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2 unusual facts about Proposed VFL/AFL clubs


Proposed VFL/AFL clubs

Seven years before its debut season in the AFL as Port Power, the then SANFL club Port Adelaide applied to become the AFL's first South Australian club.

The merger would have taken place in 1996 and the club would have debuted in 1997, but the merger didn't eventuate as Fitzroy was placed in administration during the 1996 season and the administrator accepted a merger offer from the Brisbane Bears, forming the Brisbane Lions.



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