The name Goss is back on the lists at Port Melbourne Football Club

HE’S unrelated to the family so synonymous with Port Melbourne, but Will Goss will revive a famous name at the Borough.

HE’S unrelated to the family so synonymous with Port Melbourne Football Club, but Will Goss will revive a famous name at the Borough this year.

The 18-year-old wingman is from Oakleigh Chargers and Xavier College and arrives at North Port Oval eager to test himself in the VFL.

“Yeah, it’s Norm Goss, isn’t it?’’ he said this morning when asked if he was familiar with the Goss link to the Borough.

The grandstand at the ground is named after Norm Goss, who played in the club’s 1940 and ’41 premierships and was Port’s straight-talking secretary for 30 years.

And four of his sons wore the Borough jumper — Norm junior, Paul, Kevin and Michael.

Will Goss played four games for the Chargers in the TAC Cup last year, accepted Port’s invitation to attend pre-season training and signed a contract last week.

“I’m just trying to expand my level of football, I guess,’’ he said.

Port coach Gary Ayres said Goss was “a nice little mover’’.

“He’s got good skills on both sides of his body and we imagine he’d play somewhere between mid-forward,’’ he said.

“He coming off a bit of a quad injury but so far he’s done what we would expect.’’

Port has listed a string of other players as it closes in on a list of 68: Ash Krakauer, Jesse Smith, Hugh Johnson (Sandringham Dragons), James Pullan (Oakleigh Chargers), Jesse Johnson (Devonport), Lachie Treverton (Old Haileybury), Jake O’Brien (Seymour), James Harrison (Deer Park) and Chris Carey (Warragul).

Carey is a 22-year-old ruckman and the son of Essendon premiership defender Steve.

Ayres and Steve Carey came up against each other during the great Hawthorn-Essendon rivalry of the 1980s.

“You always had to earn the footy when Steve was around,’’ Ayres said.

“Certainly nice to have young Chris on board. He’s a late-maturing ruckman and we think he can do a good job for us.’’