Let's talk Ports! Part 3

[SC_Power]

Blast from the past
Courtesy Nth Melb Vintage (YouTube)

 

[Cheesey Mac]

Clearing out the storage space in my house and came across a box full of old footy records and club magazines.

Found this Football Plus special from 1996.

El_Scorcho almost the Pirates

 

[Jonts]

Clearing out the storage space in my house and came across a box full of old footy records and club magazines.

Found this Football Plus special from 1996.

El_Scorcho almost the Pirates

Club of the ,90s is very apt

 

[Willsy10]

I knew the Pirates was an option but never heard of the Destroyers. I thought the 3rd option was the sharks.

The Power js still the best option in my opinion.


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[JimmyBC]

Club of the ,90s is very apt

Hammer time.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Clearing out the storage space in my house and came across a box full of old footy records and club magazines.

Found this Football Plus special from 1996.

El_Scorcho almost the Pirates

Got what we wanted I guess, a 90s identity.

Destroyers is interesting, the name is terrible but the idea of a maritime based identity is the right line of thinking.

I'm guessing that Freo going with Dockers scared us off of a maritime theme, but i'm not sure. 2/3 of the shortlisted names were maritime themed. We were so close. It was so obvious. If you can't go Magpies, go Port Adelaide.

I know this is a common theme among sports fans all over the globe, but it makes me a bit sad that a few blokes sitting around a meeting table making an ill considered decision almost 30 years ago could have frustrating consequences to this day. Oh well, at least our guys didn't Nerio Ferraro it and install an eternal glass ceiling above his own club. We can still change to Pirates tomorrow.

 

[JimmyBC]

Got what we wanted I guess, a 90s identity.

Destroyers is interesting, the name is terrible but the idea of a maritime based identity is the right line of thinking.

I'm guessing that Freo going with Dockers scared us off of a maritime theme, but i'm not sure. 2/3 of the shortlisted names were maritime themed. We were so close. It was so obvious. If you can't go Magpies, go Port Adelaide.

I know this is a common theme among sports fans all over the globe, but it makes me a bit sad that a few blokes sitting around a meeting table making an ill considered decision almost 30 years ago could have frustrating consequences to this day. Oh well, at least our guys didn't Nerio Ferraro it and install an eternal glass ceiling above his own club. We can still change to Pirates tomorrow.

Ports! just fade out the Power nick.

 

[RossFC]

I knew the Pirates was an option but never heard of the Destroyers. I thought the 3rd option was the sharks.

The Power js still the best option in my opinion.


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Sharks may have been a Crows option?

 

[VineValerian]

Hammer time.

Hammerheads.
Fur Seals.
Sea Wasps.
Yabbies.
Pirhanas.
Marlins.
Cuttlefish.
Fairy Penguins.

Plenty of maritime monikers to use if we want to

 

[bomberclifford]

We can still change to Pirates tomorrow.

We could but it would be a mistake.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Ah Glenelg, we'll never forget. Tigers and stripes.

I had forgotten they took this to the Supreme Court too. They must have had a standing order there.

 

[El_Scorcho]

We could but it would be a mistake.

Less of a mistake than all of our previous AFL branding though

 

[tribey]

Clearing out the storage space in my house and came across a box full of old footy records and club magazines.

Found this Football Plus special from 1996.

El_Scorcho almost the Pirates

I did school work experience at Football Plus when that special was being prepared.

Ashley Porter: “I’ll send you a copy when it’s published”

Ron Howard: “He didn’t”

 

[Coobk001]

I knew the Pirates was an option but never heard of the Destroyers. I thought the 3rd option was the sharks.

The Power js still the best option in my opinion.


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The Sharks was ruled out because of the West Adelaide Sharks who still existed in the national soccer league at the time.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Butters and Pepper]

I know that Woodvile used the nickname for a few years, but I would have preferred "Warriors".

To me it conjures up images of Bob Quinn on the battlefield, as well as the way the PAFC went about things in the 1950s under Fos Williams.

I would have even preferred "Dolphins" to "Power".

 

[bomberclifford]

Less of a mistake than all of our previous AFL branding though

Nope.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Nope.

Yeah. I don't fault anyone involved because we did what was in vogue at the time, but carn. Our branding has been weak at best. Most of the really good stuff we've done has happened because the supporters have leant hard on the club to do it.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I know that Woodvile used the nickname for a few years, but I would have preferred "Warriors".

To me it conjures up images of Bob Quinn on the battlefield, as well as the way the PAFC went about things in the 1950s under Fos Williams.

I would have even preferred "Dolphins" to "Power".

Plus we could have done a sick war dance for Sir Douglas Nicholls round.

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[Alberton Proud]

Blast from the past
Courtesy Nth Melb Vintage (YouTube)

Footage looks like 1897 not 1997 !

 

[Del80659]

all they have to do is go from the lightning power angle to the strength power angle. i remember someone here years ago suggested the old logo clenching a scarf instead of a bolt, to represent the fans, ala southampton's logo. MORE OF THAT THINKING, LESS ELECTRICITY.

 

[SC_Power]

Footage looks like 1897 not 1997 !

Here is the match report

 

[SC_Power]

I know that Woodvile used the nickname for a few years, but I would have preferred "Warriors".

To me it conjures up images of Bob Quinn on the battlefield, as well as the way the PAFC went about things in the 1950s under Fos Williams.

I would have even preferred "Dolphins" to "Power".

 

[VineValerian]

I know that Woodvile used the nickname for a few years, but I would have preferred "Warriors".

To me it conjures up images of Bob Quinn on the battlefield, as well as the way the PAFC went about things in the 1950s under Fos Williams.

I would have even preferred "Dolphins" to "Power".

The Worriers?

 

[FishingRick04]

I'm debating with an Idiot Crom supporter. One of his arguments around our history is Mark Williams saying we have no connection to the Magpies!

I don't even recall this happening. Does anyone remember such a statement from Mark? I can only assume he was referring to the SANFL created Magpies at the time.