Port Adelaide Football Club
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The Port Adelaide Football Club is an 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). Port Adelaide is the older of the two clubs in South Australia playing in the AFL and the 18th Australian rules club
formed in Australia. Since the club’s first game in 1870 it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on four occasions.
From its foundation in 1870 to 1996, the club representing Port Adelaide
competed in the SANFL as the "Port Adelaide Football Club". The club has had various nicknames over the years, including: the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas, before finally settling on the Magpies in 1902. In 1997, the club joined the Australian Football League. 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, thereby bringing the total premierships to 37 (one AFL and 36 SANFL), as well as the four Champion of Australia wins. The club's AFL licence is held by the SANFL.
The Port Adelaide Football Club was established in late April or early May 1870 as part of a joint football and cricket club. The football club 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 jnr in Glanville
, South Australia. Football in South Australia at this stage was yet to be organised and there were several sets of rules in use across the state.
In 1877 however, Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia. It competed its first few seasons wearing a rose pink outfit with white knickerbockers. The club initially enjoyed modest success, but did not win a premiership until 1884. By this time the outfit had changed to magenta with navy knickerbockers. In 1880, the club moved from Glanville Park Oval to Alberton Oval
which, except for the 1975 and 1976 seasons, has been its base ever since. Port Adelaide won its second premiership in 1890 and after defeating the VFA
premiers, South Melbourne
was crowned the "Champions of Australia
" for the first time.
In 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 transferred into poor results on the field. In 1896, with the club in crisis, the club committee met with the aim revitalising the Port Adelaide Football Club. It had immediate results and in 1897 Port Adelaide won a third premiership. Stan Malin
won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal
in 1899. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done since.
In 1903, Port Adelaide took to the field in black and white for the first time after having trouble finding the appropriate dye for its magenta guernseys. The club, now being referred to as 'the Magpies', won premierships in 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 and 1914. Port Adelaide also added to its 'Champions of Australia' titles with victories in 1910, 1913 and 1914. In 1914 Port achieved the distinction of going through the entire season without losing a match. At the end of 1914 the SAFA put together a combined team from all other SAFA clubs to play Port which the Magpies won.
The SAFA competition was suspended from 1916–1918 because of World War I. Port Adelaide's pre-war success did not continue and from 1919 to 1935, the club recorded only two premiership wins in 1921 and 1928. As it did in the 1890s, the depression of the early 1930s hit the club hard with players moving interstate to secure employment. However, by the late 1930s, the economy and Port Adelaide's form both recovered and Port went on to win premierships in 1936, 1937 and 1939.
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 leagues 12 teams were reduced to six with Port Adelaide merging with nearby West Torrens Football Club
from 1942 to 1944 picking up one premiership in this period. Once the normal competition resumed in 1945, Port Adelaide struggled to regain its pre-war success and played in only one grand final for the rest of the 1940s.
Champion players in this era included Bob Quinn
, Sampson Hosking
, Les Dayman
and Bob McLean
, a brilliant rover from West Adelaide
as captain-coach. Williams brought to the club a new coaching style based on success at any cost. In his second season as coach, Williams led Port to their first premiership since 1939 and the club played in every grand final for the rest of the decade, winning a record six premierships in a row from 1954–1959. Williams left as coach in 1958 and Port Adelaide's form declined. With Williams return in 1962, Port Adelaide won three of the next four premierships taking his tally to nine.
This era introduced players such as John Cahill, Peter Woite
, Dave Boyd
, Geof Motley
and Russell Ebert
to the football public. However, the club failed to win a premiership over the period 1966–1976. Port Adelaide was frustrated particularly by the dominance of Sturt
, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey
.
and ultimately took over as coach in 1974. Cahill coached in the Williams style and was, if anything, even more aggressive. Cahill took Port to their first Grand Final under his leadership in 1976. They lost the match but went on to win premierships in four of the next five seasons from 1977 to 1981.
Off-field, a dispute between the Port Adelaide City Council
and the SANFL over the use of Alberton Oval forced Port Adelaide to move it's home matches to Adelaide Oval for two seasons from 1975 to 1976. Port Adelaide completely dominated the 1976 season, winning 17 of the 21 minor round matches. The grand final against Sturt saw an attendance of 66,897, a record which still stands for the SANFL. Despite losing the Qualifying Final to Glenelg and with their players being labelled "too old and too slow" to defeat Port, Sturt recovered and overwhelmed Port to win by 41 points. The council dispute was eventually resolved with Port moving back to Alberton in 1977.
In 1981 Port's David Granger
was to be the first footballer in the SANFL to be suspended on video evidence
. Granger's retirement following a 10 week suspension in 1982 is seen as the end to an era of violence in the game that had become common for all the clubs in their drive to win at all costs.
Cahill left the SANFL Magpies in 1983 to coach the VFL Magpies, Collingwood
, for two seasons. This saw Port Adelaide's form drop and they failed to win another premiership until 1988. Meanwhile, the 1980s marked the rise of the VFL as the premier football competition in the country and many SANFL players were moving to the VFL for the larger salaries on offer.
, 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.
The SANFL had been unwilling to field a South Australian side in the VFL until it could be done without negatively affecting football within the state. In 1990, the Port Adelaide Football Club, frustrated at the SANFL's lack of action and looking to secure its own future, accepted an invitation from the VFL to join the VFL, which 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, making that there would be two "Port Adelaide Football Clubs," one in the AFL and one in the SANFL. What ensued was one of the most bitter episodes in South Australian football history that split the state, the fault lines of which are still evident today. Furious at what it perceived to be treacherous behaviour by Port Adelaide
, the SANFL told Port Adelaide
to decline the invitation and if they didn't, the SANFL would take legal action. The AFL suggested to the SANFL that if they didn't want Port Adelaide
to join the AFL, then they can 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. It has been suggested "in hindsight" that this was the result the AFL actually wanted. The VFL had previously indicated that it did not want an established team from South Australia, but a composite side. With substantial financial benefits to the AFL if South Australia did field a composite team, Port Adelaide may have been the "fall guy
" who was encouraged in order to force the SANFL to field a team earlier than it had intended.
The fallout from this failed bid was disastrous with some even calling for Port Adelaide
to be expelled from the SANFL. However, Port Adelaide
continued to compete and continued to dominate. The Magpies followed their triple triumphs from 1988 to 1990 with a premiership in 1992 and three in a row again from 1994 to 1996, then again in 1998 and 1999. This equated to nine premierships in twelve seasons.
But the anger from the failed AFL bid continued to simmer below the surface. In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. Port Adelaide
seemed to be the obvious choice bid and after much deliberation, the AFL awarded Port Adelaide the second licence and after years of delays, Port was set to enter the premier competition in Australia.
However a licence did not guarantee entry and although a target year of 1996 was set, this was reliant on an existing AFL club folding or merging with another. In 1996, cash-strapped Fitzroy
announced it would merge with Brisbane Bears
to form 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.
Due to the fact that Collingwood
, an existing VFL/AFL club was already using the black and white club colours and the Magpie emblem, as well as the Magpies nickname, it was incumbent on Port Adelaide
to find new colours and a new nickname to avoid a clash. In 1995, a new guernsey – jumper 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.
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 Magpies coach, John Cahill would make the transition to the AFL and Stephen Williams
would take over the Magpies coaching role. Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad. Brownlow Medallist and former Magpie, Gavin Wanganeen
was poached from Essendon Football Club
and made captain of a team made up of six existing Magpies players, players from other SANFL clubs and some recruits from interstate.
The Magpies stopped winning Grand Finals, and started to lose more games than games won. At the turn of the century, it seemed to be a change of fortune for the Magpies and the Central Districts Bulldogs. The Magpies, who have been the most successful club in Australia, started to be the laughing stock of the state because they were being thrashed week-in, week-out, while Centrals were joying envied success, winning eight of the next ten SANFL premierships, and becoming the first team to appear in all of the Grand Finals in a decade.
Stephen Williams was appointed coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club when John Cahill stepped aside mid-season in 1996 to concentrate solely on his job as coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club that had joined the AFL. Williams guided the club to three more premierships (one in 1996 as the previous PAFC and two as the PAMFC) before announcing his resignation at the end of the 2003 season.
The 2005 season saw club legend John Cahill return to coach the Magpies for a year, leading the club to finish in third position. Recruit Jeremy Clayton dominated the competition until a rupturing his spleen in the qualifying final victory over the Eagles ended his season and meant that he had to watch from his hospital bed as won the 2005 Magarey Medal. In 2006 Tim Ginever, who was Cahill’s assistant in 2005, took over the reins as senior coach and Mark Clayton as the new captain of the club.
At the end of the 2009 season, Tony Bamford took over the coaching role of the Magpies coach, after the club was sick of poor performances under head coach, Tim Ginever
.
Since 2008, the Port Magpies have not reached the SANFL finals series. In 2009 and 2010, the team finished a disappointing 8th, and with financial difficulty, it looked like the Port Adelaide Football Club, in the SANFL and AFL, would be gone forever. But, in early 2011, the SANFL approved the Port Adelaide Football Club merger with both the Power and Magpies, ensured that the football club with remain forever.
, in a bid to merge the Power and the Port Adelaide Magpies
, 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 claims that it needs at least 50,000 people to sign up for the Power and the Magpies to merge together. 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.
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. The AFL lay the blame for the situation on a lack of Port Adelaide supporters stating that without more support from fans there are no guarantees that the club would survive after 2017 when the television rights are due for re-negotiation.
Since the start of the 2011 SANFL season, the Port Adelaide Magpies
enjoyed a better season, with just missing out on the finals by one premiership point to South Adelaide
that came down to the last round, where Port needed to defeat Woodville-West Torrens to get into the finals, and for Port to lose, and South to produce a massive upset victory against 2nd placed Norwood
to get into the finals. The overall result was that Port lost to Woodville-West Torrens at home by 32 points and South Adelaide scraped through to the finals for the first time since 2006, after surprisingly defeating Norwood by 22 points. If both Port and South lost, then Port would have been in the finals because of higher percentage over South.
In the 2011 season, Port showed that it could be playing finals by as early as next year, but it also showed how much more they needed to improve after some shock losses to Woodville-West Torrens, West Adelaide and South Adelaide, as well as some dismal perfformances against Norwood, which they lost to by 100 points early in the season, and their disappointing 41 point loss to Centrals late in the season, after losing by under 20 points in their previous two clashes.
in Round 3 against Geelong
on 12 April 1997 by 39 points. In Round 4, it recorded one if its best wins for the season when it defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the very first Showdown
. At the midway point of the season (round 11) Port were in ninth position out of the eight
by just percentage. As late as the conclusion of Round 17 Port Adelaide sat equal second following an impressive 50-point victory over Essendon at the MCG, however a tough run to culminate the regular season dashed hopes of cementing an unlikely 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 just percentage behind Brisbane. To end the year Michael Wilson
won the Rising Star Award.
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
. The Power finished the 1998 season in 10th place, with a record of 9 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw.
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.
, starting with a maiden pre-season competition victory, defeating the Brisbane Lions
17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) with Adam Kingsley awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
as best afield. 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. The Power 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 finish 6th, Hawthorn
. Port led by 17 points going into the last quarter but failed to convert and lost by three points.
awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
. 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. Qualifying for the finals series, they were upset in the Qualifying Final by Collingwood 108–95, but won their second match over Essendon 83–59 to qualify for the preliminary final before losing to the eventual Grand Final winners the Brisbane Lions 138–82.
Despite the disappointment of the finals of 2002, Port Adelaide continued its minor round dominance and again finished top to claim the McClelland Trophy
in 2003. Port Adelaide lost the qualifying final to Sydney, defeated Essendon in the Semi then lost to Collingwood by 44 points in the Preliminary Final.
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
.
The following week Port Adelaide bounced back with a comprehensive victory over top to 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 twenty five 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 twenty one disposals, eleven marks, four goals and three Brownlow Medal votes.
Port Adelaide easily won the 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 four goals.
After having a shaky start to the 2006 season the side played into some form, winning four consecutive matches, before losing four consecutive matches. After having lost to St Kilda, the Power sat in 12th position with only six wins out of a possible sixteen. The Power then went on to lose to the Swans and the Kangaroos which gave them their worst ever losing streak of six consecutive losses. The Power then travelled to Darwin to take on finals bound Western Bulldogs and fought to a gutsy 14 point win after some last quarter heroics from Michael Pettigrew
, placing The Power in 11th position with seven wins and 12 losses with three games remaining.
After going down to Collingwood by two points in Round 20 at home, the Power faced the highly-fancied, premiership favoured, but injury-decimated arch-rival Adelaide in Round 21 in Showdown
XXI. Adelaide dominated early proceedings, but kept Port Adelaide in the game with their wasteful kicking for goal, with 3.8, and two shots out on the full. The Power youngsters took advantage and fought hard for a 14-point victory, ending the recent Crows winning streak over them and giving their supporters great hope that another premiership was not too far away. Chad Cornes
was named Showdown Medallist as best-on-ground in the game.
2006 was seen as a very important year for the Power, as the new guard had begun to show that they are capable of great things and are working towards playing finals again in 2007. The Power 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, the Power's best outpolled the favourites from cross-town nemesis Adelaide. 2006 Best and Fairest Brendon Lade
and midfielder Shaun Burgoyne
each scored 15 votes, whilst NAB Rising Star Danyle Pearce
took thirteen – with Port Adelaide finishing the count with 67 votes – one of the top eight clubs for the night. With 2006 being a fairly disappointing year all up, six of the clubs 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.
believed the Power was now reaping the rewards of its decision to allow seven key players to undergo surgery in 2006 in order to get them fit to play for 2007.
Many players enjoyed great starts to the season, including Ex-Richmond Tigers player David Rodan
, who performed solidly in his first game against his former club, continuing his impressive career revival at the Power. Also, explosive midfielder Shaun Burgoyne
was an early contender to win the Brownlow Medal
, while Chad Cornes
' was also in the hunt. Slightly-built speedster Nathan Krakouer
, nephew of North Melbourne
brothers Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer
, also showed plenty of raw talent and exciting glimpses of his potential.
