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This video shows just how emotionally constipated Cornes is. Just can't grasp things and struggles to get his emotions out.


MP where do you get these game summaries with the list of teams from? Old Football Times annual publication? The Budget of the next year? This is the sort of stuff those SANFL GF wiki pages should have listed rather than just the scores.
 

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This video shows just how emotionally constipated Cornes is. Just can't grasp things and struggles to get his emotions out.



MP where do you get these game summaries with the list of teams from? Old Football Times annual publication? The Budget of the next year? This is the sort of stuff those SANFL GF wiki pages should have listed rather than just the scores.
I'd need to see the teams on paper but what was that "no logical reason" crap those Port sides were loaded with champions.
 
1990 Grand Final

Every epic drama needs a hero and a villain. Light must be contrasted against dark, good against evil. The side of the football fence you sat on determined who was cast as the hero and villain in this piece. Nonetheless, it was most fitting the 1990 Grand Final should come down to a meeting of Port Adelaide and Glenelg. The two best teams in the 1990 competition, Port and Glenelg were rugged competitors who had become bitter adversaries from the 1970s and through the 1980s with acrimonious on and off-field events punctuating their rivalry. This enmity reached its zenith in 1990 with Glenelg positioning itself as the flag-bearer for the SANFL competition leading the crusade against Port Adelaide’s AFL bid. This was to be a battle to the bitter end with no love lost between the protagonists. The 1990 Grand Final would be the last played in a competition as South Australians knew it, with the advent of an unknown SA-based composite team entering the national competition in 1991.

The 1990 Grand Final was moved back one day to be played on Sunday 7 October. This was to avoid a clash with the AFL Grand Final with the AFL finals series extended a week following a replay of the drawn Qualifying Final between Collingwood and West Coast. It was a small nod of good fortune to Port Adelaide following some of the brutal contests in the Preliminary Final. Adrian Settre and Richard Foster came in for the desperately unlucky Rohan Smith and David Brown, while for Glenelg Matthew Liptak replaced the injured Clayton Lamb.

Port Adelaide opened the 1990 Grand Final under sunny skies, kicking with the advantage of a slight breeze to the southern end. Umpires Rick Kinnear and Mark Mackie were in charge of the big game being held in front of 50,589 fervent spectators. This historic Grand Final would prove a game for the ages, tight, torrid, hard and close, played at a frantic pace from beginning to end. Intense pressure and heavy but generally fair bodywork would be the order of the day and when silky skills and cohesive team play escaped the clutches of this unyielding intensity they would be applauded and remembered. Goals would become jewels to be treasured.

John Cahill was happy with the hunger, desire and numbers at the ball in training. There would be no repeat of the lackadaisical approach in the Second Semi Final. Pre-match moves reflected what Cahill had learned in that final. Mark Williams was shadowing Chris McDermott while Bruce Abernethy picked up David Marshall. Neither Glenelg player would exert much influence on the game. Paul Rizonico started in defence to give Port more flexibility and rebound. Port controlled the early going but could not convert on the scoreboard, registering five points before that man again, Scott Hodges marked in the goal square and goaled. Wayne Mahney followed up with a goal, converting a set shot from 50 metres, right on Mahney’s range. Mahney was in everything up forward in these early stages, attacking and harassing in his inimitable fashion. Port now led 2.5 to 0.2

Glenelg too had wasted a couple of set shot opportunities in the early stages before Rod Jameson snapped their first goal. As players were making position for the ensuing centre bounce a melee broke out in the Port forward line with David Hynes and Scott Hodges tag teaming their respective opponents Alan Bartlett and Chris Duthy. Bartlett had taken exception to some treatment from Hynes and with players on tenterhooks it wouldn’t take much to set the game alight. Hynes threw an impressive flurry of left and right hooks but didn’t connect, much to Bartlett’s good fortune. Players and umpires converged and the spot fire was extinguished.

