1980 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1980 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: 1980 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 Daryl Hicks
Glenelg Glenelg Oval John Halbert
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Barrie Robran
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Haydn Bunton
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Trevor Hughes
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Neil Kerley
Woodville Woodville Oval Barry Goodingham

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
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 19 -1- 2 39 65.3% 3,176 1,687 466 380 238 259
Glenelg 2nd 19 -0- 3 38 58.9% 2,873 2,004 416 377 279 330
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 51.6% 2,635 2,471 377 373 357 329
West Torrens 4th 13 -0- 9 26 51.4% 2,255 2,130 322 323 307 288
Norwood 5th 12 -0- 10 24 49.7% 2,284 2,310 326 328 326 354
Central District 6th 9 -1- 12 19 47.3% 2,264 2,522 324 320 363 344
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 47.7% 2,208 2,421 316 312 349 327
North Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 16 12 45.5% 2,274 2,726 331 288 397 344
West Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 16 12 43.0% 2,182 2,895 315 292 424 351
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 18 8 40.6% 2,128 3,113 305 298 458 365

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 72 - 72 15,696
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 94 - 117 10,558
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 94 - 50 10,058
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 57 - 134 6,550
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 116 - 104 4,544

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 1 -0- 0 2 70.2% 134 57
South Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 65.3% 94 50
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 55.5% 117 94
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 0 2 52.7% 116 104
Central District 5th 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 72 72
Port Adelaide 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 72 72
Woodville 7th 0 -0- 1 0 47.3% 104 116
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.5% 94 117
Norwood 9th 0 -0- 1 0 34.7% 50 94
West Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 29.8% 57 134

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 143 - 117 8,685
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 182 - 74 13,352
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Football Park 113 - 46 6,302
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 79 - 192 5,434
SUN 13/04/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 93 - 94 9,611

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 2 -0- 0 4 64.1% 309 173
Glenelg 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 61.4% 277 174
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 60.4% 229 150
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -1- 0 3 63.5% 254 146
Central District 5th 1 -1- 0 3 50.2% 166 165
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 56.5% 187 144
North Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 44.8% 211 260
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 2 0 37.3% 183 308
Norwood 9th 0 -0- 2 0 31.0% 124 276
West Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 29.4% 103 247

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 170 - 108 10,780
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 73 - 123 5,947
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 157 - 63 6,321
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 243 - 82 9,072
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 84 - 100 10,195

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 61.3% 447 282
West Torrens 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 58.4% 329 234
Port Adelaide 3rd 2 -1- 0 5 68.6% 497 228
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 59.0% 393 273
South Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 58.8% 310 217
Central District 6th 1 -1- 1 3 45.0% 274 335
Norwood 7th 1 -0- 2 2 45.3% 281 339
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 42.6% 284 383
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 3 0 32.5% 265 551
West Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 29.1% 166 404

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 62 - 72 22,709
FRI 25/04/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 83 - 59 19,556
SAT 26/04/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 90 - 116 10,362
SAT 26/04/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 163 - 90 4,456
SAT 26/04/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 157 - 61 5,562

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 4 -0- 0 8 57.5% 401 296
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -1- 0 7 66.9% 580 287
Glenelg 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 59.0% 509 354
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.2% 369 300
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 2 4 51.4% 454 430
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 2 4 48.1% 397 429
Central District 7th 1 -1- 2 3 44.7% 364 451
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 3 2 48.6% 447 473
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 41.0% 323 465
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 33.2% 355 714

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Football Park 129 - 114 6,837
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 187 - 70 10,405
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 127 - 124 9,861
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 128 - 82 10,392
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 59 - 185 3,981

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 5 -0- 0 10 58.3% 529 378
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -1- 0 9 68.2% 767 357
Glenelg 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 62.7% 694 413
South Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 53.9% 496 424
Central District 5th 2 -1- 2 5 46.6% 493 565
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 3 4 50.9% 578 557
Norwood 7th 2 -0- 3 4 46.2% 479 557
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 4 2 48.2% 561 602
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 4 2 37.6% 393 652
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 5 0 31.5% 414 899

