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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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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)

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

spell_check wrote: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.

spell_check wrote: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.

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).

Leaping Lindner wrote: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?