Port Adelaide Football Club

Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserves 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,[3][4] in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004.[5]

Port Adelaide Football Club
Names
Full name	Port Adelaide Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)	AFL: Power SANFL: Magpies
Motto	We Are Port Adelaide[2] Never Tear Us Apart
2020 season
After finals	3rd (Preliminary Final)
Home-and-away season	1st
Leading goalkicker	Charlie Dixon (34 goals)
John Cahill Medal	Darcy Byrne-Jones
Club details
Founded	12 May 1870
Colours	Black   White   Teal   Silver
Competition	AFL: Senior men SANFL: Reserves men
Chairman	David Koch
CEO	Matthew Richardson
Coach	AFL: Ken Hinkley SANFL: Matthew Lokan
Captain(s)	AFL: Tom Jonas SANFL: Cameron Sutcliffe
Premierships	AFL (1) 2004 Championship of Australia (4) 1890 1910 1913 1914 SANFL (36) 1884 1890 1897 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1921 1928 1936 1937 1939 1951 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1965 1977 1979 1980 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 SA Patriotic League (2) 1916 1917 SANFL merger league (1) 1942 (as Port-Torrens)
Ground(s)	AFL: Adelaide Oval (capacity: 53,583)
	SANFL: Alberton Oval (capacity: 17,000)
Former ground(s)	Glanville Hall Estate (1870-1879)
	Football Park (1974–2013)
Training ground(s)	Alberton Oval
Uniforms
Home Clash Traditional
Other information
Official website	portadelaidefc.com.au

Founded in 1870, the club is the oldest professional football club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL. Port Adelaide was a founding member of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), the predecessor to the SANFL.[6] Port Adelaide has repeatedly asserted itself as a dominant force within South Australian football, going undefeated in all competitions in 1914,[7] and enjoying sustained periods of success under coaches Fos Williams and John Cahill, sharing a combined 19 premierships between them.[8][9] After entering the AFL in 1997, the club claimed three minor premierships and a premiership under coach Mark Williams between 2002 and 2004.[10] 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.[11]

Port Adelaide has a long-standing rivalry with fellow SANFL club Norwood,[12] as well as an intense rivalry with the Adelaide Crows in the AFL; a fixture referred to as the 'Showdown'.[13] The club has played at their current SANFL home ground, Alberton Oval, since 1880 and has used their current AFL home ground, Adelaide Oval, since 2014.[14][15] Port Adelaide first adopted the colours black and white in 1902, with their 'Prison Bar' guernsey.[16] Following its entry to the AFL, the club adopted the colours of Teal and Silver, in order to differentiate it from Collingwood.[17]

Club history

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.[18]

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 nearby wharfes and industries.[19] The first training session of the newly formed club took place two days later.[18] The Port Adelaide Football Club played its first match against a newly established club from North Adelaide called the Young Australian.[20] The club's first home ground was the family property of inaugural club president John Hart Jr in Glanville.[18] John Hart Sr would become premier of South Australia the week following the first match.[21] 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.[22] Port Adelaide's main opponents during the years prior to the foundation of a governing body for the code in South Australia were the now defunct Kensington and Old Adelaide club. The rules of the Old Adelaide club, which more closely resembled the rules used in Melbourne at the time, were ultimately adopted across Adelaide in 1876.[22]

The club's first premiership team in 1884

In 1889 Port Adelaide played Norwood in the first "Grand Final". Port Adelaide defeated South Melbourne for the 1890 Championship of Australia. Both matches were played at Adelaide Oval, pictured in 1889

In 1877, Port Adelaide joined seven other clubs to form the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), the first ever governing body of Australian rules football.[6] For the first few seasons in the SAFA the club competed in magenta guernseys and white shorts.[23]

In 1878, Port Adelaide hosted its first game against the recently established Norwood Football Club with the visitors winning 1–0.[24] A rivalry between these clubs would soon develop into one of the fiercest in Australian sport (See Port Adelaide–Norwood SANFL rivalry).

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.[25]

In 1880, Port Adelaide moved to Alberton Oval which remains to this day the club's training and administrative headquarters.[14] In 1881, Port Adelaide travelled to Victoria and played its first game outside South Australia against the Sale Football Club.[26] On 2 July 1883, Port Adelaide played its first game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Melbourne.[27]

In 1884, Port Adelaide won its first SAFA premiership, ending Norwood's run of six premierships.[28] On 25 May 1885, Port Adelaide played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against South Melbourne, drawing with the eventual VFA premiers in front of 10,000 spectators.[29]

The 1889 SAFA season ended with Port Adelaide and Norwood with equal minor round records, leading to the staging of the SAFA's first grand final. Norwood went on to defeat Port Adelaide by two goals.[30]

In 1890 Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership[31] and would go on to be crowned "Champions of Australia" for the first time after defeating VFA premiers South Melbourne.[32]

1890 Championship of Australia	Score
Port Adelaide	7
South Melbourne	6
Venue: Adelaide Oval				[32]

As the 1890s continued, Australia would be affected by a severe depression with many players were being forced 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.[33] The revitalisation had immediate results and in 1897 Port Adelaide won a third premiership.[34] This is one of only four occurrences since 1877 that the team that finished last won a premiership the following year. Stan Malin won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal in 1899.[35]

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.[36]

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.

In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in black and white guernseys for the first time after it was having trouble finding dyes that would last for its blue and magenta guernseys.[37] The first year in the new guernsey would be a controversial year for the club. After finishing the 1902 season on top of the ladder, Port Adelaide was disqualified from a game with South Adelaide after disputing the use of an unaccredited umpire.[38] The 1902 SAFA premiership would subsequently be awarded to North Adelaide after they defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final a week later.[39] Port Adelaide offered to play North Adelaide in a premiership deciding match, but the association refused.[40] The club would subsequently win the premiership the following year.[41]

Following a premiership in the 1906 season,[42] Port Adelaide would travel to NSW in the early 1907 season in what was marketed as 'Port Adelaide vs. Sydney'.[43]

Port Adelaide won the SAFL premiership in 1910 defeating Sturt 8.12 (60) to 5.11 (41) in the Grand Final.[44] The club would go on to defeat Collingwood for the 1910 Championship of Australia title,[45] and WAFL premiers East Fremantle in an exhibition match.[46] They would also defeat a combination of some of the WAFL's best players in another match.[47] Along with beating the premiers from South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia in 1910, Port Adelaide also invited North Broken Hill, the premier team of New South Wales, to a game at Adelaide Oval. Port would win this game 14.20 (104) to 5.5 (35).[48]

The following two seasons for Port Adelaide would be frustrating dropping only one game during the 1911 minor round and going undefeated the following year in 1912 only to be knocked out of contention by West Adelaide both times.[49][50] During the 1912 preseason, Port Adelaide travelled to Tasmania and defeated a combination of players from various Tasmanian Football League (TFL) sides.[51]

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

The club would finally find success in 1913, dropping only two games during the minor round and eventually defeating North Adelaide 7.12 (54) to 5.10 (40) for the SAFL premiership[52] and Fitzroy 13.16 (94) to 4.7 (31) for the 1913 Championship of Australia.[53]

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 widely regarded as one of the best in Australian rules football history.[54] It won all its pre-season matches, won all fourteen SAFL games by an average margin of 49 points 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).[55] The club would then meet VFL premiers Carlton in the Championship of Australia, defeating the Victorian club by 34 points to claim a record fourth title.[56] 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.[57]