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 150 - 108 6,939
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 100 - 96 13,829
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Football Park 55 - 94 8,328
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 71 - 150 2,426
SUN 11/05/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 67 - 106 9,473

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 1 10 62.5% 800 480
West Torrens 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 55.3% 584 472
Port Adelaide 3rd 4 -1- 1 9 65.4% 863 457
South Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 56.6% 646 495
Central District 5th 3 -1- 2 7 48.9% 643 673
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 3 6 50.9% 678 653
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 49.9% 655 657
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 4 4 45.2% 546 663
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 5 2 38.4% 501 802
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 6 0 31.6% 485 1,049

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 119 - 116 10,727
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 142 - 119 5,201
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 122 - 71 18,656
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 87 - 92 9,015
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 116 - 99 3,704

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 6 -0- 1 12 54.7% 676 559
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -1- 1 11 65.1% 985 528
Glenelg 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 59.1% 871 602
Central District 4th 4 -1- 2 9 49.1% 762 789
South Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 55.5% 733 587
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 4 6 50.7% 794 772
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 4 6 46.8% 688 782
North Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 5 4 49.4% 754 773
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 40.6% 617 901
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 7 0 33.6% 604 1,191

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 182 - 105 6,570
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 122 - 79 12,485
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 97 - 105 7,839
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 150 - 60 18,703
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 112 - 92 4,726

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -1- 1 13 65.9% 1,135 588
Glenelg 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 59.3% 993 681
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 50.9% 736 709
Central District 4th 5 -1- 2 11 51.4% 944 894
South Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 3 10 55.4% 845 679
North Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 5 6 49.7% 859 870
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 5 6 49.4% 873 894
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 5 6 46.9% 785 887
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 6 4 41.2% 709 1,013
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 8 0 34.1% 709 1,373

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 178 - 56 9,635
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 102 - 136 8,084
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 110 - 94 9,935
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 110 - 92 8,220
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 88 - 100 2,459

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -1- 1 15 67.1% 1,313 644
Glenelg 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 59.0% 1,129 783
West Torrens 3rd 7 -0- 2 14 51.4% 846 801
Central District 4th 5 -1- 3 11 50.8% 1,036 1,004
South Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 53.7% 947 815
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 5 8 49.9% 983 988
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 6 6 46.9% 879 997
North Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 6 6 46.6% 915 1,048
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 6 6 42.4% 809 1,101
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 9 0 35.1% 797 1,473

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 84 - 88 16,854
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 153 - 109 7,002
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 155 - 105 10,055
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 165 - 49 7,100
SUN 08/06/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 86 - 98 4,950

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -1- 1 17 65.8% 1,401 728
Glenelg 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 59.0% 1,282 892
West Torrens 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 50.9% 932 899
Central District 4th 5 -1- 4 11 50.6% 1,120 1,092
South Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 50.4% 996 980
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 6 8 50.0% 1,044 1,046
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 6 8 48.8% 1,088 1,143
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 6 8 48.1% 1,070 1,153
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 7 6 42.3% 918 1,254
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 9 2 36.5% 895 1,559

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 98 - 79 8,194
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 48 - 123 8,079
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 64 - 154 17,667
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 98 - 84 5,570
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 68 - 122 5,177

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -1- 1 19 66.3% 1,555 792
Glenelg 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 59.9% 1,405 940
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 52.2% 1,054 967
Central District 4th 6 -1- 4 13 51.0% 1,218 1,171
South Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 49.9% 1,075 1,078
Sturt 6th 5 -0- 6 10 49.2% 1,186 1,227
Norwood 7th 4 -0- 7 8 48.0% 1,108 1,200
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 7 8 46.7% 1,118 1,276
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 8 6 41.7% 986 1,376
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 10 2 37.1% 979 1,657

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Football Park 105 - 116 10,353
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 163 - 112 7,425
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 169 - 85 5,056
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 103 - 104 4,366
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 91 - 131 7,910

