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Port Adelaide Football Club

May 04, 2023

This article is about the Australian rules football team. For the soccer team, see Port Adelaide SC.

Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, while its reserves men's team competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), where they are nicknamed the Magpies. Since its founding, the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and 4 Championship of Australia titles, in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004. It has also fielded a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) league since 2022.

Port Adelaide Football Club
Names
Full namePort Adelaide Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)AFL/AFLW: Power
SANFL: Magpies
Former nickname(s)Cockledivers, Seaside Men, Seasiders, Magentas, Portonians, Ports
MottoWe Exist To Win Premierships[2]
Club songAFL/AFLW: Power to Win
SANFL: Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White
2022 season
After finals11th
Home-and-away season11th
Leading goalkickerTodd Marshall (45 goals)
John Cahill MedalConnor Rozee
Club details
Founded12 May 1870; 152 years ago (1870-05-12)
ColoursAFL:   Black   White   Teal   Silver
SANFL:   Black   White
CompetitionAFL: Senior men
AFLW: Senior women
SANFL: Reserves men
ChairmanDavid Koch
CEOMatthew Richardson
CoachAFL: Ken Hinkley
AFLW: Lauren Arnell
SANFL: Tyson Goldsack
Captain(s)AFL: Tom Jonas
AFLW: Erin Phillips
SANFL: Cameron Sutcliffe
PremiershipsAFL (1)
Championship of Australia (4)
SANFL (36)
SA Patriotic League (2)
SANFL merger league (1)
Ground(s)AFL: Adelaide Oval (capacity: 53,583)
 AFLW: Alberton Oval (capacity: 17,000)
 SANFL: Alberton Oval (capacity: 17,000)
Former ground(s)Glanville Hall Estate (1870–1879)
 Football Park (1974–2013)
Training ground(s)All Teams: Alberton Oval
Uniforms
Home
Clash
Traditional / SANFL
Other information
Official websiteportadelaidefc.com.au
Current season

Founded in 1870, Port Adelaide is the oldest professional football club in South Australia. Port Adelaide was a founding member of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), later renamed as the SANFL. Port Adelaide has repeatedly asserted itself as a dominant force within South Australian football, going undefeated in all competitions in 1914, and enjoying sustained periods of success under coaches Fos Williams and John Cahill, sharing a combined 19 premierships between them. After entering the AFL in 1997, the club claimed three minor premierships and a premiership under coach Mark Williams between 2002 and 2004. Port Adelaide holds a unique status among AFL clubs, being the only pre-existing non-Victorian club to have entered the AFL from another league.[3]

Port Adelaide has a long-standing rivalry with fellow SANFL club Norwood, as well as an intense rivalry with the Adelaide Crows in the AFL; it is a fixture referred to as the 'Showdown'. The club has played at their SANFL home ground, Alberton Oval, since 1880 and has used their AFL home ground, Adelaide Oval, since 2014. Port Adelaide first adopted the colours black and white in 1902, with their 'Prison Bar' guernsey. Following its entry to the AFL, the club adopted the colours of teal and silver, in order to differentiate it from Collingwood.

Club history

Main article: History of the Port Adelaide Football Club
See also: Australian rules football in South Australia

1870–1901: Early years

 
 
Left: Inaugural president John Hart, Jr.
Right: 13 May 1870 excerpt from the South Australian Register proclaiming the founding of the 'Port Adelaide Cricket and Football Club' whilst also announcing the club's first training session.[4]

Port Adelaide was formed on 12 May 1870 as a joint football and cricket club, created by locals to benefit the growing number of workers associated with the surrounding wharves and industries of Port Adelaide.[5] The first training session of the newly formed club took place two days later.[4] The Port Adelaide Football Club played its first match against a newly established club from North Adelaide called the Young Australian.[6] Prior to 1877, football in South Australia was yet to be formally organised by a single body and as a result there were two main sets of rules in use across the state.[7] In an effort to create a common set of rules,[7] Port Adelaide was invited to join seven other clubs in the formation of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), the first ever governing body of Australian rules football.[8]

 
First premiership team in 1884
 
In 1889, Port Adelaide played Norwood in the first "Grand Final" at Adelaide Oval, pictured in 1889

In 1879, the club played reigning Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiers Geelong at Adelaide Oval in what was Port Adelaide's first game against an interstate club.[9] It played its first match outside of South Australia two years later, when it travelled to Victoria to contest a game against the Sale Football Club.[10]

The club won its first premiership in 1884, when it ended Norwood's run of six consecutive premierships.[11] It later contested the SAFA's first grand final in 1889, as Port Adelaide and Norwood had finished the season with equal minor round records. Norwood went on to defeat Port Adelaide by two goals.[12] Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership the following year,[13] and went on to be crowned "Champions of Australia" for the first time after defeating VFA premiers South Melbourne.[14]

As the 1890s continued, Australia was affected by a severe depression that forced many players to move interstate to find work. This exodus translated into poor on-field results for the club. By 1896, the club was in crisis and finished last, causing the club's committee to meet with the aim of revitalising the club.[15] The revitalisation had immediate results, helping Port Adelaide win a third premiership in 1897,[16] one of only four occurrences since 1877 where a team won a premiership after finishing last the previous year. Stan Malin won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal in 1899.[17]

During the 19th century, the club had nicknames including the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done in any senior league since.[18][10]

1902–1915: 'Prison Bars' and the 'Invincibles'

 
Club legend Harold Oliver taking a spectacular mark in the 1914 SAFL Semi-final against Sturt at Adelaide Oval.
 
Port Adelaide's undefeated 1914 SAFL premiers and Champions of Australia team.

Port Adelaide began wearing black and white guernseys in 1902 after it was having trouble finding dyes that would last for its blue and magenta guernseys.[19] After finishing the 1902 season on top of the ladder, Port Adelaide was disqualified from their finals game against South Adelaide after the club disputed the use of an unaccredited umpire.[20] The 1902 SAFA premiership was subsequently awarded to North Adelaide after they defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final a week later.[21] Port Adelaide offered to play North Adelaide after the conclusion of the season, but the SAFA refused to allow it.[22] Port Adelaide won the premiership the following year.[23]

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

In the early 1910s, Port Adelaide became a consistent premiership contender, setting up the club to win three more Championships of Australia. Port Adelaide won the South Australian Football League (SAFL) premiership in 1910 defeating Sturt 8.12 (60) to 5.11 (41) in the Grand Final.[24] The club would go on to defeat Collingwood for the 1910 Championship of Australia title,[25] and Western Australian Football League (WAFL) premiers East Fremantle in an exhibition match. They also defeated a combination of some of the WAFL's best players in another match.[26] Although Port Adelaide had success in the minor rounds the following two seasons, dropping only one game in 1911 and going undefeated in 1912, it was knocked out of contention by West Adelaide both times.[27][28] The club won the SAFL premiership in 1913, dropping only two games during the minor round and defeating North Adelaide in the Grand Final.[29] They also defeated Fitzroy for the 1913 Championship of Australia.[30]

Port Adelaide v South Australia G B Total
South Australia 5 10 40
Port Adelaide 14 14 98
Venue: Jubilee Oval

The 1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season is unique in SANFL history, being the only occasion in which a team has gone undefeated.[31] The club won all its pre-season matches, won all fourteen SAFL games and the 1914 SAFL Grand Final where it held North Adelaide to a single goal for the match 13.15 (93) to 1.8 (14).[32] It also became the first to score over 1000 points during the minor round.[33] The club met Victorian Football League (VFL) premiers Carlton in the Championship of Australia, defeating them by 34 points to claim a record fourth title.[34] At the end of the 1914 season, a combined team from the six other SAFL clubs played Port Adelaide and lost to the subsequently-dubbed "Invincibles" by 58 points.[35]

1916–1949: Two World Wars and the Great Depression

 
Port Adelaide players with the 1921 SAFL premiership flag pennant presented to them following year at Adelaide Oval.[36]

Port Adelaide's early-century success was hindered by World War I. During the war, the club lost three players as casualties.[37] A scaled-back competition referred to as the 'Patriotic League' was organised during wartime in which Port Adelaide won the 1916 and 1917 instalments.[38] Port Adelaide initially struggled to replicate its past success after the war. After eventually winning the 1921 premiership under the captaincy of Harold Oliver,[39] many of Port Adelaide's champion players from before the war started to retire, and the club's performance declined. It won only a single premiership between 1922 and 1935.[40]

 
 
Left: Bob Quinn chaired off after winning the 1939 SANFL Grand Final. He would be selected in the Sporting Life magazine "All Australian" in 1947.[41]
Right: Caricature of Port Adelaide coach Sampson 'Shine' Hosking by Lionel Coventry that appeared in The News on 20 April 1937.[42]

By the mid-1930s, Port Adelaide's form began to recover. It suffered two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935, before winning consecutive premierships the following two years.[43][44] During 1939, Bob Quinn, in his third year as a player for the club, coached the team to a Grand Final win over West Torrens.[45] Many Port Adelaide players also enlisted for military service during this time.[46] The club suffered six player casualties during the war.[47][37]

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

Just as had happened in 1914, the league was hit hard by player losses in World War II. Due to a lack of able men, the league's eight teams were reduced to four and Port Adelaide temporarily merged with nearby West Torrens from 1942 to 1944.[48] The joint club played in all three Grand Finals during this period, winning the 1942 instalment,[49] but losing the 1943 and 1944 editions to the Norwood-North Adelaide combination.[50][51] While normal competition resumed in 1945,[52] Port Adelaide was unable to regain its pre-war success in the rest of the decade. In particular, it lost the 1945 SANFL Grand Final after a remarkable comeback from West Torrens.[53] The 'All Australian', predecessor to the modern 'All-Australian' team, was created by Sporting Life magazine in 1947, with Bob Quinn being named in the side as captain.[41]

1950–1973: Fos Williams era and Jack Oatey rivalry

 
Fos Williams coached Port Adelaide to nine premierships.[54]

During the 1950s, Port Adelaide reestablished itself as a perennial contender, winning seven premierships. At the end of the 1949, having missed two finals series in a row, the Port Adelaide Football Club's committee sought out a coach that could win the club its next premiership. Following a failed attempt to obtain Jim Deane, the decision was made to appoint Fos Williams, a rover from West Adelaide.[55] In his second season as player-coach in 1951, Williams led the club to their first standalone premiership in 12 seasons, defeating North Adelaide by 11 points.[56] In the 1951 post-season, Port Adelaide lost an exhibition match to reigning VFL premiers Geelong.[57]

1955 Exhibition Match G B Total
Port Adelaide 9 10 64
Melbourne 9 11 65
Venue: Norwood Oval Crowd: 16,400[58]

In the mid-1950s, Port Adelaide and Melbourne, often the premiers of South Australian and Victorian leagues respectively, played exhibition matches at Norwood Oval.[59] The most notable game was the 1955 match, which had an estimated crowd of 23,000. The match went down to the last 15 seconds when Frank Adams kicked a decisive behind to give Melbourne a one-point victory.[58]

Geof Motley took over the captain-coaching role at the club in 1959 when Williams retired from his playing career and also took a break from coaching.[60] That year, the club won the premiership and equalled a national record of six consecutive Grand Final victories, having won each premiership from 1954 to 1959.[61] Port Adelaide's premiership streak was brought to an end in the 1960 preliminary final with a 27-point loss to Norwood.[62]

1965 SANFL Grand Final
Fos Williams's ninth premiership.		 G B Total
Port Adelaide 12 8 80
Sturt 12 5 77
Venue: Adelaide Oval Crowd: 62,543[63]

Williams returned in 1962, and coached Port Adelaide to win three of the next four premierships.[54] In 1965 he coached his ninth and last premiership in front of 62,543 people,[54] the largest-ever crowd at Adelaide Oval.[64] After the 1965 Grand Final, Port Adelaide's success was limited by the dominance of Sturt, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey.[65] Despite playing in 6 of the next 10 grand finals, Port Adelaide failed to win another premiership in that span.[66]

1974–1996: John Cahill, SANFL domination and AFL licence

1977 SANFL Grand Final G B Total
Port Adelaide 17 11 113
Glenelg 16 9 105
Venue: Football Park Crowd: 56,717[67]

One of Port Adelaide's leading players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill. After retiring from playing in 1973 and following the departure of Fos Williams to West Adelaide in 1974, he took over as coach and began another era of premiership success for the club.[68] In 1976, Cahill took Port Adelaide to its first Grand Final under his leadership, facing Sturt. Sturt won in front of an official attendance of 66,897, the record for football in South Australia.[69] The actual crowd was estimated at 80,000, much bigger than the official figure.[70] The following year, Port Adelaide won the premiership to break a 12-year drought.[71]

 
Statue of Russell Ebert outside Adelaide Oval, unveiled 15 August 2015.[72]

The 1980 season was Port Adelaide's most dominant since 1914.[73] The club completed its fourth ever 'Triple Crown', winning the premiership, Magarey Medal and having the SANFL's leading goalkicker in a single season.[73] The Magarey Medal was awarded to Russell Ebert for a record 4th time and Tim Evans set the then-league goal kicking record of 146 goals in a season.[73] The club set a new record for most points scored during a season at 3,176, whilst also having conceding only 1,687 points.[73] The club's win–loss record was 19–2 with one draw and a percentage of 65.31, its best percentage since 1914.[73]

Following the 1982 season, Cahill was offered a contract by Collingwood to coach their club in the VFL.[74] In his stead, Russell Ebert became coach in 1983.[75] During his five years as coach, Port Adelaide made the finals three times, and achieved a win rate of above 55%.[76] John Cahill returned as coach from the 1988 season, winning the premiership that year.[77] He won a further five premierships,[68] totalling a record-equalling ten over his coaching career.[78]

Two key events of the late 1980s were attempts by the VFL to further expand outside of Victoria and financial difficulties in the SANFL. In 1989, seven of the ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40% of that of the VFL.[79] During May 1990, the SANFL clubs unanimously accepted a SANFL proposal to not enter a club from South Australia until 1993.[80] Weeks later, Port Adelaide, suffering from a mixture of ambition and frustration, started secret negotiations with the VFL in the town of Quorn for entry to the competition in 1991.[81] When knowledge of Port Adelaide's negotiations to gain an AFL licence were made public, the other nine SANFL clubs called a crisis meeting to discuss options. Plans were made to kick Port Adelaide out of the SANFL should they succeed, and to prevent them from using Football Park as a home ground.[82] SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid, which he agreed to.[82] During these meetings, an option was discussed to make a counter offer to the AFL. On the 16th of August, the SANFL officially launched a submission for a composite team.[83] After legal action from all parties, the AFL agreed to accept the SANFL's bid to enter the composite team, which was named the Adelaide Football Club.[84]

"These twenty blokes, everyone whose helped us, are sensational people and all the views that you have read in the press the one thing that really matters is that there will always be a Port Adelaide Football Club."

— George Fiacchi upon accepting the 1990 Jack Oatey Medal for best on ground at the 1990 SANFL Grand Final.[85]

During December 1994, Max Basher announced that Port Adelaide had won the tender for the second South Australian AFL licence[86] on the condition that a merger take place between two existing AFL clubs to keep the league at the club limit imposed by the AFL in 1993.[87] As such, the licence would not be made available until at least 1996, and was not guaranteed.[88] With the merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy looming, the club was advised on 21 May 1996 by the AFL that they would take part in the 1997 AFL season.[89]

1997–2010: AFL entry, Mark Williams and club debt

1997 West End Showdown I G B Total
Adelaide Crows 11 6 72
Port Adelaide 11 17 83
Venue: Football Park Crowd: 47,265[90]

Following confirmation of their entry in 1997, the club began preparations to enter the league. John Cahill began the transition to the AFL, with Stephen Williams, a son of Fos Williams, taking over the SANFL coaching position from midway through the 1996 season.[91] Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad. Brownlow Medallist and 1990 Port Adelaide premiership player, Gavin Wanganeen, was signed from Essendon and made captain of a team made up of six existing Port Adelaide players, two from the Adelaide Crows, seven players from other SANFL clubs and 14 recruits from interstate. The AFL's father-son rule for the club was set at 200 games for SANFL players before 1997, compared to only 100 for Victorian clubs.[92] On 29 March 1997, Port Adelaide played its first AFL premiership match against Collingwood at the MCG, suffering a 79-point defeat.[93] It won its first AFL game in round 3 against Geelong,[94] and defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the first Showdown in round 4.[90] The club finished its first season 9th, missing the finals on percentage behind Brisbane.[95] Following the 1998 season, John Cahill retired from his coaching position.

In 1999 Mark Williams, another son of Fos Williams, took over as coach of Port Adelaide and led the club to many notable first achievements in the AFL over the next decade.[96] They earned a spot in the AFL finals for the first time in Williams's first season. They were eliminated by eventual premier, North Melbourne, by 44 points in their qualifying final.[97] Port Adelaide had a very successful 2001 season, starting with a maiden pre-season competition victory.[98] Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home and away season in third place,[99] though the club would lose both finals it contested.[100] In 2002, Port Adelaide built on its success and won its first AFL minor premiership. However, they lost to the eventual premiers, the Brisbane Lions in the preliminary final.[99] Port Adelaide continued its minor round dominance in 2003 and again claimed the minor premiership; however like the previous year, Port Adelaide was eliminated in the preliminary final.[99]

 
 
Left: 2004 club leading goalkicker, Warren Tredrea.[101]
Right: The 2004 AFL premiership was Port Adelaide's first since joining the league.[102]

The 2004 season started strongly for Port Adelaide, winning five of their first six matches. Although they lost three of their next five games,[103] the club would only lose a single game between Round 12 and the end of the minor round.[99] This resulted in the club claiming the minor premiership for third consecutive year.[99] Port Adelaide won its qualifying final against Geelong, earning a home preliminary final.[99] Port Adelaide made it through to its first AFL grand final after defeating St Kilda in a preliminary final by six points, with Gavin Wanganeen kicking the winning goal.[99] The following week Port Adelaide faced the Brisbane Lions, who were attempting to win a record-equalling fourth straight AFL premiership.[99] Port Adelaide led by 15 points at quarter time, but a strong second quarter by Brisbane meant only one point separated the sides at half time. Late in the third quarter Port Adelaide took the ascendency to lead by 17 points at three-quarter time, and dominated the final term to win by 40 points: 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73).[99] Byron Pickett was awarded with the Norm Smith Medal for being judged the best player in the match, tallying 20 disposals and kicking three goals.[104]

2004 AFL Grand Final G B Total
Port Adelaide 17 11 113
Brisbane Lions 10 13 73
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground Crowd: 77,671[105]

"Port Adelaide are the winningest team in Australia. The ol' Port Adelaide have won 36 premierships, today, at the MCG, may just be their finest hour."

— Tim Lane's statement at the conclusion of the 2004 AFL Grand Final.[106]
 
Justin Westhoff made his debut in the 2007 season, along with Robert Gray and Travis Boak[107]

Port Adelaide had limited success in the middle of the decade. In 2005, the club made the finals for the fifth consecutive season, where they contested the only Showdown final to date, with rivals Adelaide winning by 83 points.[108] In 2007, Port Adelaide finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15–7 record.[109] They reached that year's grand final, where they were defeated by Geelong by an AFL record margin of 119 points, 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44).[110]

Following their second grand final, Port Adelaide began experiencing financial troubles and also saw a decline in performance. By 2009, the club had accumulated a consolidated debt totalling $5.1 million and was unable to pay its players; they had lost $1.6 million the season before.[111] The AFL delayed giving the club financial support, instead urging it to sort out deals with SANFL as a predecessor to any league support.[112] On 20 May, Port were handed $2.5 million in debt relief by the SANFL,[111] and on 15 June were handed a $1 million grant by the AFL commission.[113] Plans for a re-merging of the two teams was rejected by the SANFL early during 2010,[114] though they eventually signed off on the proposal during November 2010.[115]

"He (Demetriou) said he could not imagine an AFL competition without Port Adelaide in it. I thought that was a really strong statement of leadership."

— Keith Thomas at a press conference upon the retirement of Andrew Demetriou.[116]

The 2010 season saw Mark Williams step down as senior coach.[117] Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after Mark Williams stood down.[118] He led the club to five wins from its final seven games.[119]

2011–present: Matthew Primus, Ken Hinkley and independence

 
In 2014, Port Adelaide returned to Adelaide Oval as its home ground for the first time since the 1976 SANFL season.

