Was last week just a bad dream? The Magpies returned to their stomping grounds and stomped the Power to banish some of the giant worries of the Opening Round. Richard Atkins reports.
Round 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: Hot Pies at a hot ‘G! (Floreat Pica Society)
March 17, 2025 by 1 Comment
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Port Adelaide)
July 15, 2024 by 2 Comments
Rodney Boyd returns with his Arrivals and Departures sides for Port Adelaide.
Round 22 – Essendon v Port Adelaide: Power shoot down Bombers
August 15, 2022 by 3 Comments
It’s that time of the year when pride is the main thing on the line for the sides out of the finals race; for Nick Kossatch’s Port Adelaide, their efforts more than met expectations against a poor Bombers outfit.
Round 21 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: Port check out
August 8, 2022 by Leave a Comment
That’s all she wrote for Port Adelaide’s finals chances in 2022. For a team to start 0-5 and just fall short is admirable, but Nick Kossatch’s Power couldn’t go with Richmond as they entered ‘finals mode’ footy.
Round 20 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Floreat Pica Society)
August 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The Floreat Pica Society match report returns to the hands of Ziggy and Garry this week after the Pies won a tenth straight game and locked in a finals berth to boot.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 20 Review, Round 21 Preview
August 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
So it’s finals for the Pies in 2022! Cam Hooke reviews the – again stressful – win over Port and a looming top four clash of the titans with the reigning premiers.
Round 18 – Melbourne v Port Adelaide: Dees Flick off Power’s Finals Light
July 18, 2022 by Leave a Comment
After an improbable run from 0-5 to be in contention for September action, Nick Kossatch’s Port Adelaide look to have run out of power after the Dees took the points in the NT.
Round 16 – Fremantle v Port Adelaide: Mid-game Power lapse proves costly
July 4, 2022 by Leave a Comment
What might have been for Nick Kossatch’s Port Adelaide as they let slip their grip on the ladder climb towards finals at Fremantle.
Round 14: Port Adelaide v Sydney: Pressure-packed Power sizzle Swans
June 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The start of the season seems like a distant memory when it comes to Port Adelaide – their win over the Swans was the best of the year according to Nick Kossatch.
Round 11 – Port Adelaide v Essendon: Power withstand Dons’ surge
May 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Nick Kossatch recounts a game that gave Port a few more scares than the final margin might suggest.
Round 5 – Carlton v Port Adelaide: Second half surge just a tease for Port faithful
April 18, 2022 by 3 Comments
A lot to like from some key Port players for Nick Kossatch, but the Easter miracle wasn’t on the cards for Ken and the men from Alberton as Carlton held on in a thriller.
Almanac Footy: Confessions of a Turncoat
September 28, 2021 by 2 Comments
As a ‘ten pound Pom’ to Victoria it wasn’t long before Andy Thurlow found himself supporting the Demons but it was not last…as he explains with his different allegiance.
Round 23 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: Part 2 (Saints march into the prelim)
August 23, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Nick Kossatch adds to his latest piece on both the AFL’s nailbiter between Port Adelaide and the Bulldogs and local footy in central Queensland with the BITS Saints en route to a big final.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 9 review, Round 10 preview
May 17, 2021 by 2 Comments
The humiliation of five losses on the trot avoided with last week’s win over the Kangaroos, Cam Hooke’s Magpies unfortunately couldn’t keep things rolling at the SCG. How will they shape up against the powerful Port?
Round 7 – Brisbane v Port Adelaide: Lions get on the motorbike to overrun soft Power
May 3, 2021 by 1 Comment
Nick Kossatch had a big day of footy that started with his 16-year-old’s first senior game in Rocky and concluded with a trip to watch his Power down the road in Brisbane – the results didn’t fall his way, but that’s footy sometimes!
Round 4 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: Port make a point(s) against the champs
April 12, 2021 by Leave a Comment
After a rough trip to Perth, Nick Kossatch’s Port Adelaide were mighty in their defeat of the reigning premiers. Both sides put in a power of work but were far from their best due to injuries, setting up an intriuging plot for further clashes between the finals aspirants.
Round 3 – West Coast v Port Adelaide: A Nic Nat tapping extravaganza
April 5, 2021 by 2 Comments
Nicholas Kossatch wasn’t sure of Port Adelaide’s ability to win the game against the Eagles from the get go, and Saturday’s result proved him right.
Round 7 & 8 – Saints beat SA clubs at Adelaide Oval
July 27, 2020 by 7 Comments
Double delight for Yoshi and Saints fans all over the world as they broke their Adelaide Oval hoodoo against the Crows then followed up with a smashing of the premiership fancies Port Adelaide.
Round 7 – Carlton v Port Adelaide: We were so close
July 20, 2020 by 3 Comments
Another twist in an already twisted season saw Tony Reed hit the road from the Sunny Coast down to Brisbane to watch his Blues front up to the top side Port. With never much more than a kick in it, the emotional tension accompanying the closing moments was palpable for both sets of fans.
Round 5 – Brisbane v Port Adelaide: The paranoia of premiership favouritism
July 6, 2020 by 3 Comments
Something of a superstitious ritual is unfolding for Shane Reid as his Lions are yet to drop a game since he first wrote an Almanac match report. The Brothers Berry and co. made Port look second rate at The Gabba, prompting him to fire up the keyboard again this week.
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