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -1- 1 21 65.5% 1,718 904
Glenelg 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 59.3% 1,521 1,045
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 51.0% 1,145 1,098
Central District 4th 6 -1- 5 13 50.7% 1,323 1,287
South Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 51.7% 1,244 1,163
Sturt 6th 6 -0- 6 12 50.0% 1,317 1,318
Norwood 7th 5 -0- 7 10 48.2% 1,212 1,303
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 8 8 45.4% 1,203 1,445
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 9 6 42.4% 1,089 1,480
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 11 2 37.5% 1,091 1,820

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 57 - 78 6,064
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 53 - 147 7,979
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 172 - 107 4,842
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 70 - 108 5,261
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 118 - 66 2,045

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -1- 1 23 66.1% 1,865 957
Glenelg 2nd 11 -0- 2 22 59.4% 1,629 1,115
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 50.2% 1,215 1,206
Sturt 4th 7 -0- 6 14 51.1% 1,489 1,425
Central District 5th 6 -1- 6 13 50.3% 1,380 1,365
South Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 49.8% 1,297 1,310
Norwood 7th 6 -0- 7 12 48.7% 1,290 1,360
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 9 8 44.8% 1,269 1,563
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 10 6 42.0% 1,196 1,652
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 11 4 39.1% 1,209 1,886

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 98 - 89 6,716
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 173 - 97 5,761
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Football Park 70 - 102 9,811
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 136 - 104 8,163
SUN 13/07/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 175 - 84 9,347

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -1- 1 25 66.2% 2,040 1,041
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 2 24 59.8% 1,802 1,212
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 50.8% 1,317 1,276
Sturt 4th 8 -0- 6 16 51.5% 1,625 1,529
Central District 5th 7 -1- 6 15 50.4% 1,478 1,454
South Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 8 12 49.2% 1,401 1,446
Norwood 7th 6 -0- 8 12 48.2% 1,360 1,462
North Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 10 8 45.0% 1,358 1,661
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 11 6 41.2% 1,280 1,827
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 12 4 38.8% 1,306 2,059

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 124 - 96 6,151
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 90 - 122 8,549
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 149 - 86 22,116
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 122 - 92 2,731
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 103 - 121 4,015

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -1- 1 27 66.0% 2,189 1,127
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 2 26 59.6% 1,924 1,302
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 50.2% 1,413 1,400
Central District 4th 8 -1- 6 17 50.7% 1,599 1,557
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 7 16 50.5% 1,711 1,678
South Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 49.8% 1,523 1,538
Norwood 7th 6 -0- 9 12 47.8% 1,450 1,584
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 10 10 45.8% 1,482 1,757
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 12 6 41.5% 1,383 1,948
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 13 4 39.1% 1,398 2,181

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 110 - 86 16,373
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 132 - 134 4,062
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Football Park 120 - 100 9,341
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 100 - 61 4,370
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 106 - 107 3,494

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 14 -0- 2 28 59.4% 2,034 1,388
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -1- 2 27 64.8% 2,275 1,237
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 50.9% 1,513 1,461
Sturt 4th 9 -0- 7 18 50.7% 1,831 1,778
Central District 5th 8 -1- 7 17 50.3% 1,699 1,677
South Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 9 14 49.2% 1,584 1,638
Norwood 7th 7 -0- 9 14 48.0% 1,557 1,690
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 11 10 46.0% 1,614 1,891
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 12 8 42.2% 1,517 2,080
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 14 4 39.7% 1,504 2,288

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 110 - 77 6,881
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 136 - 95 3,070
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 109 - 98 11,618
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 107 - 163 9,328
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 119 - 92 3,411

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -1- 2 29 64.5% 2,438 1,344
Glenelg 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 58.7% 2,132 1,497
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 50.8% 1,940 1,876
West Torrens 4th 10 -0- 7 20 49.9% 1,620 1,624
Central District 5th 8 -1- 8 17 49.9% 1,791 1,796
South Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 9 16 49.8% 1,720 1,733
Norwood 7th 8 -0- 9 16 48.5% 1,667 1,767
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 12 10 45.8% 1,691 2,001
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 13 8 42.1% 1,612 2,216
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 14 6 40.5% 1,623 2,380

