Port Adelaide Football Club programme, 1910
1910-01-01/1910-12-31
South Australian Maritime Museum
Port Adelaide, Australia
Back and front covers of small 32 page booklet listing matches and venues for the Port Adelaide Football Club (7 May - 3 September, 1910). Port Adelaide Football Club was founded 12 May 1870. In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in the black and white jerseys that came to identify them as' The Magpies'. Port Adelaide defeated Sturt to win the 1910 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final, its sixth premiership. Port Adelaide would later prevail over Collingwood at the Adelaide Oval to be crowned Champions of Australia for a second time. The Australian Rules football code was particularly popular in South Australia. The Magpies evolved into Port Power (competing in the national league) and has always had a passionate and strongly parochial fan base, binding the Port Adelaide community during tough times.
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- Title: Port Adelaide Football Club programme, 1910
- Date Created: 1910-01-01/1910-12-31
- Provenance: The history of Port Adelaide Football Club dates back to its founding on 12 May 1870. Since the club's first game on 24 May 1870, it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions. In 1997, the club joined the Australian Football League-the only pre-existing non-Victorian club to have done so-and subsequently added the 2004 AFL Premiership to its achievements.I In 1902, Port Adelaide took the field in black and white jerseys that came to identify ' The Magpies'. Port Adelaide defeated Sturt to win the 1910 SAFL Grand Final, its sixth premiership. Port Adelaide would later prevail over Collingwood at the Adelaide Oval to be crowned Champions of Australia for a second time.
- Subject Keywords: Sport, AFL
- Rights: No known copyright restrictions
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