Round 8 saw Port incur a 31 point defeat at the hands of last year's grand finallists Sydney at the SCG
. Halfway through the fourth quarter the Power cut the gap to just 19 points, but Sydney answered with another two goals and sealed the match. The Power's best midfielders were negated, and although it won the first possessions and the clearances, Port didn't do enough with them. With their second loss of the season, the Power slipped back to second position on the ladder behind the Eagles.
The Power incurred further losses in Rounds 9, 10 and 11, to Geelong, Hawthorn and Carlton respectively, leaving it reeling with four consecutive losses. However in its Round 12 match against Essendon, Port Adelaide had a confidence-boosting win (126 to 95), returning to its traditional attacking style of game, in Tredrea's 200th game for the power, who scored four goals in the match. Robert Gray
also booted four goals for the Power, in just his third match
Round 15 saw the Power trashing the premiers West Coast
by 91 points, their biggest win that year. Chad Cornes
, Justin Westhoff
and Daniel Motlop
kicked four goals apiece and Kane Cornes
restricted Chris Judd
to just 11 disposals while getting 35 disposals himself. They finished the minor season 2nd on the ladder, behind eventual premier, Geelong
Heritage-Themed Round: The 2006 controversy concerning the AFL
's refusal to permit Port to wear its traditional black-and-white "prison bar" guernsey in the heritage-themed rounds continued in 2007. Earlier in the year, Power chief executive John James said the club was waiting for confirmation from the AFL that it could wear its 1970s prison bar guernsey for the 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 wore black-and-white in the SANFL from 1902 until adding teal and silver to its colours when it joined the AFL in 1997 to avoid a clash with Collingwood
. 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 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. John James stated that the Power 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". On 14 May 2007 the AFL and Port reached an agreement whereby Port can 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.
Some former players also criticised wearing the heritage guernsey and called for the club to distance itself from its previous history in order to attract a wider fan base. Roger James
says he had always viewed the Power as a new club "I understand Port's background but as far as I'm concerned the Power was started from scratch, has only been in the (AFL) competition for 11 years and was made up of players from every SANFL club, to me, its heritage goes back to 1997 and that's why I question the decision to wear a Magpies jumper." Josh Francou
commented that "It's time to move on, I can understand Port wanting to recognise its history but there is still a stigma attached with the Port Magpies in that if you don't like them you absolutely hate them and I think Port – while still being respectful of its heritage – has to move away from that."
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 a AFL record margin of 119 points, 24.19 (163) to Port Adelaide's 6.8 (44) in a crowd of 97,302.
by opposition coach Brett Ratten
. Later on, the round 13 game loss to Richmond at home embodied Port Adelaide’s season. The Power looked to have the Tigers’ measure with a strong opening few minutes before Richmond powered away to kick nine goals in the first term and consolidate a lead that couldn't be reclaimed. Richmond lesser lights Cleve Hughes
and Mitch Morton
starred up forward and put an end to any finals plans Mark Williams may have had. This game was one of too many that Port Adelaide should have easily won but didn't. After the game Mark Williams called the Power's season as "officially off". Many had tipped Justin Westoff to be the heir apparent to Warren Tredrea up forward after an eye-catching debut season in 2007. But Westoff struggled with the extra attention this year and only managed 22 goals despite leading Port Adelaide in the marks category. Brett Ebert also had a quiet year for his standards after he was the AFL’s best small forward with 56 goals in 2007. He only kicked 33 this year and was held goalless on six occasions. In the national competition, one of the pluses of being a non-Victorian team is home advantage. But Port Adelaide only won three of its 12 games at AAMI stadium for the year, which made finals an impossibility. The season also saw the retirement of Power legend, Michael Wilson, due to recurring injuries, which had bothered him for most of his career. Wilson is known for his leadership and toughness, and was one of the players in the Power's first AFL premiership team.
On 5 November 2008, Warren Tredrea
stepped down as captain to focus on his own footballing ability.
On 9 February, it was announced that Domenic Cassisi
will become the Power's new captain for the 2009 season, with Shaun Burgoyne
and Kane Cornes
appointed as vice-captains. 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 the Power's administration board. Williams however was happy with the result by stating: "Having gone through the (board administration) process, I'm delighted with the result we got."
On 17 March, the Port Adelaide Football Club announced that they had requested an immediate seven-figure sum from the AFL
in a bid to ease its financial crisis. The Power had accumulated a consolidated debt totalling $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. 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 the Power's AFL licence. 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. 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 the Power 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 the Power in both the AFL and SANFL were later rejected by the SANFL.
For the 2009 season, Port Adelaide improved on its 13th-place finish of last year. The Power notched 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
, Robbie Gray
, Nathan Krakouer
and Nick Salter
and appear to have unearthed a player in former Geelong-listed midfielder Jason Davenport
.
Warren Tredrea
was back to his best, kicking 51 goals for the season and leading Port Adelaide's goalkicking again. One of his highlights in the year was two consecutive hauls of six goals against Melbourne and Hawthorn and a seven-goal haul against Richmond including the one that sealed the game.
Despite the rise up the AFL ladder it could be argued that the club actually went backwards in several key areas. The Power's frustratingly inconsistent form and significant lapses within games raised concerns over the team's mental state and willingness to dig in when the going got tough. The playing list, which was not too long ago considered top-four material, also appears suspect. The new hierarchy of president Brett Duncanson and CEO Mark Haysman worked diligently to minimise the club’s multi-million-dollar debt, but the club itself did not appear sold on its decision to re-appoint long-serving coach Mark Williams. Williams was re-signed as a result of a marathon nine-hour board meeting, but talk of behavioural clauses, succession plans and general unrest has obviously had a negative impact to the club.
The end of the 2009 season also saw the retirements of premiership players Peter Burgoyne
, Brendon Lade
, and Toby Thurstans
.
On 14 September, Port Adelaide Football Operations Manager Peter Rohde
announced that premiership player and vice-captain Shaun Burgoyne
has requested a trade to Victoria.
The Power's poor year was succinctly summarised during trade week by one player agent as "There is no way I would, or could, recommend any of my players moving to Port Adelaide, no matter how much they were offered. No self-respecting manager could do it."
On 8 October, Shaun Burgoyne was traded to Hawthorn
in a four-team trade where the Power received Essendon's Jay Nash
, and draft pick selections No. 9, #16, and #97.
stepped down as senior coach and coached his final game against Collingwood
at Football Park, marking an end of an era for the club. Matthew Primus
took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide a few days later after assistant coach Dean Laidley
rejected the offer. 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 and by season's end he finished with a five wins and two losses record. The Power's administration board had started the search for a new coach and it was widely believed that the Power would appoint someone who had never been associated with the club before. 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 who many fans consider to be the Power's greatest AFL player, Warren Tredrea
, as well as 2004 premiership player Josh Carr
. The season saw the highs of many Port Adelaide players, such as utility Jackson Trengove
who played in 19 games and earned a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for his 23-possession game against West Coast
in round 20. Jay Schulz
, who was recruited in the 2009 AFL trade week
, rewarded the club for its faith, topping the goalkicking with 33 goals, whilst many of the club's younger players, such as Andrew Moore
, Mitchell Banner
, Matthew Broadbent
, Cameron Hitchcock
and Daniel Stewart
, were given valuable game time. Other players, such as Travis Boak
and Danyle Pearce
, continued their rise to an elite midfielder status, filling the void left by Shaun Burgoyne
who had left the club, with Boak averaging 22 possessions, six tackles and one goal during the season. Pearce showed an improvement in consistency and the ability to deal with taggers. Other more experienced players, such as Kane Cornes
, Troy Chaplin
, Alipate Carlile
and captain Domenic Cassisi
, continued their good form from 2009. However, not all was positive for Port Adelaide players, with veterans Chad Cornes
and Daniel Motlop
both struggling to produce their best form this season and being sent to the SANFL at different stages. The club also lost Nathan Krakouer
to the Gold Coast Football Club.
and Hawthorn
by club record losing margins (138 and 165 respectively), as well as having their lowest score ever in AFL history of 3 goals and 3 points, equalling a total of 21 points, against Collingwood. Under Matthew Primus
' first full year as senior coach, the club put in young players, including Jasper Pittard
, Ben Jacobs
, Cameron O'Shea
, Matthew Lobbe
, Matthew Broadbent
and John Butcher
, as a rebuilding process. Robert Gray
(who lead the club in goalkicking) and Jackson Trengove
, were the only two players, to have played every game of the season. Former top 10 draft pick John Butcher who played the remaining four rounds for Port, kicked 11 goals, and provided a very strong mark in attack. The season also saw the retirements of premiership players Chad Cornes
and Dean Brogan
(both later decided to play on for another season with the new expansion club Greater Western Sydney). Chad Cornes had his farewell game in Round 20, at AAMI Stadium
, against Collingwood, whilst Dean Brogan had his farewell game against the Melbourne at Adelaide Oval
in the final round of the home and away season, which was the first-ever AFL game to be played at the ground and the future home ground of the club as well as the Adelaide Crows
. Port Adelaide defeated the Demons that day, 17.10 (112) to 15.14 (104), in front of a homecrowd of 29,340.
Off-field, the season saw low crowd numbers and financial losses. 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 of Port, Mark Haysman, who was later replaced by Keith Thomas
, and three board members. The AFL
gave the money to the SANFL with strict conditions that they give the Power three million dollars a year, for three years.
The first three million dollars of the nine million dollar bonus was used in helping to build up the football department. It was used to secure the signature of assisstant coaches Josh Carr (midfield coach), Brad Gotch (defense coach), Shaun Rehn (midfield/ruck coach) and Tyson Edwards (development).
replaced Nike as Port Adelaide's official apparel partner and manufacturer of the club's guernseys.
A guernsey designed by an 11-year-old indigenous student from Waikerie Primary School was worn by the Power players in the 2007 season's Round 7 match against Richmond
. The guernsey was the winning design in a competition which asked primary school children to design a Power guernsey. The competition was run in conjunction with the Come Out Youth Arts Festival, a long-running festival that involves young people throughout South Australia. It is believed to be a sporting first.
In October 2007, it was announced that Bianco Building Supplies would replace it as one of its major sponsors. Bianco signage appears on the front of the club's home guernsey and, in away games, on the back of the away and clash guernseys. Vodafone
signage appears on Port's home guernsey on the back and on the front in away games on the away and clash guernseys.
On 15 December 2008, Reebok announced that the Power's 2009's guernseys would have "1870" printed on the back just above the player number. The club's new chief executive officer, Mark Haysman, said that the move to add 1870 to the guernseys formed part of its "Live the Creed" initiative. The Port Adelaide Football Club was founded on 20 April 1870 and played its first match on 24 May 1870 at what was known as Bucks Flat at Glanville.
On 17 July 2009, the Power unveiled a special one-off 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 received AFL
approval to wear the jumper in premiership matches. On 8 February 2010, Port Adelaide announced its first new sponsor to be My ATM. It wears the sponsor's logo on the front of the guernsey in home games and on the back in away games. On 26 March 2010, Port Adelaide unveiled its second new sponsor to be Aussie ATM which is a sister company to My ATM. It wears its sponsor's logo on the back of home games and on the front in away games.
by AC/DC
is typically played when "Thunda" is on field during home pre-match entertainment.
The club also has home game entertainment in the form of The Power Funk Squad, an energetic young dance team who were introduced in Season 2006, The Power 22, which are 22 of the Planet Teal child members who run around the boundary and cheer the Power players onto the field, the NAB Supporter of the Week, who encourages vocal crowd support, and a float known as Thunda Bolt.
", written for the club by Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek.
Alberton Oval is the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
On 15 May 1880, Port Adelaide played its first match on the ground. In 1881 the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the princely 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 Power Megastore.
"We, the Players and Management of the Port Adelaide Football Club, accept the heritage which players and administrators have passed down to us; in doing so we do not intend to rest in idleness but shall strive with all our power to further this Club's unexcelled achievements. To do this we believe there is a great merit and noble achievements in winning a premiership.
To be successful, each of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause. We agree that success is well within our reach and have confidence that each member of both the team and management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end.
Also we know that, should we after striving to our utmost and giving our everything, still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this Club's enviable tradition.
Finally, we concede that there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our Club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."
Outs
Within metropolitan the official supporter group are known as the Port Adelaide Cheer squad Supporters Group (PACSSG). The group members must pay an annual fee to join the group with majority funds being donated to the PAFC. In addition to this the PACSSG also create banners for home matches and some away games, and can be seen and heard from behind the Northern End goals of AAMI Stadium. The name Port Adelaide Cheer Squad Supporters Club derives from when the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad merged with the Port Adelaide Supporters Group in 2008 in an effort to create a larger official group.
Arguably the largest supporter group are known as the Outer Army, who unlike the PACSSG is not officially aligned with the PAFC. Despite this the Outer Army still provides 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.” Members of the group however can be seen sitting in many different areas around AAMI Stadium, preferring to several smaller groups rather than one big group. The most well known and largest group however can be seen in Bay 132.
And their latest edition is 'The Alberton Crowd' are a group at the back of active supporters at the back of bay 119, who are currently just attending home games and helping make the banners for now.
1after finals
1 Matthew Primus
only managed to play in Round 3, 2004, 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 after Mark Williams stepped down after Round 16.
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.
2004
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
1890, 1910, 1913, 1914
2001, 2002
1961, 1973, 1989
2002, 2003, 2004
2007
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, 1997
1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1988,
1989, 1992, 1994
1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
(SANFL) as adjudged by the field umpires. The award was created by William Ashley Magarey, then chairman of the league.
Grand Final
to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.
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.
(selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association
) and the Australian representative team
(selected by the Australian Football League
). The Port Adelaide players to have presented Australia during different years are:
See also International Rules Series
Discontinued
and is awarded to the player’s choice for the club’s Best Team Man.
Discontinued
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.
Discontinued
AFL – 29.14 (188) vs , Round 13, 2005
, AAMI Stadium
, Adelaide
SANFL – 37.21 (243) vs Woodville
, 19 April 1980, Football Park
Lowest Score
AFL – 3.3 (21) vs , Round 20, 2011
, AAMI Stadium
, Adelaide
SANFL – 1.1 (7) vs North Adelaide
, 5 May 1900, Alberton Oval
Greatest Winning Margin
AFL – 117 points vs , Round 13, 2005
, AAMI Stadium
, Adelaide
SANFL – 179 points vs Woodville
, 8 August 1970, Woodville Oval
Greatest Losing Margin
AFL – 165 points vs , Round 21, 2011
, MCG
, Melbourne
SANFL – 114 points vs Sturt, 1965, Unley Oval
Most Games
AFL – 255 – Warren Tredrea
(1997–2010)
SANFL – 392 – Russell Ebert
(1968–1978, 1980–1985)
Most Goals
AFL – 549 – Warren Tredrea
(1997–2010)
SANFL – 1044 – Tim Evans
(1975–1986)
Largest Home Attendances
AFL – 50,275 at AAMI Stadium
(Round 20, 2002
vs )
SANFL – 22,738 at Alberton Oval
(Round 11, 1977 vs Norwood)
Largest Finals Attendances
AFL – 97,302 at Melbourne Cricket Ground
(2007 AFL Grand Final
vs )
SANFL – 66,897 at Football Park (1976 SANFL Grand Final vs Sturt)
Longest Undefeated Run
AFL – 8 wins (Rnd 8–15, 2002
, Round 15–22, 2003
)
SANFL – 33 games (21 June 1913 – 3 July 1915)
Most number of goals in a match
AFL – 8 goals Warren Tredrea
(Round 7, 1998 vs , Princes Park, Melbourne)
SANFL – 16 goals Tim Evans
(Round 5, 1980 vs West Adelaide)
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club based in Alberton
Alberton, South Australia
Alberton is a metropolitan suburb in Adelaide, South Australia, about 20 minutes drive from the city. Part of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, it is bordered by the suburbs of Rosewater, Queenstown, Cheltenham and Port Adelaide.- History :...
, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL) (in which they are known as the Power) and the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
(SANFL) (in which they are known as the Magpies). Port Adelaide is the older of the two clubs in South Australia playing in the AFL and the 18th Australian rules club
Oldest football club
The history of the formation of the oldest football clubs is of interest to sport historians in tracing the origins of the modern codes of football from casual pastime to early organised competition and mainstream sport. Many early clubs did not use the word "football" in their name...
formed in Australia. Since the club’s first game in 1870 it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on four occasions.
From its foundation in 1870 to 1996, the club representing Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
competed in the SANFL as the "Port Adelaide Football Club". The club has had various nicknames over the years, including: the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas, before finally settling on the Magpies in 1902. In 1997, the club joined the Australian Football League. 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
2004 AFL Grand Final
The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
to their premiership wins, thereby bringing the total premierships to 37 (one AFL and 36 SANFL), as well as the four Champion of Australia wins. The club's AFL licence is held by the SANFL.
1870–1901: Foundation years
Glanville, South Australia
Glanville is a north western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.- See also :* Glanville railway station...
, South Australia. Football in South Australia at this stage was yet to be organised and there were several sets of rules in use across the state.
In 1877 however, Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia. It competed its first few seasons wearing a rose pink outfit with white knickerbockers. The club initially enjoyed modest success, but did not win a premiership until 1884. By this time the outfit had changed to magenta with navy knickerbockers. In 1880, the club moved from Glanville Park Oval to Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and has a capacity of 17,000 people with seated grandstands holding 2,000,...
which, except for the 1975 and 1976 seasons, has been its base ever since. Port Adelaide won its second premiership in 1890 and after defeating the VFA
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
premiers, South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
was crowned the "Champions of Australia
Championship of Australia
The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian and West Australian football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914...
" for the first time.
In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe depression
Depression (economics)
In economics, a depression is a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies. It is a more severe downturn than a recession, which is seen by some economists as part of the modern business cycle....
and many of Port Adelaide's working class players were forced to move interstate to find work. This transferred into poor results on the field. In 1896, with the club in crisis, the club committee met with the aim revitalising the Port Adelaide Football Club. It had immediate results and in 1897 Port Adelaide won a third premiership. Stan Malin
Stan Malin
Stanley 'Stan' Malin was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL.Malin usually played across the half forward line or in the centre and played for Port Adelaide in 1898 and 1899. He won the Magarey Medal in 1899, making him the first Port Adelaide player to ever...
won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal
Magarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
in 1899. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done since.
1902–1949: Developing tradition
The SAFA competition was suspended from 1916–1918 because of World War I. Port Adelaide's pre-war success did not continue and from 1919 to 1935, the club recorded only two premiership wins in 1921 and 1928. As it did in the 1890s, the depression of the early 1930s hit the club hard with players moving interstate to secure employment. However, by the late 1930s, the economy and Port Adelaide's form both recovered and Port went on to win premierships in 1936, 1937 and 1939.
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 leagues 12 teams were reduced to six with Port Adelaide merging with nearby West Torrens Football Club
West Torrens Football Club
West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990...
from 1942 to 1944 picking up one premiership in this period. Once the normal competition resumed in 1945, Port Adelaide struggled to regain its pre-war success and played in only one grand final for the rest of the 1940s.
Champion players in this era included Bob Quinn
Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)
Robert Berrima Quinn MM was a champion Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and war hero.-Biography:...
, Sampson Hosking
Sampson Hosking
Sampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide in the SAFL.Sampson started his league career in 1907 with Port Adelaide and by the time he retired in 1921 he had played 161 games and was a dual Magarey Medalist...
, Les Dayman
Les Dayman
Les 'Bro' Dayman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Footscray in the Victorian Football League ....
and Bob McLean
Bob McLean (footballer)
Allan Robert Charles 'Bob' McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League . Affectionately referred to as 'Big Bob' McLean, he later became a long serving football...
1950–1973: Fos Williams era
Desperate to improve the clubs performance, the Port Adelaide committee went in search of a coach that could win the club a premiership. In a decision which would influence the next 50 years of the Port Adelaide Football Club, in 1950 the committee hired Foster Neil WilliamsFos Williams
Foster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League in a career spanning 1946-1978...
, a brilliant rover from West Adelaide
West Adelaide Football Club
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in...
as captain-coach. Williams brought to the club a new coaching style based on success at any cost. In his second season as coach, Williams led Port to their first premiership since 1939 and the club played in every grand final for the rest of the decade, winning a record six premierships in a row from 1954–1959. Williams left as coach in 1958 and Port Adelaide's form declined. With Williams return in 1962, Port Adelaide won three of the next four premierships taking his tally to nine.
This era introduced players such as John Cahill, Peter Woite
Peter Woite
Peter Woite is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Glenelg in the SANFL during the 1970s. He is on the interchange bench in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team' from 1870 to 2000....
, Dave Boyd
Dave Boyd
Dave 'Davey' Boyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is a half forward flanker in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team' from 1870 to 2000....
, Geof Motley
Geof Motley
Geof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide. Motley was born near Alberton Oval, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide....
and Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an...
to the football public. However, the club failed to win a premiership over the period 1966–1976. Port Adelaide was frustrated particularly by the dominance of Sturt
Sturt Football Club
Sturt Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League. The club is best known for its period of dominance from 1966–76 under legendary coach Jack Oatey, during which it revolutionised the style of play by emphasising teamwork and accurate ball...
, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey
Jack Oatey
Jack Oatey, AM was a former Australian rules football player and coach.-Playing career:Oatey played 181 games for the Norwood Football Club between 1940 and 1952 and acted as playing-coach from 1945 to 1952....
.
1974–1988: John Cahill era
One of Port Adelaide's finest players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill. He eventually became William's protégéMentorship
Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....
and ultimately took over as coach in 1974. Cahill coached in the Williams style and was, if anything, even more aggressive. Cahill took Port to their first Grand Final under his leadership in 1976. They lost the match but went on to win premierships in four of the next five seasons from 1977 to 1981.
Off-field, a dispute between the Port Adelaide City Council
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established on 1 January 1997 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield, and is one of the larger metropolitan councils within South Australia....
and the SANFL over the use of Alberton Oval forced Port Adelaide to move it's home matches to Adelaide Oval for two seasons from 1975 to 1976. Port Adelaide completely dominated the 1976 season, winning 17 of the 21 minor round matches. The grand final against Sturt saw an attendance of 66,897, a record which still stands for the SANFL. Despite losing the Qualifying Final to Glenelg and with their players being labelled "too old and too slow" to defeat Port, Sturt recovered and overwhelmed Port to win by 41 points. The council dispute was eventually resolved with Port moving back to Alberton in 1977.
In 1981 Port's David Granger
David Granger (footballer)
David Granger is a former leading Australian rules footballer, playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.-St Kilda :...
was to be the first footballer in the SANFL to be suspended on video evidence
Instant replay
Instant replay is the replaying of video footage of an event or incident very soon after it has occurred. In television broadcasting of sports events, instant replay is often used during live broadcast, to show a passage of play which was important or remarkable, or which was unclear on first...
. Granger's retirement following a 10 week suspension in 1982 is seen as the end to an era of violence in the game that had become common for all the clubs in their drive to win at all costs.
Cahill left the SANFL Magpies in 1983 to coach the VFL Magpies, Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, for two seasons. This saw Port Adelaide's form drop and they failed to win another premiership until 1988. Meanwhile, the 1980s marked the rise of the VFL as the premier football competition in the country and many SANFL players were moving to the VFL for the larger salaries on offer.
1989–1996: SANFL domination and AFL establishment
As early as 1982, there was talk of a side from South Australia entering the VFL. This was fast tracked in 1987 when a team from Western Australia, the West Coast EaglesWest Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
, and a team from Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, the Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
joined the VFL. This left South Australia as the only mainland state in Australia without a team in an increasingly national competition.
The SANFL had been unwilling to field a South Australian side in the VFL until it could be done without negatively affecting football within the state. In 1990, the Port Adelaide Football Club, frustrated at the SANFL's lack of action and looking to secure its own future, accepted an invitation from the VFL to join the VFL, which 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, making that there would be two "Port Adelaide Football Clubs," one in the AFL and one in the SANFL. What ensued was one of the most bitter episodes in South Australian football history that split the state, the fault lines of which are still evident today. Furious at what it perceived to be treacherous behaviour by Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
, the SANFL told Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
to decline the invitation and if they didn't, the SANFL would take legal action. The AFL suggested to the SANFL that if they didn't want Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
to join the AFL, then they can 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. It has been suggested "in hindsight" that this was the result the AFL actually wanted. The VFL had previously indicated that it did not want an established team from South Australia, but a composite side. With substantial financial benefits to the AFL if South Australia did field a composite team, Port Adelaide may have been the "fall guy
Fall guy
A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else's actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as "taking the fall". In the film industry, a fall guy is a form of stock character.-Origin:The origin of "fall guy"...
" who was encouraged in order to force the SANFL to field a team earlier than it had intended.
The fallout from this failed bid was disastrous with some even calling for Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
to be expelled from the SANFL. However, Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
continued to compete and continued to dominate. The Magpies followed their triple triumphs from 1988 to 1990 with a premiership in 1992 and three in a row again from 1994 to 1996, then again in 1998 and 1999. This equated to nine premierships in twelve seasons.
But the anger from the failed AFL bid continued to simmer below the surface. In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
seemed to be the obvious choice bid and after much deliberation, the AFL awarded Port Adelaide the second licence and after years of delays, Port was set to enter the premier competition in Australia.
However a licence did not guarantee entry and although a target year of 1996 was set, this was reliant on an existing AFL club folding or merging with another. In 1996, cash-strapped Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
announced it would merge with Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
to form Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
. A spot had finally opened and it was announced that in 1997, one year later than expected, Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
would enter the AFL.
Due to the fact that Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, an existing VFL/AFL club was already using the black and white club colours and the Magpie emblem, as well as the Magpies nickname, it was incumbent on Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
to find new colours and a new nickname to avoid a clash. In 1995, a new guernsey – jumper 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.
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 Magpies coach, John Cahill would make the transition to the AFL and Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams (footballer)
Stephen Williams is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for the Port Adelaide Magpies and is currently an assistant development coach at Port Adelaide Power....
would take over the Magpies coaching role. Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad. Brownlow Medallist and former Magpie, Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
was poached from Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
and made captain of a team made up of six existing Magpies players, players from other SANFL clubs and some recruits from interstate.
1997–2010: Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club
Although for the next 10 years, the Port Adelaide in the AFL would enjoy success on and off the field, including a premiership, The Magpies struggled to find form on the field from 2000 onward. The Magpies won the 1998 and 1999 SANFL premierships, they failed to reach any Grand Finals after that.The Magpies stopped winning Grand Finals, and started to lose more games than games won. At the turn of the century, it seemed to be a change of fortune for the Magpies and the Central Districts Bulldogs. The Magpies, who have been the most successful club in Australia, started to be the laughing stock of the state because they were being thrashed week-in, week-out, while Centrals were joying envied success, winning eight of the next ten SANFL premierships, and becoming the first team to appear in all of the Grand Finals in a decade.
Stephen Williams was appointed coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club when John Cahill stepped aside mid-season in 1996 to concentrate solely on his job as coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club that had joined the AFL. Williams guided the club to three more premierships (one in 1996 as the previous PAFC and two as the PAMFC) before announcing his resignation at the end of the 2003 season.
The 2005 season saw club legend John Cahill return to coach the Magpies for a year, leading the club to finish in third position. Recruit Jeremy Clayton dominated the competition until a rupturing his spleen in the qualifying final victory over the Eagles ended his season and meant that he had to watch from his hospital bed as won the 2005 Magarey Medal. In 2006 Tim Ginever, who was Cahill’s assistant in 2005, took over the reins as senior coach and Mark Clayton as the new captain of the club.
