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I am disappointed we arent using the same jumper as last year. I thought it was a good design and our only real option. To use a state jumper is not the way to go IMO. I really dont give a rats toss bag what Port do because it has nothing to do with us, but apparently Port arent happy with our submission for the state jumper.
Here's Rucci's thoughts.
Showdown over heritage guernsey
By MICHELANGELO RUCCI
15jun05
PORT Adelaide and the Crows are destined for another off-field brawl before a Showdown. This time it will not be a fight over what the August 13 derby is called, but the guernsey each side wears in the match.
The Crows have again controversially sought to wear a state jumper - the very first worn by a South Australian state team in 1879 against Victoria in Melbourne.
After being denied access to any state team jumpers last year, Adelaide this time has been granted unanimous approval from the SA Football Commission to adopt the 1879 state guernsey and amend it with Crows logos.
The first state jumper, worn against Victoria, was white with red-and-blue hoops.
The Power has asked to wear a black-and-white striped jumper, as donned by the Bob Quinn-led Port teams in the SANFL in the 1930s. The AFL has rejected the move.
Port, which has worn black-and-white and magenta-and-blue as its heritage guernsey in the past two seasons, will don one if its 19th Century jumpers in Showdown XVIII.
Both the AFL denying Port access to its black-and-white jumper and the SA Football Commission approving Adelaide wearing a state guernsey will create deep controversy.
SANFL chief executive Leigh Whicker said yesterday: "The commission had a fresh look at the issue and unanimously endorsed the Adelaide board's request to adopt the first state jumper."
Port Adelaide chief executive John James yesterday was livid in response.
"The state jumper is sacrosanct," said James. "For a club to wear a state jumper is, as was appreciated last year, out of order."
Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg yesterday would not discuss the club's heritage plans because of a confidentiality agreement with the AFL.
"We are waiting for AFL approval and have agreed to say nothing until then," Trigg said.
He did confirm Adelaide would not wear last year's heritage jumper which was the Crows' inaugural 1991 guernsey with the club shield on the front.
"We were quite pleased with that jumper but we want to do something different this year," Trigg said.
Port asked the AFL in March for approval to revive its SANFL jumper with thick black and white vertical stripes - not the prison-bar jumper the club made famous in the SANFL.
But the AFL says the Power must not wear black and white for three years after first donning the prison-bar jumper in heritage week against Carlton in 2003.
"That was a verbal agreement with the AFL - and we will honour it," said James, who was not with the Power when the deal was struck with the league.
"Our preference was to wear black and white because that is the heritage of our club; they are the colours to which many of our supporters have a strong affinity.
"The AFL has asked us to stay away from black and white for three years. We'll do that to avoid a messy debate.
"Thankfully, our club has a long history dating back to 1870 and there are other options for our heritage jumper."
Those options include blue and white from its first start in 1870 to 1878; pink and white from 1878; the varied magenta jumpers of the late 1800s and the out-of-bounds black and white from 1902. Port put its preference to guernsey supplier Nike last month.
The heritage jumper debate will spice the derby just as the lead-up to Showdown XVII in April was tainted by the saga as to what the game would be called after a change of sponsors. SA Brewing, when it sponsored both the Crows and Power, developed the Showdown brand.
The Crows this year took up sponsorship from Carlton Beveridges while the Power remains backed by SA Brewing.
The clubs ultimately agreed, despite their sponsorship differences, to maintain the popular Showdown name.
Thoughts?
Here's Rucci's thoughts.
Showdown over heritage guernsey
By MICHELANGELO RUCCI
15jun05
PORT Adelaide and the Crows are destined for another off-field brawl before a Showdown. This time it will not be a fight over what the August 13 derby is called, but the guernsey each side wears in the match.
The Crows have again controversially sought to wear a state jumper - the very first worn by a South Australian state team in 1879 against Victoria in Melbourne.
After being denied access to any state team jumpers last year, Adelaide this time has been granted unanimous approval from the SA Football Commission to adopt the 1879 state guernsey and amend it with Crows logos.
The first state jumper, worn against Victoria, was white with red-and-blue hoops.
The Power has asked to wear a black-and-white striped jumper, as donned by the Bob Quinn-led Port teams in the SANFL in the 1930s. The AFL has rejected the move.
Port, which has worn black-and-white and magenta-and-blue as its heritage guernsey in the past two seasons, will don one if its 19th Century jumpers in Showdown XVIII.
Both the AFL denying Port access to its black-and-white jumper and the SA Football Commission approving Adelaide wearing a state guernsey will create deep controversy.
SANFL chief executive Leigh Whicker said yesterday: "The commission had a fresh look at the issue and unanimously endorsed the Adelaide board's request to adopt the first state jumper."
Port Adelaide chief executive John James yesterday was livid in response.
"The state jumper is sacrosanct," said James. "For a club to wear a state jumper is, as was appreciated last year, out of order."
Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg yesterday would not discuss the club's heritage plans because of a confidentiality agreement with the AFL.
"We are waiting for AFL approval and have agreed to say nothing until then," Trigg said.
He did confirm Adelaide would not wear last year's heritage jumper which was the Crows' inaugural 1991 guernsey with the club shield on the front.
"We were quite pleased with that jumper but we want to do something different this year," Trigg said.
Port asked the AFL in March for approval to revive its SANFL jumper with thick black and white vertical stripes - not the prison-bar jumper the club made famous in the SANFL.
But the AFL says the Power must not wear black and white for three years after first donning the prison-bar jumper in heritage week against Carlton in 2003.
"That was a verbal agreement with the AFL - and we will honour it," said James, who was not with the Power when the deal was struck with the league.
"Our preference was to wear black and white because that is the heritage of our club; they are the colours to which many of our supporters have a strong affinity.
"The AFL has asked us to stay away from black and white for three years. We'll do that to avoid a messy debate.
"Thankfully, our club has a long history dating back to 1870 and there are other options for our heritage jumper."
Those options include blue and white from its first start in 1870 to 1878; pink and white from 1878; the varied magenta jumpers of the late 1800s and the out-of-bounds black and white from 1902. Port put its preference to guernsey supplier Nike last month.
The heritage jumper debate will spice the derby just as the lead-up to Showdown XVII in April was tainted by the saga as to what the game would be called after a change of sponsors. SA Brewing, when it sponsored both the Crows and Power, developed the Showdown brand.
The Crows this year took up sponsorship from Carlton Beveridges while the Power remains backed by SA Brewing.
The clubs ultimately agreed, despite their sponsorship differences, to maintain the popular Showdown name.
Thoughts?
