The Seaton Ramblers Story

Believe & Achieve 

 

The Seaton Ramblers FC was formed in 1958 when its foundation members including L Bugg, B Dempster, H Brandison, B Warman and Gil Enghalhardt, everyday blokes who decided to start a football club in the heart of a western suburbs swamp land. 

 

The club lost one of its foundational members in 2018 when Gill Enghalhardt passed away. Enghalhardt is one of the Seaton Ramblers FC twice life member, a premiership coach and one of the S.R.F.C oldest member.  A vacant plot was located, and soil was spread over a sand-based patch of semi-grassed land, some wooden goal posts were erected, Pedler Reserve was formed as an oval where a game of footy could be played.

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With the establishment of an oval, the next focus was an area of shelter to change and have a well-deserved beer after a tough game. An old tin shed was placed near the oval and knitted woollen red and blue Guernsey was sourced, thus the Seaton Ramblers Football Club was born.

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The S.R.F.C played its first season as an established football club in 1958 as part of the West Torrens Football League. The club's first chairman was G Scott, the first coach Lindsay Bugg and the first best and fairest J Crowhurst. The S.R.F.C would go on to finish in 6th position, only to qualify and win its first premiership three years later, thus creating the backbone for future generations to follow.

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In 1961 the S.R.F.C became part of the SAAFL and placed in Division 3, the club experienced immediate success defeating Adelaide teachers College 10-16 to 7-8 and calming its first premiership in the SAAFL in its first year, coached by M Pilmore.  The S.R.F.C would also have its first SAAFL association medallist with player G. Scott bringing home the medal.

 

Throughout the next few years, the club's success continued with the S.R.F.C finishing high on the premiership table without winning another premiership. The S.R.F.C would go on to have a change of jumper colour and design, the mighty green with the white V would be the colours adopted, and the logo of the rams was created and continued right up to the current day.

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In 1968 the old tin shed was upgraded, and bricks and mortar replaced it and S.R.F.C's first official clubroom was opened on the 26th of August 1968, allowing the S.R.F.C to move into the 70s with a new clubroom attracting new players to the club.

The S.R.F.C quickly gained the reputation of being a fierce tough, physical club, amongst its oppositions, a reputation embraced by the club.  

 

The 70s brought the club great talents with some of the club’s best players playing in this era.

Players such as Greg Finney, Vinny Place, Mark Lenthal, and Alan Robertson a quadruple association medallists just to name a few. With such great talents, the S.R.F.C. continued to experience success, moving up and consistently playing Division Two football. The consistency would eventually pay off.

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In 1970 the S.R.F.C won it's second A Grade premiership in Division two defeating St Dominic’s FC 13-13 to 8-10 under the reign of coach J Tilly, Greg Finney was the best and Fairest, Vinny Place Best Team Man, Alan Robertson was the leading goal kicker and won his first association medal.

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The S.R.F.C would continue to success leaving division two and progressing to Division one. The club came third in its first and second year of Division one football.  As a result of determination and a great class of players already at the club who had won a premiership 2 years earlier additions such as Noel Annear, G Edwards, B Forby, C Hunter, and a young Greg Wells. The S.R.F.C achieved the ultimate success by winning the club's only Division 1 Premiership in 1973 defeating Payneham FC 14-8 to 10-6. 

 

Coached by Brian Forby, who also was awarded the best team man, Greg Finney was the Best and Fairest and the Association medallist and Alan Robertson was the leading goal kicker.

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The S.R.F.C. continued to play at the highest level throughout most of the 70s, however, towards the end of the decade in a transitional phase the club went back down through the grades.  With new optimism and different people at the helm, the S.R.F.C started the 80’s looking to move back up through the grades. The club still possessed a strong group of senior players with the addition of new players including, Alan Coard, and John Tremaine both players who would go on to play over 900 games of football for the S.R.F.C between them, V Lebrandi and M Pirone. 

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The S.R.F.C. would once again taste success in 1981 when the club won its 4th A Grade premiership defeating PAC 12-11 to 5-5. Coached by Greg Wells, V Librandi won the best and fairest, P Shanahan was the best team man and R Bugg was the leading goal kicker.

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The 80s provided the S.R.F.C with real stability. In 1987 Atillio Cavuoto also known as Big Al was handed to key to the club. Cavuoto quickly went about launching the ram brand throughout the area, recruited strong people to the club, built success on and off the field and gave birth to the S.R.F.C annual 50-dollar draw. Cavuoto would also go on to be well known for the catchphrase, “Who’s it gonna be?”

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Holding its own in Division one and two through the 80s the S.R.F.C slid down a division in 89 and began recruiting players in the belief the club could return to Division. The club entered the 1990 in a strong position, with a bunch of talented players that were starting to produce good tough standards of football, names such as Barnes, Demasi, Graham, Karpluk, Lagana, Matz and the infamous Rugari brothers just to name a few, the next premiership success came in 1991 where the S.R.F.C defeated Kenilworth FC 16-15 to 8-12  Coached by P Kelly, led by best and fairest T Rugari, best team man G Prohoroff and leading goal kicker M Barker.

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The motto of the S.R.F.C is “Believe and Achieve” a moto that has been deeply engraved in the DNA of the club a moto that has been proved in the past and a moto that will continue to be proven in the future.  

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