Let's talk Ports! Part 3

[VineValerian]

Oh, and what ever happened to that 'Power to the people' song we used to have back in the Footy Park days?

The one by John Schumann of Redgum.

 

[VineValerian]

Apologies if it's been raised before but I've just come across this website: https://www.playersfromport.net/ Pretty neat.

Reason it came up is because I kept thinking the name Dylan Moore reminded me of an old Ports player but couldn't place it. It was Jason Dylan. 13 SANFL games and 7 goals.

Little guy but had a huge leap on him.
Didn't go on with it as he probably lacked in other areas.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Ok, rookie question, please dont laugh.

This has been bugging me for a while, but what are the lyrics for the, I guess you'd call it the intro, song that is played as the boys run out but but before the club song?

AZLyrics - request for access

 

[Port 2004]

Little guy but had a huge leap on him.
Didn't go on with it as he probably lacked in other areas.

Ended up at WWT I think.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

The one by John Schumann of Redgum.

Not sure who it was but went Power to the people, Power to the game, Power to Port Adelaide where we got our name.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Rudimental - Not Giving In.

Thanks mate.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Ended up at WWT I think.

Did he work at the club for a while? Had a picture on the wall of himself taking a hanger against Freo in a pre-AFL trial game.

 

[Port 2004]

Did he work at the club for a while? Had a picture on the wall of himself taking a hanger against Freo in a pre-AFL trial game.

I think he may have Ford.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

MMM recalling the 2004 grand final with Chad Cornes and Dom Cassisi

 

[Rozee2Butters]

MMM recalling the 2004 grand final with Chad Cornes and Dom Cassisi

They had Lynch on for an interview about the game, was pretty interesting.

 

[Cheesey Mac]

Not sure who it was but went Power to the people, Power to the game, Power to Port Adelaide where we got our name.

It was written by John Schumann, he submitted it to the club (I think intended to be used as the club song) but the club didn't want to use it that way because it was too much like a ballad rather than the 'stop, stop, stop 'til we're top, top, top' stuff we ended up with, so he didn't release the song widely.

He later released it as "One True Game" having removed some of the overt Port Adelaide stuff and included neutral language (e.g. changed "Power to the people, and power to the game, Power to Port Adelaide etc etc" to "A hundred thousand voices, and a million shining eyes, this is our country's one true game etc etc"), but it's the same song.

One True Game - John Schumann

Power to the People - John Schumann

 

[GremioPower]

Port’s AFL History is a story of chokes and underachievements.

 

[Tibbs]

Our win/loss numbers to date are a complete furphy! Its not about the numbers, its about the form getting there! Compare our form to Hawthorn's at the moment - It's not a stretch to come to the conclusion that they might actually finish the season with more wins than us. Their form leading up to this point is that much better!

Our forwards look disjointed & are inconsistent. Our backs are still gelling together, as are our mids. Our team defense is non-existent, and our depth is the same old discards that have failed to kick on, yet Ken keeps going back to that same dry well, time & time again, refusing to play the news boys on the list. On top of that, our game plan has been well-and-truly worked out by the two ex-Port coaches in Nicks & Voss, and is being copied by other teams.

Chris Davies might think we are well set up for the second half of the season, but he is delusional! In reality, we look like a team and club held together with sticky tape! Make no mistake, we have the cattle to compete in finals, but our coaching game plan, selections, and just about everything off-field, is just full of holes!

But hey ... "We are continuing to learn." - K Hinkley

Had a bit of a to-and-fro over this post with Willsy10 a few weeks after our paper-over-the-cracks win against Hawthorn. It stands out so clearly when we are put under pressure in finals.

Interestingly, if Hawthorn beat us next week, and they go in as hot favorites, they will actually finish higher than us on the official season ending AFL ladder.

This was the ladder positions after that game. Their last half of the season has been phenomenal!

 

[Marmozet]

Just been reminded that it’s been 10 years to the day of that 2014 Elimination Final vs Richmond

 

[RossFC]

Former Port players Mitch Harvey and Will Snelling

11

Will Snelling

Age

27

Ht

175cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

4.7

2star

HB

9.4

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

4.8

5star

G

0.8

4star

D

12.6

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

8.3

4star

M

1.3

1star

T

5.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

16.2

4star

K

5.2

2star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.8

5star

G

1.2

4star

in the SANFL TOTY.

 

[Jojay]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I guess we don't have to worry about this any more

 

[Grave Danger]

I guess we don't have to worry about this any more

No wonder they haven't won a flag for 17 years.

 

[68vette]

No wonder they haven't won a flag for 17 years.

Try 60 years. 1964 was their last flag. But yeah.

Their last grand final appearance was 1979.

 

[Papa G]

Try 60 years. 1964 was their last flag. But yeah.

Their last grand final appearance was 1979.

 

[StrappingTape]

My 2014 Membership pen just ran out of ink. May it rest in peace. I'm down to just a few pens left

 

[GremioPower]

RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

In Portuguese, when we refer to supporters, we usually just add a suffix to the club’s name:

Grêmio: gremista
Cruzeiro: cruzeirense
São Paulo: são-paulino
Corinthians: corintiano
There are exceptions, of course; but I don’t want to go too deep into the subject.

My point is that I miss this in English. I think Portist would be better than “Port fan/supporter”; Hawthornian, than “he supports Hawthorn”; etc.

 

[Pappagallo]

RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

In Portuguese, when we refer to supporters, we usually just add a suffix to the club’s name:

Grêmio: gremista
Cruzeiro: cruzeirense
São Paulo: são-paulino
Corinthians: corintiano
There are exceptions, of course; but I don’t want to go too deep into the subject.

My point is that I miss this in English. I think Portist would be better than “Port fan/supporter”; Hawthornian, than “he supports Hawthorn”; etc.

It’s Portonian.

 

[PowerLil]

Ben Williams, son of Richard Williams will make his grand final umpiring debut on Sunday in the SANFL grand final.
Sitting on the outer wing at Alberton for umpteen years, I would laugh at the regulars yelling out they would burn Richard Williams' Foodland down.

 

[foxport]

Port Districts win Div 1 gf with a 94 point turnaround from second semi.