Port Adelaide Football Club

Port Adelaide Football Club

Names
Full name	Port Adelaide Football Club Ltd[1]
Motto	"We Are Port Adelaide" "Never Tear Us Apart"
2014 season
Premiership	3rd
Leading goalkicker	Jay Schulz (66)
Best and fairest	Robbie Gray
Club details
Founded	12 May 1870 (1870)
Colours	AFL: , SANFL:
Competition	Power (AFL) Australian Football League Magpies (2nds) Academy (3rds) South Australian National Football League
Chairman	David Koch
Coach	Ken Hinkley (AFL) Garry Hocking (SANFL)
Captain(s)	Travis Boak (AFL) Steven Summerton (SANFL)
Premierships	AFL (1): 2004 SANFL (36): 1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 Championship of Australia (4): 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914 WWI Patriotic League (2): 1916, 1917 WWII Patriotic League (1): 1942 (as Port-Torrens)
Ground(s)	Adelaide Oval (capacity: 53,583)
	Alberton Oval (capacity: 17,000)
Former ground(s)	Football Park (1974-2013)
Training ground(s)	Alberton Oval
Other information
Official website	www.portadelaidefc.com.au
Current season: 2014 club season

The Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL) (in which they are known as the Power) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) (in which they are known as the Magpies).^[2] Port Adelaide is the older of the two clubs in South Australia playing in the AFL and the 5th oldest club playing in the Australian Football League. Since the club's first game on May 24, 1870, it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions.^[3][4]

From its foundation in 1870 to 1996, the Port Adelaide Football Club competed in the SANFL as the Magpies. In 1997, the club joined the Australian Football League—the only pre-existing non-Victorian club to have done so. On entry, Port Adelaide adopted a new nickname, "The Power", and added two more colours (silver and teal). Since joining the AFL, Port Adelaide have added the 2004 AFL Grand Final to their premiership wins.

SANFL history

1870–76: Early years

The Port Adelaide Football Club was established on 12 May 1870 as part of a joint Australian football and cricket club.^[6] It played its first match against a team called the "Young Australians" on 24 May 1870 at Buck's Flat, a property owned by club president John Hart in Glanville. Football in South Australia at this stage was yet to be organised by a single body and as a result there were several sets of rules in use across the state. The last game of the club's first season was played in front of a crowd of 600 people with The Port Artillery Band playing live music throughout the October afternoon and John Wald the only player to score a major.^[7]

Port Adelaide played a total of 16 SAFA games at Glanville Hall Estate between 1877 and 1879. The largest attendance at the ground was approximately 1,000 spectators who witnessed the home side lose to Norwood by 2 goals.^[8]

1877–1901: SAFA foundation club and Alberton Oval

In 1877 Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia.^[9] It competed its first few seasons wearing a rose pink outfit with white knickerbockers.^[10] In 1878 the club hosted its first game against the recently established Norwood Football Club with the visitors winning 1-0, a result which marking the beginning of one of the fiercest rivalries in Australian sport. ^[11]

1884 SAFL premiership	W	L	D	Goals
Port Adelaide	11	2	2	73
	Premiers

In 1880, the club moved from Glanville Hall Estate to Alberton Oval which, except for the 1975 and 1976 seasons, has been its base ever since. During Round 4 of the 1882 SAFA season Port Adelaide overcame Norwood for the first time after nine previous attempts winning by 1 goal at Adelaide Oval. In 1884 Port Adelaide would win its first SAFA premiership bringing to an end Norwood's run of six consecutive premierships. On 25 May 1885 Port Adelaide played two of its first ever games at the MCG against the South Melbourne and Melbourne Football Club losing to the home sides by 10 behinds and three goals respectively.^[12] Immense interest led into the 1887 Round 8 meeting between Port Adelaide and Norwood as to the previous two matches between the clubs had ended in draws. Norwood won the match in front of a then-record 11,000 spectators at Adelaide Oval.^[13] In 1889 the club played against the Richmond Football Club at Punt Road Oval, with the Port Adelaide side prevailing by one goal.^[14] The 1889 SAFA season ended with Port Adelaide and Norwood tied at the top of the premiership ladder with a championship match subsequently organised. This would be the first Grand Final in one of the premier Australian football leagues. Norwood would go on to defeat Port Adelaide in the 1889 SAFA Grand Final by two goals in front of 11,000 at Adelaide Oval.

Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership in 1890 and would go on to be crowned "Champions of Australia" for the first time after defeating VFA premiers South Melbourne. During the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe depression and many of Port Adelaide's working class players were forced to move interstate to find work. This translated into poor results on the field. In 1896, with the club in crisis, the club committee met with the aim of revitalising the club. It had immediate results and in 1897 Port Adelaide won a third premiership finishing the season with a record of 14-2-1 with a scoring record two and a half times its conceded total. Stan Malin won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal in 1899. The club had various nicknames during the 19th century including the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done in any senior league since.

1890 Championship of Australia	G	B
Port Adelaide	7	10
South Melbourne	6	13
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Port Adelaide's champion players from this era include Harold Phillips, Ken and John McKenzie, Archibald Hosie, Charlie Fry and Stan Malin.

1902–15: Black and white and the pre-war era

In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in black and white for the first time after having trouble finding the appropriate dye that would last for its magenta guernseys.^[15]

The club was now being referred to as "the Magpies" and was instantly successful after donning the black and white wharf pylon guernsey however it also was a controversial year for the club. After finishing the 1902 SAFA season a game clear on top of the ladder the club was disqualified from the finals after the game between the club and South Adelaide was abandoned after a dispute. The premiership was awarded to North Adelaide after they defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final.^[16] The club then won the premiership in 1903, which marked the beginning of a halcyon era for Port Adelaide who would make the grand final 12 times in the next 13 attempts. This set the foundations for the club to win 31 premierships in the black and white over a period of 92 years until its entrance into the AFL in 1997. Further premierships came in 1906 and 1910, with the club also defeating Collingwood for the 1910 Championship of Australia title.

The East Fremantle Football Club had toured South Australia the year prior and defeated Port Adelaide in the two clubs' first encounter. During the 1910 post season, seeking revenge, Port Adelaide travelled to Western Australia and evened the ledger scoring 6.10 (46) to beat East Fremantle's 5.4 (34). To conclude this trip Port Adelaide played a combination of some of the Western Australian Football League's best players and achieved a remarkable victory scoring 6.17 (53) to 6.12 (48), with Sampson Hosking named best on ground ^[17]

1910 Championship of Australia	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	15	20	110
Collingwood	7	9	51
Venue: Adelaide Oval

1910 Port Adelaide vs. WAFL[18]	G	B	Total
WAFL	6	12	48
Port Adelaide	6	17	53
Venue: Fremantle Oval

1910 WAFL vs. SAFL premiers[18]	G	B	Total
East Fremantle	5	4	34
Port Adelaide	6	10	46
Venue: WACA Ground

The following two seasons for Port Adelaide would be frustrating dropping only one game during the 1911 minor round and going undefeated the following year in 1912 only to be knocked out of contention by West Adelaide both times, the second of these encounters in front of a pre war South Australian record crowd of 28,500.

1913 Championship of Australia	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	13	16	94
Fitzroy	4	7	31
Venue: Adelaide Oval

The club would break through in 1913, dropping only two games during the minor round, eventually defeating North Adelaide 7.12 (54) to 5.10 (40) for the SAFL premiership and Fitzroy 13.16 (94) to 4.7 (31) for the 1913 Championship of Australia.

The 1914 season is widely regarded as the club's best season with Port Adelaide achieving the distinction of going through the entire year without losing a single match. It is won its fourteen SAFL games by an average margin of 49 points. The 1914 SAFL Grand Final is notable as Port Adelaide held North Adelaide to a single goal for the match 13.15 (93) to 1.8 (14), a feat that would be repeated in 1989. The club would then meet VFL premiers Carlton on Adelaide Oval, defeating the Victorian club 9.16 (70) to 5.6 (36) to claim a record fourth Championship of Australia title. At the end of 1914 season the SAFL put together a combined team from the six other SAFL clubs to play Port Adelaide to no avail with the now dubbed "Invincibles" winning 14.14 (98) to South Australia's 5.10 (40).

1914 Port Adelaide vs. SAFL[19]	G	B	Total
SAFL	5	10	40
Port Adelaide	14	14	98
Venue: Jubilee Oval

1914 Championship of Australia	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	9	16	70
Carlton	5	6	36
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Overall, from 1902 to 1915 Port Adelaide were Minor Premiers 11 times, Premiers 5 times and Champions of Australia 3 times.

Champion players of this era included Frank Hansen, Harold Oliver, Angelo Congear and Sampson Hosking. The latter three of those player mentioned have the unique distinction of playing in three Championships of Australia together as well all taking part in South Australia's first victorious Australian National Football Carnival in 1911.^[20]

The onset of World War I was causing players to start taking up arms in 1915 and forced the SAFL to be suspended for three years bringing an abrupt halt to Port Adelaide's dominance.

1919-1932: World War I and the Great Depression

1921 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	4	8	32
Norwood	3	6	24
Venue: Adelaide Oval	crowd: 34,000

The SAFL competition was suspended from 1916 to 1918 because of World War I in which the club lost three players due to the conflict. Those players were William Boon, Joseph Watson and Albert Chaplin. During World War I a scaled back competition referred to as the 'Patriotic League' was organised in which Port Adelaide won the 1916 and 1917 instalments. After World War I, Harold Oliver, arguably the states best player, was close to retiring from league football playing only 1 game in 1919 and 8 in 1920. However keen supporters of the Port Adelaide Football Club hoping to replicate the clubs pre war success collectively raised funds and bought Harold a motor bike so he could make his commute from Berri where he eventually settled on his own block as a fruit grower for the 1921 season.^[21] During the 1921 season Harold Oliver as captain led the club to the 1921 SAFL premiership, winning his fourth in the process. In 1922 after playing only 5 league matches for the season Harold Oliver's career at Port Adelaide finally came to an end due to commitments regarding his farm at Berri and disputes regarding game compensation. His contract termination meant he was paid ₤76 of ₤100 pounds for the season making him one the highest paid footballers of the era.^[22] Shortly after this point most of Port Adelaide's champion players from before the war started to retire from the league football and the clubs performances subsequently declined.

In 1926 Port Adelaide captain Clifford Keal began a tradition that has continued to this day by wearing the number one. As was the case in the 1890s, the depression of the early 1930s hit the club hard with players moving interstate to secure employment.

1933-1949: Economic recovery, World War II and post war struggles

1939 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	16	28	124
West Torrens	11	11	77
Venue: Adelaide Oval	crowd: 44,885

However, by the late 1930s, the economy and Port Adelaide's form both recovered and Port after two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935 won premierships in 1936, 1937 and 1939. The 1939 season was notable as it was the clubs last pre-war premiership. During the year Bob Quinn, in his third year as a player for the club, coached the team its Grand Final victory over neighbours West Torrens. Shortly after the victory during a work day, as so many other young men were doing, Bob Quinn quietly left work during a lunch-break to enlisted for military service.^[23] Many other Port Adelaide players also enlisted for service during this time. In 1941 Port Adelaide suffered its first player casualties from war since World War I with Lloyd Rudd and Jack Wade both being killed on the Allies front in France. Four more players would be killed through the war and they were Maxwell Carmichael, George Quinn, Christopher Johnston and Halcombe Brock.^[24][25]

1942 Wartime fundraiser Premiers vs. "The Rest"	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide/West Torrens	20	23	113
"The Rest"	20	21	111
Venue: Adelaide Oval				[26]

Just as had happened in 1914, the SANFL was hit hard by player losses in World War II. Due to a lack of players the league's eight teams were reduced to four with Port Adelaide merging with nearby West Torrens Football Club from 1942 to 1944 picking up one premiership in this period. Normal competition resumed in 1945 and after finishing his military service Haydn Bunton Sr., now a triple Brownlow and Sandover medallist, joined the club for his final season.^[27] However despite this addition Port Adelaide was unable to regain its pre-war success and played in only one grand final for the rest of the 1940s.

1950–73: Fos Williams era

At the end of the 1949 season, after missing two finals series in a row, the Port Adelaide Football Club was becoming desperate to improve it's on field performances. The clubs committee subsequently went in search of a coach that could win a premiership, and in a decision which would influence the next 50 years of the Port Adelaide Football Club, Foster Neil Williams, a brilliant rover from West Adelaide, was appointed captain-coach of the club. Williams brought to the club a new coaching style based on success at any cost which was succinctly encapsulated in the legendary club creed he eventually wrote in 1962. During his second season as coach in 1951, Williams led Port to their first official premiership (excluding World War II competition) for 9 seasons. The club subsequently won a record six Grand Finals in a row from 1954 to 1959.

1954 SANFL Grand Final First of six in a row.	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	11	13	79
West Adelaide	10	16	76
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 42,894[28]

“	"We expect you to do all those things, we've got two reserves so let me know when you've had it because you can go right off! But don't stay there unless you're going to do your job. Now lets get out there and do that."	”
—Fos Williams spray to his players during half time of the 1954 SANFL Grand Final[29]

1955 Exhibition Match VFL vs SANFL premiers.	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	9	10	64
Melbourne	9	11	65
Venue: Norwood Oval	Crowd: 23,000[30][31]

In 1955 Port Adelaide and Melbourne, the premiers of South Australian and Victorian leagues, played an exhibition match at Norwood Oval in front of an estimated 23,000 spectators.^[30] The game was a thriller going down to the last 15 seconds with Frank Adams kicking a behind and sealing the game 9.11 (65) to 9.10 (64) in favour of Norm Smith's demons.^[32] The following year both Port Adelaide and Melbourne were again premiers of their respective states leagues and the clubs agreed to a rematch. The game was again held at Norwood Oval with the result the same as the year before, Melbourne 13.6 (84) to Port Adelaide 11.8 (74). However the Melbourne club, despite their victory, was full of praise for their cross boarder challenger with all in the Demons camp agreeing that "Port Adelaide could take their place in the V.F.L. competition and do themselves credit".^[33]

1965 SANFL Grand Final Fos Williams ninth premiership.	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	12	8	80
Sturt	12	5	77
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 62,543[34]

Williams left as coach in 1958 with Geof Motley captain-coaching the club to the 1959 premiership. For the following two seasons Port Adelaide would finish third. Fos Williams return in 1962 and Port Adelaide won three of the next four premierships taking his personal tally to nine and the clubs record to 10 of the last 15 premierships. The 1965 premiership, the last that Williams coached, was played in front of 62,543 people, the largest ever crowd at Adelaide Oval. In that game Port Adelaide defeat Sturt 12.8 (80) to 12.5 (77).

