Adelaide - do they have any rivals besides Port?

[TRP1996]

The Adelaide Football Club's greatest rival is undoubtedly the administration of the Adelaide Football Club.

 

[Handsome_Jack]

When you have arguably the bitterest rivalry in the country is there a need for secondary hatreds? Honestly I think it almost wraps around to a mark of respect for both teams how little of a shit we give about other clubs in the league compared to the venom we reserve for eachother. The Cain and Abel of the AFL


Edit: on further reflection whilst I dont have anything against West Coast, Luke Shuey

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in particular can GAGF

 

[Freomaniac]

St Kilda vs Fremantle.
The Ross Lyon cup.

Zac Dawson is an AFL legend at the hawks, saints, Dockers and now blues.

 

[Rasha]

Zac Dawson is an AFL legend at the hawks, saints, Dockers and now blues.

What do Ross Lyon and Zac Dawson have in common?
Legends at Carlton, St Kilda and Fremantle.

 

[Rasha]

Power from Port.
It's more than a sport.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Young Reid
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Is that meant to be a picture of McGovern...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Back on topic since this thread is about Adelaide.
Do you see any rivalry between Geelong and Adelaide?

Not really as we can't beat them on their skinny ground.

Was only brief with Danger leaving, but most have been over that for a while.

 

[Red Bull]

Is that meant to be a picture of McGovern...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

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Indeed, you bent us over on that one... so in the end it was around evens between Reid & SOS... despite what some of you think.

At least I can admit which trades we lose or win.

 

[Rasha]

Not really as we can't beat them on their skinny ground.

Was only brief with Danger leaving, but most have been over that for a while.

True.
Fans of both sides got over that after 2017.

 

[CarnTheScray]

We're the Bulldogs' rival, but we dont care about them as we win all the games that matter (97/98/15)

Lol we hate you but that doesn’t mean we think you’re a rival…

Then again dogs supporters pretty much hate everyone else so you are not special in regards to that.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I would argue that the "rivalry" is more from an Adelaide perspective.
Hawthorn have far greater rivals in Geelong and Essendon.

But I do enjoy beating Adelaide more than some others

Yeah, I agree with this to be honest. Not sure how it goes with other clubs, but Geelong doesn't seem to have a rivalry that endures a ladder drop from one combatant. As soon as Hawthorn stopped being a direct ladder threat to us, they immediately dropped as a rival to me. I've unabashedly cheered the Hawks on more times than I can remember over the last few years, when a win to them suited Geelong. And that's not a dig on where they currently sit on the ladder, I'm sure it would be reciprocated if the ladder positions were reversed and Hawthorn wouldn't waste their energy hating Geelong.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Patrick Dangerfield going to Geelong doesn't really justify a rivalry with the Cats.
Just like Charlie Cameron going to Brisbane doesn't really justify a rivalry with the Lions.
Eddie Betts going to Carlton doesn't really justify a rivalry with the Blues.
Nathan Bock going to Gold Coast doesn't really justify a rivalry with the Suns.

etc.
etc.

Except of course Dangerfield was one of the best handful of players in the league. And then went to another level to become the marquee player in the league in his first season with Geelong. And then Adelaide leapfrogged Geelong just a year later and finished on top of the ladder without Dangerfield and smashed Dangerfield and the Cats on the way to a grand final.

It's a sleeper rivalry. But I doubt it will endure past Dangerfield's retirement, unless the two teams meet in a grand final.

 

[CrowInFiji]

Not sure why any team needs to collect rivals. There is a geographically based rivalry and over time there has been some short-lived grudges based on on-field results. Plus an off field one with Carlton at the trade table.

 

[The Rocks]

West Coast Eagles, always compared us to them

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[Rasha]

Except of course Dangerfield was one of the best handful of players in the league. And then went to another level to become the marquee player in the league in his first season with Geelong. And then Adelaide leapfrogged Geelong just a year later and finished on top of the ladder without Dangerfield and smashed Dangerfield and the Cats on the way to a grand final.

