It’s the success and heritage that lies within the guernsey that propelled Port Adelaide onto the national stage. Current and past Port Adelaide players have joined a social media campaign to have the club don its famous Prison Bars guernsey in the AFL in 2020. Port chairman David Koch has returned serve to Eddie McGuire, declaring his prison bar guernsey complaints are “not based in fact”. Picture: Tom Huntley Source: News Corp Australia. Port Adelaide Away Jumpers . “The guernsey represents everything that has made Port Adelaide the club it is today on the national stage. It can’t be boxed up and packed away. ... AFL 2020 Coffee Travel Mug - Port Adelaide Power - Thermal Drink Cup With Lid.
1997 Original with outlined block style numbers: 1998 - 1999 Changed number font: 2000 - 2002 Lighter Shade of teal: 2003 Revised version of the preseason jumper was used in Away games: 2004 Clash jumper with Black numbers with a White outline, which were difficult to read. “Ironically, Heritage Rounds ceased to exist from that point. “The two clubs – before the AFL basically if you barrack for Port Adelaide in the SANFL, you barrack for Collingwood in the VFL.“So there’s been a closeness with the two clubs, it’s our 150th anniversary this year as a club, Port Adelaide.“We refused and the compromise with the AFL was that we could wear our prison bar.“Of course there can only be one Magpies, we’re not talking about Magpies or using a Magpie emblem like we do in our SANFL team, it’s just using the prison bar, so that’s fact number one.”“So let’s not rewrite history, let’s let the AFL decide and we think we’ve got a case to make.”“They were both black and white they were both Magpies.“We’ll be applying to the AFL to use the prison bar next year in a Showdown and hopefully for Showdowns forever more,” Koch told 7NEWS.com.au.“Also that Collingwood allowed us to wear the prison bar in the 2014 elimination final at Adelaide Oval is also wrong, because even though it was our home final, the AFL told us Richmond didn’t have an away guernsey and wanted us to play in our away guernsey.“We have an agreement with the AFL that gives us the right to wear prison bars during heritage rounds, so at least once a year.Koch said the reasoning behind a 2007 agreement between Port Adelaide, Collingwood and the AFL over the Port guernsey is because Collingwood had been rejecting applications for its use.“Fact number two is the claim that whenever we wanted to use our prison bar, and requested to use it, he’s always agreed.“No Eddie and I get on well,” Koch said.“The problem was Heritage Rounds were abandoned in 2008, so we think Showdowns under that agreement for South Australian football has real heritage significance, it’s a Showdown that brings the state together, it’s just in South Australia and we should be allowed to wear the prison bar.McGuire labelled Koch “disingenuous” and went as far as declaring the Port boss “doesn’t have the guts” to tell his fans that the days of the prison bar guernsey are over in Adelaide.The Sunrise co-host then dismissed McGuire’s claim that Collingwood had a history of giving permission for Port to use its iconic guernsey.“I love Eddie’s passion for his club and that’s great and that’s to be respected,” Koch told 7NEWS.com.au.“Greg Phillips who was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame, played 380 games for Port Adelaide and 80 for Collingwood in the VFL.“We’re one of the oldest clubs in the competition, we’re a foundation club in the SANFL and the prison bar guernsey represents our history, and for us, for our people, it’s the people’s guernsey and we think we have a right to wear it every year.”When asked about Port continuing to use the guernsey in future, the Pies president blew up, even threating to take the matter to court.The disagreement stems from Port Adelaide’s announcement that it will be wearing its historic guernsey in next weekend’s Showdown against the Crows – the relaunch of its 150th season.Now, Koch has shut down his Collingwood counterpart – insisting the two parties stick to the facts and let the AFL decide on the matter.Koch then doubled down on his intentions to use the historic guernsey well into the future, with a statement that is sure to ruffle more Collingwood feathers.“That isn’t the case, we were denied wearing our prison bar in heritage rounds in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and that was the reason for the 2007 agreement to use it.“Some of his arguments though are not based in fact, he’s saying ‘there can only be one Magpies in the competition’.Port chairman David Koch has returned serve to Eddie McGuire, declaring his prison bar guernsey complaints are “not based in fact”.Despite the Port chairman’s frustrations with McGuire’s recent comments, he insists there’s no historical issues between clubs or powerbrokers.
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We will argue that Showdowns now represent the heritage of South Australian football and we should therefore be granted permission to wear it on an ongoing basis.“The guernsey represents everything that has made Port Adelaide the club it is today on the national stage. AU $26.95. The Power will don their black and white outfit for two AFL games next season, as part of its 150th anniversary season.
It’s the success and heritage that lies within the guernsey that propelled Port Adelaide onto the national stage.