2nds Port Adelaide vs Centrals - Round 18 @ Alberton

[RossFC]

 

[ozph1870]

Makoi will be in because Billy will be playing the day before

 

[jac147]

Makoi will be in because Billy will be playing the day before

Based on what?

 

[John the Butcher]

Keen to see Butcher- otherwise meh

 

[scottjr]

Fort vs Billy in ruck holds interest if Billy plays.

 

[Interstater]

Can we recruit Butcher as captain next year?

 

[JUSTWORK]

There is some pretty ordinary names in that side, hopefully the AFL boys put on an absolute clinic and get Summo a win in his last game on Alberton.

 

[CharlieKelly]

It's also SANFL 80's retro round this weekend

Woodville-West Torrens are going to wear Woodville Warriors guernseys for one half, then West Torrens guernseys for the second half

Even retro red tins!

Fitting, since most "No AFL in the SANFL" fanboys think it's still the 1980s

 

[mic59]

It's also SANFL 80's retro round this weekend

Woodville-West Torrens are going to wear Woodville Warriors guernseys for one half, then West Torrens guernseys for the second half

Even retro red tins!

Fitting, since most "No AFL in the SANFL" fanboys think it's still the 1980s

Shouldn't he be holding up a can of TAB? Or maybe they could dredge up an old beer ad?

 

[CharlieKelly]

Shouldn't he be holding up a can of TAB? Or maybe they could dredge up an old beer ad?

Eagle Blue? Woodruffe Sno Top? Halls Lemonade?

But nah, I think we Port supporters could get behind this, the 80's was a great time for our club, all the amazing players of that era, holding Norf to 1.8, Tim Evans and Craig Balme fighting during the national anthem of the 1984 GF

 

[CharlieKelly]

Centrals will be wearing these guernseys when we play them

They'd look so much better if they didn't have the giant yellow Novita logo

 

[PepeSilvia]

Hey how come Adelaide doesn't have a retro guerns-

Oh...

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It's also SANFL 80's retro round this weekend

Woodville-West Torrens are going to wear Woodville Warriors guernseys for one half, then West Torrens guernseys for the second half

Even retro red tins!

Fitting, since most "No AFL in the SANFL" fanboys think it's still the 1980s

Looks more like wacky New Zealand 80s band retro round.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Centrals will be wearing these guernseys when we play them

They'd look so much better if they didn't have the giant yellow Novita logo

I do agree, but the management of Centrals these days are cheap. Even more cheap is that the white retro guernseys will only be able to be bought at auction yet the other sanfl sides (except glenelg & the crows) are selling/sold unworn ones.

 

[Alberton Proud]

Fidge has slimmed down a fair bit

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Eagle Blue? Woodruffe Sno Top? Halls Lemonade?

But nah, I think we Port supporters could get behind this, the 80's was a great time for our club, all the amazing players of that era, holding Norf to 1.8, Tim Evans and Craig Balme fighting during the national anthem of the 1984 GF

Russell Ebert winning his 4th Magarey Medal in 1980, Port winning 4 premierships (1980, 1981, 1988, 1989).

Just a reminder of the 1980 season

Port finished minor premiers with 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the minor round. Port’s average winning margin was 80 points.

After drawing with Centrals in round 1 Port defeated Norwood by 108 points, Woodville by 161, South Adelaide by 24 and West Adelaide by 117 before losing to Sturt at Unley by 4 points. Even in that game Port Adelaide supporters can still recall fondly that David Granger played one of the great centre half forward games on Sturt’s VFL star recruit Gary Hardeman, booting 6 goals. After that hiccup, the carnage continued with Port defeating Glenelg by 51 points, West Torrens by 90, North Adelaide by 122, Centrals by 4, Norwood by 90, Woodville by 51, South by 94, West by 91, Sturt by 63 before another hiccup, dropping a game to Glenelg at Glenelg Oval by 24 points. Following that setback Port finished off the minor round with wins over Torrens by 56 points, North 102, Centrals 91, Norwood 55, Woodville 75 and South 72.

