Neil E. Savage

2018

Player/Coach/Administrator 1984-2016
North Beach Football Club

When you talk of the North Beach Football Club, Neil Savage is a name most wouldn’t recognise.  However, he has been the central figure behind the rise of the North Beach club to be the most successful A-Grade club in the modern era in the WA Amateur Football League.

Over his 34 years at the club, as a player of 70 games, he found his niche as a coach across all teams of the club and as a club committee man. However, it has been his work as Director of Football and chief recruiter at the club from 1985 that saw 12 A-Grade premierships, along with a couple of A Colts and A-Reserve premierships achieved.

So significant is this, it has changed how our clubs structure their football programs and is now a blue print for other amateur clubs.

Neil remains a pivotal figure in the continued growth of the North Beach club, which saw the club field a women’s team in the inaugural A-Grade this season.