View Full Version : West Coast? Why not Perth??
homework_boy
15 Jan 2001, 15:52
I don't go for the eagles but it comes to my curiosity why their name is West Coast.
GoEagles
16 Jan 2001, 13:39
homework - because in 1986 when they were founding the club, they wanted the name to represent the WHOLE state and not just the capital city.
eagleskickass
16 Jan 2001, 19:11
exactly
homework_boy
17 Jan 2001, 14:53
Well now I know, but doesn't that make you a bit different to say Sydney who have their capatil city as their name?
what do u mean does it make us a bit different to sydney?
Why would we be the same as sydney?
BJ
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homework_boy
17 Jan 2001, 18:32
What I mean is, different in the way of having your team as the capatil. Sydney are the capatil, West Coast aren't now that seperates you from Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
GoEagles
18 Jan 2001, 07:57
Homework - If we are different to Sydney thats great, we don't want to be a carbon copy of their club.
Their name's represent the capital city, while our name represents the whole state.
Nothing too strange about that from my point of view.
eagleskickass
18 Jan 2001, 17:03
Its good to represent the whole state and not just the capital city. Plus, West Coast sounds better tha plain old Perth. Footscray changed to Western Bulldogs to take in all the Western Suburbs, we took West Coast to take the whole state
Homework...It would be a sad day if the eagles were anything like the Sydney Swans...the more different we are the better!