After the 1965 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide would be particularly frustrated by the dominance of Sturt, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey. In all, despite playing in 6 of the next 10 grand finals, Port Adelaide would fail to win a premiership until 1977.

Champion players introduced in this era include John Cahill, Peter Woite, Dave Boyd, Geof Motley and Russell Ebert.

1974–98: John Cahill era

One of Port Adelaide's finest players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill. He eventually became William's protégé and ultimately took over as coach in 1974. Cahill coached in the Williams style and was, if anything, even more aggressive. In 1975 an off-field dispute between the Port Adelaide City Council and the SANFL over the use of Alberton Oval forced Port Adelaide to move its home matches to Adelaide Oval for two seasons. In 1976 Port Adelaide completely dominated the minor round, winning 17 of the 21 matches. Cahill would subsequently take Port Adelaide to its first Grand Final under his leadership against Sturt with an official attendance of 66,897, a record which still stands for the SANFL. The actual crowd was estimated at 80,000, much bigger than the official figure as the SANFL ran out of tickets early and were forced to shut the gates 90 minutes before the bounce as people were being crushed on entry.^[35] The police were subsequently forced to allow spectators to sit along the fence.^[35] Despite being labelled "too old and too slow" by commentators, Sturt overwhelmed Port Adelaide to win by 41 points. The State Government enforced tighter regulations on the SANFL after this game to ensure crowd safety. In 1977 the council dispute regarding Alberton Oval was eventually resolved with the club moving back to its home ground. The 1977 premiership was notable as it broke an 11-year drought, the longest since Port Adelaide began competing in an organised football competition. The club would go on to win four of the next five seasons from 1977 to 1981.

1977 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Glenelg	16	9	105
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 56,717[36]

“	"It has taken us a bloody long time but by gee it was worth it!"	”
—Russell Ebert during the post game award presentations of the 1977 SANFL Grand Final.[37]

The 1980 SANFL season was Port Adelaide's most dominant since 1914. The club won the Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy as the best club in all SANFL divisions with both its League and reserve sides winning their respective premierships and all levels of the club playing finals. Russell Ebert won his record 4th Magarey Medal. Tim Evans set the league goal kicking record of 146 goals in a season. The club provided seven players to the state league team (Ebert, Evans, Cunningham, Phillips, Williams, Giles and Faletic). The club set a new record for most points scored during the whole season at 3,421 whilst also having the best defence conceding only 1,851 points for an end of season percentage of 184.82%. Overall Port Adelaide lost 2 games from 24 for the year.

1980 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	11	15	81
Norwood	9	9	63
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 54,536[38]

“	"This Port Adelaide side is probably one of the best football teams to play in South Australia since the war."	”
—Peter Marker during the preview of the 1980 SANFL Grand Final.[39]

1981 Pre Season Trial VFL vs. SANFL reigning premiers	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	14	13	97
Richmond	13	20	98
Venue: Alberton Oval	[40]

During the 1981 preseason, Port Adelaide, reigning SANFL premiers invited reigning VFL premiers Richmond to a game at Alberton Oval to which they accepted. Although the game was nothing more than an exhibition match both teams fielded very strong teams. The match proved to be a thriller with Richmond holding off a late Port Adelaide charge to win by a single point, 14.13 (97) to 13.20 (98).^[40] Port Adelaide would go on to defeat the local Glenelg Tigers by 51 points for the 1981 SANFL premiership.^[41] The following year Port Adelaide would lose to Glenelg by 1 point in the SANFL preliminary final in what would be John Cahill's last game coaching the club until 1988.

1983–87: Russell Ebert as coach

In 1983 Russell Ebert took on the coaching role at Port Adelaide when Cahill left Port Adelaide to coach Collingwood for two seasons. This period saw Port Adelaide's form drop failing to reach the grand final. The period was also marked by the rise of the VFL as the premier football competition in the country. Many SANFL players were moving to the VFL for the larger salaries on offer.

In 1982 the SANFL approached the VFL in regards to entering a composite side in their league, an action also taken by East Perth and the Norwood Football Club. These approaches were ignored by the VFL at the time.^[42] The Port Adelaide Football Club's annual report from late 1982 showed that the failure of these attempts significantly impacted the club's understanding of its future.^[43] From this point in time onwards Port Adelaide restructured the club in regards to economics, public relations and on-field performance for an attempt to enter the league in 1990. There was genuine feeling that failure to do this would result in the club ceasing to exist in the future.^[42]

John Cahill returned as coach at the end of the 1987 SANFL season.

1988–1996: Cahill's return, SANFL domination and AFL entry

1989 SANFL Grand Final One goal in mind	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	15	18	108
North Adelaide	1	8	14
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 50,487[44]

Talk of a side from South Australia entering the VFL was fast tracked in 1987 when a team from Western Australia, the West Coast Eagles, and a team from Brisbane, the Brisbane Bears joined the VFL. This left South Australia as the only mainland state in Australia without a team in an increasingly national competition. During the 1988 season, one of Fos Williams sons, Anthony, was tragically killed in a building accident. The following day the club played against Norwood and managed to overcome an early deficit to win the emotional charged game. The club would go on to win the 1988 premiership.

In 1989 seven out of ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40% of that of the VFL.^[45] During early 1990 the SANFL decided to wait three years before making any further decision in regards to fielding a South Australian side in the VFL until it could be done without negatively affecting football within the state. Frustrated with lack of progress, Port Adelaide were having secret negotiations in the town of Quorn for entry in 1991.^[46] From these discussions Port Adelaide Football Club accepted an invitation from the VFL to join what had now become the AFL. The AFL signed a Heads of Agreement with the club in expectation that Port would enter the competition in 1991, meaning the Port Adelaide Football Club would field two teams, one in the AFL and one in the SANFL. During the 1990 preseason Port Adelaide played a practice match against the Geelong Cats at Football Park in front of 35,000 spectators with Gary Ablett Snr and Gavin Wanganeen prominent.

1990 SANFL Grand Final Last season without AFL in SA.	G	B	Total
Glenelg	13	15	93
Port Adelaide	16	12	108
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 50,589[44]

“	"These twenty blokes are sensational people and to our friends in the press the one thing that really matters is that there will always be a Port Adelaide Football Club."	”
—George Fiacchi upon accepting the 1990 Jack Oatey Medal for best on ground at the 1990 SANFL Grand Final.[47]

When knowledge of Port Adelaide Football Club's negotiations to gain an AFL licence were made public, the rest of the SANFL and many other people across the state saw it as an act of treachery. SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid, which he agreed to.^[45] The AFL suggested to the SANFL that if they didn't want Port Adelaide to join the AFL, they could put forward a counter bid to enter a composite South Australian side into the AFL. After legal action from all parties, the AFL finally agreed to accept the SANFL's bid and the Adelaide Football Club was born.^[48]

The fallout from the failed bid resulted in some calling for Port Adelaide to be expelled from the SANFL.^[48] However, Port Adelaide continued to compete and continued to dominate. Port Adelaide followed its triple triumphs from 1988 to 1990 with a premiership in 1992 and three in a row again from 1994 to 1996. When the Adelaide Crows entered the AFL, SANFL attendances dropped by 14% however Port Adelaide attendances increased by 13%.^[49] Vocal supporters for Port Adelaide's AFL bid included Kevin Sheedy, Tom Hafey, Ron Barassi and David Parkin.^[50] In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. Adelaide's Channel 7 broadcaster ran a phone poll asking whether Port Adelaide should get the second licence with 74% of the 6000 respondents saying 'yes'.^[51] Present at the 1994 SANFL Grand Final was AFL CEO Ross Oakley and Alan Schwab who bore witness to the clubs come from behind win against the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles.^[52]

1994 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Woodville-West Torrens	10	9	69
Port Adelaide	15	16	106
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 40,598

“	"I know I'm emotional but forgetting all that...seventy seven was great but today against all odds and the courage that the players showed...it was tremendous mate."	”
—John Cahill during an interview at the end of the 1994 SANFL Grand Final.[53]

During December 1994 Max Basher announced that Port Adelaide had won the tender for the second South Australian AFL licence.^[54] However a licence did not guarantee entry and although a target year of 1996 was set, this was reliant upon an existing AFL club folding or merging with another. In 1996, the cash-strapped Fitzroy announced it would merge with the Brisbane Bears to form the Brisbane Lions. A spot had finally opened and it was announced that in 1997, one year later than expected, Port Adelaide would enter the AFL.

1996 SANFL Grand Final Last SANFL game before AFL entry.	G	B	Total
Central Districts	6	8	44
Port Adelaide	11	14	80
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 46,210[55]

Once an entry date had been confirmed, the Port Adelaide Football Club set about forming a side fit for competition in the AFL. It was announced that existing Port Adelaide coach, John Cahill would make the transition to the AFL and Stephen Williams would take over the SANFL coaching role. Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad. Brownlow Medallist and 1990 Port Adelaide premiership player, Gavin Wanganeen was poached from Essendon and made captain of a team made up of six existing Port Adelaide players, two from the Adelaide Crows, seven players from other SANFL clubs and 14 recruits from interstate.

Star players for Port Adelaide during its pursuit of an AFL licence include among others Greg Phillips, Scott Hodges, Darren Smith, Tim Ginever, Stephen Williams, Mark Williams, Darryl Borlase, George Fiacchi, Roger Delaney and Bruce Abernethy.

AFL history

1997–1998: John Cahill and "The Power"

1997 West End Showdown I	G	B	Total
Adelaide Crows	11	6	72
Port Adelaide	11	17	83
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 47,265

Inaugural Port Adelaide AFL list.
No.	Player	Recruited From	Affiliation with Port Adelaide in SANFL
1	Gavin Wanganeen	Essendon	Yes
2	Matthew Primus	Fitzroy	No
3	Shayne Breuer	Geelong	No
4	Ian Downsborough	West Coast	No
5	Shane Bond	West Coast	Yes
6	Scott Cummings	Essendon	No
7	John Rombotis	Fitzroy	No
8	Fabian Francis	Brisbane Bears	Yes
9	Brayden Lyle	West Coast	Yes
10	Josh Francou	North Adelaide	No
12	Brent Heaver	Carlton	No
14	Stephen Paxman	Fitzroy	No
15	Michael Wilson	Port Adelaide	Yes
16	Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide	Yes
17	Nigel Fiegert	Port Adelaide	Yes
19	Donald Dickie	Norwood	No
20	Brendon Lade	South Adelaide	No
21	David Brown	Port Adelaide	Yes
22	Bowen Lockwood	Geelong U18	No
24	Damian Squire	North Adelaide	No
25	Nathan Eagleton	West Adelaide	No
26	Peter Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	Yes
28	Stephen Daniels	Norwood	No
29	Adam Kingsley	Essendon	No
30	Darryl Poole	Port Adelaide	Yes
31	Paul Geister	North Melbourne	No
33	Darren Mead	Port Adelaide	Yes
34	Nathan Steinberner	Central District	No
35	Mark Conway	Central District	No
36	Stephen Carter	Port Adelaide	Yes
37	Stuart Dew	Central District	No
38	Roger James	Norwood	No
39	Adam Heuskes	Sydney Swans	No
42	Tom Carr	Port Adelaide	Yes
44	Jarrod Cotton	Central District	No

On 29 March 1997, Port Adelaide played its first match in the AFL for premiership points against Collingwood at the MCG, suffering a 79-point defeat. Port won its first game in the AFL in Round 3 against Geelong on 12 April 1997 by 39 points. In Round 4, it recorded one of its best wins for the season when it defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the first Showdown. By Round 11, Port Adelaide were in ninth position out of the eight by just percentage and at the conclusion of Round 17 the side sat equal second following a 50-point victory over Essendon at the MCG. However, a tough run to culminate the regular season dashed hopes of cementing an unlikely debut season finals bid as away trips to Geelong, Richmond and Brisbane and home games versus eventual grand finalists Adelaide and St Kilda reaped just the two premiership points by way of a draw at the Gabba. Port Adelaide was widely tipped to take the wooden spoon at the start of the season but defied the critics and recovered from its poor start to finish 9th on percentage behind Brisbane.

The 1998 season was looking very similar to the previous year as they hovered around ninth position for most of the year and looked like a threat for finals after Round 14, but after that they lost six of their last eight games including defeats of over nine goals to North Melbourne, Adelaide and Carlton. Port Adelaide finished the 1998 season in 10th place, with a record of 9 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw.

1999–2012: Mark Williams era

1999–2003: First AFL success and finals frustration

In 1999 Mark Williams took over as coach of Port Adelaide. In only its third season the club played in the pre-season grand final against Hawthorn at Waverley Park. Port Adelaide lost 5.6 (36) to 12.11 (83). The season wasn't looking very promising and by Round 12 they had dropped down to a low of fourteenth. But they put together a five-game win streak from Round 13 through to Round 17 to eventually finish seventh and earn them a spot in the finals for the first time in the club's history. They were however eliminated by eventual premier, North Melbourne, by 44 points in the Qualifying Final. Port Adelaide had achieved real success for the first time in the national competition.

After a very promising 1999, Port had an extremely poor start to the 2000 season where up until round 13 they had only won one game. After Round 13 however they had a promising finish to the year winning six of their last ten games. They finished 14th, recording 7 wins, 14 losses and 1 draw.

Port Adelaide had a very successful 2001 season, starting with a maiden pre-season competition victory, defeating the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26). They became the first non-Melbourne based club to win the pre season premiership and the first club to win both Showdown's in the same year, defeating the Crows by 65 and eight points respectively. Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home and away season with 16 wins and six losses, finishing third on the ladder and qualifying for the finals series. The club travelled to Brisbane for the Qualifying Final, losing by 32 points. They had however earned themselves a second chance by finishing third and had a home Semi Final against the team who had finished 6th, Hawthorn. Port led by 17 points going into the last quarter but failed to convert and lost by three points.