Port Adelaide’s domination over the competition was utter and complete. Port scored the most points over a season (3,421) and had the least kicked against it (1,851). Port became the first team to score 3,000 points in a minor round. From being the lowest scoring team in the 1979 Magarey Medal count (90), Port polled the most votes (213) in 1980. Port won the League and Reserves premierships and won the Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy for a record seventh time, this trophy being awarded to the club that performs best across the four grades of SANFL competition.

At the goalfront Tim Evans set about rewriting football history. The bearded wonder kicked a club record 16 goals in Port’s round 5 clash against West Adelaide. In round 17, as Ebert broke the Port Adelaide club record for league games played, Tim Evans brought up his hundredth goal for the season en route to piling on 14 goals for the match against West Torrens. Evans became the first player to kick 10 goals in a SANFL Second Semi Final as Port dispatched Sturt by 63 points during which he broke Fred Phillis’s single season SANFL goal kicking record of 137 goals set in 1969. Tim Evans was to finish 1980 with 146 goals to his name.

Port won the premiership in finals straight sets, beating Norwood in the grand final by 18 points, 11.15 (81) to 9.9 (63), in one of the great grand finals.

Port also won the reserves premiership. This match should also be noted as an extraordinary result in an extraordinary year. Port played a Glenelg side that included budding young stars Stephen Kernahan and Chris McDermott. Port Adelaide was clear favourites having beaten the Bays by 91 points two weeks earlier in the Second Semi Final. However the Grand Final looked gone from the Magpies’ grasp as Glenelg established a 44 point three quarter time lead, 13.12 to 6.10. Coming home with the breeze, Port Adelaide kicked 9.6 to a solitary point by Glenelg in the last quarter to win the Reserves Premiership by 15 points, 15.16 (106) to 13.13 (91). David Granger kicked 5 goals for the Premiers and Mick Hamill was judged best afield.

 

[Portmagpies36]

1980 What a year I was lucky enough to go to every game that year I remember standing under the scoreboard at Unley when David Granger took Hardeman apart.
Remember kicking 37 goals against Woodville at Footy Park when you had to stand on the outer ! I think Milan Faletic kicked a few that day.
Also ran on to ground at Thebby when Tim Evans put through his 100th goal.
Great Memories, wish my 13 year old son could experience the same magic days I had at the footy but unfortunately all he experiences is frustration and grief from school mates for supporting a under achieving Port Adelaide !

 

[VineValerian]

Russell Ebert winning his 4th Magarey Medal in 1980, Port winning 4 premierships (1980, 1981, 1988, 1989).

Just a reminder of the 1980 season

Port finished minor premiers with 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the minor round. Port’s average winning margin was 80 points.

After drawing with Centrals in round 1 Port defeated Norwood by 108 points, Woodville by 161, South Adelaide by 24 and West Adelaide by 117 before losing to Sturt at Unley by 4 points. Even in that game Port Adelaide supporters can still recall fondly that David Granger played one of the great centre half forward games on Sturt’s VFL star recruit Gary Hardeman, booting 6 goals. After that hiccup, the carnage continued with Port defeating Glenelg by 51 points, West Torrens by 90, North Adelaide by 122, Centrals by 4, Norwood by 90, Woodville by 51, South by 94, West by 91, Sturt by 63 before another hiccup, dropping a game to Glenelg at Glenelg Oval by 24 points. Following that setback Port finished off the minor round with wins over Torrens by 56 points, North 102, Centrals 91, Norwood 55, Woodville 75 and South 72.

Port Adelaide’s domination over the competition was utter and complete. Port scored the most points over a season (3,421) and had the least kicked against it (1,851). Port became the first team to score 3,000 points in a minor round. From being the lowest scoring team in the 1979 Magarey Medal count (90), Port polled the most votes (213) in 1980. Port won the League and Reserves premierships and won the Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy for a record seventh time, this trophy being awarded to the club that performs best across the four grades of SANFL competition.

