All you have to do is vote for your five greatest games ever played by the club at AAMI Stadium/Football Park from our shortlist of matches from 1974 until the present day.
Voting opens on Thursday 15 August and closes on Thursday 22 August at 12:00pm (ACST).
Portadelaidefc.com.au will reveal the top ten from Friday 23 August with video highlights and more, before our top three countdown on the AAMI Stadium superscreens before the Round 23 match against the Blues.
Portadelaidefc.com.au will reveal the top ten from Friday 23 August with video highlights and more, before our top three countdown on the AAMI Stadium superscreens before the Round 23 match against the Blues.
Read our summaries of our twenty games below and vote for your top five in the form at the bottom of this article!
The moments
1977 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) def Glenelg 16.9 (105)
It was the game that broke the drought. After a decade of premiership under-achievement, an early deficit and long injury list stacked the odds against them, Port Adelaide came from behind to clinch a famous victory with just 17 fit men. As captain Russell Ebert said at the time, "It took a bloody long time, but by geez it's worth it."
1980 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) def Norwood 9.9 (63)
Before a crowd of 54,870, Port Adelaide completed a dominant year with a pulsating 18-point grand final victory over Norwood. Losing key forward Tim Evans to a broken thumb at half time and trailing the Redlegs by four points at the final change, Port would rise to the occasion with a five-goal-to-two fourth quarter to seal the famous victory.
1989 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) def North Adelaide 1.8 (14)
Famously keeping North Adelaide to the lowest ever score in an SANFL Grand Final and ensuring jibes like “they came with just one goal in mind”, a rampant Port Adelaide booted 15.14 to run out with a 92-point win. Scott Hodges and Darren Smith kicked four goals each while midfielder Andrew Obst and defenders Greg Phillips and Roger Delaney helped guide the Magpies to victory.
1990 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 16.12 (108) def Glenelg 13.15 (93)
Port defeated the more-fancied Glenelg by 15 points to claim its 30th SANFL flag, but there was more than just a premiership pennant on the line in 1990. It was the year the club first attempted to join the new AFL and the rest of the state rallied behind the Tigers in the ultimate ‘us against them’ clash. It made the win all the more sweet.
1994 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) def Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)
Against a popular and unbackable favourite in Woodville-West Torrens, Port Adelaide overcame an early 35-point deficit to slowly peg back the margin and, led by Scott Hodges, run over the top of the Eagles in the last quarter to claim one of the ultimate underdog grand final victories.
1996 SANFL Preliminary Final - Port Adelaide 9.12 (66) def Norwood 9.8 (62)
In a game that was as good (if not better) than its eventual premiership victory, Port again came from behind and was again saved by Scott Hodges who, after an inconsistent game, won a free kick and goaled with seconds left on the clock to hold a four-point lead at the final siren and book an appointment in another SANFL Grand Final.
1997 AFL Round 3 - Port Adelaide 18.21 (129) def Geelong 14.6 (90)
Port had come into the AFL with the ‘Power’ nickname, but little expectation to win many games. So it came as a surprise when Port won just its third game against one of the national competition’s powerhouse sides of the nineties. It would set the scene for a massive game the following week ...
1997 AFL Round 4 - Port Adelaide 11.17 (83) def Adelaide Crows 11.6 (72)
... against the new enemy. After its failed 1990 bid to enter the national competition was blocked by the rest of state footy and replaced by the ‘composite’ Adelaide Crows, the first Showdown would always be a spiteful clash. And with six seasons of experience behind the Crows and just three games for Port’s AFL team, the odds were stacked against the Power. History was made that day though as Port would go on to claim a thrilling 11-point win over their bitter rivals…and the rest of South Australia!
1999 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 14.17 (101) def Norwood 14.9 (93)
Port continued to play in the SANFL even after its step up to the big show and it was a Stephen Williams-coached Magpies that defied an early lead to their historic rivals Norwood to win the last state grand final of the century. Phil McGuinness launched a 60-metre torpedo on the run to clinch the victory, while Darryl Poole won the Jack Oatey Medal for his best-on-ground effort.
2000 AFL Round 21 - Port Adelaide 12.16 (88) def Carlton 12.11 (83)
In a year of underachievement for Port Adelaide, this was a real highlight: the lowly Power pipped the second-ranked Carlton after the siren thanks to the accurate set-shot kick of a young Peter Burgoyne. It was the first of what would be many frenzied celebrations by the Port faithful for the rest of the decade.