1916–1949: Two World Wars and the Great Depression

Port Adelaide players with the 1921 SAFL premiership flag pennant presented to them during half time of the opening match of the 1922 SAFL season at Adelaide Oval.[58]

During World War I the club lost three players — William Boon, Joseph Watson and Albert Chaplin—to the war.[59] A scaled-back competition referred to as the 'Patriotic League' was organised during wartime in which Port Adelaide won the 1916 and 1917 instalments.[60]

Port Adelaide would initially struggle to replicate its success before the war, eventually winning the 1921 premiership under the captaincy of Harold Oliver.[61] At the end of the 1922 SAFA season, Port Adelaide travelled to Sydney and played a combined New South Wales side on the Sydney Cricket Ground winning the match.[62] In following seasons most of Port Adelaide's champion players from before the war started to retire and the club's performances declined.[63]

Left: Bob Quinn chaired off after winning the 1939 SANFL Grand Final. He would be selected in the All-Australian team by Sporting Life magazine in 1947.[64]
Right: Haydn Bunton Sr joined Port Adelaide for the 1945 season forming a formidable ruck trio with Bob Quinn and Bob McLean.[65]

As was the case in the 1890s, the depression of the early 1930s hit the club hard with players moving interstate to secure employment.[63] By the late 1930s, the economy and Port Adelaide's form both recovered and after two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935 the club won premierships in 1936 and 1937.[66][67]

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

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.[68] Many Port Adelaide players also enlisted for military service during this time.[69] Port Adelaide suffered six player casualties during war: Lloyd Rudd, Jack Wade, Maxwell Carmichael, George Quinn, Christopher Johnston and Halcombe Brock.[70][71]

Just as had happened in 1914, the league was being 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 with Port Adelaide temporarily merging with nearby West Torrens from 1942 to 1944.[72] The joint club would play in all three Grand Finals during this period, winning the 1942 instalment[73] but losing the 1943 and 1944 editions to the Norwood-North Adelaide combination.[74][75] Normal competition resumed in 1945.[76] Port Adelaide was unable to regain its pre-war success with West Torrens mounting a remarkable comeback to win the 1945 SANFL Grand Final.[77] The first ever 'All-Australian' side concept was created by Sporting Life magazine in 1947 with Bob Quinn named in the side.[64]

1950–1973: Fos Williams era and Jack Oatey rivalry

Fos Williams coached Port Adelaide to nine premierships[78]

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 Foster Neil Williams, a rover from West Adelaide.[79]

During his second season as coach in 1951, Williams led Port to their first standalone premiership in 12 seasons, defeating North Adelaide by 11 points.[80] At the end of the 1951 season the VFL premiers Geelong visited South Australia to play the local premiers Port Adelaide on Adelaide Oval. Geelong won the match 8.14 (62) to 6.18 (54).[81] Port Adelaide reached the Grand Final again in 1953 against West Torrens. West Torrens won the premiership by 7 points.[82]

1955 Exhibition Match	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	9	10	64
Melbourne	9	11	65
Venue: Norwood Oval	Crowd: 16,400[83]

During the 1950s Port Adelaide and Melbourne, often the premiers of South Australian and Victorian leagues respectively, played exhibition matches at Norwood Oval.[84] The most notable game was the 1955 match with an estimated crowd of 23,000, which went down to the last 15 seconds with Frank Adams kicking a behind and sealing the game 9.11 (65) to 9.10 (64) in favour of Melbourne.[85]

Geof Motley took over the captain-coaching role at the club in 1959 when Williams left to take a break from the game.[86] 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.[87] Port Adelaide's hope of winning 7 consecutive premierships was brought to an end in the 1960 preliminary final when Norwood won by 27 points.[88] The following season, Port Adelaide would again finish third. [89]

1965 SANFL Grand Final Fos Williams ninth premiership.	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	12	8	80
Sturt	12	5	77
Venue: Adelaide Oval	Crowd: 62,543[90]

Fos Williams returned in 1962, and coached Port Adelaide to win three of the next four premierships.[91] In 1965 Fos Williams coached his ninth and last premiership in-front of 62,543 people,[78] the largest ever crowd at Adelaide Oval.[92] After the 1965 Grand Final, Port Adelaide would be frustrated by the dominance of Sturt, which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of Jack Oatey.[93] In all, despite playing in 6 of the next 10 grand finals, Port Adelaide would fail to win a premiership.[94]

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

Statue of Russell Ebert outside Adelaide Oval.

One of Port Adelaide's finest players during the Fos Williams era was John Cahill. After retiring from playing in 1973, he would take over as coach in 1974 following the departure of Fos Williams to West Adelaide.[95] In 1975 a dispute between the Port Adelaide City Council and the SANFL over the use of Alberton Oval forced Port Adelaide to move its home matches to Adelaide Oval for two seasons.[96] In 1976, Cahill would subsequently take Port Adelaide to its first Grand Final under his leadership against Sturt. Sturt would win by 41 points in front of an official attendance of 66,897, the record for football in South Australia.[97] The actual crowd was estimated at 80,000, much bigger than the official figure.[98] In 1977 the dispute regarding Alberton Oval was resolved and the club moved back to Alberton Oval.[96] It would later go on to win that year's premiership, breaking a 12-year drought.[99]

1977 SANFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Glenelg	16	9	105
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 56,717[100]

"It has taken us a bloody long time but by gee it was worth it!"

— Russell Ebert during the post game award presentations of the 1977 SANFL Grand Final., [101]

The 1980 season was Port Adelaide's most dominant since 1914.[102] The club completed its fourth ever 'Triple Crown', winning the premiership, Magarey Medal and having the SANFL's leading goalkicker in a single season.[102] The Magarey Medal was awared to Russell Ebert for a record 4th time, a feat unmatched since, and Tim Evans set the then-league goal kicking record of 146 goals in a season.[102] The club set a new record for most points scored during a home-and-away season at 3,176, whilst also having the best defence conceding only 1,687 points.[102] The club's win-loss record was 19-1-2, with its percentage being 65.31, its best percentage since 1914.[102]

Following the 1982 season, Cahill was offered a contract by Collingwood to coach the club.[103] In his steed, Russell Ebert became coach in 1983.[104] During his five years as coach, Port Adelaide would make the finals three times, and would enjoy a win rate of above 55%.[105] John Cahill returned as coach for the 1988 season, with the club winning the premiership that year.[106]

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.[107] During May 1990, the SANFL clubs accepted a SANFL proposal to not enter a club from South Australia until 1993.[108] Frustrated with lack of progress, Port Adelaide were having secret negotiations in the town of Quorn for entry in 1991.[109]

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[110]

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.[111] SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid, which he agreed to.[111] During these meeting, 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.[112] After legal action from all parties, the AFL finally agreed to accept the SANFL's bid and the Adelaide Football Club was born.[113]

"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.[114]

During December 1994, Max Basher announced that Port Adelaide had won the tender for the second South Australian AFL licence,[115] though this would be dependent on a merger between two existing AFL clubs, due to a club limit imposed by the AFL in 1993.[116] The club was also restricted by time, with a new license only becoming available in 1996.[117] On 27 October 1995, the club was advised they would not take part in the 1996 season.[118] On 21 May 1996, the club was advised by the AFL that they would take part in the 1997 AFL season. [119]

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

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 taking over the SANFL coaching position from midway through the 1996 season.[120] 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.[121]

1997 West End Showdown I	G	B	Total
Adelaide Crows	11	6	72
Port Adelaide	11	17	83
Venue: Football Park	Crowd: 47,265[122]

On 29 March 1997, Port Adelaide played its first AFL premiership match against Collingwood at the MCG, suffering a 79-point defeat.[123] Port won its first AFL game in round 3 against Geelong,[124] and defeated cross town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the first Showdown in round 4.[122] The club finished its first season 9th, missing the finals on percentage behind Brisbane.[125] Following the 1998 season, John Cahill retired from his coaching position.

