on the ground, including 3 time Brownlow and Sandover Medalist Haydn Bunton Sr, four time SANFL Magarey Medal winner and club games record holder (392) Russell Ebert, nine time premiership coach Fos Williams, local junior and future Carlton player Craig Bradley, 1992 Best and Fairest winner Nathan Buckley, 1993 Brownlow Medallist Gavin Wanganeen and Port Adelaide's first ever AFL coach, John Cahill who also coached the club to 10 SANFL premierships. Cheltenham cemetery curse For a long time such was the Port Adelaide Football Club's dominance at Alberton Oval with a win percentage of 78% from its first year at the ground in 1880 to joining the AFL in 1997 there has been conjecture that opposition teams became cursed as they passed by Cheltenham cemetery on the way to the ground. Malcolm Blight as coach for Woodville played up the curse for his players in the lead up to a match, parking the bus before the cemetery, and making his players walk past Cheltenham cemetery. Unfortunately it didn't work and Woodville still lost but Blight suggests his team would've lost by more if he didn't make everyone walk past. Interstate pre-season matches 1888 September 17 – Port Adelaide vs. Broken Hill 1913 July 26 – Port Adelaide vs. North Fremantle 1925 August 25 – Port Adelaide vs. South Fremantle 1931 October 15 – Port Adelaide vs. Geelong 1968 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne 1968 – Port Adelaide vs. South Melbourne 1969 March 22 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne 1971 March 14 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne 1979 March 31 – Port Adelaide vs. Footscray 1981 March 14 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond 1982 March 13 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond 1997 February 9 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond 2014 March 8 – Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda 2019 March 9 – Port Adelaide vs. North Melbourne 2022/23 redevelopment In 2021, Port Adelaide club officials revealed plans for a redevelopment of the Alberton Oval and surrounding precinct, to include an additional indoor training and administration venue for football, which would feature two basketball courts and an adjacent outdoor soccer pitch. Upgrades to the existing change-rooms and training buildings for men's and women's players were also proposed, as well as spectator amenities and additional spaces for parked cars. The plans were opposed by several local residents who claimed it would exacerbate traffic and congestion issues, though club officials pointed to the expanded