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The Showdown has become one of the fiercest rivalries in Australian sport, with the match up between the Crows and the Power dividing a state and turning friends into enemies for the day.

The history of this rivalry began in 1997 when Port Adelaide entered the AFL and played against, and beat Adelaide for the first time in Round 4.

The 11 point victory by the underdogs caused mayhem in the town, with the match not only remembered for the upset win but also for the classic footy fight between Scott Cummings and Rod Jameson.

Adelaide gained it's revenge in Round 19 when they defeated the Power by 7 points, and later in the year the Crows went on to claim their first ever AFL premiership.

Since that first year the rivalry has continued to grow, with big crowds and close contests a common occurrence.

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Showdown - Facts and Figures

** There has been 29 Showdown's, with Port Adelaide winning 16 and Adelaide 13.

** 12 of the 29 Showdowns have been decided by two goals or less.

** The closest result in a Showdown was in Round 3 2008, when the Crows triumphed by 6 points.

** The biggest crowd was 51,140 in Round 5 2003, when the Power defeated the Crows by 12 points.

** The smallest crowd was in Showdown 31,662 in Showdown 25 in Round 16 2008, when Port Adelaide won by 12 points.

** So far a total of 1,278,983 people have attended the 28 Showdown's, averaging 44,103 people per match.

** The biggest ever margin between the two teams is 83 points, when the Crows beat Port Adelaide in Round 3 2003.

** The biggest winning margin by Port Adelaide is 63 points in Showdown 9 in 2001.

** Adelaide has an average winning margin of 35.69 points per Showdown, while for it's 16 victories, Port wins by an averages 19.77 points.

** The average winning margin of the 29 Showdowns to date is 27.73 points.

** Port Adelaide biggest winning streak is 7 consecutive wins between 2000 and 2004, while the Crows have won 4 Showdowns in row between Round 3 2005 and Round 18 2006.

** In 18 Showdowns, the team ranked highest on the AFL premiership table has claimed victory.

** In all but 5 of the games, the team leading at ? time has gone on to win the match. Port Adelaide is the last team to come from a ? time deficit to claim victory, when they came from 7 points down and kicked 6 final quarter goals to win by 23 points in Round 6, 2010.

** The most number of individual goals kicked in a Showdown is 7. For the Crows, Tony Modra kicked his 7 in the first Showdown in 1997 and Peter Vardy kicked 7 in 1998 while Warren Tredrea booted 7 for the Power in Round 7 2004.

** Josh Francou has claimed the most Brownlow votes in the Showdowns, with 14, while Mark Ricciuto leads the way for Adelaide with 11 votes.

** Andrew McLeod has played in the most number of Showdowns, appearing in 27 throughout his career.

** Josh Carr from Port Adelaide played in 10 Showdowns, and finished his career with a perfect record of 10 wins.

** Nathan van Berlo was the first Crow to make his AFL debut in the Showdown, while Stephen Daniels made his debut for the Power in Showdown 1.

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