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Something's Coming...
In an alternate timeline, this happened....
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 cannavo
"In 1979, Fitzroy Football Club, facing financial woes, explored relocating to Sydney. President Frank Bibby and Graeme Plum saw potential during a rugby league event in Sydneys north and began planning. Despite a $300k debt by 1980, Fitzroy secured sponsors, a social club, and financial assistance from a bank for the move. In January, Bibby publicly announced Fitzroy's financial crisis, proposing relocation to North Sydney. Despite some unease from members and lack of alternatives, they eventually approved, and the club, now named "North Sydney Lions," debuted in the 1980 VFL season. The club opted to revert to the old maroon in hopes to capitalize on this new era with their original maroon base which they had all their success in and to better represent NSW, their royal blue yoke changed to light blue. The FFC monogram was altered to read NSFC and was kept in the old style. In addition to reverting to the old maroon, the club song was slightly altered in a similar fashion to Collingwood's since Premierships did not come easy as their respective club songs suggested and to reflect the rebranding. It was still sung to the tune of 'La Marseillaise'
We are the boys from Sydney's north
We're in the sky blue, and maroon too
We will always fight for victory,
And keep Fitzroy in our hearts,
Win or lose we do or die,
And in defeat we'll always try,
Oh Sydney, Northern Sydney
Where we Lions roar so loud
And make our city proud"
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Entry 2 BigChippa52
"It was 1979 and Fitzroy was struggling financially and to find a home ground, luckily the AFL had plans to move north and save this footy club so they went into discussion, the lions said yes despite some backlash from fans, they changed darkened their colors hopefully to go back when the had success along with a modernized design of an older kit the lion also replaced the monogram, 2 years later the swans nearly relocated to Sydney but instead a new side was created the Sydney kookaburras, during the early 2000's the lions would make back2back grand finals winning both this success and the kookaburras proving to be a strong side made the AFL add another expansion team the Canberra Giants, with 3 sides in rugby territory AFL is taking over"
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Entry 3 Mac Ropod
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Entry 4 troybe
"Playing and training at the picturesque North Sydney Oval, the erstwhile Fitzroy Lions found a new home north of the border. On the brink of collapse, the Lions chose to exist rather than fade away. Which meant finding a new home, a new market and most of all a new fan base. Completely revamping their image, the Lions chose to use the NSW colours while adding a monochromatic Orange in place of the colours that had been cannibalised over the years. The new fans were instantly in love with the new palette, the old were reticent. Success was the only way to entrench the new look. With a massive recruitment drive, North Sydney knew they had the players in place to make that happen. Still with 11 games in Melbourne, the Royboys were still the Lions of old but with a new flair."
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Entry 5 just_kick_it
"North Sydney Lions
The Lions have reverted back to maroon and white to recapture past glory and changed the navy blue to sky blue to recognize the city they have moved to. The yoke outline is the North Sydney skyline."
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Entry 6 SunsphereParker
"Fitzroy's financially motivated, club saving relocation to New South Wales brought with it changes to jumper and brand. To appease a disgruntled Melbourne fanbase, the maroon of old was brought back, taking the jumper to its roots, whilst the navy yoke was lightened to a NSW shade of blue; a marrying of old and new, a mark of origin and of pastures future. The now redundant FFC monogram was replaced with the passant lion of the logo. North Sydney's pioneering interstate success brought with it changes in itself; at the turns of the 90s, announcements were made by the league with plans for a 2nd Sydney franchise, capitalising on the growth of the NSW market. In answer, the North Sydney lion logo was redesigned, incorporating the city's world famous Opera House into a jagged, wild, and untamed mane. A ferocious new look that saw NSFC calling dibs on Sydney's prominent landmark before the new rival could lay its claim. In the 21st century, the Opera Lion takes pride and place on the jumper, the opera house poking up and out into a yoke of further brightened blue. The Battle of the Bridge sees North and South Sydney fight for state honours, but it's no doubt which of the two claims the honour of the city's original team."
