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Originally Posted by MIGHTY MAGPIES 01  The simple answer is the SANFL is an inferior competition to the AFL/VFL and it would not be fair to include those statistics pre-1997. |
Of course from a Victorian point of view
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| When the Power became a new AFL Franchise in 1997 the Port Adelaide Magpies still continued to play in the SANFL so technically they are 2 different organisations, even though they might affiliate themselves. |
Technically speaking The Port Adelaide Magpies Football (SANFL) is actually the new entity. The Port Adelaide Football Club (Power) is the reconised football club that was established in 1870.
So the officials from PAFC say.