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 75 - 168 8,083
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 151 - 109 6,589
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 70 - 172 9,245
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 146 - 102 11,425
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 135 - 78 2,311

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -1- 2 31 64.9% 2,610 1,414
Glenelg 2nd 15 -0- 3 30 58.7% 2,283 1,606
West Torrens 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 51.3% 1,788 1,699
Sturt 4th 10 -0- 8 20 50.2% 2,042 2,022
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 49.2% 1,813 1,869
Central District 6th 8 -1- 9 17 48.7% 1,866 1,964
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 10 16 49.3% 1,829 1,884
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 13 10 44.8% 1,761 2,173
West Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 13 10 43.2% 1,747 2,294
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 15 6 40.3% 1,701 2,515

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 149 - 58 11,602
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 106 - 119 9,487
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 120 - 156 5,472
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 92 - 152 4,419
SUN 17/08/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 128 - 129 6,654

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -1- 2 33 65.2% 2,759 1,472
Glenelg 2nd 16 -0- 3 32 58.6% 2,439 1,726
West Torrens 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 52.0% 1,940 1,791
Sturt 4th 11 -0- 8 22 50.2% 2,171 2,150
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 9 20 49.4% 1,932 1,975
Central District 6th 8 -1- 10 17 47.7% 1,924 2,113
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 11 16 49.1% 1,935 2,003
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 14 10 45.1% 1,889 2,302
West Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 14 10 43.2% 1,867 2,450
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 16 6 40.2% 1,793 2,667

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 108 - 100 4,729
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 88 - 180 5,247
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 63 - 118 16,309
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 107 - 139 4,624
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Football Park 112 - 160 4,573

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -1- 2 35 65.2% 2,877 1,535
Glenelg 2nd 17 -0- 3 34 59.1% 2,619 1,814
West Torrens 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 51.5% 2,047 1,930
Sturt 4th 12 -0- 8 24 50.8% 2,331 2,262
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 10 20 48.8% 1,995 2,093
Central District 6th 9 -1- 10 19 47.9% 2,032 2,213
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 12 16 49.1% 2,035 2,111
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 14 12 44.0% 2,006 2,557
North Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 15 10 44.3% 1,977 2,482
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 17 6 40.3% 1,905 2,827

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 152 - 108 6,777
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 150 - 75 6,813
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 161 3,168
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 93 - 132 4,890
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Football Park 126 - 98 10,581

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 18 -1- 2 37 65.3% 3,027 1,610
Glenelg 2nd 18 -0- 3 36 59.0% 2,771 1,922
West Torrens 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 51.7% 2,173 2,028
Sturt 4th 12 -0- 9 24 50.4% 2,429 2,388
Norwood 5th 11 -0- 10 22 49.3% 2,127 2,186
Central District 6th 9 -1- 11 19 47.5% 2,140 2,365
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 13 16 48.4% 2,131 2,272
North Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 15 12 45.3% 2,138 2,578
West Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 15 12 43.8% 2,099 2,689
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 18 6 39.9% 1,980 2,977

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1980 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 136 - 148 3,193
SAT 06/09/1980 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 157 - 124 6,990
SAT 06/09/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 149 - 77 8,245
SAT 06/09/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 206 - 83 5,905
SAT 06/09/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Football Park 82 - 102 11,673

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 19 -1- 2 39 65.3% 3,176 1,687
Glenelg 2nd 19 -0- 3 38 58.9% 2,873 2,004
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 51.6% 2,635 2,471
West Torrens 4th 13 -0- 9 26 51.4% 2,255 2,130
Norwood 5th 12 -0- 10 24 49.7% 2,284 2,310
Central District 6th 9 -1- 12 19 47.3% 2,264 2,522
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 47.7% 2,208 2,421
North Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 16 12 45.5% 2,274 2,726
West Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 16 12 43.0% 2,182 2,895
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 18 8 40.6% 2,128 3,113

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1980 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Football Park 83 - 128 24,892

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/09/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 90 - 119 23,813

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1980 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 59 - 96 27,923
SUN 21/09/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 164 - 101 37,386

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1980 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 100 - 116 31,228

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1980 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 81 - 63 54,536