1966 St Kilda Football Club season

St Kilda Football Club
1966 season
PresidentGraham Huggins
CoachAllan Jeans
Captain(s)Darrel Baldock
Home groundMoorabbin Oval
VFL season2nd
Finals seriesPremiers
Best and FairestIan Stewart
Leading goalkickerKevin Neale (55 goals)
Highest home attendance50,458, vs. Essendon, 13 June
Lowest home attendance15,003, vs. Melbourne, 16 July
Average home attendance26,626 (total 239,628)

The 1966 St Kilda Football Club season is the most successful season in St Kilda Football Club history. It currently stands as the only premiership season for St Kilda since its entry into the VFL.[a] The Saints season in 1966 also saw St Kilda win every home game, including the Grand Final rematch in round 8.

Although 1966 was St Kilda's first premiership season, the club had been to the VFL Grand Final in 1913 and more recently, 1965. Leading up to the premiership season, St Kilda had played finals football in both the 1961 and 1963 seasons.

That they won the 1966 flag was perhaps more surprising given the success of the season prior, in which the Saints finished minor premiers before winning the Second Semi Final in a thrilling one-point victory over Collingwood, and losing to Essendon in the Grand Final.

Season summary

Fixture

St Kilda's 1966 VFL season fixture[1]
Round Date Opponent Home Away Result Venue Attendance Ladder position
Scores
1 Monday, 25 April Melbourne 4.9 (33) 17.7 (109) Won (76 points) Melbourne Cricket Ground 64,930 1st
2 Saturday, 30 April Carlton 15.17 (107) 7.12 (54) Won (53 points) Moorabbin Oval 30,810 1st
3 Saturday, 7 May North Melbourne 9.13 (67) 15.13 (103) Won (36 points) Arden Street Oval 17,261 1st
4 Saturday, 14 May Geelong 15.11 (101) 7.16 (58) Won (43 points) Moorabbin Oval 37,140 1st
5 Saturday, 21 May South Melbourne 7.11 (53) 13.17 (95) Won (42 points) Lake Oval 32,294 1st
6 Saturday, 28 May Fitzroy 17.16 (118) 8.6 (54) Won (64 points) Moorabbin Oval 19,737 1st
7 Saturday, 4 June Hawthorn 11.12 (78) 15.12 (102) Won (24 points) Glenferrie Oval 17,755 1st
8 Monday, 13 June Essendon 8.8 (56) 7.7 (49) Won (7 points) Moorabbin Oval 50,458 1st
9 Saturday, 18 June Richmond 16.13 (109) 11.8 (74) Lost (35 points) Melbourne Cricket Ground 55,426 1st
10 Saturday, 25 June Collingwood 17.15 (117) 6.9 (45) Lost (72 points) Victoria Park 37,607 2nd
11 Saturday, 2 July Footscray 15.15 (105) 7.12 (54) Won (51 points) Moorabbin Oval 21,507 2nd
12 Saturday, 16 July Melbourne 12.13 (85) 6.6 (42) Won (43 points) Moorabbin Oval 15,003 2nd
13 Saturday, 23 July Carlton 7.15 (57) 5.11 (41) Lost (16 points) Princes Park 23,367 3rd
14 Saturday, 30 July North Melbourne 10.18 (78) 4.16 (40) Won (38 points) Moorabbin Oval 20,530 3rd
15 Saturday, 6 August Geelong 14.11 (95) 10.12 (72) Lost (23 points) Kardinia Park 28,720 3rd
16 Saturday, 13 August South Melbourne 19.19 (133) 10.6 (66) Won (67 points) Moorabbin Oval 20,583 2nd
17 Saturday, 20 August Fitzroy 5.10 (40) 17.22 (124) Won (84 points) Brunswick Street Oval 12,343 2nd
18 Saturday, 27 August Hawthorn 14.9 (93) 13.5 (83) Won (10 points) Moorabbin Oval 23,860 2nd
Finals
SF (2nd) Saturday, 10 September Collingwood 15.9 (99) 13.11 (89) Lost (10 points) Melbourne Cricket Ground 95,614 —
PF Saturday, 17 September Essendon 15.4 (94) 7.10 (52) Won (42 points) Melbourne Cricket Ground 93,453 —
GF Saturday, 24 September Collingwood 10.13 (73) 10.14 (74) Won (1 point) Melbourne Cricket Ground 102,055 —

Ladder

1966 VFL ladder
Pos. Team P W L D PF PA % Pts GF–BF GA–BA F/A A/A W%
1 Collingwood 18 15 3 0 1687 1073 157.22 60 236–271 149–179 93.72 59.61 83.33
2 St Kilda 18 14 4 0 1641 1149 142.82 56 234–237 159–195 91.17 63.83 77.78
3 Geelong 18 14 4 0 1599 1162 137.61 56 226–243 164–178 88.83 64.56 77.78
4 Essendon 18 14 4 0 1457 1204 121.01 56 207–215 173–166 80.94 66.89 77.78
5 Richmond 18 13 4 1 1626 1320 123.18 54 232–234 183–222 90.33 73.33 72.22
6 Carlton 18 10 8 0 1233 1143 107.87 40 169–219 160–183 68.50 63.50 55.56
7 North Melbourne 18 7 10 1 1294 1381 93.70 30 178–226 191–235 71.89 76.72 38.89
8 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1486 1505 98.74 28 212–214 205–275 82.56 83.61 38.89
9 Hawthorn 18 5 13 0 1224 1650 74.18 20 171–198 235–240 68.00 91.67 27.78
10 Footscray 18 4 14 0 1004 1458 68.86 16 136–188 201–252 55.78 81.00 22.22
11 Melbourne 18 3 15 0 1235 1580 78.17 12 169–221 226–224 68.61 87.78 16.67
12 Fitzroy 18 1 17 0 1004 1865 53.83 4 141–158 265–275 55.78 103.61 5.56

Notes

  1. ^ Now known as the AFL.

Sources

  1. ^ "1966 V/AFL Premiership Season". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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