Port Adelaide Football Club

Port Adelaide Football Club

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

The Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL) (in which they are known as the Power) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) (in which they are known as the Magpies).^[2] Port Adelaide is the older of the two clubs in South Australia playing in the AFL and the 18th Australian rules club formed in Australia. Since the club’s first game in 1870 it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions.^[3][4]

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

The Port Adelaide Football Club is the only pre-existing non-Victorian club to enter the national AFL competition.

SANFL history

1870–1901: Foundation years

The Port Adelaide Football Club was established in late April or early May 1870^[6] as part of a joint football and cricket club. The football club played its first match against a team called the "Young Australians" on 24 May 1870 at Buck's Flat, a property owned by club president John Wald the only player to score a major.^[7] The club's first guernsey was light blue horizontal hoops on white paired with magenta hats.

1890 Champions of Australia	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	7	10	52
South Melbourne	6	13	49
Venue: Adelaide Oval

In Alberton Oval which, except for the 1975 and 1976 seasons, has been its base ever since. In 1885 Port Adelaide played one of its first ever games at the MCG against the Melbourne Football Club losing to the home side by three goals.^[8] In 1889 the club played against the Richmond Football Club at Punt Road Oval, with the Port Adelaide side prevailing by one goal in the scoring system of the time.^[9] Port Adelaide won its second premiership in 1890 and after defeating the VFA premiers, South Melbourne, the club was crowned "Champions of Australia" for the first time.

In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe depression and many of Port Adelaide's working class players were forced to move interstate to find work. This transferred into poor results on the field. In 1896, with the club in crisis, the club committee met with the aim of revitalising the Port Adelaide Football Club. It had immediate results and in 1897 Port Adelaide won a third premiership. Stan Malin won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal in 1899. The club had various nicknames during the 19th century including the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done in any senior league since.

Champion players from this era include Harold Phillips, Ken and John McKenzie, Archibald Hosie and Charlie Fry.

• Port Adelaide's first games were played adjacent to Glanville Hall.

• Inaugural club president John Hart.

• John Hart with junior players (c.1873).

• Port Adelaide's magenta uniform (c.1896).

1902–1915: Black and white and the pre-war era

1914 SAFL Home & Away Season	W	L	D	Total	%
Port Adelaide	12	0	0	24	209.41
	Minor Premiers

In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in black and white for the first time after having trouble finding the appropriate dye for its magenta guernseys.

The club, now being referred to as “the Magpies”, won premierships in 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 and 1914, besides achieving a perfect minor round in 1912 before being unexpectedly beaten by West Adelaide in both the challenge final and final.

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

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

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

Port Adelaide also added to its “Champions of Australia” titles with victories in 1910, 1913 and 1914. In 1909 the East Fremantle Football Club toured South Australia and played Port Adelaide, winning their first encounter. The following year, seeking revenge, Port Adelaide travelled to Western Australia and evened the ledger scoring 6.10 (46) to beat East Fremantle's 5.4 (34). To conclude this trip Port Adelaide played a combination of some of the Western Australian Football League's best players and achieved a remarkable victory scoring 6.17 (53) to 6.12 (48) with Sampson Hosking named best on ground.^[10]

In 1914 Port achieved the distinction of going through the entire season without losing a match: in fact it won its fourteen SAFL games by an average score of 89 points to 40. At the end of 1914 the SAFL (as it was known from 1907 to 1927) put together a combined team from the six other SAFL clubs to play Port which the Magpies won.

Champion players of this era included Harold Oliver, Angelo Congear and Sampson Hosking.

• Port Adelaide adopted the Magpie in 1902.

• Jack Londrigan leads Port Adelaide out for the first game of 1914.

• Port Adelaide's undefeated 1914 SAFL premiers and “Champions of Australia” team.

