The nickname, which was suggested by a Herald and Weekly Times artist in 1933, was inspired by the number of Western Australians in the team (the black swan being the state emblem of Western Australia), and was formally adopted by the club before the following season 1934. Occasionally, 702 ABC Sydney may cover Swans matches if they are played on a Saturday afternoon, regardless of where they are playing. The Swans only kicked 2 goals after half-time with Giant Jeremy Cameron outscoring them in the third quarter alone with 3 goals. Despite its historical lack of success, South Melbourne/Sydney has provided more Brownlow Medal winners (14) than any other club. On 31 July 1985, for what was thought to be $6.3 million, Geoffrey Edelsten "bought" the Swans; in reality it was $2.9 million in cash with funding and other payments spread over five years. The 1999 season was a largely uneventful year for the club, the only real highlight being Tony Lockett kicking his record-breaking 1300th goal against Collingwood in Round 10. In recent years, the club has proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the AFL era, failing to make the finals in only five seasons since 1995, playing the most finals matches and winning the second-most matches overall (only behind Geelong) since 2000 and boasting a finals winning record of over 50% in the same period. George Gershwin's Swanee (1919) was used by the club in marketing promotions during the late 1990s. The current predominantly red design appeared at the start of the 1992 season. The other clubs were St Kilda Football Club, Essendon Football Club, Fitzroy Football Club, Melbourne Football Club, Geelong Football Club, Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club. The nadir came with three consecutive wooden spoons in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans Biography. Paul Kelly is one of the greatest South Melbourne/Sydney Swans players of all time. I see it, but I don't believe it! The Sydney Swans said the change is 'reflective of who we are' as a club. It was during this era that the Swans picked up the likes of Paul Williams, Barry Hall, Craig Bolton, Darren Jolly, Ted Richards, Peter Everitt, Martin Mattner, Rhyce Shaw, Shane Mumford, Ben McGlynn and Mitch Morton, amongst others, and giving up higher order draft picks meant the Swans missed out on the likes of Daniel Motlop, Nick Dal Santo, James Kelly, Courtenay Dempsey and Sam Lonergan who went to … [59][60][61] The oval is located less than one hundred metres adjacent to the SCG and since undergoing a redevelopment in 2018/19, has the same dimensions as the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. Match coverage can be heard anywhere in the world via live streaming at the official AFL website or by downloading the AFL app for smartphones such as the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy. Paul Kelly Fans, New Braunfels, Texas. Select from premium Sydney Swans Club Launch of the highest quality. After a bye in Round 14, the Sydney Swans lost their first game after, again with the last kick of the game, by 4 points. The Sydney Swans is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been a founding member of the competition since 1897. They won their next 6 leading into the bye, including home wins against Geelong and North Melbourne, and an upset away win against Hawthorn in the grand final replay. (Siren in background)...The longest Premiership drought in football history is over! [44] The trade ban was fought by the club before the 2015 season and a reprieve was won, with the AFL allowing the club to participate in the 2015 AFL draft. The jumper is white with a red back and a red yoke with a silhouette of the Sydney Opera House at the point of the yoke. Both games were at the SCG. Morale at the side plummeted as players were asked to take pay cuts. However, a mark not paid to Isaac Heeney midway through the third quarter turned all the momentum the Giants way, as they kicked away to win by 36 points. According to Roy Morgan Research, the club has been the most supported club among all AFL supporters in every year since 2004. A lean patch of form which included upset losses to Gold Coast (for the first time ever) and Essendon (for the first time since 2011) had them looking likely to miss finals altogether. Paul Kelly. The club was based at Lake Oval, also home of the South Melbourne Cricket Club. The rivalry between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles has become one of the great modern rivalries. He was and still is known to Swans fans everywher Between Round 7, 1972 and Round 13, 1973, the team lost 29 consecutive games. The Sydney Swans v Collingwood match on 23 August 2003 set an attendance record for the largest crowd to watch an AFL game outside of Victoria with an