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[Damo Crows Fan]

Queensland's loss:

The South Queensland Sharks were told by the league at the end of the 1998 season that they would not be considered for the 1999 season. This was put down to a lack of support, and a lack of success on field, compared to their big city rivals.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

Part 4:

By 2014, the AFC had reached it's peak. After almost two decades of conflict between the News lmtd and AFL factions, peace an prosperity was finally on the horizon.

An independent commission in charge of the game had finally been created in 2012. The AFL had been in charge of running the game since the merger, but News lmtd still owned almost half the clubs in the league, which inevitably lead to conflict amongst the factions. The independent commission created an unbiased and objective body to run the games scheduling, budgeting and corporate agernda, leaving the News lmtd and former AFL factions to run the clubs.

The clubs themselves had also undergone some massive changes, with new jumpers, some new clubs, and a shocking relocation of an old favourite.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

Adelaide and Port Adelaide

The Crows and Magpies had undergone very little change over the journey, except for their away jumpers. The Crows had started using a white kit for the first time in 2011, and the Magpies adopted a controversial, State team inspired away jumper in 2012.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

West Coast and Fremantle

The Eagles moved away from their iconic winged jumpers in 2008, adopting the more traditional, Western Australian jumper. The Dockers also moved towards a more traditional jumper, inspired by the original Fremantle football clubs jumper.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

Brisbane and Melbourne

While Brisbane remained a relatively strong club, despite their natural disadvantages, the Melbourne Demons rapidly declined as both an on field team and as an off field business entity. The club suffered under mounting debt, and struggled to initiate new methods of generating income.In 2012, the brand new Independent Commission approached the club with a multimillion dollar deal to re locate to the Gold Coast, and merge with the South Coast Sharks, who had attempted several unsuccessful bids to rejoin the big league. Melbourne begrudgingly agreed to the deal, but lost fans in the footballing heartland as a result. However, the South Queensland Demons now financially sound, and are building a strong list of talented young players.

 

[Klim]

Brisbane and Melbourne

While Brisbane remained a relatively strong club, despite their natural disadvantages, the Melbourne Demons rapidly declined as both an on field team and as an off field business entity. The club suffered under mounting debt, and struggled to initiate new methods of generating income.In 2012, the brand new Independent Commission approached the club with a multimillion dollar deal to re locate to the Gold Coast, and merge with the South Coast Sharks, who had attempted several unsuccessful bids to rejoin the big league. Melbourne begrudgingly agreed to the deal, but lost fans in the footballing heartland as a result. However, the South Queensland Demons now financially sound, and are building a strong list of talented young players.

Would be better if Brisbane's third would not be blue seeing as it's NSW's colour. Maybe maroon with white lion or vice-versa?

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

NSW

Sydney, after the turmoil of the NFC War, had become a football savey city, following the success of the Swans in the 2005 Grand Final. It was also a target for a second team since the mid naughties, but no Melbourne side had expected lucrative offers to relocate. Even the Demons, who were in massive financial strife by the end of the decade, outright refused to relocate to the untried and unknown market. Eventually the competition had to take matters into their own hands, and created the West Sydney Wolves, based out of the old Olympic Park precinct.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

Victoria and Tasmania

Little would change to the Melbourne based clubs (aside from the Demons) during the mid to late nuaghties and into the next decade. Some jumper changes were made, but largely the clubs would continue on as they always had. Esseendon and the establishment would continue a bitter mistrust and resentment, as would Collingwood to a lesser extent, who had removed any moniker from their name, but refused to retire the sacred magpie logo and black and white striped home jumper.

Further south, the Southern Saints had truly embraced the Tasmanian market, and had even maintained a strong presence in the south of Victoria. An agreement with the AFC and Tasmanian state government allowing the club to play 4 home games in Hobart, 4 home games in Launceston, and 3 home games in Melbourne aloud them keep a strong and loyal membership base in Victoria, as well as helping them to stretch across the North -South Tasmanian divide.

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

Would be better if Brisbane's third would not be blue seeing as it's NSW's colour. Maybe maroon with white lion or vice-versa?

Honestly, I got so caught up in the maroon and sky blue scheme I hadn't even thought about that! Will look into it

 

[chibimatty]

Bring back the Perth Royals! BOOO!

 

[Damo Crows Fan]

BUMP

Lads, made some changes to this, inserting a team I've always wanted to put in but didn't for some silly reason at first. The team is the Geelong Highwaymen, a team that mirrors the Hunter Mariners in the REAL Superleague war.