2001 AFL Round 17 - Port Adelaide 15.14 (104) def Essendon 14.13 (97)
It was one of the Power's biggest tests for the year. After rising from the foot of the ladder at the end of 2000 and hunting a top four finish in 2001, the Power came up against the rampant reigning premiers, Essendon. Gavin Wanganeen went head-to-head with former teammate James Hird all day in one of those classic man-on-man footy battles and racked up 20 touches. Brent Guerra kicked four goals for Port while Warren Tredrea kicked the winner to hold on in a big win for the ripening Power youngsters.
2002 AFL Round 9 - Port Adelaide 14.7 (91) def Collingwood 12.14 (86)
When it comes to ‘us against them’ games, they don’t get much bigger than Port v Collingwood matches. Denied the opportunity to wear its traditional prison bar guernsey for fear of a clash with the 'Woods, Port fans were again scorned in 2002 when the Power was forced to wear its all-teal training guernsey against the AFL Magpies. After a brutal arm-wrestle under lights, the faithful were given their moment of justice when Collingwood's Anthony Rocca missed a kick to draw the game and Port held on to win at the final siren.
2002 AFL Round 22 - Port Adelaide 13.12 (90) def Brisbane Lions 13.6 (84)
“If only it were a grand final, it would be the greatest of all time!” So said the late Clinton Grybas when Port claimed its first AFL minor premiership over the Brisbane Lions in front of a frenzied crowd at West Lakes. The brutal game came down to some late brilliance from Roger James, but it was a full team effort which saw the Power clinch a win against one of the decade’s dominant sides.
2002 AFL Semi Final - Port Adelaide 11.17 (83) def Essendon 8.11 (59)
Port’s first AFL final win started heated and the temperature certainly rose on a cold Friday the 13th at AAMI Stadium. After dropping the earlier qualifying final to Collingwood, Port overcame an early deficit with a blue-collar performance to kick 6.4 to 1.0 after half time and nurse its newfound three-quarter-time lead to the final bell.
2004 AFL Preliminary Final - Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) def St Kilda 13.10 (88)
This game had it all. Lead changes, pitch invasions, Fraser Gehrig’s 100th goal for the year, some goal brilliance from Gavin Wanganeen and late courage and composure from Shaun Burgoyne and Michael Wilson to deliver a famous victory at South Australia’s home of football, and entry to the Power’s first AFL Grand Final.
2006 AFL Round 21 - Port Adelaide 14.11 (95) def Adelaide Crows 11.15 (81)
After a disappointing 2006 season where its crosstown rival had worked its way into premiership favouritism, Port Adelaide had the last laugh with a 14-point win over the Crows. Brett Ebert was exceptional with three crucial goals while Showdown specialist Chad Cornes dominated the match with 28 touches and eight defensive rebounds en route to the Showdown Medal.
2009 AFL Round 8 - Port Adelaide 14.18 (102) def Richmond 15.9 (99)
Some call it the 'Tredders game', where the club’s hero of a decade booted seven to lead his beloved Power to another underdog win at AAMI Stadium. On a wet May afternoon, Tredrea had booted four goals by quarter time, and helped lead the Power’s late surge to overcome Richmond’s 16-point lead halfway through the last term to slot the winner.
2012 AFL Round 8 - Port Adelaide 14.11 (95) def North Melbourne 14.9 (93)
After trailing by 32 points, eight minutes into the final quarter against North Melbourne, Jay Schulz kicked three goals along with a Justin Westhoff single to bring the margin back to just four points late in the game. Then with the match in the balance, Matthew Broadbent set up Paul Stewart with a mammoth kick on centre-wing to allow his teammate to run into goal and seal the winner on the run.
2013 AFL Round 5 - Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) def West Coast Eagles 10.19 (79)
After trailing the fancied Eagles by 41 points halfway through the third quarter, Port’s new faces were led by captain Travis Boak to kick the last eight of nine goals for the game and claim one of its best ever comebacks at the ground.
2013 AFL Round 19 - Port Adelaide 17.5 (107) def Adelaide Crows 15.13 (103)
Things were going Port’s way in the first half of Showdown XXXV after Hamish Hartlett and Robbie Gray led the club to a 21-point lead at half time. But after the main break the momentum swung the Crows’ way as Adelaide effected a 33-point turnaround by the final change. Clearly Chad Wingard hadn’t read the Crows’ script for the afternoon though, as the young master went on to boot three goals including the sealer to rival Angus Monfries’ earlier ‘off-break’ and take out the closest, and perhaps most thrilling Showdown played.
