The St Marys Football Club, nicknamed, Saints, formed in 1952, is an Australian rules football club, affiliated to the Northern Territory Football League. It is famous for its record of success, with 34 NTFL premierships in 53 Grand Finals and 69 out of 72 possible final appearances. To the end of season 2023/24, St Marys have played 1336 games for 961 Wins 362 Losses and 11 Draws and 2 N/R.
Nicknamed the Saints, St Marys play their home games at Football Park in Marrara.
St Marys has produced many talented players, particularly Indigenous Australian players for leagues such as the Australian Football League. Many players from the Tiwi Bombers Football Club also played for the club.
St Mary's have only missed the NTFL finals three times in their history: 1979/80 (5th), 2000/01 (5th) and 2018/19 (8th). They collected their first wooden spoon in 2018/19, having had the longest wooden spoon drought in NTFL history of 67 years (ahead of Nightcliff's 40 years from 1952/53 until 1992/93).
Notable players The club has produced AFL players Maurice Rioli - Michael Long - Ronnie Burns - , Scott Chisolm - , Xavier Clarke - , Raphael Clarke - Peter Burgoyne - Cyril Rioli - Daniel Rioli - Shaun Edwards - , , Austin Wonaeamirri - Ben Long - , Maurice Rioli Jr -
Club achievements Club achievementsCompetitionLevelNum.Year wonNorthern Territory Football LeaguePremiers341954/55, 1955/56, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1971/72, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2021/22, 2023/24 Runners Up211960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1976/77, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1992/93, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2005/06, 2010/11, 2014/15, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2024/25, 2025/26Minor Premiers331954/55, 1955/56, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1969/70, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2023/24Wooden Spoons12018/19
NTFL Women's Premiers (6): 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2024/25 Runners Up (4): 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2023/24 Wooden Spoons (0): Nil
Club song Chorus: Oh when the Saints come marching in Oh When the Saints come marching in Oh lord I want to be in that number When the Saints come marching in
(Chorus)
We are travelling the footsteps Of those who've gone before But we'll all be reunited On a new and sunlit shore
(Chorus)
Some days in this world of trouble Is the only one we need But I’m waiting for that morning when the new world is revealed
(Chorus x2)
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