Anyone at the Port vs St. Kilda Game???

[KissStephanie]

1 premiership in 50 years.

Firstly, you can't count because that is not accurate, and secondly, why stop at 50 years? What's your reason for doing that? I thought the competition began in 1897 and not 1957.

Port have had a successful history, but to be fair about it, the SANFL was a second-rate competition to the VFL, and on a par with the old VFA. Many of Port's premierships were not only won in this second-rate comp, but it featured as little as 3 and 5 other teams, and not more than 9 others!

Even St.Kilda would have won heaps of premierships in the SANFL.

 

[marcus]

Port have had a successful history, but to be fair about it, the SANFL was a second-rate competition to the VFL, and on a par with the old VFA.
Many of Port's premierships were not only won in this second-rate comp, but it featured as little as 3 and 5 other teams, and not more than 9 others!

Even St.Kilda would have won heaps of premierships in the SANFL.

No way in hell it was of as low a standard as the old VFA, it was closer to VFL than VFA, however fed you this rubbish needs a smack in the head.

ALSO, except for during WW2 the SANFL has had at least an 8 club competition and for the last 40 years either 9 or 10 clubs.

Please do some research.

 

[thesouthernend]

I can only vaguely remember one other game when it was wetter than last night. From the Southern End you could not read the scores on the Big Screen it was so bad. Stayed dry up in the stand, but got saturated walking the 800 meters home. As said earlier those people who stayed in the outer are either masochists or heroes. But what a great game of football.

 

[rufus_afc]

also sat in the rain all night, and loved every minute, 25 thousand in the weather tonight was a good turn out.

It was closer to 24k than 25k

 

[PAFC2004]

Firstly, you can't count because that is not accurate, and secondly, why stop at 50 years? What's your reason for doing that? I thought the competition began in 1897 and not 1957.

Port have had a successful history, but to be fair about it, the SANFL was a second-rate competition to the VFL, and on a par with the old VFA. Many of Port's premierships were not only won in this second-rate comp, but it featured as little as 3 and 5 other teams, and not more than 9 others!

Even St.Kilda would have won heaps of premierships in the SANFL.

Absolute garbage... Remember this though, we played against the best in our state as you did. Therefore our cups mean just as much.

 

[KissStephanie]

No way in hell it was of as low a standard as the old VFA, it was closer to VFL than VFA, however fed you this rubbish needs a smack in the head.

Maybe you smacked yourself in the head a few times? At best, the SANFL was on a par with the old VFA in both quality and attendances.

ALSO, except for during WW2 the SANFL has had at least an 8 club competition and for the last 40 years either 9 or 10 clubs. Please do some research.

I said that the SANFL has had as few as four and six teams, and not more than ten, and this is true! What is wrong about that? I think you need to do some research since you obviously have no idea as you've just shown.

Absolute garbage... Remember this though, we played against the best in our state as you did. Therefore our cups mean just as much.

Absolute rubbish! The population of South Australia has always been at least one-third of Victoria's population. Australian football was also invented in Victoria when Melbourne University played Melbourne Grammar in the first ever match. The VFL also had more teams than the SANFL from the inception of each competition.

Victorian football produced the best footballers because it was the state the game was first played, and they had more of them too as refelected in the differences in the population between the two states. By the time that South Australia and Western Australia produced quality footballers of their own, most of them moved to Victoria to play in the best competition in the country, which in turn made the VFL even stronger than it already was.

Therefore, the SANFL was about equal in quality and crowd sizes of the old VFA, and the premiership cups won in the SANFL are worth about the same as well, and to think that they were worth just as much as a VFL premiership is absurd. Again, even St.Kilda would have won heaps of premierships in the SANFL, and old VFA teams like Port Melbourne, Preston, Prahran, Oakleigh, and Dandenong would have been competitive.

 

[Port01]

Collingwood have least spoons of any club? West Coast, Port, Adelaide have none (Collingwood even won one since 1997 when the current 16 teams were in).

