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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



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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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1980 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Port Adelaide's 1980 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Port Adelaide 3.54.115.129.18 72 DRAW Central District 0.42.89.129.18 72 0 ELZ Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Port Adelaide 4.513.1321.1627.20 182 WON Norwood 4.35.47.611.8 74 108 ALB Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Port Adelaide 10.321.1027.1437.21 243 WON Woodville 4.35.38.313.4 82 161 FBP Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Port Adelaide 3.47.89.1211.17 83 WON South Adelaide 2.43.55.78.11 59 24 FBP Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 H Port Adelaide 6.212.819.1328.19 187 WON West Adelaide 3.36.58.810.10 70 117 ALB May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Port Adelaide 2.28.411.814.12 96 LOST Sturt 4.106.1310.1713.22 100 -4 UNL May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Port Adelaide 3.38.1010.1018.14 122 WON Glenelg 3.85.118.159.17 71 51 FBP May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Port Adelaide 7.212.515.823.12 150 WON West Torrens 0.22.46.59.6 60 90 ALB May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Port Adelaide 8.512.919.1427.16 178 WON North Adelaide 4.17.58.78.8 56 122 ALB May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Port Adelaide 1.510.811.1112.16 88 WON Central District 6.46.710.1511.18 84 4 FBP Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Port Adelaide 2.59.913.1123.16 154 WON Norwood 2.24.48.89.10 64 90 FBP Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Port Adelaide 5.410.718.1025.13 163 WON Woodville 4.27.411.817.10 112 51 ALB Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Port Adelaide 8.1012.1617.1721.21 147 WON South Adelaide 0.02.07.38.5 53 94 ADO Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Port Adelaide 7.712.921.1526.19 175 WON West Adelaide 3.27.59.612.12 84 91 FBP Jul 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 H Port Adelaide 3.96.1213.1322.17 149 WON Sturt 0.37.412.513.8 86 63 FBP Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Port Adelaide 0.45.88.912.14 86 LOST Glenelg 6.77.1313.2014.26 110 -24 GLE Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Port Adelaide 4.29.616.1025.13 163 WON West Torrens 4.55.79.816.11 107 56 THB Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Port Adelaide 5.67.817.1326.16 172 WON North Adelaide 3.05.56.810.10 70 102 FBP Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Port Adelaide 7.311.314.922.17 149 WON Central District 1.25.47.58.10 58 91 ALB Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Port Adelaide 4.410.912.1217.16 118 WON Norwood 0.02.26.69.9 63 55 NOR Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Port Adelaide 3.78.1815.2520.30 150 WON Woodville 1.44.67.611.9 75 75 ALB Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Port Adelaide 5.97.1316.1921.23 149 WON South Adelaide 1.24.64.810.17 77 72 ALB Sep 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Port Adelaide 3.411.917.1524.20 164 WON Sturt 3.36.510.815.11 101 63 FBP Sep 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
GF H Port Adelaide 3.15.76.1111.15 81 WON Norwood 4.35.67.99.9 63 18 FBP Oct 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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