On 9 September 2010, Matthew Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years.[120] The SANFL sought to take control of Port Adelaide in 2011. Despite 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.[121] After the failure of the takeover, 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.[122] Port Adelaide suffered its worst season result in 141 years, finishing sixteenth with 3 wins for the season. Rounds 20 and 21 saw the club lose to Collingwood and Hawthorn by record margins of 138 and 165 respectively.[123] The following season, Matthew Primus stepped down from his position as coach, following a loss to Greater Western Sydney.[124]

On 8 October 2012, Ken Hinkley was announced as the new senior coach of the club. During the same week, David Koch was named chairman of the club and numerous board members were replaced.[125] The club finished the home and away season 7th on the ladder, qualifying for finals for the first time since 2007. Port travelled to Melbourne to play Collingwood at the MCG in an Elimination Final where they won by 24 points; they then lost to Geelong by 16 points the following week in a Semi-final.[126][127]

The 2014 season saw both Port Adelaide and Adelaide move their home ground from Football Park to the redeveloped Adelaide Oval.[128] Port Adelaide signed up a record 48,968 members for the 2014 season, an increase of 23% from the previous year, and averaged 44,824 at home games.[129][130] Port Adelaide finished fifth on the ladder, with a win–loss record of 14–8.[131] They hosted Richmond in the elimination finals, kicking the first seven goals of the game and leading by as much as 87 points before recording a 57-point victory.[132] After defeating Fremantle in the semi-finals, the club's season ended with a three-point loss to Hawthorn in the preliminary finals.[133]

In 2017, Port Adelaide made finals after winning 14 games to finish fifth on the ladder.[134] Port Adelaide's season came to an end in an elimination final loss to West Coast by 2 points in extra time.[135] In the 2020 AFL season, Port Adelaide qualified for the finals as minor premiers for the first time since 2004,[136] making it to the preliminary final and being defeated by eventual premiers Richmond by 6 points.[137] Port Adelaide returned to the AFL finals in the 2021 season, finishing in second place at the end of the home-and-away season and qualifying for a second consecutive preliminary final, where they were defeated by the Western Bulldogs by 71 points. Despite this, Ollie Wines became the first Port Adelaide player to win the Brownlow Medal, the league's highest individual honour, winning the award with a record-equalling tally of votes.[138]

AFLW involvement

Main article: Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)

Port Adelaide first showed interest in an AFL Women's side in 2015. The club signed Erin Phillips as their marquee player in the event that the club was admitted to the AFLW for the 2017 season. However, logistical demands related to the club's China program prevented the club from submitting a bid. The club subsequently attempted to enter a side in the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW), but this approach was rejected by the South Australian Football Commission.[139] In May 2021, the AFL Commission announced that the remaining four clubs without AFLW teams would be admitted to the competition by the end of 2023, with the clubs to bid for entry order.[140] Port Adelaide's bid to enter the competition was successful, with the AFL Commission deciding all four clubs would debut in the AFLW in the 2022/23 season.[141]

SANFL presence (Post–AFL entry)

As part of Port Adelaide's initial bid for the 1994 AFL licence, the club had no plans to maintain a presence in the SANFL.[142] After winning the tender for the licence, however, an agreement was created with the SANFL for Port Adelaide to field two separate clubs in the SANFL and AFL, at the request of the other SANFL clubs.[142] This agreement resulted in the creation of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, a separate legal entity to Port Adelaide Football Club. For the first few years after 1997, the Port Adelaide Magpies were forced to train at Ethelton to ensure they would not gain any advantage using the upgraded Alberton training facilities.[143] Additionally, Port Adelaide AFL-listed players who were not selected for the senior team were randomly drafted to SANFL clubs to play reserves matches until the two Port Adelaide entities merged.[144] This arrangement was necessitated as the other SANFL clubs did not want the reserves side to gain any use of the senior side in the AFL's resources, fearing any potential advantages would be too strong in the SANFL.[144] Australian football historian John Devaney described the forced separation of Port Adelaide's SANFL and AFL operations as being "akin to the enforced splitting up of families associated with military conquest or warfare".[145]

In response to financial trouble suffered by both Port Adelaide entities, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by former players Tim Ginever and George Fiacchi on 20 August 2010, in an effort to merge Port Adelaide's AFL and SANFL operations.[146] A website was created that claimed 50,000 signatures were needed for the merger.[147] On 16 November 2010, following approval from all nine SANFL clubs, the club formalised the off-field merger between the two entities.[115][148] On 10 September 2013, Port Adelaide and the SANFL agreed to a model to allow all its AFL-listed players (not selected to play for Port Adelaide in the AFL) to play for the SANFL side.[149][150] As part of the arrangement, the club lost its recruiting zones and could no longer field sides in the junior SANFL competitions,[149] and as a result established an 18 to 22 year old academy training team to compete in the league's reserves competition.[151] In 2018, Port Adelaide and the league jointly agreed that it would no longer field a team in the SANFL Reserves competition.[152]

Port Adelaide initially still had success in the SANFL after accession into the AFL, with the Port Adelaide Magpies winning back to back Grand Finals in 1998 and 1999.[153] However, the club would not make another grand final until the 2014 season, where it was defeated by Norwood by four points.[154] Port Adelaide featured in two further grand finals against Sturt and Glenelg, though it would be defeated in both.[155][156]

The club did not field a team in the SANFL in the 2020 season due to AFL restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic,[157] though it re-joined the competition in 2021.[158]

Club symbols and identity

Club guernseys

Captain and No. 1 guernsey

The tradition dictating that the captain of the Port Adelaide Football Club wear the number one guernsey started when Clifford Keal wore the number as club captain for the first time in 1924.[159] The tradition was cemented, at least in the view of then-secretary Charles Hayter, when in 1929 he received a letter from a junior Kilkenny player requesting a number one Port Adelaide guernsey as he had just become captain of his underage team.[160] Hayter granted the wish of the junior and provided him with a number one Port Adelaide guernsey.[160] Since 1924, there have been few exceptions to the tradition. The most notable exception was Geof Motley, who followed the captaincy of Fos Williams. Following his appointment as captain-coach, Motley elected to continue wearing the number 17, and continued to do so for the remainder of his career.[159] When Motley handed the captaincy to John Cahill in 1967, at the insistence of coach Fos Williams, the tradition of Port Adelaide captains wearing the number one guernsey resumed.[159] When co-captains were appointed for the 2019 season the No. 1 guernsey was temporarily retired.[159] It was re-instated the following season when the club returned to appointing a single captain.[161]

Number panel

 
 
Left: Harold Oliver wearing Port Adelaide's famous Wharf Pylon guernsey.
Right: Clifford Cocks wearing the first Port Adelaide guernsey with the number panel attached to the back for a trip to Western Australia in 1910.[162]

The white number panel on the back of the Port Adelaide guernsey originates from the first decade of the twentieth century when club secretary James Hodge took the club across Australia to play matches against interstate teams.[163] During the early 1900s, it was commonplace that touring teams would wear numbers, allowing spectators to identify unknown footballers.[164] Port Adelaide attached a white square to the back of its guernsey, with black numbers to be printed on the square. This design would continue to be used after the introduction of numbers into the SANFL, and was interchangeably with a black square and white numbers. The design bearing the black square eventually became the design of choice until 1928. The club introduced a 'permanent' white panel for the 1928 season, which would remain until the club was forced to merge with West Torrens during WWII. The club reintroduced the panel in 1953 and has since continuously used it in the SANFL. The panel was also present on the club's AFL guernsey until it was phased out in 2009.[165] The number panel returned to the club's guernsey in 2017.[166] The white panel is also intended to resemble the white back of a local Magpie species that is present on the badge of South Australia.[10]

'Prison Bar' guernsey

 
Woollen Fos Williams' Port Adelaide guernsey from the mid-to-late 1950s.

Historically, the black and white 'Prison Bar' guernsey, alternatively and historically known as the Wharf Pylon guernsey, has been Port Adelaide's most iconic guernsey design. The club first adopted the guernsey in the 1902 season, after having difficulty finding magenta and blue dyes that could repeatedly last the rigours of an Australian rules football match.[167] The guernsey was designed to be a literal depiction of the wharves and pylons that were prominent along the docks of Port Adelaide at the turn of the 20th century.[10] Prior to adopting the guernsey the club had won 3 premierships over 31 years. After adopting the guernsey, the club won 33 premierships and 3 Championships of Australia.[167]

"Anyone that put on the guernsey acted like the guernsey intended it to act. It wasn't built around the player wearing the guernsey. It was the guernsey using a player."

— Retired Port Adelaide player and coach Fos Williams explaining the mythology of the guernsey in 1981.[168]

The Prison Bar nickname first originated from fans of rival football clubs, in particular those of Norwood. The nickname was used in a derogatory fashion, in an attempt to liken the club to a criminal stereotype. The nickname first appeared in media in early 1993, in a match report written by former cricketer Alan Shiell.[167] The nickname was subsequently accepted by the Port Adelaide fanbase, becoming a popular nickname for the design among fans.

Upon joining the AFL, Port Adelaide, along with being required to find a new logo, song and nickname, was also forced to replace the Prison Bar guernsey because existing club Collingwood, already using the Magpie logo and nickname, also wore a similar guernsey with vertical black and white stripes.[169] A new guernsey was ultimately created, incorporating teal into its design.[170]

 
Port Adelaide's 2003 AFL Heritage Round guernsey.

Since the club's entry to the AFL, Port Adelaide has made numerous requests to the AFL to wear the Prison Bar guernsey in specific games, only some of which have been approved. The club was first granted the right to wear an AFL-approved Prison Bar guernsey (a replica of the 1914 premiership design) in the Heritage Round of the 2003 season.[167] During 2007, following controversy the year prior in which the AFL declined Port Adelaide the right to wear their heritage guernsey,[171] the AFL and Port Adelaide reached an agreement whereby the club could wear its traditional guernsey in the heritage round, 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.[172] No heritage rounds have been held since this agreement was reached.[173] In 2014, the AFL declined Port Adelaide permission to wear its traditional guernsey for celebrating of 100 years since its 1914 Championship of Australia.[174] On 2 September 2014, the AFL cleared the club to use the guernsey in their final against Richmond, following controversy about their prior decision to have Port Adelaide wear their clash strip.[175] For their 150th anniversary, the club was granted permission to wear the guernsey in its Showdown match in the 2020 season.[176] The following year, Port Adelaide requested permission to permanently wear the guernsey in all future Showdown matches, but this proposal was rejected by the AFL.[177]

Support for the guernsey remains extremely high, with the merchandise for a single game against Carlton in 2013 generating over $500,000.[178] On 9 September 2020, it was revealed that memorabilia associated with the Prison Bar guernsey raised $2,000,000 for the club in 2020 and the Prison Bar guernsey itself was the highest selling piece of merchandise in the AFL that year.[179] Towards the end of 2018, a group of supporters organised to push for the return of the club's traditional guernsey full time from the start of the 2020 AFL season, to coincide with the club's 150th anniversary year, and a supporter petition in 2019 calling for the reinstatement of the guernsey reached 10,000 signatures.[180][181] On 29 July 2021, club president David Koch revealed that, if the club wore the Prison Bar guernsey without permission, it would be deducted four premiership points along with a fine.[182] The club negotiated an agreement with Collingwood to return the guernsey for the 2023 home Showdown match.[183]

Uniform evolution

Uniform Evolution[184]
Design Period Description and history Statistics
 
 
 
 
 
 1870–1876 The recorded colours worn by the club. This guernsey was revived in 2005, during the Heritage Round.[185] Seasons: 7 – Premierships: 0
 
 
 
 1877–1883 Original full magenta uniform. Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 0
 
 
 
 
 1884–1892 Better dyes resulted in magenta appearing closer to red. Blue bib added to top of uniform. Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 2 (1884, 1890)
 
 
 
 
 
 1893–1901 Magenta and blue stripes with leather lace divider. In 2004, the team wore a heritage uniform honoring this guernsey during the Heritage Round.[185] Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 1 (1897)
 
 
 
 
 1902–present 'Prison Bar' uniform. Worn for all South Australian premierships since 1902 except for 1951. Used once in each of the 2003, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020 and 2023 AFL seasons. Seasons: 101 – Premierships: 34 (1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916*, 1917*, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999)
 
 
 
 
 1951 A one-off uniform used in the Jubilee year of Australia, given to the club by Collingwood. Seasons: 1 – Premierships: 1 (1951)
 
 
 
 
 1997–2009 Inaugural uniform in the AFL. Port Adelaide was required to incorporate teal and remove horizontal stripes by the AFL to appease Collingwood. Seasons: 13 – Premierships: 1 (2004)
 
 
 
 
 2010–present Permanently used in the AFL since 2010. Seasons: 11 – Premierships: 0

Logo evolution

 
The first Port Adelaide logo, introduced in the early 1900s
 
Port Adelaide's two joint logos for the club's AFL and SANFL teams, in use until 2019

Port Adelaide has adopted different insignia on several occasions throughout its history.

Up until 2020, all of the club's insignia in the SANFL were designed around featuring one or multiple Magpies. The original club crest, adopted in 1900, featured a tan football and magpies perched on a gum tree with a black and white striped flag on the left and the Australian Red Ensign on the right.[186] The ensign switched to blue sporadically through the 1910s before the flags were dropped in 1928.[186] From 1930 until 2019, the logo always featured a dexter (left-facing) magpie, perched upon a gum branch (1930 to 1953) or a fence wire (1954 to 1974).[186] The last Magpies-specific logo, used by the club between 1975 and 2019 in the SANFL, was situated inside a circular disc as was the case at all other SANFL clubs. It made mention of "Magpies" in the logo for the first time and was the longest standing in the club's history.[186]

Upon entering the AFL in 1997, Port were required to adopt colours and an insignia that distinguished it from Collingwood, who already had the nickname of the 'Magpies'. The club designed a new logo with a silver fist clutching a lightning bolt, in front of both a Prison Bar design and teal background, showcasing both new colours the club adopted.[186] The logo was slightly altered in 2001 with the lightning bolt and fist defined and the reference to "Port" dropped.[186] Ahead of the 2020 season, Port Adelaide's 150th anniversary, the club unveiled a commemorative logo to be worn by both the senior AFL team and reserves SANFL team. The logo features the "PA" acronym, 1870 to acknowledge the foundation year, the black-and-white prison bars, the chevron design of the AFL guernsey and a teal outline.[187] Although initially intended to be used exclusively in 2020,[188] feedback from supporters, key stakeholders and investors prompted the club to retain the logo in 2021 and beyond.[189]

Club songs

Over the years, Port Adelaide has used various songs and music at its games. The club has had two main official songs in the SANFL and one in the AFL, in addition to other songs representing the club unofficially. In its first season during 1870 the club invited local brass bands to play during the club's first games at Glanville.[190] In 1882 a song based on Harry Clifton's "Work, Boys, Work (and be contented)" was written for the club as a tribute to the recently retired player Thomas Smith.[191] Following the end of the First World War, the club adopted the song was "The Pride of Port Adelaide is my football team". The song remained in use until 1971,[192] when Port Adelaide secretary Bob McLean decided to change the club song to "Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White" after hearing the South Melbourne Football Club's song based on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team's "Victory March".[193] As Sydney was already using the Notre Dame Victory March when Port Adelaide entered the AFL, the club was forced to find a new song. "Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White" is still used by the club in the SANFL competition.[194]

Due to the club's need for a new song upon their entry to the AFL, Port Adelaide adopted "Power to Win", written for the club by Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek. The song was first played at AFL level after Port Adelaide's win against Geelong in Round 3, 1997 at Football Park.[195] Since 2016, an alternative Pitjantjatjara language version of the song ('Nganana wanangara kanyini' – literally, 'We have the lightning bolt') has been used by the club on occasions such as Indigenous Round.[196] As the club's official nickname was shortened to 'The Power', rather than the original 'Port Power'. the line in the song "..til the flag is ours for the taking, Port Power!" was eventually changed, removing the word 'Port' and the song was re-recorded.

Since March 2014, Port Adelaide has used "Never Tear Us Apart" by the Australian band INXS as the club's unofficial anthem leading up to the opening bounce at its new home of Adelaide Oval.[197][198] The song is used as a reference to the various and unique difficulties the club faced when trying to enter the AFL, primarily in regards to the separation of its SANFL and AFL operations.[199][200] Port Adelaide's use of the song stemmed from a trip the club took to Anfield in November 2012 while they were in England to play an exhibition match against the Western Bulldogs.[200] Seeing the Anfield crowd's rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone", Matthew Richardson, Port's general manager of marketing and consumer business, sought to replicate the pre-match experience. During a meeting in mid 2013, the idea of an anthem was raised; various songs were suggested, including "Power and the Passion" by Midnight Oil and "Power to the People" by John Schumann. "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS was suggested by Port Adelaide's events manager, Tara MacLeod,[200] and the song was accepted, as it resonated with the Power's history: when the Power entered the AFL in 1997, it was forced to cut ties with its traditional base, the Port Adelaide Magpies, forming separate administrations and causing division amongst supporters.[200] Initially the song was introduced to coincide with the 60-second countdown before the start of a match, with the music playing over the top of a video montage. The song proved to be a success among the fans, with them adopting the song as well as raising scarves above their heads as the song was being sung.[200][201]

Home grounds

Glanville Hall Estate/Buck's Flat (1870–1879)

After foundation, it was decided by the inaugural president of Port Adelaide, John Hart Jr., that the club's home ground would be Glanville Hall Estate, a property owned by his immediate family.[4][202] The area in which the teams played was often referred to as 'Buck's Flat'. The club was forced to cease using the ground following 1879, as the property was sold at an auction.[203]

Alberton Oval (1880–present)

Main article: Alberton Oval

Alberton Oval has been Port Adelaide's home ground in the SANFL since 1880, excluding 1975 and 1976.[204] Following the end of its operations at Glanville Hall, Port Adelaide was forced to find a new ground to operate from. It was decided that the club would use Alberton Oval for the 1880 season. On 15 May 1880, Port Adelaide played its first match at Alberton Oval.[205] The following year, the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the sum of 10 shillings a year.[206] The oval is also used for training purposes for both AFL and SANFL operations, aside from 1997 through 2001 when SANFL training temporarily moved to Ethelton.[143]

In 1975 and 1976, Port Adelaide was temporarily locked out of the ground following a dispute between the Port Adelaide Council, the SANFL and the Club over seating arrangements at the ground. The club usually split its seating revenue 50/50 with the SANFL during this time period, an arrangement the SANFL held with each club. However, the Port Adelaide Council wanted to take 50% of all game day revenue, leaving the remaining half to the two to split between themselves. In 1975, the SANFL refused to accept the offer for the ground provided by the council, resulting in the temporary suspension of Port Adelaide's lease on the ground. This prevented Port Adelaide from playing any games at the venue and, the following year, training at the venue. With the 1977 season pending, the issues between the council and the club were resolved and the club was permitted to return that year.[207]

The ground possesses two notable grandstands named after individuals important to the club. The Fos Williams Family Stand is the oldest remaining structure at Alberton Oval, first constructed in 1903.[208] The other grandstand, the Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand, was first opened in 1972.[209] The ground also has the bordering Allan Scott Power Headquarters for the administration of Port Adelaide, which opened in 1999 and is named after the club's initial major sponsor.[210]

Football Park (1997–2013)

Main article: Football Park

Port Adelaide first played at Football Park on 15 June 1974.[211] Despite not being officially recognised as a 'home ground' in the SANFL, it hosted night matches for every team,[212] as well as all finals between 1974 and 2014 regardless of 'home' team.[213] During 1975 and 1976, Port Adelaide sold some of their home games (to be played at their temporary home, Adelaide Oval) to Football Park.[207]

Upon the club's entry to the AFL, fellow South Australian club Adelaide was already using the ground for their home matches. Port Adelaide was assigned the ground as its home venue, alongside its existing tenants.[214] Port Adelaide's first official AFL match at the ground was on 6 April 1997, where they were defeated by Essendon by 33 points.[215]

Planned upgrades to the stadium were cancelled following news that Port Adelaide, alongside both Adelaide and the SANFL, would make use of Adelaide Oval from 2014 onward, as it had been recently redeveloped.[216] It hosted its final AFL match on the 31st of August that year, where Port Adelaide was defeated by a point by Carlton.[214] The ground remains the headquarters of Adelaide, though features such as the ground's grandstands have been demolished.[217]

Adelaide Oval (2014–present)

Main article: Adelaide Oval

Since 2014, Adelaide Oval has been the home ground of Port Adelaide's AFL team, shared with Adelaide.[218]

Adelaide Oval has historically been used for SANFL Finals (until 1974) and the Championship of Australia match. During the 1975 and 1976 seasons, Port Adelaide's SANFL Team was forced to play out of the ground following their dispute with the local council, using it for both match day playing and training purposes over the period.[207] Its role as the primary venue for SANFL finals was supplanted by Football Park in 1974, following disagreements between the SANFL and South Australian Cricket Association (SACA).[219]

Following extensive redevelopment in the early 2010s and negotiations between the SANFL and SACA over the use of the ground,[220] the ground was cleared for football usage purposes, allowing Port Adelaide to use the ground as its home ground from the 2014 season onwards.[221] Port Adelaide also played the first official AFL match at the venue in 2011 against Melbourne.[222]

Adelaide Oval has two notable stands named after significant Port Adelaide individuals, the Fos Williams Stand, and the Gavin Wanganeen Stand. Both were named after the redevelopment of the Eastern Stand at the ground, and are featured alongside other famous individuals from the SANFL and Adelaide.[223]

Club creed

Fos Williams authored the club's creed in 1962.[224]

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 that there is great merit and noble achievement in winning a Premiership. That to be successful, each and every one 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 after striving to our utmost, after giving our everything still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this club's enviable tradition.
Finally, we concede 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.