In 1999 Mark Williams took over as coach of Port Adelaide.[126] They earned a spot in the AFL finals for the first time. They were eliminated by eventual premier, North Melbourne, by 44 points in the Qualifying Final.[127] Port Adelaide had a very successful 2001 season, starting with a maiden pre-season competition victory.[128] Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home and away season in third place,[129] though the club would lose both finals it contested.[130] 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.[129] 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.[129]

Left: 2004 club leading goalkicker, Warren Tredrea.[131]
Right: The 2004 AFL premiership was Port Adelaide's first since joining the league.[132]

Port Adelaide opened the 2004 season well with four straight wins, but then won only four of its next eight games.[133] Between Round 12 and the end of the minor round however, Port Adelaide would only lose a single game and claimed the minor premiership for third consecutive year.[129] Port Adelaide won its qualifying final against Geelong, earning a home preliminary final.[129] 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.[129]

The following week Port Adelaide faced the Brisbane Lions, who were attempting to win a record-equalling fourth straight AFL premiership.[129] Port Adelaide lead 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).[129] 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.[134]

2004 AFL Grand Final	G	B	Total
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Brisbane Lions	10	13	73
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground	Crowd: 77,671[135]

"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., [136]

Justin Westhoff made his debut in the 2007 season, along with Robert Gray and Travis Boak[137]

In 2005, Port Adelaide would contest the only Showdown final to date, with rivals Adelaide winning by 83 points.[138] In 2007, Port Adelaide finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15–7 record.[139] Port Adelaide started their finals campaign against the West Coast Eagles at Football Park and won by three points.[140] They proceeded to defeat the Kangaroos in the preliminary final to win by 87 points.[141] This win delivered Port its second Grand Final berth 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.[142]

By 2009, Port Adelaide 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.[143] The AFL delayed giving the club financial support, instead urging it to sort out deals with SANFL as a predecessor to any league support.[144] On 20 May, Port were handed $2.5 million in debt relief by the SANFL,[143] and on 15 June were handed a $1 million grant by the AFL commission.[145] Plans for a re-merging the two teams was rejected by the SANFL early during 2010,[146] though they would eventually sign off on the proposal during November 2010. [147]

"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., [148]

The 2010 season would see Mark Williams step down as senior coach.[149] Matthew Primus took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after Mark Williams stood down.[150] He would lead the club to five wins from its final seven games.[151]

2011–present: Matthew Primus, Ken Hinkley and independence

On 9 September 2010, Matthew Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years.[152] 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.[153] 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.[154] 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.[155] The following season, a loss against expansion team Greater Western Sydney resulted in senior coach Matthew Primus stepping down. Assistant coach, Garry Hocking, took over for the remaining four games.[156]

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

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.[157] 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.[158][159]

The 2014 season saw both Port Adelaide and Adelaide move their home ground from Football Park to the redeveloped Adelaide Oval.[15] 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.[160][161] Port Adelaide finished fifth on the ladder, with a win-loss record of 14-8.[162] 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.[163] After defeating Fremantle in the semi-finals, the club's season ended with a three-point loss to Hawthorn in the preliminary finals.[164]

In 2017, Port Adelaide made finals after winning 14 games to finish fifth on the ladder.[165] Port Adelaide's season came to an end in an elimination final loss to West Coast by 2 points in extra time.[166] In the 2020 AFL season, Port Adelaide qualified for the finals as minor premiers for the first time since 2004,[167] making it to the preliminary final and being defeated by eventual premiers Richmond by 6 points.[168]

Club symbols and identity

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.[169] The tradition was cemented, at least in the eyes 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.[170] Charles Hayter granted the wish of the junior and provided him with a number one Port Adelaide guernsey.[170] 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.[169] 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.[169] When co-captains were appointed for the 2019 season the No. 1 guernsey was temporarily retired.[169] It was re-instated the following season, after the club returned to appointing a single captain.[171]

Number panel

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.[172] During the early 1900s, it was commonplace that touring teams would wear numbers, allowing spectators to identify unknown footballers.[173] Port Adelaide attached a white square to the back of its jumper, with black numbers to be printed on the square. This design would be used interchangeably with a black square and white numbers, the latter becoming 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 has used the panel continuously since 1953 in the SANFL. The panel was also present on the club's inaugural AFL jumper, before being phased out after 2009.[174] The number panel returned to the club's guernsey in 2017.[175]

In addition to its long time use by the club, the number panel is also used as a reflection of a local Magpie species, present on the badge of South Australia.[176]

'Prison Bar' guernsey

Left: Harold Oliver wearing Port Adelaide's famous Wharf Pylon or "Prison Bar" 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.[177]

The Port Adelaide Football Club adopted the black and white Wharf Pylon / "Prison Bar" guernsey in the 1902 season, after having difficulty finding magenta and blue dyes that would repeatedly last the rigours of an Australian rules football match.[16] 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.[176] Prior to adopting the Wharf Pylon / "Prison Bar" guernsey the club had won 3 premierships over 31 years. After adopting the Wharf Pylon / "Prison Bar" guernsey, the club would win 33 premierships and 3 Championships of Australia in the guernsey.[16]

"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., [178]

The "Prison Bar" nickname first originated from fans of the 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.[16]

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.[17] A new guernsey was ultimately created, incorporating teal into its design.[179] 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.[16]

In 2007, 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, after the AFL declined them the previous year,[180] and wanted confirmation it would be able do so in any future heritage rounds. On 14 May 2007, 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.[181] No heritage rounds have been held since this agreement was reached.[182]

In 2014 the AFL declined Port Adelaide permission to wear its traditional guernsey for celebrating of 100 years since its 1914 Championship of Australia.[183] 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.[184] For their 150th anniversary, the club was granted permission to wear the guernsey in their two Showdown matches in the 2020 season.[185]

Support for the guernsey remains extremely high, with a merchandise for a game against Carlton in 2013 generating over $500,000.[186] 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.[187] 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.[188][189]

Uniform evolution

1870–1876[190] [History 1] [Season 1]

1877–1883[190] [History 2] [Season 2]

1884–1892[190] [History 3] [Season 3]

1893–1901[190] [History 4] [Season 4]

1902–present[190] [History 5] [Season 5]

1951[190] [History 6] [Season 6]

1997–2009[190] [History 7] [Season 7]

2010–present[190] [History 8] [Season 8]

Uniform History The recorded colours worn by the club. This guernsey was revived in 2005, during the Heritage Round [191] Original full magenta uniform. Better dyes resulted in magenta appearing closer to red. Blue bib added to top of uniform. Magenta and blue stripes with leather lace divider. In 2004, the team wore a heritage uniform honoring this guernsey during the Heritage Round [191] Wharf Pylons / "Prison Bars" uniform. Worn for all South Australian premierships since 1902 except for 1951. Used in the 2003, 2007, 2013, 2014 and 2020 AFL seasons. A one-off uniform used in the Jubilee year of Australia, given to the club by Collingwood. Inaugural uniform in the AFL. Port Adelaide was required to incorporate teal and remove horizontal stripes by the AFL to appease Collingwood. Permanently used in the AFL since 2010.

