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Port Adelaide Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (735 words) |
 | Based in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Port Adelaide Football Club derives its name from the Port Adelaide area it is situated in and developed a strong following amongst the working class denizens of the western suburbs and a strong rivalry with the wealthier clubs of Adelaide's east and south. |
| Port Adelaide's attempt to join the AFL forced the SANFL's hand and the Adelaide Crows were formed to represent a South Australian presence in the AFL, two years ahead of plan. |
| The members of the Port Adelaide Football Club at the annual general meeting voted for the continuance of a Port Adelaide presence in the SANFL as a condition of its entry into the AFL. |
| South Adelaide (2) (2993 words) |
| South Adelaide's zone was actually centered on east Adelaide, one of the few areas of the city where the population was not expanding; moreover, with limited finances at its disposal, the club did not have ready recourse to alternative methods of recruitment. |
| At the root of South's problems was the League's inequitable zoning system which allocated the club "only 1.5 per cent of the area allotted to football clubs and 6.5 per cent of the population of the metropolitan area; half the quota required assuming an equitable distribution among eight league clubs" (see footnote 13). |
| South made a solid start to the 1936 season to put its supporters' fears to rest, and although it was ultimately unable to repeat its 1935 success, it did at least manage to contest the finals for a second successive year, which in itself was a fairly noteworthy achievement. |
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