Fos Williams

Rivalries

AFL

Adelaide

Main article: Showdown (AFL)

Port Adelaide has a fierce rivalry with fellow South Australian AFL team Adelaide. Matches between the two teams are known as the 'Showdown'.[225] The rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is often considered to be among the best rivalries in the Australian Football League, with Malcolm Blight, Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend, stating in 2009 that "there is no doubt it is the greatest rivalry in football."[226] The Showdown rivalry also significantly draws upon the bitter, winner take all, competition for the two South Australian licences to join the AFL in the 1980s and early 1990s.[227]

Brisbane Lions

This rivalry dates back to 1997, the inaugural season of Port Adelaide and the newly merged Brisbane Lions. In their early days, the two clubs had multiple close encounters, with a draw in two of their first three meetings.[228] In the early 2000s, the rivalry reached its peak as the two clubs would be the most dominant of the era, meeting in multiple finals and consistently finishing at the top of the ladder from 2001 to 2004.[229][230] Notable encounters include a Round 22 match in 2002 to determine the minor premiership that year, which Port Adelaide won by a single goal, and a Round 17 match in 2003 with 7 lead changes in the final quarter, which Port Adelaide won by a point.[228] The rivalry culminated with the 2004 AFL Grand Final, where Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane to win their first premiership, and end Brisbane's chance to win a fourth consecutive. The rivalry has since died down.[231]

SANFL

Norwood

Main article: Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry
 
Norwood and Port Adelaide playing in the 1921 SAFL Grand Final.

The rivalry between Port Adelaide and the Norwood Football Club is one of the longest standing rivalries in South Australian league football.[232] The two clubs met for the first time in 1878, where Port Adelaide hosted Norwood, with the visitors winning 1–0.[233] However, the rivalry between the two clubs would first begin in 1882, where Port Adelaide's first win over Norwood was controversially overruled by the league, with a follow-up game overshadowed by a misunderstanding at the gate which almost prevented Norwood players accessing the venue.[234]

The clubs met in 14 Grand Finals prior to Port Adelaide's accession into the AFL and share over 60 premierships between them.[232] In 1884, Port Adelaide won the premiership, bringing Norwood's run of six premierships in a row to an end.[235] In 1960, Norwood brought Port Adelaide's own record run of six premierships to an end defeating them by 27 points in the 1960 Preliminary Final.[236] They have met in three Grand Finals following Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL, with Port Adelaide winning in 1999 and Norwood winning in 1997 and 2014.[237] The two clubs are the only clubs in any of the elite Australian Rules Football leagues (the SANFL, WAFL, and VFL/AFL) to win six successive premierships.[238][239]

Playing lists

See also: List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (Pre AFL entry) and List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (Post AFL entry)
Port Adelaide Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  •   Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 18 April 2023
Source(s): [240]

SANFL

Port Adelaide SANFL squad
SANFL list[b] Coaching Staff
  • Cameron Sutcliffe
  • Dylan Aldridge
  • Preston Cockatoo-Collins
  • Oliver Cheesman
  • Miller Carter
  • Hugh Ferrari
  • Will Ferrari
  • Jed Hagan
  • Brayden Kirk
  • Jackson Lee
  • Charlie McArthur
  • Nick Moore
  • Ethan Miller
  • Will Francou
  • Brodie Motlop
  • Ethan Moore
  • Murphy Short
  • Cody Szust
  • Aidan Turner
  • Jake Weidemann
  • Campbell Wildman
  • Anthony Wilson

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 30 March 2023
Source(s): [241]

  1. ^ Behinds did not contribute to scoring until 1897.
  2. ^ Port Adelaide AFL-listed players (not selected to play AFL) are allowed to play for the SANFL squad.

Corporate

Guernsey sponsors
Period Front sponsor Back sponsor
1978–79 Lensworth Finance
1980–82 Jetspress
1983–87 Standard Chartered
1988 Standard Chartered
1989–91
1992 Alpine Retreat
1993 Bee-Jays Roadlink
1994 Seaton Hotel Cash Converters
1995–96 Scott's Transport[242]
1997–07 Vodafone[243]
2008–09 Bianco Construction & Industrial Supplies[244]
2010 MyATM[245] AussieATM[246]
2011 Soaring Securities[247]
2012 VIP Home Services[248] Foodbank [249]
2013 Renault[250] VIP Home Services
2014–16 EnergyAustralia[251] Renault
2017 OAK[252]
2018 OAK
2019 GFG Alliance[253]
2020–21 MG Motor[253]

Administrative positions

Sponsors

Current major sponsors

Key China game sponsors

Apparel sponsors

Supporters

 
Sammy Lunn was a famous Port Adelaide supporter during the 1910s and 1920s who would shout rhymes at games. He was also a celebrated fundraiser for returned servicemen.[259]

The Port Adelaide Football Club has historically drawn its supporter base in the region of Port Adelaide. Since the club's entry to the AFL, support for the club had increased within suburbs of Adelaide – notably, the northern suburbs.[260] It has also experienced growth in regional South Australia.[261]

Port Adelaide has many supporter groups from all around Australia, with every state and territory except Tasmania having an officially recognised supporter group. Among these, the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad, the official supporter group from Adelaide, creates banners to be used by the club and has official seating to cheer at home games.[262] There are also a number of unofficial supporter groups who perform activities for the club and its fans, such as the Outer Army and the Alberton Crowd.[263][264]

Number-one ticket holders

Membership and attendance

Membership & Attendance
Year Membership Ladder position Home crowds[268]
AFL audited Change Average Rank Change
Minor round Finals
2005[269] 36,834 N/A 8th 6th 30,691 11 / 16   1,015
2006[270] 35,648   1,184 13th – 26,651 16 / 16   4,040
2007[271] 34,073   1,575 2nd 2nd 29,944 12 / 16   4,293
2008[272] 34,185   112 13th – 23,842 16 / 16   6,102
2009[273] 30,605   3,580 10th – 24,349 16 / 16   507
2010[274] 29,092   1,513 10th – 23,044 16 / 16   1,305
2011[275] 32,581   3,489 16th – 21,676 15 / 17   1,190
2012[276] 35,543   1,003 14th – 19,911 16 / 18   3,155
2013[277] 39,838   3,383 7th 5th 26,915 13 / 18   7,004
2014[278] 48,968   9,130 5th 3rd 44,521 4 / 18   17,514
2015[279] 54,057   5,089 9th – 43,749 4 / 18   680
2016[280] 53,743   314 10th – 39,665 4 / 18   4,048
2017[281] 52,129   1,614 5th 7th 38,136 6 / 18   1,529
2018[282] 54,386   2,257 10th – 38,227 8 / 18   91
2019[283] 51,951   2,435 10th – 33,950 8 / 18   4,277
2020[284] 46,820   5,131 1st 3rd 9,469[a] 5 / 18   24,481
2021[285] 56,532   9,712 2nd 3rd 32,080[a] 4 / 18   22,611
2022 58,643   2,111 11th – 29,693 9 / 18   2,387

Partnerships

Indigenous community

 
Richie Bray is Port Adelaide's first known Indigenous premiership player.[286]

The Port Adelaide Football Club has a long-standing connection to the indigenous community. Initial club president John Hart Jr., alongside his father, were the founders of The Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company in Port Adelaide, which employed Kaurna people alongside non-indigenous workers as early as the 1850s.[287] John Hart Sr. advocated for other settlers to refrain from killing and eating black swans as they were a totem of the Kaurna people.[287] Harry Hewitt was named in Port Adelaide's side when they defeated Fitzroy by two goals on Adelaide Oval in 1891 and is the club's first known Indigenous Australian player.[288] During the 1950s, St Francis House in Glanville housed young indigenous boys, many of whom played for Port Adelaide.[289] Richie Bray became the club's first known Indigenous player to win a premiership, featuring in the 1962, 1963 and 1965 premierships winning teams.[286]

Port Adelaide has been represented by 62 indigenous players across the SANFL and AFL competitions throughout its history.[290] Upon the club's entry to the AFL in 1997, the club appointed its first Indigenous captain in Gavin Wanganeen.[291] Wanganeen would later become the first indigenous player in the AFL to play 300 games, and the first indigenous player to join the board of an AFL club.[292]

In 2008, the club started the Aboriginal Power Cup to help promote academic and healthy outcomes for indigenous students in South Australia.[293]

China partnership

 
 
Left: China partnership banner displayed at a Port Adelaide home game at Adelaide Oval.
Right: Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai where Port Adelaide played an annual fixture between 2017 and 2019.

On 14 April 2016, Port Adelaide announced it had struck a three-year multimillion-dollar partnership with leading Chinese property developer Shanghai Cred, where Port Adelaide would take primary responsibility for developing Australian rules football in China. This involved the club holding annual training camps and providing sponsorship in China, as well as producing AFL programs and broadcasting games in the country via China Central Television and other networks.[294][295] The same day, it was revealed by then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Port Adelaide had an intention to play an in-season AFL match in China.[296] As part of the partnership, Port Adelaide also agreed to annually run an Australian rules football program in over 20 Chinese schools, culminating in a football carnival the same week the AFL premiership match is held in Shanghai.[297]

The first AFL game played for premiership points was played in May 2017 between the Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide.[298] In October 2018, the AFL announced St Kilda would be taking over from the Gold Coast Suns in the China fixture, with Gold Coast citing guernsey disagreements as a reason for exiting the deal.[299] In 2019, 4.01 million people watched the match between Port Adelaide and St Kilda.[300] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 AFL seasons.[301][302]

Club honour boards

Honour Board

See also: List of Port Adelaide Football Club coaches and List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains

In the Port Adelaide clubrooms at Alberton Oval there is a large wooden honour board with gold text that details every season of the club from 1870 to the present.[303]

Port Adelaide Football Club Honour Board[304][305]
Year Position Minor
Rounds 		% Finals Chairman CEO Coach Captain Best & Fairest Leading
Goalkicker
Interclub Matches
1870 Third 0–1–2 50 No
Finals
Held 		J.Hart R.Leicester J.Wald J.Wald J.Wald J.Wald 2
1871 Third 0–2–2 33 J.Hart G.Ireland F.Stone F.Stone F.Stone Unknown 1
1872 Second 0–1–2 0 J.Hart G.Ireland G.Ireland G.Ireland N/A N/A 0
1873 Second 1–2–0 25 J.Hart F.Ireland H.Sparnon H.Sparnon
G.Middleton		 S.Tyzack S.Tyzack 1
1874 Second 2–3–1 100 J.Hart F.Ireland J.Rann J.Rann
C.Wells		 N/A N/A 0
1875 Second 3–3–1 140 J.Hart F.Ireland R.Sandilands R.Sandilands H.Ford H.Ford
Mr.Warren 		2
1876 Fifth 2–6–0 38 J.Hart C.Wells W.Fletcher W.Fletcher E.Le Messuier S.Tyzack2
J.Rann
E.Le Messuier 		1
South Australian Football Association era
1877 Fourth 9–4–2 177 No
Finals
Held		 J.Hart C.Wells W.Fletcher W.Fletcher T.Smith A.Le Messuier 5
1878 Second 5–2–4 400 J.Hart C.Wells W.Fletcher W.Fletcher T.Smith2 E.Le Messuier
J.Carter 		3
1879 Second 5–2–2 183 J.Hart C.Wells W.Fletcher W.Fletcher T.Smith3 E.Le Messuier2 4
Alberton Oval acquired
1880 Sixth 3–3–5 89 No
Finals
Held		 J.Formby J.W.Channon J.A.Atkins J.A.Atkins
J.Carter		 J.Sidoli E.Le Messuier3 3
1881 Fifth 2–6–5 43 J.Formby E.Le Messuier
J.Carter 		J.Sandilands J.Sandilands J.Sidoli2 H.Watt 6
1882 Third 7–7–0 157 J.Formby E.C.Le Messuier C.Kellett H.Frayne
C.Kellett 		J.Munro G.Slatter 6
1883 Second 7–5–2 114 J.Formby E.C.Le Messuier R.Turpenny E.Le Messuier
R.Turpenny		 R.Kirkpatrick J.Litchfield✪ 13
1884 ⚑ First 11–2–2 252 J.Formby E.C.Le Messuier R.Turpenny R.Turpenny C.Kellett
G.Cairns		 R.Roy✪ 25
1885 Third 6–8–1 120 J.Formby E.C.Le Messuier R.Turpenny R.Turpenny
C.Kellett		 M.Coffee R.Roy2 13
1886 Fourth
Wooden Spoon 		3–11–1 64 J.Formby J.Litchfield J.McGargill W.Bushby C.Fry M.Coffee
C.Fry 		6
1887 Second 12–3–2 239 J.Formby E.C.Le Messuier J.McGargill W.Bushby W.Bushby
R.Walsh		 A.Bushby 22
1888 Second 14–2–1 280 J.Formby J.Sweeney J.McGargill W.Bushby H.Phillips H.Phillips 24
1889 Second 14–2–1 385 0–1–0 J.Formby R.Cruickshank J.McGargill W.Bushby G.Hamilton C.Fry2✪ 32
1890 ⚑ First
Champions of Australia 		16–2–0 388 No
Finals
Held		 J.Formby R.Cruickshank J.McGargill K.McKenzie C.Fry2 J.McKenzie✪ 54
1891 Second 12–4–0 288 J.Formby R.Cruickshank
A.Bushby 		J.McGargill K.McKenzie H.Phillips2 J.McKenzie2 37
1892 Second 11–4–1 193 J.Formby J.Sweeney J.McGargill K.McKenzie H.Phillips3 A.McKenzie 43
1893 Third 10–6–2 202 J.Cleave J.Sweeney J.McGargill K.McKenzie W.Murray
H.Phillips4		 A.McKenzie2 59
1894 Third 9–9–0 114 J.Cleave J.Sweeney J.McGargill K.McKenzie A.Miers A.McKenzie3 36
1895 Third 8–7–1 141 W.Fisher J.Sweeney J.McGargill A.Miers O.L'Estage A.McKenzie4 25
1896 Fifth
Wooden Spoon 		4–13–1 69 W.Fisher
C.Tucker 		H.Hills J.McGargill K.McKenzie G.Linklater A.Lees 19
Modern Scoring System Adopted
1897 ⚑ First 14–2–1 266 No
Finals
Held		 W.Fisher
C.Tucker 		H.Hills J.McGargill K.McKenzie K.McKenzie A.Lees2✪ 26
Regular SAFA Grand Finals commence
1898 Second 11–5–0 199 1–1–0 W.Fisher H.Hills
J.Sweeney 		J.McGargill K.McKenzie A.Hosie W.Stark 31
1899 Third 9–5–0 155 – W.Fisher J.Sweeney J.McGargill H.Phillips S.Malin★ W.Stark2 13
1900 Fifth
Wooden Spoon 		2–12–0 66 – W.Fisher J.Sweeney J.McGargill H.Phillips
G.Davis		 J.Quinn H.Tompkins 16
Federation of Australia
1901 Second 12–6–0 131 0–1–0 R.Cruickshank J.Sweeney J.McGargill A.Hosie E.Strawns J.Quinn 27
1902 Disqualified 10–2–0 198 DSQ W.Mattinson J.Sweeney J.McGargill A.Hosie L.Corston M.Healy 25
1903 ⚑ First 10–1–1 248 2–1–0 W.Mattinson J.Sweeney J.McGargill A.Hosie J.Tompkins J.Tompkins 40
1904 Second 10–1–1 173 0–2–0 W.Mattinson J.Sweeney J.McGargill A.Hosie
J.Quinn		 L.Corston J.Tompkins2 28
1905 Second 9–3–0 170 1–1–0 W.Mattinson J.Sweeney J.McGargill J.Quinn J.Quinn2 J.Mathison✪ 30
1906 ⚑ First 11–1–0 213 1–1–0 W.Mattinson J.Hodge J.McGargill J.Fletcher
L.Cortson		 E.Strawns2 J.Mathison2✪ 42
South Australian Football League era
1907 Second 10–2–0 192 1–2–0 W.Mattinson J.Hodge J.McGargill L.Corston J.Mack★ J.Quinn2✪ 32
1908 Third 8–4–0 137 0–1–0 W.Mattinson J.Hodge J.McGargill E.Strawns
M.Donaghy		 S.Dickson J.Mathison3✪ 33
1909 Second 9–3–0 134 0–2–0 W.Mattinson J.Hodge A.Hosie M.Donaghy S.Dickson2 A.Congear 12
1910 ⚑ First
Champions of Australia 		11–2–0 150 3–0–0 W.Mattinson J.Hodge A.Hosie J.Woollard S.Hosking★ F.Hansen 46
1911 Second 11–1–0 171 1–2–0 R.Cruickshank J.Hodge M.Donaghy
J.Woollard		 G.Dempster H.Oliver F.Hansen2✪ 41
1912 Second 12–0–0 205 1–2–0 R.Cruickshank J.Hodge S.Hosking C.Cocks
S.Hosking		 H.Oliver2 F.Hansen3✪ 37
1913 ⚑ First
Champions of Australia 		10–2–0 160 2–0–0 A.Benson J.Hodge J.Londrigan J.Londrigan H.Eaton F.Hansen4✪ 39
1914 ⚑ First
Champions of Australia
Defeated SA state team 		12–0–0 209 2–0–0 A.Benson J.Hodge J.Londrigan J.Londrigan J.Ashley J.Dunn✪ 33
1915 Second 9–2–1 175 0–2–0 A.Benson J.Hodge A.McFarlane A.McFarlane H.Eaton2 A.Congear2 21
South Australian Patriotic League (World War I)
1916 ⚑ First 9–1–0 246 2–0–0 C.Tyler S.Gill
D.Shand 		H.Eaton S.Hosking2 J.Hayman 40
1917 ⚑ First 8–1–0 164 1–0–0 J.Adams C.Tyler H.Eaton J.Hayman2 39
1918 Third 11–3–1 123 1–1–0 C.Tyler H.Eaton
Resumption of South Australian Football League
1919 Fourth 6–5–1 127 0–1–0 A.Benson C.Tyler F.Hansen H.Pope
A.McFarlane		 J.Ashley2 L.Lackman✪ 26
1920 Third 8–4–0 119 0–1–0 A.Benson C.Tyler F.Hansen J.Robertson
A.Olds		 C.Adams E.Dewar 24
1921 ⚑ First 12–2–0 182 1–1–1 A.Benson C.Tyler S.Hosking H.Oliver C.Adams2★ M.Allingham 43
1922 Fifth 7–7–0 101 – H.Skipper C.Tyler S.Howie S.Howie C.Dayman M.Allingham2 47
1923 Seventh 5–9–0 99 – H.Skipper A.McKelvie C.Dayman C.Dayman L.Dayman M.Allingham3 42
1924 Fourth 9–5–0 121 0–1–0 H.Skipper A.McKelvie A.Hosie C.Keal L.Dayman2 M.Allingham4 28
1925 Third 10–4–0 127 0–1–0 H.Skipper A.McKelvie A.Hosie C.Keal P.Bampton★ H.Logan 56
1926 Third 10–4–0 123 0–1–0 P.Cherry A.McKelvie M.Allingham M.Allingham L.Hodge H.Logan2 36
South Australian National Football League era
1927 Third 10–7–0 118 0–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking P.Bampton C.Keal H.Logan3 66
1928 ⚑ First 14–3–0 119 1–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking V.Johnson L.Dayman3 L.Dayman 41
1929 Second 13–4–0 156 2–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking V.Johnson E.Mucklow L.Dayman2✪ 86
1930 Second 10–6–1 116 2–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking V.Johnson V.Johnson L.Dayman3 89
1931 Third 14–3–0 127 0–2–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking V.Johnson M.Allingham L.Dayman4 70
1932 Fourth 10–7–0 99 0–1–0 C.Gun C.Hayter S.Ween S.Ween E.Mucklow2 N.Hender 55
1933 Fifth 9–7–1 104 – C.Gun C.Hayter H.Dewar S.Ween J.Dermody N.Hender2 48
1934 Second 10–6–1 121 1–1–0 C.Gun C.Hayter L.Ashby V.Johnson A.Hollingworth J.Prideaux 73
1935 Second 12–5–0 125 1–1–0 C.Gun C.Hayter L.Ashby R.Johnson J.Dermody2 J.Prideaux2 95
1936 ⚑ First 14–3–0 127 2–1–0 C.Gun C.Hayter S.Hosking J.Dermody A.Hollingworth2 J.Prideaux3 86
1937 ⚑ First 13–4–0 131 2–0–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking J.Dermody R.Quinn R.Quinn 51
1938 Second 10–7–0 118 2–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking N.Hender R.Quinn2★ A.Hollingworth 45
1939 ⚑ First 13–4–0 126 2–0–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter R.Quinn R.Quinn A.Reval H.Abbott 49
1940 Third 14–3–0 118 0–2–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter R.Quinn
A.Reval		 R.Quinn
A.Reval		 R.Schumann A.McLean 47
1941 Fourth 11–5–1 106 0–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter A.Reval A.Reval J.Skelley A.McLean2 62
Temporary Geographical merger with West Torrens (World War II)
1942 ⚑ First 7–5–0 103 2–0–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking L.Roberts N/A M.Shaw 42
1943 Second 10–2–0 135 1–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter S.Hosking L.Roberts N/A M.Shaw2 55
1944 Second 12–1–0 133 0–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter M.Drury L.Roberts N/A M.Shaw3 69
Competition returns to unaligned clubs
1945 Second 15–2–0 133 1–1–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter R.Quinn R.Quinn R.Quinn3★ R.Quinn2 51
1946 Second 12–5–0 121 1–2–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter R.Quinn R.Quinn L.Roberts K.Jolly 46
1947 Third 14–3–0 131 0–2–0 P.Cherry C.Hayter R.Quinn R.Quinn R.Quinn4 A.McLean3✪ 80
1948 Seventh 13–4–0 86 – P.Cherry C.Hayter
L.Dayman 		L.Roberts L.Roberts R.Russell A.McLean4 48
1949 Sixth 7–10–0 94 – P.Cherry A.McLean J.McCarthy R.Schumann R.Russell2 L.Zucker 51
1950 Third 12–5–0 113 1–1–0 W.Baudinet A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams F.Williams F.Williams 40
1951 ⚑ First 17–1–0 156 2–0–0 W.Baudinet A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams R.Russell3 N.Clark 37
1952 Third 13–4–0 149 0–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams R.Whitaker R.Clift 26
1953 Second 15–3–0 144 1–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams H.McDonald R.Whitaker 35
1954 ⚑ First 15–3–0 147 2–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams R.Clift T.Garland 44
1955 ⚑ First 13–4–0 132 2–1–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams F.Williams2 F.Williams2 35
1956 ⚑ First 17–1–0 187 2–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams E.Whelan R.Johns✪ 70
1957 ⚑ First 15–2–1 170 2–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams N.Hayes R.Johns2 77
1958 ⚑ First 13–5–0 146 3–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams F.Williams G.Motley R.Johns3✪ 55
1959 ⚑ First 17–1–0 160 2–1–0 B.Harvey A.McLean G.Motley G.Motley G.Motley2 W.Dittmar✪ 74
1960 Third 14–4–0 148 0–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean G.Motley G.Motley N.Hayes2 W.Dittmar2✪ 69
1961 Third 15–4–0 141 0–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean G.Motley G.Motley J.Potter R.Johns4 54
1962 ⚑ First 17–2–0 156 0–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams G.Motley P.Obst R.Johns5 76
1963 ⚑ First 13–7–0 152 2–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams G.Motley G.Motley3 R.Johns6✪ 54
1964 Second 17–3–0 183 1–1–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams G.Motley J.Potter2 J.Potter 30
1965 ⚑ First 17–3–0 129 2–0–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams G.Motley G.Motley4 E.Freeman 74
1966 Second 14–6–0 143 1–1–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams G.Motley J.Cahill E.Freeman2✪ 81
1967 Second 14–6–0 134 2–1–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill J.Potter3 E.Freeman3 74
1968 Second 15–5–0 139 1–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill J.Cahill2 R.Ebert 44
1969 Sixth 9–11–0 92 – B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill J.Potter4 M.Dittmar 28
1970 Third 17–2–1 150 0–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill J.Cahill3 E.Freeman4 75
1971 Second 16–5–0 138 1–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill R.Ebert★ E.Freeman5 50
1972 Second 15–6–0 122 1–2–0 B.Harvey A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill R.Ebert2 M.James 62
1973 Fifth 11–10–0 105 0–1–0 K.Duthie A.McLean F.Williams J.Cahill J.Cahill4 J.Cahill 59
1974 Third 18–3–1 123 1–2–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill R.Ebert R.Ebert3★ D.Cahill 54
1975 Third 12–6–0 123 2–1–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill R.Ebert P.Woite★ T.Evans 64
1976 Second 17–4–0 135 1–1–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill R.Ebert R.Ebert4★ R.Gerlach 90
1977 ⚑ First 17–4–1 146 2–0–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill R.Ebert R.Ebert5 T.Evans2✪ 88
1978 Third 14–8–0 111 2–1–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill R.Ebert S.Clifford T.Evans3✪ 90
1979 ⚑ First 14–8–0 112 3–0–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill B.Cunningham M.Faletic T.Evans4 82
1980 ⚑ First 19–2–1 188 2–0–0 K.Duthie A.McLean J.Cahill B.Cunningham S.Clifford2 T.Evans5✪ 146
1981 ⚑ First 15–7–0 122 3–0–0 K.Duthie R.Taylor J.Cahill B.Cunningham R.Ebert6 T.Evans6✪ 98
1982 Third 16–5–1 127 0–2–0 K.Duthie R.Taylor J.Cahill B.Cunningham C.Bradley T.Evans7✪ 125
1983 Sixth 9–12–0 91 – K.Duthie R.Taylor R.Ebert R.Ebert S.Clifford3 T.Evans8 63
1984 Second 17–5–0 127 1–1–0 K.Duthie I.McKenzie R.Ebert R.Ebert C.Bradley2 T.Evans9 137
1985 Seventh 8–14–0 88 – K.Duthie I.McKenzie R.Ebert R.Ebert C.Bradley3 T.Evans10 96
1986 Fourth 13–9–0 103 0–2–0 B.Weber I.McKenzie R.Ebert R.Johnston M.Leslie D.Smith 49
1987 Fourth 15–7–0 112 0–2–0 B.Weber I.McKenzie R.Ebert R.Johnston B.Abernethy D.Smith2 71
1988 ⚑ First 16–6–0 127 3–0–0 B.Weber I.McKenzie J.Cahill R.Johnston G.Phillips S.Hodges 74
1989 ⚑ First 18–4–0 139 3–0–0 B.Weber R.Clayton J.Cahill R.Johnston R.Johnston S.Hodges2 79
1990 ⚑ First 17–3–0 150 2–1–0 B.Weber R.Clayton J.Cahill R.Johnston S.Hodges★ S.Hodges3✪ 153
1991 Fifth 14–8–0 109 0–1–0 B.Weber R.Clayton J.Cahill G.Phillips P.Northeast D.Borlase 25
1992 ⚑ First 18–4–0 137 2–0–0 B.Weber B.Cunningham J.Cahill G.Phillips N.Buckley★ M.Tylor✪ 97
1993 Third 15–5–0 118 1–2–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham J.Cahill G.Phillips T.Bond M.Tylor2✪ 90
1994 ⚑ First 15–7–0 131 3–1–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham J.Cahill T.Ginever T.Ginever S.Hodges4✪ 130
1995 ⚑ First 16–6–0 131 3–0–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham J.Cahill T.Ginever R.West M.Tylor3 53
1996 ⚑ First 13–7–0 129 3–1–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham
R.Clayton
D.Hutton 		J.Cahill
S.Williams		 T.Ginever S.Hodges2 S.Hodges5 117
Australian Football League era
(see also continued SANFL presence)
1997 Ninth 10–11–1 92 – G.Boulton B.Cunningham J.Cahill G.Wanganeen D.Mead S.Cummings 70
1998 Tenth 9–12–1 96 – G.Boulton B.Cunningham J.Cahill G.Wanganeen A.Kingsley W.Tredrea 33
1999 Seventh 12–10–0 90 0–1–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams G.Wanganeen S.Paxman W.Tredrea2 40
2000 Fourteenth 7–14–1 84 – G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams G.Wanganeen B.Montgomery W.Tredrea3 32
2001 Fifth 16–6–0 129 0–2–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams M.Primus W.Tredrea W.Tredrea4 51
2002 Third 18–4–0 132 1–2–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams M.Primus M.Primus S.Dew 51
2003 Fourth 18–4–0 127 1–2–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams M.Primus G.Wanganeen W.Tredrea5 58
2004 ⚑ First
AFL Premiers 		17–5–0 132 3–0–0 G.Boulton B.Cunningham M.Williams M.Primus
W.Tredrea 		W.Tredrea2 W.Tredrea6 81
2005 Sixth 11–10–1 98 1–1–0 G.Boulton J.James M.Williams M.Primus W.Tredrea3 W.Tredrea7 65
2006 Twelfth 8–14–0 89 – G.Boulton J.James M.Williams W.Tredrea B.Lade J.Mahoney 29
2007 Second 15–7–0 113 2–1–0 G.Boulton J.James M.Williams W.Tredrea K.Cornes B.Ebert 56
2008 Thirteenth 7–15–0 96 – G.Boulton J.James
M.Haysman 		M.Williams W.Tredrea K.Cornes2 D.Motlop 57
2009 Tenth 9–13–0 89 – B.Duncanson M.Haysman M.Williams D.Cassisi W.Tredrea4 W.Tredrea8 51
2010 Tenth 10–12–0 82 – B.Duncanson M.Haysman M.Williams
M.Primus		 D.Cassisi K.Cornes3 J.Schulz 33
2011 Sixteenth 3–19–0 65 – B.Duncanson M.Haysman
K.Thomas 		M.Primus D.Cassisi T.Boak
J.Trengove		 R.Gray 32
2012 Fourteenth 5–16–1 79 – B.Duncanson
D.Koch 		K.Thomas M.Primus
G.Hocking		 D.Cassisi K.Cornes4 J.Schulz2 42
2013 Fifth 12–10–0 102 1–1–0 D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak C.Wingard J.Schulz3 49
Administrative Independence from the SANFL
2014 Third 14–8–0 130 2–1–0 D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak R.Gray J.Schulz4 66
2015 Ninth 12–10–0 106 – D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak R.Gray2 C.Wingard 53
2016 Tenth 10–12–0 106 – D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak R.Gray3 C.Wingard2 38
2017 Seventh 14–8–0 130 0–1–0 D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak P.Ryder C.Dixon 49
2018 Tenth 12–10–0 108 – D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Boak J.Westhoff R.Gray2 36
2019 Tenth 11–11–0 105 – D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley O.Wines
T.Jonas 		T.Boak2 C.Rozee 29
2020 Third 14–3–0 136 1–1–0 D.Koch K.Thomas K.Hinkley T.Jonas D.Byrne-Jones C.Dixon2 34
2021 Third 17–5–0 126 1–1–0 D.Koch M.Richardson K.Hinkley T.Jonas O.Wines★ C.Dixon3 48
2022 Eleventh 10–12–0 110 – D.Koch M.Richardson K.Hinkley T.Jonas C.Rozee T.Marshall 45
2023 D.Koch M.Richardson K.Hinkley T.Jonas
⚑ = Premier / ★ = League Best and Fairest / ✪ = League Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goalkicker