2002 AFL Home & Away Season	W	L	D	Total	%
Port Adelaide	18	4	0	72	132.36
	Minor Premiers

Port Adelaide started 2002 strongly, winning the Pre Season competition for the second time in a row against the Richmond Tigers by 9 points. The side built on its success in 2002 and won its first minor premiership with an 18–4 record. However, they could not convert this form into a Grand Final berth losing to the eventual premiers, the Brisbane Lions in the preliminary final.

Port Adelaide continued its minor round dominance in 2003 and again finished top to claim the minor premiership. However like the previous year Port Adelaide failed to convert its minor season form and lost to Grand Finalist Collingwood by 44 points a preliminary final.

2003 AFL Home & Away Season	W	L	D	Total	%
Port Adelaide	18	4	0	72	127.23
	Minor Premiers

2004: Premiership glory

The year of 2004 was one of, if not the greatest, season in the club's history.

Port Adelaide opened the season well with victories over Essendon, West Coast and Hawthorn. After which, the club then faltered slightly winning only four of its next eight games. At this stage Port Adelaide had dropped as low as fifth on the premiership table, three games below ladder leaders St Kilda. From rounds twelve to seventeen Port Adelaide turned their fortunes around and had six consecutive wins and were equal top of the ladder with Brisbane, St Kilda and Melbourne. Although in contention for the minor premiership, Port Adelaide then suffered another hiccup with an unexpected loss to Essendon.

2004 AFL Home & Away Season	W	L	D	Total	%
Port Adelaide	17	5	0	68	132.36
	Minor Premiers

The following week Port Adelaide bounced back with a comprehensive victory over top of the table Melbourne. In the succeeding two weeks Port Adelaide beat lowly placed Western Bulldogs and Collingwood and were sitting on top of the ladder. With one round to go Port Adelaide needed to beat cross town rivals to claim the minor premiership for the third consecutive year. In a hard fought game Port Adelaide accounted for the Adelaide Crows by 25 points. Port Adelaide was assisted by the ascendancy of soon to be name All-Australian centre half forward Warren Tredrea. Tredrea dominated his opponent, Ben Rutten, collecting 21 disposals, eleven marks, four goals and three Brownlow Medal votes.

Port Adelaide easily won its qualifying final against Geelong, earning a home preliminary final. Port Adelaide made it through to its first AFL grand final after defeating St Kilda in a thrilling preliminary final by just six points in front of over 46,000 people at home, with Gavin Wanganeen kicking the winning goal with about a minute to go. On 25 September 2004, Port Adelaide faced a highly fancied Brisbane side attempting to win a record-equalling fourth straight AFL premiership. Only one point separated the sides at half time, however late in the third quarter Port Adelaide took the ascendency and romped home in the final term to win by 40 points: 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73). Byron Pickett was awarded with the Norm Smith Medal after being judged the best player in the match, tallying 20 disposals and kicking three goals.

2004 AFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Brisbane Lions	10	13	73
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground	Crowd: 77,671

“	"Port Adelaide are the winningest club in Australian Football and today might just be their finest hour."	”
—Tim Lane (journalist)'s statement at the conclusion of the 2004 AFL Grand Final.[56]

2005–06: Finals goal and a rapid rebuild

After the euphoria of 2004, Port Adelaide struggled to maintain its form and endured a disappointing 2005. After a slow start to the season, they finished eighth to scrape into the finals series where they defeated the Kangaroos by 87 points. In the next round Port faced the highly fancied minor premiers Adelaide. This match, dubbed "The Ultimate Showdown", marked the first occasion where the two cross-town rivals had met in a finals series. The result was an anti-climax for Port, who went down by 83 points in a massive turnaround from their performance the previous week against the Kangaroos.

The 2006 season was seen as a very important one for Port Adelaide, as the new guard had begun to show that they were capable of great things and are working towards playing finals again in 2007. Port Adelaide had a club record number of nominations for the AFL Rising Star award in 2006, and provided the winner in Danyle Pearce. In the Brownlow Medal count Brendon Lade and midfielder Shaun Burgoyne each scored 15 votes, while the NAB Rising Star, Danyle Pearce, had thirteen. With 2006 being a fairly disappointing year, six of the club's eight wins that year were to teams that finished in the top eight in 2006, including the beltings they gave to reigning premiers Sydney and future premiers of that year West Coast.

2007: Young side success and grand final loss

Many players enjoyed great starts to the season, including former-Richmond Tigers player David Rodan, who performed solidly in his first game against his former club, continuing his career revival at Port Adelaide. Midfielder Shaun Burgoyne was an early contender to win the Brownlow Medal, while Chad Cornes' was also in the hunt. Making their debuts for the club were Justin Westhoff, Robert Gray and Travis Boak. They finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15-7 record.

Port Adelaide started their finals campaign against the West Coast Eagles at AAMI Stadium and won a tight contest by three points. The final score was 9.14 (68) to West Coast Eagles 9.11 (65). That win gave Port the week off, their next game would be the preliminary final against the Kangaroos, who defeated Hawthorn in the semi-finals. Port easily defeated the Kangaroos to win by 87 points, 20.13 (133) to the Kangaroos 5.16 (46). This win ensured Port of a grand final berth, their second in four years. However, in the grand final they were defeated by Geelong by an AFL record margin of 119 points, 24.19 (163) to Port Adelaide's 6.8 (44) in a crowd of 97,302. Geelong would go on to play in three of the next four grand finals, winning three in total.

2008–10: Grand final aftermath

The 2008 season was disappointing one for a Port Adelaide side keen to build on its 2007 grand final appearance. After a loss to Richmond in Round 13, Mark Williams labelled Port Adelaide's season as "officially off". A highlight of the year was Daniel Motlop who proved one of the most damaging and creative forwards in the competition and was Port Adelaide's leading goal kicker for the year. Warren Tredrea stepped down as captain on 5 November 2008 to focus on his own footballing ability.^[57] On 9 February, it was announced that Domenic Cassisi would become Port Adelaide's captain for the 2009 season, with Shaun Burgoyne and Kane Cornes appointed as vice-captains.^[58] Cassisi's elevation to captaincy generated controversy due to coach Mark Williams originally wanting Shaun Burgoyne or Chad Cornes to be captain, which was overruled by Port Adelaide's administration board.^[59]

During the 2009 pre-season Port Adelaide announced that they had requested an immediate seven-figure sum from the AFL in a bid to ease its financial crisis. Port Adelaide had accumulated a consolidated debt totaling $5.1 million and was unable to pay its players; they had lost $1.4 million the season before, a year in which they finished 13th, and had their average home crowds drop to little more than 23,000.^[60] However the financial assistance was denied by the league, with AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou saying that they would have to undergo an intensive application process and work with the SANFL who own Port Adelaide's AFL licence.^[61] On 20 May, Port were handed $2.5 million in debt relief by the SANFL, and on 15 June were handed a $1 million grant by the AFL commission.^[62][63] By the end of the season the financial situation had reached the point where either the Port Adelaide Magpies (also suffering from crippling debt) or Port Adelaide could be forced to fold. The SANFL had announced it could support one club but not both. Plans for a merger of the two clubs to keep Port Adelaide in both the AFL and SANFL were rejected by the SANFL. For the 2009 season, Port Adelaide marginally improved on its previous 13th-place finish, notching up an extra two/three wins to climb to 10th position on the AFL ladder and, in the third year of a five-year plan, are slowly heading in the right direction. The club got some important game time into the likes of Hamish Hartlett, Matthew Broadbent, Travis Boak, Alipate Carlile and Robbie Gray.

The club's financial prospects were given a major boost in December 2009 when Premier Mike Rann announced a $450 million government commitment to redevelop Adelaide Oval, to enable AFL Football and home games for both Port and the Crows to be played in the city centre.^[64]

The 2010 season started well for the club with it winning five of its first seven games, including an impressive victory against the undefeated Saints. However, after that, Port Adelaide went on to lose a club record nine in a row, which included a loss against the then 16th placed Richmond Tigers who had yet to win a game. On 9 July 2010, Mark Williams stepped down as senior coach with a final game against Collingwood at Football Park, marking the end of the Williams' era for the club.

2010–12: Matthew Primus period, mounting financial pressures and tragedy

Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after Mark Williams stood down and shortly after assistant coach Dean Laidley rejected the offer.^[65] In Showdown 29, Port Adelaide ended its nine-game losing streak with a 19-point win over their crosstown rivals, the Adelaide Crows. It was also Matthew Primus's first win as head coach, ending the season with five wins and two losses. Port Adelaide's administration board had started the search for a new coach and it was widely believed that Port Adelaide would appoint someone who had never been associated with the club before.^[66] However, on 9 September, Matthew Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years. The club also saw the retirement of 2004 premiership players Josh Carr and Warren Tredrea, who many fans consider to be Port Adelaide's greatest AFL player.

In May 2011 the SANFL sought to take control of Port Adelaide to ensure the club remains competitive. Despite the SANFL underwriting $5 million of Port's debt in 2010, the takeover failed when the SANFL was unable to get a line of credit to cover Port Adelaide's future debts. On 1 June it was announced that the AFL would underwrite $1.25 million in debt to protect its $1.25 billion television rights. AFL Chief executive Andrew Demetriou, offered $9 million over the next three years to help the club, ahead of the move to the Adelaide Oval, which resulted in the resignation of the Chief Executive, Mark Haysman, who was replaced by Keith Thomas, and three board members. The AFL gave the money to the SANFL with strict conditions that they give Port Adelaide three million dollars a year, for three years. Part of the money was used to secure the services of assistant coaches Josh Carr, Brad Gotch, Shaun Rehn and Tyson Edwards.^[67]

Statistically, 2011 was Port Adelaide's worst season in 141 years, finishing 16th with only three wins from 22 games. Rounds 20 and 21 saw the club lose to Collingwood and Hawthorn by record margins of 138 and 165 respectively. The club's last game of the year was against Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. This was the first-ever AFL game to be played at the ground, the first for the club since 1973, and would be a precursor to the replacement of Football Park in 2014. Port Adelaide defeated the Demons by 8 points in front of 29,340 fans.

Port Adelaide began the 2012 season beating St Kilda by four points with Jarrad Redden, Bradley Ebert, Chad Wingard and John McCarthy making their debuts for the club. Port Adelaide would only win another four games for the year. A loss against the new expansion team Greater Western Sydney resulted in senior coach Matthew Primus's contract being cut to the years end with Primus deciding to step down early. Assistant coach, Garry Hocking, took over the reins of the club for the remaining games four games with his best result a draw in the final round against Richmond.

On 9 September 2012, Port Adelaide player John McCarthy died on an end of season trip in Las Vegas after falling from a ledge of The Flamingo Hotel.^[68] Thousands of tributes and messages came from the general public, AFL supporters, players and other clubs. The Adelaide Football Club and Collingwood Football Club both announced a day after McCarthy's death that their players would wear black armbands for their semi-final matches and the AFL players association announced that both games would have a minute's silence before the national anthem was played, which is always played before each finals match.

2013–present: Ken Hinkley era

The 2013 season saw many significant changes in a new era for Port Adelaide. On 8 October 2012, Ken Hinkley was announced as the new senior coach of the club succeeding Matthew Primus. This marked the first time that the club had appointed someone not associated with the club before since Fos Williams in 1950. Joining Hinkley would be Alan Richardson as the director of coaching and strategy and Darren Burgess, who had spent the previous two years as the head of fitness and conditioning at Liverpool in the Premier League, as the high performance manager. The same day, the club also announced that it had traded for Angus Monfries and by the end of the trade week and draft period, the club oversaw a nine player overhaul in its senior list.^[69] Port Adelaide also had major changes within its administrative positions with television personality David Koch being named as the chairman of the club and numerous board members being replaced. The 2013 preseason also saw Travis Boak succeed Domenic Cassisi as the captain of the club.^[70] For the first time in the club's history, Port Adelaide achieved 40,000 members in 2013.

Port Adelaide had its best ever start to an AFL season, winning its first five games, against Melbourne, Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide, Gold Coast and West Coast, but then lost its next five games. Port then returned to form with a 75-point belting to Greater Western Sydney before surprised wins against Sydney and Collingwood. Port then defeated Adelaide again in Round 19, coming from 20 points down with six minutes to go to win by 4 points. Port Adelaide finished the home and away season 7th on the ladder, making it the first time that they had qualified for the finals since 2007. Port travelled to Melbourne to play Collingwood at the MCG in an Elimination final where they won by 24 points. They lost to Geelong by 16 points the following week ending their 2013 season.

2014: Return to Adelaide Oval

During the 2014 off-season Port Adelaide recruited Matthew White and Jared Polec from Richmond and Brisbane respectively, to bolster its squad. Former Brisbane Lions three time premiership player and Gold Coast assistant Shaun Hart replaced Richardson as the Director of Coaching after the latter took up an opportunity at St Kilda.^[71]

2014 AFL Elimination Final First AFL final at Adelaide Oval	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	20	12	132
Richmond	11	9	75
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 50,618

Building on from 2013, off-field Port Adelaide signed up a record 55,715 members for its return to Adelaide Oval and averaged 44,429 at home games, a 65% jump from the previous year. On-field Port Adelaide had its best ever 11 game start into an AFL season with 10 wins. Port finished the 2014 season 5th on the ladder with 14 wins, an improvement from 2013. They hosted their first home final since 2007 against Richmond where Port kicked the first 7 goals of the game and around halfway through he third quarter the scores were 17.6 (108) to 3.3 (21). Port eased off in the last quarter and won by 57 points. The following week, they went to Perth to play Fremantle in the semi-final. Despite the Dockers leading by 24 points at half time, Port kicked 12 goals to 5 in the second half to win by 22 points and enter its first preliminary final since 2007. Their 2014 season ended a week later in a three-point loss to Hawthorn at the MCG.

“	"Has there ever been a quicker turn around in a club?"	”
—Matthew Richardson posed the question during the closing moments of the 2014 Semi Final against Fremantle.[72]

Port Adelaide's 2015 pre-season began with Essendon ruckman Paddy Ryder requesting a trade to Port Adelaide.^[73] On the final day of trade week, Ryder was traded to the club boosting its ruck stocks.^[74] For the second consecutive season, Port Adelaide had lost another assistant coach to a senior coaching position at another club, this time Phil Walsh, who became the coach of the Adelaide Crows from 2015. Walsh was replaced by Michael Voss, a former premiership player and former senior coach of the Brisbane Lions.^[75]

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  David Koch's appointment to chairman was a key part of the club's improved off-field position.