official attendance of 72,393 and was the largest home and away AFL crowd at any stadium for 2003. They missed the finals for the first time in a decade, finishing 15th on the ladder with eight wins and 14 losses. In 2000, the Swans reserves team – known as the Redbacks – joined the Sydney AFL competition, but was so dominant in the lower competition that it withdrew prior to the finals series because the club felt the difference in standard was too greatly in favour of the Swans. Nick Davis! The Paul Kelly Cup, named after the former Swans captain and Brownlow medallist, is the largest AFL primary school competition in the state. The 1999 season ended with a 69-point mauling at the hands of minor premiers Essendon. ", For the records of every player to play for the club, see, Tony Lockett and grand final return: 1995–2001, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees. The Swans' headquarters and training facilities are located at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the club's playing home ground since 1982. The Swans lost all three of those significant matches. It was during this period that the team became known as the Swans. In 1982, the club was still technically a Melbourne-based club which played all of its home games in Sydney; however it dropped the name "South Melbourne" in June 1982, becoming known officially simply as "the Swans" for the rest of that season. The final would create history, being the first Sydney Derby to be played in a final. [8][9] Following the amalgamation, the club retained the name South Melbourne, and adopted the club's now familiar red and white colours from Albert-park. [46] In response to continued discussions between the club and league, as well as lobbying by the AFLPA,[47] the league further relaxed the trade restrictions for the Swans during the 2015 AFL Finals. Premiers Grand Finalist Finals Wooden spoon. He is named after Swans legend Bob Skilton. [35] The six games between the two sides (from the start of the 2005 finals to the first round of 2007 inclusive) were decided by a combined margin of 13 points. [28] However, this was followed by several heavy losses, including defeat by Hawthorn by 99 points in the Qualifying Final and by 76 points against Melbourne in the First Semi-final. Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans attends an AFL Centenary Year celebration, 1996 in Melbourne, Australia. The clash guernsey is a predominantly white version of the home guernsey similar to the original Opera House guernsey design, including a white back, but it is rarely used, since the two Queensland clubs (the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns) and cross town rivals GWS Giants are the only clubs with which there is a clash. By AAP. He led the club to a seventh-place finish at the end of the regular season, therefore qualifying for the finals for the 13th time in the past 16 seasons. After several years with only limited success, South Melbourne next reached the grand final in 1945. The 2014 AFL Grand Final was played on Saturday 27 September 2014 in near perfect weather conditions, with Sydney seen as favourites leading up to the match. Paul Kelly (born 28 July 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer, winner of the Brownlow Medal and captain of the Sydney Swans for ten seasons. The Swans won eight games – as many as they did in the previous three seasons combined – and finished with a percentage of over 100 (in fact, they have managed such consistently ever since). [18], On grand final eve, 1935, as the Swans prepared to take on Collingwood, star full-forward Bob Pratt was clipped by a truck moments after stepping off a tram and subsequently missed the match for South. The 2006 AFL Grand Final was contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2006. He was and still is known to Swans fans everywhere as "Captain Courageous". The team played home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground and will often play as a curtain raiser to senior AFL games. By the end of the 1970s South Melbourne were saddled with massive debts after struggling for such a long period of time. The Swans defeated Adelaide by 29 points in their qualifying final at AAMI Stadium, thus earning a week off and a home preliminary final, where they then defeated Collingwood by 26 points to qualify for their first grand final since 2006, ending an eleven-match losing streak against the Magpies in the process. This grand final would be the last match South Melbourne would play in the VFA, as the following season they would be one of eight founding clubs forming the breakaway Victorian Football League. [45] During the 2015 season, with the Swans team stretched by aging players and injuries, it had become apparent that the trade restrictions that had prevented