cannavo
LFG #16
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 BigChippa52
"It was 1997, Essendon and Carlton would face off in a special one-off match the "Candy Man Match" with Carlton representing M&M's in a sky blue kit, Skittles gave the dons a good cash incentive to have something made up, what they ended up with was the skittles rainbow being used as a sash with the Essendon bomber making said rainbow, red numbers, and collar and cuffs were added to the kit to have the clubs colors still in the kit, with skittles sponsors on the kit as well, Essendon would go on to win the match giving skittles the title of the best candy in Aus"
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Entry 2 SunsphereParker
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Entry 3 Haymo_of_thor
"The late nineties and early noughties were an interesting time in Australian football, the invention of printed guernseys made old woolen and canvas uniforms old and obsolete, and because of how much easier and faster it was to make guernseys, the clubs experimented with some famous and more commonly infamous designs. Adelaide's flying crow, Collingwood's barcode magpie Fremantle's 3d anchor, the well-known West Coast ochre design, but possibly the most infamous and universally disliked design was the Essendon Bombers Skittles Guernsey.
In 1997 Essendon signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Skittles, one which still runs to this day. A major component of the Skittles sponsorship was that Essendon had to wear a guernsey that carried a heavy inspiration to the American Candy, this guernsey had to be worn in one televised game every season. Much to the dismay of its members Essendon's Skittle's jumper was debuted in Round 1, 1997 against the Bomber's arch-rivals, the Carlton Blues, who were also fulfilling a contractual need. They wore an M&M-inspired guernsey, and so Round 1 1997 saw the first, and only "SUGAR SHOWDOWN" where Essendon defeated Carlton by 7 points at the MCG.
The Bombers later discovered a loop-hole in their contractual obligation, and now due to the amount of pre-season games that are televised on FOX, have worn the 'Skittles-Sash' in all pre-season games since 2011."
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Entry 4 cannavo
"It's 1997 and Essendon have pocketed a neat $250k thanks to a sponsorship and marketing initiative never before seen in the AFL. Confectionary giants Mars, Inc. reached out to the footy world to propose a one-off marketing stunt to promote Skittles. Rumours swirled that rivals Carlton were closing in on a similar venture with M&M's, so the club jumped on board and got to creating a one-off guernsey. They settled with the Skittles rainbow featured in their logo as the sash enveloped in the clubs traditional black and red colours. The back featured a single Skittle candy which had the players number inside it. After the game, the jumpers were auctioned off resulting in more funds for the Bombers and exposure for Mars, Inc down under. James Hird's jumper brought in the most cash as the '5' looked like an 'S' which made it look like a Skittle!"
Alternate timeline categories
Bold - Completed with poll results
Mergers
- Melbourne and St Kilda merged - 1995
- Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
- Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
- Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
- Fitzroy merge with Brisbane to become the Fitzroy Bears
- Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne
- Saints relocate to NZ
- Essendon relocates to NT to become Alice Springs
- Hawthorn relocates to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocates to Canberra
- Fitzroy move 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 enter the SANFL
- Brisbane Bears enter 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 accepted as the 2nd SA team in the AFL
- Launceston apply for the AFL
- Essendon apply for 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 AFL 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 Brittania