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  2014 was the first time since 1976 that the club played all its home games at Adelaide Oval.

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  Robbie Gray won the AFL Coaches' Association Player of the Year in 2014.

SANFL presence post AFL entry

1997–2010: Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club

When the Port Adelaide Football Club entered the AFL, a new state league team was created to fill the void left by the club. The new club was now called the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club as opposed to the original counterpart, the Port Adelaide Football Club, playing in the national competition.^[76]

The new Port Adelaide Magpies won the 1998 and 1999 SANFL premierships.

2011–present: One club and AFL reserves integration

On 20 August 2010, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by a former player, Tim Ginever, in a bid to merge the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, in the SANFL competition, as one club. The movement created a website for people to sign so that the Power and the Magpies might become one club. The website claimed that it needed at least 50,000 people to sign up for the Power and the Magpies to merge. On 15 November 2010, all nine SANFL clubs came together for a meeting to decide if the merger would go ahead. The meeting decided that the off-field merger between the two clubs would proceed.^[77][78]

On 10 September 2013, Port Adelaide and the SANFL agreed to a model to allow all its AFL-listed players (not selected to play for Port Adelaide in the AFL) to play for the Magpies in the SANFL League competition (the Adelaide Crows will also have a reserves team playing in the SANFL from 2014). On October 4, 2013, Port Adelaide's AFL assistant coach Garry Hocking was announced as the SANFL senior coach of the reserves side.^[79] For the 2014 season, the Port Magpies won the minor premiership by winning 12 games and placing top of the ladder. After defeating the South Adelaide by 20 points in the second semi-final, they reached their first SANFL Grand Final since 1999, where they lost to the Norwood Football Club by 4 points.

2015: Replacement of junior squads with development academy

From 2015 onward, the club would lose its recruiting zones and no longer field sides in the Under 18s, 16s, 15s, 14s and 13s SANFL competition. In turn, Port Adelaide will operate an Academy team composed of 18 to 22 year old's.^[80]

This was a controversial decision amongst local supporters but the structure ensured that talented local juniors can still play for the club through the academy. The restructure is expected to benefit local clubs such as Port District and Portland with juniors being re-absorbed by these grassroots teams.

Club symbols and identity

Guernseys

Due to the fact that Collingwood, an existing VFL/AFL club, was already using the Magpie emblem and Magpies' nickname, Port Adelaide was requested by the VFL to simply find a new nickname and logo to avoid a clash.^[81] However, after the unsuccessful 1990 bid, Collingwood successfully lobbied the AFL to force Port Adelaide to change not only its logo and nickname but also its guernsey and colours. In 1995, a new guernsey was created with the look unveiled made up of black, white, silver and teal which represents the water of the Port River. The logo consisted of three strips reflecting the colours.

Controversy concerning the AFL's refusal to permit Port Adelaide to wear its traditional black-and-white "prison bar" guernsey in the competitions heritage-themed rounds came to head 2007. Earlier in that year, Port Adelaide chief executive John James said the club was waiting for confirmation from the AFL that it could wear its 1970s prison bar guernsey for a match against the Western Bulldogs. He said Port was also looking for confirmation it would be able to continue to honour its heritage in any future heritage rounds. Port Adelaide decided not to participate in the 2006 heritage round when the AFL did not approve the club's 1980s-style black-and-white guernsey for its 80s themed heritage round. Collingwood club president Eddie McGuire has been a vocal opponent of Port Adelaide wearing the prison bar guernsey, claiming that Collingwood has an exclusive right to wear black and white in the AFL, even in the heritage round.

“	"This team from South Australia – this Port Power – why would they pick black and white? Did the competition really need another club in navy or dark colours?".	”
—Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire's 2003 statement regarding Port Adelaide wearing its traditional guernsey.[82]

John James stated that Port Adelaide possibly received more correspondence from its supporters about the heritage guernsey than about any other issue and that the club would "continue to fight for its heritage and what is right".^[83] On 14 May 2007 the AFL and Port Adelaide reached an agreement whereby the club could wear its prison bar guernsey in the heritage round this season, with the proviso that in future seasons its players can only wear it in home heritage round games and provided that such a game is not against Collingwood.^[84] No heritage rounds have been held since this agreement was reached.

“	"It should have nothing to do with Eddie McGuire and Collingwood...I'll say that for a start.".	”
— Leigh Matthews during a discussion regarding Port Adelaide's traditional guernsey during the 2014 Elimination Final.[85]

On 17 July 2009, Port Adelaide unveiled a special one-off Power guernsey, now known as the "Back in Black" guernsey, which was designed by a 7-year-old student from Ardtornish Primary school. The guernsey has a predominantly black design with a white and teal "V" and a prominent Power logo. On 28 October 2009, Port Adelaide received AFL approval to wear the jumper in premiership matches.

Guernsey types

• Home and away guernsey (originally worn in 2009, before becoming permanent in 2010):Black based guernsey with two chevrons, the upper being teal and the lower being white. For home games, EnergyAustralia sponsor on front and Renault sponsor on back (home shorts worn). For away, Renault sponsor on front and EnergyAustralia sponsor on the back (away shorts worn).^[86]
• Clash guernsey (worn since 2010): White based guernsey with two chevrons, the upper being teal and the lower being black. Renault sponsor on front and EnergyAustralia sponsor on back (away shorts worn).
• Traditional guernsey (currently worn by SANFL sides and occasionally the AFL side when permitted to such as during the 2003, 2007, 2013 and 2014 AFL season).^[87] The Port Adelaide Football Club won 33 premierships in the "Prison Bar" guernsey and the Champions of Australia three times. Support for the guernsey remains extremely high with a limited batch of jumpers raising over $400,000 for the club for the one off game against Carlton in 2013.^[88] The most recent instance of the club trying to wear its traditional guernsey was in celebration of 100 years since its undefeated 1914 Champions of Australia season.^[89] The AFL denied the club the right. There was controversy in 2014 during the lead-up to the final against Richmond when the AFL told Port Adelaide they had to wear their clash guernsey. On 2 September 2014 the AFL cleared them to use the Traditional guernsey for the match.^[90]

“	"I've always regarded that strip that Port are wearing today as the best uniform in Australian Football".	”
— Dennis Cometti describing Port Adelaide's traditional guernsey during the 2014 Elimination Final.[91]

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  Main Guernsey

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  Clash Guernsey

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  Traditional Guernsey

Club songs

Before the bounce at Port Adelaide's Adelaide Oval home games the fans hold up their scarves and sing to Australian band INXS's song Never Tear Us Apart. It is a reference to the various and unique difficulties the club faced when trying to enter the AFL.

The AFL side's victory song is "Power to Win", written for the club by Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek.

The SANFL side's victory song is "Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White", to the tune of Notre Dame Victory March.

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  At Port Adelaide home games the fans hold up scarves before the bounce whilst singing Never Tear Us Apart by Australian band INXS.

Home grounds

On 15 May 1880, Port Adelaide played its first match at Alberton Oval. In 1881 the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the sum of 10 shillings a year.

The ground has played host to a number of memorable matches in its time and in 1977 a record crowd of 22,738 attended.

Situated at the eastern end of the suburb of Alberton in Adelaide, the playing surface is surrounded by the Allan Scott Power Headquarters, the Robert B. Quinn MM Stand, the Fos Williams Family Stand, the Port Adelaide Bowling Club and the N.L. Williams Scoreboard.

As well as the facilities facing the oval, along Queen Street there is The Port Club and The Port Store.^[92]

SANFL

• Buck's Flat (Glanville Hall Estate), 1870–1879
• Adelaide Oval, 1975-1976
• Alberton Oval, 1880-1974, 1977–present

AFL

• Adelaide Oval, 2011, 2014–present
• Football Park, 1997–2013
• Alberton Oval (training ground), 1997–present

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  Glanville Hall Estate

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  Alberton Oval

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  Football Park

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  Adelaide Oval

Rivalries

AFL

• Adelaide Crows (Showdown)
• Collingwood Magpies

SANFL

• Norwood Redlegs (Port Adelaide-Norwood SANFL rivalry)
• Sturt Double Blues

Club creed

The creed was written and spoken for the first time in 1962 by Port Adelaide great Fos Williams^[93]

Current playing list

Port Adelaide Football Club
Senior list						Rookie List		Coaching Staff
1 Travis Boak (c) 2 Kane Mitchell 3 Jake Neade 4 Paddy Ryder 5 Matthew Broadbent 6 Angus Monfries 7 Brad Ebert (vc) 8 Hamish Hartlett 9 Robbie Gray 11 John Butcher 12 Jackson Trengove 13 Cameron O'Shea 14 Paul Stewart 15 Karl Amon 16 Ollie Wines 17 Tom Clurey 18 Kane Cornes 19 Matthew White 20 Chad Wingard 21 Jared Polec		22 Mason Shaw 23 Matthew Lobbe (vc) 24 Jarman Impey 25 Logan Austin 26 Andrew Moore 27 Alipate Carlile 28 Jay Schulz 29 Jasper Pittard 30 Sam Colquhoun 31 Mitchell Harvey 32 Dougal Howard 33 Darcy Byrne-Jones 34 Jarrad Redden 36 Jack Hombsch 37 Jesse Palmer 38 Billy Frampton 39 Justin Westhoff 40 Aaron Young 41 Brendon Ah Chee 42 Tom Jonas				43 Johann Wagner (B) 44 Tom Logan 46 Sam Gray 47 Sam Russell 48 Nathan Krakouer		Head coach Ken Hinkley Assistant coaches Shaun Hart (Director of Coaching) Michael Voss (Midfield Manager) Josh Carr (Midfield Line Coach) Tyson Edwards (Forwards Line Coach) Matthew Nicks (Backs Line Coach) Garry Hocking (SANFL Senior Coach) Aaron Greaves (Development Manager) Stuart Cochrane (Development Coach) Trent Hentschel (Development Coach) Jacob Surjan (Development Coach) Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain (vet) Veteran listed Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) (B) Category B rookie(s) Updated: 1 December, 2014 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

AFL squad changes for 2015

Ins

Player	Previous Club	League	Via
Johann Wagner	Central District	SANFL	Winner of The Recruit
Paddy Ryder	Essendon	AFL	Trade
Dougal Howard	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	2014 AFL National Draft – Pick 56
Logan Austin	Belconnen	AFL Canberra	2014 AFL National Draft – Pick 69
Jesse Palmer	North Ballarat	TAC Cup	2014 AFL National Draft – Pick 78
Billy Frampton	South Fremantle	WAFL	2014 AFL National Draft – Pick 84
Nathan Krakouer	Port Adelaide	SANFL	2015 Rookie Draft – Pick 16

Outs

Player	New Club	League	Via
Domenic Cassisi	–	–	Retired
Cameron Hitchcock	Ironbank-Cherry Gardens	HFL	Delisted
Campbell Heath	Bairnsdale	GFL	Delisted
Ben Newton	Melbourne	AFL	Delisted
Brent Renouf	Northern Territory	NEAFL	Delisted
Lewis Stevenson	Sydney University	NEAFL	Delisted
Daniel Flynn	Kildare	GAA	Resigned

Port Adelaide SANFL squad (Magpies)
Top-up players								Coaching Staff
1 Steven Summerton (c) 4 Ben Sawford 5 Tom Gray 6 Sidney Masters 7 Louis Sharrad 8 Zac Hawkins 9 Luke Wilson 10 Luke Reynolds		16 Sean Davidson 18 Jack Haarsma 19 Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes 21 Jonathon Ross 23 Sam Gordon 29 Anthony Biemans 42 Zac Hawkins 50 Robbie Young						Head coach Garry Hocking Assistant coaches Stuart Cochrane Trent Hentschel Jacob Surjan Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 1 December 2014 Source(s): [94]

• Note: Port Adelaide AFL-listed players (not selected to play AFL) are allowed to play for the SANFL squad.

Corporate

Administrative positions

• Chairman: David Koch
• Chief executive: Keith Thomas
• Football operations: Chris Davies

• Board members:
  • Kevin Osborn (deputy chairman)
  • Cos Cardone
  • Ross Haslam
  • George Fiacchi
  • Jamie Restas
  • Richard Ryan
  • Trevor Thiele
  • Amanda Vanstone

Current sponsors

Major sponsor

• Renault
• EnergyAustralia
• Foodbank (Australia)

Clothing

• International Sports Clothing

Supporters

Supporter groups

Port Adelaide has many supporter groups, with every state or territory containing at least one supporter group. In addition, many country towns within South Australia have their own supporter group, many of which travel to both home and away games.

Cheer squad

• Within metropolitan the official supporter group is known as the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad(PACS). The group members must pay an annual fee to join the group with majority funds being donated to the PAFC, usually going towards sponsorship of a player. In addition to this the PACS also create banners for home matches and some away games and can be seen and heard from behind the Southern End goals of Adelaide Oval.

"Outer Army"

• The Outer Army which, unlike the PACS, is not officially aligned with the PAFC. Despite this the Outer Army still provide funds to the club through sponsorship. The name Outer Army comes from the group's original position at AAMI Stadium, choosing to sit on the eastern side which is also commonly known as the "Outer". The core group of the Outer Army's members most often take up position in Bay 132, though numerous much smaller groups of Outer Army members of affiliated supporters sit in various other areas around the stadium.

"Alberton Crowd"

• The Alberton Crowd have been an active supporters group since the start of the 2011 season. They sit alongside the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad behind the southern goals in Bay 124 at Adelaide Oval.

Founded by, run by and geared towards younger supporters and a younger audience, the group takes a more proactive stance of support for the team on game days, particularly with soccer-style chants and various tifo works, beginning with the large "1870: Forever Port Adelaide" display.

Number 1 ticket holders

Current

• Hugh Sheridan – Australian actor.