At the end of the 2009 season, Tony Bamford took over the coaching role of the Magpies coach, after the club was sick of poor performances under head coach, Tim Ginever
Tim Ginever
Timothy Ginever, known as Tim Ginever is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for Port Adelaide until their entry into the AFL and then played for and later coached the Port Adelaide Magpies.Ginever made his SANFL debut a pacy 17 year old...
.
Since 2008, the Port Magpies have not reached the SANFL finals series. In 2009 and 2010, the team finished a disappointing 8th, and with financial difficulty, it looked like the Port Adelaide Football Club, in the SANFL and AFL, would be gone forever. But, in early 2011, the SANFL approved the Port Adelaide Football Club merger with both the Power and Magpies, ensured that the football club with remain forever.
2011–present: One Port Adelaide Football Club
On 20 August 2010, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by a former player, Tim GineverTim Ginever
Timothy Ginever, known as Tim Ginever is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for Port Adelaide until their entry into the AFL and then played for and later coached the Port Adelaide Magpies.Ginever made his SANFL debut a pacy 17 year old...
, in a bid to merge the Power and the Port Adelaide Magpies
Port Adelaide Magpies
The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...
, 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 claims that it needs at least 50,000 people to sign up for the Power and the Magpies to merge together. 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.
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. The AFL lay the blame for the situation on a lack of Port Adelaide supporters stating that without more support from fans there are no guarantees that the club would survive after 2017 when the television rights are due for re-negotiation.
Since the start of the 2011 SANFL season, the Port Adelaide Magpies
Port Adelaide Magpies
The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...
enjoyed a better season, with just missing out on the finals by one premiership point to South Adelaide
South Adelaide Football Club
South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
that came down to the last round, where Port needed to defeat Woodville-West Torrens to get into the finals, and for Port to lose, and South to produce a massive upset victory against 2nd placed Norwood
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...
to get into the finals. The overall result was that Port lost to Woodville-West Torrens at home by 32 points and South Adelaide scraped through to the finals for the first time since 2006, after surprisingly defeating Norwood by 22 points. If both Port and South lost, then Port would have been in the finals because of higher percentage over South.
In the 2011 season, Port showed that it could be playing finals by as early as next year, but it also showed how much more they needed to improve after some shock losses to Woodville-West Torrens, West Adelaide and South Adelaide, as well as some dismal perfformances against Norwood, which they lost to by 100 points early in the season, and their disappointing 41 point loss to Centrals late in the season, after losing by under 20 points in their previous two clashes.
1997–1998: The Power
On 29 March 1997, Port Adelaide played its first match for AFL premiership points against Collingwood at the MCG, suffering a 79 point defeat. Port won its first game in the AFLAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
in Round 3 against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
on 12 April 1997 by 39 points. In Round 4, it recorded one if its best wins for the season when it defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the very first Showdown
Showdown (AFL)
The Showdown is a term used to refer to the derby match between local rivals the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide in the sport of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League .-Background:...
. At the midway point of the season (round 11) Port were in ninth position out of the eight
McIntyre Final Eight System
The McIntyre Final Eight System was devised by Ken McIntyre in addition to the McIntyre Four, Five and Six systems. It is a playoff system of the top 8 finishers in a competition to determine which two teams will play in the Grand Final. The teams play each other over three weeks, with two teams...
by just percentage. As late as the conclusion of Round 17 Port Adelaide sat equal second following an impressive 50-point victory over Essendon at the MCG, however a tough run to culminate the regular season dashed hopes of cementing an unlikely 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 just percentage behind Brisbane. To end the year Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson (footballer)
Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
won the Rising Star Award.
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
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
, Adelaide and Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
. The Power finished the 1998 season in 10th place, with a record of 9 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw.
1999: First finals series
In 1999 Mark WilliamsMark M. Williams
Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
took over as coach of Port Adelaide. In only its third season the club played in the pre-season grand final against Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
at Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
. 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.
2000: Failure
After a very promising 1999 Port had an extremely poor start to the 2000 season where they won just one game until Round 13. 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.2001: Success
Port Adelaide had a very successful 2001 season2001 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 to 3.8 in the Final....
, starting with a maiden pre-season competition victory, defeating the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) with Adam Kingsley awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
Michael Tuck Medal
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck Medal has been awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. It is named after Michael Tuck, the current AFL games record holder who played 426 senior matches for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1972 and 1991....
as best afield. 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. The Power 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 finish 6th, Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. Port led by 17 points going into the last quarter but failed to convert and lost by three points.
2002–2003: Minor premiers and finals frustration
Port Adelaide started 2002 strongly, winning the Pre Season competition for the second time in a row (71–62 against the Richmond Tigers) with Nick StevensNick Stevens
Nick Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from St Marys in the VMFL, Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club where he became a very prominent outside midfielder...
awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
Michael Tuck Medal
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck Medal has been awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. It is named after Michael Tuck, the current AFL games record holder who played 426 senior matches for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1972 and 1991....
. The side built on its success in 2002 and won its first minor premiership
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
with an 18–4 record. However, they could not convert this form into a Grand Final berth. Qualifying for the finals series, they were upset in the Qualifying Final by Collingwood 108–95, but won their second match over Essendon 83–59 to qualify for the preliminary final before losing to the eventual Grand Final winners the Brisbane Lions 138–82.
Despite the disappointment of the finals of 2002, Port Adelaide continued its minor round dominance and again finished top to claim the McClelland Trophy
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
in 2003. Port Adelaide lost the qualifying final to Sydney, defeated Essendon in the Semi then lost to Collingwood by 44 points in the Preliminary Final.
2004: Premiership glory
The year of 2004 was arguably the greatest season in the club's history.Port Adelaide opened the season well with victories over Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, West Coast and Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. 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
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
, St Kilda and Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
. Although in contention for the Minor Premiership Port Adelaide then suffered another hiccup with an unexpected loss to Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
.
The following week Port Adelaide bounced back with a comprehensive victory over top to the table Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
. In the succeeding two weeks Port Adelaide beat lowly placed Western Bulldogs and Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
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 twenty five 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 twenty one disposals, eleven marks, four goals and three Brownlow Medal votes.
Port Adelaide easily won the qualifying final against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
, 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
2004 AFL Grand Final
The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
: 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73). Byron Pickett
Byron Pickett
Byron Pickett is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with three clubs in the AFL. He was known as a big game player as well as for his strength, hard bumps and tough approach to the game. Pickett is one of 12 players with two premiership medallions, a Norm Smith Medal...
was awarded with the Norm Smith Medal
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.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
after being judged the best player in the match, tallying 20 disposals and kicking four goals.
2005: Finals goal
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.2006: Rebuilding
Michael Pettigrew
Michael Pettigrew is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League . He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, placing The Power in 11th position with seven wins and 12 losses with three games remaining.
After going down to Collingwood by two points in Round 20 at home, the Power faced the highly-fancied, premiership favoured, but injury-decimated arch-rival Adelaide in Round 21 in Showdown
Showdown (AFL)
The Showdown is a term used to refer to the derby match between local rivals the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide in the sport of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League .-Background:...
XXI. Adelaide dominated early proceedings, but kept Port Adelaide in the game with their wasteful kicking for goal, with 3.8, and two shots out on the full. The Power youngsters took advantage and fought hard for a 14-point victory, ending the recent Crows winning streak over them and giving their supporters great hope that another premiership was not too far away. Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
was named Showdown Medallist as best-on-ground in the game.
2006 was seen as a very important year for the Power, as the new guard had begun to show that they are capable of great things and are working towards playing finals again in 2007. The Power had a club record number of nominations for the AFL Rising Star award in 2006, and provided the winner in Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
. In the Brownlow Medal count, the Power's best outpolled the favourites from cross-town nemesis Adelaide. 2006 Best and Fairest Brendon Lade
Brendon Lade
Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
and midfielder Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
each scored 15 votes, whilst NAB Rising Star Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
took thirteen – with Port Adelaide finishing the count with 67 votes – one of the top eight clubs for the night. With 2006 being a fairly disappointing year all up, six of the clubs 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
Port Adelaide equalled their best ever start to a season, with six wins and one loss after round 7, after defeating Fremantle, North Melbourne, Collingwood, St Kilda and Richmond, although losing to the Adelaide Crows. Coach Mark WilliamsMark M. Williams
Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
believed the Power was now reaping the rewards of its decision to allow seven key players to undergo surgery in 2006 in order to get them fit to play for 2007.
Many players enjoyed great starts to the season, including Ex-Richmond Tigers player David Rodan
David Rodan
David Rodan is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Rodan is the first Fijian-born player to reach 100 AFL games.-Early life:...
, who performed solidly in his first game against his former club, continuing his impressive career revival at the Power. Also, explosive midfielder Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
was an early contender to win the Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
, while Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
' was also in the hunt. Slightly-built speedster Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer is an Australian Rules Footballer and an Indigenous Australian. He is the nephew of former North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of current Collingwood player Andrew Krakouer....
, nephew of North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
brothers Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer
Phil Krakouer
Phillip Brent "Phil" Krakouer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother, Jim Krakouer, who also played for North Melbourne...
, also showed plenty of raw talent and exciting glimpses of his potential.
Round 8 saw Port incur a 31 point defeat at the hands of last year's grand finallists Sydney at the SCG
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
. Halfway through the fourth quarter the Power cut the gap to just 19 points, but Sydney answered with another two goals and sealed the match. The Power's best midfielders were negated, and although it won the first possessions and the clearances, Port didn't do enough with them. With their second loss of the season, the Power slipped back to second position on the ladder behind the Eagles.
The Power incurred further losses in Rounds 9, 10 and 11, to Geelong, Hawthorn and Carlton respectively, leaving it reeling with four consecutive losses. However in its Round 12 match against Essendon, Port Adelaide had a confidence-boosting win (126 to 95), returning to its traditional attacking style of game, in Tredrea's 200th game for the power, who scored four goals in the match. Robert Gray
Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)
Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
also booted four goals for the Power, in just his third match
Round 15 saw the Power trashing the premiers West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
by 91 points, their biggest win that year. Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
, Justin Westhoff
Justin Westhoff
Justin Westhoff is a footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for Central District in the SANFL...
and Daniel Motlop
Daniel Motlop
Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
kicked four goals apiece and Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes
Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
restricted Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
to just 11 disposals while getting 35 disposals himself. They finished the minor season 2nd on the ladder, behind eventual premier, Geelong
Heritage-Themed Round: The 2006 controversy concerning the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's refusal to permit Port to wear its traditional black-and-white "prison bar" guernsey in the heritage-themed rounds continued in 2007. Earlier in the year, Power chief executive John James said the club was waiting for confirmation from the AFL that it could wear its 1970s prison bar guernsey for the match against the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
. 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 wore black-and-white in the SANFL from 1902 until adding teal and silver to its colours when it joined the AFL in 1997 to avoid a clash with Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
. 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
Eddie McGuire
Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network....
has been a vocal opponent of Port 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. John James stated that the Power 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". On 14 May 2007 the AFL and Port reached an agreement whereby Port can 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.
Some former players also criticised wearing the heritage guernsey and called for the club to distance itself from its previous history in order to attract a wider fan base. Roger James
Roger James
Roger James is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.James debuted during Port Adelaide's inauguaral season in the AFL and made a name for himself as a tough midfielder...
says he had always viewed the Power as a new club "I understand Port's background but as far as I'm concerned the Power was started from scratch, has only been in the (AFL) competition for 11 years and was made up of players from every SANFL club, to me, its heritage goes back to 1997 and that's why I question the decision to wear a Magpies jumper." Josh Francou
Josh Francou
Joshua "Josh" Francou is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide :Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural team...
commented that "It's time to move on, I can understand Port wanting to recognise its history but there is still a stigma attached with the Port Magpies in that if you don't like them you absolutely hate them and I think Port – while still being respectful of its heritage – has to move away from that."
Port Adelaide started their finals campaign against the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
at AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
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
2007 AFL Grand Final
The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the VFL/AFL, staged to determine the...
they were defeated by Geelong by a AFL record margin of 119 points, 24.19 (163) to Port Adelaide's 6.8 (44) in a crowd of 97,302.
2008–2009: Finals misses
It was a disappointing 2008 for a Port Adelaide side keen to build on the 2007 grand final appearance. Injuries hurt the side late in the season but only after finals became impossible to reach. Port Adelaide was slow out of the blocks, not notching up a win until round five, by when it seemed its season was over. There were convincing wins over St Kilda in round six and Essendon the following week. But there were some extremely poor showings and the season was one of underachievement. Kane Cornes was once again at his consistent best in the middle winning the club's best and fairest at the end of the year, while Daniel Motlop showed at times that he can be one of the most damaging forwards going around, being the Power's leading goal kicker. Early losses in the season also saw the Power labelled as "downhill skiers" in their round 11 clash against CarltonCarlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
by opposition coach Brett Ratten
Brett Ratten
Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
. Later on, the round 13 game loss to Richmond at home embodied Port Adelaide’s season. The Power looked to have the Tigers’ measure with a strong opening few minutes before Richmond powered away to kick nine goals in the first term and consolidate a lead that couldn't be reclaimed. Richmond lesser lights Cleve Hughes
Cleve Hughes
Cleve Hughes is an Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2007-2009....
and Mitch Morton
Mitch Morton
Mitch Morton is an Australian rules football player for the Sydney Swans in the AFL.-Career:Morton was initially drafted by the West Coast Eagles under the father-son rule as he is the son of Noel Morton, who played 171 WAFL games for Claremont.At the end of the 2007 season, West Coast traded...
starred up forward and put an end to any finals plans Mark Williams may have had. This game was one of too many that Port Adelaide should have easily won but didn't. After the game Mark Williams called the Power's season as "officially off". Many had tipped Justin Westoff to be the heir apparent to Warren Tredrea up forward after an eye-catching debut season in 2007. But Westoff struggled with the extra attention this year and only managed 22 goals despite leading Port Adelaide in the marks category. Brett Ebert also had a quiet year for his standards after he was the AFL’s best small forward with 56 goals in 2007. He only kicked 33 this year and was held goalless on six occasions. In the national competition, one of the pluses of being a non-Victorian team is home advantage. But Port Adelaide only won three of its 12 games at AAMI stadium for the year, which made finals an impossibility. The season also saw the retirement of Power legend, Michael Wilson, due to recurring injuries, which had bothered him for most of his career. Wilson is known for his leadership and toughness, and was one of the players in the Power's first AFL premiership team.