Team Statistics Seasons: 7 - Premierships: 0 Seasons: 9 - Premierships: 0 Seasons: 9 - Premierships: 2 (1884, 1890) Seasons: 9 - Premierships: 1 (1897) 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) Seasons: 13 - Premierships: 1 (1951) Seasons: 13 - Premierships: 1 (2004) Seasons: 10 - Premierships: 0

Club songs

Over the years, Port Adelaide has used various songs and music at its games. In its first season during 1870 the club invited local brass bands to play during the club's first games at Glanville.[192]

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.[193] 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.[194]

In 1971, 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".[195] As Sydney was already using the Notre Dame Victory March when Port 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.[196]

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's win against Geelong in Round 3, 1997 at Football Park.[197] 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.[198] Because the club is not officially known as 'Port Power' but just 'The 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.[199] The song is used as a reference to the various and unique difficulties the club faced when trying to enter the AFL.[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] During a meeting in mid 2013, the idea of an anthem was raised and "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS was suggested by Port Adelaide's events manager, Tara MacLeod.[200] It was eventually accepted, due to the fact that the song resonated with the club's history in regards to the separation of its SANFL and AFL operations.[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]

Logo evolution

Port Adelaide's two joint logos for the club's AFL and SANFL teams, in use until 2019

Port Adelaide has adopted different insignia's on several occasions throughout its history. 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.[201] The ensign switched to blue sporadically through the 1910s before the flags were dropped in 1928.[201] From 1930 to 1996, the logo always featured a dexter (left-facing) magpie perched upon a gum branch (1930 to 1953) and a fence wire (1954 to 1974).[201] 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.[201]

Upon entering the AFL in 1997, Port were required to adopt colours and insignia that distinguished it from Collingwood, who already had the nickname of the 'Magpies'. The club designed a new logo with a sliver fist clutching a lightning bolt, in front of both a Prion Bar design and teal background, showcasing both new colours the club adopted.[201] The logo was slightly altered in 2001 with the lightning bolt and fist defined and the reference to "Port" dropped.[201] 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 current 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.[202]

Home grounds

Glanville Hall Estate

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

After foundation, it was decided that Port Adelaide's home ground would Glanville Hall Estate, a property owned by the inaugural president John Hart Jr.'s family.[18][203] 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 1979, as the property was sold at an auction.[204]

Alberton Oval

Alberton Oval (1880 - present)

Alberton Oval has been Port Adelaide's home ground in the SANFL since 1880, excluding 1975 and 1976.[14] 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 club is also used for training purposes for both AFL and SANFL operations, with SANFL training temporarily moving to Ethelton between 1997 and 2001.[207]

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 would 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. Pending the 1977 season, the issues between the council and the club were resolved and the club was permitted to return that year.[96]

The ground possesses two notable grandstands named after individuals important to the club. The Fos Williams Family Stand is 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, named after the club's initial major sponsor, opened in 1999.[210]

Football Park

Football Park (1997 - 2013)

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 would host all night matches,[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.[96]

Upon the club's entry to the AFL, fellow South Australian club Adelaide was already using the ground for their home matches. The club 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, following redevelopment of the oval.[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

Adelaide Oval (2014 - present)

Adelaide Oval is the current 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.[96] Its role as the primary venue for SANFL finals was supplanted by Football Park, 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][225]

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

Adelaide

Port Adelaide has a fierce rivalry with fellow South Australian AFL team Adelaide. Matches between the two teams are known as the Showdown. The rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is often considered the best, and most bitter, 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 couldn't be separated and 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 consecutive finals series between from 2001 to 2004 and consistently finishing at the top of the Ladder.[229] The most notable meeting between the two sides is the 2004 AFL Grand Final, where Port Adelaide ended Brisbane's chances of a fourth consecutive premiership. In recent years, the rivalry has died down.[230]

Norwood

Norwood and Port Adelaide playing in the 1921 SANFL Grand Final.

The rivalry between Port Adelaide and the Norwood Football Club is one the longest standing rivalries in South Australian league football.[231] The rivalry between the two clubs first began in 1882, where Port Adelaide's first win over Norwood, held at Adelaide Oval, 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.[232] The clubs met in 14 grand finals prior to Port's accession into the AFL and share over 60 premierships between them.[231] Norwood would bring Port Adelaide's own record run of six premierships to an end defeating them by 27 points in the 1960 Preliminary Final.[233] They have met in three Grand Finals following Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL, with Port winning in 1999 and Norwood winning in 1997 and 2014.[234] 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.[235][236]

Current playing lists

Port Adelaide Football Club

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Tom Jonas (c) 2 Sam Powell-Pepper 3 Ryan Burton 4 Todd Marshall 5 Dan Houston 6 Steven Motlop 7 Xavier Duursma 8 Hamish Hartlett (vc) 9 Robbie Gray 10 Travis Boak 11 Tom Rockliff 12 Trent McKenzie 13 Orazio Fantasia 14 Miles Bergman 15 Karl Amon 16 Ollie Wines (vc) 17 Tom Clurey 18 Zak Butters		19 Mitch Georgiades 20 Connor Rozee 21 Aliir Aliir 22 Charlie Dixon 23 Dylan Williams 24 Kane Farrell 25 Sam Hayes 26 Riley Bonner 27 Joel Garner 28 Willem Drew 29 Scott Lycett 30 Ollie Lord 32 Sam Mayes 33 Darcy Byrne-Jones 34 Lachlan Jones 38 Peter Ladhams 40 Jarrod Lienert 44 Jackson Mead				31 Trent Burgoyne 36 Boyd Woodcock 37 Taj Schofield 45 Martin Frederick (B) 48 Jake Pasini 50 Tyson Goldsack		Head coach Ken Hinkley Assistant coaches Michael Voss (senior assistant) Brett Montgomery (defence) Jarrad Schofield (midfield) Nathan Bassett (forwards) Trent Hentschel (defence development) Chad Cornes (forwards development) Dean Brogan (ruck) Matthew Lokan (SANFL coach) Paul Stewart (NGA, player welfare and development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 6 February 2021 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Port Adelaide SANFL squad

SANFL list								Coaching Staff
Cameron Sutcliffe Dylan Aldridge Matthew Appleton Tom Corcoran Sean Samblich Luke Surman Jake Weidmann Jake Westbrook		Miller Carter Ben Edwards Owen Montgomery Ethan Moore Aryan Sareen Jake Strange Campbell Wildman Simon Wong						Head coach Matthew Lokan Assistant coaches Chad Cornes Trent Hentschel Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Updated: 15 January 2021 Source(s): [237]

