Opinion 2013 Membership

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Lockhart Road said:
Oh My god... it's Rexie J.
No. 10 wasn't it?
Tell me about the three goals you kicked on Kerley in that last quarter, after coming back from injury and sitting on the bench watching Neil Hawke get monstered, pulverised, smashed in front of an umpire too scared to blow the whistle...
You won the game.
And Hawke stalked off into the sunset, tugging the cord of his dressing gown into a knot, and never came back.
My father, sitting next to me in the George Giffen Stand said it was the worst call Fos Williams ever made.
But you won the game.
And a little later, we won the Premiership. Again.
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Not the real one but he was my idol back in those days. Yes, the days when a cartilage injury virtually meant the end of your career.. Rex was an absolute brilliant mark. Kicking distance 40 yards max.

A different era my friend.
 
Rexie J said:
Not the real one but he was my idol back in those days. Yes, the days when a cartilage injury virtually meant the end of your career.. Rex was an absolute brilliant mark. Kicking distance 40 yards max.

A different era my friend.
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He was my idol, too, mate.
Can you imagine Rex Johns and Neil Hawke in a forward line together?
How sad it never happened.
 

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Asgardian said:
crowbots = ?
Lions = 16,057
Blues = 39,763
Pies = ?
Bombers = 45,356
Dockers = ?
Cats = 33,765
Suns = 10,345
Giants = 11,014
Hawks = 53,633
Dees = 26,289
Roos = 26,012
Tigers = 48,603
Saints = 28,355
Swans = 30,000
Eagles = 55,516
Dogs = 22,156

Port Adelaide = 33,042

Makes us about mid-range
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That was 19th March

crowbots = ? ................. ?
Lions = 16,057 ............... now 17,038
Blues = 39,763 ............... now 41,824
Pies = ? ......................... ?
Bombers = 45,356 .......... now 46,998
Dockers = ? .................... ?
Cats = 33,765 ................. now 35,182
Suns = 10,345 ................ now 10,871
Giants = 11,014 .............. now 11,189
Hawks = 53,633 .............. now 56,170
Dees = 26,289 ................ now 27,395
Roos = 26,012 ................ now 28,874
Tigers = 48,603 .............. now 51,171
Saints = 28,355 .............. now 30,203
Swans = 30,000 .............. now 31,427
Eagles = 55,516 .............. now 55,516
Dogs = 22,156 ................ now 24,112



Port Adelaide = 33,042 ...... now 34,109

That's just under 2 weeks gap.

Hopefully the win we will have against the Dees ( :D :thumbsu: ) will kick start a surge in extra members.
 
Stormageddon said:
Wasn't Rex Johns the one they brought back even after some bloke (may well have been Neil Hawke) kicked like 15 goals or something ridiculous?
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Certainly was - 1957.

Hawke moved to West Torrens not long after. Both brilliant players.

Hawke seems to be credited with introducing the drop punt as I remember there was huge publicity about his kicking style. Neil was a long super accurate kick - great mark - in fact a great all-round sportsman. Rex Johns - great mark with a limited kicking range but deadly accurate.
 
Stormageddon said:
Wasn't Rex Johns the one they brought back even after some bloke (may well have been Neil Hawke) kicked like 15 goals or something ridiculous?
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Just to add a little to Rexie J.'s reply:
Neil Hawke entered my life as the sound of euphoria in my father's voice when he told me: "There's this new boy at Alberton, brought in for Rexie Johns while he's out injured. He's kicked 15 goals against South in his first game! (South were bottom.) He's a freak. Drops the point of the ball on his toe and puts it thru the middle every time! We're playing Norwood at home next week, want to go?"

We stationed ourselves behind the goal at the City end. Hawkey was matched up on Ron Riemann, a tough bone-domed veteran. Hawkey kicked 9 goals, may have missed one. This subsequently set up a huge selection debate when Johns returned. Should Hawke play FF or CHF; no way could Rex play CHF 'coz as Rexie J. says he couldn't kick the distance. For the game against West Adelaide on Adelaide Oval that I wrote about yesterday, Johns started on the bench as 19th man. Kerley pulled every backman's trick on Hawke and held him to one goal (from a free). Kerley was the past master at the physical defensive game, he was a borderline thug, and Hawke was just too raw.
The crowd was ranting: "Bring Back Johns! Bring Back Johns!" I got caught up in it and my father gave me a clip behind the ear. Pop wanted Hawke to turn it on Kerley in the last quarter; he could see the future better than I age the age of 10. But Hawke was taken off at 3/4 time by Fos Wlliams, spat the dummy and went to the West. When he came back he played for Torrens (and test cricket for Australia).

I can still see the smoke coming out of Hawke's ears as he stormed off Adelaide Oval as behind him they picked up the tarps after the 3/4 time huddle. Port lost two champions that day.
I thought it was 1958, but it coulda been '57 as Rexie J. says.
Rex Johns didn't play much after that game; his knees weren't up to it.
 
I thought it was 1958, but it coulda been '57 as Rexie J. says.
Rex Johns didn't play much after that game; his knees weren't up to it.[/quote]


Yep, reckon you're right with 1958 LR:thumbsu:
 
Footnote: Big thumbs up to the BF board.

Rexie J. and I have been in contact off-board and it turns out we went to the same school, coupla years apart. That school, would ya believe it, was Norwood High.
Growing up amongst the enemy. You'd think it'd be a character-builder. You'd think.
 
Nice to have a bit of history on this board Locky, even if it was decades before I was born. Reinforces why Port Adelaide is the only true AFL club in South Australia :thumbsu:
 
Because of work and lifestyle, I don't get to log in to the forum all that often, so please excuse me If this has been discussed before.

Re seats at Adelaide Oval from 2014, the club is going to send out what they consider acceptable members seating equivalents at AO. However having a beer with a mate last week something else came up. My current seats are in my name and my mates are in his, but we go together. Where I get placed might be somewhere totally away from him, but we have been going together since 1997.

Apparently the club is happy to accommodate the 'mates' sitting arrangements, and are working on it NOW. Going in to see them this week. Something to think about if you intend to sit with your mates.
 
Pakeha said:
Because of work and lifestyle, I don't get to log in to the forum all that often, so please excuse me If this has been discussed before.

Re seats at Adelaide Oval from 2014, the club is going to send out what they consider acceptable members seating equivalents at AO. However having a beer with a mate last week something else came up. My current seats are in my name and my mates are in his, but we go together. Where I get placed might be somewhere totally away from him, but we have been going together since 1997.

Apparently the club is happy to accommodate the 'mates' sitting arrangements, and are working on it NOW. Going in to see them this week. Something to think about if you intend to sit with your mates.
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Have a look at this.

http://mm.afl.com.au/portals/0/port_docs/adelaide-oval-memberinfoguide_final.pdf
 

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You'd hope early in the week the club make a big effort to push for members to sign up, as well as the premiership fund.
35k before Saturday nights game should be their sales pitch.
 
RED ONE said:
Hopefully a big jump this week with bandwagoners seeing the game on the weekend.
A big home win would really help. Not to mention the showdown.
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Club should really be pushing this angle... get your membership now to ensure you get access to our "home" showdown.
 

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