1919-1949: Inter-war period, WWII and resilience

The SAFL competition was suspended from 1916 to 1918 because of World War I. Port Adelaide’s pre-war success did not continue and from 1919 to 1935, the club recorded only two premiership wins in 1921 and 1928. In 1927 Port Adelaide captain Clifford Keal began a tradition that has continued to this day by wearing the number one. As was the case in the 1890s, the depression of the early 1930s hit the club hard with players moving interstate to secure employment. However, by the late 1930s, the economy and Port Adelaide's form both recovered and Port after two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935 won premierships in 1936, 1937 and 1939.

Just as had happened in 1914, the SANFL was hit hard by player losses in World War II. Due to a lack of players the league’s eight teams were reduced to six with Port Adelaide merging with nearby West Torrens Football Club from 1942 to 1944 picking up one premiership in this period. Once the normal competition resumed in 1945, Port Adelaide initially struggled to regain its pre-war success and played in only one grand final for the rest of the 1940s.

Champion players in this era included Bob Quinn, Les Dayman, Allan Reval and Bob McLean.

• Allan "Bull" Reval.

• Port Adelaide captain Bob Quinn chaired off after the 1939 Grand Final win.

• Bob McLean (c. 1939).

1950–1973: Fos Williams era

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

Desperate to improve the club's performance, the Port Adelaide committee went in search of a coach that could win the club a premiership. In a decision which would influence the next 50 years of the Port Adelaide Football Club, in 1950 the committee hired Foster Neil Williams, a brilliant rover from West Adelaide as captain-coach. Williams brought to the club a new coaching style based on success at any cost. In his second season as coach, Williams led Port to their first premiership since 1939 and the club played in every grand final for the rest of the decade, winning a record six premierships in a row from 1954 to 1959. During this period Port Adelaide and Melbourne, the dominant Victorian side of the time, played three exhibition matches, with the 1955 match going down to the last 15 seconds with a Frank 'Bluey' Adams behind sealing the game for the Dees. Williams left as coach in 1958 and Port Adelaide's form declined. With Williams return in 1962, Port Adelaide won three of the next four premierships taking his tally to nine.

1959 SANFL Grand Final 6th consecutive premiership.	G	B	Total
West Adelaide	11	11	77
Port Adelaide	13	8	87
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 48,884[12]

This era introduced players such as John Cahill, Peter Woite, Dave Boyd, Geof Motley and Russell Ebert to the football public. However, the club failed to win a premiership over the period 1966–1976. Port Adelaide was frustrated particularly by the dominance of Sturt, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey.

• Fos Williams post-match. At Port Adelaide, Fos coached the club to 9 premierships, playing in 6 of them.

1974–1998: John Cahill era

1977 SANFL Grand Final Ebert, Cahill and Port's first premiership in 11 years.	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Glenelg	16	9	105
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 56,717[13]

One of Port Adelaide's finest players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill. He eventually became William's protégé and ultimately took over as coach in 1974. Cahill coached in the Williams style and was, if anything, even more aggressive. Cahill took Port to their first Grand Final under his leadership in 1976. They lost the match but went on to win premierships in four of the next five seasons from 1977 to 1981.

Off-field, a dispute between the Richmond to a game at Alberton Oval to which they accepted. Although the game was nothing more than an exhibition match it proved to be a thriller with Richmond winning by a single point, 14.13 (97) to 13.20 (98).

• Port were premiers 10 times with John Cahill as coach.

• Record SA crowd at Football Park for the 1976 Grand Final. Officially the attendance was 66,897 but police estimated it to be 75,000.

1983-1987: Russell Ebert as coach

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

In 1982 the SANFL approached the VFL in regards to entering a composite side in their league, an action also taken by clubs East Fremantle, East Perth and Norwood Football Club. These approaches were ignored by the VFL at the time.^[14] The Port Adelaide Football Club's annual report from late 1982 showed that the failure of these attempts significantly impacted the club's understanding of its future.^[15] From this point Port Adelaide restructured the club in regards to economics, public relations and on-field performance for an attempt to enter the league in 1990. There was genuine feeling that failure to do this would result in the club ceasing to exist in the future.^[14]

