AFL Round 4 – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide: Port harnesses the one-trick pony

There is abundant truth in the commentariat’s assertion that the Suns remain a one trick pony writes Tim Webber.

AFL Round 2 – Port Power v GWS Giants: Nerves to Frustration

This one has me nervous, and that doesn’t happen a lot as a Giants fan, writes Steve Duffy.

Mixed feelings about Power

Mark Seja signed his wife up as a (hush, hush) Port Adelaide member and says there’s definitely something in the air at Alberton.

AFL Round 1 – Melbourne v Port Adelaide: A splash of Teal on Tatau Island

After spreading the gospel of the glory of the Power to workmates, Dan Hansen caught the first banana boat from the PNG island of Tatau to Simberi Island gold mine to listen to the game. (He showed more dedication there than all of the Melbourne players.)

AFL Round 1 – Melbourne v Port Adelaide: What was that?

Chris Weaver sighs his way through Round 1.

John Kingsmill’s Footy Diary: After the Dust

Port Adelaide has opened its doors to the white shoe brigade, led by a Sydney-based TV celebrity, says John Kingsmill.

The afternoon football nearly forgot

By Simon Dalton Perhaps the apparent predictability of this game’s outcome was already sensed by the footballing public and the respective teams well before the first bounce. That could account for a build up lacking in passion or interest.  As such it was played as if a gentleman’s agreement had been reached. With forewarning of [Read more]

Hey Gringo! Tales of a Dees supporter in Brisbane

It can be lonely being a Melbourne supporter. We’re not the club with the biggest membership nor do we regularly appear in the footy primetime. But as I entered the public bar of Queensland’s most famous pub, The Breakfast Creek, just before kick-off of a Super Rugby finals match involving the Reds, well, it doesn’t [Read more]

Budgerigars and partial rainbows

By John Burke It’s a chilly July day and I’m heading down to Kardinia Park (or Petrol Park as a wag mate calls it, harking back a ground sponsor or two) to see my beloved Cats for the first time at home this year. I’ve been away in warmer climes for a couple of months, [Read more]

Too much Licca spoils Port

Collingwood’s 50 Most Sensational Games 2002 Qualifying final Collingwood     5.3.33   9.6.60   13.9.87    16.12.108 Port Adelaide   3.1.19   8.3.51    12.6.78    14.11.95 VENUE: AAMI Stadium DATE: Friday 3 September CROWD: 33,131 UMPIRES: Allen, Avon, Goldspink COLLINGWOOD B Johnson Wakelin Burns HB Clement Prestigiacomo Cloke C Lockyer O’Bree L Davis HF Didak A Rocca Fraser F Molloy Tarrant Betheras [Read more]