• Note: 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	Lensworth Finance
1979
1980	Jetspress
1981
1982
1983	Standard Chartered
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988		Standard Chartered
1989
1990
1991
1992	Alpine Retreat
1993	Bee-Jays Roadlink
1994	Seaton Hotel	Cash Converters
1995	Scott's Transport
1996
1997		Vodafone
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	Bianco Construction & Industrial Supplies
2009
2010	MyATM	AussieATM
2011		Soaring Securities
2012	VIP Home Services	Foodbank
2013	Renault	VIP Home Services
2014	EnergyAustralia	Renault
2015
2016
2017	OAK
2018		OAK
2019		GFG Alliance^
2020	MG Motor

Administrative positions

• Chairman: David Koch
• Chief executive: Matthew Richardson
• Football operations: Chris Davies
• Board members:
  • Kevin Osborn (deputy chairman)
  • Cos Cardone
  • Gavin Wanganeen
  • Ross Haslam
  • Holly Ransom
  • Jamie Restas
  • Richard Ryan
  • Trevor Thiele
  • Amanda Vanstone
  • Dylan Pilkington

Current major sponsors

• GFG Alliance
• KFC
• MG Motor

Key China game sponsors

• Ausgold
• Cathay Pacific
• Shanghai Cred
• Haneco Lighting
• Four'n Twenty

Current apparel sponsor

• Macron (2021–present)[238]

Former apparel sponsors

• Nike (1997–2006)
• Reebok (2007–2012)
• ISC (2013–2020)

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.

The Port Adelaide Football Club has historically drawn its supporter base in and around historical working class Port Adelaide. However, this support has spread to many coastal locations in Adelaide (from Outer Harbour down to West Beach), in much of the inner-Western suburbs, throughout the North-Eastern suburbs in Campbelltown and Tea Tree Gully, in many of the Southern suburbs (such as Aberfoyle Park and Flagstaff Hill), as well as throughout the Adelaide Hills and country South Australia.

Supporter groups

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.[239] 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.[240][241]

Number one ticket holders

• David Koch – Seven Network's Sunrise co-host, current club chairman[242]
• Stuart O'Grady – Australian professional road bicycle racer[243]
• Teresa Palmer – Australian model and actress[244]
• Bob Quinn – former Port Adelaide player[245]
• Tony Santic – owner of racehorse Makybe Diva[246]

Membership, revenue and attendance

Year	Membership		Revenue		Ladder position		Home crowds
	AFL audited	Change					Average	Rank	Change
			Consolidated	Change	Minor round	Finals
2011	32,581	5,236	$37,017,885	15.97%	16th	-	23,066	15 / 17	1,190
2012	35,543	1,003	$37,885,369	2.34%	14th	-	19,911	16 / 18	3,155
2013	39,838	3,383	$41,588,282	9.77%	7th	5th	26,915	13 / 18	7,004
2014	48,968	9,130	$48,241,996	16.0%	5th	3rd	44,429	4 / 18	17,514
2015	54,057	5,089	$50,794,664	5.29%	9th	-	43,749	4 / 18	680
2016	53,743	314	$52,768,461	3.89%	10th	-	39,665	4 / 18	4,048
2017	52,129	1,614	$57,907,188	9.74%	5th	7th	38,136	6 / 18	1,529
2018	54,386	2,257	$59,000,643	1.85%	10th	–	38,227	8 / 18	91
2019	51,951	2,435	$58,334,901	1.14%	10th	–	33,950	8 / 18	4,277
2020	46,820	5,131			1st	3rd	9,469[lower-alpha 1]	5 / 18	24,481

Partnerships

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.[247][248] The same day, it was announced by then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Port Adelaide had an intention to play an in-season AFL match in China.[249] Port Adelaide also runs 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.[250]

Richie Bray is Port Adelaide's first known Indigenous premiership player.[251]

The first AFL game played for premiership points was played in May 2017 between the Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide.[252] In October 2018, the AFL announced St Kilda would be taking over from the Gold Coast Suns in the China fixture, citing funding as an issue.[253] Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 AFL seasons.[254][255]

Indigenous community

The Port Adelaide Football Club has had a long connection to the indigenous community. Initial club president John Hart Jr., alongside his father, were the founders of the club-operated 'The Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company' in Port Adelaide, which employed Kaurna people alongside non-indigenous workers as early as the 1850s.[256] John Hart Sr advocated for other settlers to refrain from killing and eating black swans as they were a totem of the Kaurna people.[256] 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.[257] Richie Bray became the club's first known Indigenous player to win a premiership, featuring in the 1962, 1963 and 1965 premierships winning teams.[251]

In 2008, the club started the Aboriginal Power Cup to help promote academic and healthy outcomes for indigenous students in South Australia.[258]

Club honour boards

Honour Board

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.[259]