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

1988–1996: SANFL domination and AFL entry

Talk of a side from South Australia entering the VFL was fast tracked in 1987 when a team from Western Australia, the West Coast Eagles, and a team from Brisbane, the Brisbane Bears joined the VFL. This left South Australia as the only mainland state in Australia without a team in an increasingly national competition. By 1989 seven out of ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40% of that of the VFL.^[16] During early 1990 the SANFL decided to wait three years before making any further decision in regards to fielding a South Australian side in the VFL until it could be done without negatively affecting football within the state. Frustrated with lack of progress, Port Adelaide were having secret negotiations in the town of Quorn for entry in 1991.^[17] From these discussions Port Adelaide Football Club accepted an invitation from the VFL to join what had now become the AFL. The AFL signed a Heads of Agreement with the club in expectation that Port would enter the competition in 1991, meaning the Port Adelaide Football Club would field two teams, one in the AFL and one in the SANFL.

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

During the 1990 preseason Port Adelaide played a practice match against the Geelong Cats at Football Park in front of 35,000.^[18] When the knowledge of Port Adelaide Football Club's negotiations to gain an AFL licence were made public, the rest of the SANFL and many other people across the state saw it as an act of treachery. SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid, which he agreed to.^[16] The AFL suggested to the SANFL that if they didn't want Port Adelaide to join the AFL, they could put forward a counter bid to enter a composite South Australian side into the AFL. After legal action from all parties, the AFL finally agreed to accept the SANFL's bid and the Adelaide Football Club was born.^[19]

1996 SANFL Grand Final Last SANFL game before AFL entry.	G	B	Total
Central Districts	6	8	44
Port Adelaide	11	14	80
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 46,210[20]

The fallout from the failed bid resulted in some calling for Port Adelaide to be expelled from the SANFL.^[19] However, Port Adelaide continued to compete and continued to dominate. The Magpies followed their triple triumphs from 1988 to 1990 with a premiership in 1992 and three in a row again from 1994 to 1996, then again in 1998 and 1999. This equated to nine premierships in twelve seasons. In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. Adelaide's Channel 7 broadcaster ran a phone poll asking whether Port Adelaide should get the second licence with 74% of the 6000 respondents saying 'yes'.^[21] However a licence did not guarantee entry and although a target year of 1996 was set, this was reliant upon an existing AFL club folding or merging with another. In 1996, the cash-strapped Fitzroy announced it would merge with the Brisbane Bears to form the Brisbane Lions. A spot had finally opened and it was announced that in 1997, one year later than expected, Port Adelaide would enter the AFL.

Due to the fact that Collingwood, an existing VFL/AFL club, was already using the Magpie emblem and Magpies' nickname, Port Adelaide was requested by the VFL to simply find a new nickname and logo to avoid a clash.^[22] However, after the unsuccessful 1990 bid, Collingwood successfully lobbied the AFL to force Port Adelaide to change not only its logo and nickname but also its guernsey and colours. In 1995, a new guernsey was created with the look unveiled made up of black, white, silver and teal which represents the water of the Port River. The logo consisted of three strips reflecting the colours.

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

• Secret discussions were held in the town of Quorn, South Australia with VFL officials in 1990.

• An injunction against Port Adelaide's 1990 bid was accepted by the Supreme Court of South Australia.

AFL history

1997–1998: John Cahill and "The Power"

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

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

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

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

1999-2012: Mark Williams era

1999-2003: First AFL success and finals frustration

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

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

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

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

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

2004: Premiership glory

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

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

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

Port Adelaide easily won its qualifying final against Geelong, earning a home preliminary final. Port Adelaide made it through to its first AFL grand final after defeating St Kilda in a thrilling preliminary final by just six points in front of over 46,000 people at home, with Gavin Wanganeen kicking the winning goal with about a minute to go.

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

On 25 September 2004, Port Adelaide faced a highly fancied Brisbane side attempting to win a record-equalling fourth straight AFL premiership. Only one point separated the sides at half time, however late in the third quarter Port Adelaide took the ascendency and romped home in the final term to win by 40 points: 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73). Byron Pickett was awarded with the Norm Smith Medal after being judged the best player in the match, tallying 20 disposals and kicking three goals.