I expect you mean you've now had less than Carlton, who probably lead the 'least spoons' table for longer than you did, which is apparently more impressive.

 

[PAFC2004]

Collingwood have least spoons of any club? West Coast, Port, Adelaide have none (Collingwood even won one since 1997 when the current 16 teams were in).

I expect you mean you've now had less than Carlton, who probably lead the 'least spoons' table for longer than you did, which is apparently more impressive.

Exactly. And kiss stephanie, can I ask what population has to do with anything? SA has produced amazing players. Perhaps not as many, but it's obvious that is due to the population difference.. this is about the only thing where it is relevant. Regardless of all this, Port has a history prior to 1997. It's not an opinion or something that is open for argument. It's fact.

 

[anzacs]

No way in hell it was of as low a standard as the old VFA, it was closer to VFL than VFA, however fed you this rubbish needs a smack in the head.

ALSO, except for during WW2 the SANFL has had at least an 8 club competition and for the last 40 years either 9 or 10 clubs.

Please do some research.

I'm not sure it would have been as strong as the VFA.. I think Port Melbourne would have won more flags than Port Adelaide

 

[Ported]

At best, the SANFL was on a par with the old VFA in both quality and attendances.

Haha!

The year that both states started playing footy is completely irrelevant, especially after the second generation of footballers were getting on board. You think in 1930 it would have any impact that two victorian sides played a game in parklands over half a century earlier?

Also, by your logic we could compare the standards of leagues over time. Do you honestly think the premiership Carlton won in 1906 was of a 'higher standard of play' than the premiership Port won in 1994? Should we retroactively re-review the standard of play and the comparative 'worth' of achievement?

I'm sure there was a time when footy supporters just went to the footy to enjoy the game and weren't so wrapped up with stats to one-up other teams.

Port have a successful history. So do Carlton. So do many clubs. The bigger questions is: Why is that so hard for people to swollow?

 

[anzacs]

Port Melbourne would have won 60 flags in the SANFL

 

[PAFC2004]

Port Melbourne would have won 60 flags in the SANFL

North Adelaide would never have lost a game in the VFL.

 

[Ported]

I'd bring up Champions of Australia wins (the only comparison of relative standards around the turn of the century), but i'm sure you'd just ignore it.

 

[marcus]

This is just further proof that Victorian football followers are delusional and absolutely believe their delusions.

How many SANFL games did they ever see, let me guess, none.

Go grab the 1974 grand final as an example and see how there was no difference in standard between SANFL and VFL.

Funny how you never see any form of evidence in these fairytales.

 

[anzacs]

North Adelaide would never have lost a game in the VFL.

Whats that song again?

Oh yes.... dreamer.... nothing but a dreamer

 

[PAFC2004]

Whats that song again?

Oh yes.... dreamer.... nothing but a dreamer

Oh no, sorry. I said so... so it must be true. This is all the proof we need on bigfooty.

 

[Natman]

14 premierships
4 flags in a row
Most wins of any club to date
Highest winning percentage of any club to date
Only club to go through H&A season undefeated
Least wooden spoons of any club
Most famous football club in Australia
Most AFL legend representatives
Most supporters in Australia
Highest profile club in Australia
Largest attendance in the Southern hemisphere
Headed the premiership table for longer than the other 15 clubs put together

13 VFL local competition flags and and 1 AFL flag

 

[Natman]

Port Melbourne would have won 60 flags in the SANFL

And how many flags have the 10 famous ex-VFL local league teams won since the competition has become truly national and they are now faced with real opposition from interstate teams able to access the same pool of talent.

 

[marcus]

Let me answer that...bugger all.

The only one that has looked equal to the interstate clubs for a prolonged period was Essendon.

 

[PAFC2004]

And how many flags have the 10 famous ex-VFL local league teams won since the competition has become truly national and they are now faced with real opposition from interstate teams able to access the same pool of talent.

Awesome question!