Former

• David Koch – Seven Network's Sunrise co-host, current club president^[95]
• Stuart O'Grady – Australian professional road bicycle racer.^[96]
• Teresa Palmer – Australian model and actress.^[97]
• Bob Quinn – Former Port Adelaide player.^[98]
• Tony Santic – Owner of Makybe Diva.^[99]

Notable followers

• Andre Agassi – American professional tennis player ^[100]
• Sir Donald Bradman – Australian cricketer.^[101]
• Darren Cahill – Australian professional tennis player/coach and son of John Cahill.
• Dean Canto – Australian professional touring car driver.
• Thanasi Kokkinakis – Australian professional tennis player^[102]
• Anna Meares – Australian gold medal track cyclist.^[103]
• Jason Momoa – American/Hawaiian actor and writer^{[104][105][106]}
• Erin Phillips – Australian professional basketball player.
• Roger Rasheed – Australian professional tennis player/coach.^[107]
• Daniel Smith – Member of Australian hip-hop group The Hilltop Hoods.^[108]

Membership and attendance

Year	Members	Change From Previous Season	End of Minor Round	Finishing Position	Average Home Crowd	Change From Previous Season
1997	35,809	N/A	9	9	35,703	N/A
1998	38,305	2,496	10	10	31,657	4,046
1999	37,166	1,139	7	7	31,270	387
2000	34,295	2,871	14	14	26,376	4,894
2001	33,296	999	3	5	30,789	4,413
2002	36,299	3,003	1st	3	30,414	375
2003	36,425	126	1st	4	31,845	1,431
2004	36,340	85	1st	1st	29,877	1,968
2005	36,834	494	8	6	32,911	3,034
2006	35,648	1,186	12	12	28,546	4,365
2007	34,073	1,575	2	2	27,870	676
2008	34,185	112	13	13	22,126	5,744
2009	30,605	3580	10	10	24,349	2,223
2010	31,388	783	10	10	24,256	93
2011	36,624	5,236	16	16	23,066	1,190
2012	37,627	1,003	14	14	19,911	3,155
2013	41,010	3,383	7	5	26,915	7,004
2014	55,508	14,498	5	3	44,429	17,514
2015	59,462*	3,954			50,220	5,791

*As of 22/4/2015^[109]

Club honour board

Honour roll

Port Adelaide Football Club Honor Roll
Foundation Era (unassociated)
Year	Position	W-L-D	%	Chairman	Chief Executive	Coach	Captain	Best and Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1870	3			John Hart Snr.	Richard Leicester	John Wald	John Wald George Dale	John Wald	John Wald (2)
1871	3			John Hart Snr.	George Ireland	Fred Stone	Fred Stone	Fred Stone	-
1872	2 (Runner Up)			John Hart Snr.	George Ireland	George Middleton	George Middleton	-	-
1873	2 (Runner Up)			John Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	H.Sparnon	H.Sparnon George Middleton	Samuel Tyzack	Samuel Tyzack (1)
1874	2 (Runner Up)			John Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	John Rann	John Rann Charles Wells	-	-
1875	2 (Runner Up)			John Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	Robert Sandilands	Robert Sandilands	Henry Ford	Henry Ford (2) Warren (2)
1876	5	2-6-0		John Hart Jr.	Charles Wells	William Fletcher	William Fletcher	Ernest LeMessurier	Samuel Tyzack (1) John Rann (1) E.LeMessurier (1)
South Australian Football Association era
Year	Position	W-L-D	%	Chairman	Chief Executive	Coach	Captain	Best and Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1877	4	9-4-2	177	John Hart Jr.	Charles Wells	William Fletcher	William Fletcher	Thomas Smith	Alfred LeMessurier (5)
1878	2 (Runner Up)	5-2-4	400	John Hart Jr.	Charles Wells	William Fletcher	William Fletcher	Thomas Smith	E.LeMessurier (3) Joseph Carter (3)
1879	2 (Runner Up)	5-2-2	183	John Hart Jr.	Charles Wells	William Fletcher	William Fletcher	Thomas Smith	E.LeMessurier (4)
1880	6	3-3-5	89	John Formby	J.W.Channon	J.A.Atkins	J.A.Atkins Joseph Carter	Jack Sidoli	E.LeMessurier (3)
1881	5	2-6-5	43	John Formby	E.LeMessurrier Joseph Carter	J.H.Sandilands	William Fletcher J.H.Sandilands	Jack Sidoli	Henry Watt (6)
1882	3	7-7-0	157	John Formby	E.C.LeMessurier	Charles Kellett	Charles Kellett	James Munro	George Slatter (6)
1883	2 (Runner Up)	7-5-2	114	John Formby	E.C.LeMessurier	Nowell Turpenny	Ernest Le Messurier Nowell Turpenny	Robert Kirkpatrick	James Litchfield (13)*
1884	1 (Premiers)	11-2-2	252	John Formby	E.C.LeMessurier	Nowell Turpenny	Nowell Turpenny	Charles Kellett George Cairns	Robert Roy (25)*
1885	3	6-8-1	120	John Formby	E.C.LeMessurier	Nowell Turpenny	Nowell Turpenny Charles Kellett	Michael Coffee	Robert Roy (13)
1886	4 (Wooden Spoon)	3-11-1	64	John Formby	James Litchfield	Jack McGargill	William Bushby	Charlie Fry	Michael Coffee (6)
1887	2 (Runner Up)	12-3-2	239	John Formby	E.C.LeMessurier	Jack McGargill	William Bushby	William Bushby Richard Walsh	Alfred Bushby (22)
1888	2 (Runner Up)	14-2-1	280	John Formby	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	William Bushby	Harold Phillips	Harold Phillips (24)
1889	2 (Grand Finalist)	14-3-1	385	John Formby	Robert Cruickshank	Jack McGargill	William Bushby	Goody Hamilton	Charlie Fry (32)*
1890	1 (Premiers) + COA	16-2-0	388	John Formby	Robert Cruickshank	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Charlie Fry	John Mckenzie (54)*
1891	2 (Runner Up)	12-4-0	288	John Formby	Robert Cruickshank Alfred Bushby	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Harold Phillips	John Mckenzie (37)
1892	2 (Runner Up)	11-4-1	193	John Formby	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Harold Phillips	Alexander McKenzie (43)
1893	3	10-6-2	202	John Cleave	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Walter Murray Harold Phillips	Alexander McKenzie (59)
1894	3	9-9-0	114	John Cleave	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Alfred Miers	Alexander McKenzie (36)
1895	3	8-7-1	141	W.Fisher	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Alfred Miers	Oscar L'estage	Alexander McKenzie (25)
1896	5 (Wooden Spoon)	4-13-1	69	W.Fisher C.Tucker	H.W.Hills	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	George Linklater	Adam Lees (19)
1897	1 (Premiers)	14-2-1	266	W.Fisher C.Tucker	H.W.Hills	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Ken McKenzie	Adam Lees (26)*
1898	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-6-0	199	W.Fisher	H.W.Hills John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Ken McKenzie	Archibald Hosie	William Stark (31)
1899	3	9-5-0	155	W.Fisher	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Harold Phillips	Stan Malin	William Stark (13)
1900	6 (Wooden Spoon)	2-12-0	66	W.Fisher	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Harold Phillips	Jack Quinn	Hedley Tompkins (16)
1901	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-7-0	131	Robert Cruickshank	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Archibald Hosie	Ted Strawns	Jack Quinn (27)
1902	3	10-2-0	198	William Mattinson	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Archibald Hosie	Lewis Corston	Matthew Healy (25)
1903	1 (Premiers)	12-2-1	248	William Mattinson	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Archibald Hosie	Jimmy Tompkins	Jimmy Tompkins (40)
1904	2 (Grand Finalist)	10-3-1	173	William Mattinson	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Archibald Hosie Jack Quinn	Lewis Corston	Jimmy Tompkins (28)
1905	2 (Grand Finalist)	11-2-1	170	William Mattinson	John Sweeney	Jack McGargill	Jack Quinn	Jack Quinn	James Mathison (30)*
1906	1 (Premiers)	12-2-0	213	William Mattinson	James Hodge	Jack McGargill	Jack Fletcher Lewis Corston	Ted Strawns	James Mathison (42)*
South Australian Football League era
Year	Position	W-L-D	%	Chairman	Chief Executive	Coach	Captain	Best and Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1907	2 (Grand Finalist)	11-4-0	192	William Mattinson	James Hodge	Jack McGargill	Lewis Corston	Jack Mack	Jack Quinn (32)*
1908	3	8-5-0	137	William Mattinson	James Hodge	Jack McGargill	Ted Strawns Mick Donaghy	James Dickson	James Mathison (33)*
1909	2 (Grand Finalist)	9-5-0	134	William Mattinson	James Hodge	Archibald Hosie	Mick Donaghy	James Dickson	Angelo Congear (12)
1910	1 (Premiers) + COA	14-2-0	150	William Mattinson	James Hodge	Archibald Hosie	Jack Woollard	Sampson Hosking	Frank Hansen (46)
1911	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-3-0	171	Robert Cruickshank	James Hodge	Mick Donaghy Jack Woollard	George Dempster	Harold Oliver	Frank Hansen (41)*
1912	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-2-0	205	Robert Cruickshank	James Hodge	Sampson Hosking	Cliff Cocks Sampson Hosking	Harold Oliver	Frank Hansen (37)*
1913	1 (Premiers) + COA	12-2-0	160	Alexander Benson	James Hodge	Jack Londrigan	Jack Londrigan	Harry Eaton	Frank Hansen (39)*
1914	1 (Premiers) + COA	14-0-0	209	Alexander Benson	James Hodge	Jack Londrigan	Jack Londrigan	Jack Ashley	Jack Dunn (33)*
1915	2 (Grand Finalist)	9-4-1	175	Alexander Benson	James Hodge	Alexander McFarlane	Alexander McFarlane	Harry Eaton	Angelo Congear (21)
Play suspended due to World War I
1919	4	6-6-1	127	Alexander Benson	C.V.Tyler	Frank Hansen	Horrie Pope Alexander McFarlane	Jack Ashley	Len Lackman (26)*
1920	3	8-5-0	119	Alexander Benson	C.V.Tyler	Frank Hansen	John Robertson Albert Olds	Charlie Adams	Eric Dewar (24)
1921	1 (Premiers)	13-4-0	182	Alexander Benson	C.V.Tyler	Sampson Hosking	Harold Oliver	Charlie Adams	Maurice Allingham (43)
1922	5	7-7-0	101	Herbert Skipper	C.V.Tyler	Samuel Howie	Samuel Howie	Clement Dayman	Maurice Allingham (47)
1923	7	5-9-0	99	Herbert Skipper	A.McKelvie	Clement Dayman	Clement Dayman	Les Dayman	Maurice Allingham (42)
1924	4	9-6-0	121	Herbert Skipper	A.McKelvie	Archibald Hosie	Clifford Keal	Les Dayman	Maurice Allingham (28)
1925	3	10-5-0	127	Herbert Skipper	A.McKelvie	Archibald Hosie	Clifford Keal	Peter Bampton	Harold Logan (56)
1926	3	10-5-0	123	Percival Cherry	A.McKelvie	Maurice Allingham	Maurice Allingham	Laurie Hodge	Harold Logan (36)
South Australian National Football League era
Year	Position	W-L-D	%	Chairman	Chief Executive	Coach	Captain	Best and Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1927	3	10-8-0	118	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Peter Bampton	Clifford Keal	Harold Logan (66)
1928	1 (Premiers)	15-4-0	119	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Victor Johnson	Les Dayman	Les Dayman (41)
1929	2 (Grand Finalist)	15-5-0	156	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Victor Johnson	Ernest Mucklow	Les Dayman (86)*
1930	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-7-1	116	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Victor Johnson	Victor Johnson	Les Dayman (89)
1931	3	14-5-0	127	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Victor Johnson	Maurice Allingham	Les Dayman (70)
1932	4	10-8-0	99	Clement Gun	Charles Hayter	Sydney Ween	Sydney Ween	Ernest Mucklow	Ned Hender (55)
1933	5	9-7-1	104	Clement Gun	Charles Hayter	Henry Dewar	Sydney Ween	Jack Dermody	Ned Hender (48)
1934	2 (Grand Finalist)	11-7-1	121	Clement Gun	Charles Hayter	Len Ashby	Victor Johnson	Albert Hollingworth	Jim Prideaux (73)
1935	2 (Grand Finalist)	13-6-0	125	Clement Gun	Charles Hayter	Len Ashby	Robert Johnson	Jack Dermody	Jim Prideaux (95)
1936	1 (Premiers)	16-4-0	127	Clement Gun	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Jack Dermody	Albert Hollingworth	Jim Prideaux (86)
1937	1 (Premiers)	15-4-0	131	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Jack Dermody	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn (51)
1938	2 (Grand Finalist)	12-8-0	118	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Ned Hender	Robert Quinn	Albert Hollingworth (45)
1939	1 (Premiers)	15-4-0	126	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Allan Reval	Howard Abbott (49)
1940	3	14-5-0	118	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Robert Quinn Allan Reval	Robert Quinn Allan Reval	Reginald Schumann	Allan McLean (47)
1941	4	11-6-1	106	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Allan Reval	Allan Reval	Jack Skelley	Allan McLean (62)
Temporary geographical merger with West Torrens during World War II
1942	1 (Premiers)			Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Llewellyn Roberts	-	Merv Shaw (West Torrens) (42)
1943	2 (Grand Finalist)			Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Llewellyn Roberts	-	Merv Shaw (West Torrens)
1944	2 (Grand Finalist)			Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Sampson Hosking	Llewellyn Roberts	-	Merv Shaw (West Torrens) (69)
Competition returns to unaligned teams
1945	2 (Grand Finalist)	16-3-0	133	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn (51)
1946	2 (Grand Finalist)	13-7-0	121	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Llewellyn Roberts	Ken Jolly (46)
1947	3	14-5-0	131	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Robert Quinn	Allan McLean (80)*
1948	7	4-13-0	86	Percival Cherry	Charles Hayter Les Dayman	Llewellyn Roberts	Llewellyn Roberts	Richard Russell	Allan McLean (48)
1949	6	7-10-0	94	Percival Cherry	Allan McLean	Jack McCarthy	Reginald Schumann	Richard Russell	Lloyd Zucker (51)
1950	3	13-6-0	113	W.H. Baudinet	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Fos Williams (40)
1951	1 (Premiers)	19-1-0	156	W.H. Baudinet	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Richard Russell	Noel Clark (37)
1952	3	13-6-0	149	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Ray Whitaker	Roger Clift (26)
1953	2 (Grand Finalist)	16-5-0	144	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Harold McDonald	Ray Whitaker (35)
1954	1 (Premiers)	17-3-0	147	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Roger Clift	Tom Garland (44)
1955	1 (Premiers)	15-5-0	132	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Fos Williams (35)
1956	1 (Premiers)	19-1-0	187	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Edward Whelan	Rex Johns (70)*
1957	1 (Premiers)	17-2-1	170	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Neville Hayes	Rex Johns (77)
1958	1 (Premiers)	18-3-0	146	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	Rex Johns (55)*
1959	1 (Premiers)	19-2-0	160	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Wally Dittmar (74)*
1960	3	14-6-0	148	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Neville Hayes	Wally Dittmar (69)*
1961	3	15-6-0	141	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Jeffrey Potter	Rex Johns (54)
1962	1 (Premiers)	19-2-0	156	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	Peter Obst	Rex Johns (76)
1963	1 (Premiers)	15-7-0	152	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Rex Johns (54)*
1964	2 (Grand Finalist)	18-4-0	183	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	Jeffrey Potter	Jeffrey Potter (30)
1965	1 (Premiers)	19-3-0	129	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	Geof Motley	Eric Freeman (74)
1966	2 (Grand Finalist)	15-7-0	143	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	Geof Motley	John Cahill	Eric Freeman (81)*
1967	2 (Grand Finalist)	16-7-0	134	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	Jeffrey Potter	Eric Freeman (74)
1968	2 (Grand Finalist)	16-7-0	139	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	John Cahill	Russell Ebert (44)
1969	6	9-11-0	92	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	Jeffrey Potter	Mark Dittmar (28)
1970	3	17-4-1	150	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	John Cahill	Eric Freeman (75)
1971	2 (Grand Finalist)	17-7-0	138	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Eric Freeman (50)
1972	2 (Grand Finalist)	16-8-0	122	F.B. Harvey	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Max James(62)
1973	5	11-11-0	105	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	Fos Williams	John Cahill	John Cahill	John Cahill (59)
1974	3	19-5-1	123	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Darrell Cahill (54)
1975	3	14-7-0	123	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Peter Woite	Tim Evans (64)
1976	2 (Grand Finalist)	18-5-0	135	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Randall Gerlach (90)
1977	1 (Premiers)	19-4-1	146	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Tim Evans (88)*
1978	3	16-9-0	111	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Russell Ebert	Stephen Clifford	Tim Evans (90)*
1979	1 (Premiers)	17-8-0	112	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Brian Cunningham	Milan Faletic	Tim Evans (82)
1980	1 (Premiers)	21-2-1	188	Ken Duthie	Allan McLean	John Cahill	Brian Cunningham	Stephen Clifford	Tim Evans (146)*
1981	1 (Premiers)	18-7-0	122	Ken Duthie	Ron Taylor	John Cahill	Brian Cunningham	Russell Ebert	Tim Evans (98)*
1982	3	16-7-1	127	Ken Duthie	Ron Taylor	John Cahill	Brian Cunningham	Craig Bradley	Tim Evans (125)*
1983	6	10-12-0	91	Ken Duthie	Ron Taylor	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Stephen Clifford	Tim Evans (63)
1984	2 (Grand Finalist)	18-6-0	127	Ken Duthie	Ian McKenzie	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Craig Bradley	Tim Evans (137)
1985	7	8-14-0	88	Ken Duthie	Ian McKenzie	Russell Ebert	Russell Ebert	Craig Bradley	Tim Evans (96)
1986	4	13-11-0	103	Bruce Weber	Ian McKenzie	Russell Ebert	Russell Johnston	Martin Leslie	Darren Smith (49)
1987	4	15-9-0	112	Bruce Weber	Ian McKenzie	Russell Ebert	Russell Johnston	Bruce Abernethy	Darren Smith (71)
1988	1 (Premiers)	18-6-0	127	Bruce Weber	Ian McKenzie	John Cahill	Russell Johnston	Greg Phillips	Scott Hodges (74)
1989	1 (Premiers)	21-4-0	139	Bruce Weber	Robert Clayton	John Cahill	Russell Johnston	Russell Johnston	Scott Hodges (79)
1990	1 (Premiers)	19-4-0	150	Bruce Weber	Robert Clayton	John Cahill	Russell Johnston	Scott Hodges	Scott Hodges (153)*
1991	5	14-9-0	109	Bruce Weber	Robert Clayton	John Cahill	Greg Phillips	Paul Northeast	Darryl Borlase (25)
1992	1 (Premiers)	20-4-0	137	Bruce Weber	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Greg Phillips	Nathan Buckley	Mark Tylor (97)*
1993	3	16-7-0	118	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Greg Phillips	Troy Bond	Mark Tylor (90)*
1994	1 (Premiers)	18-8-0	131	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Tim Ginever	Tim Ginever	Scott Hodges (130)*
1995	1 (Premiers)	19-6-0	131	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Tim Ginever	Robbie West	Mark Tylor (53)
1996	1 (Premiers)	16-8-0	129	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham Robert Clayton David Hutton	John Cahill Stephen Williams	Tim Ginever	Scott Hodges	Scott Hodges (117)
Australian Football League era
Year	Position	W-L-D	%	Chairman	Chief Executive	Coach	Captain	Best and Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1997	9	10-11-1	92	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Gavin Wanganeen	Darren Mead	Scott Cummings (70)
1998	10	9-12-1	96	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	John Cahill	Gavin Wanganeen	Adam Kingsley	Warren Tredrea (33)
1999	7	12-11-0	90	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Gavin Wanganeen	Stephen Paxman	Warren Tredrea (40)
2000	14	7-14-1	84	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Gavin Wanganeen	Brett Montgomery	Warren Tredrea (32)
2001	5	16-8-0	129	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Matthew Primus	Warren Tredrea	Warren Tredrea (51)
2002	3	19-6-0	132	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Matthew Primus	Matthew Primus	Stuart Dew (51)
2003	4	19-6-0	127	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Matthew Primus	Gavin Wanganeen	Warren Tredrea (58)
2004	1 (Premiers)	20-5-0	132	Greg Boulton	Brian Cunningham	Mark Williams	Matthew Primus Warren Tredrea1	Warren Tredrea	Warren Tredrea (81)
2005	6	12-11-1	98	Greg Boulton	John James	Mark Williams	Matthew Primus	Warren Tredrea	Warren Tredrea (65)
2006	12	8-14-0	89	Greg Boulton	John James	Mark Williams	Warren Tredrea	Brendon Lade	Josh Mahoney (29)
2007	2 (Grand Finalist)	17-8-0	113	Greg Boulton	John James	Mark Williams	Warren Tredrea	Kane Cornes	Brett Ebert (56)
2008	13	7-15-0	96	Greg Boulton	John James Mark Haysman	Mark Williams	Warren Tredrea	Kane Cornes	Daniel Motlop (57)
2009	10	9-13-0	89	Brett Duncanson	Mark Haysman	Mark Williams	Domenic Cassisi	Warren Tredrea	Warren Tredrea (51)
2010	10	10-12-0	82	Brett Duncanson	Mark Haysman	Mark Williams Matthew Primus2	Domenic Cassisi	Kane Cornes	Jay Schulz (33)
2011	16	3-19-0	65	Brett Duncanson	Mark Haysman Keith Thomas	Matthew Primus	Domenic Cassisi	Travis Boak Jackson Trengove	Robbie Gray (32)
2012	14	5-16-1	79	Brett Duncanson David Koch	Keith Thomas	Matthew Primus Garry Hocking3	Domenic Cassisi	Kane Cornes	Jay Schulz (42)
2013	5	13-11-0	102	David Koch	Keith Thomas	Ken Hinkley	Travis Boak	Chad Wingard	Jay Schulz (49)
2014	3	16-8-0	130	David Koch	Keith Thomas	Ken Hinkley	Travis Boak	Robbie Gray	Jay Schulz (66)
2015				David Koch	Keith Thomas	Ken Hinkley	Travis Boak

