Why no green in AFL guernsey's?

[Cleavy]

green is the AFL's colour $$$$

 

[Blackhawk42]

Simple as hell, but works.

 

[Falchoon]

I don't know if it still applies but Plymouth Argyle were the only club in the English top 4 leagues to wear green.

 

[Back One Out]

Philadelphia Eagles:

Green Bay Packers:

New York Jets

Oregon Ducks

Boston Celtics

Dallas Stars

Glasgow Celtic

Mexico

Cameroon

Nigeria

Ivory Coast

Springboks

Kangaroos

Sally Pearson

Patrick Reed, US Masters

Aussies vs South Africa

 

[BobbyMorri]

I don't know if it still applies but Plymouth Argyle were the only club in the English top 4 leagues to wear green.

yeovil town are now in the football league. They wear a light green.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

A few more

Donvale are green, black and white, which is a good combo



Their old jumper had much more green



Forest Hill



Mooroolbark



Wantirna South (against Mooroolbark - green v green)



The Basin



Endeavour Hills



Mount Waverley



And of course... the Old Eltham Turtles



SHELLS ON THEIR BACKS!

 

[ibd77]

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Doesn't trouble the NRL. Canberra Raiders all green looks great.

And South Sydney, red and green, that's got to be one of the best colour combinations ever. Maybe because it reminds me of a toffee apple.

 

[LB#16]

I have to be in the minority in thinking that green and black look terrible together. Has to be done with gold or white IMO.

 

[flamethrower]

There is only one shade of green that the AFL likes.....

 

[joeyavalanche]

I’ve always wondered this too. It may be the AFL think that it blends in with the grass too much but that is fine for many other sports, maybe it’s because the umpires wear a neon green. Which would all make sense in the greedy TV era but this dates back to the start of footy where no clubs adopted green.
In recent years port, Freo and GWS adopted untraditional colors while green sat there untouched. Would love to know the answer

 

[TheFVK]

That pic of Barry Hall mauling another opponent a few posts up is genuinely frightening. God help the poor key back who pulls that short straw.

 

[Schauermann]

There are clash guerneys. So there is probably no green because nobody would be able to seperate players in green from the grass...

 

[catstorm]

I’ve always wondered this too. It may be the AFL think that it blends in with the grass too much but that is fine for many other sports, maybe it’s because the umpires wear a neon green.

Talk about blending in

 

[Bombermania]

Can't remember the team but once saw a side with a green jumper & shorts with white across the front and back of the shoulders.

 

[00Stinger]

Seattle Sonics did when they were still around.

so do the Seattle Seahawks.

Must be a Seattle thing

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[FootyJunkie]

Sydney Celtics proposed club was going to have Geelong's jumper only green instead of navy

 

[footyfan1978]

If Tasmania ever gets an AFL team, I think it's safe to say they will feature some green in their guernseys!

 

[Roobs321]

Green to me = regional. Sides from big cities seem green averse. Tasmania (and Canberra based upon the W-League and Raiders) clearly have green at heart. Port's present strip is too close to green/black/white to make that a viable option I would think, and emphasizing white is risky with its prominence in away jumpers.

Agree with an early poster that it is best simply matched with white or black. A dark evergreen shade with white or black could be classy. A more garish combination (like the Red/Green mentioned) could work with a rambunctious club culture, but the more you populate the colour scheme you could end up early Freo.

Clubs often do the tri- or quad-colour jumpers because they are claiming a range of colours for apparel. Eagles often tried to emphasis navy blue and white for such a reason, providing club colour evidence. But over time, you are best simplifying the on-field jumpers to 2 colours, maybe three in certain circumstances (typically black or white, the Lions the exception as a merged side).

 

[SunshineBoy]

Why doesn't the grass just get an away strip?

AFL Approved?

 

[PerthBoy86]

so do the Seattle Seahawks.

Must be a Seattle thing

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Probably cos the Pacific Northwest is known for being green and having a lot of evergreen trees.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Talk about blending in
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Yeah, that one is a shocker. I watch college football, but never Boise State at home - it's just too hard to watch.

North Brunswick in the VAFA wear green too:

 

[JackFlash]

Lots of Green in suburban football, Freo used to look good in their predominately green strip in the 90's. They should still use it for away games.
IMO the Giants should've been "Sky Blue with a Green" Giant emblem. The only way Tassie works is if you have them in the state colours of "Bottle green, Yellow and Maroon" Green is a big colour in every sport except Aussie Rules at AFL level. Cricket, Soccer, Australian National teams, NFL Green Bay packers, NBA Boston Celtics. Celtic in Soccer... Green rhymes with dream, bring on a team wearing Green!

 

[joeyavalanche]

As much as I might dislike Freo and the colour purple, I think their choice for that was based on south Fremantle being red and white and East Fremantle being blue and white.

When you mix blue and red together what do you get?

 

[Johnny Karate]

Sydney Celtics proposed club was going to have Geelong's jumper only green instead of navy

Probably would’ve faced some kind of trademark infringement from Glasgow Celtic.