SANFL Honour Board (Post AFL Entry)

Port Adelaide Football Club honour roll (SANFL since 1997)[304]
Season Final position Coach Captain A.R McLean Medal Leading goal kicker
1997 Second Stephen Williams Tim Ginever Tim Ginever Phil McGuinness (36)
1998 ⚑ First Stephen Williams Darryl Borlase Bryan Beinke Bryan Beinke (39)
1999 ⚑ First Stephen Williams David Brown Darryl Poole Paul Evans (35)
2000 Third Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Phil McGuinness Phillip Smith (41)
2001 Third Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Ryan O'Connor ★ Tony Brown (27)
2002 Sixth Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Corey Ah Chee Matt Lokan (22)
2003 Fifth Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Brett Ebert ★ Paul Evans (46)
2004 Sixth Matthew Knights Tony Brown Kristian De Pasquale Paul Evans (29)
2005 Third John Cahill Tony Brown Jeremy Clayton ★ Clive Waterhouse (75)
2006 Fifth Tim Ginever Mark Clayton Jeremy Clayton Clive Waterhouse (52)
2007 Sixth Tim Ginever Mark Clayton Jeremy Clayton Brent LeCras (45)
2008 Fifth Tim Ginever Corey Ah Chee Jeremy Clayton Daniel Hargraves (53)
2009 Eighth Tim Ginever Corey Ah Chee Brad Murray Joel Perry (43)
2010 Eighth Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Steven Summerton Cameron Cloke (25)
2011 Sixth Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Mark Dolling Brad Mercer (30)
2012 Seventh Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Jeremy Clayton Luke Harder (29)
2013 Sixth Ken McGregor James Meiklejohn Sam Gray Josh Thurgood (38)
2014 Second Garry Hocking Steven Summerton Steven Summerton John Butcher (32)
2015 Fourth Garry Hocking Steven Summerton Steven Summerton Mitch Harvey (21)
2016 Sixth Chad Cornes Steven Summerton Kane Mitchell Luke Reynolds (43)
2017 Second Chad Cornes Steven Summerton Brendon Ah Chee Brett Eddy (59) ✪
2018 Ninth Matt Lokan Steven Summerton Will Snelling Lindsay Thomas (21)
2019 Second Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Jack Trengove Billy Frampton (32)
2020 did not field a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Seventh Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Sam Hayes Dylan Williams (31)
2022 Eighth Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Cameron Sutcliffe Dylan Williams (20)
⚑ = Premier / ★ = Magarey Medallist / ✪ = Ken Farmer Medallist / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

Hall of Fame

Port Adelaide launched the club Hall of Fame on 20 February 1998, when it inducted inaugural 18 members into the Hall of Fame.[306] It has since honoured 40 more players, coaches, administrators and club servants who have played a major part in the club, in addition to two eras of premiership teams.[307][308]

Greatest Team

In June 2001, the Port Adelaide Football Club announced its 'Greatest Team' from the prior two centuries, consisting of the most successful players from the club. Between the 22 players inducted, they shared 201 premiership medals, 532 state games, 16 Magarey Medals and numerous other football accolades. The club hailed the group the "Greatest Team of the Greatest Club".[309]

Military service

 
War Roll of Honour[37]
Boer War
Kenneth McKenzie William Schwann
World War I
Maurice Allingham Frederick Badcock Arthur Biscombe William Boon †
David Bower Howard Bungey Hugh Challinder Arnold Channon
Albert Chaplin † Robert Coffen Henry Davis Clement Dayman
William Dempster Henry Dewar William 'Roy' Drummond M.M. Edward Foggo
Archibald Gosling † Matthew Healy Horace Hoare Samuel Howie
Gordon Inkster Clarence Latimer Lawrence Levy William Marshall
Tom McDonald D.C.M Frederick Meadows Edward Oatey John W. Robertson
Edwin Rose Thomas Sard Stedman Stidson William Theodore
Harry Tobin Arthur Tubel Arthur Turner Douglas Walsh M.C.†
Joseph Watson † Edward Weeden
World War I – officials
Dr Alexander Benson Charles Hayter Dr Edward Morris
World War II
Howard Abbott James Allingham Charles A. Andersen Charles H. Andersen
Basil Bampton Harold Beer Halcombe George Brock † Maxwell Carmichael †
George W.F. Chapman Clarence Christensen Noel Clark John Coppin
Ivor Dangerfield Lindsay Darling Ralph Dawe Clarance L. Dayman
John Dermody Edward Dorian James Doyle Drozena Eden
Bert Edwards James Farr Dennis Fitzgerald Frederick Galliford
Laurence Gates Geoffrey Germein Francis Gibaut Arthur Gower
Colin Grant Claude Greening Donald Gregg Colin Grimm
John Heaton Colin Herbert John Johnson Kenneth Johnson
Clyde Kellaway Peter Keough Lyall Kretschmer Robert Lander
Peter Marrett Richard Mayne Harold McDonald Norman McInnes
Malcolm McKiggan † Allan R.C. 'Bob' McLean Harold Mills Brian Moore
George Neaylon John Oehme William Owens Alexander Pender
Harry Perry Frederick Peters James Prideaux George U. Quinn †
John M. Quinn Robert B. Quinn M.M. Lew Roberts Herbert Robertson
Bertram Robinson Lloyd Rudd † Leonard Salvemini Reginald Schumann
John Skelley Kenneth Slade Gordon Temby William Trigg
Arthur Tunbridge Arthur Utting John Wade † Hercules Waldron
John White Geoffrey Wiese Foster Williams John Woollard
World War II – officials/staff
Kenneth Aubert Archibald Dowsett Henry Naismith William Adair
Vietnam War
Peter Chant † Lindsay McGie John A. Quinn
† denotes killed in action or died while serving

Club achievements

Port Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in senior level football, having won a record 37 senior premierships across the AFL and SANFL competitions.[310] The club won its first premiership in 1884,[11] while its most recent senior level premiership was in 2004.[311] The club has won a record 4 Championship of Australia titles,[312] and have won the Stanley H. Lewis trophy 12 times, second to only Norwood (14).[313] Port Adelaide has had two notable periods of success under the leadership of Fos Williams, who coached 9 premierships, and John Cahill, who coached 10.

Premierships
Competition Level Wins Years Won
Australian Football League Seniors[311] 1 2004
South Australian National Football League Seniors (1877–2013)
Reserves (2014–present)[314]		 36 1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
Reserves (1906–2018)[314] 19 1911, 1923, 1933, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2010
Under 19s (1937–2008)[314] 13 1946, 1950, 1953, 1962, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007
Under 17s (1939–2008)[314] 6 1951, 1955, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1994
Under 18s (2009–2014)[315] 1 2011
War League (1942–1944)[49] 1 1942[b]
South Australian Patriotic Football League Seniors (1916–1918)[316] 2 1916, 1917
Other titles and honours
Championship of Australia Seniors[312] 4 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914
Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy (1962–2014) Multiple[313] 12 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999
AFL pre-season competition Seniors[317] 2 2001, 2002
SANFL Lightning Premiership Seniors[318] 1 1948
Finishing positions
Australian Football League Minor premiership
(McClelland Trophy)[319]		 4 2002, 2003, 2004, 2020
Runners Up[311] 1 2007
Wooden spoons 0 Nil
South Australian National Football League Minor premiership[320] 44 1889, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2014
Runners Up[314] 37 1878, 1879, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1997, 2014, 2017, 2019
Wooden spoons[320] 3 1886, 1896, 1900

Player achievements

Competition awards

Brownlow Medal (AFL fairest and best)[321]

Magarey Medal (SANFL best and fairest)[322]

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year[323]

AFL Rising Star (Best player under 21)[324]

Grand final best on ground awards

Norm Smith Medal (AFL Grand Final best on ground)[325]

Jack Oatey Medal (SANFL Grand Final best on ground)[326]

Club awards

John Cahill Medal (best and fairest)

Main article: John Cahill Medal

Allan Robert McLean Medal (SANFL best and fairest)

Gavin Wanganeen Medal (Best player under 21)[327]

Fos Williams Medal (Best Team Man)[327]

Coaches' Award (Most Improved Player)[327]

John McCarthy Medal (Community Award)[327]

All-Australian

An All-Australian team is considered a 'best-of' selection of players for each calendar year, with each player represented in their team position. Each team is selected by a panel of experts.[329]

Sporting Life's All Australian

 
Bob Quinn was named as captain in Sporting Life's All-Australian.

