Home Ground: Angas Recreation Park

Formed: 1879

Colours: Blue and white

Emblem: Panthers

Senior Grade Premierships: Barossa and Light Football Association (BLFA) - 1908, 1911-12-13-14-15, 1920, 1925-6, 1930-1-2-3, 1945, 1968-9, 1971-2-3, 1977, 1986 (21 total)

Mail Medallists: Wally Kraehenbuhl 1935; Lacey Hurn 1938; John Lange 1954; Brian Hurn 1970; Peter Klenig 1973; Nick Reimann 1999; Michael Spanagel 2003 (7 total)

Formed in 1879, Angaston spent the first three decades of its existence engaging solely in challenge matches against teams from nearby towns such as Nuriootpta, Kapunda and Freeling. The club’s competitive history commenced in 1908 when it was a founder member, along with Freeling, Kapunda, Nuriootpa and Tanunda, of the Barossa and Light Football Association. The five clubs all played each other home and away, and Angaston emerged with a one hundred per cent record to claim the inaugural premiership as champions as there was no finals series.

The BLFA ran until 1986, when it merged with the Gawler Football Association to form the Barossa, Light and Gawler Football League. Angaston’s record in the BLFA were unequalled, with its tally of twenty-one senior grade premierships placing it eight ahead of its nearest rival, Kapunda, and nine clear of Freeling. In addition to their twenty-one flags, the Panthers finished runners-up on ten occasions. Two of Angaston’s BLFA premierships were won by means of replayed grand finals: against Nuriootpa in 1969, and at the expense Kapunda eight years later. These were the only drawn grand finals in the Association’s history.

By contrast with their time in the BLFA the Panthers’ achievements in the BLGFL have been modest, with just a single premiership so far from three grand final appearances. The triumph came in 2003 courtesy of an 18.13 (121) to 11.12 (78) grand final defeat of Willaston.

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