At the goalfront Tim Evans set about rewriting football history. The bearded wonder kicked a club record 16 goals in Port’s round 5 clash against West Adelaide. In round 17, as Ebert broke the Port Adelaide club record for league games played, Tim Evans brought up his hundredth goal for the season en route to piling on 14 goals for the match against West Torrens. Evans became the first player to kick 10 goals in a SANFL Second Semi Final as Port dispatched Sturt by 63 points during which he broke Fred Phillis’s single season SANFL goal kicking record of 137 goals set in 1969. Tim Evans was to finish 1980 with 146 goals to his name.

Port won the premiership in finals straight sets, beating Norwood in the grand final by 18 points, 11.15 (81) to 9.9 (63), in one of the great grand finals.

Port also won the reserves premiership. This match should also be noted as an extraordinary result in an extraordinary year. Port played a Glenelg side that included budding young stars Stephen Kernahan and Chris McDermott. Port Adelaide was clear favourites having beaten the Bays by 91 points two weeks earlier in the Second Semi Final. However the Grand Final looked gone from the Magpies’ grasp as Glenelg established a 44 point three quarter time lead, 13.12 to 6.10. Coming home with the breeze, Port Adelaide kicked 9.6 to a solitary point by Glenelg in the last quarter to win the Reserves Premiership by 15 points, 15.16 (106) to 13.13 (91). David Granger kicked 5 goals for the Premiers and Mick Hamill was judged best afield.

Best side I have ever witnessed thst year. Utterlybdominated the comp in every way. Even the couple of losses were by meagre amounts.

Just on the Dogs clash - Vale Summo.

What a champion player and bloke.

Will forever hold a special place in Port supporters' hearts. Courageous, loyal, brought his A grade game virtuall every week.

What a prick of a thing life is, and one of the great unfairnesses of footy history that he never got to play AFL, win a Magarey, or play in a flag winning team. So deserving of success but so unrewarded.

His one club devotion in these times is a beacon and a rallying call for all supporters to celebrate his achievements, humility, persistence an d eternal striving for perfection. It is the epitome of what this Club was and always should be about - club before self.

Will be there to applaud him from the ground Sunday (hopefully chaired off by victorious team mates).

Great career mate! I will always respect your contribution to the PAFC and we supporters.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

1980 What a year I was lucky enough to go to every game that year I remember standing under the scoreboard at Unley when David Granger took Hardeman apart.
Remember kicking 37 goals against Woodville at Footy Park when you had to stand on the outer ! I think Milan Faletic kicked a few that day.
Also ran on to ground at Thebby when Tim Evans put through his 100th goal.
Great Memories, wish my 13 year old son could experience the same magic days I had at the footy but unfortunately all he experiences is frustration and grief from school mates for supporting a under achieving Port Adelaide !

Faletic kicked 8.5 against Woodville in the 37 goal game. Should have kicked 10. In his post-match interview, Bruce Abernethy apologised for the third quarter where we lost focus and only kicked 6 goals.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Best side I have ever witnessed thst year. Utterlybdominated the comp in every way. Even the couple of losses were by meagre amounts.

Just on the Dogs clash - Vale Summo.

What a champion player and bloke.

Will forever hold a special place in Port supporters' hearts. Courageous, loyal, brought his A grade game virtuall every week.

What a prick of a thing life is, and one of the great unfairnesses of footy history that he never got to play AFL, win a Magarey, or play in a flag winning team. So deserving of success but so unrewarded.

His one club devotion in these times is a beacon and a rallying call for all supporters to celebrate his achievements, humility, persistence an d eternal striving for perfection. It is the epitome of what this Club was and always should be about - club before self.

Will be there to applaud him from the ground Sunday (hopefully chaired off by victorious team mates).

Great career mate! I will always respect your contribution to the PAFC and we supporters.

Couldn't have said it better

 

[1954]

Russell Ebert winning his 4th Magarey Medal in 1980, Port winning 4 premierships (1980, 1981, 1988, 1989).