¹ Matthew Primus only managed to play one game in 2004, which was Round 3, leaving Warren Tredrea to captain the club from Round 1 to 2 and Round 4 to the Grand Final.

² Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for the rest of the 2010 season after Mark Williams stepped down after Round 16.

³ Garry Hocking took over as caretaker coach for the rest of the 2012 season after Matthew Primus stepped down after Round 19.

SANFL Honor Board
Year	Position	W-L-D	Coach	Captain	Best & Fairest	Leading goalkicker (goals)
1997	2 (Grand Finalist)	14-8-1	Stephen Williams	Tim Ginever	Tim Ginever	Phil McGuiness
1998	1 (Premiers)	16-8-0	Stephen Williams	Darryl Borlase	Bryan Beinke	Bryan Beinke
1999	1 (Premiers)	17-5-0	Stephen Williams	David Brown	Darryl Poole	Paul Evans
2000	4	13-9-0	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Phil McGuinness	Patrick Smith
2001	3	15-7-1	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Ryan O'Connor	Anthony Brown
2002	6	6-14-0	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Corey Ah Chee	Matthew Lokan
2003	5	11-9-0	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Brett Ebert	Paul Evans
2004	6	7-13-0	Matthew Knights	Anthony Brown	Kristian DePasquale	Paul Evans
2005	3	13-10-0	John Cahill	Anthony Brown	Jeremy Clayton	Clive Waterhouse
2006	5	11-10-0	Tim Ginever	Mark Clayton	Jeremy Clayton	Clive Waterhouse
2007	6	8-11-1	Tim Ginever	Mark Clayton	Jeremy Clayton	Brent LeCras
2008	5	10-11-0	Tim Ginever	Corey Ah Chee	Jeremy Clayton	Daniel Hargraves
2009	8	4-16-0	Tim Ginever	James Meiklejohn	Brad Murray	Joel Perry
2010	8	4-16-0	Anthony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Steven Summerton	Cameron Cloke
2011	6	8-12-0	Anthony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Mark Dolling	Brad Mercer
2012	7	7-13-0	Anthony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Jeremy Clayton	Luke Harder
2013	6	8-12-0	Ken McGregor	James Meiklejohn	Sam Gray	Josh Thurgood
2014	2 (Grand Finalist)	13-8-0	Garry Hocking	Steven Summerton	Steven Summerton	John Butcher (32)
2015			Garry Hocking	Steven Summerton

Hall of Fame

The Port Adelaide Football Club's history was celebrated on 20 February 1998, when the inaugural 18 members were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Since then there have been two further inductions, one on 5 April 2002, with a further eight members joining the Hall of Fame, and then a further three on 9 May 2003.

Port Adelaide Football Club
Hall of Fame
South Australian Football Association (1877-1906) Harold Phillips South Australian Football League (1907-1927) Angelo Congear Leslie Dayman Sampson Hosking Harold Oliver South Australian National Football League (1928-1996) Bruce Abernethy Brian Cunningham Neville Hayes Lloyd Zucker Bob Quinn John Abley Russell Ebert Scott Hodges Edward McMahon Allan Reval Fos Williams Dave Boyd Tim Evans Ron Hoffman Geof Motley Richard Russell Stephen Williams Craig Bradley Brian Fairclough Henry Kneebone Greg Phillips Llewellyn Roberts Edward Whelan John Cahill Tim Ginever Allan McLean Jeffrey Potter Darren Smith Australian Football League (since 1997) Gavin Wanganeen Warren Tredrea Players listed in bold are inductees in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Players listed in bold and italics are legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

"Greatest Team"

In June 2001, Port Adelaide announced its "Greatest Team" from 1870 to 2000.

All 22 members of the team played significant parts in ensuring the club's rise from the SANFL to the AFL in 1997 – and the demand of the SA Football Commission that a Magpies team be kept in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

There are 201 premiership medals held by the 22 players in the Greatest Team; 532 State games; 16 Magarey Medal and a long list of accolades and achievements.

[Port Adelaide's Greatest Team 1870–2000]
B:	Richard Russell	John Abley	Edward Whelan
HB:	Neville Hayes	Greg Phillips	Geof Motley
C:	Craig Bradley	Russell Ebert (vc)	John Cahill
HF:	Dave Boyd	Les Dayman	Harold Oliver
F:	Scott Hodges	Tim Evans	Bob Quinn
Foll:	Russell Johnston	Allan Reval	Fos Williams (c)
Int:	Harry Phillips	Jeffrey Potter	Peter Woite
	Lloyd Zucker
Coach:	Fos Williams

Military service

War Roll of Honour [110]
World War I
Maurice Allingham	Frederick Badcock	Arthur Biscombe	William Boon †
David Bower	Howard Bungey	Hugh Challinder	Arnold Channon
Albert Chaplin †	Robert Coffen	Henry Davis	Clement Dayman
William Dempster	Henry Dewar	William 'Roy' Drummond M.M.	Edward Foggo
Archibald Gosling †	Matthew Healy	Horace Hoare	Samuel Howie
Gordon Inkster	Clarence Latimer	Lawrence Levy	William Marshall
Tom McDonald D.C.M	Frederick Meadows	Edward Oatey	John W. Robertson
Edwin Rose	Thomas Sard	Stedman Stidson	William Theodore
Harry Tobin	Arthur Tubel	Arthur Turner	Douglas Walsh M.C.†
Joseph Watson †	Edward Weeden
World War I - officials
Dr Alexander Benson	Charles Hayter	Dr Edward Morris
World War II
Howard Abbott	James Allingham	Charles A. Andersen	Charles H. Andersen
Basil Bampton	Harold Beer	Halcombe Brock †	Maxwell Carmichael †
George W.F. Chapman	Clarence Christensen	Noel Clark	John Coppin
Ivor Dangerfield	Lindsay Darling	Ralph Dawe	Clarance L. Dayman
John Dermody	Edward Dorian	James Doyle	Drozena Eden
Bert Edwards	James Farr	Dennis Fitzgerald	Frederick Galliford
Laurence Gates	Geoffrey Germein	Francis Gibaut	Arthur Gower
Colin Grant	Claude Greening	Donald Gregg	Colin Grimm
John Heaton	Colin Herbert	John Johnson	Kenneth Johnson
Clyde Kellaway	Peter Keough	Lyall Kretschmer	Robert Lander
Peter Marrett	Richard Mayne	Harold McDonald	Norman McInnes
Malcolm McKiggan †	Allan R.C. 'Bob' McLean	Harold Mills	Brian Moore
George Neaylon	John Oehme	William Owens	Alexander Pender
Harry Perry	Frederick Peters	James Prideaux	George U. Quinn †
John M. Quinn	Robert B. Quinn M.M.	Lew Roberts	Herbert Robertson
Bertram Robinson	Lloyd Rudd †	Leonard Salvemini	Reginald Schumann
John Skelley	Kenneth Slade	Gordon Temby	William Trigg
Arthur Tunbridge	Arthur Utting	John Wade †	Hercules Waldron
John White	Geoffrey Wiese	Foster Williams	John Woollard
World War Two - officials/staff
Kenneth Aubert	Archibald Dowsett	Henry Naismith	William Adair
Vietnam War
Peter Chant †	Lindsay McGie	John A. Quinn