• The 2004 AFL premiership was Port Adelaide's first since joining the league.

2005-2006: Finals goal and a rapid rebuild

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

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

2007: Young side success and Grand Final loss

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

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

2008–2010: Grand final aftermath

The 2008 season was disappointing one for a Port Adelaide side keen to build on its 2007 grand final appearance. After a ;oss to Richmond in Round 13, Mark Williams labelled Port Adelaide's season as "officially off". A highlight of the year was Daniel Motlop who proved one of the most damaging and creative forwards in the competition and was Port Adelaide's leading goal kicker for the year. Warren Tredrea stepped down as captain on 5 November 2008 to focus on his own footballing ability.^[23] On 9 February, it was announced that Domenic Cassisi would become Port Adelaide's captain for the 2009 season, with Shaun Burgoyne and Kane Cornes appointed as vice-captains.^[24] Cassisi's elevation to captaincy generated controversy due to coach Mark Williams originally wanting Shaun Burgoyne or Chad Cornes to be captain, which was overruled by Port Adelaide's administration board.^[25]

During the 2009 pre-season Port Adelaide announced that they had requested an immediate seven-figure sum from the AFL in a bid to ease its financial crisis. Port Adelaide had accumulated a consolidated debt totaling $5.1 million and was unable to pay its players; they had lost $1.4 million the season before, a year in which they finished 13th, and had their average home crowds drop to little more than 23,000.^[26] However the financial assistance was denied by the league, with AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou saying that they would have to undergo an intensive application process and work with the SANFL who own Port Adelaide's AFL licence.^[27] On 20 May, Port were handed $2.5 million in debt relief by the SANFL, and on 15 June were handed a $1 million grant by the AFL commission.^[28][29] By the end of the season the financial situation had reached the point where either the Port Adelaide Magpies (also suffering from crippling debt) or Port Adelaide could be forced to fold. The SANFL had announced it could support one club but not both. Plans for a merger of the two clubs to keep Port Adelaide in both the AFL and SANFL were rejected by the SANFL. For the 2009 season, Port Adelaide marginally improved on its previous 13th-place finish, notching up an extra two/three wins to climb to 10th position on the AFL ladder and, in the third year of a five-year plan, are slowly heading in the right direction. The club got some important game time into the likes of Hamish Hartlett, Matthew Broadbent, Travis Boak, Alipate Carlile and Robbie Gray.

The club's financial prospects were given a major boost in December 2009 when Premier Mike Rann announced a $450 million government commitment to redevelop Adelaide Oval, to enable AFL Football and home games for both Port and the Crows to be played in the city centre.^[30]

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

2010–2012: Matthew Primus period, mounting financial pressures and tragedy

Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after Mark Williams stood down and shortly after assistant coach Dean Laidley rejected the offer.^[31] In Showdown 29, Port Adelaide ended its nine-game losing streak with a 19 point win over their crosstown rivals, the Adelaide Crows. It was also Matthew Primus's first win as head coach, ending the season with five wins and two losses. Port Adelaide's administration board had started the search for a new coach and it was widely believed that Port Adelaide would appoint someone who had never been associated with the club before.^[32] However, on 9 September, Matthew Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years. The club also saw the retirement of 2004 premiership players Josh Carr and Warren Tredrea, who many fans consider to be Port Adelaide's greatest AFL player.

In May 2011 the SANFL sought to take control of Port Adelaide to ensure the club remains competitive. Despite the SANFL underwriting $5 million of Port's debt in 2010, the takeover failed when the SANFL was unable to get a line of credit to cover Port Adelaide's future debts. On 1 June it was announced that the AFL would underwrite $1.25 million in debt to protect its $1.25 billion television rights. AFL Chief executive Andrew Demetriou, offered $9 million over the next three years to help the club, ahead of the move to the Adelaide Oval, which resulted in the resignation of the Chief Executive, Mark Haysman, who was replaced by Keith Thomas, and three board members. The AFL gave the money to the SANFL with strict conditions that they give Port Adelaide three million dollars a year, for three years. Part of the money was used to secure the services of assistant coaches Josh Carr, Brad Gotch, Shaun Rehn and Tyson Edwards.^[33]

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

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

On 9 September 2012, Port Adelaide player John McCarthy died on an end of season trip in Las Vegas after falling from a ledge of The Flamingo Hotel.^[34] Thousands of tributes and messages came from the general public, AFL supporters, players and other clubs. The Adelaide Football Club and Collingwood Football Club both announced a day after McCarthy's death that their players would wear black armbands for their semi-final matches and the AFL players association announced that both games would have a minute's silence before the national anthem was played, which is always played before each finals match.