Darren Smith goaled from a mark and 50 metre penalty following another clash between players. The umpires were asserting themselves to ensure the emotion-charged contest did not get out of hand. At around the 25 minute mark Port led by 9 points, 3.5 to 2.2, then John Fidge hit a purple patch, converting 3 majors for Glenelg. Fidge found himself in better position than Ben Harris to score two goals, one from a mark and walk-in goal, then collecting a loose ball from Harris’s grasping hands in the goal square and goaling. Earlier Fidge had goaled from a free kick when George Fiacchi decided to check the bounce factor of Fidge’s head against the Football Park turf. Scott Salisbury was probably flattered by George’s imitation of one of his favourite tactics. Fidge however seemed unfazed.

In between Fidge’s burst of goals, Adrian Settre came off the bench to score a goal for Port, crumbing a Hodges’ spoil.

At quarter time despite having the run of the ball for much of the quarter and kicking with the breeze, Port found itself trailing Glenelg by 3 points 4.5 to 5.2, largely due to Fidge’s 3 late goals. Fiacchi was prominent in defence and Tregenza caught the eye with some trademark possessions and hard running. Port were looking Hodges-centric and Glenelg were regularly dropping two men back on him with Bartlett supporting Duthy and where possible the ruckman dropping into the space in front. Russell Johnston had come off in the first quarter with an ankle injury and would take no further part in the game. It was now up to David Hynes to lead the Port rucks single-handed and the spring-heeled, combative Hynes as usual rose to the challenge, despite giving away centimetres and kilograms to his Glenelg opponents.

The second quarter contained enough drama for an entire grand final, let alone a single quarter. The breeze had started to swing around to the north during the break and by late in the quarter Port had use of it again, although it was still only a light breeze. Like Port Adelaide in the first quarter, Glenelg were on top in general play for the first part of the quarter but could not break down Port’s defence, adding only 4 points in this time. Ben Harris had tightened up considerably on Fidge, his close checking and telescopic arms were effecting spoils from the unlikeliest angles. Greg Phillips had shut Michael Murphy down and Port’s flankers Paul Northeast, Richard Foster and Paul Rizonico were on top of their opponents. George Fiacchi was continuing his first quarter form.

After a tight, tough arm-wrestle that lasted for 18 minutes Port broke the goal drought through Scott Hodges, converting a free kick for a push in the back. Two minutes later Hodges goaled again from a set shot to bring up his 150th goal of the season, marking after running onto an Adrian Settre kick to space. Coach John Cahill had moved Mark Williams into the forward line to provide protection for Hodges and Williams used all his guile to block Bartlett’s double teaming. Then Mark Williams goaled himself with a set shot from 50 metres after marking in front of Bartlett from a Simon Tregenza kick. Port was suddenly 13 points in front, 7.7 to 5.6.

Port Adelaide had broken the Glenelg shackles, Hynes was on top in ruck and giving Port’s in and under midfielders first use of the ball, players were finding space and some fluent teamwork was coming together. Then the unthinkable happened. From the centre bounce, Wanganeen drove the ball forward and Scott Hodges went down in the marking contest as Bartlett backed into him and Duthy crashed over the top. Hodges sat up grimacing, grasping at his left knee. The Port faithful roared as Hodges found his feet, but after hobbling around for a few moments, he left the ground helped by the club doctor and a trainer and headed straight down into the rooms. The Port faithful now held their breath, not knowing how bad the injury might be and what this would mean for the Magpies’ Premiership hopes.

