FOOTY PREMIERS!!!!!!

daedong · Sep 25, 2004

I am a keen port Adelaide supporter and today we won our first national Grand Final and I’m unbelievably excited.

I will bore you with a little bit of Ports history and for those interested here is a link to our National game, This game is unique to Australia, It’s fast, tough and exciting.

http://afl.com.au/

The Port Adelaide Football Club is arguably the most successful senior football club, not only in South Australia but Australia-wide.

Since playing its first game in 1870, the club has gone on to win an Australian record of 34 SANFL premierships (up until 1997) including six in a row and achieve the honour of being Champions of Australia on four occasions.

More recently there has been another landmark in the club's history, the joining of the country's national competition - the Australian Football League. In 1997 the Port Adelaide Football Club joined the Australian Football League, in many ways the crowning achievement of more than 100 years of unrivaled success. It maintained its presence in the SANFL through the formation of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, who share the records and history from 1870 to 1996.

JJPWAus · Sep 25, 2004

Well done Port, and all you Port supporters.
Good to keep the Vic's out of it again and have a change from those banana benders.
Have a few beers to celebrate!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mrwurm · Sep 25, 2004

I am often confused. This is one of those occasions.

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Mrwurm · Sep 25, 2004

( Well done Port, and all you Port supporters.
Good to keep the Vic's out of it again and have a change from those banana benders.
Have a few beers to celebrate!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
)

Don't quite know what to think of 'banana benders' but, they surely don't sound like friendly sorts.

daedong · Sep 25, 2004

( Well done Port, and all you Port supporters.
Good to keep the Vic's out of it again and have a change from those banana benders.
Have a few beers to celebrate!!!!
)

Don't quite know what to think of 'banana benders' but, they surely don't sound like friendly sorts. 

Jerry,

Vic's ==state of Victoria.................they claim AFL as their own as thats where it started, they hate to see other states win.

Banana benders are Queenslanders (state) and they have won the last 3 premierships.

And if you think you are confused you should try being an Aussie on a USA forum /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

higgy · Sep 25, 2004

Well Vin,

Sorry to say I was a Dockers fan all the way, but then hey why not. Never was one for the West Cost Eagles.

Was about time Vic had somthing other than bitter.

Gary_in_Indiana · Sep 25, 2004

Congratulations!

Believe it or not, I'm a huge fan of the game. I came to know it as 'Australian Rules Football' here and think it's a great game. In the early days of what has become the premier sports network in the United States, ESPN was struggling to find programming and broadcast many games in non-prime time slots here and that was my first exposure to it.

I loved it so much I would tape all of the games and watch them on my schedule. I'd gotten so into it I had teams I rooted for and favorite players.

I was really disappointed when the coverage was curtailed and finally eliminated. I kept hoping that with the advent of a second ESPN network it would return but it hasn't.

I now have even another reason to embrace things Australian. While I was interested in possibly importing one of your Chamberlain tractors my son has gone me one better. He has arranged an import from Melbourne. I'm pretty sure that one will become my daughter-in-law. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif