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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) 1877–2023

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

Port Adelaide Magpies



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"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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2023 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide Magpies' 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Adelaide Reserves          ADO Apr 1 (Sat, 3:10)  
2 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Glenelg          GLE Apr 7 (Fri, 4:40)  
3 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Sturt          UNL Apr 23 (Sun, 2:10)  
4 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs West Adelaide          LOX Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10)  
5 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Norwood          ALB May 6 (Sat, 2:30)  
6 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs South Adelaide          ALB May 14 (Sun, 2:10)  
7 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs North Adelaide          PRO May 27 (Sat, 2:10)  
8 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Woodville West Torrens          ALB Jun 4 (Sun, 2:10)  
9 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Central District          ALB Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10)  
10 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Norwood          NOR Jun 18 (Sun, 2:10)  
11 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs West Adelaide          ALB Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
12 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Woodville West Torrens          WOO Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)  
13 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs North Adelaide          ALB Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
14 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Sturt          ALB Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
15 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Adelaide Reserves          ADO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
16 H Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Glenelg          ALB Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs South Adelaide          NOA Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 A Port Adelaide Magpies        vs Central District          ELZ Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
 

Footnotes

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