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[HARPSichord]

OMG it's GANTY.

 

[The Half Back]

OMG it's GANTY.

welcome back Ganty, you have been severely missed

 

[Silent Alarm]

Just finished watching Biffs, Bumps and Brawlers 2 one of the clips was Fitzroy vs Footscray. Fitzroy were wearing yellow shorts and Footscray were wearing red shorts. The Footscray jumper looked like the one the used in the 80s and 90s before they added the Bulldog.

Does anyone on here know if this was a regular occurrence or just a odd one off for the game in the clip?

In the first year of colour TV in Australia, clubs altered their strips. Melbourne's navy became almost royal, Essendon and Richmond flirted with red and yellow shorts respectively. Fitzroy lightened their red and blue. But that's mostly a background peripheral.

Fitzroy wore yellow shorts away from home. This was for one season – (1975) the year colour TVs were available.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

went thru s.a's clubs n found these 2 that i liked the most. some odd designs in sa
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[just_kick_it]

welcome back Ganty, you have been severely missed

Aha thanks for the warm welcome back guys. Like Ive said a couple of times now I want to get back into designing but I have run into a bit of wall in the good idea and insipration department.

 

[just_kick_it]

In the first year of colour TV in Australia, clubs altered their strips. Melbourne's navy became almost royal, Essendon and Richmond flirted with red and yellow shorts respectively. Fitzroy lightened their red and blue. But that's mostly a background peripheral.

Fitzroy wore yellow shorts away from home. This was for one season – (1975) the year colour TVs were available.

Thanks Silent Alarm. Yeh I did know that some of the teams did some wierd stuff with jumper and shorts colours when colour TV was introduced but I didnt know about Fitzroys yellow shorts and Footscrays red shorts. A bit weird of them both to be worn in the same game.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Well, the '75 Footscray home strip had red shorts. So it wasn't an away shorts vs away shorts occurrence. It was the Bulldogs' regular home against Fitzroy's away.

 

[PAFC_04]

went thru s.a's clubs n found these 2 that i liked the most. some odd designs in sa
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Where do you look through every single club's guernseys? Sounds interesting. Nothing wrong with my club's black and white stripes though

Three clubs I support wear the best three jumpers in the country actually:

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Saafl i think n went thru all clubs n theres a pic of each teams jumper like above when u click on there name. Was suprised to see a club from alberton that started in 1997 wearing port power jimpers. & also a side wearing the prisionbars.

 

[lmach]

Where do you look through every single club's guernseys? Sounds interesting. Nothing wrong with my club's black and white stripes though

Three clubs I support wear the best three jumpers in the country actually:

Haha not even close mate, I don't like the prison bars tbh, don't see what's so special about them or the Port 'v'.

PS: You support Collingwood??

 

[BennyW]

Really Omegaville ?? Comment on my status ? Really ??

 

[Andonis1997]

Um, what? What are you on about? Facebook?

 

[Willo #6]

Assuming you guys are Facebook friends Benny, what's wrong with that?

 

[PAFC_04]

Haha not even close mate, I don't like the prison bars tbh, don't see what's so special about them or the Port 'v'.

PS: You support Collingwood??

They're just bold, classic jumpers. A lot of why the prison bars are so special is because of what they have represented over the years - success. Not only is the design itself unique and intimidating enough, but the teams and players over the years who have worn it are as well. Like it or not the Port Adelaide football club is the most successful in the country and has produced some of the greatest individual teams of all times. When teams come up against this they're intimidated by the success and pride that the guernsey and club have been a part of. Like earning a baggy green for example its a huge honour at the club to be given the opportunity to wear the prison bars.

And hell no :eel: Hate the club! The local club that I play for/support wears that

 

[Gibbsy]

Assuming you guys are Facebook friends Benny, what's wrong with that?

Exactly. He has every right to comment on your status if you accepted his friend request, or vice versa.

