This web page project was begun in 1997 as a celebration of the the survival and resurgence of the Sturt Football Club of the SANFL. 

The year 1997 saw the club bounce back from the lowest point in its history to make the finals after eight years bottom. Two years before it had finished the season winless and crippled with debt it had been given two weeks to raise $250,000 or be evicted from the league.    

To our eternal gratitude do we give thanks to a committed team of former players led by Phil Sanders and Matt Benson, who refused to let this happen. They orchestrated an financial plan which saved the club. I like many of the Sturt faithful of that time shall never forget the fund raising rallies at Unley Oval during that desperate fortnight. By some miracle the funds where raised and Sturt survived. 

A grand final appearance and minor premiership in 1998 only wet the appetite for the completion of our revival in the 2002 season, when after 26 frustrating years the premiership flag returned home to Unley!!!!.

Go you mighty Blues

Simon Whitelaw (webmaster)

s.whitelaw@optusnet.com.au