I have one, signed by every PAFC AFL squad member from '97, with Scotty Cummings #6 on the back. [17], On 24 May 1970, 100 years after the club's first game, an exhibition game between old Port Adelaide champion players including Fos Williams played against a group of famous players from other clubs including Neil Kerley and Ron Barassi was held at Alberton Oval with a crowd of 20,000 spectators present for the celebration. [25] 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 Adelaide made a strong recovery in 2007, and with strong performances from midfielders Shaun Burgoyne and Chad Cornes and strong debut seasons from Justin Westhoff, Robert Gray and Travis Boak, Port Adelaide finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15–7 record.
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Tim Lane, 2004 AFL Grand Final – Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane, Channel 10. Immense interest led into the 1887 Round 8 meeting between Port Adelaide and Norwood as to the previous two matches between the clubs had ended in draws. This period saw Port Adelaide's form drop failing to reach the grand final.
Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home and away season in third place with 16 wins and six losses. Save with MyShopping.com.au! The Port Adelaide Football Club first wore its iconic Prison Bar guernsey in 1902. To top off the 1897 season for the club, Stan Malin won Port Adelaide's first Magarey Medal in 1899. Port Adelaide's champion players from this era include Harold Phillips, Ken and John McKenzie, Archibald Hosie, Charlie Fry and Stan Malin. Many SANFL players were moving to the VFL for the larger salaries on offer. The onset of World War I was causing players to start taking up arms in 1915 and forced the SAFL to be suspended for three years bringing an abrupt halt to Port Adelaide's dominance. [34] Port Adelaide would falter to both combinations. [67] Present at the 1994 SANFL Grand Final was AFL CEO Ross Oakley and Alan Schwab who bore witness to the club's come from behind win against the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles.
Gerlach played his 100th game during the year and played in the 1977 Grand Final but his kidneys would shut down and cause him to endure dialysis and kidney transplants.
That win gave Port the bye, and they easily defeated the Kangaroos in the preliminary final to win by 87 points: Port 20.13 (133) d. North Melbourne 5.16 (46).
The club's output was subsequently restricted but the team still managed to finish fourth. In 1994 the Port Adelaide Football Club obtained an AFL licence, however the club had to wait until 1997 to partake in the competition as the Adelaide Crows had a clause preventing another club entering the national competition from South Australia until the end of 1996. Just as had happened in 1914, the SANFL was hit hard by player losses in World War II. [17], In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in black and white guernseys for the first time after it was having trouble finding appropriate and affordable dyes that would last for its blue and magenta guernseys.[18]. Did you find what you wanted? [70] 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. The club missed the finals in 2006, winning eight games; young player Danyle Pearce won the AFL Rising Star award. From Rounds 12–17, Port Adelaide turned their fortunes around and had six consecutive wins, and with five rounds remaining were equal top of the ladder with Brisbane, St Kilda and Melbourne. Hi, I own an original 1997 Port Power Historic Guernsey, signed by all original players and the coach, Jack Cahill. [6] In 1876 two local South Adelaide clubs merged to form the modern day club with the first recorded match between the two clubs taking place on 1 July at Glanville Hall Estate. You must log in or register to reply here. It's in mint condition, fully framed. The club finished the season with five wins from its last seven games under Primus, to finish tenth.