In the ensuing cosmic inhale, Michel Murphy finally slipped Greg Phillips’s football sleeper hold to mark and goal from only his second kick. Then came Port Adelaide’s turn for a 3 goal burst in the dying moments of a quarter. The unlikely source of this spark was the Port rover variously nicknamed ‘Hollywood’ and ‘Hulk Hogan doll’ for his stature, muscular build and crop of straw blonde hair. Adrian Settre, who came into the side for the injured David Brown, kicked two freakish snapped goals. The first came as Settre was being slung in a tackle, managing to throw the ball onto his left boot from 40 metres out directly in front and then watching in amazement as the ball bounced twice on its journey to an unprotected goal being chased by desperate Bay defenders before bobbing past the goal umpire. Settre followed this up grabbing the ball off hands of a pack from a David Hutton kick forward. With another left foot snap this time across his body from close to goal on a tight angle, Settre put the ball over the goal umpire’s head. Settre and the assembled Port supporters were delirious with delight.

Port’s margin was out to 19 points, 9.7 to 6.6, and was extended to 25 points by Stephen Williams in the shadows of half time. Williams in the clear between wing and half forward took the ball from David Hutton who had been prominent throughout the term, then turned and running at the goal launched a massive drop punt from 55 metres out, clearing the goal line by 10 metres. Port was leading 10.7 to 6.6, but there was still time for one last moment of drama. Glenelg cleared from the centre bounce and Matthew Liptak was adjudged to have marked only 30 metres out, more or less directly in front just before the half time siren sounded. His kick after the siren sprayed to the left for a point and Port supporters after a seeming yoga lesson in breathing techniques over a rattling 30 minutes could finally draw normal breath again.

Port had produced a stunning second quarter adding 6.2 to 1.5 and going into half time with a clear four goal lead, 10.7 to 6.7. Port also went into half time with a raft of injury concerns. Russell Johnston was out of the game with an ankle injury, Scott Hodges had a knee injury, Wayne Mahney was nursing a sore hamstring, and Tim Ginever was concussed as well as nursing his sore ankle. Port against the world. Beware the wounded Magpie. Grand finals are Port Adelaide territory. All truisms for a very good reason. They are all true. Port Adelaide steeled itself for the second half of the 1990 Grand Final.

The Port faithful roared once more as Scott Hodges resumed his spot at full forward at the start of the third quarter, his left knee heavily strapped. Hodges revealed after the game that at the time of the injury he thought his day was done but as the pain eased during half time he thought there was no way he was going to stay off the field. Hodges’ courage to play through injury and his unwavering commitment to the Port Adelaide cause were on full show again.

The third quarter became the Gavin Wanganeen show as the magical mercurial Wanganeen displayed the nascent skills that would highlight his superb career. However, it was Scott Salisbury who goaled first in the quarter to cut the margin to 18 points. Both teams were creating opportunities but not finishing off. Port’s defence was stoic with Harris continuing his fine spoiling act, George Fiacchi was still in everything despite a heavy bump from Jameson and was supported by hard running defensive team mates with Richard Foster and Paul Rizonico catching the eye. Scott Hodges marked early and his resultant set shot sailed out on the full as he adjusted to the damage to his stabilising leg.

Then came Gavin Wanganeen as he dispossessed Salisbury in a tackle and sprinted into goal and converted. It was a breathtaking moment and restored Port Adelaide’s 4 goal lead, 11.8 to 7.8. Then it was Wanganeen for Port again as Scott Hodges took the ball in a ground level contest, gave to Tim Ginever who found Wanganeen who chipped over Ross Gibbs for a goal.

Between Wanganeen’s brace of goals, Fidge goaled for Glenelg. Michael Murphy who had been moved to a flank after Greg Phillips had cut him out of the game at centre half forward marked in the goal square and goaled after Wanganeen’s second goal. Port led by 17 points 12.8 to 9.9. The Grand Final produced another twist as umpire Rick Kinnear was forced from the field with a calf injury and replaced by reserve umpire Laurie Argent.

Late in the quarter Stephen Williams set up a goal for Scott Hodges with a chip pass over the top after marking. Hodges marked and goaled from close range to bring up his fourth goal for the game and season goal number 151 to equal the SANFL record. John Fidge missed a set shot opportunity for Glenelg to claw back some ground at the end of the quarter and Port went into the three quarter time break with a 22 point lead, 13.9 to 9.11.