2013–present: Ken Hinkley era

The 2013 season saw many significant changes in a new era for Port Adelaide. On 8 October 2012, Ken Hinkley was announced as the new senior coach of the club succeeding Matthew Primus. This marked the first time that the club had appointed someone not associated with the club before since Fos Williams in 1950. Joining Hinkley would be Alan Richardson as the director of coaching and strategy and Darren Burgess, who had spent the previous two years as the head of fitness and conditioning at Liverpool in the Premier League, as the high performance manager. The same day, the club also announced that it had traded for Angus Monfries and by the end of the trade week and draft period, the club oversaw a nine player overhaul in its senior list.^[35] Port Adelaide also had major changes within its administrative positions with television personality David Koch being named as the chairman of the club and numerous board members being replaced. The 2013 preseason also saw Travis Boak succeed Domenic Cassisi as the captain of the club.^[36] For the first time in the club's history, Port Adelaide achieved 40,000 members in 2013.

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

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

2014: Return to Adelaide Oval

During the 2014 off-season Port Adelaide recruited Matthew White and Jared Polec from Richmond and Brisbane respectively, to bolster its squad. Former Brisbane Lions three time premiership player and Gold Coast assistant Shaun Hart replaced Richardson as the Director of Coaching after the latter took up an opportunity at St Kilda.^[37] Building on from 2013, off-field Port Adelaide signed up a record 55,715 members for its return to Adelaide Oval and averaged 44,429 at home games, a 65% jump from the previous year. On-field Port Adelaide had its best ever 11 game start into an AFL season with 10 wins. Port finished the 2014 season 5th on the ladder with 14 wins, an improvement from 2013. They hosted their first home final since 2007 against Richmond which they won by 57 points. The following week, they went to Perth to play Fremantle in the semi-final. Despite the Dockers leading by 24 points at half time, the Power kicked 12 goals to 5 in the second half to win by 22 points and enter its first preliminary final since 2007. Their 2014 season ended a week later in a three point loss to Hawthorn at the MCG.

Port Adelaide's 2015 pre-season began with Essendon ruckman Paddy Ryder requesting a trade to the Power.^[38] On the final day of trade week, Ryder was traded to the club boosting its ruck stocks.^[39] For the second consecutive season, Port Adelaide had lost another assistant coach to a senior coaching position at another club, this time Phil Walsh, who became the coach of the Adelaide Crows from 2015. Walsh was replaced by Michael Voss, a former premiership player and former senior coach of the Brisbane Lions.^[40]

SANFL presence post AFL entry

1997–2010: Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club

When the Port Adelaide Football Club entered the AFL, a new state league team was created to fill the void left by the club. The new club was now called the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club as opposed to the original counterpart, the Port Adelaide Football Club, playing in the national competition.^[41]

The new Port Adelaide Magpies won the 1998 and 1999 SANFL premierships. However for the rest of the Port Adelaide Magpies existence they failed to reach another grand final.