On 5 November 2008, Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
stepped down as captain to focus on his own footballing ability.
On 9 February, it was announced that Domenic Cassisi
Domenic Cassisi
Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
will become the Power's new captain for the 2009 season, with Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
and Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes
Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
appointed as vice-captains. Cassisi's elevation to captaincy generated controversy due to coach Mark Williams
Mark M. Williams
Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
originally wanting Shaun Burgoyne or Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
to be captain, which was overruled by the Power's administration board. Williams however was happy with the result by stating: "Having gone through the (board administration) process, I'm delighted with the result we got."
On 17 March, the Port Adelaide Football Club announced that they had requested an immediate seven-figure sum from the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
in a bid to ease its financial crisis. The Power had accumulated a consolidated debt totalling $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. However the financial assistance was denied by the league, with AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer. He is the youngest son of Greek-Cypriot immigrants and, before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry...
saying that they would have to undergo an intensive application process and work with the SANFL who own the Power's AFL licence. 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. By the end of the season the financial situation had reached the point where either the Port Adelaide Magpies
Port Adelaide Magpies
The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...
(also suffering from crippling debt) or the Power 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 the Power in both the AFL and SANFL were later rejected by the SANFL.
For the 2009 season, Port Adelaide improved on its 13th-place finish of last year. The Power notched 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
Hamish Hartlett
Hamish Hartlett is an AFL footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Hartlett was drafted by Port Adelaide with pick number 4 in the 2008 AFL Draft, making him the Power's earliest draft pick ever. He is the younger brother of former Carlton Blues forward Adam Hartlett...
, Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club as a defender or midfielder...
, Travis Boak
Travis Boak
Travis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31...
, Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
, Robbie Gray
Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)
Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
, Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer is an Australian Rules Footballer and an Indigenous Australian. He is the nephew of former North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of current Collingwood player Andrew Krakouer....
and Nick Salter
Nick Salter
Nick Salter is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .He was drafted from the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League with the 15th selection in the 2008 Rookie Draft...
and appear to have unearthed a player in former Geelong-listed midfielder Jason Davenport
Jason Davenport
Jason Davenport is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Career:...
.
Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
was back to his best, kicking 51 goals for the season and leading Port Adelaide's goalkicking again. One of his highlights in the year was two consecutive hauls of six goals against Melbourne and Hawthorn and a seven-goal haul against Richmond including the one that sealed the game.
Despite the rise up the AFL ladder it could be argued that the club actually went backwards in several key areas. The Power's frustratingly inconsistent form and significant lapses within games raised concerns over the team's mental state and willingness to dig in when the going got tough. The playing list, which was not too long ago considered top-four material, also appears suspect. The new hierarchy of president Brett Duncanson and CEO Mark Haysman worked diligently to minimise the club’s multi-million-dollar debt, but the club itself did not appear sold on its decision to re-appoint long-serving coach Mark Williams. Williams was re-signed as a result of a marathon nine-hour board meeting, but talk of behavioural clauses, succession plans and general unrest has obviously had a negative impact to the club.
The end of the 2009 season also saw the retirements of premiership players Peter Burgoyne
Peter Burgoyne
Peter Gabriel Burgoyne is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.-Early life:...
, Brendon Lade
Brendon Lade
Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
, and Toby Thurstans
Toby Thurstans
Toby Thurstans is a former Australian Rules footballer for Port Adelaide Football Club and plays at Centre half forward or in defense.-Early Career :...
.
On 14 September, Port Adelaide Football Operations Manager Peter Rohde
Peter Rohde
Peter Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985, transferring to Melbourne Football Club in 1988 and retiring in 1995...
announced that premiership player and vice-captain Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
has requested a trade to Victoria.
The Power's poor year was succinctly summarised during trade week by one player agent as "There is no way I would, or could, recommend any of my players moving to Port Adelaide, no matter how much they were offered. No self-respecting manager could do it."
On 8 October, Shaun Burgoyne was traded to Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in a four-team trade where the Power received Essendon's Jay Nash
Jay Nash
Jay Nash is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Early career:Nash began his career in South Australia, where he played for the Central District Football Club...
, and draft pick selections No. 9, #16, and #97.
2010: Departure of premiership coach and captain
The Power emerged from the preseason break and NAB Cup with a more contested and defensively-minded game plan and it was evident with the club winning five of its first seven round games, which included an impressive victory against the previously undefeated Saints, who had only lost three of their past 29 games before that. However, after that, the Power would then go 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 WilliamsMark M. Williams
Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
stepped down as senior coach and coached his final game against Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
at Football Park, marking an end of an era for the club. Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide a few days later after assistant coach Dean Laidley
Dean Laidley
Dean Laidley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League from 1987 to 1997, including in North Melbourne's 1996 premiership side. He served as coach of North Melbourne from 2003 to 2009...
rejected the offer. In Showdown 29, Port Adelaide ended its nine game losing streak with a 19 point win over their crosstown rivals, the Adelaide Crows
Adelaide Crows
The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
. It was also Matthew Primus's first win as head coach and by season's end he finished with a five wins and two losses record. The Power's administration board had started the search for a new coach and it was widely believed that the Power would appoint someone who had never been associated with the club before. However, on 9 September, Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years.
The club also saw the retirement of who many fans consider to be the Power's greatest AFL player, Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
, as well as 2004 premiership player Josh Carr
Josh Carr
Joshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...
. The season saw the highs of many Port Adelaide players, such as utility Jackson Trengove
Jackson Trengove
Jackson Trengove is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
who played in 19 games and earned a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for his 23-possession game against West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
in round 20. Jay Schulz
Jay Schulz
Jay Schulz is an Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing ....
, who was recruited in the 2009 AFL trade week
2009 AFL Draft
The 2009 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .- Trades :In the lead up to the trade week many high profile players such as...
, rewarded the club for its faith, topping the goalkicking with 33 goals, whilst many of the club's younger players, such as Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore (Australian footballer)
Andrew Moore is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He was one of 3 Port Adelaide players drafted in the first round in the 2009 AFL Draft, at selection nine....
, Mitchell Banner
Mitchell Banner
Mitchell Banner is an Australian Rules Football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Banner was recruited to Port from the Western Jets with the 42nd selection in the 2008 AFL Draft. He also represented Victoria Metro at the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships...
, Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club as a defender or midfielder...
, Cameron Hitchcock
Cameron Hitchcock
Cameron Hitchcock is an Australian rules footballer who began his career on the rookie list for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL.Cameron was born on the Eyre Peninsula in the little country town of Elliston, South Australia, and lived there before moving to Adelaide with his family and...
and Daniel Stewart
Daniel Stewart (Australian footballer)
Daniel Stewart is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, were given valuable game time. Other players, such as Travis Boak
Travis Boak
Travis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31...
and Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
, continued their rise to an elite midfielder status, filling the void left by Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
who had left the club, with Boak averaging 22 possessions, six tackles and one goal during the season. Pearce showed an improvement in consistency and the ability to deal with taggers. Other more experienced players, such as Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes
Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
, Troy Chaplin
Troy Chaplin
Troy David Chaplin is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Chaplin played for the Maryborough Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide at Pick 15 from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 AFL Draft.The then 20-year-old left footer debuted in...
, Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
and captain Domenic Cassisi
Domenic Cassisi
Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
, continued their good form from 2009. However, not all was positive for Port Adelaide players, with veterans Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
and Daniel Motlop
Daniel Motlop
Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
both struggling to produce their best form this season and being sent to the SANFL at different stages. The club also lost Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer
Nathan Krakouer is an Australian Rules Footballer and an Indigenous Australian. He is the nephew of former North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of current Collingwood player Andrew Krakouer....
to the Gold Coast Football Club.
2011: New coach, Matthew Primus
The 2011 season saw Port Adelaide finish 16th with only 3 wins and 19 losses, the club's worst season in the AFL, just avoiding the wooden spoon to the Gold Coast Suns on percentages. Rounds 20 and 21 saw the club lose to CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
and Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
by club record losing margins (138 and 165 respectively), as well as having their lowest score ever in AFL history of 3 goals and 3 points, equalling a total of 21 points, against Collingwood. Under Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
' first full year as senior coach, the club put in young players, including Jasper Pittard
Jasper Pittard
Jasper McMillan-Pittard is an Australian Rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was one of 3 Port Adelaide players drafted in the first round in the 2009 AFL Draft.He is an athletic and versatile player whose kicking skills and...
, Ben Jacobs
Ben Jacobs (Australian rules footballer)
Ben Jacobs is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, Cameron O'Shea
Cameron O'Shea
Cameron O'Shea is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was drafted in the third round, 52 overall, in the 2010 AFL Draft from the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup.-2011:He debuted against Collingwood in round 1...
, Matthew Lobbe
Matthew Lobbe
Matthew Lobbe is an Australian Rules Football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club.The Power's first pick in the 2007 AFL Draft spent all of 2008 in the SANFL reserves with the Port Adelaide Magpies. During the 2009 preseason, he put on an additional 8 kg and is seen as a future ruckman...
, Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent
Matthew Broadbent is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club as a defender or midfielder...
and John Butcher
John Butcher (Australian footballer)
John Butcher is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, as a rebuilding process. Robert Gray
Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)
Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
(who lead the club in goalkicking) and Jackson Trengove
Jackson Trengove
Jackson Trengove is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
, were the only two players, to have played every game of the season. Former top 10 draft pick John Butcher who played the remaining four rounds for Port, kicked 11 goals, and provided a very strong mark in attack. The season also saw the retirements of premiership players Chad Cornes
Chad Cornes
Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
and Dean Brogan
Dean Brogan
Dean Scott Brogan is a ruckman in the Australian Football League . He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.-Adelaide 36ers career :...
(both later decided to play on for another season with the new expansion club Greater Western Sydney). Chad Cornes had his farewell game in Round 20, at AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
, against Collingwood, whilst Dean Brogan had his farewell game against the Melbourne at Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
in the final round of the home and away season, which was the first-ever AFL game to be played at the ground and the future home ground of the club as well as the Adelaide Crows
Adelaide Crows
The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
. Port Adelaide defeated the Demons that day, 17.10 (112) to 15.14 (104), in front of a homecrowd of 29,340.
Off-field, the season saw low crowd numbers and financial losses. AFL Chief executive Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer. He is the youngest son of Greek-Cypriot immigrants and, before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry...
, offered $9 million over the next three years to help the club, ahead of the move to the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
, which resulted in the resignation of the Chief executive of Port, Mark Haysman, who was later replaced by Keith Thomas
Keith Thomas (footballer)
Keith A. Thomas is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League ....
, and three board members. The AFL
AFL
AFL may refer to:* American Federation of Labor, one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States, and now part of the AFL-CIO* American Football League AFL may refer to:* American Federation of Labor, one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States, and now part...
gave the money to the SANFL with strict conditions that they give the Power three million dollars a year, for three years.
The first three million dollars of the nine million dollar bonus was used in helping to build up the football department. It was used to secure the signature of assisstant coaches Josh Carr (midfield coach), Brad Gotch (defense coach), Shaun Rehn (midfield/ruck coach) and Tyson Edwards (development).
Guernseys
On 1 November 2006, ReebokReebok
Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
replaced Nike as Port Adelaide's official apparel partner and manufacturer of the club's guernseys.
A guernsey designed by an 11-year-old indigenous student from Waikerie Primary School was worn by the Power players in the 2007 season's Round 7 match against Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
. The guernsey was the winning design in a competition which asked primary school children to design a Power guernsey. The competition was run in conjunction with the Come Out Youth Arts Festival, a long-running festival that involves young people throughout South Australia. It is believed to be a sporting first.
In October 2007, it was announced that Bianco Building Supplies would replace it as one of its major sponsors. Bianco signage appears on the front of the club's home guernsey and, in away games, on the back of the away and clash guernseys. Vodafone
Vodafone Australia
Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Hutchison Australia. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc ....
signage appears on Port's home guernsey on the back and on the front in away games on the away and clash guernseys.
On 15 December 2008, Reebok announced that the Power's 2009's guernseys would have "1870" printed on the back just above the player number. The club's new chief executive officer, Mark Haysman, said that the move to add 1870 to the guernseys formed part of its "Live the Creed" initiative. The Port Adelaide Football Club was founded on 20 April 1870 and played its first match on 24 May 1870 at what was known as Bucks Flat at Glanville.
On 17 July 2009, the Power unveiled a special one-off 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 received AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
approval to wear the jumper in premiership matches. On 8 February 2010, Port Adelaide announced its first new sponsor to be My ATM. It wears the sponsor's logo on the front of the guernsey in home games and on the back in away games. On 26 March 2010, Port Adelaide unveiled its second new sponsor to be Aussie ATM which is a sister company to My ATM. It wears its sponsor's logo on the back of home games and on the front in away games.