the Swans from participating in the 2014 draft, had impacted the list. The Swans' first game played at the Stadium in Round 9, 2002 against Essendon attracted 54,169 spectators. The AFL stepped in to save the Swans, offering substantial monetary and management support. The Swans’ successive finals appearances saw crowds during this time peak at an average of around 25,000 per game. Last played for Sydney Swans in 2002. The inauguration date of the club is officially 19 June 1874, and it adopted the name "South Melbourne Football Club" four weeks later, on 15 July. Swans great Paul Kelly also won the Brownlow Medal that year. F Share T Tweet Q SMS W WhatsApp B Email G J Tumblr L LinkedIn. Hundreds of boys and girls from schools throughout Sydney met in Peakhurst for the annual Paul Kelly Cup on Wednesday. South Melbourne was one of the original founding clubs of the Victorian Football League that was formed in 1897. After a tight slog against the Suns, the Swans played the Giants once more and were defeated in the club's 100th game. The loss signalled the end of the Swans coaching career of Paul Roos as well as that of the playing career of Brett Kirk. Desperate to hang on, the club was keen to enlist the biggest names and identities in the AFL, and recruited legendary coach Ron Barassi who helped save the club from extinction while serving them as coach from Round 7, 1993 to 1995. The past few months have been tough for former Swans captain Paul Kelly, who still can't walk after a motorbike crash. (74) to 21.11.(137). The Swans faced minor premiers Fremantle in the first qualifying final, their first finals match without Franklin, who had withdrawn from the finals due to illness. During the Edelsten years, the Swans were seen by the Sydney public as a flamboyant, flashy club, typified by the style of its spearhead, Warwick Capper, his long bright blond mullet and bright pink boots made him unmissable on the field and his pink Lamborghini, penchant for girlfriends who were fashion models and his general showy eccentricity made him notorious off the field – all somewhat fashionable in the 1980s. The Swans have also played the Giants twice in finals matches, losing each time.[65][66][67]. On a much brighter side for the Swans, their captain Paul Kelly won the League's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, in 1995. Find the perfect Sydney Swans Club Launch stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Paul Kelly (actor) (1899–1956), American stage and screen actor. [15] Over its first decade as an amalgamated club, South Melbourne won five VFA premierships – in 1881, 1885 (undefeated), and three-in-a-row in 1888, 1889 and 1890 – and was runner-up to the provincial Geelong Football Club in 1880, 1883 and 1886. Ahead of their first final against cross-town rivals the Giants, the Swans confirmed that they would play all home finals at the SCG except for Sydney Derbies, which would be played at ANZ Stadium. Instead, it only led to disastrous on-field performances. Having qualified for the finals for a sixth consecutive season, the Swans defeated North Melbourne in the elimination final before losing to the Western Bulldogs the following week. He immediately recruited former Geelong coach Tom Hafey. The Swanettes were rapidly discontinued and no club has had cheerleaders since then. They were also one of only two teams to defeat the all-conquering Carlton side of that year. “I was excited,” Kelly told SwansTV. AFL Statistics Home: AFL Fixture Players Teams Player Rankings Team Rankings Rising Stars AFL Draft Brownlow Medal AFL Ladder Coaches Attendances Supercoach AFL Fantasy AFL Highlights AFL Team Selections Past Players AFL Player Contracts AFL Injury List: Records : Advanced stats available for this page! News of the proposal broke on 2 July 1981, after which a letter was sent to members justifying the board's reasons for making the proposal and noting that the coach and current players were in favour of the move. [31] With draft and salary cap concessions in the early 1990s and a series of notable recruits, the team became competitive after the early part of the decade. A big coup for the club was recruitment of St Kilda Football Club champion Tony "Plugger" Lockett in 1995. In the finals, the Swans won one of the most thrilling AFL preliminary finals in history after Plugger Lockett kicked a behind after the siren to win the game. At roughly the same time, Hawthorn legend Dermott Brereton was also recruited, albeit with little on-field impact. Six players rotated as captain throughout the rest of the season: Brett Kirk (Rounds 7, 8, 19 and 20), Leo Barry (Rounds 9, 10, 21 and 22), Barry Hall (Rounds 11, 12 and the entire finals series), Ben Mathews (Rounds 13 and 14), Adam Goodes (Rounds 15 and 16) and Jude Bolton (Rounds 17 and 18). In 