 

[E92_]

They're just bold, classic jumpers. A lot of why the prison bars are so special is because of what they have represented over the years - success. Not only is the design itself unique and intimidating enough, but the teams and players over the years who have worn it are as well. Like it or not the Port Adelaide football club is the most successful in the country and has produced some of the greatest individual teams of all times. When teams come up against this they're intimidated by the success and pride that the guernsey and club have been a part of. Like earning a baggy green for example its a huge honour at the club to be given the opportunity to wear the prison bars.

And hell no :eel: Hate the club! The local club that I play for/support wears that

Prison Bars are overrated...

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

All west coast eagles jumpers are overated & overpriced.

 

[PAFC_04]

All west coast eagles jumpers are overated & overpriced.

This! The only people who dislike the prison bars are WC fans. I think the yellow peril and ochre (especially) are EXTREMELY overrated

 

[Silent Alarm]

Prison Bars are overrated. Definitely. Fitzroy had the best footy jumper. East Fremantle's penguin strip is a close second.

 

[Willo #6]

This! The only people who dislike the prison bars are WC fans. I think the yellow peril and ochre (especially) are EXTREMELY overrated

Yellow peril>>>>>>>Prison bars imo

 

[E92_]

This! The only people who dislike the prison bars are WC fans. I think the yellow peril and ochre (especially) are EXTREMELY overrated

I don't dislike the bars, it's a good jumper but it's a pretty overrated jumper considering it's basically a normal striped jumper with thinner stripes and with the stripes cut off under the cuffs.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

This! The only people who dislike the prison bars are WC fans. I think the yellow peril and ochre (especially) are EXTREMELY overrated

Ima wce fan & prision bars is my one of my fav jumpers. Comes a close 2nd to brisbane bears v jumper

 

[PAFC_04]

Yellow Peril's just a phase highlighted by its use this year and the sheer amount of adoring WC fans on this board. The eagles won't use it for another 10 years and soon enough people will get over it again soon enough. If Port wear the prison bars next year the same thing will happen, everyone will fall in love with it again. Don't get me wrong, the peril is good but very dated and overrated. A modern version would look nowhere near as good either meaning its doubtful to make a full-time return anytime soon.
The prison bars are a true iconic, intimidating and traditional design which actually has true meaning to the club. That's the difference imo...

 

[PAFC_04]

I don't dislike the bars, it's a good jumper but it's a pretty overrated jumper considering it's basically a normal striped jumper with thinner stripes and with the stripes cut off under the cuffs.

Yeah, I understand where you're coming from but really it is still pretty unique. As I said, I think a lot of it has to do with the meaning of the jumper and what it represents (the true Port Adelaide), something the peril lacks. It just has some natural intimidation which nothing else really has.
Anyway pretty pointless comparing jumpers, especially two that are so different Let's move on, we all have different biases and opinions which is fair enough

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Yellow Peril's just a phase highlighted by its use this year and the sheer amount of adoring WC fans on this board. The eagles won't use it for another 10 years and soon enough people will get over it again soon enough. If Port wear the prison bars next year the same thing will happen, everyone will fall in love with it again. Don't get me wrong, the peril is good but very dated and overrated. A modern version would look nowhere near as good either meaning its doubtful to make a full-time return anytime soon.
The prison bars are a true iconic, intimidating and traditional design which actually has true meaning to the club. That's the difference imo...

The thing i love about the prision bars is that it has some history 2 it. What is it 33 odd flag wins in it and a huge tradition and history.

My club west coast sadly has not been around for long. We do not have much history. The club actually annoys me. Trying to cash in on the stupid 25th year jumper all it is , is a money grab. Taking the wealthy w.a public for a ride. It has no history! We only played in that yellow jumper about 25 times. Bloody damien adtkins michael collica probly played more games for the club thanwe wore that jumper.

And we all know port would have killed to wear that prision bars in the afl from its inception in 1997