Port Adelaide Football Club Honour Board
Interclub Matches
Year	Position	Minor Rounds	%	Finals	Chairman	CEO	Coach	Captain	Best & Fairest	Leading Goalkicker
1870	Third	0-1-2	50	No Finals Held	J.Hart Jr.	R.Leicester	J.Wald	J.Wald	J.Wald	J.Wald	2
1871	Third	0-2-2	33		J.Hart Jr.	G.Ireland	F.Stone	F.Stone	F.Stone	Unknown	1
1872	Second	0-1-2	0		J.Hart Jr.	G.Ireland	G.Ireland	G.Ireland	N/A	N/A	0
1873	Second	1-2-0	25		J.Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	H.Sparnon	H.Sparnon G.Middleton	S.Tyzack	S.Tyzack	1
1874	Second	2-3-1	100		J.Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	J.Rann	J.Rann C.Wells	N/A	N/A	0
1875	Second	3-3-1	140		J.Hart Jr.	F.Ireland	R.Sandilands	R.Sandilands	H.Ford	H.Ford Mr.Warren	2
1876	Fifth	2-6-0	38		J.Hart Jr.	C.Wells	W.Fletcher	W.Fletcher	E.Le Messuier	S.Tyzack^2 J.Rann E.Le Messuier	1
South Australian Football Association era
1877	Fourth	9-4-2	177	No Finals Held	J.Hart Jr.	C.Wells	W.Fletcher	W.Fletcher	T.Smith	A.Le Messuier	5
1878	Second	5-2-4	400		J.Hart Jr.	C.Wells	W.Fletcher	W.Fletcher	T.Smith^2	E.Le Messuier J.Carter	3
1879	Second	5-2-2	183		J.Hart Jr.	C.Wells	W.Fletcher	W.Fletcher	T.Smith^3	E.Le Messuier^2	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 Messuier^3	3
1881	Fifth	2-6-5	43		J.Formby	E.Le Messuier J.Carter	J.Sandilands	J.Sandilands	J.Sidoli^2	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.Roy^2	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.Fry^2✪	32
1890 ⚑	First Champions of Australia	16-2-0	388	No Finals Held	J.Formby	R.Cruickshank	J.McGargill	K.McKenzie	C.Fry^2	J.McKenzie^✪	54
1891	Second	12-4-0	288		J.Formby	R.Cruickshank A.Bushby	J.McGargill	K.McKenzie	H.Phillips^2	J.McKenzie^2	37
1892	Second	11-4-1	193		J.Formby	J.Sweeney	J.McGargill	K.McKenzie	H.Phillips^3	A.McKenzie	43
1893	Third	10-6-2	202		J.Cleave	J.Sweeney	J.McGargill	K.McKenzie	W.Murray H.Phillips^4	A.McKenzie^2	59
1894	Third	9-9-0	114		J.Cleave	J.Sweeney	J.McGargill	K.McKenzie	A.Miers	A.McKenzie^3	36
1895	Third	8-7-1	141		W.Fisher	J.Sweeney	J.McGargill	A.Miers	O.L'Estage	A.McKenzie^4	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.Lees^2✪	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.Stark^2	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.Tompkins^2	28
1905	Second	9-3-0	170	1-1-0	W.Mattinson	J.Sweeney	J.McGargill	J.Quinn	J.Quinn^2	J.Mathison^✪	30
1906 ⚑	First	11-1-0	213	1-1-0	W.Mattinson	J.Hodge	J.McGargill	J.Fletcher L.Cortson	E.Strawns^2	J.Mathison^2✪	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.Quinn^2^✪	32
1908	Third	8-4-0	137	0-1-0	W.Mattinson	J.Hodge	J.McGargill	E.Strawns M.Donaghy	S.Dickson	J.Mathison^3✪	33
1909	Second	9-3-0	134	0-2-0	W.Mattinson	J.Hodge	A.Hosie	M.Donaghy	S.Dickson^2	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.Hansen^2^✪	41
1912	Second	12-0-0	205	1-2-0	R.Cruickshank	J.Hodge	S.Hosking	C.Cocks S.Hosking	H.Oliver^2	F.Hansen^3^✪	37
1913 ⚑	First Champions of Australia	10-2-0	160	2-0-0	A.Benson	J.Hodge	J.Londrigan	J.Londrigan	H.Eaton	F.Hansen^4^✪	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.Eaton^2	A.Congear^2	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.Hosking^2	J.Hayman	40
1917 ⚑	First	8-1-0	164	1-0-0	J.Adams	C.Tyler		H.Eaton		J.Hayman^2	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.Ashley^2	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.Adams^2^★	M.Allingham	43
1922	Fifth	7-7-0	101	–	H.Skipper	C.Tyler	S.Howie	S.Howie	C.Dayman	M.Allingham^2	47
1923	Seventh	5-9-0	99	–	H.Skipper	A.McKelvie	C.Dayman	C.Dayman	L.Dayman	M.Allingham^3	42
1924	Fourth	9-5-0	121	0-1-0	H.Skipper	A.McKelvie	A.Hosie	C.Keal	L.Dayman^2	M.Allingham^4	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.Logan^2	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.Logan^3	66
1928 ⚑	First	14-3-0	119	1-1-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	V.Johnson	L.Dayman^3	L.Dayman	41
1929	Second	13-4-0	156	2-1-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	V.Johnson	E.Mucklow	L.Dayman^2^✪	86
1930	Second	10-6-1	116	2-1-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	V.Johnson	V.Johnson	L.Dayman^3	89
1931	Third	14-3-0	127	0-2-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	V.Johnson	M.Allingham	L.Dayman^4	70
1932	Fourth	10-7-0	99	0-1-0	C.Gun	C.Hayter	S.Ween	S.Ween	E.Mucklow^2	N.Hender	55
1933	Fifth	9-7-1	104	–	C.Gun	C.Hayter	H.Dewar	S.Ween	J.Dermody	N.Hender^2	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.Dermody^2	J.Prideaux^2	95
1936 ⚑	First	14-3-0	127	2-1-0	C.Gun	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	J.Dermody	A.Hollingworth^2	J.Prideaux^3	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.Quinn^2^★	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.McLean^2	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.Shaw^2	55
1944	Second	12-1-0	133	0-1-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	S.Hosking	L.Roberts	N/A	M.Shaw^3	69
Competition returns to unaligned clubs
1945	Second	15-2-0	133	1-1-0	P.Cherry	C.Hayter	R.Quinn	R.Quinn	R.Quinn^3^★	R.Quinn^2	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.Quinn^4	A.McLean^3^✪	80
1948	Seventh	13-4-0	86	–	P.Cherry	C.Hayter L.Dayman	L.Roberts	L.Roberts	R.Russell	A.McLean^4	48
1949	Sixth	7-10-0	94	–	P.Cherry	A.McLean	J.McCarthy	R.Schumann	R.Russell^2	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.Russell^3	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.Williams^2	F.Williams^2	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.Johns^2	77
1958 ⚑	First	13-5-0	146	3-0-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	F.Williams	G.Motley	R.Johns^3^✪	55
1959 ⚑	First	17-1-0	160	2-1-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	G.Motley	G.Motley	G.Motley^2	W.Dittmar^✪	74
1960	Third	14-4-0	148	0-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	G.Motley	G.Motley	N.Hayes^2	W.Dittmar^2^✪	69
1961	Third	15-4-0	141	0-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	G.Motley	G.Motley	J.Potter	R.Johns^4	54
1962 ⚑	First	17-2-0	156	0-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	G.Motley	P.Obst	R.Johns^5	76
1963 ⚑	First	13-7-0	152	2-0-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	G.Motley	G.Motley^3	R.Johns^6^✪	54
1964	Second	17-3-0	183	1-1-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	G.Motley	J.Potter^2	J.Potter	30
1965 ⚑	First	17-3-0	129	2-0-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	G.Motley	G.Motley^4	E.Freeman	74
1966	Second	14-6-0	143	1-1-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	G.Motley	J.Cahill	E.Freeman^2^✪	81
1967	Second	14-6-0	134	2-1-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	J.Potter^3	E.Freeman^3	74
1968	Second	15-5-0	139	1-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	J.Cahill^2	R.Ebert	44
1969	Sixth	9-11-0	92	–	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	J.Potter^4	M.Dittmar	28
1970	Third	17-2-1	150	0-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	J.Cahill^3	E.Freeman^4	75
1971	Second	16-5-0	138	1-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	R.Ebert^★	E.Freeman^5	50
1972	Second	15-6-0	122	1-2-0	B.Harvey	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	R.Ebert^2	M.James	62
1973	Fifth	11-10-0	105	0-1-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	F.Williams	J.Cahill	J.Cahill^4	J.Cahill	59
1974	Third	18-3-1	123	1-2-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	J.Cahill	R.Ebert	R.Ebert^3^★	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.Ebert^4^★	R.Gerlach	90
1977 ⚑	First	17-4-1	146	2-0-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	J.Cahill	R.Ebert	R.Ebert^5	T.Evans^2^✪	88
1978	Third	14-8-0	111	2-1-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	J.Cahill	R.Ebert	S.Clifford	T.Evans^3^✪	90
1979 ⚑	First	14-8-0	112	3-0-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	J.Cahill	B.Cunningham	M.Faletic	T.Evans^4	82
1980 ⚑	First	19-2-1	188	2-0-0	K.Duthie	A.McLean	J.Cahill	B.Cunningham	S.Clifford^2	T.Evans^5^✪	146
1981 ⚑	First	15-7-0	122	3-0-0	K.Duthie	R.Taylor	J.Cahill	B.Cunningham	R.Ebert^6	T.Evans^6^✪	98
1982	Third	16-5-1	127	0-2-0	K.Duthie	R.Taylor	J.Cahill	B.Cunningham	C.Bradley	T.Evans^7^✪	125
1983	Sixth	9-12-0	91	–	K.Duthie	R.Taylor	R.Ebert	R.Ebert	S.Clifford^3	T.Evans^8	63
1984	Second	17-5-0	127	1-1-0	K.Duthie	I.McKenzie	R.Ebert	R.Ebert	C.Bradley^2	T.Evans^9	137
1985	Seventh	8-14-0	88	–	K.Duthie	I.McKenzie	R.Ebert	R.Ebert	C.Bradley^3	T.Evans^10	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.Smith^2	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.Hodges^2	79
1990 ⚑	First	17-3-0	150	2-1-0	B.Weber	R.Clayton	J.Cahill	R.Johnston	S.Hodges^★	S.Hodges^3^✪	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.Tylor^2^✪	90
1994 ⚑	First	15-7-0	131	3-1-0	G.Boulton	B.Cunningham	J.Cahill	T.Ginever	T.Ginever	S.Hodges^4^✪	130
1995 ⚑	First	16-6-0	131	3-0-0	G.Boulton	B.Cunningham	J.Cahill	T.Ginever	R.West	M.Tylor^3	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.Hodges^2	S.Hodges^5	117
Australian Football League era (Click for 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.Tredrea^2	40
2000	Fourteenth	7-14-1	84	–	G.Boulton	B.Cunningham	M.Williams	G.Wanganeen	B.Montgomery	W.Tredrea^3	32
2001	Fifth	16-6-0	129	0-2-0	G.Boulton	B.Cunningham	M.Williams	M.Primus	W.Tredrea	W.Tredrea^4	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.Tredrea^5	58
2004 ⚑	First AFL Premiers	17-5-0	132	3-0-0	G.Boulton	B.Cunningham	M.Williams	M.Primus W.Tredrea	W.Tredrea^2	W.Tredrea^6	81
2005	Sixth	11-10-1	98	1-1-0	G.Boulton	J.James	M.Williams	M.Primus	W.Tredrea^3	W.Tredrea^7	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.Cornes^2	D.Motlop	57
2009	Tenth	9-13-0	89	–	B.Duncanson	M.Haysman	M.Williams	D.Cassisi	W.Tredrea^4	W.Tredrea^8	51
2010	Tenth	10-12-0	82	–	B.Duncanson	M.Haysman	M.Williams M.Primus	D.Cassisi	K.Cornes^3	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.Cornes^4	J.Schulz^2	42
2013	Fifth	12-10-0	102	1-1-0	D.Koch	K.Thomas	K.Hinkley	T.Boak	C.Wingard	J.Schulz^3	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.Schulz^4	66
2015	Ninth	12-10-0	106	–	D.Koch	K.Thomas	K.Hinkley	T.Boak	R.Gray^2	C.Wingard	53
2016	Tenth	10-12-0	106	–	D.Koch	K.Thomas	K.Hinkley	T.Boak	R.Gray^3	C.Wingard^2	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.Gray^2	36
2019	Tenth	11-11-0	105	–	D.Koch	K.Thomas	K.Hinkley	O.Wines T.Jonas	T.Boak^2	C.Rozee	29
2020	Third	14-3-0	136	1-1-0	D.Koch	K.Thomas	K.Hinkley	T.Jonas	D.Byrne-Jones	C.Dixon^2	34
2021					D.Koch	M.Richardson	K.Hinkley	T.Jonas
⚑ = Premier / ★ = Magarey Medallist / ✪ = Ken Farmer Medallist / ^2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

