Phil was a revelation to a 90's kid like me who had only known Sturt to be perennial spooners.The only thing that makes us Sturt supporters feel better about this is that we are also third on the Premierships list. But yeah that run of spoons was tough, thanks god for fabulous Phil.
Club Premierships Runners Up Top Two Finish Port Adelaide 36 38 77 Norwood 30 23 53 Sturt 15 11 26 North Adelaide 14 14 28 South Adelaide 11 12 23 West Adelaide 9 9 18 Central District 9 5 14 Glenelg 5 13 18 West Torrens * 4 5 9 Woodville-West Torrens 3 7 10 Adelaide (original) * 1 0 1 Victorian * 1 1 2 Woodville * 0 0 0 Adelaide (reserves) 0 0 0