This notion was reinforced by a game between Port Adelaide and a composite state side at the end of 1914 after Port Adelaide had completed a perfect season winning both the state premiership and the Champions of Australia for the fourth time. Pictured is a cartoon from 1928.Īfter Federation, coinciding with the time that Port Adelaide was becoming the dominant force in the SANFL, the notion of 'Port Adelaide against The Rest' became a key theme for football in the state. Spectator writing for the Port Adelaide News, 18 July 1882 After Federation the football scene in South Australia was characterised by a 'Port Adelaide vs The Rest' narrative. "The feeling of rivalry between the two clubs is very keen, and it has unfortunately, it is to be feared, been intensified to the very verge of actual ill-feeling by the extraordinary conduct of the Norwood Club with reference to their last defeat by the Ports." That year Port Adelaide's first win over Norwood, held at Adelaide Oval, was controversially overruled by the league, with a follow-up game overshadowed by a misunderstanding at the gate which almost prevented Norwood players accessing the venue. The Norwood–Port Adelaide rivalry began in 1878 when the two clubs first played one another, however it was not until 1882 that the Norwood–Port Adelaide rivalry grew bitter. Pictured is the 1921 SAFL Grand Final taking place on Adelaide Oval. The two clubs first played each other in 1878 and became bitter rivals after multiple controversies in 1882. The Showdown is often considered the cultural successor to the Norwood–Port Adelaide rivalry characterised by a geographic and socio-economic divide. "There is a deep presumption today that your football loyalties come from a historical association with Port Adelaide or from one of the other nine SANFL clubs.That rivalry from the SANFL – by being Port Adelaide or not Port Adelaide – is.entrenched with the State’s two clubs in the AFL.”įeel it almost an essential duty on their part The rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is often considered the best, and most bitter, in the Australian Football League with Malcolm Blight, Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend, stating in 2009 that "there is no doubt it is the greatest rivalry in football." The head-to-head count between the two clubs only include AFL premiership matches. The South Australian Brewing Company, makers of West End beers, were the first sponsors of the game and decided that the "Showdown" would be an appropriate name as a promotional opportunity for games between these two clubs, since it was the first time two South Australian teams had played against each other in the AFL. The first AFL premiership fixture between the two clubs took place on 20 April 1997. The Showdown is an Australian rules football game played by the two Australian Football League (AFL) teams from South Australia, the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs. Players competing in a marking contest during Showdown 53 at Adelaide Oval.ġ April 2023 - 29 July 2023 - present Women: Adelaide (2 wins)ģ0 September 2022 - 2 September 2023 - present
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