2004 the club added the initials 'SMFC' in white lettering at the back of the collar to honour the club's past as South Melbourne Football Club. The Sydney Swans will today wear black arm bands for Life Member Bob Clutterbuck. The rivalry grew in 2013, when Hawthorn forward Lance Franklin transferred to the Swans as a free agent on a nine-year, $10 million deal. The Swans eventually finished the regular season in third place after losing three of their final four matches, all against their fellow top-four rivals (Collingwood, Hawthorn and Geelong in Rounds 20, 22 and 23 respectively). [50], Nike is the current manufacturer of the Swans' apparel. The Sydney Swans' mascot for the AFL's Mascot Manor is Syd 'Swannie' Skilton. Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans celebrates winning the 1995 Brownlow Medal in Melbourne, Australia. If they play in Sydney during that time schedule, appropriately 702 ABC Sydney will cover the match. Then, from 2003 until 2010, the Sydney reserves recombined to a single team, which contested the higher standard AFL Canberra, winning four consecutive premierships between 2005 and 2008. By Sydney Swans Media on A place for Paul Kelly fans to discuss his songs, music, performances and other related activities. The club missed the finals in 1946 and continued to fall such that by 1950 they were second-last on the ladder. In past and recent years the Seven Network broadcast Swans games to viewers in Sydney and most of N.S.W. Following the end of the second world war, South Melbourne consistently struggled, as their traditional inner-city recruiting district largely emptied as a result of demographic shifts. [24] Its physical "home club" was the "Southern Cross Social Club" at 120a Clovelly Road, Randwick, New South Wales which became bankrupt in 1987; new Sydney Swans Offices were then set up in the newly built Sydney Football Stadium. Although a large majority of the existing fan base strongly objected to the relocation of the club from South Melbourne, the Sydney Swans have built a large following in the city they now call home. Commencing 2002 all their games were broadcast live or on same day delay by Subscription television provider Foxtel across Australia on either the Fox Footy Channel or Fox Sports channels. After missing the finals in 2000, the Swans rebounded to finish 7th in 2001, but were beaten by Hawthorn by 55 points in their elimination final at Colonial Stadium. It was during this era that the Swans picked up the likes of Paul Williams, Barry Hall, Craig Bolton, Darren Jolly, Ted Richards, Peter Everitt, Martin Mattner, Rhyce Shaw, Shane Mumford, Ben McGlynn and Mitch Morton, amongst others, and giving up higher order draft picks meant the Swans missed out on the likes of Daniel Motlop, Nick Dal Santo, James Kelly, Courtenay Dempsey and Sam Lonergan who went to Port Adelaide, St Kilda, Geelong and the latter two to Essendon respectively. [d] Between 2013 and 2018 the club competed in five grand finals and lost all of them. Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans AFL games played and stats. In 1998 they finished 3rd on the AFL ladder; despite beating St Kilda in their first final the Swans were then beaten by eventual premiers Adelaide in the semi-final at the SCG. [40] Ultimately the Swans would go down in a low-scoring affair, effectively kicking themselves out of the game after losing Sam Reid to a hamstring injury midway through the 2nd quarter. Barassi left an improving team, a club in a much better state than he found them. There was a catch however, with the league imposing an edict that the club could only recruit players at or below current average wage of $340,000 (adjusted figures for 2015 was $349,000). It was their earliest exit from the finals since 2001 and was a culmination of a mostly disappointing season, as only victories against lesser teams saw them through to a fifth consecutive finals campaign. The Swanettes did not get much performance time, owing to the short intervals between quarters of play in the VFL and the lack of space in which they might perform while other activities take place on the field. Since the 2016 AFL season, the Swans have played all their home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground, a 48,000 capacity venue located in inner-east Sydney. The club was originally established in 1874 as the South Melbourne Football Club, and played amongst other clubs based in Melbourne, Victoria. The league had started moving a few premiership matches to the Sydney Cricket Ground annually since 1979, and in 1981 was preparing to establish an entirely new, 13th VFL club in Sydney after the Fitzroy Lions staved off a proposed relocation to become the Sydney Lions in late 1980. Pyke impressed with young Swans Sydney Swans Assistant Coach Don