So what are your top five memories from our shortlist above? Have your say below to go in the running for an Official ISC 2013 Port Adelaide home guernsey, signed by this year's playing list!
VOTING CLOSES THURSDAY 22 AUGUST at 12:00pm (ACST)
The moments
1977 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) def Glenelg 16.9 (105)
It was the game that broke the drought. After a decade of premiership under-achievement, an early deficit and long injury list stacked the odds against them, Port Adelaide came from behind to clinch a famous victory with just 17 fit men. As captain Russell Ebert said at the time, "It took a bloody long time, but by geez it's worth it."
1980 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) def Norwood 9.9 (63)
Before a crowd of 54,870, Port Adelaide completed a dominant year with a pulsating 18-point grand final victory over Norwood. Losing key forward Tim Evans to a broken thumb at half time and trailing the Redlegs by four points at the final change, Port would rise to the occasion with a five-goal-to-two fourth quarter to seal the famous victory.
1989 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) def North Adelaide 1.8 (14)
Famously keeping North Adelaide to the lowest ever score in an SANFL Grand Final and ensuring jibes like “they came with just one goal in mind”, a rampant Port Adelaide booted 15.14 to run out with a 92-point win. Scott Hodges and Darren Smith kicked four goals each while midfielder Andrew Obst and defenders Greg Phillips and Roger Delaney helped guide the Magpies to victory.
1990 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 16.12 (108) def Glenelg 13.15 (93)
Port defeated the more-fancied Glenelg by 15 points to claim its 30th SANFL flag, but there was more than just a premiership pennant on the line in 1990. It was the year the club first attempted to join the new AFL and the rest of the state rallied behind the Tigers in the ultimate ‘us against them’ clash. It made the win all the more sweet.
1994 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) def Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)
Against a popular and unbackable favourite in Woodville-West Torrens, Port Adelaide overcame an early 35-point deficit to slowly peg back the margin and, led by Scott Hodges, run over the top of the Eagles in the last quarter to claim one of the ultimate underdog grand final victories.
1996 SANFL Preliminary Final - Port Adelaide 9.12 (66) def Norwood 9.8 (62)
In a game that was as good (if not better) than its eventual premiership victory, Port again came from behind and was again saved by Scott Hodges who, after an inconsistent game, won a free kick and goaled with seconds left on the clock to hold a four-point lead at the final siren and book an appointment in another SANFL Grand Final.
1997 AFL Round 3 - Port Adelaide 18.21 (129) def Geelong 14.6 (90)
Port had come into the AFL with the ‘Power’ nickname, but little expectation to win many games. So it came as a surprise when Port won just its third game against one of the national competition’s powerhouse sides of the nineties. It would set the scene for a massive game the following week ...
1997 AFL Round 4 - Port Adelaide 11.17 (83) def Adelaide Crows 11.6 (72)
... against the new enemy. After its failed 1990 bid to enter the national competition was blocked by the rest of state footy and replaced by the ‘composite’ Adelaide Crows, the first Showdown would always be a spiteful clash. And with six seasons of experience behind the Crows and just three games for Port’s AFL team, the odds were stacked against the Power. History was made that day though as Port would go on to claim a thrilling 11-point win over their bitter rivals…and the rest of South Australia!
1999 SANFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 14.17 (101) def Norwood 14.9 (93)
Port continued to play in the SANFL even after its step up to the big show and it was a Stephen Williams-coached Magpies that defied an early lead to their historic rivals Norwood to win the last state grand final of the century. Phil McGuinness launched a 60-metre torpedo on the run to clinch the victory, while Darryl Poole won the Jack Oatey Medal for his best-on-ground effort.
2000 AFL Round 21 - Port Adelaide 12.16 (88) def Carlton 12.11 (83)
In a year of underachievement for Port Adelaide, this was a real highlight: the lowly Power pipped the second-ranked Carlton after the siren thanks to the accurate set-shot kick of a young Peter Burgoyne. It was the first of what would be many frenzied celebrations by the Port faithful for the rest of the decade.
2001 AFL Round 17 - Port Adelaide 15.14 (104) def Essendon 14.13 (97)
It was one of the Power's biggest tests for the year. After rising from the foot of the ladder at the end of 2000 and hunting a top four finish in 2001, the Power came up against the rampant reigning premiers, Essendon. Gavin Wanganeen went head-to-head with former teammate James Hird all day in one of those classic man-on-man footy battles and racked up 20 touches. Brent Guerra kicked four goals for Port while Warren Tredrea kicked the winner to hold on in a big win for the ripening Power youngsters.
