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“As an eight-year-old, I played for Salisbury West football club and was a Port supporter. I wanted to be like Scott Hodges, who was also from Salisbury West.
“For my birthday I was sent a card from the club with a polaroid of Scott Hodges.
“The next day I left my house and jumped the fence to Hollywood Plaza, which was just behind where we lived.
“I took the photo to the hairdresser in the shop, showed him the photo, and said, ‘Make me look like him,’ pointing to the photo of Scotty.”
“Next thing I know, I’m leaving the hairdresser with a new Scott Hodges haircut. I think I was the happiest kid in town that day.”
- Ben Demertzis, True Believer Since 1980.
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"The club means everything to me, it gave me everything, everything in my life, I won a premiership here, it means a fair bit.
"Now it's great to be here, back home, helping us try to win another premiership. "For me, the fabric of this club that sets us apart, is the people who give their time for nothing but to support the club - the support staff.
"There are 10-15 people that are here every day doing stuff behind the scenes and asking nothing in return.
"That's the fabric for the club for me, and what it's always been built on."
- Brendon Lade, assistant coach, 2006 best and fairest, 2004 premiership player
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"I started supporting the club in 1997 when the club entered the AFL.
“I was originally a Glenelg supporter but I dropped them pretty quickly when Port went into the AFL. My teacher actually had a competition where the first person to sing the Power song got a can of coke - and I really wanted that can of coke. It took off big time from there.
"Today I love going to Adelaide Oval. It's the most amazing place. When the team runs out the sound is amazing - there's nothing like it. And when you win, that roar is fantastic. The people of the footy club, the players, the members, absolutely everything and everyone about it is fantastic. It's my family."
- Matt Tarrant, Port fanatic since 1997.
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“I’ve been a supporter since I was born.
“This place is special to me because my grandfather won a premiership on Alberton Oval...it’s pretty much ingrained in my DNA.
“The whole family used to come down to Alberton, we’d be on the outer wing – that place used to be packed every Saturday. It was just a real buzz to come down and be here.
“This club, to me, is like a family…a really, really big family. It always has been and always will be."
- Ben Clark, Since 1978.
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"I can go back to when I was five years old, I caught the run of six in-a-row, and I've been hooked ever since. “Dad used to take me to games, we'd ride our bikes to all the suburban ovals because we didn't have a car. We'd go to Findon to Norwood and Kensington, and of course Alberton. “We lived at Pooraka for 37 years, and then one day this little house opposite Alberton Oval came up, I couldn't resist it, so I bought it.
“Then one day I was asked to help out Dad's Army cleaning up the oval, so I became part of that, and then later on I was asked to fill in for one of the drinks blokes who'd fallen ill.
“I was only supposed to do that for a few weeks, but I'm still here six-and-a-half years later! "It's a family club, it's always been a family club, you know everyone, everyone knows you, and we're all here to help the club."
- Bob O'Malley, Dad's Army and drinks steward.
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"I’ve been on board for 20 years now, when Port entered the AFL in ’97.
"I barracked for the Roosters as a kid because my grandfather played for them, but I liked Port’s working class spirit, the sense of community, the never give up attitude. I related to that.
"It certainly ramped up when I met my husband – who’s a Wakelin – in 2000, because Darryl was playing at the time, and so being a Port supporter was a pre-requisite. "The kids have all been brought up Port supporters, and I love the family atmosphere of the club, so we all bleed black, white and teal now. "
- Rebecca Morse, Port Adelaide ambassador
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"In February of 1957 I picked up a bag, walked into Alberton Oval, went up to the coach and said, "Can I train with you please?" It was the best thing that ever happened to me.
“I coached a losing grand final in 1976 infront of 75,000 people. That was a really bad moment and I didn’t blame anyone, except for myself.
“I vowed we would train harder; smarter. “The year after, we won the flag...and the next 10 grand finals we were in, we won. I coached Port Adelaide for 20 years; 19 of those years we finished third or higher. “How? “It’s the supporters that make this place unique. Rain, hail or shine - they’ll be there.
“We won games we shouldn’t have because of the attitude, the loyalty and the confidence the supporters had in the players and coaches."
- John Cahill, 10-time premiership coach, four-time premiership player
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"My father's a past player, my grandpa's a past player, my great grandpa's a past player.
"My family were supporters of the club as well.
"It wasn't that I had no choice, but it was inevitable..."
- Brad Ebert, thoroughbred Port Adelaide player.
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"I've been a Port supporter since birth - 16 years ago in 2001.
"In my family, everyone is a Port supporter, and I've grown up watching them play at AAMI and now Adelaide Oval.
"We live in Brighton, so that's enemy territory being near Glenelg, but Mum always loved Port and she passed that onto me and my sister, so it's been a way of life for us since we were small.
"We're a special team and a special club, and I hope to see our players work well together and build towards bigger things, and hopefully a few more premierships aren't far off." - Lucy, True Believer since birth.
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"I’ve been in the same role ever since I’ve been here, in charge of boots. I’ve had plenty of funny memories in my time. I remember Max James was having a shocker one day, came in, threw the boots down and said, ‘What have you done with these boots?’ I took the boots out the back, left them on the table for five minutes, brought ‘em back to him and said, ‘These will be right now.’
“He went out and played a blinder for the rest of the game, and came back and said, ‘Thanks for fixing the boots!' But I didn’t do nothing to ‘em!
“This is a great place, and it’s full of great people. To have great people around the club is what makes it a great place to be, and it’s what keeps me coming back."
- Alfie Trebilcock, celebrating his 50th year as the club's boot studder.
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“I like coming to the club to watch the cheer squad make the game day banner and watching the Maggies play. It’s fun going out onto the oval at half time to kick the ball with my sister Ella.
“We think Boaky is a superhero. Whenever dad can’t fix something, we always say to him, ‘Boaky could have done that’.”
- Amilie Demertzis, True Believer since 2010
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"My great grandma was born in 1899 and grew up in Cheltenham just down the road from the club.
"My earliest memory was when I was four years old. I was sitting on my great grandma's couch with her and dad. We were watching a black-and-white telly with Port and South playing. A decision went against us, so she threw a shoe at the telly.
"I turned to my dad and asked which team we went for, he said quietly, "Port, son."
"I was a Port supporter since that moment, and now my family is too. Layla was born last year, so this will be her first footy season. We're pretty excited!"
- Chris and Layla McArdle, passionate Port supporters.
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