Sporting Life Magazine first pioneered the concept of an All-Australian 'team of the year' in 1947, and would run each year until 1955.[330] The AFL does not recognise the teams selected by Sporting Life.[331]

Official

All Australian teams from the Interstate Carnivals and Australian Football League have been endorsed as official by governing bodies of the sport, such as the Australian National Football Council and the AFL.[330]

Interstate carnivals[335]

Australian Football League[335]

Records

For club and player records, see List of Port Adelaide Football Club records.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Capped stadium capacities.
  2. ^ Won the 1942 premiership as a merged team with West Torrens. The league merged all clubs during the Second World War.[48]

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This article is about the Australian rules football team For the soccer team see Port Adelaide SC Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton South Australia The club s senior men s team plays in the Australian Football League AFL where they are nicknamed the Power while its reserves men s team competes in the South Australian National Football League SANFL where they are nicknamed the Magpies Since its founding the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and 4 Championship of Australia titles in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004 It has also fielded a women s team in the AFL Women s AFLW league since 2022 Port Adelaide Football ClubNamesFull namePort Adelaide Football Club Limited 1 Nickname s AFL AFLW PowerSANFL MagpiesFormer nickname s Cockledivers Seaside Men Seasiders Magentas Portonians PortsMottoWe Exist To Win Premierships 2 Club songAFL AFLW Power to WinSANFL Cheer Cheer the Black and the White2022 seasonAfter finals11thHome and away season11thLeading goalkickerTodd Marshall 45 goals John Cahill MedalConnor RozeeClub detailsFounded12 May 1870 152 years ago 1870 05 12 ColoursAFL Black White Teal Silver SANFL Black WhiteCompetitionAFL Senior menAFLW Senior womenSANFL Reserves menChairmanDavid KochCEOMatthew RichardsonCoachAFL Ken HinkleyAFLW Lauren ArnellSANFL Tyson GoldsackCaptain s AFL Tom JonasAFLW Erin PhillipsSANFL Cameron SutcliffePremiershipsAFL 1 2004Championship of Australia 4 1890191019131914SANFL 36 188418901897190319061910191319141921192819361937193919511954195519561957195819591962196319651977197919801981198819891990199219941995199619981999SA Patriotic League 2 19161917SANFL merger league 1 1942 as Port Torrens Ground s AFL Adelaide Oval capacity 53 583 AFLW Alberton Oval capacity 17 000 SANFL Alberton Oval capacity 17 000 Former ground s Glanville Hall Estate 1870 1879 Football Park 1974 2013 Training ground s All Teams Alberton OvalUniformsHomeClashTraditional SANFLOther informationOfficial websiteportadelaidefc com auCurrent seasonFounded in 1870 Port Adelaide is the oldest professional football club in South Australia Port Adelaide was a founding member of the South Australian Football Association SAFA later renamed as the SANFL Port Adelaide has repeatedly asserted itself as a dominant force within South Australian football going undefeated in all competitions in 1914 and enjoying sustained periods of success under coaches Fos Williams and John Cahill sharing a combined 19 premierships between them After entering the AFL in 1997 the club claimed three minor premierships and a premiership under coach Mark Williams between 2002 and 2004 Port Adelaide holds a unique status among AFL clubs being the only pre existing non Victorian club to have entered the AFL from another league 3 Port Adelaide has a long standing rivalry with fellow SANFL club Norwood as well as an intense rivalry with the Adelaide Crows in the AFL it is a fixture referred to as the Showdown The club has played at their SANFL home ground Alberton Oval since 1880 and has used their AFL home ground Adelaide Oval since 2014 Port Adelaide first adopted the colours black and white in 1902 with their Prison Bar guernsey Following its entry to the AFL the club adopted the colours of teal and silver in order to differentiate it from Collingwood Contents 1 Club history 1 1 1870 1901 Early years 1 2 1902 1915 Prison Bars and the Invincibles 1 3 1916 1949 Two World Wars and the Great Depression 1 4 1950 1973 Fos Williams era and Jack Oatey rivalry 1 5 1974 1996 John Cahill SANFL domination and AFL licence 1 6 1997 2010 AFL entry Mark Williams and club debt 1 7 2011 present Matthew Primus Ken Hinkley and independence 1 8 AFLW involvement 1 9 SANFL presence Post AFL entry 2 Club symbols and identity 2 1 Club guernseys 2 1 1 Captain and No 1 guernsey 2 1 2 Number panel 2 1 3 Prison Bar guernsey 2 1 4 Uniform evolution 2 2 Logo evolution 2 3 Club songs 2 4 Home grounds 2 4 1 Glanville Hall Estate Buck s Flat 1870 1879 2 4 2 Alberton Oval 1880 present 2 4 3 Football Park 1997 2013 2 4 4 Adelaide Oval 2014 present 2 5 Club creed 3 Rivalries 3 1 AFL 3 1 1 Adelaide 3 1 2 Brisbane Lions 3 2 SANFL 3 2 1 Norwood 4 Playing lists 4 1 SANFL 5 Corporate 5 1 Administrative positions 5 2 Sponsors 6 Supporters 6 1 Number one ticket holders 6 2 Membership and attendance 7 Partnerships 7 1 Indigenous community 7 2 China partnership 8 Club honour boards 8 1 Honour Board 8 1 1 SANFL Honour Board Post AFL Entry 8 2 Hall of Fame 8 3 Greatest Team 8 4 Military service 9 Club achievements 10 Player achievements 10 1 Competition awards 10 2 Grand final best on ground awards 10 3 Club awards 10 4 All Australian 10 4 1 Sporting Life s All Australian 10 4 2 Official 11 Records 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksClub history EditMain article History of the Port Adelaide Football Club See also Australian rules football in South Australia 1870 1901 Early years Edit Left Inaugural president John Hart Jr Right 13 May 1870 excerpt from the South Australian Register proclaiming the founding of the Port Adelaide Cricket and Football Club whilst also announcing the club s first training session 4 Port Adelaide was formed on 12 May 1870 as a joint football and cricket club created by locals to benefit the growing number of workers associated with the surrounding wharves and industries of Port Adelaide 5 The first training session of the newly formed club took place two days later 4 The Port Adelaide Football Club played its first match against a newly established club from North Adelaide called the Young Australian 6 Prior to 1877 football in South Australia was yet to be formally organised by a single body and as a result there were two main sets of rules in use across the state 7 In an effort to create a common set of rules 7 Port Adelaide was invited to join seven other clubs in the formation of the South Australian Football Association SAFA the first ever governing body of Australian rules football 8 First premiership team in 1884 In 1889 Port Adelaide played Norwood in the first Grand Final at Adelaide Oval pictured in 1889 In 1879 the club played reigning Victorian Football Association VFA premiers Geelong at Adelaide Oval in what was Port Adelaide s first game against an interstate club 9 It played its first match outside of South Australia two years later when it travelled to Victoria to contest a game against the Sale Football Club 10 The club won its first premiership in 1884 when it ended Norwood s run of six consecutive premierships 11 It later contested the SAFA s first grand final in 1889 as Port Adelaide and Norwood had finished the season with equal minor round records Norwood went on to defeat Port Adelaide by two goals 12 Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership the following year 13 and went on to be crowned Champions of Australia for the first time after defeating VFA premiers South Melbourne 14 1890 Championship of Australia Score a Port Adelaide 7South Melbourne 6Venue Adelaide Oval 14 As the 1890s continued Australia was affected by a severe depression that forced many players to move interstate to find work This exodus translated into poor on field results for the club By 1896 the club was in crisis and finished last causing the club s committee to meet with the aim of revitalising the club 15 The revitalisation had immediate results helping Port Adelaide win a third premiership in 1897 16 one of only four occurrences since 1877 where a team won a premiership after finishing last the previous year Stan Malin won Port Adelaide s first Magarey Medal in 1899 17 During the 19th century the club had nicknames including the Cockledivers the Seaside Men the Seasiders and the Magentas In 1900 Port finished bottom in the six team competition which it has not done in any senior league since 18 10 1902 1915 Prison Bars and the Invincibles Edit Club legend Harold Oliver taking a spectacular mark in the 1914 SAFL Semi final against Sturt at Adelaide Oval Port Adelaide s undefeated 1914 SAFL premiers and Champions of Australia team Port Adelaide began wearing black and white guernseys in 1902 after it was having trouble finding dyes that would last for its blue and magenta guernseys 19 After finishing the 1902 season on top of the ladder Port Adelaide was disqualified from their finals game against South Adelaide after the club disputed the use of an unaccredited umpire 20 The 1902 SAFA premiership was subsequently awarded to North Adelaide after they defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final a week later 21 Port Adelaide offered to play North Adelaide after the conclusion of the season but the SAFA refused to allow it 22 Port Adelaide won the premiership the following year 23 1914 Championship of Australia G B TotalPort Adelaide 9 16 70Carlton 5 6 36Venue Adelaide OvalIn the early 1910s Port Adelaide became a consistent premiership contender setting up the club to win three more Championships of Australia Port Adelaide won the South Australian Football League SAFL premiership in 1910 defeating Sturt 8 12 60 to 5 11 41 in the Grand Final 24 The club would go on to defeat Collingwood for the 1910 Championship of Australia title 25 and Western Australian Football League WAFL premiers East Fremantle in an exhibition match They also defeated a combination of some of the WAFL s best players in another match 26 Although Port Adelaide had success in the minor rounds the following two seasons dropping only one game in 1911 and going undefeated in 1912 it was knocked out of contention by West Adelaide both times 27 28 The club won the SAFL premiership in 1913 dropping only two games during the minor round and defeating North Adelaide in the Grand Final 29 They also defeated Fitzroy for the 1913 Championship of Australia 30 Port Adelaide v South Australia G B TotalSouth Australia 5 10 40Port Adelaide 14 14 98Venue Jubilee OvalThe 1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season is unique in SANFL history being the only occasion in which a team has gone undefeated 31 The club won all its pre season matches won all fourteen SAFL games and the 1914 SAFL Grand Final where it held North Adelaide to a single goal for the match 13 15 93 to 1 8 14 32 It also became the first to score over 1000 points during the minor round 33 The club met Victorian Football League VFL premiers Carlton in the Championship of Australia defeating them by 34 points to claim a record fourth title 34 At the end of the 1914 season a combined team from the six other SAFL clubs played Port Adelaide and lost to the subsequently dubbed Invincibles by 58 points 35 1916 1949 Two World Wars and the Great Depression Edit Port Adelaide players with the 1921 SAFL premiership flag pennant presented to them following year at Adelaide Oval 36 Port Adelaide s early century success was hindered by World War I During the war the club lost three players as casualties 37 A scaled back competition referred to as the Patriotic League was organised during wartime in which Port Adelaide won the 1916 and 1917 instalments 38 Port Adelaide initially struggled to replicate its past success after the war After eventually winning the 1921 premiership under the captaincy of Harold Oliver 39 many of Port Adelaide s champion players from before the war started to retire and the club s performance declined It won only a single premiership between 1922 and 1935 40 Left Bob Quinn chaired off after winning the 1939 SANFL Grand Final He would be selected in the Sporting Life magazine All Australian in 1947 41 Right Caricature of Port Adelaide coach Sampson Shine Hosking by Lionel Coventry that appeared in The News on 20 April 1937 42 By the mid 1930s Port Adelaide s form began to recover It suffered two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935 before winning consecutive premierships the following two years 43 44 During 1939 Bob Quinn in his third year as a player for the club coached the team to a Grand Final win over West Torrens 45 Many Port Adelaide players also enlisted for military service during this time 46 The club suffered six player casualties during the war 47 37 1939 SANFL Grand FinalLast Grand Final before War G B TotalPort Adelaide 16 28 124West Torrens 11 11 77Venue Adelaide Oval crowd 44 885Just as had happened in 1914 the league was hit hard by player losses in World War II Due to a lack of able men the league s eight teams were reduced to four and Port Adelaide temporarily merged with nearby West Torrens from 1942 to 1944 48 The joint club played in all three Grand Finals during this period winning the 1942 instalment 49 but losing the 1943 and 1944 editions to the Norwood North Adelaide combination 50 51 While normal competition resumed in 1945 52 Port Adelaide was unable to regain its pre war success in the rest of the decade In particular it lost the 1945 SANFL Grand Final after a remarkable comeback from West Torrens 53 The All Australian predecessor to the modern All Australian team was created by Sporting Life magazine in 1947 with Bob Quinn being named in the side as captain 41 1950 1973 Fos Williams era and Jack Oatey rivalry Edit Fos Williams coached Port Adelaide to nine premierships 54 During the 1950s Port Adelaide reestablished itself as a perennial contender winning seven premierships At the end of the 1949 having missed two finals series in a row the Port Adelaide Football Club s committee sought out a coach that could win the club its next premiership Following a failed attempt to obtain Jim Deane the decision was made to appoint Fos Williams a rover from West Adelaide 55 In his second season as player coach in 1951 Williams led the club to their first standalone premiership in 12 seasons defeating North Adelaide by 11 points 56 In the 1951 post season Port Adelaide lost an exhibition match to reigning VFL premiers Geelong 57 1955 Exhibition Match G B TotalPort Adelaide 9 10 64Melbourne 9 11 65Venue Norwood Oval Crowd 16 400 58 In the mid 1950s Port Adelaide and Melbourne often the premiers of South Australian and Victorian leagues respectively played exhibition matches at Norwood Oval 59 The most notable game was the 1955 match which had an estimated crowd of 23 000 The match went down to the last 15 seconds when Frank Adams kicked a decisive behind to give Melbourne a one point victory 58 Geof Motley took over the captain coaching role at the club in 1959 when Williams retired from his playing career and also took a break from coaching 60 That year the club won the premiership and equalled a national record of six consecutive Grand Final victories having won each premiership from 1954 to 1959 61 Port Adelaide s premiership streak was brought to an end in the 1960 preliminary final with a 27 point loss to Norwood 62 1965 SANFL Grand FinalFos Williams s ninth premiership G B TotalPort Adelaide 12 8 80Sturt 12 5 77Venue Adelaide Oval Crowd 62 543 63 Williams returned in 1962 and coached Port Adelaide to win three of the next four premierships 54 In 1965 he coached his ninth and last premiership in front of 62 543 people 54 the largest ever crowd at Adelaide Oval 64 After the 1965 Grand Final Port Adelaide s success was limited by the dominance of Sturt which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey 65 Despite playing in 6 of the next 10 grand finals Port Adelaide failed to win another premiership in that span 66 1974 1996 John Cahill SANFL domination and AFL licence Edit 1977 SANFL Grand Final G B TotalPort Adelaide 17 11 113Glenelg 16 9 105Venue Football Park Crowd 56 717 67 One of Port Adelaide s leading players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill After retiring from playing in 1973 and following the departure of Fos Williams to West Adelaide in 1974 he took over as coach and began another era of premiership success for the club 68 In 1976 Cahill took Port Adelaide to its first Grand Final under his leadership facing Sturt Sturt won in front of an official attendance of 66 897 the record for football in South Australia 69 The actual crowd was estimated at 80 000 much bigger than the official figure 70 The following year Port Adelaide won the premiership to break a 12 year drought 71 Statue of Russell Ebert outside Adelaide Oval unveiled 15 August 2015 72 The 1980 season was Port Adelaide s most dominant since 1914 73 The club completed its fourth ever Triple Crown winning the premiership Magarey Medal and having the SANFL s leading goalkicker in a single season 73 The Magarey Medal was awarded to Russell Ebert for a record 4th time and Tim Evans set the then league goal kicking record of 146 goals in a season 73 The club set a new record for most points scored during a season at 3 176 whilst also having conceding only 1 687 points 73 The club s win loss record was 19 2 with one draw and a percentage of 65 31 its best percentage since 1914 73 Following the 1982 season Cahill was offered a contract by Collingwood to coach their club in the VFL 74 In his stead Russell Ebert became coach in 1983 75 During his five years as coach Port Adelaide made the finals three times and achieved a win rate of above 55 76 John Cahill returned as coach from the 1988 season winning the premiership that year 77 He won a further five premierships 68 totalling a record equalling ten over his coaching career 78 Two key events of the late 1980s were attempts by the VFL to further expand outside of Victoria and financial difficulties in the SANFL In 1989 seven of the ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40 of that of the VFL 79 During May 1990 the SANFL clubs unanimously accepted a SANFL proposal to not enter a club from South Australia until 1993 80 Weeks later Port Adelaide suffering from a mixture of ambition and frustration started secret negotiations with the VFL in the town of Quorn for entry to the competition in 1991 81 When knowledge of Port Adelaide s negotiations to gain an AFL licence were made public the other nine SANFL clubs called a crisis meeting to discuss options Plans were made to kick Port Adelaide out of the SANFL should they succeed and to prevent them from using Football Park as a home ground 82 SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid which he agreed to 82 During these meetings an option was discussed to make a counter offer to the AFL On the 16th of August the SANFL officially launched a submission for a composite team 83 After legal action from all parties the AFL agreed to accept the SANFL s bid to enter the composite team which was named the Adelaide Football Club 84 These twenty blokes everyone whose helped us are sensational people and all the views that you have read in the press the one thing that really matters is that there will always be a Port Adelaide Football Club George Fiacchi upon accepting the 1990 Jack Oatey Medal for best on ground at the 1990 SANFL Grand Final 85 During December 1994 Max Basher announced that Port Adelaide had won the tender for the second South Australian AFL licence 86 on the condition that a merger take place between two existing AFL clubs to keep the league at the club limit imposed by the AFL in 1993 87 As such the licence would not be made available until at least 1996 and was not guaranteed 88 With the merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy looming the club was advised on 21 May 1996 by the AFL that they would take part in the 1997 AFL season 89 1997 2010 AFL entry Mark Williams and club debt Edit 1997 West End Showdown I G B TotalAdelaide Crows 11 6 72Port Adelaide 11 17 83Venue Football Park Crowd 47 265 90 Following confirmation of their entry in 1997 the club began preparations to enter the league John Cahill began the transition to the AFL with Stephen Williams a son of Fos Williams taking over the SANFL coaching position from midway through the 1996 season 91 Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad Brownlow Medallist and 1990 Port Adelaide premiership player Gavin Wanganeen was signed from Essendon and made captain of a team made up of six existing Port Adelaide players two from the Adelaide Crows seven players from other SANFL clubs and 14 recruits from interstate The AFL s father son rule for the club was set at 200 games for SANFL players before 1997 compared to only 100 for Victorian clubs 92 On 29 March 1997 Port Adelaide played its first AFL premiership match against Collingwood at the MCG suffering a 79 point defeat 93 It won its first AFL game in round 3 against Geelong 94 and defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the first Showdown in round 4 90 The club finished its first season 9th missing the finals on percentage behind Brisbane 95 Following the 1998 season John Cahill retired from his coaching position In 1999 Mark Williams another son of Fos Williams took over as coach of Port Adelaide and led the club to many notable first achievements in the AFL over the next decade 96 They earned a spot in the AFL finals for the first time in Williams s first season They were eliminated by eventual premier North Melbourne by 44 points in their qualifying final 97 Port Adelaide had a very successful 2001 season starting with a maiden pre season competition victory 98 Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home and away season in third place 99 though the club would lose both finals it contested 100 In 2002 Port Adelaide built on its success and won its first AFL minor premiership However they lost to the eventual premiers the Brisbane Lions in the preliminary final 99 Port Adelaide continued its minor round dominance in 2003 and again claimed the minor premiership however like the previous year Port Adelaide was eliminated in the preliminary final 99 Left 2004 club leading goalkicker Warren Tredrea 101 Right The 2004 AFL premiership was Port Adelaide s first since joining the league 102 The 2004 season started strongly for Port Adelaide winning five of their first six matches Although they lost three of their next five games 103 the club would only lose a single game between Round 12 and the end of the minor round 99 This resulted in the club claiming the minor premiership for third consecutive year 99 Port Adelaide won its qualifying final