Pyke has praised the efforts of the fresh faces at… They won their next game by 55 points against the Demons, in a fourth quarter breeze. A preliminary final against the Brisbane Lions in 2003 attracted 71,019 people. Initially playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the Swans joined seven other clubs in founding the breakaway Victorian Football League (now known as the AFL) in 1896. Attendances and memberships in Sydney grew dramatically during the Lockett era, helped out by the Super League War plaguing Rugby League. The Swans NEAFL/reserves team have played some home matches at the oval, which has grassed hills and standing areas for several hundred spectators. The Hawks dominated the game quite early and eventually defeated the Swans 11.8. The rivalry was highlighted by Sydney's four-point win against West Coast in the 2005 Grand Final, and West Coast's one-point win against Sydney in the 2006 Grand Final. Finally, in early December, the Keep South at South board resigned and a board in favour of the move to Sydney was installed.[24]. The AFL changed the sanctions so that the Swans could replace a player that leaves the club as either a free agent, or through trade, with another player on a contract up to $450,000 per year. For the first time since 2011, the Swans failed to make a preliminary final. The move was welcomed by Melbourne-based fans. After an even and physical first half, Sydney went on to win by 63 points. Until 1991, the back of the jumper was white with the yoke only extending to the back of the shoulders and each side of the jumper had a red vertical stripe. The Norm Smith Medal is awarded to the player judged best-on-ground in the AFL Grand Final: Sydney announced its team of the century on 8 August 2003: The Sydney Swans receive regular exposure from Sydney's two major daily newspapers, The Daily Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald and their respective counterpart publications, The Sunday Telegraph and The Sun-Herald. View Advanced Stats. In a bid to be more gender inclusive, a leading AFL club have changed the words in their club song. The Swans remain one of only two clubs to have scored consecutive team tallies above 200 points, the only other being Geelong in 1992. [4][5] According to Roy Morgan Research, they have also been the most supported club among all AFL supporters every year since 2004.[6]. [citation needed], In March 2021, the Swans made a slight but inclusive change to the penultimate line of their club song, with the words "while her loyal sons are marching..." changing to "while our loyal Swans are marching...".[56]. [7] In 1880, South Melbourne amalgamated with the nearby Albert-park Football Club, which had a senior football history dating back to May 1867 (Albert-park had, in fact, been known as South Melbourne during its first year of existence). Most Swans matches can be heard by listeners in the Riverina region of N.S.W. In 1982 the club relocated to Sydney, New South Wales, changing its name in the process and becoming the first club in the competition to be based outside the state of Victoria. [53], Since the club was called "South Melbourne", the team has worn different designs with the traditional red and white colours, as follows:[54]. This was the first time in a finals series that former Hawk player Lance Franklin would play against his former team, one of very few players to have played back to back grand finals for two different teams. He was and still is known to Swans fans everywher The Swans had an indifferent 2018, compounded by their struggles at home, losing 5 out of 11 games at the SCG. As the new century dawned, Sydney implemented a policy of giving up high order draft picks in exchange for players who struggled at other clubs. (95). The Opera House design was first used at the start of the 1987 season, replacing the traditional red "V" on white design. Anthony Hudson's TV call of Nick Davis' fourth and match-winning goal in the semi-final against Geelong on Network Ten[32], Stephen Quartermain's TV call of Leo Barry's match- and title-clinching mark on Network Ten[33]. In the grand final, the Swans defeated Hawthorn by ten points in front of 99,683 people at the MCG, with Nick Malceski kicking a snap goal with 34 seconds left to seal the Swans' fifth premiership and first since 2005. However three out of four wins in the last four rounds was enough to see them into their ninth consecutive finals series, where they were comprehensively beaten by GWS in the Elimination Final. Matches played at other times and days are broadcast on the ABC NewsRadio station's analogue AM/FM frequencies for listeners in Sydney, Newcastle, the NSW Central Coast and Canberra. The club's form was to slump in the following year. The Sydney Swans are sponsored by radio station Triple