Magpies and Power merger to be announced in a fortnight.

[StrayDog]

Still a bit confused. I thought reading through a whole lot of previous posts, it was the "fault" of the SANFL that Port were retained in the SANFL. Port Power/Football Club were happy to move into the "bigger" league. I thought the SANFL wanted them retained, with conditions, such as not sharing the same facilities.

Macca, when the AFL licence was granted, the Commission insisted that Port retain a presence in the SANFL.

This was a post written by Brian Cunningham and Greg Boulton put on the website and sent to all media outlets in the country in 2002, detailing the process what happened through that 1990-1997 period. Ive bolded the relevant bits:

3. Tender for second AFL licence

........


Its something that a lot of people get the other way around, but the SANFL originally did not want the Magpies to continue in the SANFL.

Top stuff M19.

On Peter Goers "Evening Show" on 891 last night, interesting that the Magpies' John Firth spoke of it as a last minute "oh, by the way ....." insistence by the league.



For those interested, an article relating to a separate interview with Mr Firth on "The Bald Brothers'" 891 Breakfast program, with an embedded audio file.

History rewound: Magpies and Power merger almost complete

[Jim05]

Curtain raisers, Jimbo.

Looking forward to it.

Could be a tad embarassing when half the crowd leave after the sanfl game
I wont be staying to watch the power thats for sure

[Dirko]

Will be a few people jump off the Power train now. Those who support other SANFL clubs, and support the Power too.

[Dog_ger]

The Black n' Whites should have never been kicked out of Alberton Oval in the first place.

Port Power should have begun from Adelaide Oval in the first place.

The SANFL management has made mistakes.

They are 2 seperate identities....? What?

I remember drinking at Alberton in the early days of AFL.

Watching Tim Evans and Co, laughing together, being proud.

But something made me feel uneasy. Something was not right.

The real Port was kicket out.

Is it now time for a teal something on the old Port Magpies jail jumper?

If only Port Power could drop the teal and play in the prison bars.

We messed up West Torrens.

Lets learn by our mistakes.

They are the PAFC

Thats what real SA'ers remember.

I don't know if that can be repaired.

[zipzap]

Neutrals with a casual interest won't save Port IMO.

Yep, I agree with you completely. But attempting to returning it to one club for the 'true believers' (who don't seem to believe half as much as they should judging by dwindling crowds) is IMO hardly a recipe to turn around the fortunes of two poorly performing clubs, sorry, one REALLY poorly performing club.

[beenreal]

Question in need of an Answer.

Why was Rob Kerren disqualified from the February vote, but allowed to participate in this one?

[Big Phil]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/por ... 5954407594

[Barto]

RIP SANFL

It would've been RIP SANFL is they said no.

Partland was spot on, despite the Port fans ramblings.

[Apachebulldog]

What an absolute sham the SANFL are now officially the AFL's toady's, all this has done is alienate all the non Port Adelaide Power supporters, it will be interestig to see if crowd numbers go down next year because of this, sure the true Port supporters will be ecstatic of the one Port Adelaide concept but will it really fix their financial problems ??? as far as i am concerned the status quo will remain, i have said in previous posts their is only so much money a supporter can spend so its either you go see the Power or now the Power Magpies, personally i think there is more to this there, maybe a behind the scenes AFL agenda, our friend Mr Demetriou and his cohorts are up to something which will probably rear its ugly head in the future, as for me i used to love going to Alberton to watch Centrals and the Magpies do battle however i will not be spending a cent to watch the Power Magpies and i would say there will be probably be thousands of supporters of all clubs who will probably do the same, is this the end of the SANFL as we know it ??????

[southee]

I for one....will not be going to a curtain raiser before the Power play.

Shut the doors...its an experiment that has gone horriby wrong. Lets face it

[Big Phil]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx

[CENTURION]

simple, pay for your tickets pre-season, then your money goes to your club.

[Dutchy]

Your embarrassing yourself Macca, claiming Partland got it wrong and when quoting him you stuffed it yourself

Partlands article was absolutely spot on and captured the feeling of 90% of the SANFL fans, the best thing I read in the Addy for years.

[whufc]

Your embarrassing yourself Macca, claiming Partland got it wrong and when quoting him you stuffed it yourself

Partlands article was absolutely spot on and captured the feeling of 90% of the SANFL fans, the best thing I read in the Addy for years.

150% agree

[hereselmo1]

Any support I've had for the Power (and AFL for that matter) has been at the lower end of the spectrum and certainly not financial, so I don't suppose this will cause anyone at Alberton to lose any sleep. But if 'support' meant watched their games, followed Sturt-related recruits in particular with interest, and casually barracked for the team, then support them I did.

But in this formal link with the Magpies they have lost me and I suspect lots of other fairweather footy fans. Like I said, the care-factor at Alberton will be zero and it won't make a short-term difference to their coffers but I can't see how narrowing their supporter base and alienating aspects of it so dramatically can have anything other than a detrimental effect long-term.

They are once again the enemy - which will no doubt please a couple of thousand die-hards still living off the crumbs of the past - but surely it's no way to turn around a struggling, dead-in-the-water business?

You can't expect the SANFL directors and the Port directors to put their signatures to a plan that is based on appealling to "fairwearther footy fans" who support "at the lower end of the spectrum" and will never financially support the club. All at the risk of further alienating traditional Port fans. Unless you have ever financially supported the club then you are a neutral with a bit of an interest. Neutrals with a casual interest won't save Port IMO.

Great post.

[southee]

Your embarrassing yourself Macca, claiming Partland got it wrong and when quoting him you stuffed it yourself

Partlands article was absolutely spot on and captured the feeling of 90% of the SANFL fans, the best thing I read in the Addy for years.

150% agree

Spot on!!!

[CedeNullis]

Congrats to Warren Partland for his spot on article today in The Advertiser.

[zipzap]

They are once again the enemy - which will no doubt please a couple of thousand die-hards still living off the crumbs of the past - but surely it's no way to turn around a struggling, dead-in-the-water business?

You can't expect the SANFL directors and the Port directors to put their signatures to a plan that is based on appealling to "fairwearther footy fans" who support "at the lower end of the spectrum" and will never financially support the club. All at the risk of further alienating traditional Port fans. Unless you have ever financially supported the club then you are a neutral with a bit of an interest. Neutrals with a casual interest won't save Port IMO.

Great post.

Except that if political parties didn't think pursuing the 'neutrals with a bit of an interest' was worth doing they wouldn't spend millions on advertising campaigns. But then, why would you want to bother with attempting to attract new recruits to the cause when you can shore up the traditional toothless vote whose stagnant-to-dwindling 'support' has helped get the club in the dire mess it is today? You signed your own expulsion Nwanda!

[intheouter]

Congrats to Warren Partland for his spot on article today in The Advertiser.

Yes it was a great balanced article and a change from the usual biased items produced by the Chief Football Writer.

Cheers

[Macca19]

Partlands article was absolutely spot on and captured the feeling of 90% of the SANFL fans, the best thing I read in the Addy for years.

You are probably right, but considering 90% of the feeling is '**** Port ADelaide I hope you die', it doesnt really say much does it!