THE DAUGHTERS of two famous Port Adelaide families, Williams and McLean, were on hand to share some stories at the club’s 150^th Anniversary Gala on Friday evening.

In front of a packed Adelaide Convention Centre, the daughter of the legendary Fos Williams, Jenny Williams, and Janine Jackson and Sue Doyle (Bob McLean’s daughters) explained how their two families from two different backgrounds combined to form a great legacy at Alberton.

“We were very, very different in style but it was a great combination,” Sue Doyle said.

“In the very early days everything was done from home and on the kitchen table there were all the reserved tickets and raffle tickets and the like.

“They would all come home and we would be sorting them out on the kitchen table, so whilst the Williams’ side was all about the sporting side, we were always about the administration.”

It was very different at the Williams’ household, where Fos would have various members of the playing group coming over on a Friday night for a feed, a kick of the footy, a massage and a pep talk.

“Dad would get the whole team around and the two things I remember most are the number of times Mum would have to recook tea because someone broke a window having a kick of the footy and it always went in the tea,” Jenny Williams recalled.

“The other thing was, I wonder how many players - who I grew up worshiping in the 70s - who are sitting out there tonight - came over on a Friday night and had a rub down on the kitchen table because there were always players over, they were always getting massages from Dad and he was always telling them how well they were going to play.”

Mrs Jackson also reminisced about days at Alberton Oval during Magpies games when the two families would come together and she would have to look after Mark, Stephen and Anthony Williams.

“The boys were always at the ground,” she said.

“I can remember Dad saying to me, now you look after the Williams boys and keep everything under control, because I was the eldest.

“Well there was no chance of that because when the Williams boys came up, they would just run off in the dark kicking the football.”

Friday night’s gala was held in front of 1600 people in a significant moment for the club.