David Koch likes to say that he “deals in facts” and “relies on data”. Well, when it comes to AFL controlled clubs, the data is in, and it is irrefutable. Only one of the clubs that The Governance Institute of Australia defined as “AFL owned clubs” has won a premiership since 2005. With Sydney winning…

Remember in 2012 when Kevin Foley wanted to make the Port Adelaide Football Club “less Port and more Power” and wanted to “stare down those who want us to remain the club from the Port with the Magpies tradition”. In the midst of rising debt, spiralling off field performances and talks of a relocation to…

The last decade has been a joyless time to be a Port member. Sure we have been able to sing the song at the end of the game over 60% of the time, an impressive record. But have we really been able to enjoy it? Like the original landing place at Port Adelaide in 1836…

Ken Hinkley really was on a hiding to nothing in the minor round of 2024 as far as the members were concerned. Whilst those outside of the club might spruik his 60% winning record, for long time Port members only premierships matter. And in 2024 it seems that the Port Adelaide board agree. It is…

If you were waiting for a sign that now is the time to fight to regain control of our great club and return it to its former glory, then THIS IS IT! No, I’m not talking about the signs erected on Port road recently. The sign I am talking about is the targeted, venomous and…

There seems to be a lot of confusion from those who don’t like Port and those over the border (deliberate or otherwise) about the meaning of the Never Tear Us Apart song and why it resonates so strongly with the Port Adelaide faithful. For Port members though it is clear and just as relevant as…

Port Adelaide is a football club that used to hold its fans in the highest regard. The players and administration would praise them for their voice, passion and ability to hold the custodians of the club to account. Players like Greg Anderson tell tales of the members forthrightly holding the players to account in the…

As Ken Hinkley’s time winds down at Alberton Oval there will be a lot of discussion about what constitutes success in the AFL. Journalists who only think as far west as the Western Bulldogs will suggest that Port should be happy to be in their “national” competition and that just making finals around 50% of…

There is a message that keeps seeping out from across the border every time Port members dare to critique the longest serving coach in AFL/VFL history without a grand final appearance. The implication is that the only reason Ken has not been more successful, and the only reason even the most rusted on Port members…

Winston Churchill said that “democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ And until 1997 when Port entered the AFL this “worst form of governance” had been the way the club had been run. Members were entrusted to vote for the board…