2011-present: One club and AFL reserves integration

On 20 August 2010, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by a former player, Tim Ginever, in a bid to merge the Power and the Port Adelaide Magpies, in the SANFL competition, as one club. The movement created a website for people to sign so that the Power and the Magpies might become one club. The website claimed that it needed at least 50,000 people to sign up for the Power and the Magpies to merge. On 15 November 2010, all nine SANFL clubs came together for a meeting to decide if the merger would go ahead. The meeting decided that the off-field merger between the two clubs would proceed.^[42][43]

On 10 September 2013, Port Adelaide and the SANFL agreed to a model to allow all its AFL-listed players (not selected to play for Port Adelaide in the AFL) to play for the Magpies in the SANFL League competition (the Adelaide Crows will also have a reserves team playing in the SANFL from 2014). On October 4, 2013, Port Adelaide's AFL assistant coach Garry Hocking was announced as the SANFL senior coach of the reserves side.^[44] For the 2014 season, the Port Magpies won the minor premiership by winning 12 games and placing top of the ladder. After defeating the South Adelaide Football Club by 20 points in the second semi-final, they reached their first SANFL Grand Final since 1999, where they lost to the Norwood Football Club by 4 points.

2015: Loss of junior development squads

From 2015 onward, the club would lose its recruiting zones and no longer field sides in the Under 18s, 16s, 15s, 14s and 13s SANFL competition. In turn, Port Adelaide will operate an Academy team composed of 18 to 22 year old's.^[45]

Club symbols and identity

Guernseys

Controversy concerning the AFL's refusal to permit Port Adelaide to wear its traditional black-and-white "prison bar" guernsey in the competitions heritage-themed rounds came to head 2007. Earlier in that year, Port Adelaide chief executive John James said the club was waiting for confirmation from the AFL that it could wear its 1970s prison bar guernsey for a match against the Western Bulldogs. He said Port was also looking for confirmation it would be able to continue to honour its heritage in any future heritage rounds. Port Adelaide decided not to participate in the 2006 heritage round when the AFL did not approve the club’s 1980s-style black-and-white guernsey for its 80s themed heritage round. Collingwood club president Eddie McGuire has been a vocal opponent of Port Adelaide wearing the prison bar guernsey, claiming that Collingwood has an exclusive right to wear black and white in the AFL, even in the heritage round. John James stated that Port Adelaide possibly received more correspondence from its supporters about the heritage guernsey than about any other issue and that the club would "continue to fight for its heritage and what is right".^[46] On 14 May 2007 the AFL and Port Adelaide reached an agreement whereby the club could wear its prison bar guernsey in the heritage round this season, with the proviso that in future seasons its players can only wear it in home heritage round games and provided that such a game is not against Collingwood.^[47]

A guernsey designed by an 11-year-old indigenous student from Waikerie Primary School^[48] was worn by Port Adelaide players in the 2007 season's Round 7 match against Richmond. The guernsey was the winning design in a competition which asked primary school children to design Port Adelaide a new Power guernsey. The competition was run in conjunction with the Come Out Youth Arts Festival, a long-running festival that involves young people throughout South Australia. It is believed to be a sporting first.^[49]

On 15 December 2008, Reebok announced that Port Adelaide's 2009's guernseys would have "1870" printed on the back just above the player number. The Port Adelaide Football Club was founded on 20 April 1870 and played its first match on 24 May 1870 at what was known as Bucks Flat at Glanville.^[50]

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

Guernsey types

• Home and away guernsey (originally worn in 2009, before becoming permanent in 2010):Black based guernsey with two chevrons, the upper being teal and the lower being white. For home games, EnergyAustralia sponsor on front and Renault sponsor on back (home shorts worn). For away, Renault sponsor on front and EnergyAustralia sponsor on the back (away shorts worn).^[51]

• Clash guernsey (worn since 2010): White based guernsey with two chevrons, the upper being teal and the lower being black. Renault sponsor on front and EnergyAustralia sponsor on back (away shorts worn).

