1983 Round 19 Glenelg 23.20 158 d Port 8.15 63

Includes the complete "Big Replay" coverage of this game which was played at Glenelg Oval.

1983 was not a good year for Glenelg. The club was still winless by the time it faced Woodville at Glenelg Oval in round 7. What followed was a 55-point flogging at the hands of a team that was to finish bottom of the ladder with only 4 wins for the season. The club was in crisis and in the days following the Woodville defeat first year coach Graham Campbell was sacked. He was reinstated shortly thereafter, following threats of a player rebellion.
Campbell was therefore back at the helm for Glenelg's round 8 match against the Graham Cornes coached South Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. This was another awful result for the club, with South kicking away after a competitive first half for a resounding 76-point victory.

It was not until round 9 that Glenelg recorded its first win for coach Campbell and for 1983, defeating Central District by 50 points at Glenelg Oval. This seemed to kickstart the season for the Tigers, who were to go on and win 9 of their last 13 games. However, this was only good enough for the club to finish in seventh spot on the ladder, a clear two games shy of fifth spot.

Without a doubt the season highlight came in round 19 against Port Adelaide at Glenelg Oval. Port Adelaide appeared keen to reprise their violent tactics from the 1982 preliminary final and there were several large melees in the second quarter. Stephen Kernahan was stretchered off with concussion in the first quarter, although he was able to resume after half time. Port Adelaide's Tony Giles was also stretchered off after a shirt-front hip-and-shoulder by David Holst that was deemed fair at the time but that would have earned him an 8-match suspension in today's AFL. A full list of injuries sustained is contained in the match report below, but the overall feeling from the match was that Port started the fights, Glenelg finished them and while they were at it powered their way to a thumping 95 point victory. So complete was Glenelg's dominance on the scoreboard they kicked 13 of the first 14 goals of the match.

Said coach Campbell: "That was our emergence as a tougher team. We really showed them, we did it Port's way - with a bit of fire in the belly."