‘Live the Creed’

Fos Williams leaves behind him a wonderful and significant legacy, including a creed, which he wrote in 1962.

That creed, which encapsulates much of the man himself, still hangs on the walls of the Club and forms the basic philosophy of the Port Adelaide Football Club to this day.

The creed reads as follows:

“We, the Players and Management of the Port Adelaide Football Club, accept the heritage which players and administrators have passed down to us;

in so doing we do not intend to rest in idleness but shall strive with all our power to further this Club’s unexcelled achievements.

To do this we believe there is great merit and noble achievements in winning a premiership.

To be successful, each of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause. We agree that success is well within our reach and

have confidence that each member of both the team and management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end.

Also we know that, should we after striving to our utmost and giving our everything, still not be successful,

our efforts will become a further part of this Club’s enviable tradition.

Finally, we concede that there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our Club and guernsey

can come only after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."

Foster Neil Williams, 1962

Any club worth its salt will clean out its no-hopers from the doorman, to the head trainer, to the captain.

Keeping no-hopers in these positions, or any other position, is the mark of the non-successful club.

You've got to weed out people who breed an atmosphere of non-professionalism.

They're there for the bloody joke, for the social life, for the prestige. They're not there to win!!

"To be successful, each of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause. We agree
 that success is well within our reach and have confidence that each member of both team and
 management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end." - Foster Neil Williams.

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