Given who the opponent was to be in 1997, a letter of 1 September 1995 from Collingwood President, Allan McAlister to Port Adelaide President, Greg Bouton (sic) contained the following surprise offer:
"We at Collingwood are most grateful for Port Adelaide accepting it should enter the AFL with a change from its black-and-white colours and Magpie name which we have held dear to our hearts at Collingwood. I will reiterate to our board that if Port Adelaide Football Club should succeed in ranking higher than the Collingwood Football Club for three consecutive years in the AFL then our objections will be waived"
Port finished higher than Collingwood in its first 5 seasons.
In saying that I'll concede that McAlister's letter most likely came from a position of arrogance, he probably never imagined that Port Adelaide would finish above Collingwood, nor should he have.
As a Port Adelaide supporter, the debate is low on the list of the things I believe the club should be focusing upon, however it will continue to come up so it would be good to find a binding agreement between both clubs and never speak of the matter again.
I'd personally be happy if Port Adelaide were able to wear the Prison Bar Guernsey in both Showdown's and in any final that we play against Adelaide which has only occurred once to date.
Someone designed the Prison Bar Guernsey replacing the white with silver, it looked amazing in my opinion, if anyone could post this design then that would be greatly appreciated.
Not every Port Adelaide fan even agrees on how often we should wear the Prison Bar design, less is best for mine as I genuinely get excited to view the team in it on the limited occasions we wear it.
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