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| Full Name | West Adelaide Football Club |
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| Nickname | The Bloods |
| Strip | Black with red sash |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | South Australian National Football League |
| First season | 1897 |
| Ground | Broadspectrum (Richmond) Oval |
| Club Song | Go You reds |
| President | West Smith |
| Coach | Andrew Collins |
| Captain | Nathan Brown |
| 2007 | 9th of 9 |
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club, nicknamed The Bloods in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
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West Adelaide was formed in 1892. The club played in the Adelaide and Suburban Association form 1895 to 1896. In 1897 the club joined the (then) South Australian Football Association, which subsequently became the SANFL.
Record Crowd: 15,742 - 1969 West Adelaide v Glenelg
Black and Red.
Senior 1908-09, 1911-12, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983.
Runners-up 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958-59, 1962, 1991, 2003.
Reserves 1929, 1940, 1951, 1994.
Thirds/Under 19s 1943-44, 1968, 1978, 2002, 2004.
Colts/Under 17s 1948, 2001, 2002, 2006.
Other Premierships
Adelaide and Suburban Association 1895-96.
Championship of Australia 1908, 1911.
SANFL Night Series 1985, 1987.
See Wikipedia listing of West Adelaide players
See Legends of SANFL
See 1908 Premiership Coach John Cole Reedman
A song written dedicated to the West Adelaide Team by Reg Stoneham 1911. Scan of the sheet music
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