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Something's Coming...
In an alternate timeline, this happened....
Our Timeline: Norwood play in the SANFL
Altered Timeline: In 2024, talks of Norwood applying for the AFL began and in 2028 it became a reality
Poll will run for 3 days
The winner picks the next team from the list below or
can use their one-time self-imposed idea where they put forward an idea not listed below
Winner has 48 hours to choose or one will be chosen at random
Entry 1 Sam Hall
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Entry 2 troybe
Norwood had history and success on its CV to say it was the superior choice for Team20. Evoking Norwood’s original guernsey of 1878, the Redlegs made a slight change to a Tripanel jumper with their monogram in Old Gold in a subtle nod to the state colours of SA. Changes to their uniform set meant Norwood were able to circumvent other clubs challenges to historic elements held dear to their club.
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Entry 3 cannavo
After 2024 Gather Round, talks of Norwood being the 20th AFL team alongside Tasmania started up again and gained rapid traction. Positives included big South Australian support, partnerships with major local brands, high game attendances and experience hosting AFL games at Norwood Oval. The dream came to fruition as Norwood was announced as the 20th team alongside Tasmania to compete in the 2028 AFL season. Melbourne Demons raised the issue of brand recognition as Norwood's kits and colour scheme closely resembled their own. Norwood agreed to alter their kits heading into the AFL by reverting to their first ever guernsey with the red panel running down the middle (which coincidentally resembles the Demons first ever guernsey) with the addition of a gold stroke and the clubs monogram becoming the centrepiece to help differentiate between the two. The away/clash kit would retain their red base but swapping the half/half midway colour inversion for a more classic double yoke with the standard navy and new gold. Gold was chosen over yellow to not replicate the Adelaide Crows colour scheme and to honour their golden history made in the SANFL
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Entry 4 BigChippa52
With team 19 tassie joining the AFL 2028 talks about a team 20 started to happen with most club higher-ups and league officials not wanting 19 team comp, ideas were pushed to fold or merge a victorian club, no one wanted this so they looked at trying to bring in a 20th team at the same time Canberra was the best option but the deal with the giants won't end until 2032 and manuka needing major upgrades this was pushed aside for a later time, wa3 was considered but was scarped due to both teams struggling, this left Norwood was keen, the AFL went with this idea, with them making their home kit red as a deal with the demons and adding a stripe and white accents not changing the team completely but giving them a more identifiable design than a plain kit and to keep them different from the demons
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Entry 5 Mac Ropod
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Entry 6 Mick Pica - In future, please put all jumpers into 1 image
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Entry 7 Burnsy01 - I took the liberty of cropping your image
Alternate timeline categories
Bold - Completed with poll results
Mergers
- Melbourne - St Kilda merger (1995)
- Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
- Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
- Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
- Fitzroy - Brisbane (Fitzroy Bears)
- Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne
- Saints relocate to NZ
- Essendon relocate to NT to become Alice Springs
- Hawthorn relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)
- South Melbourne relocate to Tasmania
- South Melbourne relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy complete move to North Sydney - 1980
- Footscray relocate to Queensland - 1981
- West Coast Eagles to the SANFL
- Brisbane Bears to the SANFL
- Fitzroy to the SANFL - 1981
- Footscray to the SANFL - 1981
- Adelaide Uni to the SANFL - 1991 (cannot use only black and white)
- Collingwood to the SANFL - 1997
- East Perth to the VFL - 1980
- Norwood to the AFL
- Launceston to the AFL
- Essendon to the WAFL
- Port Adelaide crows join the AFL - 1991
- Papua New Guinea enter the AFL
- Mount Gambier join the SANFL
- Limestone Coast join the SANFL
- Sydney enter as a separate team (Bloods stay in Vic)
- Darwin join the AFL - 1991
- Public Service Football Club join the VFL
- Gold Coast fold, new North Queensland team take their place - 2030
- NZ enter 90's State of Origin
- Broome become the 2nd WA AFL team
- Gold Coast hijack Brisbane Bears VFL entry - 1986
- West Coast Eagles VFL kits altered due to Williamstown sharing the same colours
- GWS keep their 'Team GWS' colours
- Port Adelaide retain their Magenta
- Adelaide's hurried concept
(Adelaide board hastily attain clothes from local sport store and use the 5 colours to design their new AFL team)
- Hawthorn release Ochre jumper - 2000
- Skittle's sponsor Essendon and release special guernsey
- Heidelberg Warriors align with Collingwood for 1 season - 1996
- Melbourne remain as The Fuchsias
- Melbourne remain as The Invincible Whites
- Collingwood remain as Britannia