2002 AFL Round 9 - Port Adelaide 14.7 (91) def Collingwood 12.14 (86)
When it comes to ‘us against them’ games, they don’t get much bigger than Port v Collingwood matches. Denied the opportunity to wear its traditional prison bar guernsey for fear of a clash with the 'Woods, Port fans were again scorned in 2002 when the Power was forced to wear its all-teal training guernsey against the AFL Magpies. After a brutal arm-wrestle under lights, the faithful were given their moment of justice when Collingwood's Anthony Rocca missed a kick to draw the game and Port held on to win at the final siren.
2002 AFL Round 22 - Port Adelaide 13.12 (90) def Brisbane Lions 13.6 (84)
“If only it were a grand final, it would be the greatest of all time!” So said the late Clinton Grybas when Port claimed its first AFL minor premiership over the Brisbane Lions in front of a frenzied crowd at West Lakes. The brutal game came down to some late brilliance from Roger James, but it was a full team effort which saw the Power clinch a win against one of the decade’s dominant sides.
2002 AFL Semi Final - Port Adelaide 11.17 (83) def Essendon 8.11 (59)
Port’s first AFL final win started heated and the temperature certainly rose on a cold Friday the 13th at AAMI Stadium. After dropping the earlier qualifying final to Collingwood, Port overcame an early deficit with a blue-collar performance to kick 6.4 to 1.0 after half time and nurse its newfound three-quarter-time lead to the final bell.
2004 AFL Preliminary Final - Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) def St Kilda 13.10 (88)
This game had it all. Lead changes, pitch invasions, Fraser Gehrig’s 100th goal for the year, some goal brilliance from Gavin Wanganeen and late courage and composure from Shaun Burgoyne and Michael Wilson to deliver a famous victory at South Australia’s home of football, and entry to the Power’s first AFL Grand Final.
2006 AFL Round 21 - Port Adelaide 14.11 (95) def Adelaide Crows 11.15 (81)
After a disappointing 2006 season where its crosstown rival had worked its way into premiership favouritism, Port Adelaide had the last laugh with a 14-point win over the Crows. Brett Ebert was exceptional with three crucial goals while Showdown specialist Chad Cornes dominated the match with 28 touches and eight defensive rebounds en route to the Showdown Medal.
2009 AFL Round 8 - Port Adelaide 14.18 (102) def Richmond 15.9 (99)
Some call it the 'Tredders game', where the club’s hero of a decade booted seven to lead his beloved Power to another underdog win at AAMI Stadium. On a wet May afternoon, Tredrea had booted four goals by quarter time, and helped lead the Power’s late surge to overcome Richmond’s 16-point lead halfway through the last term to slot the winner.
2012 AFL Round 8 - Port Adelaide 14.11 (95) def North Melbourne 14.9 (93)
After trailing by 32 points, eight minutes into the final quarter against North Melbourne, Jay Schulz kicked three goals along with a Justin Westhoff single to bring the margin back to just four points late in the game. Then with the match in the balance, Matthew Broadbent set up Paul Stewart with a mammoth kick on centre-wing to allow his teammate to run into goal and seal the winner on the run.
2013 AFL Round 5 - Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) def West Coast Eagles 10.19 (79)
After trailing the fancied Eagles by 41 points halfway through the third quarter, Port’s new faces were led by captain Travis Boak to kick the last eight of nine goals for the game and claim one of its best ever comebacks at the ground.
2013 AFL Round 19 - Port Adelaide 17.5 (107) def Adelaide Crows 15.13 (103)
Things were going Port’s way in the first half of Showdown XXXV after Hamish Hartlett and Robbie Gray led the club to a 21-point lead at half time. But after the main break the momentum swung the Crows’ way as Adelaide effected a 33-point turnaround by the final change. Clearly Chad Wingard hadn’t read the Crows’ script for the afternoon though, as the young master went on to boot three goals including the sealer to rival Angus Monfries’ earlier ‘off-break’ and take out the closest, and perhaps most thrilling Showdown played.
So what are your top five memories from our shortlist above? Have your say below to go in the running for an Official ISC 2013 Port Adelaide home guernsey, signed by this year's playing list!
VOTING CLOSES THURSDAY 22 AUGUST at 12:00pm (ACST)
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