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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
R.B.Taylor

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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1982 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide's 1982 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Port Adelaide 4.84.1010.1817.21 123 WON South Adelaide 1.16.46.57.6 48 75 ALB Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Port Adelaide 4.35.310.512.6 78 LOST Norwood 4.27.610.712.13 85 -7 FBP Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Port Adelaide 6.610.1212.1516.18 114 WON West Adelaide 4.05.58.913.12 90 24 RIC Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Port Adelaide 3.48.109.1311.15 81 DRAW Glenelg 2.33.39.612.9 81 0 FBP Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Port Adelaide 2.76.912.1119.17 131 WON Central District 1.21.44.57.9 51 80 ALB May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Port Adelaide 3.05.512.1018.12 120 LOST Sturt 7.012.417.623.12 150 -30 UNL May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Port Adelaide 8.111.616.727.9 171 WON North Adelaide 4.37.911.1515.15 105 66 ALB May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Port Adelaide 7.317.924.1629.21 195 WON Woodville 3.14.48.512.7 79 116 ALB May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Port Adelaide 4.29.914.1216.14 110 WON West Torrens 2.53.64.78.8 56 54 FBP May 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Port Adelaide 3.66.815.924.14 158 WON South Adelaide 3.36.39.311.6 72 86 ADO Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Port Adelaide 1.22.46.911.12 78 WON Norwood 2.34.65.88.8 56 22 ALB Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Port Adelaide 2.14.14.37.6 48 LOST West Adelaide 2.45.68.1010.15 75 -27 FBP Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Port Adelaide 8.110.315.1219.16 130 WON Glenelg 2.06.28.511.10 76 54 ALB Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Port Adelaide 2.69.814.1117.13 115 WON Central District 1.14.49.415.9 99 16 ELZ Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Port Adelaide 5.410.615.920.13 133 WON Sturt 5.510.1013.1316.14 110 23 ADO Jul 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Port Adelaide 0.15.76.1012.13 85 LOST North Adelaide 7.414.520.1225.14 164 -79 FBP Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Port Adelaide 2.36.611.1717.21 123 WON Woodville 2.88.1011.1315.15 105 18 ADO Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Port Adelaide 8.414.917.1225.18 168 WON West Torrens 1.38.411.613.9 87 81 FBP Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Port Adelaide 6.112.614.819.11 125 WON South Adelaide 3.28.512.1115.15 105 20 ADO Aug 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 H Port Adelaide 4.27.511.920.12 132 WON West Adelaide 2.45.1110.1514.17 101 31 ALB Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Port Adelaide 2.33.78.910.13 73 LOST Norwood 6.413.820.1128.17 185 -112 NOR Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Port Adelaide 6.610.914.1120.15 135 WON Glenelg 3.25.98.1213.15 93 42 FBP Sep 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Port Adelaide 4.47.1110.1314.17 101 LOST Norwood 7.111.215.319.6 120 -19 FBP Sep 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF H Port Adelaide 4.36.411.414.5 89 LOST Glenelg 2.310.611.913.12 90 -1 FBP Sep 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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