Back in the day...

[NSWCROW]

I was living here in SYNNEY when we were formed and there was no internets so we never got much info but i remember some names being thrown around as to what we would be called.

2 that spring to mind were ADELAIDE ASSASINS and ADELAIDE LAKERS.
Can you remember any others and how close we were to not being called the CROWS ??

 

[The Karma Bus]

Sharks was being thrown around as a possibility..

And a colour group including green and red i'm sure..

 

[Huntercrow]

I was living here in SYNNEY when we were formed and there was no internets so we never got much info but i remember some names being thrown around as to what we would be called.

2 that spring to mind were ADELAIDE ASSASINS and ADELAIDE LAKERS.
Can you remember any others and how close we were to not being called the CROWS ??

I remember the "Sharks" was the preferred name by most in SA but (from memory)it wasn't the SA public that had the last say.The AFL decided to call us the Crows because of marketability.

 

[davos44]

I have a couple of early Ashley Porter Crows books and the name Sharks and Lakers came up with Blue and Green as the Colours. He also called "rounds" - "series"- (eg. in the fifteenth series, not "in round fifteen") so I'm not sure how good a journalist he was.

 

[cammo6556]

i seem to remember the adelaide "arrows" was getting bandied around

 

[Crowmad]

I remember some journo at the time bandering up the name - the "Adelaide Arrows" Does anyone else remember that?

 

[aneale]

as above there was an Adelaide Sharks push, and the Port lightning bolt guernsey (the first one) that was similar to one of the mock ups.

not exact, but there was a St Kilda feel to it. There were a number of possibilities and guesses, it was mostly Porter doing the speculating.

 

[FlyingCrow]

I remember reading, I think in the ten year anniversary book, that a bunch of mockups were done and the Sharks was one of them.

When they were all laid out the handfull of employees the club had at the time preferred the Crows mascot and design.

Thank Christ. It is a design that has stood the test of time and never looked dated. A real Footy jumper Unlike the other clubs who entered after us (following 90s fashion trends), both having to change the home jumper since.

 

[NSWCROW]

I remember rocking up to training in my brand spanking new crows guernsey and every knob pissed themselves laughing

 

[PrideOf]

I remember the "Sharks" was the preferred name by most in SA but (from memory)it wasn't the SA public that had the last say.The AFL decided to call us the Crows because of marketability.

I think you'll find the Sharks was ruled out because East Fremantle FC had first dibs on it and at that stage wanted to enter the VFL/AFL at some point.

 

[Coopers]

Bloody hell, I'm glad we ended up with the crows.

Arrows?

Lakers?

bleargh.

 

[Stevie_Crow]

What was the book that came out after 100 games? Something to Crow about? Can't recall. Pretty handy read if you're interested in this kind of thing.

 

[OldCrowBloke]

Sharks was being thrown around as a possibility..

I think "Sharks" was popular, but discounted due to some NRL mob having that name...

 

[Alex99]

IIRC – the Lakers was the popular nickname by the fans and that was based on the stadium location. But I couldn’t imagine how the ‘West Lakes Lakers’ would have gone now. I’m glad they decided to go with the Crows.