Port had a remarkable third quarter, racked with injury and kicking into the breeze, Port produced a performance reminiscent of Muhammad Ali’s remarkable rope-a-dope strategy against the fearsome George Foreman in the legendary Rumble in the Jungle World Heavyweight title fight held in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Port rolled back on the ropes and absorbed all the punishment Glenelg could muster then countered with lightning speed and brilliant efficiency. Port’s tackling intensity was magnificent with even lightly framed Gavin Wanganeen making his physical presence known to Glenelg enforcer Scott Salisbury. Greg Phillips and Bruce Abernethy were having an influence, the elusive Simon Tregenza was finding the ball, Tim Ginever aching from head to foot was busy and Darren Smith was presenting with strength and courage. Wayne Mahney while clearly without his customary zip was still competing hard as John Cahill demands.

If the third quarter was like the early rounds of the Rumble in the Jungle as Ali absorbed punishment on the ropes daring Foreman to wear himself out, the last quarter was like the amazing round 8 of that World Heavyweight contest as Ali came off the ropes and sent Foreman sprawling to the canvas and defeat with a flurry of punches to the head.

Glenelg opened the goal scoring in the final quarter with a 50 metre penalty to David Marshall after marking. Bruce Abernethy was the offending player but amusingly ABC caller Daryl Hicks insisted on blaming Paul Northeast even after viewing the slow motion replay which showed Northeast involved in the preceding passage of play up the ground and clearly showed number 5 Bruce Abernethy delivering the bump. Nonetheless Port’s lead was reduced to 16 points, 13.9 to 10.11.

Now the time had come as Port Adelaide stepped off the ropes and delivered a stunning combination of goals to send the Bays reeling. Adrian Settre kicked long to Scott Hodges on the lead who reaching high took a clean grab over Gibbs who had dropped into the space in front of Hodges. Hodges goaled, breaking the SANFL goal kicking record with his 152nd goal, and restoring Port’s 22 point lead 14.9 to 10.11. There was no time for celebration and no inclination from Hodges or his team mates as their eyes were set firmly on one prize only, the 1990 Heavyweight crown.

Scott Hodges goaled again, this time from 50 metres out for his sixth goal for the match and 153rd for the season. Port Adelaide moved the ball brilliantly from deep in defence to attack in an exhilarating passage of play starting with Paul Rizonico to Greg Phillips to Bruce Abernethy to David Hutton and then to Stephen Williams who from the wing found Hodges on the lead. Hodges took the ball powerfully on his chest between two Glenelg opponents with Seebohm dropping into the space in front and Duthy on his hammer. Port now led by 29 points, 15.10 to 10.11.

Darren Smith then grabbed a piece of the goal kicking action as Port forced the ball forward from centre wing to Simon Tregenza who launched the ball to Hodges and Duthy in the goal square. Smith sharked the spillage and snared the goal. Port Adelaide had blown the margin out to 35 points, 16.10 to 10.11, on the back of punishing body work and superb ball movement. Port had left enough time for a Glenelg comeback and similar to the 1977 Grand Final where Graham Cornes experienced defeat as a Glenelg player, the Bays duly obliged kicking three goals in the latter part of the quarter, but it was too little too late. Port continued to attack, playing with great desperation but could not produce a late goal. The final siren sounded with Port rebounding from defence yet again to Scott Hodges presenting on centre wing despite hobbling badly by the end. Port had triumphed against all odds in this historic Grand Final by 15 points, 16.12 (108) to 13.15 (93). The battleship Port Adelaide had sunk the pride of the Bay. Ali had knocked out Foreman.

It was mayhem on the oval as ecstatic Port players and coaches sought each other out to enjoy the greatest of victories in this most tumultuous of seasons. It was Port Adelaide against the world and Port Adelaide as usual came out on top. Mark Williams took time out to console former Brisbane team mate John Fidge. The post-match celebrations were pandemonium as Port players, officials and supporters released the pressure of season within a season within a season. Max Basheer was roundly booed as he made his way to the presentation dais. Basheer’s attempt at congratulating Glenelg was almost inaudible among the booing of Port supporters. Harsh maybe, but the passions of this unforgettable season were still running high.

