Round 11 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Finished

Aidan Hammond says the Hawks are gone.

Port’s jumper

There’s something about Port’s current jumper that Punxsutawney Pete finds jarring. The way the teal sits on the black he finds nauseous so with tongue firmly in cheek, he has decided to do something about it by coming with some new designs. What do you think of his suggestions?

No Change

Aidan, our regular Young Almanacker reporter, shares his interesting concepts for selecting Premiership contenders.

Round 3 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: A Moment

Taylor Walker’s 70 metre bomb during the Showdown had footy fans in raptures. Mickey Randall was one of them.

Archie Goes the Early Crow and Calls the AFL Finals Series in April – Surely He Can’t Get So Badly Wrong As He Did in Season `16!

Archie has bitten the proverbial bullet and with the risk of being shot down by his fellow Almanackers, has predicted his AFL 2017 Premiership and Brownlow medal winners after only two rounds. [NB The link is now working properly – sorry for the break in transmission. Ed]

Round 2 – Port Adelaide v Fremantle: The Oakbank-Adelaide Oval quinella

Delightful piece in the finest Almanac tradition from Peter Sweeney who writes about his Sunday in the Adelaide Hills and at the Adelaide Oval.

Round 23 – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide: Through the gloom, but…

The Gold Coast sun has set on season 2016, the final home and away against Port showed promise and as Hamish Towsend suggests, now is the time to modify the list and culture.

Almanac Books: Champions All – A History of AFL/VFL Football in the Player’s Own Words Part 2

Part 2: Champions All – A History of AFL/VFL Football in the Player’s Own Words by Matt Zurbo. In this extract players talk about the clubs in the 2010s from Hawthorn to Western Bulldogs.

Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Tarps are back in town

Rulebook enjoyed Adelaide’s win in Showdown while taking aim at Port supporters feral behaviour. [Best wishes to your mum – Ed]

Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Time to walk down the road less travelled

Chrism76 presents a perspective on the recent incident and the social media aftermath from Saturday night’s Showdown.

Round 20 – Sydney v Port Adelaide: ‘Cuddles’ Heeney finds his place

Delightful observational piece on Mathilde de Hauteclocque’s footy week – with references to The Marngrook Footy Show, the Sydney Swans Ladies’ Lunch, and a rock-solid win.

Round 17 – North Melbourne v Port Adelaide: the good and bad about North Melbourne

According to Andrew Starkie, North needed to make a statement against Port Adelaide, unfortunately not the one he wanted.

Round 16 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Here be dragons

Cathryn McDonald goes with a George R.R Martin-esque description of her Port Adelaide Dothraki’s loss to the Lannister soldiers of Hawthorn.

Almanac People: Hart Gives his Charges a Football Lesson

Peter Argent writes of SA Sporting legend and State U16 Football Coach Darel Hart.

Almanac People: A Favourite Son to return to Alberton, but it’s not who you think!

Chrism76 has firm opinions about a former favourite returning to Alberton.

Round 15 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: Going nowhere this year

Silver Bullet watched Port clash against the Tigers and writes that both these teams are going nowhere in 2016.

Round 15 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: Port Adelaide and me

Patrick Emery returns to the Adelaide Oval after almost 30 years and tells the story of his footy life, first in Adelaide and now as part of a Tiger family. [Excellent piece – JTH]

Round 13 – Fremantle v Port Adelaide: A club with hope in their minds, not knowledge

Chris Michaels is bewildered with Port Adelaide’s performance in Perth. He and 60,000 paid up members are seeking answers to a range of questions – and they “won’t be placated easily.”

Round 11 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide – Haiku Bob: Anchored in the backline

Haiku Bob. His words say it all.

Round 11 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: From Little Things Big Things Grow, Misplaced Sentiment Lessons of Wet Weather Football and how to Disenfranchise 50,000 Foxtel Subscribers

Chris Michaels witnessed Port’s season click into gear against a listless Magpie team and then takes swipe at a dismissive commentary team.