It's a sleeper rivalry. But I doubt it will endure past Dangerfield's retirement, unless the two teams meet in a grand final.

Sounds like the West Coast-Carlton rivalry which was hyped after Judd left the Eagles to play for the Blues.

 

[Taper]

Fan surveys ranked the Crows as Port's most hated opposition club, while no other club had the Crows ranked in their top 5 most hated clubs.
Does this mean the Crows don't have any other rivals?
For what it's worth, Fremantle failed to rank in the top 5 most hated clubs of anyone apart from West Coast.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Fan surveys ranked the Crows as Port's most hated opposition club, while no other club had the Crows ranked in their top 5 most hated clubs.
Does this mean the Crows don't have any other rivals?
For what it's worth, Fremantle failed to rank in the top 5 most hated clubs of anyone apart from West Coast.

Reckon the Crows would have ranked higher with Bulldogs supporters 25 years ago...

But not surprise we don't rank highly given last 7 years of missing finals.

 

[Junction Lion]

Yeah. Fitzroy as we were absolutely robbed of a win over there in 1991.

 

[Godzke]

West Coast vs Sydney would be the only genuine interstate rivalry of note. All other rivalries are same state.

Just because you might hate another club doesn't make it a rivalry.

Edit: maybe Collingwood vs Brisbane too

 

[Cyclops]

Back in 2002 I had a Crows supporting housemate who hated Collingwood about 80% as hard as she hated Port. He old man was the same.

I felt it was maybe the Magpie connection, couldn't stand anything that even reminded them of Port?

There was some bad feeling when Jason Cloke belted Tyson Edwards.

Is all that done with now?

 

[CrowToon]

Back in 2002 I had a Crows supporting housemate who hated Collingwood about 80% as hard as she hated Port. He old man was the same.

I felt it was maybe the Magpie connection, couldn't stand anything that even reminded them of Port?

There was some bad feeling when Jason Cloke belted Tyson Edwards.

Is all that done with now?

Any hate toward Collingwood is just an instinctive thing picked up at birth

 

[HBFlanker]

Fitzroy after Adelaide cheated to win that night

 

[CrowToon]

No rivalry imo. Symptom of doing **** all for 25 years.

Could've been involved in a rivalry with Syd-WCE in the mid 2000s but ended up being that annoying third wheel that got ditched.

Couple of flirts (2012 and 17) with achieving average status but each time being found out to be a bog average team overachieving that year. A quick lurch into controversy off the field put paid to any building momentum.

Why would any side look at us in these couple of decades and think anything but overwhelming sympathy at our hopelessness or otherwise glee at our misfortune.

At best in recent memory I can think of a mini-trade period rivalry with Carlton when SOS was running them (into the ground) with the Gibbs/McGovern deals.

Lingering resentment to the umpiring department is hardly a rivalry.

Any sort of SA vs VIC rivalry has ebbed away with the end of SoO and has just been replaced with a permanent disdain for VicBias but given our underachievement it just sounds like sour grapes. Also, given our AFL dictatorship at the club our club doesn't even acknowledge this stuff so it doesn't even count.

Yet despite all of our whinging, mediocrity and missteps we are still the less embarrassing team in town.

37 premierships in a 27/8 year existence or whatever it is.

Trying to wear an existing AFL club's jumper.

Keeping Hinkey employed this long.

Wowee.

 

[JPetro83]

Considering the fact that the only reason they exist is because of us, it's no wonder they have no rivals besides us.

We were always going to exist, champ. "Adelaide Football club" was registered years before (early-mid 80s) and were always coming in.. 1993 was the year the SANFL wanted to come to the party with the AFL. The now defunct 1870 Port Magpies were used and abused to get the SANFL to come to the party sooner. its sooks like you that have created such hatred and rivalry between the Crows and Power. Other clubs have banter rivalry, but the Crows/Power rivalry goes much deeper.. its not banter.. its pure hate.. i haven't talked to family members in years cos of footy.. friendships have been tainted etc.
i HATE the Port Power Footy club!