• Traditional guernsey (currently worn by SANFL sides and occasionally the AFL side when permitted to such as during the 2003, 2007, 2013 and 2014 AFL season).^[52] The Port Adelaide Football Club won 33 premierships in the "Prison Bar" guernsey and the Champions of Australia three times. Support for the guernsey remains extremely high with a limited batch of jumpers raising over $400,000 for the club for the one off game against Carlton in 2013.^[53] The most recent instance of the club trying to wear its traditional guernsey was in celebration of 100 years since its undefeated 1914 Champions of Australia season.^[54] The AFL denied the club the right. There was controversy lately during the lead-up to the final against Richmond when the AFL told Port Adelaide they had to wear their clash guernsey. On the 2nd of September 2014 the AFL cleared them to use the Traditional guernsey for the match.^[55]

• Current Guernsey

• Traditional Guernsey

Club song

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

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

Home grounds

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

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

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

As well as the facilities facing the oval, along Queen Street there is The Port Club and the Power Megastore.^[56]

SANFL

• Buck's Flat (Glanville Estate), 1870–1883
• Adelaide Oval, 1975-1976
• Alberton Oval, 1883-1974, 1977–present

AFL

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

• Alberton Oval

• Football Park

• Adelaide Oval

Rivalries

AFL

• Adelaide Crows (Showdown)
• Collingwood Magpies

SANFL

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

Club creed

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

Current playing list

AFL squad changes for 2015

Ins

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

Outs

Player	New Club	League	Via
Domenic Cassisi			Retired
Cameron Hitchcock			Delisted
Campbell Heath			Delisted
Ben Newton	Melbourne	AFL	Delisted
Brent Renouf			Delisted
Lewis Stevenson			Delisted

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

SANFL squad changes for 2015

Ins

Player	Previous Club	League	Via

Outs

Player	New Club	League	Via
Henry Slattery			Retired
Ben Haren	South Adelaide	SANFL	Transferred
Aseri Raikiwasa	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Trade

Corporate

Administrative positions

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

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

Current sponsors

Major sponsor

• Renault
• EnergyAustralia
• Foodbank (Australia)

Clothing

• International Sports Clothing

Supporters

Supporter groups

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

Cheer squad

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

"Outer Army"

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

"Alberton Crowd"

• The Alberton Crowd have been an active supporters group since the start of the 2011 season. Founded by, run by and geared towards younger supporters and a younger audience, the group takes a more proactive stance of support for the team on game days, particularly with soccer-style chants and various tifo works, beginning with the large "1870: Forever Port Adelaide" display.

Number 1 ticket holders

Current

• Hugh Sheridan - Australian actor.

Former

• David Koch – Seven Network's Sunrise co-host, current club president^[58]
• Teresa Palmer – Australian model and actress.^[59]
• Stuart O'Grady – Australian professional road bicycle racer.^[60]
• Tony Santic – Owner of Makybe Diva.^[61]
• Bob Quinn – Former Port Adelaide player.^[62]

Notable supporters

• Anna Meares - Australian gold medal track cyclist.^[63]
• Roger Rasheed - Australian professional tennis player/coach.^[64]
• Andre Agassi - American professional tennis player ^[65]
• Jason Momoa - American/Hawaiian actor and writer^[66]
• Darren Cahill - Australian professional tennis player/coach and son of John Cahill.
• Thanasi Kokkinakis - Australian professional tennis player^[67]
• Daniel Smith - Member of Australian hip-hop group The Hilltop Hoods.^[68]
• Dean Canto - Australian professional touring car driver.
• Erin Phillips - Australian professional basketball player.

Membership and attendance

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

Club honour board

Honour roll

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

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

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

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

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

Hall of Fame

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

"Greatest Team"

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

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

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

Port Adelaide's Greatest Team 1870–2000 [69]
B:	Richard Russell	John Abley	Edward Whelan
HB:	Neville Hayes	Greg Phillips	Geof Motley
C:	Craig Bradley	Russell Ebert (vc)	John Cahill
HF:	Dave Boyd	Les Dayman	Harold Oliver
F:	Scott Hodges	Tim Evans	Bob Quinn
Foll:	Russell Johnston	Allan Reval	Fos Williams (c)
Int:	Harry Phillips	Jeffrey Potter	Peter Woite
	Lloyd Zucker
Coach:	Fos Williams