Just a reminder of the 1980 season

Port finished minor premiers with 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the minor round. Port’s average winning margin was 80 points.

After drawing with Centrals in round 1 Port defeated Norwood by 108 points, Woodville by 161, South Adelaide by 24 and West Adelaide by 117 before losing to Sturt at Unley by 4 points. Even in that game Port Adelaide supporters can still recall fondly that David Granger played one of the great centre half forward games on Sturt’s VFL star recruit Gary Hardeman, booting 6 goals. After that hiccup, the carnage continued with Port defeating Glenelg by 51 points, West Torrens by 90, North Adelaide by 122, Centrals by 4, Norwood by 90, Woodville by 51, South by 94, West by 91, Sturt by 63 before another hiccup, dropping a game to Glenelg at Glenelg Oval by 24 points. Following that setback Port finished off the minor round with wins over Torrens by 56 points, North 102, Centrals 91, Norwood 55, Woodville 75 and South 72.

Port Adelaide’s domination over the competition was utter and complete. Port scored the most points over a season (3,421) and had the least kicked against it (1,851). Port became the first team to score 3,000 points in a minor round. From being the lowest scoring team in the 1979 Magarey Medal count (90), Port polled the most votes (213) in 1980. Port won the League and Reserves premierships and won the Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy for a record seventh time, this trophy being awarded to the club that performs best across the four grades of SANFL competition.

At the goalfront Tim Evans set about rewriting football history. The bearded wonder kicked a club record 16 goals in Port’s round 5 clash against West Adelaide. In round 17, as Ebert broke the Port Adelaide club record for league games played, Tim Evans brought up his hundredth goal for the season en route to piling on 14 goals for the match against West Torrens. Evans became the first player to kick 10 goals in a SANFL Second Semi Final as Port dispatched Sturt by 63 points during which he broke Fred Phillis’s single season SANFL goal kicking record of 137 goals set in 1969. Tim Evans was to finish 1980 with 146 goals to his name.

Port won the premiership in finals straight sets, beating Norwood in the grand final by 18 points, 11.15 (81) to 9.9 (63), in one of the great grand finals.

Port also won the reserves premiership. This match should also be noted as an extraordinary result in an extraordinary year. Port played a Glenelg side that included budding young stars Stephen Kernahan and Chris McDermott. Port Adelaide was clear favourites having beaten the Bays by 91 points two weeks earlier in the Second Semi Final. However the Grand Final looked gone from the Magpies’ grasp as Glenelg established a 44 point three quarter time lead, 13.12 to 6.10. Coming home with the breeze, Port Adelaide kicked 9.6 to a solitary point by Glenelg in the last quarter to win the Reserves Premiership by 15 points, 15.16 (106) to 13.13 (91). David Granger kicked 5 goals for the Premiers and Mick Hamill was judged best afield.

Port supporters who either weren't around in 1980, or were too young to remember, would probably find it mind boggling that a bloke ( Granger) who kicked 6 goals on a player who was still in his prime and had played centre half back in numerous Victorian state teams ( Hardeman), would end up playing in the magoos grand final, but that is how strong that 1980 Maggie's team was.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Interested to see how Makoi goes. Very raw and very skinny but is athletic. Hopefully he is able to compete for a big chunk of the game.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

It's also SANFL 80's retro round this weekend

Woodville-West Torrens are going to wear Woodville Warriors guernseys for one half, then West Torrens guernseys for the second half

Even retro red tins!

Fitting, since most "No AFL in the SANFL" fanboys think it's still the 1980s

No Adelaide FC retro 80's look?? They could play in their 1980's Companies Code company registration document on their guernsey.

 

[RossFC]

Interested to see how Makoi goes. Very raw and very skinny but is athletic. Hopefully he is able to compete for a big chunk of the game.

I reckon he'll struggle but we need to be pumping games into any young talls we can, just for structure.

 

[ozph1870]

I reckon he'll struggle but we need to be pumping games into any young talls we can, just for structure.

Struggles at reserves level..