Hall of Fame

Football Club
Hall of Fame
Individuals Bruce Abernethy John Abley Dave Boyd Craig Bradley John Cahill Bob Clayton Angelo Congear Kane Cornes Brian Cunningham Leslie Dayman Russell Ebert Tim Evans Brian Fairclough George Fiacchi Tim Ginever Neville Hayes Scott Hodges Ron Hoffman Sampson Hosking Henry Kneebone Allan McLean Edward McMahon Geof Motley Paul Northeast Harold Oliver Greg Phillips Harold Phillips Jeffrey Potter Bob Quinn Allan Reval Llewellyn Roberts Richard Russell Darren Smith Warren Tredrea Gavin Wanganeen Edward Whelan Fos Williams Mark Williams Stephen Williams Lloyd Zucker Eras 1954–1959 1962–1965 Players listed in bold are inductees in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Players listed in bold and italics are legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Greatest Team

Port Adelaide's Greatest Team 1870–2000

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

Military service

War Roll of Honour[260]
Second Boer War
Kenneth McKenzie
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

SANFL presence post AFL entry

In 1994 the Port Adelaide Football Club obtained an AFL licence,[115] however the club had to wait until 1997 to partake in the competition as the new license only became available in 1996.[117] Initially, Port Adelaide's 1990 proposed model was to use its SANFL side as its reserves team.[261] After winning the 1994 tender, an agreement was made with the SANFL to field two separate clubs in the SANFL and AFL. However, the SANFL clubs did not want the reserves side to gain any use of the senior side in the AFL's resources out of fear its advantages would be too strong in the SANFL.[262] As a result, for the first few years after 1997, Port Adelaide's SANFL side, which was now a separate legal entity from the Port Adelaide Football Club, was forced to train at Ethelton to ensure they would not gain any advantage using the Alberton training facilities,[207] and Port Adelaide AFL-listed players who were not selected for the senior team were randomly drafted to SANFL clubs to play reserves matches.[262] 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".[263]

On 20 August 2010, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by former players Tim Ginever and George Fiacchi to merge Port Adelaide's AFL and SANFL operations.[264] A website was created that claimed 50,000 signatures were needed for the merger.[265] On 16 November 2010, following approval from all nine SANFL clubs, the club formalised the off-field merger between the two entities.[147][266] 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.[267][268] As part of the arrangement, the club lost its recruiting zones and could no longer field sides in the junior SANFL competitions,[267] and as a result established an 18 to 22 year old academy training team to compete in the league's reserves competition.[269] In 2018, Port Adelaide and the league jointly agreed that it would no longer field a team in the SANFL Reserves competition.[270]

Port Adelaide had near instant success in the SANFL after accession into the AFL, winning back to back Grand Finals in 1998-99.[271] However, the club would fail to make another grand final until the 2014 season, where it would be defeated by Norwood by four points.[272] Port Adelaide would feature in two further grand finals against Sturt and Glenelg, though it would be defeated in both.[273][274]

The club did not field a team in the SANFL in the 2020 season due to AFL restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic,[275] though it will re-join the competition in 2021.[276]

