Port Adelaide won’t be allowed to wear its prison bar guernsey as president David Koch revealed the AFL threatened to take points off the club if it donned the historic strip without approval. “Our frustration sits squarely with the AFL, not Collingwood,” Koch said in a Port Adelaide statement released Thursday afternoon. “In 2019, the AFL, Port Adelaide and Collingwood came to an agreement that allowed one-off approval for the ‘prison bar’ guernsey to be worn in Port Adelaide’s home match against the Adelaide Crows to celebrate the Club’s 150th anniversary,” the AFL statement read. McGuire said he was “sick” of justifying his objection to the prison bar guernsey, while Cornes questioned why he wasn’t willing to allow Port to celebrate its heritage. He said the club’s decision to support Port Adelaide in wearing the prison bar guernsey in celebration of its 150th year in 2020 was strictly a one-off.

Source: The Herald April 29, 2021 01:56 UTC