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KEY FACTS

Official name
Port Adelaide Football Club

Known as
Port Adelaide Magpies

Nickname
Magpies

Former name
Port Adelaide

Former name date
1997-01-01

Formed
1996

Colours
Black and white

Associated clubs
Port Adelaide; Port Magpies Reserves; Port Magpies U18s; Port Adelaide-West Torrens; Port Magpies U16s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1877–2019, 2021–2024

Home Ground
Alberton Oval

SANFL Premierships
1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913-14, 1921, 1928, 1936-37, 1939, 1951, 1954-55-56-57-58-59, 1962-63, 1965, 1977, 1979-80-81, 1988-89-90, 1992, 1994-95-96,1998 & 1999 (36 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1890, 1910, 1913-14 (4 total); Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1962-3-4, 1970, 1977, 1979-80, 1988-9, 1992, 1994, 1999 (12 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1961, 1973, 1989 (3 total)

Most Games
392 - Russell Ebert (1968-78; 1980-85)

Most Goals
1044 - Tim Evans (1975–86)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Litchfield (13) 1883; R.Roy (22) 1884; C.Fry (32) 1889; J.McKenzie (32) 1890; J.Tomkins (27) 1897; J.Mathieson (30) 1905, (42) 1906 & (33) 1908; J.Quinn (32) 1907; F.Hansen (46) 1910, (41) 1911, (37) 1912 & (39) 1913; J.Dunn (33) 1914; L.Lackman (25) 1919; L.Dayman (86) 1929; A.McLean (80) 1947; R.Johns (70) 1956, (55) 1958, (69) 1960, (76) 1962 & (54) 1963; W.Dittmar (74) 1959 & (69) 1960; E.Freeman (81) 1966; T.Evans (87) 1977, (90) 1978, (146) 1980, (98) 1981, (125) 1982 & (127) 1984; S.Hodges (153) 1990, (129) 1994 & (117) 1996; M.Tylor (97) 1992 & (90) 1993; B.Eddy (53) 2017 (37 total)

Magarey Medalists
S.Malin (1899); J.Mack (1907); S.Hosking (1910, 1915); J.Ashley (1914); C.Adams (1921); P.Bampton (1925); B.Quinn (1938, 1945); D.Boyd (1956); G.Motley (1964); T.Obst (1967); R.Ebert (1971, 1974, 1976, 1980); P.Woite (1975); G.Anderson (1986); S.Hodges (1990); N.Buckley (1992); T.Brown and R.O'Connor (tied) (2001); B.Ebert (2003); J.Clayton (2005)

Headquarters
Brougham Place, Alberton, SA 5014

Postal Address
PO Box 379, Port Adelaide, SA, 5015

Phone: (08) 8447 4044 

Email
email@pafc.com.au

Website
portadelaidefc.com.au

CEO
K.A.Thomas

President
D.J.Koch

Port Adelaide Magpies



"On Saturday 29 March 1997, six months after defeating Central District in the 1996 SANFL grand final, Port Adelaide embarked on its 116th season of senior football in the state’s premier competition with a seven-point win over Sturt. To all external appearances, it was business as usual - except that, underneath the facade of normality, everything had changed. No longer was the team that took to the field in the trademark black-and-white prison bar guernseys the primary manifestation of a club that could trace its origins all the way back to 13 May 1870 ... The club’s primary manifestation was now playing on a bigger stage, and that very afternoon, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ..."

John Devaney on the split which resulted in Port Adelaide teams being fielded in both the SANFL and AFL

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2015 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide Magpies' 2015 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Port Adelaide Magpies       Bye        
2 A Port Adelaide Magpies 4.18.413.616.11 107 WON South Adelaide 2.23.24.46.5 41 66 HIC Apr 10 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
3 H Port Adelaide Magpies 3.55.912.1215.15 105 WON North Adelaide 3.04.28.210.9 69 36 ALB Apr 18 (Sat, 12:10) Scores
4 H Port Adelaide Magpies 3.24.24.45.5 35 LOST Norwood 1.22.75.117.14 56 -21 ADO Apr 24 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
5 H Port Adelaide Magpies 1.04.45.46.8 44 LOST Woodville West Torrens 1.11.16.39.7 61 -17 ALB May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Port Adelaide Magpies 2.16.77.1010.15 75 WON Sturt 5.15.110.111.1 67 8 ALB May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Port Adelaide Magpies 3.47.813.1020.14 134 WON Adelaide Reserves 5.18.412.515.9 99 35 BAL May 17 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
8 H Port Adelaide Magpies 4.310.411.513.5 83 WON Glenelg 0.03.36.711.9 75 8 ALB May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 A Port Adelaide Magpies 2.15.110.313.7 85 WON Central District 3.58.78.911.11 77 8 ELZ Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Port Adelaide Magpies 2.17.410.713.9 87 WON West Adelaide 3.13.34.45.7 37 50 RIC Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Port Adelaide Magpies 2.44.78.810.9 69 LOST Adelaide Reserves 3.18.310.413.11 89 -20 ALB Jun 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 A Port Adelaide Magpies 2.33.43.46.9 45 LOST Norwood 0.00.54.106.10 46 -1 NOR Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Port Adelaide Magpies 4.14.49.714.12 96 WON Woodville West Torrens 3.54.86.107.13 55 41 WOO Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Port Adelaide Magpies 1.21.23.56.6 42 LOST Sturt 2.46.68.710.9 69 -27 UNL Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Port Adelaide Magpies 3.18.211.312.7 79 WON Central District 2.25.39.69.8 62 17 ALB Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Port Adelaide Magpies 2.27.511.1115.16 106 WON North Adelaide 2.24.56.57.5 47 59 PRO Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Port Adelaide Magpies 3.05.49.814.11 95 WON Glenelg 7.210.611.714.10 94 1 GLE Aug 14 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
18 H Port Adelaide Magpies 1.17.410.814.10 94 WON South Adelaide 2.46.66.79.9 63 31 ALB Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Port Adelaide Magpies 4.26.411.617.6 108 WON West Adelaide 2.15.66.810.11 71 37 ALB Aug 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
QF H Port Adelaide Magpies 4.25.25.46.5 41 LOST West Adelaide 1.24.58.810.10 70 -29 ADO Sep 6 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
1SF H Port Adelaide Magpies 2.04.17.111.3 69 LOST Central District 5.38.68.1310.14 74 -5 ADO Sep 13 (Sun, 12:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.