Season summaries

Port Adelaide Football Club honour roll (SANFL since 1997)
Season	Final position	Coach	Captain	A.R McLean Medal	Leading goal kicker
1997	Grand Finalist	Stephen Williams	Tim Ginever	Tim Ginever	Phil McGuinness (36)
1998	Premiers	Stephen Williams	Darryl Borlase	Bryan Beinke	Bryan Beinke (39)
1999	Premiers	Stephen Williams	David Brown	Darryl Poole	Paul Evans (35)
2000	3rd	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Phil McGuinness	Phillip Smith (41)
2001	3rd	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Ryan O'Connor ★	Tony Brown (27)
2002	6th	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Corey Ah Chee	Matt Lokan (22)
2003	5th	Stephen Williams	Darryl Poole	Brett Ebert ★	Paul Evans (46)
2004	6th	Matthew Knights	Tony Brown	Kristian De Pasquale	Paul Evans (29)
2005	3rd	John Cahill	Tony Brown	Jeremy Clayton ★	Clive Waterhouse (75)
2006	5th	Tim Ginever	Mark Clayton	Jeremy Clayton	Clive Waterhouse (52)
2007	6th	Tim Ginever	Mark Clayton	Jeremy Clayton	Brent LeCras (45)
2008	5th	Tim Ginever	Corey Ah Chee	Jeremy Clayton	Daniel Hargraves (53)
2009	8th	Tim Ginever	Corey Ah Chee	Brad Murray	Joel Perry (43)
2010	8th	Tony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Steven Summerton	Cameron Cloke (25)
2011	6th	Tony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Mark Dolling	Brad Mercer (30)
2012	7th	Tony Bamford	James Meiklejohn	Jeremy Clayton	Luke Harder (29)
2013	6th	Ken McGregor	James Meiklejohn	Sam Gray	Josh Thurgood (38)
2014	Grand Finalist	Garry Hocking	Steven Summerton	Steven Summerton	John Butcher (32)
2015	4th	Garry Hocking	Steven Summerton	Steven Summerton	Mitch Harvey (21)
2016	6th	Chad Cornes	Steven Summerton	Kane Mitchell	Luke Reynolds (43)
2017	Grand Finalist	Chad Cornes	Steven Summerton	Brendon Ah Chee	Brett Eddy (59) ★
2018	9th	Matt Lokan	Steven Summerton	Will Snelling	Lindsay Thomas (21)
2019	Grand Finalist	Matt Lokan	Cameron Sutcliffe	Jack Trengove	Billy Frampton (32)
2020	Did not field a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Club achievements

Premierships
Competition	Level	Wins	Years Won
Australian Football League	Seniors	1	2004
South Australian National Football League	Seniors (1877–2013)	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 (2014–)	0	Nil
SANFL Reserves (1906–2018)	Reserves	19	1911, 1923, 1933, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2010
SANFL Under 19s (1937–2008)	Under 19s	13	1946, 1950, 1953, 1962, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007
SANFL Under 17s (1939–2008)	Under 17s	6	1951, 1955, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1994
SANFL Under 18s (2009–2014)	Under 18s	1	2011
South Australian Patriotic Football League (1916–1918)	Seniors	2	1916, 1917
SANFL Merged League (1942–1944)	Seniors	1	1942^
Other titles and honours
SANFL Stanley H Lewis Trophy (1962–2014)	Multiple	12	1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999
Championship of Australia	Seniors	4	1890, 1910, 1913, 1914
AFL Preseason competition	Seniors	2	2001, 2002
SANFL Lightning Premiership	Seniors	1	1948
Finishing positions
Australian Football League	Minor premiership (McClelland Trophy)	4	2002, 2003, 2004, 2020
	Runners Up	1	2007
	Wooden spoons	0	Nil
South Australian National Football League	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
	Runners Up	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	3	1886, 1896, 1900

• ^ Won the 1942 premiership as a merged team with West Torrens. The league merged all clubs during the Second World War.

Player achievements

Competition awards

Magarey Medal (SANFL best and fairest)

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 & Ryan O'Connor 2003 – Brett Ebert 2005 – Jeremy Clayton

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

• 2004 – Warren Tredrea
• 2014 – Robbie Gray

AFL Rising Star (Best player under 21)

• 1997 – Michael Wilson
• 2006 – Danyle Pearce

Grand final best on ground awards

Norm Smith Medal (AFL Grand Final best on ground)

• 2004 – Byron Pickett

Jack Oatey Medal (SANFL Grand Final best on ground)

• 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 Poole

All-Australian

Sporting Life Magazine

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

Interstate carnivals

• 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

• 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

Club awards

John Cahill Medal (best and fairest)

• John Cahill Medal

Allan Robert McLean Medal (SANFL best and fairest)

• Allan Robert McLean Medal

Gavin Wanganeen Medal (Best player under 21)

• 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

John McCarthy Medal (Community Award)

• 2013 – Jack Hombsch
• 2014 – Brad Ebert
• 2015 – Nathan Krakouer
• 2016 – Jack Hombsch
• 2017 – Jack Hombsch
• 2018 – Justin Westhoff
• 2019 – Travis Boak
• 2020 - Justin Westhoff

Records

Club records

Overall win/loss record

• AFL – 548 matches / 286 wins / 257 losses / 5 draws (52.65%)
• SANFL – 2675 matches / 1744 wins / 882 losses / 65 draws (66.02%)

Best league record against another club

Minimum 20 league matches against a current club:

• AFL – St Kilda – 20 wins / 11 losses / 0 draws (64.52%)
• SANFL – Glenelg – 180 wins / 69 losses / 3 draws (72.02%)

Worst league record against another club

Minimum 20 league matches against a current club:

• AFL – Geelong – 11 wins / 23 losses / 1 draw (32.86%)
• SANFL – Norwood – 198 wins / 196 losses / 17 draws (50.24%)

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
• SAFA – 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 – 122 points vs Norwood, 1997, Adelaide Oval

Most wins in a season

• AFL – 20 wins (2004)
• SANFL – 21 wins (1980, 1989)[lower-alpha 2]

Fewest losses in a season (including finals)

• AFL – 4 losses (2020)
• SAFL – 0 losses (1914)

Largest home attendances (minor round)

• AFL – 53,698 at Adelaide Oval (round 3, 2017 vs Adelaide)
• AFL (excluding Showdown) – 52,505 at Adelaide Oval (round 22, 2014 vs Carlton)
• SANFL – 38,213 at Football Park (round 19, 1988 vs Sturt)
• SANFL (suburban) – 22,738 at Alberton Oval (round 11, 1977 vs Norwood)

Largest away attendances (minor round)

• AFL – 51,883 at MCG (round 1, 1997 vs Collingwood)
• SANFL – 30,618 at Adelaide Oval (round 11, 1977 vs South Adelaide)
• SANFL (suburban) – 22,015 at Unley Oval (round 9, 1968 vs Sturt)

Largest finals attendances

• AFL – 97,302 at MCG (2007 AFL Grand Final vs Geelong)
• SANFL – 66,897 (80,000 police estimate) at Football Park (1976 SANFL Grand Final vs Sturt)[98]

Longest undefeated streak

• AFL – 8 wins (round 8 → 15, 2002, round 15 → 22, 2003, round 4 → 12, 2014)
• SAFL – 33 games (21 June 1913 → 1914 → 3 July 1915)

Longest winless streak

• AFL – 11 games (round 11 → 23, 2011)
• pre-SAFA – 15 games (game 1, 1870 → game 2, 1873)

Player records

Most games played

• AFL – 300 – Kane Cornes (2001–2015)
• SANFL – 391 – Russell Ebert (1968–1978, 1980–1985)[277]

Most games coached

• AFL – 274 – Mark Williams (1999–2010)
• SANFL – 447 – Fos Williams (1950–1958, 1962–1973)
• Combined – 488 – John Cahill (SANFL: 1974–1982, 1988–1996, 2005; AFL: 1997–1998)

Most premierships as player

• SANFL – 9 – Geof Motley (1954–1959, 1962–1963, 1965)
• AFL – 1 – 2004 premiership team

Most premierships as coach

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

Most goals at Port Adelaide

• AFL – 549 – Warren Tredrea (1997–2010)
• SANFL – 1044 – Tim Evans (1975–1986)[278]

Most goals in a match

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

Most goals in a season

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

Notes

1. Capped stadium capacities.
2. This record is unbreakable under the current SANFL fixturing rules (current maximum is 20 wins: 18 home-and-away plus two finals).

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