Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club, in effect, was a reverse-merger. From one club were created two entities, one to join the AFL and another to continue in the SANFL. The AFL entity was named "The Power", wearing black, teal, white and silver colours. The existing SANFL entity was renamed as the "Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club".
The Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club would therefore be able share the statistical history of the former PAFC from 1870 to 1996 even though they are both separate clubs.
Stephen Williams was appointed coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club when John Cahill stepped aside mid-season in 1996 to concentrate solely on his job as coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club that had joined the AFL. Williams guided the club to three more premierships (one in 1996 as the previous PAFC and two as the PAMFC) before announcing his resignation at the end of the 2003 season.
The 2005 season saw club legend John Cahill return to coach the Magpies for a year, leading the club to finish in third position. Recruit Jeremy Clayton dominated the competition until a rupturing his spleen in the qualifying final victory over the Eagles ended his season and meant that he had to watch from his hospital bed as won the 2005 Magarey Medal. In 2006 Tim Ginever, who was Cahill’s assistant in 2005, took over the reins as senior coach and Mark Clayton as the new captain of the club.
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