Finals droughts

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Sturt in the 1997 elimination final and south in the 2006 elinination final.

I have no doubt Sturt in 1997 are not the second longest drought break however i would be confident south of 2006 would be in the top 5 or 6 drought break


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[Leaping Lindner]

Woodville 1964 - 1979
Glenelg 1921 - 1934

Are two that spring to mind immediately. Also South didn't make the finals after WW2 until 1964 (when they won the flag)

(EDIT - Also I'm pretty sure Glenelg didn't make the finals again after the 34 flag until 1950 (when they also played in the Grand Final)

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I'd say it was that South one from 1945 to 1963 - 19 seasons out of the finals.

[Ecky]

I'd say it was that South one from 1945 to 1963 - 19 seasons out of the finals.

Actually 20 seasons (also 1941). They last made the finals in 1940 before their 1964 premiership. This is definitely the record.

[Leaping Lindner]

I'd say it was that South one from 1945 to 1963 - 19 seasons out of the finals.

Just checked - It's 20 seasons if you include 1941 (which they also missed - St-SA made the finals in the war comp: but all teams did).

10 seasons or more.......

20 South (1941;1945-1963)
15 Woodville (1964-1978)
13 South (1993-2005)
13 Glenelg (1921-1933)
12 Glenelg (1935-1941;1945-1949)
11 South (1924-1934)
10 South (1967-1976)
10 West Torrens (1981-1990)

Might have missed somebody.

[SimonH]

Let's not forget that Norwood's 4 misses in a row is their longest stretch since the start of the 1970s.

19 years in a row of finals from 1972-1990 was certainly a contemporary record (even Port or the Sturt of the 1960s/70s can't touch it); I don't know if it's an all-time record. Here's hoping we don't go to the other extreme in the new millenium and reach that old record of misses (which was 6 in a row).

[SimonH]

10 seasons or more.......

13 Glenelg (1921-1933)
12 Glenelg (1935-1941;1945-1949)

Man, that one is weird. It's easy to forget from this remove that for decades Glenelg basically made Woodville look like a success story, except for one bizarrely anomalous year. 25 of their first 26 seasons in the competition they missed the finals; and that one other time, slap-bang in the middle of the run of failure, they won the flag! Hard to think of a stranger statistical record I've come across. Was there ever a steward's inquiry into the 1934 SANFL season?