against Geelong earning a home preliminary final 99 Port Adelaide made it through to its first AFL grand final after defeating St Kilda in a preliminary final by six points with Gavin Wanganeen kicking the winning goal 99 The following week Port Adelaide faced the Brisbane Lions who were attempting to win a record equalling fourth straight AFL premiership 99 Port Adelaide led by 15 points at quarter time but a strong second quarter by Brisbane meant only one point separated the sides at half time Late in the third quarter Port Adelaide took the ascendency to lead by 17 points at three quarter time and dominated the final term to win by 40 points 17 11 113 to 10 13 73 99 Byron Pickett was awarded with the Norm Smith Medal for being judged the best player in the match tallying 20 disposals and kicking three goals 104 2004 AFL Grand Final G B TotalPort Adelaide 17 11 113Brisbane Lions 10 13 73Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground Crowd 77 671 105 Port Adelaide are the winningest team in Australia The ol Port Adelaide have won 36 premierships today at the MCG may just be their finest hour Tim Lane s statement at the conclusion of the 2004 AFL Grand Final 106 Justin Westhoff made his debut in the 2007 season along with Robert Gray and Travis Boak 107 Port Adelaide had limited success in the middle of the decade In 2005 the club made the finals for the fifth consecutive season where they contested the only Showdown final to date with rivals Adelaide winning by 83 points 108 In 2007 Port Adelaide finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15 7 record 109 They reached that year s grand final where they were defeated by Geelong by an AFL record margin of 119 points 24 19 163 to 6 8 44 110 Following their second grand final Port Adelaide began experiencing financial troubles and also saw a decline in performance By 2009 the club had accumulated a consolidated debt totalling 5 1 million and was unable to pay its players they had lost 1 6 million the season before 111 The AFL delayed giving the club financial support instead urging it to sort out deals with SANFL as a predecessor to any league support 112 On 20 May Port were handed 2 5 million in debt relief by the SANFL 111 and on 15 June were handed a 1 million grant by the AFL commission 113 Plans for a re merging of the two teams was rejected by the SANFL early during 2010 114 though they eventually signed off on the proposal during November 2010 115 He Demetriou said he could not imagine an AFL competition without Port Adelaide in it I thought that was a really strong statement of leadership Keith Thomas at a press conference upon the retirement of Andrew Demetriou 116 The 2010 season saw Mark Williams step down as senior coach 117 Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after Mark Williams stood down 118 He led the club to five wins from its final seven games 119 2011 present Matthew Primus Ken Hinkley and independence Edit In 2014 Port Adelaide returned to Adelaide Oval as its home ground for the first time since the 1976 SANFL season On 9 September 2010 Matthew Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years 120 The SANFL sought to take control of Port Adelaide in 2011 Despite 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 121 After the failure of the takeover 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 122 Port Adelaide suffered its worst season result in 141 years finishing sixteenth with 3 wins for the season Rounds 20 and 21 saw the club lose to Collingwood and Hawthorn by record margins of 138 and 165 respectively 123 The following season Matthew Primus stepped down from his position as coach following a loss to Greater Western Sydney 124 On 8 October 2012 Ken Hinkley was announced as the new senior coach of the club During the same week David Koch was named chairman of the club and numerous board members were replaced 125 The club finished the home and away season 7th on the ladder qualifying for finals for the first time since 2007 Port travelled to Melbourne to play Collingwood at the MCG in an Elimination Final where they won by 24 points they then lost to Geelong by 16 points the following week in a Semi final 126 127 The 2014 season saw both Port Adelaide and Adelaide move their home ground from Football Park to the redeveloped Adelaide Oval 128 Port Adelaide signed up a record 48 968 members for the 2014 season an increase of 23 from the previous year and averaged 44 824 at home games 129 130 Port Adelaide finished fifth on the ladder with a win loss record of 14 8 131 They hosted Richmond in the elimination finals kicking the first seven goals of the game and leading by as much as 87 points before recording a 57 point victory 132 After defeating Fremantle in the semi finals the club s season ended with a three point loss to Hawthorn in the preliminary finals 133 In 2017 Port Adelaide made finals after winning 14 games to finish fifth on the ladder 134 Port Adelaide s season came to an end in an elimination final loss to West Coast by 2 points in extra time 135 In the 2020 AFL season Port Adelaide qualified for the finals as minor premiers for the first time since 2004 136 making it to the preliminary final and being defeated by eventual premiers Richmond by 6 points 137 Port Adelaide returned to the AFL finals in the 2021 season finishing in second place at the end of the home and away season and qualifying for a second consecutive preliminary final where they were defeated by the Western Bulldogs by 71 points Despite this Ollie Wines became the first Port Adelaide player to win the Brownlow Medal the league s highest individual honour winning the award with a record equalling tally of votes 138 AFLW involvement Edit Main article Port Adelaide Football Club AFL Women s Erin Phillips was awarded the captaincy of Port Adelaide s Women s team for its inaugural season in the AFL Women s season seven Port Adelaide first showed interest in an AFL Women s side in 2015 The club signed Erin Phillips as their marquee player in the event that the club was admitted to the AFLW for the 2017 season However logistical demands related to the club s China program prevented the club from submitting a bid The club subsequently attempted to enter a side in the SANFL Women s League SANFLW but this approach was rejected by the South Australian Football Commission 139 In May 2021 the AFL Commission announced that the remaining four clubs without AFLW teams would be admitted to the competition by the end of 2023 with the clubs to bid for entry order 140 Port Adelaide s bid to enter the competition was successful with the AFL Commission deciding all four clubs would debut in the AFLW in the 2022 23 season 141 SANFL presence Post AFL entry Edit As part of Port Adelaide s initial bid for the 1994 AFL licence the club had no plans to maintain a presence in the SANFL 142 After winning the tender for the licence however an agreement was created with the SANFL for Port Adelaide to field two separate clubs in the SANFL and AFL at the request of the other SANFL clubs 142 This agreement resulted in the creation of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club a separate legal entity to Port Adelaide Football Club For the first few years after 1997 the Port Adelaide Magpies were forced to train at Ethelton to ensure they would not gain any advantage using the upgraded Alberton training facilities 143 Additionally Port Adelaide AFL listed players who were not selected for the senior team were randomly drafted to SANFL clubs to play reserves matches until the two Port Adelaide entities merged 144 This arrangement was necessitated as the other SANFL clubs did not want the reserves side to gain any use of the senior side in the AFL s resources fearing any potential advantages would be too strong in the SANFL 144 Australian football historian John Devaney described the forced separation of Port Adelaide s SANFL and AFL operations as being akin to the enforced splitting up of families associated with military conquest or warfare 145 In response to financial trouble suffered by both Port Adelaide entities the One Port Adelaide Football Club movement was launched by former players Tim Ginever and George Fiacchi on 20 August 2010 in an effort to merge Port Adelaide s AFL and SANFL operations 146 A website was created that claimed 50 000 signatures were needed for the merger 147 On 16 November 2010 following approval from all nine SANFL clubs the club formalised the off field merger between the two entities 115 148 On 10 September 2013 Port Adelaide and the SANFL agreed to a model to allow all its AFL listed players not selected to play for Port Adelaide in the AFL to play for the SANFL side 149 150 As part of the arrangement the club lost its recruiting zones and could no longer field sides in the junior SANFL competitions 149 and as a result established an 18 to 22 year old academy training team to compete in the league s reserves competition 151 In 2018 Port Adelaide and the league jointly agreed that it would no longer field a team in the SANFL Reserves competition 152 Port Adelaide initially still had success in the SANFL after accession into the AFL with the Port Adelaide Magpies winning back to back Grand Finals in 1998 and 1999 153 However the club would not make another grand final until the 2014 season where it was defeated by Norwood by four points 154 Port Adelaide featured in two further grand finals against Sturt and Glenelg though it would be defeated in both 155 156 The club did not field a team in the SANFL in the 2020 season due to AFL restrictions imposed during the COVID 19 pandemic 157 though it re joined the competition in 2021 158 Club symbols and identity EditClub guernseys Edit Captain and No 1 guernsey Edit The tradition dictating that the captain of the Port Adelaide Football Club wear the number one guernsey started when Clifford Keal wore the number as club captain for the first time in 1924 159 The tradition was cemented at least in the view of then secretary Charles Hayter when in 1929 he received a letter from a junior Kilkenny player requesting a number one Port Adelaide guernsey as he had just become captain of his underage team 160 Hayter granted the wish of the junior and provided him with a number one Port Adelaide guernsey 160 Since 1924 there have been few exceptions to the tradition The most notable exception was Geof Motley who followed the captaincy of Fos Williams Following his appointment as captain coach Motley elected to continue wearing the number 17 and continued to do so for the remainder of his career 159 When Motley handed the captaincy to John Cahill in 1967 at the insistence of coach Fos Williams the tradition of Port Adelaide captains wearing the number one guernsey resumed 159 When co captains were appointed for the 2019 season the No 1 guernsey was temporarily retired 159 It was re instated the following season when the club returned to appointing a single captain 161 Number panel Edit Left Harold Oliver wearing Port Adelaide s famous Wharf Pylon guernsey Right Clifford Cocks wearing the first Port Adelaide guernsey with the number panel attached to the back for a trip to Western Australia in 1910 162 The white number panel on the back of the Port Adelaide guernsey originates from the first decade of the twentieth century when club secretary James Hodge took the club across Australia to play matches against interstate teams 163 During the early 1900s it was commonplace that touring teams would wear numbers allowing spectators to identify unknown footballers 164 Port Adelaide attached a white square to the back of its guernsey with black numbers to be printed on the square This design would continue to be used after the introduction of numbers into the SANFL and was interchangeably with a black square and white numbers The design bearing the black square eventually became the design of choice until 1928 The club introduced a permanent white panel for the 1928 season which would remain until the club was forced to merge with West Torrens during WWII The club reintroduced the panel in 1953 and has since continuously used it in the SANFL The panel was also present on the club s AFL guernsey until it was phased out in 2009 165 The number panel returned to the club s guernsey in 2017 166 The white panel is also intended to resemble the white back of a local Magpie species that is present on the badge of South Australia 10 Prison Bar guernsey Edit Woollen Fos Williams Port Adelaide guernsey from the mid to late 1950s Historically the black and white Prison Bar guernsey alternatively and historically known as the Wharf Pylon guernsey has been Port Adelaide s most iconic guernsey design The club first adopted the guernsey in the 1902 season after having difficulty finding magenta and blue dyes that could repeatedly last the rigours of an Australian rules football match 167 The guernsey was designed to be a literal depiction of the wharves and pylons that were prominent along the docks of Port Adelaide at the turn of the 20th century 10 Prior to adopting the guernsey the club had won 3 premierships over 31 years After adopting the guernsey the club won 33 premierships and 3 Championships of Australia 167 Anyone that put on the guernsey acted like the guernsey intended it to act It wasn t built around the player wearing the guernsey It was the guernsey using a player Retired Port Adelaide player and coach Fos Williams explaining the mythology of the guernsey in 1981 168 The Prison Bar nickname first originated from fans of rival football clubs in particular those of Norwood The nickname was used in a derogatory fashion in an attempt to liken the club to a criminal stereotype The nickname first appeared in media in early 1993 in a match report written by former cricketer Alan Shiell 167 The nickname was subsequently accepted by the Port Adelaide fanbase becoming a popular nickname for the design among fans Upon joining the AFL Port Adelaide along with being required to find a new logo song and nickname was also forced to replace the Prison Bar guernsey because existing club Collingwood already using the Magpie logo and nickname also wore a similar guernsey with vertical black and white stripes 169 A new guernsey was ultimately created incorporating teal into its design 170 Port Adelaide s 2003 AFL Heritage Round guernsey Since the club s entry to the AFL Port Adelaide has made numerous requests to the AFL to wear the Prison Bar guernsey in specific games only some of which have been approved The club was first granted the right to wear an AFL approved Prison Bar guernsey a replica of the 1914 premiership design in the Heritage Round of the 2003 season 167 During 2007 following controversy the year prior in which the AFL declined Port Adelaide the right to wear their heritage guernsey 171 the AFL and Port Adelaide reached an agreement whereby the club could wear its traditional guernsey in the heritage round 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 172 No heritage rounds have been held since this agreement was reached 173 In 2014 the AFL declined Port Adelaide permission to wear its traditional guernsey for celebrating of 100 years since its 1914 Championship of Australia 174 On 2 September 2014 the AFL cleared the club to use the guernsey in their final against Richmond following controversy about their prior decision to have Port Adelaide wear their clash strip 175 For their 150th anniversary the club was granted permission to wear the guernsey in its Showdown match in the 2020 season 176 The following year Port Adelaide requested permission to permanently wear the guernsey in all future Showdown matches but this proposal was rejected by the AFL 177 Support for the guernsey remains extremely high with the merchandise for a single game against Carlton in 2013 generating over 500 000 178 On 9 September 2020 it was revealed that memorabilia associated with the Prison Bar guernsey raised 2 000 000 for the club in 2020 and the Prison Bar guernsey itself was the highest selling piece of merchandise in the AFL that year 179 Towards the end of 2018 a group of supporters organised to push for the return of the club s traditional guernsey full time from the start of the 2020 AFL season to coincide with the club s 150th anniversary year and a supporter petition in 2019 calling for the reinstatement of the guernsey reached 10 000 signatures 180 181 On 29 July 2021 club president David Koch revealed that if the club wore the Prison Bar guernsey without permission it would be deducted four premiership points along with a fine 182 The club negotiated an agreement with Collingwood to return the guernsey for the 2023 home Showdown match 183 Uniform evolution Edit Uniform Evolution 184 Design Period Description and history Statistics 1870 1876 The recorded colours worn by the club This guernsey was revived in 2005 during the Heritage Round 185 Seasons 7 Premierships 0 1877 1883 Original full magenta uniform Seasons 9 Premierships 0 1884 1892 Better dyes resulted in magenta appearing closer to red Blue bib added to top of uniform Seasons 9 Premierships 2 1884 1890 1893 1901 Magenta and blue stripes with leather lace divider In 2004 the team wore a heritage uniform honoring this guernsey during the Heritage Round 185 Seasons 9 Premierships 1 1897 1902 present Prison Bar uniform Worn for all South Australian premierships since 1902 except for 1951 Used once in each of the 2003 2007 2013 2014 2020 and 2023 AFL seasons Seasons 101 Premierships 34 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1916 1917 1921 1928 1936 1937 1939 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1965 1977 1979 1980 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 1951 A one off uniform used in the Jubilee year of Australia given to the club by Collingwood Seasons 1 Premierships 1 1951 1997 2009 Inaugural uniform in the AFL Port Adelaide was required to incorporate teal and remove horizontal stripes by the AFL to appease Collingwood Seasons 13 Premierships 1 2004 2010 present Permanently used in the AFL since 2010 Seasons 11 Premierships 0Logo evolution Edit The first Port Adelaide logo introduced in the early 1900s Port Adelaide s two joint logos for the club s AFL and SANFL teams in use until 2019 Port Adelaide has adopted different insignia on several occasions throughout its history Up until 2020 all of the club s insignia in the SANFL were designed around featuring one or multiple Magpies The original club crest adopted in 1900 featured a tan football and magpies perched on a gum tree with a black and white striped flag on the left and the Australian Red Ensign on the right 186 The ensign switched to blue sporadically through the 1910s before the flags were dropped in 1928 186 From 1930 until 2019 the logo always featured a dexter left facing magpie perched upon a gum branch 1930 to 1953 or a fence wire 1954 to 1974 186 The last Magpies specific logo used by the club between 1975 and 2019 in the SANFL was situated inside a circular disc as was the case at all other SANFL clubs It made mention of Magpies in the logo for the first time and was the longest standing in the club s history 186 Upon entering the AFL in 1997 Port were required to adopt colours and an insignia that distinguished it from Collingwood who already had the nickname of the Magpies The club designed a new logo with a silver fist clutching a lightning bolt in front of both a Prison Bar design and teal background showcasing both new colours the club adopted 186 The logo was slightly altered in 2001 with the lightning bolt and fist defined and the reference to Port dropped 186 Ahead of the 2020 season Port Adelaide s 150th anniversary the club unveiled a commemorative logo to be worn by both the senior AFL team and reserves SANFL team The logo features the PA acronym 1870 to acknowledge the foundation year the black and white prison bars the chevron design of the AFL guernsey and a teal outline 187 Although initially intended to be used exclusively in 2020 188 feedback from supporters key stakeholders and investors prompted the club to retain the logo in 2021 and beyond 189 Club songs Edit Over the years Port Adelaide has used various songs and music at its games The club has had two main official songs in the SANFL and one in the AFL in addition to other songs representing the club unofficially In its first season during 1870 the club invited local brass bands to play during the club s first games at Glanville 190 In 1882 a song based on Harry Clifton s Work Boys Work and be contented was written for the club as a tribute to the recently retired player Thomas Smith 191 Following the end of the First World War the club adopted the song was The Pride of Port Adelaide is my football team The song remained in use until 1971 192 when Port Adelaide secretary Bob McLean decided to change the club song to Cheer Cheer the Black and the White after hearing the South Melbourne Football Club s song based on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team s Victory March 193 As Sydney was already using the Notre Dame Victory March when Port Adelaide entered the AFL the club was forced to find a new song Cheer Cheer the Black and the White is still used by the club in the SANFL competition 194 Due to the club s need for a new song upon their entry to the AFL Port Adelaide adopted Power to Win written for the club by Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek The song was first played at AFL level after Port Adelaide s win against Geelong in Round 3 1997 at Football Park 195 Since 2016 an alternative Pitjantjatjara language version of the song Nganana wanangara kanyini literally We have the lightning bolt has been used by the club on occasions such as Indigenous Round 196 As the club s official nickname was shortened to The Power rather than the original Port Power the line in the song til the flag is ours for the taking Port Power was eventually changed removing the word Port and the song was re recorded Since March 2014 Port Adelaide has used Never Tear Us Apart by the Australian band INXS as the club s unofficial anthem leading up to the opening bounce at its new home of Adelaide Oval 197 198 The song is used as a reference to the various and unique difficulties the club faced when trying to enter the AFL primarily in regards to the separation of its SANFL and AFL operations 199 200 Port Adelaide s use of the song stemmed from a trip the club took to Anfield in November 2012 while they were in England to play an exhibition match against the Western Bulldogs 200 Seeing the Anfield crowd s rendition of You ll Never Walk Alone Matthew Richardson Port s general manager of marketing and consumer business sought to replicate the pre match experience During a meeting in mid 2013 the idea of an anthem was raised various songs were suggested including Power and the Passion by Midnight Oil and Power to the People by John Schumann Never Tear Us Apart by INXS was suggested by Port Adelaide s