† denotes killed in action or died while serving

Club achievements

AFL premierships (1)

• 2004

Champions of Australia (4)

• 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914

SANFL premierships (36)

• 1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1906
  1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928
  1936, 1937, 1939, 1951, 1954
  1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
  1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 1979
  1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990
  1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
• post AFL entry
  1998, 1999

AFL runner-up (1)

• 2007

SANFL runner-up (37)

• 1878, 1879, 1883, 1887, 1888
  1889, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1901
  1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911
  1912, 1915, 1925, 1926, 1929
  1930, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1945
  1946, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1967
  1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984
• post AFL entry
  1997, 2014

AFL minor premiership / McClelland Trophy (3)

• 2002, 2003, 2004

SANFL minor premiership (44)

• 1889, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906
  1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913
  1914, 1915, 1921, 1928, 1931
  1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940
  1945, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
  1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961
  1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1976
  1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988
  1990, 1992
• post AFL entry
  1999, 2014

Premiership awarded at end of minor round

• 1884, 1890, 1897

SANFL Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (11)

• 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977
  1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1992
  1994

AFL pre-season premierships (2)

• 2001, 2002

SANFL pre-season premierships (3)

• 1961, 1973, 1989

SANFL wooden spoons (3)

• 1886, 1896, 1900

AFL wooden spoons (0)

• N/A

Individual awards

Competition awards

Magarey Medal winners

The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the Home and Away season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as adjudged by the field umpires. The award was created by William Ashley Magarey, then chairman of the league. The following list is players who won the Magarey Medal playing for Port Adelaide in the SANFL.

• 1899 – Stan Malin
• 1907 – Jack Mack
• 1910 – Sampson Hosking
• 1914 – Jack Ashley
• 1915 – Sampson Hosking
• 1921 – Charlie Adams
• 1925 – Peter Bampton
• 1938 – Bob Quinn
• 1945 – Bob Quinn
• 1956 – Dave Boyd
• 1964 – Geof Motley
• 1967 – Trevor Obst
• 1971 – Russell Ebert
• 1974 – Russell Ebert
• 1975 – Peter Woite
• 1976 – Russell Ebert
• 1980 – Russell Ebert
• 1986 – Greg Anderson
• 1990 – Scott Hodges
• 1992 – Nathan Buckley

Post AFL entry

• 2001 – Tony Brown & Ryan O'Connor
• 2003 – Brett Ebert
• 2005 – Jeremy Clayton

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

The AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year award is voted on a week to week basis of each round by Senior Coaches on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis. Each Senior Coach votes on their match only and any player suspensions are disregarded.

• 2004 – Warren Tredrea
• 2014 – Robbie Gray

AFL Rising Star award recipients

In every round an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season, and not have been suspended during the season. At the end of the season, nine AFL personalities (typically administrators and All-Australian team selectors) vote for five of the twenty-two rising star nominees, with their top selections earning five votes, their second selection earning four votes, etc. The player who receives the most votes is the winner.

• 1997 – Michael Wilson
• 2006 – Danyle Pearce

Grand Final best on ground awards

Norm Smith Medal

The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.

• 2004 – Byron Pickett

Jack Oatey Medal

The Jack Oatey Medal is the award given in the SANFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by the umpires to have been the best player in the match.

• 1981 – Russell Ebert
• 1988 – Bruce Abernethy
• 1989 – Russell Johnston
• 1990 – George Fiacchi
• 1992 – Nathan Buckley
• 1994 – Darryl Wakelin
• 1995 – Anthony Darcy
• 1996 – David Brown

Post AFL entry

• 1998 – Brett Chalmers
• 1999 – Darryl Poole

All-Australian selection

Sporting Life magazine invented the concept of an All-Australian Team in 1947. A squad was selected from players in various leagues in October each year by a panel chosen by the magazine. It provided an unofficial All-Australian team for the late 1940s and early 1950s.

• 1947 – Bob Quinn (Captain)
• 1950 – Dick Russell, Fos Williams
• 1951 – Harold McDonald, Fos Williams
• 1955 – Harold McDonald

The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during an interstate Carnival or series of matches (1953-1988), or during the season (1991–present).

• 1956 – John Abley
• 1958 – John Abley
• 1961 – John Abley
• 1969 – John Cahill
• 1980 – Greg Phillips, Mark Williams
• 1983 – Craig Bradley, Tony Giles, Stephen Curtis
• 1985 – Craig Bradley
• 1987 – Greg Anderson
• 1988 – Martin Leslie
• 1997 – Adam Heuskes
• 2001 – Gavin Wanganeen, Matthew Primus, Warren Tredrea
• 2002 – Brett Montgomery, Matthew Primus, Warren Tredrea, Josh Francou
• 2003 – Gavin Wanganeen, Warren Tredrea
• 2004 – Warren Tredrea, Chad Cornes, Mark Williams (coach)
• 2005 – Kane Cornes
• 2006 – Brendon Lade, Shaun Burgoyne
• 2007 – Kane Cornes, Chad Cornes, Brendon Lade
• 2013 – Chad Wingard, Travis Boak
• 2014 – Robbie Gray, Travis Boak

Club awards

John Cahill Medal

After the club's first season in the AFL the club's Best and Fairest award was named after 10 time premiership coach John Cahill.

Fos Williams Award

The Fos Williams Medal is named in honour of former legendary player and coach Fos Williams and is awarded to the player's choice for the club's Best Team Man.

• 2005 – Michael Wilson
• 2006 – Brendon Lade
• 2007 – Michael Wilson
• 2008 – Domenic Cassisi
• 2009 – Domenic Cassisi
• 2010 – Domenic Cassisi
• 2011 – Domenic Cassisi
• 2012 – Brad Ebert
• 2013 – Travis Boak
• 2014 – Travis Boak

Gavin Wanganeen Medal

The Gavin Wanganeen Medal is an award to Port Adelaide's best player under the age of 21. The award, struck in 2006, is named after Gavin Wanganeen, a former champion with both Port Adelaide and Essendon who, by the age of 21, had won a SANFL premiership with Port Adelaide, an AFL premiership with Essendon, a Brownlow Medal and two All Australian awards.

• 2006 – Danyle Pearce
• 2007 – Justin Westhoff
• 2008 – Alipate Carlile
• 2009 – Travis Boak
• 2010 – Jackson Trengove
• 2011 – Hamish Hartlett
• 2012 – Chad Wingard
• 2013 – Oliver Wines
• 2014 – Oliver Wines

Coaches' Award

The Coaches' Award replaced the Most Improved and Best First Year awards in 2011. This reward is selected by the entire Port Adelaide coaching committee and is bestowed to reward the Port Adelaide player who best exhibits the team behaviours of selflessness, humility and reliability.

• 2011 – Tom Logan
• 2012 – Tom Jonas
• 2013 – Justin Westhoff
• 2014 – Matthew Lobbe

John McCarthy Medal

The award, named in honour of the late John McCarthy, recognises outstanding service to the community when representing the club and is decided by the leadership group and coaches.

• 2013 – Jack Hombsch
• 2014 – Brad Ebert

Club records

Club records in the AFL and SANFL

Where the term "Combined" is used it refers to the premier Port Adelaide Football Club team at that time. Therefore it includes the SANFL team from 1877 to 1996 and the AFL team from 1997 to present.

Overall Win/Loss record

• AFL – 419 games / 212 wins / 202 losses / 5 draws (51.12%)*
• SANFL – 2616 games / 1714 wins / 853 losses / 65 draws (67.79%)*
• Combined - 2655 games / 1741 wins / 863 losses / 65 draws (66.80%)*

*as of 5/4/2015

Overall Win/Loss record at grounds

AFL

• Adelaide Oval - 14 games / 11 wins / 3 losses / 0 draws (78.57%)*

• Football Park - 213 games / 127 wins / 84 losses / 2 draws (59.62%)

SANFL

• Alberton Oval - 936 games / 704 wins / 212 losses / 20 draws (75.21%)*

• Adelaide Oval - 627 games / 362 wins / 250 losses / 15 draws (57.74%)*
• Football Park - 238 games / 162 wins / 73 losses / 3 draws (68.07%)
• Glanville Estate - 35 games / 14 wins / 10 losses / 11 draws (40.00%)

*as of 5/4/2015

Best league record against another club

Over 10 league matches against a current club.

• AFL - West Coast - 17 wins / 9 losses / 0 draws (65.38%)
• SANFL - Glenelg - 176 wins / 67 losses / 3 draws (71.54%)

*as of 5/4/2015

Worst league record against another club

Over 10 league matches against a current club.

• AFL - North Melbourne - 9 wins / 21 losses / 0 draws (30.00%)
• SANFL - Norwood - 195 wins / 190 losses / 17 draws (48.51%)

*as of 21/4/2015

Highest score

• AFL – 29.14 (188) vs Hawthorn, Round 13, 2005, Football Park

• SANFL – 37.21 (243) vs Woodville, 19 April 1980, Football Park

Lowest score

• AFL – 3.3 (21) vs Collingwood, Round 20, 2011, Football Park

• SANFL – 1.1 (7) vs North Adelaide, 5 May 1900, Alberton Oval

Greatest Winning Margin

• AFL – 117 points vs Hawthorn, Round 13, 2005, Football Park

• SANFL – 179 points vs Woodville, 8 August 1970, Woodville Oval

Greatest losing margin

• AFL – 165 points vs Hawthorn, Round 21, 2011, MCG

• SANFL – 114 points vs Sturt, 1965, Unley Oval

Most Wins in a season

• AFL – 20 wins (2004 AFL season)

• SANFL – 21 wins (1980 SANFL season, 1989 SANFL season)

Least losses in a season

• AFL – 5 losses (2004 AFL season)
• SANFL – 0 losses (1914 SAFL season)

Most games

• AFL – 292 – Kane Cornes (2001–)

• SANFL – 392 – Russell Ebert (1968–1978, 1980–1985)

Most games coached

• AFL - 274 - Mark Williams (1999-2010)
• SANFL - 444 - Fos Williams (1950-1958, 1962-1973)
• Combined - 465 - John Cahill (SANFL: 1974-1982, 1988-1986; AFL: 1997-1998)

Most premierships as player

• SANFL - 9 - Geof Motley (1954-1959, 1962-1963, 1965)
• AFL - 1 - 2004 premiership team
• Combined - 3 - Michael Wilson (SANFL: 1995, 1996; AFL: 2004)

Most premierships as coach

• SANFL - 10 - John Cahill (1977, 1979–81, 1988–90, 1994–96)
• AFL - 1 - Mark Williams (2004)

Most goals for Port Adelaide

• AFL – 549 – Warren Tredrea (1997–2010)

• SANFL – 1044 – Tim Evans (1975–1986)

Most goals in a match

• AFL - 8 - Warren Tredrea (1998, Round 7, vs Carlton, Princes Park)
• AFL - 8 - Jay Schulz (2014, Round 14, vs Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval)
• SANFL - 16 - Tim Evans (1980, Round 5, vs West Adelaide)

Most goals in a season

• AFL - 81 - Warren Tredrea (2004)
• SANFL - 153 - Scott Hodges (1990)

Largest Home Attendances

• AFL – 52,505 at Adelaide Oval (Round 22, 2014 vs Carlton)
• SANFL (Stadium) - 36,397 at Football Park (Round 2, 1990 vs Norwood)

• SANFL (Suburban) – 22,738 at Alberton Oval (Round 11, 1977 vs Norwood)

Largest away attendances

• AFL – 51,883 at MCG (Round 1, 1997 vs Collingwood)
• SANFL (Stadium) - 30,618 at Adelaide Oval (Round 11, 1977 vs South Adelaide)

• SANFL (Suburban) – 22,015 at Unley Oval (Round 9, 1968 vs Sturt)

Largest finals attendances

• AFL – 97,302 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (2007 AFL Grand Final vs Geelong)

• SANFL – 66,897 (80,000 police estimate) at Football Park (1976 SANFL Grand Final vs Sturt)^[35]

Longest undefeated run

• AFL – 8 wins (Round 8–15, 2002, Round 15–22, 2003, Round 4–12, 2014)

• SANFL – 33 games (21 June 1913 → 1914 → 3 July 1915)

Longest losing run

• AFL - 11 games (Round 11-23, 2011)
• SANFL - 7 games (14 May 2002 → 1 June 2002)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Adelaide Football Club.