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| 1997–2001 | Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area... |
Scotts Transport Allan Scott (businessman) Archibald Allan Scott, AO was an Australian businessman.-Biography:He was best known for founding the truck organisation Scott's Transport in Mount Gambier, South Australia, which has since grown to be one of the biggest freight companies in Australia, rivalling Linfox.In 1997, Scott's became a... , Vodafone Vodafone Australia Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Hutchison Australia. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc .... |
BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
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| 2002 | Aquila | |||||
| 2003 | Bianco Construction Supplies | |||||
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| 2007 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
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| 2008–2009 | Bianco Construction Supplies, Vodafone | Simply Energy Simply Energy Simply Energy is one of Australia's largest energy retailers, providing electricity and gas to more than 300,000 accounts across Victoria, Australia and South Australia... |
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| 2010 | My ATM, Aussie ATM | |||||
| 2011–present | My ATM, Soaring Securities | Envestra | ||||
Guernsey types
Port Adelaide's two current guernseys are:- Home guernsey (Worn since 20092009 AFL season-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
): Black based guernsey with a V shaped design, coloured teal and white, My ATM sponsor on front and Aussie ATM sponsor on back (home pants worn).
- Clash guernsey (Worn since 20102010 AFL season-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...
): White based guernsey with a V shaped design, coloured teal and black, My ATM sponsor on front and Aussie ATM sponsor on back (away pants worn).
Mascot and home game entertainment
Port's club mascot is Tommy "Thunda" Power. The song ThunderstruckThunderstruck (song)
"Thunderstruck" is the first song on the 1990 AC/DC album The Razors Edge.The song peaked at No. 5 on U.S. the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. It was released as a single in Germany, Australia, and Japan. The song is said to be inspired by lead guitarist Angus Young's hair-raising experience...
by AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
is typically played when "Thunda" is on field during home pre-match entertainment.
The club also has home game entertainment in the form of The Power Funk Squad, an energetic young dance team who were introduced in Season 2006, The Power 22, which are 22 of the Planet Teal child members who run around the boundary and cheer the Power players onto the field, the NAB Supporter of the Week, who encourages vocal crowd support, and a float known as Thunda Bolt.
Club song
The club song is "Power to WinPower to win
Power To Win is the theme song of the Port Adelaide Football Club, played as the AFL team comes to the field at either a home game or final, and after a victory at a home game or final....
", written for the club by Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek.
SANFL
- Buck's Flat (Glanville Estate), 1870–1883
- Alberton OvalAlberton OvalAlberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and has a capacity of 17,000 people with seated grandstands holding 2,000,...
, 1883–1996
Alberton Oval is the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
On 15 May 1880, Port Adelaide played its first match on the ground. In 1881 the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the princely 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 Power Megastore.
AFL
Club Creed
The Creed was written and spoken for the first time in 1962, by Port Adelaide great Fos WilliamsFos Williams
Foster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League in a career spanning 1946-1978...
"We, the Players and Management of the Port Adelaide Football Club, accept the heritage which players and administrators have passed down to us; in doing so we do not intend to rest in idleness but shall strive with all our power to further this Club's unexcelled achievements. To do this we believe there is a great merit and noble achievements in winning a premiership.
To be successful, each of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause. We agree that success is well within our reach and have confidence that each member of both the team and management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end.
Also we know that, should we after striving to our utmost and giving our everything, still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this Club's enviable tradition.
Finally, we concede that there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our Club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."
Squad changes for 2012
Ins| Player | Previous Club | League | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Renouf Brent Renouf Brent Renouf is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Hawthorn Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... |
AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Traded for pick 33 |
| Brad Ebert Brad Ebert Bradley "Brad" Ebert is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with in the Australian Football League .-Career:... |
West Coast | AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Traded for picks 28 & 49 |
| Chad Wingard | Sturt Sturt Football Club Sturt Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League. The club is best known for its period of dominance from 1966–76 under legendary coach Jack Oatey, during which it revolutionised the style of play by emphasising teamwork and accurate ball... |
SANFL | National Draft - Pick #6 |
| Brandon Ah Chee | South Fremantle South Fremantle Football Club The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League... |
WAFL | National Draft - Pick #45 |
| Nathan Blee | East Perth East Perth Football Club The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League... |
WAFL | National Draft - Pick #51 |
Outs
| Player | New Club | League | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Meyer Danny Meyer (footballer) Danny Meyer is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Richmond Tigers.-Richmond career :... |
– | – | Retired |
| Michael Pettigrew Michael Pettigrew Michael Pettigrew is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League . He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
West Perth West Perth Football Club The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian... |
WAFL | Retired |
| Dean Brogan Dean Brogan Dean Scott Brogan is a ruckman in the Australian Football League . He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.-Adelaide 36ers career :... |
Greater Western Sydney | AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Traded for pick 49 |
| Chad Cornes Chad Cornes Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League... |
Greater Western Sydney | AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Traded for pick 49 |
| Jason Davenport Jason Davenport Jason Davenport is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Career:... |
– | – | Delisted from senior list |
| Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :... |
Wanderers Wanderers Football Club The Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed, Eagles, is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League.-History:The club was formed in 1916 and was a founding member of the NTFL.It has produced AFL players such as Shannon Motlop and Bruce Dwyer.... |
NTFL Northern Territory Football League The Northern Territory Football League is an 8 team Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin in the Northern Territory.The premier grade is the largest Australian rules football league in the Northern Territory... |
Delisted from senior list |
| Marlon Motlop Marlon Motlop Marlon Motlop is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for West Adelaide in the SANFL.... |
West Adelaide West Adelaide Football Club West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in... |
SANFL | Delisted from senior list |
| Matthew Westhoff Matthew Westhoff Matthew Westhoff is an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League . He is the brother of fellow Port Adelaide player, Justin Westhoff.... |
Central Districts | SANFL | Delisted from rookie list |
| Daniel Bass Daniel Bass Daniel Bass is an Australian rules footballer currently on the rookie list for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
South Adelaide South Adelaide Football Club South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.... |
SANFL | Delisted from rookie list |
| Callum Hay | North Adelaide | SANFL | Delisted from rookie list |
Corporate
Presidents:- Bruce WeberBruce Weber (administrator)Bruce Weber was a former Australian rules football administrator....
(1986–1992) - Greg Boulton (1993–2008)
- Brett Duncanson (2009–present)
Administrative positions
- President: Brett Duncanson
- Chief Executive: Keith ThomasKeith Thomas (footballer)Keith A. Thomas is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League ....
- Football Operations: Peter RohdePeter RohdePeter Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985, transferring to Melbourne Football Club in 1988 and retiring in 1995...
- Board members:
- Bruce AbernethyBruce AbernethyBruce Abernethy is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, VFL/AFL and current media personality.-Football career:...
- Michael O'Connor
- Alex Panas
- David BasheerDavid BasheerDavid Basheer is an Australian sports commentator and presenter on television network SBS. He is a presenter on The World Game football show on SBS.-Early life and education:...
- Anthony Toop
- Nick House
- Bruce Abernethy
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.Within metropolitan the official supporter group are known as the Port Adelaide Cheer squad Supporters Group (PACSSG). The group members must pay an annual fee to join the group with majority funds being donated to the PAFC. In addition to this the PACSSG also create banners for home matches and some away games, and can be seen and heard from behind the Northern End goals of AAMI Stadium. The name Port Adelaide Cheer Squad Supporters Club derives from when the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad merged with the Port Adelaide Supporters Group in 2008 in an effort to create a larger official group.
Arguably the largest supporter group are known as the Outer Army, who unlike the PACSSG is not officially aligned with the PAFC. Despite this the Outer Army still provides 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.” Members of the group however can be seen sitting in many different areas around AAMI Stadium, preferring to several smaller groups rather than one big group. The most well known and largest group however can be seen in Bay 132.
And their latest edition is 'The Alberton Crowd' are a group at the back of active supporters at the back of bay 119, who are currently just attending home games and helping make the banners for now.
Current and former Number 1 ticket holders
- David Koch – Seven NetworkSeven NetworkThe Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's SunriseSunrise (TV program)Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
co-host and current joint No. 1 ticket holder - Teresa PalmerTeresa PalmerTeresa Palmer is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in the suicide drama 2:37. Palmer was seen in The Grudge 2 in 2006, in December Boys, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and in the 2008 children's fantasy Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler...
– Australian model and actress and current joint No. 1 ticket holder - Stuart O'GradyStuart O'GradyStuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
– Australian professional road bicycle racer and former No. 1 ticket holder - Tony SanticTony SanticTony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...
– Owner of Makybe DivaMakybe DivaMakybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...
and former No. 1 ticket holder - Bob QuinnBob Quinn (Australian footballer)Robert Berrima Quinn MM was a champion Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and war hero.-Biography:...
– Former high-profile Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football LeagueSouth Australian National Football LeagueThe South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
(SANFL) and former No. 1 ticket holder
Membership and attendance
| Year | Members | End of Minor Round | Finishing Position1 | Average Crowd | Major Sponsor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 35,809 | 9 | 9 | 35,703 | Scotts Transport Allan Scott (businessman) Archibald Allan Scott, AO was an Australian businessman.-Biography:He was best known for founding the truck organisation Scott's Transport in Mount Gambier, South Australia, which has since grown to be one of the biggest freight companies in Australia, rivalling Linfox.In 1997, Scott's became a... , Vodafone Vodafone Australia Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Hutchison Australia. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc .... |
| 1998 | 38,305 | 10 | 10 | 31,657 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 1999 | 37,166 | 7 | 7 | 31,270 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2000 | 34,295 | 14 | 14 | 26,376 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2001 | 33,296 | 3 | 5 | 30,789 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2002 | 36,299 | 1st | 3 | 30,414 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2003 | 36,425 | 1st | 4 | 31,845 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2004 | 36,340 | 1st | 1st | 29,877 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2005 | 36,834 | 8 | 6 | 32,911 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2006 | 35,648 | 12 | 12 | 28,546 | Scotts Transport, Vodafone |
| 2007 | 34,073 | 2 | 2 | 27,870 | Scotts Transport Vodafone, |
| 2008 | 34,185 | 13 | 13 | 22,126 | Bianco Construction Supplies, Vodafone |
| 2009 | 30,605 | 10 | 10 | 24,349 | Bianco Construction Supplies, Vodafone |
| 2010 | 31,388 | 10 | 10 | 24,256 | My ATM, Aussie ATM |
| 2011 | 36,624 | 16 | 16 | 23,066 | My ATM, Soaring Securities |
1after finals
SANFL era
| Year | Position | Coach | Captain | Club Champion | Leading goalkicker (goals) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 4 | W.Fletcher | W.Fletcher | A.LeMessurier | |
| 1878 | 3 | W.Fletcher | W.Fletcher | E.LeMessurier J.Carter |
|
| 1879 | 2 | W.Fletcher | W.Fletcher | A.LeMessurier | |
| 1880 | 6 | J.H.Sandilands | W.Fletcher J.H.Sandilands |
H.J.Watt | |
| 1881 | 5 | C.Kellett | C.Kellett | G.Slatter | |
| 1882 | 3 | N.R.Turpenny | N. Frayne | J.E.Litchfield | |
| 1883 | 2 | N.R.Turpenny | E.LeMessurier N.R.Turpenny |
R.C.Roy | |
| 1884 | Premiers | N.R.Turpenny | N.R.Turpenny | R.C.Roy | |
| 1885 | 3 | N.R.Turpenny | N.R.Turpenny C.Kellett |
R.C.Roy | |
| 1886 | 4 | J. McGargill | W. Bushby | M. Coffee (6) | |
| 1887 | 2 | J. McGargill | W. Bushby W. Buchan |
R. Walsh | Alf Bushby (22) |
| 1888 | 2 | J. McGargill | W. Bushby | H. Stephens | Harry Phillips (24) |
| 1889 | Grand Finalists | ||||
| 1890 | Premiers | ||||
| 1891 | 2 | ||||
| 1892 | 2 | ||||
| 1893 | 3 | ||||
| 1894 | 3 | ||||
| 1895 | 3 | ||||
| 1896 | 5 | ||||
| 1897 | Premiers | J. McGargill | K. McKenzie | A. Lees (26) | |
| 1898 | Grand Finalists | J. McGargill | K. McKenzie | W. Stark (31) | |
| 1899 | 3 | J. McGargill | Harry Phillips | W. Stark (13) | |
| 1900 | 6 | J. McGargill | Harry Phillips | H. Tompkins (16) | |
| 1901 | Grand Finalists | J. McGargill | Arch Hosie | Jack Quinn (27) | |
| 1902 | 3 | J. McCargill | Arch Hosie | M. Healy (25) | |
| 1903 | Premiers | J. McCargill | Arch Hosie | J. Tompkins (40) | |
| 1904 | Grand Finalists | J. McCargill | Arch Hosie Jack Quinn |
J. Tompkins (28) | |
| 1905 | Grand Finalists | J. McGargill | Jack Quinn | J. Matheson (30) | |
| 1906 | Premiers | ||||
| 1907 | Grand Finalists | J. McCargill | L. Corston | Jack Quinn (32) | |
| 1908 | 3 | Arch Hosie | E. Strawns M.G. Donaghy |
J.S. Dickson | J. Matheson (33) |
| 1909 | Grand Finalists | Arch Hosie | M.G. Donaghy | Angelo Congear (12) | |
| 1910 | Premiers | Arch Hosie | Jack Woolard | Frank Hansen (46) | |
| 1911 | Grand Finalists | M.G. Donaghy Jack Woolard |
G.P. Dempster | Frank Hansen (41) | |
| 1912 | Grand Finalists | S.T. Cook Sampson Hosking |
W.H. Oliver | Frank Hansen (37) | |
| 1913 | Premiers | Jack Londrigan | Jack Londrigan | H. Eaton | Frank Hansen (39) |
| 1914 | Premiers | Jack Londrigan | Jack Londrigan | J Ashley | J. Dunn (33) |
| 1915 | Grand Finalists | A. McFarlane | A. McFarlane | H. Eaton | Angelo Congear (21) |
AFL era
| Year | Position | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest | Leading goalkicker (goals) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9 | John Cahill | Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever... |
Darren Mead Darren Mead Darren Mead is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide Magpies :... |
Scott Cummings Scott Cummings Scott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League.... (70) |
| 1998 | 10 | John Cahill | Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever... |
Adam Kingsley Adam Kingsley Adam Kingsley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the Australian Football League . He is currently an assistant coach at the St Kilda Football Club.-Early career:... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (33) |
| 1999 | 7 | Mark Williams | Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever... |
Stephen Paxman Stephen Paxman -Fitzroy career :He began his career with the Fitzroy Football Club in 1991, he went on to play 102 games for the club before the club merged with Brisbane Lions.-Port Adelaide career :... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (40) |
| 2000 | 14 | Mark Williams | Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever... |
Brett Montgomery Brett Montgomery Brett Montgomery is a retired Australian rules football player and current assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs.-Early life:... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (32) |
| 2001 | 5 | Mark Williams | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (51) |
| 2002 | 3 | Mark Williams | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Stuart Dew Stuart Dew Stuart Dew is a former Australian rules footballer and dual premiership-player for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League. Dew was a student at Enfield High School prior to his AFL career.... (51) |
| 2003 | 4 | Mark Williams | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (58) |
| 2004 | Premiers | Mark Williams | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... 1 |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (81) |
| 2005 | 6 | Mark Williams | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (65) |
| 2006 | 12 | Mark Williams | Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Brendon Lade Brendon Lade Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :... |
Josh Mahoney Josh Mahoney Joshua William Paul "Josh" Mahoney , is a former professional Australian rules footballer.- VFL career :After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996... (29) |
| 2007 | Grand Finalists | Mark Williams | Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
Brett Ebert Brett Ebert Brett Ebert is an Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert.-Early career :... (56) |
| 2008 | 13 | Mark Williams | Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :... (57) |
| 2009 | 10 | Mark Williams | Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... |
Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... (51) |
| 2010 | 10 | Mark Williams Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... 2 |
Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain... |
Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
Jay Schulz Jay Schulz Jay Schulz is an Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing .... (33) |
| 2011 | 16 | Matthew Primus Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :... |
Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain... |
Travis Boak Travis Boak Travis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31... Jackson Trengove Jackson Trengove Jackson Trengove is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:... |
Robert Gray Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer) Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League .... (32) |
1 Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
only managed to play in Round 3, 2004, leaving Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
to captain the club from Round 1 to 2 and Round 4 to the Grand Final.