George Fiacchi deservedly won the Jack Oatey Medal for best afield in the 1990 Grand Final. George accepted the award, congratulated his team mates and the opposition then roared into the microphone that “There will always be a Port Adelaide Football Club.” Russell Johnston called David Brown and Rohan Smith onto the dais to accept the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy with him and John Cahill. Brown and Smith set off on the traditional lap of honour with the players and were joined by the tiny elfin figure of Erin Phillips, also getting a chance to parade the trophy with dad’s help.

Being the 1990 season, there was still time for one more moment of controversy. Losing coach Graham Cornes chose the usually solemn occasion of the vanquished coach and captain congratulating the victors in their rooms for some graceless editorialising comments about the impact of Port Adelaide’s actions on the local competition. At this point, Cornes was politely asked by David Arnfield to leave the rooms. Cornes received little sympathy from the media for his tactless comments with admitted Glenelg supporter Andrew Capel reporting the comments were uncalled for, and that was not the time or place to vent his feelings. Veteran football commentator Dick Jones was scathing, among a range of criticisms of Cornes’s performance, calling the comments totally unwarranted and completely unnecessary, the performance of a sore loser and smacking of sour grapes. Jones added that Cornes deserved his send off from the Port rooms.

Finally the players could revel in the victorious conclusion to a season that had taken the most unexpected twists and turns and delivered crushing pressure far beyond those already expected of a club chasing a third consecutive premiership. As mentioned, George Fiacchi was adjudged best on ground for a brilliant performance in his back pocket, snuffing out Glenelg forward thrusts and repeatedly turning attack into defence. George, who like Scott Hodges had been magnificent throughout the finals series, also like Hodges would probably have gladly shared his medal with at least two other team mates who were outstanding on the day. The lion-hearted David Hynes was a colossus in ruck, single-handedly beating the two established Glenelg ruckmen. And that man Scott Hodges, who collected records like Glenn A Baker, again was nothing short of sensational. Made a target by Glenelg coach Cornes, Hodges was often double-teamed, Glenelg players dropped into his leading space, and he appeared cut down by a debilitating knee injury before half time. Again and again he fought back, finishing with a dozen shots on goal, six goals for the match, and a swag of hard fought contests at ground level.

While these three stood out, every Port player contributed to ensure the legend of Port Adelaide remained intact. Fiacchi was ably supported by the entire defensive unit as the players continually generated run from defence and shut down dangerous forwards. Grand final master Greg Phillips obliterated all opposition, while Paul Rizonico and the reinstated Richard Foster continually found the ball. Paul Northeast played a typically resolute game, while Ben Harris, after a shaky start, repeatedly thwarted Glenelg’s over-reliance on Fidge. Mark Williams and Bruce Abernethy shut down their designated opponents to reduce much of Glenelg’s creativity around the ball, whilst imposing their own resourcefulness on the game. Mark’s brother Stephen Williams was powerful and direct with the ball, while David Hutton and Simon Tregenza attacked and defended purposefully and relentlessly from the wings. Tim Ginever while restricted to running in straight lines was typically busy and creative. Wayne Mahney up forward was strong and lively. Gavin Wanganeen was brilliant and decisive, breaking Glenelg’s spirit with his third quarter cameo. The same with Adrian Settre with his unlikely second quarter burst. Darren Smith presented hard all day creating a path through the key outer attacking post. Russell Johnston looked set for a big game before injury cut him down and Geoff Phelps provided presence from the bench.

