Hi all,

I’m writing to say thanks to you, on behalf of the entire club, for your support over the past few weeks.

We’ve started the season 2-0 and are really excited about what the rest of the year holds.

But most of all, we’re really excited about what our supporters and members - people like you - are doing to support our club.

We had over 50,000 attend our first Showdown at Adelaide Oval and help to get us over the line, and I mean that, you really did.

I didn’t expect the roar we got when we walked onto the ground for the first time in the warmup and it was even louder when we went out to go through the banner.

As a Port Adelaide player, I’ve never heard anything like it before. It made the day even better and it is something that all of us agree won’t be forgotten in a long time, probably never.

Then when we fell behind halfway through the third quarter, it was you who helped get us back into the game.

We prepare for momentum swings in footy and we know they’ll come, so we worked hard to make sure that we got that lead back and ran the game out to the very end.

We couldn’t have done it without you though.

Our supporters show us what it means to play for Port Adelaide. You cheer us on, you pick us up when we’re down, and you’re there to support us, our coaches, our staff and the volunteers who give up their time to get us on the park.

I saw our supporters applaud Johnny Butcher off the ground at our final training session on Friday.

The guy cops a bit of flak from outside the club, but you support him, you back him all the way, and he returns the favour with the hard work he did in crucial moments of Saturday’s game.

His performance was crucial to getting us back in the game. His performance was because of you and the contribution you make to our club.

This is going to be an amazing journey for our football club and it’s going to be amazing because we have you along for the ride.

It’s hard to think we’ve only just played Round 2, and there’s another 19 games left in the season! We knew the Showdown would be a finals-like atmosphere and we made sure we weren’t distracted by that before the Carlton game in Round 1, and we’re already in the mindset for playing North Melbourne this week.

I just wanted to finish by saying thanks again for all your support throughout the pre-season and during last week’s game.

People like me, Kenny, Kochie or Keith don’t make this club what it is. We all come and go, but you stay, and one day, we’ll all be the same as you - we’ll be members of this really fantastic footy club.

We’re almost at 50,000 members and that is another really motivating thing for the boys, so make sure you get your family and friends on board with the club this year. We all saw how amazing the Adelaide Oval is, we’ve heard the noise that you can make. Let’s make it for the rest of the year and beyond!

Cheers,
Trav