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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
A.R.C.McLean

President
K.L.Duthie

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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1976 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide's 1976 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Port Adelaide 6.913.1018.1318.16 124 WON Central District 2.34.46.611.6 72 52 ELZ Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Port Adelaide 6.27.210.614.7 91 LOST Glenelg 5.311.714.1127.17 179 -88 ADO Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Port Adelaide 4.35.69.911.10 76 LOST Norwood 4.15.39.518.9 117 -41 FBP Apr 19 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 H Port Adelaide 2.35.67.1011.14 80 WON Sturt 5.48.68.139.16 70 10 FBP Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Port Adelaide 6.612.916.1520.20 140 WON North Adelaide 4.39.611.1218.12 120 20 ADO May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Port Adelaide 4.210.812.1218.18 126 WON Glenelg 5.47.811.1217.14 116 10 FBP May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Port Adelaide 0.26.68.811.12 78 LOST Woodville 6.57.610.1012.13 85 -7 WOO May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Port Adelaide 4.46.710.1311.18 84 WON West Adelaide 1.47.89.1111.13 79 5 RIC May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Port Adelaide 1.510.1116.1623.26 164 WON West Torrens 6.27.312.914.12 96 68 FBP May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Port Adelaide 3.611.1213.2117.27 129 WON South Adelaide 4.49.612.914.11 95 34 ADO Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Port Adelaide 6.514.924.1435.16 226 WON Central District 3.35.38.410.5 65 161 FBP Jun 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Port Adelaide 2.47.910.1116.12 108 WON Glenelg 5.37.713.813.10 88 20 GLE Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Port Adelaide 1.34.610.1012.10 82 WON Norwood 0.20.61.106.15 51 31 FBP Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Port Adelaide 6.37.910.1115.16 106 LOST Sturt 4.310.814.1517.19 121 -15 UNL Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Port Adelaide 5.66.1211.1517.17 119 WON North Adelaide 2.06.16.211.5 71 48 FBP Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Port Adelaide 5.29.917.1323.22 160 WON Woodville 1.53.85.98.11 59 101 ADO Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Port Adelaide 6.413.821.1125.18 168 WON West Torrens 6.29.512.715.10 100 68 ADO Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Port Adelaide 6.412.618.1020.10 130 WON West Adelaide 3.14.66.99.15 69 61 FBP Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Port Adelaide 2.48.1114.1720.20 140 WON South Adelaide 5.27.610.1017.12 114 26 ADO Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Port Adelaide 2.83.86.1310.14 74 WON Sturt 0.32.72.135.16 46 28 FBP Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Port Adelaide 4.39.818.1424.19 163 WON Norwood 2.46.77.1312.17 89 74 ADO Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Port Adelaide 2.26.612.1217.21 123 WON Glenelg 5.56.87.1311.14 80 43 FBP Sep 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
GF H Port Adelaide 2.53.87.1310.15 75 LOST Sturt 1.37.611.817.14 116 -41 FBP Sep 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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