After winning the Federal election in 1993 Paul Keating said ‘This is the sweetest victory of all. This is a victory for the true believers; the people who, in difficult times, have kept the faith.’ He may well have been channelling John Cahill who described this as his greatest premiership as a player or coach. Cahill lauded the fighting qualities of the 1990 team as exemplifying what Port Adelaide is about, commitment, courage and desperation. Cahill had completed a second hat-trick of premierships as Port Adelaide coach to go with the 1979-81 set. Cahill won this third leg of the trifecta in extraordinary circumstances under the most crushing pressure in what turned out to be an historic SANFL grand final.


Port Ad 4.6 10.7 13.9 16.12 (108)
Glenelg 5.2 6.7 9.11 13.15 (93)

Goals: Hodges 6, Settre 3, D Smith Wanganeen 2, Mahney S Williams M Williams 1
Best: Fiacchi, Hynes, Hodges, Phillips, M Williams, Tregenza, Abernethy, Hutton

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Fantastic back line (especially Phillips and Abernethy), Champion full forward, very consistent CHF, experienced first ruck combination, great centreline.

Yeah, but we didn't have Allan Bartlett, Paul Hallahan or Lyndon Bow though I guess.
 
Leslie always seemed to wear that Woolen one for some reason.

I believe the reason was that the laces weren't strong enough to keep in all of Martin Leslie's awesomeness.
 
I'd need to see the teams on paper but what was that "no logical reason" crap those Port sides were loaded with champions.

Smith and Brown in the stands - 2 of the best mids of the season. Ginever hobbling in a pocket on one leg. Russell Johnston injured and out in the first 10 minutes. Hodges off and looked done in the second quarter.

Graham was right.
 

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Smith and Brown in the stands - 2 of the best mids of the season. Ginever hobbling in a pocket on one leg. Russell Johnston injured and out in the first 10 minutes. Hodges off and looked done in the second quarter.

Graham was right.
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Even still there is a plethora of champions & more VFL/AFL past & future players compared to Glenelg who reads like a list of could've beens & SANFL good ordinary stalwarts apart from McDermott, Jameson.. Liptack?
 

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MP where do you get these game summaries with the list of teams from? Old Football Times annual publication? The Budget of the next year? This is the sort of stuff those SANFL GF wiki pages should have listed rather than just the scores.

Yeah, from old copies of The News, The Advertiser, Footy Times and the Budget, all archived and kept in pristine condition (along with other random sh!t like the exclusive poster Hoyts gave me for seeing The Force Awakens in the cinema so many times, lol) in the big ass box my old remote control car came in...

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Funny, for years I'd heard about Studley's infamous "logical" speech but had never seen it because I was at the game and it wasn't on the video I had. Loved giving Glenelg supporters sh!t about it, tho. Years later, it popped up on YouTube and I was like, giddy up. But then I watched it and was like:

"Oh. He's actually complementing the sh!t out of us. Am disappoint."

Even more disappoint coz he was right. Glenelg had everything going for them. They were primed to finally break their grand final hoodooo against us (okay, we were terrible losing to them in the 2nd Semi, absolutely dogsh!t, and only went down by eleven points, but still.) We absolutely defied to logic to win that. We had no right winning it. But we did.

Because Port Adelaide.

That's it. That's why we won. No other reason. No other team would've got within ten goals of them that day. Sh!t, it's "Because Port Adelaide" why so many old school Port fans absolutely despair at what the club has become.

So yeah, I don't take umbrage with anything Cornesy said. Time and place, maybe. Dunno if he's emotionally constipated in that vid. He's still reeling, completely shocked. Suck eggs, Stud.

I gotcha back, Macca, lol...
 
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Even still there is a plethora of champions & more VFL/AFL past & future players compared to Glenelg who reads like a list of could've beens & SANFL good ordinary stalwarts apart from McDermott, Jameson.. Liptack?

Whilst true, Glenelg only finished 1/2 game behind Port that year. They were dominant.
 

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Whilst true, Glenelg only finished 1/2 game behind Port that year. They were dominant.
Yea I mean I realise team sheets never tell the full story it does sort of point to the cream rising to the top in hindsight.

