2020 celebrations

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I guess the CEO's email last night should go in here given it was basically all about 2020.

Dear Members and Supporters,

As the playing group pack their bags for the Maroochydore camp, and the rest of us start to turn our attention to getting to the Christmas break in good order, I thought it may be useful to give you a final update on the projects and initiatives we are developing for the 150 year celebrations.

It’s a bit of a moving feast, but we are making good progress.

150th Gala Dinner
Tickets are on sale now.
We’re expecting 1500 people to attend this incredible event on February 28, 2020
At $195 per ticket for members, it represents excellent value.
We’d love to see you there. This will be an extra special night, and you know how our events team delivers on occasions like this!

Home Showdown, Round 2
For the first time ever, we will take on our cross town rival in the Prison Bars.
This contest, simply oozing historical context, will kick off our 150th year on field in style.
I can’t wait to see the stadium full of prison bar guernseys, the old lace ups and traditional duffel coats on the night … plus the Port Adelaide family in full voice.

Book Launch
This is a spectacular product and so much more than ‘just a book’.
Replica medals, never before seen letters and historical documents, interviews, photos… all in a beautifully bound book for the ages.

Birthday Game
A Port Adelaide double header with our SANFL team playing the curtain raiser ahead of the AFL game v Carlton.
With birthday suits on, there will be motorcades of legends and premiership heroes plus more. (announced today North Adelaide is the team)

Documentary…Adelaide Film Festival
Not to be missed. This documentary, set to screen on national television, will tug at the heartstrings of the faithful as it tells the club’s incredible story of struggle and success from the docks of Port Adelaide to lifting the premiership on the national stage. A separate, feature-length documentary will also be screened as part of the Adelaide Film Festival.

Alberton Oval Precinct Redevelopment
Plans for the redevelopment of the Alberton Oval precinct are advancing well.

High Performance Facility
Our highest priority is to expand and re-purpose the high performance facility to ensure that our elite men’s and future elite women’s football programs are provided with an outstanding training environment designed to maximize their talent and commitment.
The PAFC Board have commissioned project consultants Waypoint to assist the Club to complete the analysis of the club’s high performance needs, engage in discussions with key Government and local Government stakeholders, finalise architectural drawings and develop a funding strategy for the project.
Particular attention is being paid to ensure that community accessibility to Alberton Oval remains a priority, and that the precinct reflects the Club’s over-arching philosophy of high performance and community engagement.

Port Club Re-development
A key initiative for the 150th year, and is designed to ensure that the full, rich history of our club is forever on display at the Port Club
It will be interactive, using technology to bring the amazing stories of the football club and the district to life
Plans have been completed and the PAFC Board have approved stage one of the re-development to commence in 2020.

Port Adelaide Aboriginal Centre of Excellence (PAACE)
Will be a centre of excellence for all students involved in the Club’s industry leading community programs.
The facility will provide a distinct indigenous cultural experience, with an emphasis of showcasing the importance of STEM education as they prepare themselves for the jobs of the future.
Extensive work has been done to ensure that the business and operational plans for this facility are of the highest quality.
It is essential that the facility, once complete, is both operationally excellent and financially sustainable.
We are in the process of securing the additional funding required to bring the project to fruition.

As we have be saying for most of the year, there is a lot to look forward to in 2020.
This really will be a year to remember.

Can’t wait to get there!

KT

Haha I wonder if KT added this line to the Alberton Oval precinct redevelopment after crows presented to ACC their plans and the backlash - Particular attention is being paid to ensure that community accessibility to Alberton Oval remains a priority, , and that the precinct reflects the Club’s over-arching philosophy of high performance and community engagement.

I think the Port Club is the most likely thing we will see get developed in 2020.
 

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Winestoppable said:
How many games did he play for PAFC alone?

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Think this was it.
Played around 440 in total incl for Collingwood and State games.
Should be in AFL Hall of Fame already :mad:
Best CHB I ever saw play - just trumped "Wild" Billy Picken and Ross Glendinning.
Wasn't aware he kicked nearly 100 goals.
 
Winestoppable said:
How many games did he play for PAFC alone?

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343 games for Port Adelaide.

84 for Collingwood.

20 state games
 
Winestoppable said:
That is incredible, 14 seasons approx 20 games a year is 280 plus finals, he mustn't have missed too many games in his career through injury. Astonishing!

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Escort cup games inc.
 
Those posts from Shane Emms highlight the absolute paucity of achievement of several AFL Hall of Fame members. It makes a mockery of the selection process to see some inductees there at the expense of others far more deserving.

Take a good look at the records of the likes of:

Welks Eimes
"Chicken" Smallhorn
Mark Tandy
George Todd
Peter Burns
Frank Johnson

and tell me they are even remotely in the same ballpark in terms of games played, State matches, premierships, individual awards (medals, B&F's, leading goalkickers, etc), plus coaching and other things they may have done, as Greg Phillips, Tim Evans, John Abley and even Scott Hodges have achieved. It is a dead set joke IMHO, and an insult to those great men mentioned in the previous sentence (who represent merely the Port Adelaide component) of deserving contributors to this game that we know and love.

Several others, aside from the six obvious ones I noted earlier, had just average to reasonably good records, whilst a few managed to have a bit of a stint in the media after they finished playing, which may have embellished their CV's - but they were hardly the stuff of legends and icons of the national game that they have been made out to be. Some are clearly revered in footy folklore, however a perusal of their stats makes for interesting (and at times mind boggling) reading, and makes the case for those players I mentioned as far more deserving even more compelling, and a mystery as to why they have been ignored thus far!

And don't get me started on the abomination of double standards that is one R F Ebert (OAM), who has not already been elevated to H of F Legend status, to sit along side Barrie Robran. Not just his peerless and magnificent playing career, his coaching record, his four MM's, his premierships, his club and State captaincy, his stint in the media and his work with juniors, but also his leadership of the Club's Community Youth programs in schools that continues to this day.

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When was the last time anyone ever saw or heard anything from Tim? Would love to see him get involved with the club, tell some stories etc. He's a bit of an enigma.
 
broadyandcam said:
My favourite player at the time. Number 5 is still my favourite number!

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#5 in our AFL days has only been worn by 3 players so far.

Shane Bond 1997-2001, but didn't play again after he did his ACL Rd 12 2000 against North at SCG. Brendon Lade 2002-09, changed from #20 he wore between 1997-2001, after back to back broken legs in 2000 and 2001, he wanted a change. 2010 Matthew Broadbent changed from #32 to #5 after Lade retired, and it was his number to when he was delisted in September 2019.

I don't think any other number has only had 3 players wear it in 23 seasons in the AFL. Dan Houston wearing it now becomes the 4th player to do.

#10 has only 2 players wear it. Francou 1997-06 and Boak 2007-12 and then again 2019-.

Pretty sure the non wearing of the old captain's number started in 2009 when Tredders gave up the captaincy and wanted 16 back, so Pearce had to change from 16 to 6 and Cassisi's old #25 was left vacant until he gave up the captaincy to Boak at start of 2013 season.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
I don't think any other number has only had 3 players wear it in 23 seasons in the AFL
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#8 - Fabian Francis (1997-2001), Shaun Burgyone (2002-2009), Hamish Hartlett (2010-present)
 
I hope the club makes a series of these long interview videos available to us as part of a series on the club's youtube channel and or PTV.


 
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