WHICH team do Port Adelaide supporters love to hate the most? 

If you thought it would be anyone other than the Crows, you're utterly and totally wrong.

The BIG PORT SURVEY polled Port supporters on a huge range of questions - including which AFL and SANFL teams are the biggest sources of distaste - earlier this year.

It found that the vast majority of the club's faithful still hate the mob from West Lakes more than any other. 

Around 58 percent - close to three in five fans - nominated the Crows as the team they dislike the most.

That should come as no surprise, given the local rivalry and history of animosity between supporters of both clubs.

After all, the Crows were born from the thwarting of Port Adelaide's revolutionary bid to enter the AFL in 1990.

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Second in the poll was Collingwood, which drew the ire of one in five fans.

But while the mob from Olympic Park are disliked by much of the competition for their superpower status, club president and (particularly in Victoria) VFL/AFL premiership success, for Port supporters the animosity likely comes from another source - the guernsey wars.

That refers to the decade of difficulty Port has faced needing the approval of the Victorian Magpies to wear their traditional black-and-white jumper in the national competition for heritage-themed rounds or one-off commemorative events.

Beyond the Crows and Collingwood, a general sense of indifference seems to prevail among the Port supporter base.

Sydney, Hawthorn and Richmond rounded out the top five - each drawing around three percent of the votes cast.

Other Victorian clubs in Essendon, Geelong, Carlton and North Melbourne followed.

As for the least offensive? That honour was shared by the GWS Giants and Western Bulldogs - drawing just 0.08% of the total votes cast.

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