As news reports once again circulate about the future of Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley and a possible succession plan to his senior assistant Josh Carr, I thought it a good time to look back at successful Port Adelaide coaches. John Cahill and Fos Williams are undoubtedly the most significant and the ethos they created…

When I was a kid Port was always confident, so much so that others would often mistakenly label it as arrogance. As supporters we would laugh at the self-defeating remarks coming out of the opposition camp about how hard it was to win games and more importantly to win flags against the dominant Port Adelaide.…

George Orwell said that “It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours”. And lately it seems the shouts coming out from the Port Adelaide Football Club employees are becoming…

With Tom Jonas moving on as Port Adelaide Football Club skipper, the easy decision would have been to make former co-captain, 2023 vice-captain and Brownlow medallist Ollie Wines captain and fellow 2023 vice-captain Darcy Byrne-Jones his deputy. Perhaps with one or two of the younger stars added to an expanded leadership group. This would have…

A couple of announcements in the last week have reflected well on the Club as it endeavours to “Live the Creed”.  The push to move beyond the SANFL into the VFL (and create the best available model for premiership success in the highest league possible) and the signing of a new partner in UnionPay were…

If there is one man who doesn’t need to “learn about the Port Adelaide Football Club” it is Warren Tredrea. He didn’t just grow up in the general vicinity of the club and attend the odd game. He grew up on the ground, in the changerooms and immersed in the culture of the most successful…

Talking about the post truth era Kurt Andersen said that “We now live in a world where the truth is malleable, morality is subjective, and facts are fungible” and this has perhaps been emphasised best by Donald Trump in recent years with varied success.  It also seems to be an approach mirrored at the Koch…

It’s the morning after yet another disappointing finals performance for Port Adelaide and our coach Ken Hinkley (who has now coached just 2 finals wins in the last 9 years). Despite having “the best list he has ever had”, before finals Ken was quoted as saying “it’s a bit scary playing finals” and if there…

Much loved and sadly departed membership manager at the Port Adelaide Football Club Ben Demertzis once said “our members are the heart and soul of our football club, and they are at the core of everything we do”. Current president David Koch reflecting on the Covid period said “we only survived last year because of…

The mission statement at Port Adelaide for the longest time has been “we exist to win premierships”. A statement confirmed by club CEO Mathew Richardson in his recent email to the members where he stated “finals and a top four finish aren’t the pass mark at Port Adelaide. We are all on the same page…