SeanyDogs13
In the Kennel
- Sep 25, 2017
- 84
- 109
- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
- Other Teams
- Liverpool & Adelaide Strikers
JUST A HEADS UP, THIS A CONTINUATION OF PART I, THE GUERNSEY DESIGNS FOR THE 18 OTHER AFL CLUBS REMAIN THE SAME, AS I WILL BE DOING A FULL UPDATE IN PART III WHICH IS SET IN 2040, SO SORRY TO DISAPPOINT A FEW PEOPLE THERE.
The 90's, the 1900's are gone, and A new millennium is upon the AFL. After "successfully" expanding the competition greatly nationwide in 1996, and 3 years of drastic change post Oakley-era, The AFL, and the 18 clubs thought the troublesome mid 90's were behind them, but how wrong they were. After the NEIP disbanded in 2001, and control of the expansion of the league was handed back to the AFL, the in fighting began. In 2003, a cash strapped Footscray began selling home games to Canberra, and the clubs quickly wanted to send the Bulldogs to Canberra permantley. At the same time Hawthorn sold games to Launceston, and several of the Hawks rivals wanted to ship them south. The West Coast Eagles looked to buy-out the Western Falcons' ground share agreement at the WACA, thus forcing the Falcons to have no home ground. And Carlton began moving game to the Gold Coast. In 2004 all clubs submitted suggestions to the league about it's expansion, with most of the clubs voting the dogs, hawks and blues interstate, Sturt to leave their merger partner Norwood and the Western Falcons to be folded.
Round 1 2005, saw what many would describe as the worst scenes in football history. With 6 out of 9 games achieving crowds of less than 25,000, as fans seemed to boycott games. Things got worse in Round 6 when both Carlton and Hawthorn elected to forfeit their game against each other, when that was denied, a 90 minute kick-to-kick from both sides, sent a message to the AFL. With threats of no crowds, and no clubs willing to play, new AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou had no choice but to reform the NEIP immediately. Round 7 2006, went back to normal, large crowds and no threats of boycotts, and the NEIP began to re-stablise the competition.
The NEIP blocked the Dogs,Hawks and Blues from their interstate home games after 2006, and over the next 2 1/2 years the leagues in-fighting had stopped, and the AFL began it's plans to expand in 2011 and 2012. And here they are the 6 new teams to join the AFL.
The 90's, the 1900's are gone, and A new millennium is upon the AFL. After "successfully" expanding the competition greatly nationwide in 1996, and 3 years of drastic change post Oakley-era, The AFL, and the 18 clubs thought the troublesome mid 90's were behind them, but how wrong they were. After the NEIP disbanded in 2001, and control of the expansion of the league was handed back to the AFL, the in fighting began. In 2003, a cash strapped Footscray began selling home games to Canberra, and the clubs quickly wanted to send the Bulldogs to Canberra permantley. At the same time Hawthorn sold games to Launceston, and several of the Hawks rivals wanted to ship them south. The West Coast Eagles looked to buy-out the Western Falcons' ground share agreement at the WACA, thus forcing the Falcons to have no home ground. And Carlton began moving game to the Gold Coast. In 2004 all clubs submitted suggestions to the league about it's expansion, with most of the clubs voting the dogs, hawks and blues interstate, Sturt to leave their merger partner Norwood and the Western Falcons to be folded.
Round 1 2005, saw what many would describe as the worst scenes in football history. With 6 out of 9 games achieving crowds of less than 25,000, as fans seemed to boycott games. Things got worse in Round 6 when both Carlton and Hawthorn elected to forfeit their game against each other, when that was denied, a 90 minute kick-to-kick from both sides, sent a message to the AFL. With threats of no crowds, and no clubs willing to play, new AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou had no choice but to reform the NEIP immediately. Round 7 2006, went back to normal, large crowds and no threats of boycotts, and the NEIP began to re-stablise the competition.
The NEIP blocked the Dogs,Hawks and Blues from their interstate home games after 2006, and over the next 2 1/2 years the leagues in-fighting had stopped, and the AFL began it's plans to expand in 2011 and 2012. And here they are the 6 new teams to join the AFL.