events manager Tara MacLeod 200 and the song was accepted as it resonated with the Power s history when the Power entered the AFL in 1997 it was forced to cut ties with its traditional base the Port Adelaide Magpies forming separate administrations and causing division amongst supporters 200 Initially the song was introduced to coincide with the 60 second countdown before the start of a match with the music playing over the top of a video montage The song proved to be a success among the fans with them adopting the song as well as raising scarves above their heads as the song was being sung 200 201 Home grounds Edit Glanville Hall Estate Buck s Flat 1870 1879 Edit Glanville Hall Estate After foundation it was decided by the inaugural president of Port Adelaide John Hart Jr that the club s home ground would be Glanville Hall Estate a property owned by his immediate family 4 202 The area in which the teams played was often referred to as Buck s Flat The club was forced to cease using the ground following 1879 as the property was sold at an auction 203 Alberton Oval 1880 present Edit Main article Alberton Oval Alberton Oval Alberton Oval has been Port Adelaide s home ground in the SANFL since 1880 excluding 1975 and 1976 204 Following the end of its operations at Glanville Hall Port Adelaide was forced to find a new ground to operate from It was decided that the club would use Alberton Oval for the 1880 season On 15 May 1880 Port Adelaide played its first match at Alberton Oval 205 The following year the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the sum of 10 shillings a year 206 The oval is also used for training purposes for both AFL and SANFL operations aside from 1997 through 2001 when SANFL training temporarily moved to Ethelton 143 In 1975 and 1976 Port Adelaide was temporarily locked out of the ground following a dispute between the Port Adelaide Council the SANFL and the Club over seating arrangements at the ground The club usually split its seating revenue 50 50 with the SANFL during this time period an arrangement the SANFL held with each club However the Port Adelaide Council wanted to take 50 of all game day revenue leaving the remaining half to the two to split between themselves In 1975 the SANFL refused to accept the offer for the ground provided by the council resulting in the temporary suspension of Port Adelaide s lease on the ground This prevented Port Adelaide from playing any games at the venue and the following year training at the venue With the 1977 season pending the issues between the council and the club were resolved and the club was permitted to return that year 207 The ground possesses two notable grandstands named after individuals important to the club The Fos Williams Family Stand is the oldest remaining structure at Alberton Oval first constructed in 1903 208 The other grandstand the Robert B Quinn MM Grandstand was first opened in 1972 209 The ground also has the bordering Allan Scott Power Headquarters for the administration of Port Adelaide which opened in 1999 and is named after the club s initial major sponsor 210 Football Park 1997 2013 Edit Main article Football Park Football Park Port Adelaide first played at Football Park on 15 June 1974 211 Despite not being officially recognised as a home ground in the SANFL it hosted night matches for every team 212 as well as all finals between 1974 and 2014 regardless of home team 213 During 1975 and 1976 Port Adelaide sold some of their home games to be played at their temporary home Adelaide Oval to Football Park 207 Upon the club s entry to the AFL fellow South Australian club Adelaide was already using the ground for their home matches Port Adelaide was assigned the ground as its home venue alongside its existing tenants 214 Port Adelaide s first official AFL match at the ground was on 6 April 1997 where they were defeated by Essendon by 33 points 215 Planned upgrades to the stadium were cancelled following news that Port Adelaide alongside both Adelaide and the SANFL would make use of Adelaide Oval from 2014 onward as it had been recently redeveloped 216 It hosted its final AFL match on the 31st of August that year where Port Adelaide was defeated by a point by Carlton 214 The ground remains the headquarters of Adelaide though features such as the ground s grandstands have been demolished 217 Adelaide Oval 2014 present Edit Main article Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval Since 2014 Adelaide Oval has been the home ground of Port Adelaide s AFL team shared with Adelaide 218 Adelaide Oval has historically been used for SANFL Finals until 1974 and the Championship of Australia match During the 1975 and 1976 seasons Port Adelaide s SANFL Team was forced to play out of the ground following their dispute with the local council using it for both match day playing and training purposes over the period 207 Its role as the primary venue for SANFL finals was supplanted by Football Park in 1974 following disagreements between the SANFL and South Australian Cricket Association SACA 219 Following extensive redevelopment in the early 2010s and negotiations between the SANFL and SACA over the use of the ground 220 the ground was cleared for football usage purposes allowing Port Adelaide to use the ground as its home ground from the 2014 season onwards 221 Port Adelaide also played the first official AFL match at the venue in 2011 against Melbourne 222 Adelaide Oval has two notable stands named after significant Port Adelaide individuals the Fos Williams Stand and the Gavin Wanganeen Stand Both were named after the redevelopment of the Eastern Stand at the ground and are featured alongside other famous individuals from the SANFL and Adelaide 223 Club creed Edit Fos Williams authored the club s creed in 1962 224 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 that there is great merit and noble achievement in winning a Premiership That to be successful each and every one 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 after striving to our utmost after giving our everything still not be successful our efforts will become a further part of this club s enviable tradition Finally we concede 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 Fos WilliamsRivalries EditAFL Edit Adelaide Edit Main article Showdown AFL Port Adelaide has a fierce rivalry with fellow South Australian AFL team Adelaide Matches between the two teams are known as the Showdown 225 The rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is often considered to be among the best rivalries in the Australian Football League with Malcolm Blight Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend stating in 2009 that there is no doubt it is the greatest rivalry in football 226 The Showdown rivalry also significantly draws upon the bitter winner take all competition for the two South Australian licences to join the AFL in the 1980s and early 1990s 227 Brisbane Lions Edit This rivalry dates back to 1997 the inaugural season of Port Adelaide and the newly merged Brisbane Lions In their early days the two clubs had multiple close encounters with a draw in two of their first three meetings 228 In the early 2000s the rivalry reached its peak as the two clubs would be the most dominant of the era meeting in multiple finals and consistently finishing at the top of the ladder from 2001 to 2004 229 230 Notable encounters include a Round 22 match in 2002 to determine the minor premiership that year which Port Adelaide won by a single goal and a Round 17 match in 2003 with 7 lead changes in the final quarter which Port Adelaide won by a point 228 The rivalry culminated with the 2004 AFL Grand Final where Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane to win their first premiership and end Brisbane s chance to win a fourth consecutive The rivalry has since died down 231 SANFL Edit Norwood Edit Main article Port Adelaide Norwood rivalry Norwood and Port Adelaide playing in the 1921 SAFL Grand Final The rivalry between Port Adelaide and the Norwood Football Club is one of the longest standing rivalries in South Australian league football 232 The two clubs met for the first time in 1878 where Port Adelaide hosted Norwood with the visitors winning 1 0 233 However the rivalry between the two clubs would first begin in 1882 where Port Adelaide s first win over Norwood was controversially overruled by the league with a follow up game overshadowed by a misunderstanding at the gate which almost prevented Norwood players accessing the venue 234 The clubs met in 14 Grand Finals prior to Port Adelaide s accession into the AFL and share over 60 premierships between them 232 In 1884 Port Adelaide won the premiership bringing Norwood s run of six premierships in a row to an end 235 In 1960 Norwood brought Port Adelaide s own record run of six premierships to an end defeating them by 27 points in the 1960 Preliminary Final 236 They have met in three Grand Finals following Port Adelaide s entry to the AFL with Port Adelaide winning in 1999 and Norwood winning in 1997 and 2014 237 The two clubs are the only clubs in any of the elite Australian Rules Football leagues the SANFL WAFL and VFL AFL to win six successive premierships 238 239 Playing lists EditSee also List of Port Adelaide Football Club players Pre AFL entry and List of Port Adelaide Football Club players Post AFL entry Port Adelaide Football Clubviewtalkedit Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff1 Tom Jonas c 2 Sam Powell Pepper 3 Ryan Burton 4 Todd Marshall 5 Dan Houston 6 Kane Farrell 7 Xavier Duursma 8 Josh Sinn 9 Zak Butters 10 Travis Boak 11 Jeremy Finlayson 12 Trent McKenzie 13 Orazio Fantasia 14 Miles Bergman 15 Junior Rioli 16 Ollie Wines vc 17 Tom Clurey 18 Jason Horne Francis 19 Mitch Georgiades 20 Connor Rozee 21 Aliir Aliir 22 Charlie Dixon 25 Sam Hayes 26 Riley Bonner 28 Willem Drew 29 Scott Lycett 30 Ollie Lord 31 Francis Evans 32 Thomas Scully 33 Darcy Byrne Jones 34 Lachie Jones 36 Jase Burgoyne 37 Tom McCallum 38 Dante Visentini 39 Hugh Jackson 40 Kyle Marshall 44 Jackson Mead 23 Dylan Williams 24 Jake Pasini 27 Brynn Teakle 41 Jed McEntee 43 Trent Dumont 45 Nathan Barkla B Head coach Ken HinkleyAssistant coaches Nathan Bassett defence Josh Carr midfield Chad Cornes forwards Matthew Lobbe rucks Tyson Goldsack SANFL coach Luke Kelly midfield development Hamish Hartlett defence development Legend c Captain s vc Vice captain s B Category B rookie italics Inactive player list Long term injury ret RetiredUpdated 18 April 2023Source s 240 SANFL Edit Port Adelaide SANFL squadviewtalkedit SANFL list b Coaching StaffCameron Sutcliffe Dylan Aldridge Preston Cockatoo Collins Oliver Cheesman Miller Carter Hugh Ferrari Will Ferrari Jed Hagan Brayden Kirk Jackson Lee Charlie McArthur Nick Moore Ethan Miller Will Francou Brodie Motlop Ethan Moore Murphy Short Cody Szust Aidan Turner Jake Weidemann Campbell Wildman Anthony Wilson Head coach Tyson Goldsack Legend c Captain s vc Vice captain s Updated 30 March 2023Source s 241 Behinds did not contribute to scoring until 1897 Port Adelaide AFL listed players not selected to play AFL are allowed to play for the SANFL squad Corporate EditGuernsey sponsorsPeriod Front sponsor Back sponsor1978 79 Lensworth Finance1980 82 Jetspress1983 87 Standard Chartered1988 Standard Chartered1989 911992 Alpine Retreat1993 Bee Jays Roadlink1994 Seaton Hotel Cash Converters1995 96 Scott s Transport 242 1997 07 Vodafone 243 2008 09 Bianco Construction amp Industrial Supplies 244 2010 MyATM 245 AussieATM 246 2011 Soaring Securities 247 2012 VIP Home Services 248 Foodbank 249 2013 Renault 250 VIP Home Services2014 16 EnergyAustralia 251 Renault2017 OAK 252 2018 OAK2019 GFG Alliance 253 2020 21 MG Motor 253 Administrative positions Edit Chairman David Koch 254 Chief executive Matthew Richardson 254 Football operations Chris Davies 255 Board members Kevin Osborn deputy chairman 254 Cos Cardone 254 Darren Cahill 254 Holly Ransom 254 Jamie Restas 254 Andrew Day 254 Kathy Nagle 254 Christine Zeitz 254 Rob Snowdon 256 Sponsors Edit Current major sponsors GFG Alliance 253 KFC 253 MG Motor 253 Key China game sponsors Shanghai Cred 253 Apparel sponsors Nike 1997 2006 Reebok 2007 2012 ISC 2013 2020 257 Macron 2021 present 258 Supporters Edit Sammy Lunn was a famous Port Adelaide supporter during the 1910s and 1920s who would shout rhymes at games He was also a celebrated fundraiser for returned servicemen 259 The Port Adelaide Football Club has historically drawn its supporter base in the region of Port Adelaide Since the club s entry to the AFL support for the club had increased within suburbs of Adelaide notably the northern suburbs 260 It has also experienced growth in regional South Australia 261 Port Adelaide has many supporter groups from all around Australia with every state and territory except Tasmania having an officially recognised supporter group Among these the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad the official supporter group from Adelaide creates banners to be used by the club and has official seating to cheer at home games 262 There are also a number of unofficial supporter groups who perform activities for the club and its fans such as the Outer Army and the Alberton Crowd 263 264 Number one ticket holders Edit David Koch Seven Network s Sunrise co host current club chairman 265 Stuart O Grady Australian professional road bicycle racer 266 Teresa Palmer Australian model and actress 265 Bob Quinn former Port Adelaide player 265 Tony Santic owner of racehorse Makybe Diva 267 Membership and attendance Edit Membership amp AttendanceYear Membership Ladder position Home crowds 268 AFL audited Change Average Rank ChangeMinor round Finals2005 269 36 834 N A 8th 6th 30 691 11 16 1 0152006 270 35 648 1 184 13th 26 651 16 16 4 0402007 271 34 073 1 575 2nd 2nd 29 944 12 16 4 2932008 272 34 185 112 13th 23 842 16 16 6 1022009 273 30 605 3 580 10th 24 349 16 16 5072010 274 29 092 1 513 10th 23 044 16 16 1 3052011 275 32 581 3 489 16th 21 676 15 17 1 1902012 276 35 543 1 003 14th 19 911 16 18 3 1552013 277 39 838 3 383 7th 5th 26 915 13 18 7 0042014 278 48 968 9 130 5th 3rd 44 521 4 18 17 5142015 279 54 057 5 089 9th 43 749 4 18 6802016 280 53 743 314 10th 39 665 4 18 4 0482017 281 52 129 1 614 5th 7th 38 136 6 18 1 5292018 282 54 386 2 257 10th 38 227 8 18 912019 283 51 951 2 435 10th 33 950 8 18 4 2772020 284 46 820 5 131 1st 3rd 9 469 a 5 18 24 4812021 285 56 532 9 712 2nd 3rd 32 080 a 4 18 22 6112022 58 643 2 111 11th 29 693 9 18 2 387Partnerships EditIndigenous community Edit Richie Bray is Port Adelaide s first known Indigenous premiership player 286 The Port Adelaide Football Club has a long standing connection to the indigenous community Initial club president John Hart Jr alongside his father were the founders of The Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company in Port Adelaide which employed Kaurna people alongside non indigenous workers as early as the 1850s 287 John Hart Sr advocated for other settlers to refrain from killing and eating black swans as they were a totem of the Kaurna people 287 Harry Hewitt was named in Port Adelaide s side when they defeated Fitzroy by two goals on Adelaide Oval in 1891 and is the club s first known Indigenous Australian player 288 During the 1950s St Francis House in Glanville housed young indigenous boys many of whom played for Port Adelaide 289 Richie Bray became the club s first known Indigenous player to win a premiership featuring in the 1962 1963 and 1965 premierships winning teams 286 Port Adelaide has been represented by 62 indigenous players across the SANFL and AFL competitions throughout its history 290 Upon the club s entry to the AFL in 1997 the club appointed its first Indigenous captain in Gavin Wanganeen 291 Wanganeen would later become the first indigenous player in the AFL to play 300 games and the first indigenous player to join the board of an AFL club 292 In 2008 the club started the Aboriginal Power Cup to help promote academic and healthy outcomes for indigenous students in South Australia 293 China partnership Edit Left China partnership banner displayed at a Port Adelaide home game at Adelaide Oval Right Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai where Port Adelaide played an annual fixture between 2017 and 2019 On 14 April 2016 Port Adelaide announced it had struck a three year multimillion dollar partnership with leading Chinese property developer Shanghai Cred where Port Adelaide would take primary responsibility for developing Australian rules football in China This involved the club holding annual training camps and providing sponsorship in China as well as producing AFL programs and broadcasting games in the country via China Central Television and other networks 294 295 The same day it was revealed by then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Port Adelaide had an intention to play an in season AFL match in China 296 As part of the partnership Port Adelaide also agreed to annually run an Australian rules football program in over 20 Chinese schools culminating in a football carnival the same week the AFL premiership match is held in Shanghai 297 The first AFL game played for premiership points was played in May 2017 between the Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide 298 In October 2018 the AFL announced St Kilda would be taking over from the Gold Coast Suns in the China fixture with Gold Coast citing guernsey disagreements as a reason for exiting the deal 299 In 2019 4 01 million people watched the match between Port Adelaide and St Kilda 300 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 AFL seasons 301 302 Club honour boards EditHonour Board Edit See also List of Port Adelaide Football Club coaches and List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains In the Port Adelaide clubrooms at Alberton Oval there is a large wooden honour board with gold text that details every season of the club from 1870 to the present 303 Port Adelaide Football Club Honour Board 304 305 Year Position MinorRounds Finals Chairman CEO Coach Captain Best amp Fairest LeadingGoalkickerInterclub Matches1870 Third 0 1 2 50 NoFinalsHeld J Hart R Leicester J Wald J Wald J Wald J Wald 21871 Third 0 2 2 33 J Hart G Ireland F Stone F Stone F Stone Unknown 11872 Second 0 1 2 0 J Hart G Ireland G Ireland G Ireland N A N A 01873 Second 1 2 0 25 J Hart F Ireland H Sparnon H SparnonG Middleton S Tyzack S Tyzack 11874 Second 2 3 1 100 J Hart F Ireland J Rann J RannC Wells N A N A 01875 Second 3 3 1 140 J Hart F Ireland R Sandilands R Sandilands H Ford H FordMr Warren 21876 Fifth 2 6 0 38 J Hart C Wells W Fletcher W Fletcher E Le Messuier S Tyzack2J RannE Le Messuier 1South Australian Football Association era1877 Fourth 9 4 2 177 NoFinalsHeld J Hart C Wells W Fletcher W Fletcher T Smith A Le Messuier 51878 Second 5 2 4 400 J Hart C Wells W Fletcher W Fletcher T Smith2 E Le MessuierJ Carter 31879 Second 5 2 2 183 J Hart C Wells W Fletcher W Fletcher T Smith3 E Le Messuier2 4Alberton Oval acquired1880 Sixth 3 3 5 89 NoFinalsHeld J Formby J W Channon J A Atkins J A AtkinsJ Carter J Sidoli E Le Messuier3 31881 Fifth 2 6 5 43 J Formby E Le MessuierJ Carter J Sandilands J Sandilands J Sidoli2 H Watt 61882 Third 7 7 0 157 J Formby E C Le Messuier C Kellett H FrayneC Kellett J Munro G Slatter 61883 Second 7 5 2 114 J Formby E C Le Messuier R Turpenny E Le MessuierR Turpenny R Kirkpatrick J Litchfield 131884 First 11 2 2 252 J Formby E C Le Messuier R Turpenny R Turpenny C KellettG Cairns R Roy 251885 Third 6 8 1 120 J Formby E C Le Messuier R Turpenny R TurpennyC Kellett M Coffee R Roy2 131886 FourthWooden Spoon 3 11 1 64 J Formby J Litchfield J McGargill W Bushby C Fry M CoffeeC Fry 61887 Second 12 3 2 239 J Formby E C Le Messuier J McGargill W Bushby W BushbyR Walsh A Bushby 221888 Second 14 2 1 280 J Formby J Sweeney J McGargill W Bushby H Phillips H Phillips 241889 Second 14 2 1 385 0 1 0 J Formby R Cruickshank J McGargill W Bushby G Hamilton C Fry2 321890 FirstChampions of Australia 16 2 0 388 NoFinalsHeld J Formby R Cruickshank J McGargill K McKenzie C Fry2 J McKenzie 541891 Second 12 4 0 288 J Formby R CruickshankA Bushby J McGargill K McKenzie H Phillips2 J McKenzie2 371892 Second 11 4 1 193 J Formby J Sweeney J McGargill K McKenzie H Phillips3 A McKenzie 431893 Third 10 6 2 202 J Cleave J Sweeney J McGargill K McKenzie W MurrayH Phillips4 A McKenzie2 591894 Third 9 9 0 114 J Cleave J Sweeney J McGargill K McKenzie A Miers A McKenzie3 361895 Third 8 7 1 141 W Fisher J Sweeney J McGargill A Miers O L Estage A McKenzie4 251896 FifthWooden Spoon 4 13 1 69 W FisherC Tucker H Hills J McGargill K McKenzie G Linklater A Lees 19Modern Scoring System Adopted1897 First 14 2 1 266 NoFinalsHeld W FisherC Tucker H Hills J McGargill K McKenzie K McKenzie A Lees2 26Regular SAFA Grand Finals commence1898 Second 11 5 0 199 1 1 0 W Fisher H HillsJ Sweeney J McGargill K McKenzie A Hosie W Stark 311899 Third 9 5 0 155 W Fisher J Sweeney J McGargill H Phillips S Malin W Stark2 131900 FifthWooden Spoon 2 12 0 66 W Fisher J Sweeney J McGargill H PhillipsG Davis J Quinn H Tompkins 16Federation of Australia1901 Second 12 6 0 131 0 1 0 R Cruickshank J Sweeney J McGargill A Hosie E Strawns J Quinn 271902 Disqualified 10 2 0 198 DSQ W Mattinson J Sweeney J McGargill A Hosie L Corston M Healy 251903 First 10 1 1 248 2 1 0 W Mattinson J Sweeney J McGargill A Hosie J Tompkins J Tompkins 401904 Second 10 1 1 173 0 2 0 W Mattinson J Sweeney J McGargill A HosieJ Quinn L Corston J Tompkins2 281905 Second 9 3 0 170 1 1 0 W Mattinson J Sweeney J McGargill J Quinn J Quinn2 J Mathison 301906 First 11 1 0 213 1 1 0 W Mattinson J Hodge J McGargill J FletcherL Cortson E Strawns2 J Mathison2 42South Australian Football League era1907 Second 10 2 0 192 1 2 0 W Mattinson J Hodge J McGargill L Corston J Mack J Quinn2 321908 Third 8 4 0 137 0 1 0 W Mattinson J Hodge J McGargill E StrawnsM Donaghy S Dickson J Mathison3 331909 Second 9 3 0 134 0 2 0 W Mattinson J Hodge A Hosie M Donaghy S Dickson2 A Congear 121910 FirstChampions of Australia 11 2 0 150 3 0 0 W Mattinson J Hodge A Hosie J Woollard S Hosking F Hansen 461911 Second 11 1 0 171 1 2 0 R Cruickshank J Hodge M DonaghyJ Woollard G Dempster H Oliver F Hansen2 411912 Second 12 0 0 205 1 2 0 R Cruickshank J Hodge S Hosking C CocksS Hosking H Oliver2 F Hansen3 371913 FirstChampions of Australia 10 2 0 160 2 0 0 A Benson J Hodge J Londrigan J Londrigan H Eaton F Hansen4 391914 FirstChampions of AustraliaDefeated SA state team 12 0 0 209 2 0 0 A Benson J Hodge J Londrigan J Londrigan J Ashley J Dunn 331915 Second 9 2 1 175 0 2 0 A Benson J Hodge A McFarlane A McFarlane H Eaton2 A Congear2 21South Australian Patriotic League World War I 1916 First 9 1 0 246 2 0 0 C Tyler S GillD Shand H Eaton S Hosking2 J Hayman 401917 First 8 1 0 164 1 0 0 J Adams C Tyler H Eaton J Hayman2 391918 Third 11 3 1 123 1 1 0 C Tyler H EatonResumption of South Australian Football League1919 Fourth 6 5 1 127 0 1 0 A Benson C