2 Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
took over as caretaker coach after Mark Williams stepped down after Round 16.
Port Adelaide 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.- Bruce AbernethyBruce AbernethyBruce Abernethy is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, VFL/AFL and current media personality.-Football career:...
, 1979–1981. 190 Games, 115 Goals. - John AbleyJohn AbleyJohn Abley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League between 1950 and 1961....
, 1950–1961. 212 Games, 1 Goal. - Dave BoydDave BoydDave 'Davey' Boyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is a half forward flanker in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team' from 1870 to 2000....
, 1948–1960. 222 Games, 183 Goals. - Craig BradleyCraig BradleyCraig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....
, 1981–1985. 97 Games, 101 Goals. - John "Jack" Cahill, 1958–1973. 264 Games, 286 Goals.
- Angelo 'Ongie' Congear, 1908–1922. Approximately 150 Games, Unknown number of goals (due to uncertainty of records).
- Brian CunninghamBrian CunninghamBrian 'Bucky' Cunningham is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for the Port Adelaide. Cunningham was later CEO of Port Magpies in the SANFL, and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL.Making his league debut in 1971, Cunningham...
, 1971–1983. 255 Games, 409 Goals. - Leslie "Bro" DaymanLes DaymanLes 'Bro' Dayman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Footscray in the Victorian Football League ....
, 1921–1931, 1937. 166 Games, 401 Goals. - Russell EbertRussell EbertRussell Ebert is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an...
, 1968–1978, 1980–1985. 392 Games, 294 Goals. - Tim EvansTim EvansTim Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
, 1975–1986. 248 Games, 1044 Goals. - Brian Fairclough, 1972–1993. U19, Reserves & League Assistant Coach.
- Tim GineverTim GineverTimothy Ginever, known as Tim Ginever is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for Port Adelaide until their entry into the AFL and then played for and later coached the Port Adelaide Magpies.Ginever made his SANFL debut a pacy 17 year old...
, 1983–1997. 314 Games, 302 Goals. - Neville Hayes, 1953–1965. 217 Games, 58 Goals.
- Scott HodgesScott HodgesScott Lyall Hodges is a former Australian rules footballer and champion goal kicker who holds the SANFL record for most goals kicked in a league season when he kicked 153 goals in 1990...
, 1987–1998. 183 Games, 693 Goals. - Ron "Brick" Hoffman, 1939–1948. 103 Games, 181 Goals Goals.
- Sampson "Shine" HoskingSampson HoskingSampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide in the SAFL.Sampson started his league career in 1907 with Port Adelaide and by the time he retired in 1921 he had played 161 games and was a dual Magarey Medalist...
, 1907–1921, 1927, 1937. 162 Games, 45 Goals. - Henry 'Doc' Kneebone, 1966–1993. Medical Officer.
- Allan "Bob" McLeanBob McLean (footballer)Allan Robert Charles 'Bob' McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League . Affectionately referred to as 'Big Bob' McLean, he later became a long serving football...
, 1939–1948. 147 Games, 471 Goals. Club Administration: 41 Years. - Edward "Ted" McMahon, 1933–1973. Trainer/Head Trainer.
- Geof MotleyGeof MotleyGeof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide. Motley was born near Alberton Oval, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide....
, 1953–1966. 250 Games, 156 Goals. - Harold Oliver, 1910–1915, 1919–1922, 116 Games, 88 Goals.
- Greg PhillipsGreg PhillipsGreg Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide FC in the SANFL and had a stint with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1980s. He also played 20 interstate matches for South Australia....
, 1976–1982, 1988–1993. 343 Games, 93 Goals. - Harry "Tick" Phillips, 1886–1900. 198 Games, 126 Goals.
- Jeff Potter, 1959–1970. 235 Games, 289 Goals.
- Bob QuinnBob Quinn (Australian footballer)Robert Berrima Quinn MM was a champion Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and war hero.-Biography:...
, 1933–1940, 1944–1947. 239 Games, 386 Goals. - Allan "Bull" Reval, 1932–1943, 1945. 179 Games, 79 Goals.
- Lew Roberts, 1937–1948. 179 Games, 50 Goals.
- Dick Russell, 1947–1953. 121 Games, 1 Goals.
- Darren SmithDarren Smith (Australian rules footballer)Darren Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Adelaide in the Australian Football League ....
, 1984–1998. 343 Games, 505 Goals. - Gavin WanganeenGavin WanganeenGavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
, 1997–2006. 173 Games, 138 Goals. - Ted Whelan, 1948–1961. 248 Games, 90 Goals.
- Fos WilliamsFos WilliamsFoster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League in a career spanning 1946-1978...
, 1950–1958. 151 Games, 240 Goals. - Stephen WilliamsStephen Williams (footballer)Stephen Williams is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, playing for the Port Adelaide Magpies and is currently an assistant development coach at Port Adelaide Power....
, 1979–1986. 268 Games. - Lloyd Zucker, 1949–1959. 185 Games, 263 Goals.
"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
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
in 1997 – and the demand of the SA Football Commission that a Magpies team be kept in the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
(SANFL).
There are 201 premiership medals held by the 22 players in the Greatest Team; 532 State games; 16 Magarey Medal
Magarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
and a long list of accolades and achievements.
Club achievements
- AFL Premierships (1)
2004
- SANFL Premierships (36, Australian record)
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
- Champions of Australia (4, Australian record)
1890, 1910, 1913, 1914
- AFL Pre-Season Premierships (2)
2001, 2002
- SANFL Pre-Season Premierships (3)
1961, 1973, 1989
- AFL Minor Premiership/McClelland Trophy (3)
2002, 2003, 2004
- AFL Runner-Up (1)
2007
- Wooden Spoons (0)
- SANFL Runner-Up (35)
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, 1997
- SANFL Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (11, record)
1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1988,
1989, 1992, 1994
- AFL Finals Appearances (7)
1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
- SANFL Minor Premiership (43, record)
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 LeagueSouth Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
(SANFL) as adjudged by the field umpires. The award was created by William Ashley Magarey, then chairman of the league.
- Stan MalinStan MalinStanley 'Stan' Malin was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL.Malin usually played across the half forward line or in the centre and played for Port Adelaide in 1898 and 1899. He won the Magarey Medal in 1899, making him the first Port Adelaide player to ever...
(1899) - Jack MackJack MackJack Mack was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League .A follower, Mack made his debut for Port Adelaide in 1900 and played with the club until 1906 when he spent a season with Central Broken Hill. In 1907 he returned to Port...
(1907) - Sampson 'Shine' HoskingSampson HoskingSampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide in the SAFL.Sampson started his league career in 1907 with Port Adelaide and by the time he retired in 1921 he had played 161 games and was a dual Magarey Medalist...
(1910, 1915) - W. John AshleyJack Ashley (footballer)John 'Jack' Ashley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SAFL.Before Ashley arrived at the Port Adelaide Football Club he had already made an impression in Sydney where he had been playing. He represented New South Wales at the inaugural state carnival. A follower,...
(1914) - Charlie AdamsCharlie Adams (footballer)Charles Adams was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SAFL during the 1920s.The 1921 season was the highlight of Adam's career, he played in a premiership side with Port Adelaide, won their best and fairest award and tied for the Magarey Medal. He lost the Magarey in...
(1921) - Peter BamptonPeter BamptonPeter Bampton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL during the 1920s.Bampton played a total of 137 games for Port Adelaide, often at centre half back. He made his debut during the 1919 season and was a member of their 1921 premiership side...
(1925) - Bob QuinnBob Quinn (Australian footballer)Robert Berrima Quinn MM was a champion Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and war hero.-Biography:...
(1938, 1945) - Dave BoydDave BoydDave 'Davey' Boyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is a half forward flanker in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team' from 1870 to 2000....
(1956) - Geof MotleyGeof MotleyGeof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide. Motley was born near Alberton Oval, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide....
(1964) - Trevor ObstTrevor ObstTrevor Obst is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL during the 1960s.Obst was a back pocket specialist but occasionally ventured into the forward line and was used at times as a rover. In 1967 he was a surprise winner of the Magarey Medal, becoming the...
(1967) - Russell EbertRussell EbertRussell Ebert is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an...
(1971, 1974, 1976, 1980) - Peter WoitePeter WoitePeter Woite is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Glenelg in the SANFL during the 1970s. He is on the interchange bench in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team' from 1870 to 2000....
(1975) - Greg AndersonGreg Anderson (footballer)Greg Anderson is a former Australian rules football player who played for Port Adelaide in the SANFL as well as and in the VFL/AFL.-Playing Career:...
(1986) - Scott HodgesScott HodgesScott Lyall Hodges is a former Australian rules footballer and champion goal kicker who holds the SANFL record for most goals kicked in a league season when he kicked 153 goals in 1990...
(1990) - Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(1992)
Club leading goalkickers
- Scott CummingsScott CummingsScott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....
(1997) - Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009) - Stuart DewStuart DewStuart Dew is a former Australian rules footballer and dual premiership-player for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League. Dew was a student at Enfield High School prior to his AFL career....
(2002) - Josh MahoneyJosh MahoneyJoshua William Paul "Josh" Mahoney , is a former professional Australian rules footballer.- VFL career :After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996...
(2006) - Brett EbertBrett EbertBrett Ebert is an Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert.-Early career :...
(2007) - Daniel MotlopDaniel MotlopDaniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
(2008) - Jay SchulzJay SchulzJay Schulz is an Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing ....
(2010) - Robert GrayRobert GrayRobert Gray was an American merchant sea-captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region...
(2011)
Norm Smith Medal winners
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFLAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.
- Byron PickettByron PickettByron Pickett is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with three clubs in the AFL. He was known as a big game player as well as for his strength, hard bumps and tough approach to the game. Pickett is one of 12 players with two premiership medallions, a Norm Smith Medal...
(2004)
AFL Rising Star nominees
Every round, an Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
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.
- 1997 – Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
(1997 winner), Bowen LockwoodBowen LockwoodBowen Lockwood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from Mount Eliza, Lockwood attended Geelong College and was recruited from Geelong U18 in the 1996 AFL Draft at pick number 7....
, Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
, Nathan EagletonNathan EagletonNathan Eagleton is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .Eagleton played junior level football for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League . He was recruited as a zone selection by the Port Adelaide Football Club for its inaugural AFL... - 1998 – Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
, Nick StevensNick StevensNick Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from St Marys in the VMFL, Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club where he became a very prominent outside midfielder...
, Stuart DewStuart DewStuart Dew is a former Australian rules footballer and dual premiership-player for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League. Dew was a student at Enfield High School prior to his AFL career.... - 2000 – Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
- 2001 – Brent GuerraBrent GuerraBrent Guerra is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League , having previously played for Port Adelaide and St Kilda.-Port Adelaide career:...
- 2002 – Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- 2004 – Brett EbertBrett EbertBrett Ebert is an Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert.-Early career :...
- 2006 – Danyle PearceDanyle PearceDanyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2006 winner), Troy ChaplinTroy ChaplinTroy David Chaplin is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Chaplin played for the Maryborough Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide at Pick 15 from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 AFL Draft.The then 20-year-old left footer debuted in...
, Jacob SurjanJacob SurjanJacob Adam Surjan is an Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent and current player of the Port Adelaide Football Club.-Early career:...
, Brad SymesBrad SymesBradley Thomas "Brad" Symes is an Australian rules football midfielder who was selected by the Port Adelaide at Pick 30 of the 2003 AFL Draft.-Port Adelaide career :... - 2007 – Robert GrayRobert Gray (Australian rules footballer)Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
, Justin WesthoffJustin WesthoffJustin Westhoff is a footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for Central District in the SANFL...
, Travis BoakTravis BoakTravis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31... - 2008 – Alipate CarlileAlipate CarlileAlipate Carlile is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
- 2010 – Jackson TrengoveJackson TrengoveJackson Trengove is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
- 2011 – Jasper PittardJasper PittardJasper McMillan-Pittard is an Australian Rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was one of 3 Port Adelaide players drafted in the first round in the 2009 AFL Draft.He is an athletic and versatile player whose kicking skills and...
