History Nazi
Years ago
Interesting ABL Facts
I am really bored, after going through all the teams that have been in ABL grand finals since 1957 i have got these answers to these questions which has been asked in forums before.
Most Apperances in Women Grand Finals:
3) Drawing for 3rd with 10 apperances are Norwood Flames and Forestville Eagle
2) With 18 apperances is West Adelaide winning them selves 2nd place
1) Coming 1st with 38 apperances is North Adelaide
Most Apperances in Men Grand Finals:
3) Only having one more apperance then Sturt Forestville come 3rd with 13 apperances
2) South Adelaide win 2nd spot with 18 apperances
1) 1st goes to West Adelaide with 26 apperances
Most Apperances of a Club in Grand Finals:
3) Forestville with 23 apperances scrape into 3rd place with only 2 more then South Adelaide
2) 2nd place goes to West Adelaide with 34 apperances
1) With their women dominating North Adelaide get 1st place with 47 apperances
Most Grand Finals Clubs Have Won:
I looked at this from a percentage point of view
3) Winning 61.7% (29/47) of their grand finals only just fell behind and won themselves 3rd spot
2) South Adelaide scrapes into 2nd spot with 61.9% (13/21) of their grnad finals won (but on the other hand the had alot less to win)
1) West Adelaide winning 73.5% of their games claim 1st spot
Most Grand Finals Won in a Row Women:
3) Many teams have drawn for third place winning two in a row; Vikings, West Torrens, Glenelg, West Adelaide and Norwood
2) Forestville and Noarlunga City have both won three grand finals straight; Forestville winning the most recent 2009-2011 and Noarlunga winning 1984-1986
1) North Adelaide between 1988-1991 are the only women team to win four straight (they have also won three straight between 1969-1971 and 1975-1977)
Most Grand Finals Won in a Row Men:
3)Many teams have won two in a row including; Budapest, South Adelaide, Glenelg, Sturt Sabres, Noarlunga City and Norwood
2) North Adelaide won three in a row from 1957-1959
1) West Adelaide claimed five Grand Finals in a row from 1978-1982 (West Adelaide have also won three in a row from 1970-1972)
Most Double Headers;
3) 3rd spot goes to Forestville having 4 double headers 2 of them being a double double header
2) North Adelaide secured 2nd spot with having a double hearder 5 times
1) West Adeliade winnning 1st spot having had 9 double headers in grand finals
Please dont trust these stats because by all means they may be wrong but i tried my best, i thought the whole thing was very interesting. Hope it answered questions