Tyler F Hansen H PopeA McFarlane J Ashley2 L Lackman 261920 Third 8 4 0 119 0 1 0 A Benson C Tyler F Hansen J RobertsonA Olds C Adams E Dewar 241921 First 12 2 0 182 1 1 1 A Benson C Tyler S Hosking H Oliver C Adams2 M Allingham 431922 Fifth 7 7 0 101 H Skipper C Tyler S Howie S Howie C Dayman M Allingham2 471923 Seventh 5 9 0 99 H Skipper A McKelvie C Dayman C Dayman L Dayman M Allingham3 421924 Fourth 9 5 0 121 0 1 0 H Skipper A McKelvie A Hosie C Keal L Dayman2 M Allingham4 281925 Third 10 4 0 127 0 1 0 H Skipper A McKelvie A Hosie C Keal P Bampton H Logan 561926 Third 10 4 0 123 0 1 0 P Cherry A McKelvie M Allingham M Allingham L Hodge H Logan2 36South Australian National Football League era1927 Third 10 7 0 118 0 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking P Bampton C Keal H Logan3 661928 First 14 3 0 119 1 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking V Johnson L Dayman3 L Dayman 411929 Second 13 4 0 156 2 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking V Johnson E Mucklow L Dayman2 861930 Second 10 6 1 116 2 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking V Johnson V Johnson L Dayman3 891931 Third 14 3 0 127 0 2 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking V Johnson M Allingham L Dayman4 701932 Fourth 10 7 0 99 0 1 0 C Gun C Hayter S Ween S Ween E Mucklow2 N Hender 551933 Fifth 9 7 1 104 C Gun C Hayter H Dewar S Ween J Dermody N Hender2 481934 Second 10 6 1 121 1 1 0 C Gun C Hayter L Ashby V Johnson A Hollingworth J Prideaux 731935 Second 12 5 0 125 1 1 0 C Gun C Hayter L Ashby R Johnson J Dermody2 J Prideaux2 951936 First 14 3 0 127 2 1 0 C Gun C Hayter S Hosking J Dermody A Hollingworth2 J Prideaux3 861937 First 13 4 0 131 2 0 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking J Dermody R Quinn R Quinn 511938 Second 10 7 0 118 2 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking N Hender R Quinn2 A Hollingworth 451939 First 13 4 0 126 2 0 0 P Cherry C Hayter R Quinn R Quinn A Reval H Abbott 491940 Third 14 3 0 118 0 2 0 P Cherry C Hayter R QuinnA Reval R QuinnA Reval R Schumann A McLean 471941 Fourth 11 5 1 106 0 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter A Reval A Reval J Skelley A McLean2 62Temporary Geographical merger with West Torrens World War II 1942 First 7 5 0 103 2 0 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking L Roberts N A M Shaw 421943 Second 10 2 0 135 1 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter S Hosking L Roberts N A M Shaw2 551944 Second 12 1 0 133 0 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter M Drury L Roberts N A M Shaw3 69Competition returns to unaligned clubs1945 Second 15 2 0 133 1 1 0 P Cherry C Hayter R Quinn R Quinn R Quinn3 R Quinn2 511946 Second 12 5 0 121 1 2 0 P Cherry C Hayter R Quinn R Quinn L Roberts K Jolly 461947 Third 14 3 0 131 0 2 0 P Cherry C Hayter R Quinn R Quinn R Quinn4 A McLean3 801948 Seventh 13 4 0 86 P Cherry C HayterL Dayman L Roberts L Roberts R Russell A McLean4 481949 Sixth 7 10 0 94 P Cherry A McLean J McCarthy R Schumann R Russell2 L Zucker 511950 Third 12 5 0 113 1 1 0 W Baudinet A McLean F Williams F Williams F Williams F Williams 401951 First 17 1 0 156 2 0 0 W Baudinet A McLean F Williams F Williams R Russell3 N Clark 371952 Third 13 4 0 149 0 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams R Whitaker R Clift 261953 Second 15 3 0 144 1 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams H McDonald R Whitaker 351954 First 15 3 0 147 2 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams R Clift T Garland 441955 First 13 4 0 132 2 1 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams F Williams2 F Williams2 351956 First 17 1 0 187 2 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams E Whelan R Johns 701957 First 15 2 1 170 2 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams N Hayes R Johns2 771958 First 13 5 0 146 3 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams F Williams G Motley R Johns3 551959 First 17 1 0 160 2 1 0 B Harvey A McLean G Motley G Motley G Motley2 W Dittmar 741960 Third 14 4 0 148 0 2 0 B Harvey A McLean G Motley G Motley N Hayes2 W Dittmar2 691961 Third 15 4 0 141 0 2 0 B Harvey A McLean G Motley G Motley J Potter R Johns4 541962 First 17 2 0 156 0 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams G Motley P Obst R Johns5 761963 First 13 7 0 152 2 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams G Motley G Motley3 R Johns6 541964 Second 17 3 0 183 1 1 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams G Motley J Potter2 J Potter 301965 First 17 3 0 129 2 0 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams G Motley G Motley4 E Freeman 741966 Second 14 6 0 143 1 1 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams G Motley J Cahill E Freeman2 811967 Second 14 6 0 134 2 1 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill J Potter3 E Freeman3 741968 Second 15 5 0 139 1 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill J Cahill2 R Ebert 441969 Sixth 9 11 0 92 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill J Potter4 M Dittmar 281970 Third 17 2 1 150 0 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill J Cahill3 E Freeman4 751971 Second 16 5 0 138 1 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill R Ebert E Freeman5 501972 Second 15 6 0 122 1 2 0 B Harvey A McLean F Williams J Cahill R Ebert2 M James 621973 Fifth 11 10 0 105 0 1 0 K Duthie A McLean F Williams J Cahill J Cahill4 J Cahill 591974 Third 18 3 1 123 1 2 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill R Ebert R Ebert3 D Cahill 541975 Third 12 6 0 123 2 1 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill R Ebert P Woite T Evans 641976 Second 17 4 0 135 1 1 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill R Ebert R Ebert4 R Gerlach 901977 First 17 4 1 146 2 0 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill R Ebert R Ebert5 T Evans2 881978 Third 14 8 0 111 2 1 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill R Ebert S Clifford T Evans3 901979 First 14 8 0 112 3 0 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill B Cunningham M Faletic T Evans4 821980 First 19 2 1 188 2 0 0 K Duthie A McLean J Cahill B Cunningham S Clifford2 T Evans5 1461981 First 15 7 0 122 3 0 0 K Duthie R Taylor J Cahill B Cunningham R Ebert6 T Evans6 981982 Third 16 5 1 127 0 2 0 K Duthie R Taylor J Cahill B Cunningham C Bradley T Evans7 1251983 Sixth 9 12 0 91 K Duthie R Taylor R Ebert R Ebert S Clifford3 T Evans8 631984 Second 17 5 0 127 1 1 0 K Duthie I McKenzie R Ebert R Ebert C Bradley2 T Evans9 1371985 Seventh 8 14 0 88 K Duthie I McKenzie R Ebert R Ebert C Bradley3 T Evans10 961986 Fourth 13 9 0 103 0 2 0 B Weber I McKenzie R Ebert R Johnston M Leslie D Smith 491987 Fourth 15 7 0 112 0 2 0 B Weber I McKenzie R Ebert R Johnston B Abernethy D Smith2 711988 First 16 6 0 127 3 0 0 B Weber I McKenzie J Cahill R Johnston G Phillips S Hodges 741989 First 18 4 0 139 3 0 0 B Weber R Clayton J Cahill R Johnston R Johnston S Hodges2 791990 First 17 3 0 150 2 1 0 B Weber R Clayton J Cahill R Johnston S Hodges S Hodges3 1531991 Fifth 14 8 0 109 0 1 0 B Weber R Clayton J Cahill G Phillips P Northeast D Borlase 251992 First 18 4 0 137 2 0 0 B Weber B Cunningham J Cahill G Phillips N Buckley M Tylor 971993 Third 15 5 0 118 1 2 0 G Boulton B Cunningham J Cahill G Phillips T Bond M Tylor2 901994 First 15 7 0 131 3 1 0 G Boulton B Cunningham J Cahill T Ginever T Ginever S Hodges4 1301995 First 16 6 0 131 3 0 0 G Boulton B Cunningham J Cahill T Ginever R West M Tylor3 531996 First 13 7 0 129 3 1 0 G Boulton B CunninghamR ClaytonD Hutton J CahillS Williams T Ginever S Hodges2 S Hodges5 117Australian Football League era see also continued SANFL presence 1997 Ninth 10 11 1 92 G Boulton B Cunningham J Cahill G Wanganeen D Mead S Cummings 701998 Tenth 9 12 1 96 G Boulton B Cunningham J Cahill G Wanganeen A Kingsley W Tredrea 331999 Seventh 12 10 0 90 0 1 0 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams G Wanganeen S Paxman W Tredrea2 402000 Fourteenth 7 14 1 84 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams G Wanganeen B Montgomery W Tredrea3 322001 Fifth 16 6 0 129 0 2 0 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams M Primus W Tredrea W Tredrea4 512002 Third 18 4 0 132 1 2 0 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams M Primus M Primus S Dew 512003 Fourth 18 4 0 127 1 2 0 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams M Primus G Wanganeen W Tredrea5 582004 FirstAFL Premiers 17 5 0 132 3 0 0 G Boulton B Cunningham M Williams M PrimusW Tredrea W Tredrea2 W Tredrea6 812005 Sixth 11 10 1 98 1 1 0 G Boulton J James M Williams M Primus W Tredrea3 W Tredrea7 652006 Twelfth 8 14 0 89 G Boulton J James M Williams W Tredrea B Lade J Mahoney 292007 Second 15 7 0 113 2 1 0 G Boulton J James M Williams W Tredrea K Cornes B Ebert 562008 Thirteenth 7 15 0 96 G Boulton J JamesM Haysman M Williams W Tredrea K Cornes2 D Motlop 572009 Tenth 9 13 0 89 B Duncanson M Haysman M Williams D Cassisi W Tredrea4 W Tredrea8 512010 Tenth 10 12 0 82 B Duncanson M Haysman M WilliamsM Primus D Cassisi K Cornes3 J Schulz 332011 Sixteenth 3 19 0 65 B Duncanson M HaysmanK Thomas M Primus D Cassisi T BoakJ Trengove R Gray 322012 Fourteenth 5 16 1 79 B DuncansonD Koch K Thomas M PrimusG Hocking D Cassisi K Cornes4 J Schulz2 422013 Fifth 12 10 0 102 1 1 0 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak C Wingard J Schulz3 49Administrative Independence from the SANFL2014 Third 14 8 0 130 2 1 0 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak R Gray J Schulz4 662015 Ninth 12 10 0 106 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak R Gray2 C Wingard 532016 Tenth 10 12 0 106 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak R Gray3 C Wingard2 382017 Seventh 14 8 0 130 0 1 0 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak P Ryder C Dixon 492018 Tenth 12 10 0 108 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Boak J Westhoff R Gray2 362019 Tenth 11 11 0 105 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley O WinesT Jonas T Boak2 C Rozee 292020 Third 14 3 0 136 1 1 0 D Koch K Thomas K Hinkley T Jonas D Byrne Jones C Dixon2 342021 Third 17 5 0 126 1 1 0 D Koch M Richardson K Hinkley T Jonas O Wines C Dixon3 482022 Eleventh 10 12 0 110 D Koch M Richardson K Hinkley T Jonas C Rozee T Marshall 452023 D Koch M Richardson K Hinkley T Jonas Premier League Best and Fairest League Leading Goalkicker 2 Multiple Best amp Fairest or Leading GoalkickerSANFL Honour Board Post AFL Entry Edit Port Adelaide Football Club honour roll SANFL since 1997 304 Season Final position Coach Captain A R McLean Medal Leading goal kicker1997 Second Stephen Williams Tim Ginever Tim Ginever Phil McGuinness 36 1998 First Stephen Williams Darryl Borlase Bryan Beinke Bryan Beinke 39 1999 First Stephen Williams David Brown Darryl Poole Paul Evans 35 2000 Third Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Phil McGuinness Phillip Smith 41 2001 Third Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Ryan O Connor Tony Brown 27 2002 Sixth Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Corey Ah Chee Matt Lokan 22 2003 Fifth Stephen Williams Darryl Poole Brett Ebert Paul Evans 46 2004 Sixth Matthew Knights Tony Brown Kristian De Pasquale Paul Evans 29 2005 Third John Cahill Tony Brown Jeremy Clayton Clive Waterhouse 75 2006 Fifth Tim Ginever Mark Clayton Jeremy Clayton Clive Waterhouse 52 2007 Sixth Tim Ginever Mark Clayton Jeremy Clayton Brent LeCras 45 2008 Fifth Tim Ginever Corey Ah Chee Jeremy Clayton Daniel Hargraves 53 2009 Eighth Tim Ginever Corey Ah Chee Brad Murray Joel Perry 43 2010 Eighth Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Steven Summerton Cameron Cloke 25 2011 Sixth Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Mark Dolling Brad Mercer 30 2012 Seventh Tony Bamford James Meiklejohn Jeremy Clayton Luke Harder 29 2013 Sixth Ken McGregor James Meiklejohn Sam Gray Josh Thurgood 38 2014 Second Garry Hocking Steven Summerton Steven Summerton John Butcher 32 2015 Fourth Garry Hocking Steven Summerton Steven Summerton Mitch Harvey 21 2016 Sixth Chad Cornes Steven Summerton Kane Mitchell Luke Reynolds 43 2017 Second Chad Cornes Steven Summerton Brendon Ah Chee Brett Eddy 59 2018 Ninth Matt Lokan Steven Summerton Will Snelling Lindsay Thomas 21 2019 Second Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Jack Trengove Billy Frampton 32 2020 did not field a team due to the COVID 19 pandemic2021 Seventh Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Sam Hayes Dylan Williams 31 2022 Eighth Matt Lokan Cameron Sutcliffe Cameron Sutcliffe Dylan Williams 20 Premier Magarey Medallist Ken Farmer Medallist 2 Multiple Best amp Fairest or Leading Goal KickerHall of Fame Edit Port Adelaide launched the club Hall of Fame on 20 February 1998 when it inducted inaugural 18 members into the Hall of Fame 306 It has since honoured 40 more players coaches administrators and club servants who have played a major part in the club in addition to two eras of premiership teams 307 308 Port AdelaideHall of FameIndividuals Bruce AbernethyJohn AbleyDave BoydCraig BradleyJohn CahillBob ClaytonAngelo CongearKane Cornes Brian CunninghamLeslie DaymanRussell EbertTim Evans Brian FaircloughGeorge FiacchiTim GineverNeville Hayes Scott Hodges Ron HoffmanSampson Hosking Henry Kneebone Allan McLean Edward McMahonGeof MotleyPaul Northeast Harold OliverGreg PhillipsHarold PhillipsJeffrey PotterBob QuinnAllan RevalLlewellyn RobertsRichard Russell Darren SmithWarren TredreaGavin Wanganeen Edward WhelanFos WilliamsMark WilliamsStephen WilliamsLloyd ZuckerEras 1954 19591962 1965Players listed in bold are inductees in the Australian Football Hall of Fame Players listed in bold and italics are legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame Greatest Team Edit In June 2001 the Port Adelaide Football Club announced its Greatest Team from the prior two centuries consisting of the most successful players from the club Between the 22 players inducted they shared 201 premiership medals 532 state games 16 Magarey Medals and numerous other football accolades The club hailed the group the Greatest Team of the Greatest Club 309 Military service Edit War Roll of Honour 37 Boer WarKenneth McKenzie William SchwannWorld War IMaurice Allingham Frederick Badcock Arthur Biscombe William Boon David Bower Howard Bungey Hugh Challinder Arnold ChannonAlbert Chaplin Robert Coffen Henry Davis Clement DaymanWilliam Dempster Henry Dewar William Roy Drummond M M Edward FoggoArchibald Gosling Matthew Healy Horace Hoare Samuel HowieGordon Inkster Clarence Latimer Lawrence Levy William MarshallTom McDonald D C M Frederick Meadows Edward Oatey John W RobertsonEdwin Rose Thomas Sard Stedman Stidson William TheodoreHarry Tobin Arthur Tubel Arthur Turner Douglas Walsh M C Joseph Watson Edward WeedenWorld War I officialsDr Alexander Benson Charles Hayter Dr Edward MorrisWorld War IIHoward Abbott James Allingham Charles A Andersen Charles H AndersenBasil Bampton Harold Beer Halcombe George Brock Maxwell Carmichael George W F Chapman Clarence Christensen Noel Clark John CoppinIvor Dangerfield Lindsay Darling Ralph Dawe Clarance L DaymanJohn Dermody Edward Dorian James Doyle Drozena EdenBert Edwards James Farr Dennis Fitzgerald Frederick GallifordLaurence Gates Geoffrey Germein Francis Gibaut Arthur GowerColin Grant Claude Greening Donald Gregg Colin GrimmJohn Heaton Colin Herbert John Johnson Kenneth JohnsonClyde Kellaway Peter Keough Lyall Kretschmer Robert LanderPeter Marrett Richard Mayne Harold McDonald Norman McInnesMalcolm McKiggan Allan R C Bob McLean Harold Mills Brian MooreGeorge Neaylon John Oehme William Owens Alexander PenderHarry Perry Frederick Peters James Prideaux George U Quinn John M Quinn Robert B Quinn M M Lew Roberts Herbert RobertsonBertram Robinson Lloyd Rudd Leonard Salvemini Reginald SchumannJohn Skelley Kenneth Slade Gordon Temby William TriggArthur Tunbridge Arthur Utting John Wade Hercules WaldronJohn White Geoffrey Wiese Foster Williams John WoollardWorld War II officials staffKenneth Aubert Archibald Dowsett Henry Naismith William AdairVietnam WarPeter Chant Lindsay McGie John A Quinn denotes killed in action or died while servingClub achievements EditPort Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in senior level football having won a record 37 senior premierships across the AFL and SANFL competitions 310 The club won its first premiership in 1884 11 while its most recent senior level premiership was in 2004 311 The club has won a record 4 Championship of Australia titles 312 and have won the Stanley H Lewis trophy 12 times second to only Norwood 14 313 Port Adelaide has had two notable periods of success under the leadership of Fos Williams who coached 9 premierships and John Cahill who coached 10 PremiershipsCompetition Level Wins Years WonAustralian Football League Seniors 311 1 2004South Australian National Football League Seniors 1877 2013 Reserves 2014 present 314 36 1884 1890 1897 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1921 1928 1936 1937 1939 1951 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1965 1977 1979 1980 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999Reserves 1906 2018 314 19 1911 1923 1933 1936 1947 1948 1952 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1963 1980 1983 1988 1996 1997 2010Under 19s 1937 2008 314 13 1946 1950 1953 1962 1974 1975 1976 1977 1991 1999 2001 2006 2007Under 17s 1939 2008 314 6 1951 1955 1961 1971 1972 1994Under 18s 2009 2014 315 1 2011War League 1942 1944 49 1 1942 b South Australian Patriotic Football League Seniors 1916 1918 316 2 1916 1917Other titles and honoursChampionship of Australia Seniors 312 4 1890 1910 1913 1914Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy 1962 2014 Multiple 313 12 1962 1963 1964 1970 1977 1979 1980 1988 1989 1992 1994 1999AFL pre season competition Seniors 317 2 2001 2002SANFL Lightning Premiership Seniors 318 1 1948Finishing positionsAustralian Football League Minor premiership McClelland Trophy 319 4 2002 2003 2004 2020Runners Up 311 1 2007Wooden spoons 0 NilSouth Australian National Football League Minor premiership 320 44 1889 1902 1903 1904 1906 1907 1909 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1921 1928 1931 1934 1935 1936 1939 1940 1945 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1970 1976 1977 1980 1982 1984 1988 1990 1992 1999 2014Runners Up 314 37 1878 1879 1883 1887 1888 1889 1891 1892 1898 1901 1904 1905 1907 1909 1911 1912 1915 1929 1930 1934 1935 1938 1945 1946 1953 1964 1966 1967 1968 1971 1972 1976 1984 1997 2014 2017 2019Wooden spoons 320 3 1886 1896 1900Player achievements EditCompetition awards Edit Brownlow Medal AFL fairest and best 321 2021 Ollie WinesMagarey Medal SANFL best and fairest 322 1899 Stan Malin 1907 Jack Mack 1910 Sampson Hosking 1914 Jack Ashley 1915 Sampson Hosking 1921 Charlie Adams 1925 Peter Bampton 1938 Bob Quinn 1945 Bob Quinn 1956 Dave Boyd 1964 Geof Motley 1967 Trevor Obst 1971 Russell Ebert 1974 Russell Ebert 1975 Peter Woite 1976 Russell Ebert 1980 Russell Ebert 1986 Greg Anderson 1990 Scott Hodges 1992 Nathan Buckley 2001 Tony Brown and Ryan O Connor 2003 Brett Ebert 2005 Jeremy Clayton AFLCA Champion Player of the Year 323 2004 Warren Tredrea 2014 Robbie GrayAFL Rising Star Best player under 21 324 1997 Michael Wilson 2006 Danyle PearceGrand final best on ground awards Edit Norm Smith Medal AFL Grand Final best on ground 325 2004 Byron PickettJack Oatey Medal SANFL Grand Final best on ground 326 1981 Russell Ebert 1988 Bruce Abernethy 1989 Russell Johnston 1990 George Fiacchi 1992 Nathan Buckley 1994 Darryl Wakelin 1995 Anthony Darcy 1996 David Brown 1998 Brett Chalmers 1999 Darryl PooleClub awards Edit John Cahill Medal best and fairest Main article John Cahill Medal Allan Robert McLean Medal SANFL best and fairest Allan Robert McLean MedalGavin Wanganeen Medal Best player under 21 327 2006 Danyle Pearce 2007 Justin Westhoff 2008 Alipate Carlile 2009 Travis Boak 2010 Jackson Trengove 2011 Hamish Hartlett 2012 Chad Wingard 2013 Ollie Wines 2014 Ollie Wines 2015 Ollie Wines 2016 Jarman Impey 2017 Sam Powell Pepper 2018 Dan Houston 2019 Connor Rozee 2020 Zak Butters 328 2021 Mitch Georgiades Fos Williams Medal Best Team Man 327 1997 Brayden Lyle 1998 Brayden Lyle 1999 Josh Francou 2000 Matthew Primus 2001 Matthew Primus 2002 Josh Carr 2003 Josh Carr 2004 Michael Wilson 2005 Darryl Wakelin 2006 Brendon Lade 2007 Troy Chaplin 2008 Domenic Cassisi 2009 Domenic Cassisi 2010 Domenic Cassisi 2011 Domenic Cassisi 2012 Brad Ebert 2013 Travis Boak 2014 Travis Boak 2015 Travis Boak 2016 Jasper Pittard 2017 Tom Jonas 2018 Tom Jonas 2019 Travis Boak 2020 Travis Boak 328 2021 Travis Boak Coaches Award Most Improved Player 327 1998 Warren Tredrea 1999 Warren Tredrea 2000 Roger James 2001 Josh Carr 2002 Chad Cornes 2003 Dean Brogan 2004 Kane Cornes 2005 Domenic Cassisi 2006 Shaun Burgoyne 2007 David Rodan 2008 Travis Boak 2009 Robbie Gray 2010 Paul Stewart 2011 Tom Logan 2012 Tom Jonas 2013 Justin Westhoff 2014 Matthew Lobbe 2015 Brendon Ah Chee 2016 Jasper Pittard 2017 Sam Gray 2018 Dan Houston 2019 Darcy Byrne Jones 2020 Trent McKenzie 328 2021 Karl Amon John McCarthy Medal Community Award 327 2013 Jack Hombsch 2014 Brad Ebert 2015 Nathan Krakouer 2016 Jack Hombsch 2017 Jack Hombsch 2018 Justin Westhoff 2019 Travis Boak 2020 Justin Westhoff 328 2021 Travis Boak All Australian Edit An All Australian team is considered a best of selection of players for each calendar year with each player represented in their team position Each team is selected by a panel of experts 329 Sporting Life s All Australian Edit Bob Quinn was named as captain in Sporting Life s All Australian Sporting Life Magazine first pioneered the concept of an All Australian team of the year in 1947 and would run each year until 1955 330 The AFL does not recognise the teams selected by Sporting Life 331 Bob Quinn 1947 captain 41 Dick Russell 1950 332 Fos Williams 1950 332 1951 333 Harold McDonald 1951 333 1955 334 Official Edit All Australian teams from the Interstate Carnivals and Australian Football League have been endorsed as official by governing bodies of the sport such as the Australian National Football Council and the AFL 330 Interstate carnivals 335 John Abley 1956 1958 1961 John Cahill 1969 Greg Phillips 1980 Mark Williams 1980 Craig Bradley 1983 1985 Tony Giles 1983 Stephen Curtis 1983 Greg Anderson 1987 Martin Leslie 1988 Australian Football League 335 Adam Heuskes 1997 Gavin Wanganeen 2001 2003 Matthew Primus 2001 2002 Warren Tredrea 2001 2002 2003 2004 Brett Montgomery 2002 Josh Francou 2002 Chad Cornes 2004 2007 Mark Williams 2004 coach Kane Cornes 2005 2007 Brendon Lade 2006 2007 Shaun Burgoyne 2006 Chad Wingard 2013 2015 Travis Boak 2013 2014 2020 VC Robbie Gray 2014 2015 2017 2018 Paddy Ryder 2017 Darcy Byrne Jones 2020 Charlie Dixon 2020 Aliir Aliir 2021 Ollie Wines 2021 Connor 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