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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
C.Hayter

President
Dr.P.T.S.Cherry

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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1937 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide's 1937 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Port Adelaide 4.613.917.1221.14 140 WON Glenelg 2.17.39.710.8 68 72 ALB Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A Port Adelaide 1.29.610.813.12 90 LOST Sturt 4.56.711.1017.11 113 -23 UNL May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Port Adelaide 3.39.713.1015.14 104 WON North Adelaide 1.75.910.1314.15 99 5 ADO May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A Port Adelaide 3.26.78.109.14 68 WON Norwood 4.26.77.118.15 63 5 ADO May 12 (Wed, 12:00) Scores
5 A Port Adelaide 4.36.66.810.14 74 LOST West Adelaide 2.34.79.1611.18 84 -10 ASG May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H Port Adelaide 3.55.69.1110.16 76 LOST West Torrens 0.35.118.1311.19 85 -9 ALB May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Port Adelaide 3.410.1311.1715.21 111 WON South Adelaide 4.76.710.1011.12 78 33 ADO Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Port Adelaide 4.714.918.1625.24 174 WON Sturt 4.38.710.1114.14 98 76 ALB Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H Port Adelaide 8.411.1318.2120.27 147 WON Glenelg 3.38.69.812.13 85 62 ADO Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A Port Adelaide 3.311.917.1420.15 135 WON Norwood 6.47.611.1417.18 120 15 NOR Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H Port Adelaide 6.511.616.1018.12 120 WON North Adelaide 3.27.610.1013.12 90 30 ALB Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Port Adelaide 2.16.1110.1513.24 102 WON West Adelaide 4.54.79.1111.12 78 24 ALB Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Port Adelaide 1.13.116.158.22 70 LOST South Adelaide 4.15.111.214.5 89 -19 ALB Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Port Adelaide 5.68.814.1515.15 105 WON West Torrens 0.15.105.118.19 67 38 THB Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Port Adelaide 4.613.1517.2724.31 175 WON Glenelg 3.46.77.139.17 71 104 GLE Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A Port Adelaide 6.212.817.1122.15 147 WON North Adelaide 3.37.514.818.10 118 29 PRO Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H Port Adelaide 5.310.1013.1416.20 116 WON Norwood 4.28.311.614.7 91 25 ALB Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H Port Adelaide 4.38.1011.1617.21 123 WON Norwood 4.44.57.69.6 60 63 ADO Sep 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF H Port Adelaide 3.65.78.1013.16 94 WON South Adelaide 0.33.126.139.16 70 24 ADO Oct 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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