Hypothetical Question

[Sheeds]

Ok this question has come about due to the Port Adelaide 2004 Epic Journey DVD. At the start of the DVD it discusses how Port Adelaide got the second AFL licence and some of the happenings that went on and it makes for quite interesting viewing.

Most people saw the Norwood/Sturt merger as the main rival to Port's bid, but it was also interesting to note the plan of Central District to fold completely from the SANFL and field and AFL team out at Elizabeth. As your aware all the SANFL teams were involved one way or another in trying to get that second licence and the DVD highlights some of this.

My question to Crows supporters is that if the SANFL team that you followed got the second licence and joined the AFL would have followed them or the Crows?

There is obviously alot to take into consideration. The Crows had not had their premiership sucess before the second AFL team came in so whether this is a factor or not im not sure, or did you embrace the Crows in their formative years and already formed an attachment?

For those "older" people if you had followed an SANFL side for a significant amount of time such as being a Norwood supporter for 40 years or something I would have felt you were more attached to Norwood than say the Crows, this is a guess on my part so whether it is fair or not you tell me.


Some of the SANFL sides combined bids with a few sides so maybe this would lose some of the significance a litte, rather than just Glenelg going for the licence they were combined with South and co. Or alternateively would you have followed both sides in the AFL competition?

 

[Mong]

My question to Crows supporters is that if the SANFL team that you followed got the second licence and joined the AFL would have followed them or the Crows?

Crows.

But then again, I didn't follow an SANFL team (or AFL team for that matter) before the Crows started.

I think you'll find this question has been asked previously on this board, maybe six months ago, by dyertribe and it got a large number of responses. You might be interested in checking it out if you can find it.

 

[dA Crow]

Would have stuck with the Crows for sure. The second licence was always going to go to Port regardless of how good the bids from the other clubs/combinations would have been.

 

[Crowked]

I had never heard of Centrals going alone in a bid. I was aware of the cartel bid with everyone else bar Port, Norwood & Sturt but not as an individual club. Can anyone verify this?

I dont think anyone but Port made a serious bid for it anyway. As far as the AFL was concerned, Port were always going to get it as payment for their sale of SA footy to the Vics.

Also, would anyone consider a video made for the PAFC as a genuine recollection of the facts anyway. I'd be tipping it says it the way Port would like it to be portrayed, I'd say its probably about 10% accurate if that.

To answer the question, I would support any South Australian team except Port.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Crows.

But then again, I didn't follow an SANFL team (or AFL team for that matter) before the Crows started.

I think you'll find this question has been asked previously on this board, maybe six months ago, by dyertribe and it got a large number of responses. You might be interested in checking it out if you can find it.

What **** said

 

[Mad Dog]

Being a Centrals man for quite a number of years prior to the Crows....it would be a tough call....but come 1996 I had already invested a fair bit of emotion into the AFC so I probably wouldn't have switched.

The other thing is ........any bid by an SANFL team to join the AFL (Port Adelaide included).....was always going to dilute the essence of their previous existance, and comprimise in some ways what we had all grown up with prior to 1991.....so while it might be CDFC or PAFC in name.....the reality in terms of personnel on and off the ground as well as the establishment itself is totally different.

I would have stuck with the Crows.......but genuinely had an interest in the CDFC.


btw....(serious question).....this Epic Journey DVD.......what period does it cover if it STARTS with the clubs bid for the AFL ?.

 

[tribey]

As others have said, it's been done.

Link

 

[Mong]

As others have said, it's been done.

Link

A bit strange how most of the people who voted for the first option are Port fans. Obviously the point of it all just went over their heads.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Crows.

 

[Alex99]

That’s a good question Sheeds but already asked, if the Glenelg football club gained the second licence (not the first) I would have still followed the Adelaide Football Club but had a much greater interest in how they go. I would most definitely have memberships to both clubs and even a season ticket as well.

Adelaide Football Club all the way,Port Adelaide Football Club no way.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

IIRC the bids were
Port
STurt/Norwood
Glenelg/South
The "Cartel" (W-WT,WA,NA,and CD from memory).

Don't recall Central ever going it alone. I probably would have supported whoever Darren Jarman ended up playing with

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

IIRC the bids were
Port
STurt/Norwood
Glenelg/South
The "Cartel" (W-WT,WA,NA,and CD from memory).

Don't recall Central ever going it alone. I probably would have supported whoever Darren Jarman ended up playing with

"Glenelg/South" - I'm amazed that one didn't get the nod.

 

[johnnypanther]

now thats a hard one - as a South supporter since the late 1950s i'm sure i would probably have followed the Glenelg/South AFL side (although i thought at the time that they had about a zero chance of winning the licence) however i believe that i also would have continued to support the Crows

what i do remember thinking at the time , however, was that if Norwood achieved a defacto takeover of the Crows that then i actually would move over to the dark side (Port) and support them instead! - so incensed was i of what i perceived as Norwood trying to takeover the Crows

- in fact it was not until the 1997 prelim final win that IMO the AFC truly became a club in its own right and finally buried Norwood's attempts
(PS it may sound contradictory but i hate Ports and would barrack for Norwood if they played Port but i was very incensed at what i Perceived Norwood to be doing that i would have gone to the dark side)

 

[Macca19]

Also, would anyone consider a video made for the PAFC as a genuine recollection of the facts anyway. I'd be tipping it says it the way Port would like it to be portrayed, I'd say its probably about 10% accurate if that.

Its actually a collection of news reoprts and interviews from that time.

Mad Dog - It starts with the original bid in 1990 going thru what happened, then went thru the 1994 bid and what happened, then shows the losing finals from 02 and 03 and then goes thru every game of the 2004 season

 

[Sheeds]

Its actually a collection of news reoprts and interviews from that time.

Mad Dog - It starts with the original bid in 1990 going thru what happened, then went thru the 1994 bid and what happened, then shows the losing finals from 02 and 03 and then goes thru every game of the 2004 season

Yeah I probably could have clarified this point in my initial post,someone else has come to the rescue.

I knew Central were part of the cartel, but the news report on Central was a very early one, when they were initially looking at going the bid alone.

As stated a lot of the stuff was just news reports and whatnot.

That other thread makes for some interesting viewing.