M which broadcasts all of its games, including finals, live. Inevitably, the move caused very great internal difficulties as a large supporters' group known as Keep South at South campaigned against the move throughout the rest of 1981; and, at an extraordinary general meeting on 22 September, the group democratically won control of the club's board. He flourished in his new surroundings and eventually became a cult figure and club leader in his own right. They won their first match of the interrupted 2020 season against Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval by three points, but won only four more games for the season, missing the finals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1994–95. He played six seasons at Richmond, making 89 senior appearances. The club survived, despite strong rumours in 1992 that it would merge with the Brisbane Bears to form a combined New South Wales/Queensland team, fold altogether, or even move back to South Melbourne. and Canberra via the Prime TV network (now branded as Prime7). During the first five years at the ground average crowds were high, but issues with the surface as well as fan and player disengagement resulted in the club ending its association with the venue. Nevertheless, the Swans continue to have a substantial supporter base in Victoria, with attendances for Swans games in Melbourne being much higher than other non-Victorian teams. Paul, who was joined in the stands by his wife and four children, said he was over the moon to see Jackson play his first game in Swans colours. The actual mascot at Sydney's home games is, however, still known as Cyggy (as in cygnet). In 1987, the Swans scored 201 points against the West Coast Eagles and the following week scored 236 points against the Essendon Football Club. [22] The new board, whilst representative of most fans, lacked the support of the players, many of whom were in favour of a long-term move to Sydney; in early November, after the board promised that it would try to bring the club back to Melbourne in 1983, the players went on strike, seeking to force the new board to commit to Sydney in the long term as well as seeking payments that the cash-strapped club owed them from the previous season. The team enjoyed little success in the Victorian competition; it was the only reserves team never to win a premiership, and its best performances were losing grand finals in 1927, 1956, 1980 and 1995. Articles about the Swans can occasionally be found in local community newspapers, free magazines and Sydney street press publications. Sydney finished the 2007 home and away season in 7th place, and advanced to the finals, where they faced and were defeated by Collingwood by 38 points in the elimination final. Sydney Swans Hall-of-Famer and former captain Andrew Dunkley has revealed his relationship with his former club is "non-existent" after a post-career role with the Swans never eventuated. The team played as Leopold until 1924, then changed its name to the South Melbourne Second Eighteen in 1925. [23] The board ended up undermining its own position when it accepted a $400,000 loan from the VFL in late November in order to stay solvent, under the condition that it commit to Sydney for at least two years. [25] It was not until 1983 that the club formally moved all its operations to Sydney and became the Sydney Swans. Hafey, in turn, used his knowledge of Geelong's contracts to recruit David Bolton, Bernard Toohey and Greg Williams, who would all form a key part of the Sydney side, at a league-determined total fee of $240,000 (less than the $500,000 Geelong demanded and even the $300,000 Sydney offered). The careers of stars such as Dennis Carroll, David Bolton, Ian Roberts, Tony Morwood and David Murphy wound down,[30] while promising young players like Jamie Lawson, Robert Teal and Paul Bryce had their careers cut short by injury. Football Record Video 1995 Season review for the Sydney Swans/South Melbourne. For the first time in 72 years, the Swans are the champions of the AFL! On Friday, 30 September 2005, a ticker tape parade down Sydney's George Street was held in honour of the Swans' achievements, which ended with a rally at Town Hall, where Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore presented the team with the key to the city. Sydney lost their first game against Greater Western Sydney and then to Collingwood before becoming the first non-South Australian team to win at Adelaide Oval defeating Adelaide by 63 points with Lance Franklin and Luke Parker kicking 4 goals each. Six losses on the trot ended any chance of a tenth consecutive finals appearance, but strong wins over also-rans Melbourne and St Kilda in the final two rounds ensured the season ended on a positive note.
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