AFL Rising Star winners
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.- Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
(1997) - Danyle PearceDanyle PearceDanyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2006)
All Australian selection
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 the season.- 1956 – John AbleyJohn AbleyJohn Abley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League between 1950 and 1961....
- 1958 – John AbleyJohn AbleyJohn Abley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League between 1950 and 1961....
- 1961 – John AbleyJohn AbleyJohn Abley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League between 1950 and 1961....
- 1969 – John Cahill
- 1980 – Greg PhillipsGreg PhillipsGreg Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide FC in the SANFL and had a stint with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1980s. He also played 20 interstate matches for South Australia....
, Mark M. WilliamsMark M. WilliamsMark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010... - 1983 – Craig BradleyCraig BradleyCraig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....
, Tony GilesTony GilesAnthony 'Tony' Giles is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the SANFL during the late 1970s and early 1980s....
, Stephen CurtisStephen CurtisStephen Curtis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the West Australian Football League and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League .... - 1985 – Craig BradleyCraig BradleyCraig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....
- 1987 – Greg AndersonGreg Anderson (footballer)Greg Anderson is a former Australian rules football player who played for Port Adelaide in the SANFL as well as and in the VFL/AFL.-Playing Career:...
- 1988 – Martin Leslie
- 1997 – Adam HeuskesAdam HeuskesAdam Heuskes is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League most remembered for his on field flamboyance and controversial off-field behaviour, which twice resulted in rape allegations....
- 2001 – Gavin WanganeenGavin WanganeenGavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
, Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
, Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... - 2002 – Brett MontgomeryBrett MontgomeryBrett Montgomery is a retired Australian rules football player and current assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs.-Early life:...
, Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
, Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
, Josh FrancouJosh FrancouJoshua "Josh" Francou is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide :Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural team... - 2003 – Gavin WanganeenGavin WanganeenGavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
, Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port... - 2004 – Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
, Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League... - 2005 – Kane CornesKane CornesKane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- 2006 – Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
, Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League... - 2007 – Kane CornesKane CornesKane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
, Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
, Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
International Rules selection
The International Rules Series is a senior men's competition between an Irish representative teamIreland international rules football team
The Ireland International rules football team is the representative team for Ireland in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football...
(selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
) and the Australian representative team
Australia international rules football team
This article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team....
(selected by the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
). The Port Adelaide players to have presented Australia during different years are:
- Nathan EagletonNathan EagletonNathan Eagleton is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .Eagleton played junior level football for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League . He was recruited as a zone selection by the Port Adelaide Football Club for its inaugural AFL...
(1998) - Peter BurgoynePeter BurgoynePeter Gabriel Burgoyne is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.-Early life:...
(1999) - Nick StevensNick StevensNick Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from St Marys in the VMFL, Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club where he became a very prominent outside midfielder...
, Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
, Josh FrancouJosh FrancouJoshua "Josh" Francou is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide :Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural team...
(2001) - Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
, Brett MontgomeryBrett MontgomeryBrett Montgomery is a retired Australian rules football player and current assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs.-Early life:...
, Josh FrancouJosh FrancouJoshua "Josh" Francou is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide :Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural team...
, Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
, Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
(2002) - Peter BurgoynePeter BurgoynePeter Gabriel Burgoyne is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.-Early life:...
(2003) - Danyle PearceDanyle PearceDanyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2006) - David RodanDavid RodanDavid Rodan is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Rodan is the first Fijian-born player to reach 100 AFL games.-Early life:...
, Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, Daniel MotlopDaniel MotlopDaniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
(2008) - Robert GrayRobert GrayRobert Gray was an American merchant sea-captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region...
(2011)
See also International Rules Series
International Rules Series
The International Rules Series is a senior men's International rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team...
Best First Year Player Award
- 1997 – Darren MeadDarren MeadDarren Mead is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide Magpies :...
- 1998 – Nick StevensNick StevensNick Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from St Marys in the VMFL, Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club where he became a very prominent outside midfielder...
- 1999 – Barnaby FrenchBarnaby FrenchBarnaby French is a former junior rower and professional Australian rules footballer.French attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. He was a champion junior rower, and at his pinnacle in the sport was a part of the Australian under 23s rowing team...
- 2000 – Josh CarrJosh CarrJoshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...
- 2001 – Kane CornesKane CornesKane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- 2002 – Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- 2003 – Toby ThurstansToby ThurstansToby Thurstans is a former Australian Rules footballer for Port Adelaide Football Club and plays at Centre half forward or in defense.-Early Career :...
- 2004 – Brett EbertBrett EbertBrett Ebert is an Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert.-Early career :...
- 2005 – Danyle PearceDanyle PearceDanyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
- 2006 – Matt Thomas
- 2007 – Justin WesthoffJustin WesthoffJustin Westhoff is a footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for Central District in the SANFL...
- 2008 – Paul StewartPaul Stewart (Australian footballer)Paul Stewart is an Australian Rules Footballer who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the AFL and Woodville West-Torrens in the SANFL. He was taken in the second round in the 2006 AFL Draft, pick number 23 overall from Woodville West Torrens, and was drafted onto Port Adelaide's senior list...
- 2009 – Hamish HartlettHamish HartlettHamish Hartlett is an AFL footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Hartlett was drafted by Port Adelaide with pick number 4 in the 2008 AFL Draft, making him the Power's earliest draft pick ever. He is the younger brother of former Carlton Blues forward Adam Hartlett...
- 2010 – Cameron HitchcockCameron HitchcockCameron Hitchcock is an Australian rules footballer who began his career on the rookie list for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL.Cameron was born on the Eyre Peninsula in the little country town of Elliston, South Australia, and lived there before moving to Adelaide with his family and...
Discontinued
Best Team Man Award
- 1997 – Brayden LyleBrayden LyleBrayden Lyle is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and vice-captained Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-West Coast Eagles career :...
- 1998 – Brayden LyleBrayden LyleBrayden Lyle is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and vice-captained Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-West Coast Eagles career :...
- 1999 – Josh FrancouJosh FrancouJoshua "Josh" Francou is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide :Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural team...
- 2000 – Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
- 2001 – Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
- 2002 – Josh CarrJosh CarrJoshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...
- 2003 – Josh CarrJosh CarrJoshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...
- 2004 – Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
- 2005 – Darryl WakelinDarryl WakelinDarryl Wakelin is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League as a defender.-St Kilda:...
- 2006 – Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
- 2007 – Troy ChaplinTroy ChaplinTroy David Chaplin is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Chaplin played for the Maryborough Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide at Pick 15 from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 AFL Draft.The then 20-year-old left footer debuted in...
- 2008 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
Fos Williams Award
The Fos Williams Medal is named in honour of former legendary player and coach Fos WilliamsFos Williams
Foster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League in a career spanning 1946-1978...
and is awarded to the player’s choice for the club’s Best Team Man.
- 2005 – Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
- 2006 – Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
- 2007 – Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
- 2008 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
- 2009 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
- 2010 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
- 2011 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
Most Improved Player
- 1998 – Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
- 1999 – Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
- 2000 – Roger JamesRoger JamesRoger James is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.James debuted during Port Adelaide's inauguaral season in the AFL and made a name for himself as a tough midfielder...
- 2001 – Josh CarrJosh CarrJoshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...
- 2002 – Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
- 2003 – Dean BroganDean BroganDean Scott Brogan is a ruckman in the Australian Football League . He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.-Adelaide 36ers career :...
- 2004 – Kane CornesKane CornesKane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- 2005 – Domenic CassisiDomenic CassisiDomenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
- 2006 – Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- 2007 – David RodanDavid RodanDavid Rodan is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Rodan is the first Fijian-born player to reach 100 AFL games.-Early life:...
- 2008 – Travis BoakTravis BoakTravis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31...
- 2009 – Robert GrayRobert Gray (Australian rules footballer)Robert "Robbie" Gray is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power in the Australian Football League . He also plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
- 2010 – Paul StewartPaul Stewart (Australian footballer)Paul Stewart is an Australian Rules Footballer who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the AFL and Woodville West-Torrens in the SANFL. He was taken in the second round in the 2006 AFL Draft, pick number 23 overall from Woodville West Torrens, and was drafted onto Port Adelaide's senior list...
Discontinued
Gavin Wanganeen Medal
The Gavin Wanganeen MedalGavin Wanganeen Medal
The Gavin Wanganeen Medal is an award presented by the Port Adelaide Power to its 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,...
is an award to Port Adelaide's best player under the age of 21. The award, struck in 2006, is named after Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
, a former champion with both Port Adelaide and Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
who, by the age of 21, had won a SANFL premiership with Port Adelaide, an AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
premiership with Essendon, a Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
and two All Australian awards.
- 2006 – Danyle PearceDanyle PearceDanyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
- 2007 – Justin WesthoffJustin WesthoffJustin Westhoff is a footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for Central District in the SANFL...
- 2008 – Alipate CarlileAlipate CarlileAlipate Carlile is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
- 2009 – Travis BoakTravis BoakTravis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31...
- 2010 – Jackson TrengoveJackson TrengoveJackson Trengove is an Australian rules football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
- 2011 – Hamish HartlettHamish HartlettHamish Hartlett is an AFL footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Hartlett was drafted by Port Adelaide with pick number 4 in the 2008 AFL Draft, making him the Power's earliest draft pick ever. He is the younger brother of former Carlton Blues forward Adam Hartlett...
One-off awards
- 2004 – Michael WilsonMichael Wilson (footballer)Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...
Coach's Award - 2006 – Josh MahoneyJosh MahoneyJoshua William Paul "Josh" Mahoney , is a former professional Australian rules footballer.- VFL career :After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996...
Tacklers Award - 2006 – Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
Supporters Choice - 2007 – Daniel MotlopDaniel MotlopDaniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
One Percenters Award
Best Finals Player
- 2002 – Matthew BishopMatthew BishopMatthew Bishop is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .Bishop started out with the Melbourne Demons after being elevated from their rookie list in 1998. He spent two seasons with them before moving to Port Adelaide in 2000, where he made a name for...
- 2003 – Brendon LadeBrendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
- 2004 – Roger JamesRoger JamesRoger James is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.James debuted during Port Adelaide's inauguaral season in the AFL and made a name for himself as a tough midfielder...
- 2005 – Chad CornesChad CornesChad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League...
- 2007 – Peter BurgoynePeter BurgoynePeter Gabriel Burgoyne is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.-Early life:...
Members Choice
- 1997 – Darren MeadDarren MeadDarren Mead is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide Magpies :...
- 1998 – Darren MeadDarren MeadDarren Mead is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Australian Football League .-Port Adelaide Magpies :...
- 1999 – Fabian FrancisFabian FrancisFabian Francis, is a former Australian rules football and rugby league footballer, most notable for his brief professional career with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- 2000 – Fabian FrancisFabian FrancisFabian Francis, is a former Australian rules football and rugby league footballer, most notable for his brief professional career with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- 2001 – Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
- 2002 – Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
- 2003 – Gavin WanganeenGavin WanganeenGavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...
- 2004 – Warren TredreaWarren TredreaWarren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
Discontinued
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 LoganTom LoganTom Logan is an Australian rules footballer, who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-Brisbane Lions career :...
Club records
Highest ScoreAFL – 29.14 (188) vs , Round 13, 2005
2005 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
, AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
SANFL – 37.21 (243) vs Woodville
Woodville Football Club
Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....
, 19 April 1980, Football Park
Lowest Score
AFL – 3.3 (21) vs , Round 20, 2011
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
, AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
SANFL – 1.1 (7) vs North Adelaide
North Adelaide Roosters
North Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League.- History :Formed in 1888 as Medindie, in 1893 the club renamed itself to North Adelaide. It is the fourth oldest club still in operation in the SANFL...
, 5 May 1900, Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and has a capacity of 17,000 people with seated grandstands holding 2,000,...
Greatest Winning Margin
AFL – 117 points vs , Round 13, 2005
2005 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
, AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
SANFL – 179 points vs Woodville
Woodville Football Club
Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....
, 8 August 1970, Woodville Oval
Woodville Oval
Woodville Oval is primarily an Australian rules football oval found on Oval Avenue in Woodville, South Australia...
Greatest Losing Margin
AFL – 165 points vs , Round 21, 2011
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
, MCG
McG
Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
, Melbourne
SANFL – 114 points vs Sturt, 1965, Unley Oval
Unley Oval
Unley Oval is a multi-use stadium in Unley, an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
Most Games
AFL – 255 – Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
(1997–2010)
SANFL – 392 – Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an...
(1968–1978, 1980–1985)
Most Goals
AFL – 549 – Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
(1997–2010)
SANFL – 1044 – Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Tim Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
(1975–1986)
Largest Home Attendances
AFL – 50,275 at AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
(Round 20, 2002
2002 AFL season
-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176...
vs )
SANFL – 22,738 at Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval
Alberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and has a capacity of 17,000 people with seated grandstands holding 2,000,...
(Round 11, 1977 vs Norwood)
Largest Finals Attendances
AFL – 97,302 at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
(2007 AFL Grand Final
2007 AFL Grand Final
The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the VFL/AFL, staged to determine the...
vs )
SANFL – 66,897 at Football Park (1976 SANFL Grand Final vs Sturt)
Longest Undefeated Run
AFL – 8 wins (Rnd 8–15, 2002
2002 AFL season
-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176...
, Round 15–22, 2003
2003 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
)
SANFL – 33 games (21 June 1913 – 3 July 1915)
Most number of goals in a match
AFL – 8 goals Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea
Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...
(Round 7, 1998 vs , Princes Park, Melbourne)
SANFL – 16 goals Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Tim Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
(Round 5, 1980 vs West Adelaide)
External links
- Official AFL website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- "A brief history", from the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Accessed 14 January 2006.
- Official website of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club
- Planet Teal (Official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club designed for children)