Military service

Those Who Served [70]
WWI
Arthur Biscombe	Gordon Inkster	Maurice Allingham	Robert Coffen
John Robertson	Roy Drummond	Edward Oatey	William Boon †
Samuel Howie	William Theodore	David Bower	Joseph Watson †
Clement Dayman	Horace Hoare	William Marshall	Albert Chaplin †
Thomas Sard	Edward Foggo	Charles Badcock
Arthur Channon	Lawrence Levy	Clarence Latimer
WWII
Robert B. Quinn	Francis Gibaut	Norman McInnes	Richard Mayne
Harry Perry	John White	Kenneth Johnson	Dennis Fitzgerald
Geoffrey Wiese	Harry Naismith	John Quinn	Bertram Robinson
Archibald Dowsett	William Glennon	Drozena Eden	Lloyd Rudd †
Reginald Schumann	Ken Gardiner	Harold Beer	Maxwell Carmichael †
Frederick Peters	Douglas Pudney	John Johnson	George Quinn †
Leslie McLean	Gordon Dayman	Charles Andersen	Christopher Johnston †
Richard Mayne	Tom Perry	Lincoln Burnell	Halcombe Brock †
Dennis Fitzgerald	Arthur Utting	Kenneth Slade	John Wade †
Vietnam War
Peter Chant †

† denotes killed in action or died while serving

Club achievements

AFL premierships (1)

• 2004

Champions of Australia (4)

• 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914

SANFL premierships (36)

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

AFL runner-up (1)

• 2007

SANFL runner-up (36)

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

AFL minor premiership / McClelland Trophy (3)

• 2002, 2003, 2004

SANFL minor premiership (44)

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

Premiership awarded at end of minor round

• 1884, 1890, 1897

SANFL Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (11)

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

AFL pre-season premierships (2)

• 2001, 2002

SANFL pre-season premierships (3)

• 1961, 1973, 1989

SANFL wooden spoons (3)

• 1886, 1896, 1900

AFL wooden spoons (0)

• N/A

Individual awards

Competition awards

Magarey Medal winners

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

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

Post AFL entry

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

Norm Smith Medal winners

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

• 2004 - Byron Pickett

AFL Rising Star award recipients

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

• 1997 - Michael Wilson
• 2006 - Danyle Pearce

All-Australian selection

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

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

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

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

• 2004 – Warren Tredrea
• 2014 – Robbie Gray

Club awards

Fos Williams Award

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

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

Gavin Wanganeen Medal

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

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

Coaches' Award

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

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

John McCarthy Medal

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

• 2013 – Jack Hombsch
• 2014 – Brad Ebert

Club records

Highest score

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

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

Lowest score

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

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

Greatest Winning Margin

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

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

Greatest losing margin

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

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

Most games

• AFL – 292 – Kane Cornes (2001–)

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

Most goals

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

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

Largest Home Attendances

• AFL – 52,505 at Adelaide Oval (Round 22, 2014 vs Carlton)

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

Largest away attendances

• AFL – 51,883 at MCG (Round 1, 1997 vs Collingwood)

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

Largest finals attendances

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

• SANFL – 66,897 at Football Park (1976 SANFL Grand Final vs Sturt)

Longest undefeated run

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

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

Most number of goals in a match

• AFL – 8 goals Warren Tredrea (Round 7, 1998 vs Carlton, Princes Park) & Jay Schulz (Round 14, 2014 vs Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval)

• SANFL – 16 goals Tim Evans (Round 5, 1980 vs West Adelaide)

Fastest 3km Time Trial

• AFL - 9:08 Kane Cornes (2014-2015 Pre Season, Adelaide University Parklands)^[71]

References

• Michelangelo Rucci, "BLACK AND WHITE POWER", Advertiser, 8 July 2003, p. 68.
• Kathryn Wicks, "Port Adelaide in move to join AFL", Sydney Morning Herald, 1 August 1990, p. 59.
• SANFL crowds dropped 57% in the years between the Crows' arrival in the AFL and Port Adelaide's. See Sandra McKay, "Famine threatens a footy feast", Age, 9 September 1997, p. 6.
• Gerard Wright, "Port Power Given Green Light for '97", Sydney Morning Herald, 22 May 1996, p. 57.
• Greg Baum, "The power of Port", The Age, 25 September 2004, p. 1.

External links

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

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

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