*Funny how Cornes never rated guys like Ginever & has been downright disrespectful in regards to Fiacchi's ability over the years when you see some of the plodders in his Glenelg sides & guys he even took the Crows.

Kinda nice that Settre torched his soul that day as a fringer.
 
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Even still there is a plethora of champions & more VFL/AFL past & future players compared to Glenelg who reads like a list of could've beens & SANFL good ordinary stalwarts apart from McDermott, Jameson.. Liptack?

12 of our 20 on that day had played or would play V/AFL. The ones that hadn't included famous names such as Ginever, Fiacchi and Northeast. The "lesser lights" like Mahaney, Settre, Phelps, Hutton and Foster all played more than 100 games for Port. There was nothing about this team either on paper or on the field that was sub standard. Conversely, the Bays had 5 or 6 no name gumbies playing for them.
 
Glenelg were always big on self-mythology which then transferred to the crows.

This is the club that encouraged the antics of Ross Gibbs, idolised John Fidge and nicknamed Mark Viska 'Death'.
 

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12 of our 20 on that day had played or would play V/AFL. The ones that hadn't included famous names such as Ginever, Fiacchi and Northeast. The "lesser lights" like Mahaney, Settre, Phelps, Hutton and Foster all played more than 100 games for Port. There was nothing about this team either on paper or on the field that was sub standard. Conversely, the Bays had 5 or 6 no name gumbies playing for them.
Fast forward to Sunday & there's gumbies on both sides all over the ground
 
I was always in danger of getting sprig marks on my jeans while sitting in my front row seat at Footy Park from the way Tony Symonds played the wing against Port.
 
12 of our 20 on that day had played or would play V/AFL. The ones that hadn't included famous names such as Ginever, Fiacchi and Northeast. The "lesser lights" like Mahaney, Settre, Phelps, Hutton and Foster all played more than 100 games for Port. There was nothing about this team either on paper or on the field that was sub standard. Conversely, the Bays had 5 or 6 no name gumbies playing for them.

Glenelg had 11 pre/post vfl guys in that team too. The guys that didnt play - Salisbury, Gibbs, Mansell all could have, chigwidden was a very good player, Bow had a very good sanfl career as did Christie. Was only Hallahan who i would consider a weak link.

As i said, they only finished half a game behind what I would consider the peak Magpies line up from that 80s/90s era. They were seriously good, had beaten us twice during the year including the second semi. They had a right to be confident, especially as we became the walking wounded before half time. But, Magpies spirit, pure grit and determination shone through. This was up there with the best GF wins ever.
 

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"About one o'clock a group [of Port supporters] broke into a freezer truck, taking beer cans. A short time later the fire brigade was called after a number of cartons were set alight. Police tried to break up a fight but were pelted with beer cans and ice."

lmao

 
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"About one o'clock a group [of Port supporters] broke into a freezer truck, taking beer cans. A short time later the fire brigade was called after a number of cartons were set alight. Police tried to break up a fight but were pelted with beer cans and ice."

lmao



Ha ha love how after that the You Tube lands on a story about Mia Khalifa. Magpiespower isn't just googling old Ports and Star Wars information.
 
Ha ha love how after that the You Tube lands on a story about Mia Khalifa. Magpiespower isn't just googling old Ports and Star Wars information.

Erm what about the vid to the immediate right of Mis?
 

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The weekend of the 1990 Grand Final was one of the greatest of my life.

Went to Melbourne for the first AFL Grand Final. Saw Collingwood break the 32 year premiership drought. Remember seeing a "Port Adelaide for the AFL" banner hanging from the second deck of the Ponsford Stand.

Then flew back to Adelaide on Sunday morning and straight to Football Park for the most significant SANFL Grand Final of them all and arguably our greatest premiership triumph, given the circumstances.

As weekends go, it doesn't get much better than that.
 
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