How this club began. The Port District Football club was formed in 1979 after an amalgamation of both the Semaphore Central & Exeter Football Clubs. These two clubs were 2 of the oldest metropolitan football clubs and both played out of Largs Reserve - the current home base of Port District. Since entering the South Australian Amatuer Football League (SAAFL) in Division 2, the Port District Football Club has gone on to be the most respected and successful on the Le Fevre Peninsula. The first official PDFC guernsey comprised of a black background with the famous white PDFC emblem on the front. This guernsey was worn until 1993 when the club changed its design to the black and white horizontal stripes. This guernsey design was worn until the end of 2007, and then in 2008 the club reverted back to the original all black guernsey design. In the same year, the club introduced a "clash" guernsey which was simply the colours reverted - an all white background with black PDFC logo on the front. Over 30 years, the Port District Football Club has never been lower than A3. It has won 20 senior/colts premierships... * 1 x Div 1 Premiership (1992) * 3 x Div 1 Reserve Premiership (1979, 1991 and 1995) * 3 x Div 2 Premierships (1979, 1998 & 2007) * 1 x Div 2 Reserve Premiership (2007) * 1 x Div 3 Premiership (1984) * 4 x Div C Grade Premierships (1992, 1995, 2000 & 2001) * 1 x Div D Grade Premiership (1995) * 6 x Under 16/17 Premierships (1982, 1985, 1989 1995, 1999 & 2000) The club has also had 21 SAAFL Association Medallists & 2 SAAFL Leading Goalkickers. For more detailed information, click on the Honour Board link PDFC AFL Representatives Over the past 31 years, the Port District Football Club has produced some exciting players who have been drafted onto an AFL list. There has also been a few who have joined our club after their AFL careers have ceased. They include... Nathan Bock (Adelaide) Scott Thompson (Adelaide) Rhett Biglands (Adelaide) Michael Wilson (Port Adelaide) Brayden Lyle (Port Adelaide) ** Rohan Smith (St. Kilda) Roger Delaney (Fitzroy) Stephen Carter (Port Adelaide) Damian Angove (Sydney) Darren Collins (Hawthorn) Antony Sheehan (Port Adelaide) Damien Sheehan (Carlton) ** won an AFL premiership Port District Games Record Holders Since 1979, hundreds and hundreds of players have pulled on the PDFC jumper. However, only 4 players have made it past the 300 game mark. Another 10 have played more than 200 senior games. The club record for games played is held by club legend Tim Cocking with 338 games. Below is a list of the player who have played 300, 250 and 200 games for the Port District Football Club. 300 Games Tim Cocking 338 games Tim Whicker 321 games Bruce Maycock 317 games Mark Kurtland 303 games 250 Games David Rowe 261 Mark Kretschmer 250 games 200 Games Chris McLachlan 235 games Mick Murphy 234 games Chad Baker 217 games Paul Cox 215 games Jamie Bessen 215 games Brenton Keast 214 games Chris Karamanlis 213 games Jarrod Meers 202 games Port District Team of 25 Years In 2004, the Port District Football Club celebrated it's 25 year anniversary. To commemorate this achievement, the club decided to select it's top players over the past quarter of a century. The coach was 1992 A1 Premiership coach Steve Curtis and he was joined by 21 other players who have donned the black and white at Largs Reserve. The 22 players that make up the PDFC Team of the 25 Year are.... Damien Angove Jamie Baldiserra Tim Charles Bob Clack Tim Cocking Steve Curtis Craig Ebert Mark Eckhold Carl Fragomeni Nick Lisk Terry Longbottom Craig Lum Chris McLachlan Geoff Martin Gary Matheson Bruce Maycock Alan Moffat John Nicholls Brenton Owens Kevin Spirou Gary Tucker Mark Tylor Largs Reserve Largs Reserve is the spiritual home of the Port District Football Club. Located on Woolnough Rd at Largs Bay, it is 16 km from the Adelaide CBD and the clubrooms and oval are the major recreational space of the suburb of Largs Bay. It has been home to the Port District Football Club since it's formation in1979, but before that it was also home to both of the foundation clubs - Semaphore Central (1898) and Exeter Football Clubs (1924). Both of these club shared the oval on alternate weekends and the clubrooms for after-match presentations & refreshments. In 1988, Largs Reserve also became the home of the Port District Footballers Cricket Club. It used the main hard wicket pitch, which in 2004 was converted to a full 5 pitch turf wicket maintained by the PAE council. In 2005, the erection of 6 new floodlights towers were placed around the oval which has meant twilight football and cricket coul be played at Largs Reserve. The Port Adelaide Enfield Council has just announced a major refurbishment (due for completion by 2009) of the surrounding areas around the oval which should make viewing sport at Largs Reserve just that bit more comfortable. Exeter Football Club History 1924-1978 The younger of the two the foundation clubs was the Exeter Football Club, formed in 1924. The Tigers as they were known, were the arch rivals of Semaphore Centrals, Riverside and University Football Clubs. Exeter won * 5 x Div 1 SAAFL premierships (1939, 40, 41, 47 and 48) * 1 x Div 2 premiership (1963) * 1x Div 3 premieship (1956) Semaphore Centrals Football Club History 1898-1978 The older of the two foundation clubs was Semaphore Central Football Club, established in 1898 (but did not join the league until 1912 - the year after the SAAFL begun). The Magpies, as they were known back then won * 12 x Div 1 SAAFL premierships in it's 67 year history. * To 1979 (the year it amalgamated only Adelaide Uni (20 flags) had won more Div 1 premierships. Currently, the nearest team to this record is Broadview (6 flags). To this day, Semaphore Centrals still own a couple of big SAAFL all time records. They are; * 1 of 4 SAAFL clubs to win A2 flag then A1 flag after promotion * The only 2 time undefeated in a season A1 Premiers (1923-24) * Most successive A1 SAAFL victories - 41 games (1923-1925)