September 27, 1997. A day that will stand alone in the history opf South Australia football. The day the mighty Adelaide Crows fought tremendous odds to win the club's first AFL Premiership, defeating the highly fancied St Kilda in front of a massive crowd at the MCG. Malcolm Blight had been hailed as the saviour of the Crows when he was lured out of retirement to coach the club that finished 15th in 1996. He would take them to the top with a leap that smahsed every football record. Four successive finals victories, the last two in Melbourne, had never been achieved before. The Adelaide Crows of 1997 were something special and their Grand Final triumpf, the stuff that dreams are made of.
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