• Official AFL website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
  • History, from the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  • One PAFC, from the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

Preceded by Brisbane Lions	AFL Premiers 2004	Succeeded by Sydney
Preceded by Norwood Norwood South Adelaide North Adelaide North Adelaide West Adelaide West Adelaide North Adelaide West Torrens South Adelaide South Adelaide Norwood West Torrens West Adelaide South Adelaide Sturt Norwood North Adelaide North Adelaide Woodville-West Torrens Norwood	SANFL Premiers 1884 1890 1897 1903 1906 1910 1913–1914 1921 1928 1936–1937 1939 1951 1954–1959 1962–1963 1965 1977 1979–1981 1988–1990 1992 1994–1996 1998–1999	Succeeded by South Adelaide Norwood South Adelaide Norwood Norwood West Adelaide Sturt Norwood Norwood South Adelaide Sturt North Adelaide North Adelaide South Adelaide Sturt Norwood Norwood North Adelaide Woodville-West Torrens Norwood Central District

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Port Adelaide Football Club Premiership Teams (1870–1996 SANFL, 1997–present AFL)
Port Adelaide Football Club 1884 SAFA Premiers Port Adelaide finished the season in first place with 11 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. Captain: R.Turpenney J.Litchfield G.Cairns T.Nosworthy C.Fry C.Kellett R.Hosie T.Turnbull W.Buchan R.Kerr M.Smith E.Raven W.Bushby J.Noel R.Kirkpatrick T.Goode J.Fry M.Coffey R.C.Roy W.Reid Coach: R.Turpenney
Port Adelaide Football Club 1890 SAFA Premiers Port Adelaide won the 1890 SAFA premiership. Captain: K.McKenzie H. Phillips A.H Bell W.J. Bishop A. Bushby W. Bushby J. Cox C. Fry F. Frederick P. Gardiner H.G. Hamilton R. Hanley H. Hills H. Hodge A. Hosie H. Kempster W. Kempster A. Leleu M. Lowe P. McPherson A. Miers A. Miller A. Mitchell J. Parks W. Renfrey H. Stephens L. Stephens A. Tomlin G. Webb Coach: McGargill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1897 SAFA Premiers Port Adelaide won the 1897 SAFA premiership. Captain: K.McKenzie H. Phillips D. Adams C. Carr A. Challinder H. Challinder N. Corston A. Davidson J. Davies G. Earle P. Gardiner H. Graves A. Hosie O. L'estage A. Lees G. Linklater S. Malin A. Miers T. Munyard J. Nicholson C. Sainsbury J. Samuels A. Shearer W. Stark T. Thomas J. Tompkins G. Webb Coach: McGargill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1903 SAFA Premiers Port Adelaide won the 1903 SAFA premiership. F: M. Healy, J. Tomkins, J. Mathison HF: W. Davis, J. Mack, E. Strawns C: P. Whicker, N. Corston, J. Earle HB: A. Gosling, A. Hosie (c), R. James B: W. Butler, W. Wisdom, H. Ashby Ruck: J. Quinn / Foll: J. Davies / Rov: R. Fraser Coach: McGargill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1906 SAFA Premiers Port Adelaide won the 1906 SAFA premiership. Captain: N. Corston E. Beare J. Cock S. Cocks J. Davies P. Dempster S. Dickson M. Donaghy J. Earle J. Fletcher R. Fraser R. James J. Mathison H. Pope J. Quinn H. Selby H. Soar E. Strawns Coach: McGargill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1910 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 8.12 (60) defeated Sturt 5.11 (41), at Adelaide Oval F: J. Woolard (c), F. Hansen, P. O'Grady HF: S. Woolman, H. Oliver, S. Dickson C: H. Dewar, S. Hosking, H. McEwen HB: F. Magor, H. Rose, C. Cocks B: J. Middleton, G. Dempster, A. McFarlane Ruck: A. Sangster Fol: F. Curnow Rov: A. Congear Coach: A.Hosie
Port Adelaide Football Club 1913 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 7.12 (54) defeated North Adelaide 5.10 (40), at Adelaide Oval F: J.Dickson, F.Hansen, A.Congear HF: A.Chaplin, W.H.Oliver, J.Watson C: A.Tapping, S.Hosking, H.McEwen HB: H.Eaton, J.Robertson, J.Londrigan B: W.Boon, H.Pope, A.McFarlane 1R: A.Maynard, W.Ashley, W.Drummond Coach: Londrigan
Port Adelaide Football Club 1914 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 13.15 (93) defeated North Adelaide 1.8 (14), at Adelaide Oval Captain: J.W. Londrigan A.J. Maynard W.I.Boon J.C.Dunn C.A. Anderson H.V. Pope J.C. Watson F.J. Magor J. Middleton W.H. Oliver J. Ashley J.W. Robertson A. McFarlane S. Hosking H. Eaton A. Congear A. Chaplin W. R. Drummond Coach: Londrigan
Port Adelaide Football Club 1921 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 4.8 (32) defeated Norwood 3.6 (24), at Adelaide Oval Captain: W. Oliver P. Bampton L. Beck G. Beck A. Congear C. Dayman C. Keal E. Dewar A. Congear Coach:Hansen
Port Adelaide Football Club 1928 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 15.14 (104) defeated Norwood 7.14 (56), at Adelaide Oval Captain: V. Johnson L. Dayman R. Conole R. Johnson T. Quinn C. Maywald E. Mucklow H. Logan S. Ween J. Wade A. Hender Coach:Hosking
Port Adelaide Football Club 1936 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 13.19 (97) defeated Sturt 14.10 (94), at Adelaide Oval Captain: J. Dermody R. Quinn C. Johnson A. Hollingworth R. Meers K. West J. Prideaux R. Quinn E. Hender L. Rudd Coach:Hosking
Port Adelaide Football Club 1937 SAFL Premiers Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeated South Adelaide 9.16 (70), at Adelaide Oval Captain: J. Dermody A. Hollingworth W. Whicker J. Dermody K. West C. Johnson J. Doyle C. Wightman E. Hender R. Quinn L. Roberts Coach:Hosking
Port Adelaide Football Club 1939 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 16.28 (124) defeated West Torrens 11.11 (77), at Adelaide Oval Captain: R.Quinn C. Johnson M. Carmichael L. Roberts R. Schumann A. Hollingworth R. Dangerfield T. Kellaway G. Brock I. Dangerfield J. Skelly A. Reval Coach:Quinn
Port Adelaide Football Club 1942 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide/West Torrens 18.12 (120) defeated West Adelaide/Glenelg 16.13 (109), at Adelaide Oval Captain: L. Roberts A. McLean E. Nicholls C. Dayman J. Skelly G. Scott J. Skelly T. Kellaway M. Shaw I. Dangerfield C. Dayman G. Scott Coach:Hosking
Port Adelaide Football Club 1951 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 10.12 (72) defeated North Adelaide 8.13 (61), at Adelaide Oval F: Whittaker, Growden, Trowse HF: Luke, Clarke, Salvemini C: McDonald, Boyd, Hewitson HB: Parham, Whelan, Greer B: R.Russell, J.Abley, Kretschmer 1R: Marrett, Fletcher, F.Williams (captain) Res: Davis, Leaver Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1954 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 11.13 (79) defeated West Adelaide 10.16 (76), at Adelaide Oval F: Hall, Garland, Kretschmer HF: Jaggard, Coldwell, Motley C: McDonald, Boyd, Tierney HB: Parham, Clift, Greer B: Robinson, Abley, Stevens 1R: Zucker, Whelan, F.Williams (captain) Res: Hayes, Trowse Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1955 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 15.11 (101) defeated Norwood 5.8 (38), at Adelaide Oval F: T.Williams, Coldwell, Marrett HF: Motley, Garland , Whittaker C: Thompson, Boyd, McDonald HB: Clift, Kretschmer, Hayes B: Stevens, Abley, Robinson 1R: Zucker, Whelan, F.Williams (captain) Res: Greer, Sawford Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1956 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 12.9 (81) defeated West Adelaide 9.11 (65), at Adelaide Oval F: Trowse, Johns, T.Williams HF: Sawford, Garland, G.Motley C: Thompson, D.Boyd, McDonald HB: R.Clift, Tierney, Hayes B: Stevens, J.Albey, Blagrove 1R: L.Zucker, Whelan, F.Williams (captain) Res: Kretschmer, P.Obst Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1957 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated Norwood 13.16 (94), at Adelaide Oval F: Trowse, Johns, T.Williams HF: Boyd, Garland, Obst C: Thompson, Motley, McDonald HB: Dewhirst, Clift, Hayes B: Fabian, Abley, Kretschmer 1R: Zucker, Whelan, F.Williams(captain) Res: Sawford, Coldwell Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1958 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) defeated West Adelaide 14.8 (92), at Adelaide Oval F: I.Hannaford , Johns, T.Williams HF: Boyd, Garland, Obst C: Thompson, G.Motley, Tierney HB: Keys, Kretschmer, Hayes B: Blagrove, J.Abley, Gill 1R: Zucker, Whelan, F.Williams (captain) Res: Marrett, Jaggard Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1959 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 13.9 (87) defeated West Adelaide 11.11 (77), at Adelaide Oval F: Tull, Dittmar, Potter HF: Boyd, P.Obst, Luke C: Thompson, G.Motley(captain), Cahill HB: Hayes, Gill, Tierney B: T.Obst, Abley, Whelan 1R: Zucker, Kelly, T.Williams Res: Marrett, Mahney Coach: Motley
Port Adelaide Football Club 1962 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) defeated West Adelaide 7.13 (55), at Adelaide Oval F: Philp, Johns, Virgo HF: Hayes, Hannaford, Luke C: Bray, P.Obst, Cahill HB: Motley (captain), Cooper, T.Obst B: Marrett, Elleway, Fabian 1R: Traynor, Gill, Potter Res: McBain, Matters Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1963 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) defeated North Adelaide 6.11 (47), at Adelaide Oval F: T.Obst, Traynor, Philp HF: Bray, P.Obst, Luke C: Errey, G.Motley, J.Cahill HB: Mead, Cooper, Hayes B: Salmon, Elleway, Fabian 1R: I.Hannaford, Gill, Potter Res: Marrett, Virgo Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1965 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) defeated Sturt 12.5 (77), at Adelaide Oval F: Obst, Beaufoy, Philp HF: Spiers, Freeman, Mead C: Errey, Cahill, Nyland HB: Elix, Cooper, Motley B: Salmon, Elleway, Fabian 1R: Traynor, Gill, Potter Res: Matters, Bray Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 1977 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Glenelg 16.9 (105), at Football Park Captain: 1. R. Ebert P. Belton T. Evans D. Cahill T. Sorrell D. Granger A. Porplycia B. Light K. Kinnear L. Warren P. Woite I. Eckerman A. Hannan G. Phillips R. Gerlach J. Spry M. James B. Cunningham A. Giles G. Blethyn Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1979 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) defeated South Adelaide 12.5 (77), at Football Park F: Belton, Evans, Dawson HF: Clifford, Curtis, Faletic C: Abernethy, M.Williams, Hofner HB: Giles, Phillips, Eckermann B: Hannan, Sorrell, Bradmore 1R: Dolan, Cahill, Cunningham Int: Porplycia, Boyd Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1980 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) defeated Norwood 9.9 (63), at Football Park F: G.Boyd, Evans, Cahill HF: Clifford, Faletic, Agius C: Abernethy, M.Williams, Kinnear HB: Hannan, Phillips, Hofner B: Eckermann, Sorrell, Bradmore 1R: Natt, Ebert, Cunningham Int: Porplycia, Dolan Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1981 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 14.11 (95) defeated Glenelg 6.8 (44), at Football Park F: Belton, Evans, Cahill HF: Clifford, Granger, Bradley C: Martyn, Ebert, Kinnear HB: Giles, Phillips, Warren B: Eckermann, Hofner, Hughes 1R: Johnston, Abernethy, Cunningham Int: Porplycia, Natt Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1988 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) defeated Glenelg 8.7 (55), at Football Park F: Brown, Hodges, Mahney HF: Foster, D.Smith, R.Smith C: Harrison, S.Williams, Hutton HB: Leslie, Phillips, Abernethy B: Fiacchi, Delaney, G.Boyd 1R: Hynes, Obst, Ginever Int: Kerr, Phelps Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1989 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 15.18 (108) defeated North Adelaide 1.8 (14), at Football Park F: Brown, S.Hodges, Hynes HF: Mahney, D.Smith, R.Smith C: Tregenza, S.Williams, Hutton HB: P.Northeast, G.Phillips, B.Abernethy B: Fiacchi, Delaney, G.Boyd 1R: Johnston, Obst, T.Ginever Int: R.Boyd, Harrison Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1990 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 16.12 (108) defeated Glenelg 13.15 (93), at Football Park Captain: 1. Johnston 2. Ginever 3. Wanganeen 4. Fiacchi 5. Abernethy 9. M. Williams 10. S. Williams 11. Hodges 12. Tregenza 14. Mahney 15. Hynes 17. P. Rizonico 19. Settre 20. Phillips 25. Phelps 26. Foster 27. Hutton 28. Smith 29. Harris 32. Northeast Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1992 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 17.3 (105) defeated Glenelg 7.7 (49), at Football Park Captain: 1. G. Phillips 2 T. Ginever 4 G. Fiacchi 5 B. Abernethy 7 R. Delaney 8 B. Chalmers 9 M. Williams 10 S. Williams 11 S. Hodges 13 R. Smith 16 D. Borlase 17 P. Rizonico 19 A. Settre 21 D. Brown 25 D. Hughes 26 R. Foster 27 D. Hutton 28 D. Smith 32 P. Northeast 34 N. Buckley Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1994 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) defeated Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69), at Football Park Captain: 1. T. Ginever 2. S. Pedler 4. G. Fiacchi 7. R. Delaney 8. B. Chalmers 9. S. Spalding 10. S. Williams 11. S. Hodges 13. R. Smith 14. A. McLeod 15. D. Wakelin 16. D. Borlase 22. T. Malakellis 24. M. Tylor 25. T. Olsen 27. D. Hutton 28. D. Smith 32. P. Northeast 33. D. Mead 36. S. Carter Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1995 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeated Central Districts 6.10 (46), at Football Park Captain: 1. Ginever 4. Fiacchi 5. Leys 7. Delaney 8. Anderson 9. Darcy 10. Williams 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 15. Wilson 22. Malakellis 26. Foster 28. D. Smith 29. West 30. Poole 32. Northeast 33. Mead 36. Carter 40. Malakellis 41. Waterhouse 46. Francis Coach: Cahill
Port Adelaide Football Club 1996 SANFL Premiers Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) defeated Central Districts 6.8 (44), at Football Park Captain: 1. Ginever 3. Francis 4. Fiacchi 5. Leys 7. Delaney 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 15. Wilson 16. Borlase 17. Fiegert 21. Brown 23. McGuinness 24. Beinke 26. Anderson 28. D. Smith 32. Northeast 33. Mead 36. Carter 38. Crothers 50. Bamford 56. Tredrea Coach: Williams
Port Adelaide Football Club 2004 AFL Premiers Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Captain: 16. Tredrea 2. Wakelin 3. Montgomery 4. Wanganeen 5. Lade 6. Schofield 7. P. Burgoyne 8. S. Burgoyne 9. Carr 11. Hardwick 15. Pickett 17. Dew 18. K. Cornes 19. Bishop 20. Brogan 21. Wilson 22. Mahoney 25. Cassisi 28. Thurstans 29. Kingsley 35. C. Cornes 38. James Coach: Williams

Clubs in the Australian Football League Clubs Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Swans West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs Former clubs Brisbane Bears (1987–1996) Fitzroy (1897–1996) University (1908–1914)

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