Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), where they are nicknamed the Magpies. Since its founding, the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and 4 Championship of Australia titles, in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004.
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia.
Sport plays an important role in the business, community, social and cultural life in South Australia.
The 1880 Victorian Football Association season was the fourth season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club. It was the club's third VFA premiership, and the last in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880; Geelong lost two matches for the season, its first losses since 1877, having been unbeaten through the previous two years.
John Frederick Hiskins was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.
The 1942 South Australian National Football League season was the first of three SANFL seasons played under reduced club numbers during World War II. The premiership was won by Port-Torrens, the merger between Port Adelaide and West Torrens. Attendances during World War II were inflated due to servicemen being granted free entry.
The 1897 South Australian Football Association season was the 21st edition of the top level of Australian rules football to be played in South Australia. Port Adelaide won its 3rd premiership.
The 1899 SAFA season was the 23rd edition of the top level of Australian Rules football to be played in South Australia. South Adelaide went on to record its 8th premiership.
The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1881 South Australian Football Association season was the 5th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The premiership season began on Saturday 7 May.
The 1893 South Australian Football Association season was the 17th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1895 South Australian Football Association season was the 19th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1900 South Australian Football Association season was the 24th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1901 South Australian Football Association season was the 25th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. Minor premier Norwood won its 12th premiership. The season marked the formation and debut of the new Sturt Football Club.
The 1902 South Australian Football Association season was the 26th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1905 South Australian Football Association season was the 29th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The South Australian NPL State League 1 is the second tier state-level football (soccer) competition in South Australia, ranked third tier in the national pyramid. The league is part of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) structure implemented by Football Federation Australia in 2012. It is conducted by the Football Federation South Australia (FFSA), the state's governing body. After the reforming of the South Australian football league structure in 2012, the league increased its participants from 10 clubs to 16. The FFSA has announced a restructuring of the league format in South Australia for the 2016 to 2018 seasons, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division, which will reduce the participants in the State League down to 12.
The 2017 Football Federation South Australia season was the fifth season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia.
The 2018 Football Federation South Australia season was the sixth season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia.
The Woodville Football Club (SAFA) originally known as the Port Suburban Football Club was an Australian rules football club that participated in the foundation year of the South Australian Football Association. It is not related to the Woodville Football Club that joined the SANFL in 1964.
