75 2,110
SUN 07/08/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 86 - 81 15,061

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -1- 3 31 59.8% 2,417 1,627
Norwood 2nd 12 -0- 7 24 58.6% 2,208 1,559
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 56.7% 2,361 1,806
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 7 24 52.8% 1,893 1,695
South Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 8 22 53.4% 2,156 1,883
West Torrens 6th 8 -0- 11 16 43.6% 1,631 2,114
Sturt 7th 7 -1- 11 15 50.4% 1,946 1,913
North Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 11 15 44.3% 1,898 2,385
Woodville 9th 5 -0- 14 10 40.8% 1,714 2,491
Central District 10th 4 -1- 14 9 41.2% 1,747 2,498

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 92 - 74 3,556
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 78 - 120 12,916
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 125 - 118 4,537
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 123 - 122 10,870
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 172 - 79 3,275

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -1- 4 31 59.2% 2,539 1,750
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 7 26 56.8% 2,481 1,884
Norwood 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 57.7% 2,286 1,679
South Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 8 24 53.3% 2,281 2,001
West Adelaide 5th 12 -0- 8 24 52.4% 1,967 1,787
West Torrens 6th 9 -0- 11 18 45.1% 1,803 2,193
Sturt 7th 8 -1- 11 17 50.4% 2,069 2,035
North Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 12 15 44.5% 2,016 2,510
Central District 9th 5 -1- 14 11 41.7% 1,839 2,572
Woodville 10th 5 -0- 15 10 40.2% 1,793 2,663

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 115 - 62 18,041
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 112 - 71 8,812
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 159 - 50 2,309
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 119 - 89 3,948
SUN 21/08/1977 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 112 - 109 4,780

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -1- 4 33 59.4% 2,654 1,812
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 8 26 56.0% 2,543 1,999
West Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 53.6% 2,126 1,837
South Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 8 26 53.1% 2,393 2,110
Norwood 5th 12 -0- 9 24 56.8% 2,357 1,791
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 11 20 45.7% 1,922 2,282
Sturt 7th 9 -1- 11 19 50.9% 2,181 2,106
North Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 13 15 44.5% 2,105 2,629
Central District 9th 5 -1- 15 11 42.1% 1,948 2,684
Woodville 10th 5 -0- 16 10 39.5% 1,843 2,822

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 133 - 90 9,460
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 101 - 107 3,114
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 176 - 57 9,376
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 150 - 104 9,362
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 61 - 160 8,897

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -1- 4 35 59.4% 2,804 1,916
Glenelg 2nd 14 -0- 8 28 56.2% 2,676 2,089
West Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.6% 2,286 1,898
Norwood 4th 13 -0- 9 26 57.8% 2,533 1,848
South Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 9 26 52.5% 2,483 2,243
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 44.6% 1,979 2,458
Sturt 7th 9 -1- 12 19 49.7% 2,242 2,266
North Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 14 15 44.6% 2,206 2,736
Woodville 9th 6 -0- 16 12 40.0% 1,950 2,923
Central District 10th 5 -1- 16 11 42.0% 2,052 2,834

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1977 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Football Park 73 - 89 20,509

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 04/09/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 126 - 86 24,510

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1977 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 71 - 36 19,146
SUN 11/09/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 84 - 59 32,191

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1977 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 80 - 54 27,883

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1977 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 113 - 105 56,717