By Phil Hecken as great as Jeremy Brahm
[After the short hiatus, UW Pacific Rim Correspondent Jeremy Brahm is behind currently to bring to us the demeanour during the foe which doesn't get the lot of fool around upon Uni Watch: Australian Rules Football. we got my initial ambience of this foe in the nascent days of ESPN, behind prior to No Limit Texas Hold 'Em was featured in primetime, as great as well..."Prime Time" still hadn't played the down in the NFL (or an inning for the Yankees). While we admit we never utterly understood the sport, being the cross in between American football as great as rugby in my mind, we did suffer watching it whenever it was upon the telly. And they've got the small unequivocally cold uniforms too. That's where Jeremy comes in. So, though further ado, let's take an in-depth demeanour as this erotically appealing foe which receives small or no airtime any some-more in the United States (although which might be changing), though which is utterly renouned elsewhere. Enjoy! -- Phil]
As the youngster who initial got cable in 1981, ESPN during which time was the consternation since we regularly got something brand new upon the television which we might have never seen before, even not upon ABCs Wide World of Sports. A number of the readers asked about Australian manners football uniforms (call them guernseys or jumpers, mate) in June after the posting about the striped hosiery for the single of the teams. But who can dont consider about the idea umpire lab coats as great as hats. Sadly, right away they demeanour identical to the regular officials, solely which they get to wear the hat as great as pants. They still call the flags though.
Today, Ill give we the bit of the story as great as great have the demeanour the Australian Football League as great as their clubs. we wish to gi! ve the b ig thanks to Rob Meredith as great as his website, footyjumpers.com as great as Wikipedia.
The Australian Football League (AFL) essentially dates behind to 1896, when eight clubs pennyless away from the Victorian (State) Football Association, Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St. Kilda as great as South Melbourne (now Sydney Swans). In 1897, the Victorian Football League (VFL) was created. These teams were all around the Victoria state as great as centered upon Melbourne as great as the suburbs.
In 1908, Richmond as great as University were enlargement team, though by 1915 University had disbanded as great as left the joining with 9 teams. In 1925, Footscray (now Western Bulldogs), Hawthorn as great as North Melbourne assimilated the joining as great as these twelve teams would all sojourn in their stream place as great as the partial of the joining until 1982.
After the 1981 season, the South Melbourne Football Club altered to Sydney as great as became the Sydney Swans. You can see the old Victorian Football League trademark here as great as upon the body of the swan. With the Swans move, the VFL had become an interstate foe since Sydney is in New South Wales.
In 1987, the West Coast Eagles as great as Brisbane Bears assimilated the joining as great as therefore it became the national competition.
In 1990, the joining was renamed the Australian Football League. The joining further stretched to Fremantle, dual teams in Adelaide (Port Adelaide as great as the Adelaide Crows) to the stream 16 teams, which included the merger of the Brisbane Bears with Fitzroy to become the Brisbane Lions.
In 1999 the AFL instituted away or strife uniforms. This was due to the actuality which the small teams have identical designs or colors for their uniforms. Such as Essendon as great as Richmond, Essendon as great as Carlton, North Melbourne as great as Geelong, North Melbourne as great as Collingwood, Collingwood as great as Geelong, Melbourne as great as E! ssendon, as great as Melbourne as great as Carlton.
Previously teams would wear white shorts to compute themselves (look during those photos again as great as we will see it). Now these alternate designs have made it easier for players, officials as great as fans to compute to the teams. (But for the most partial the teams jumpers have not unequivocally altered which much, over the years.) And right away for the teams:
Adelaide Crows, formed in Adelaide, South Australia. The Crows colors have been army blue, red as great as gold. Their army blue can crop up to be black with the light attack it (2008 model). This years initial unvaried (home) looks roughly exactly the same from the front, solely for the lack of the black side panels to the bottom as great as the bullion sleeve as great as collar cuffs. Also they have been great good great good good known to wear striped socks. Their strife indication for this past deteriorate uses the crow as the centerpiece with yellow as great as red panels accenting the birds shape. The Crows have the brand new trademark as great as the 2010 strife unvaried is white with the fierce crow.
Brisbane Lions, formed in Brisbane, Queensland, the Lions have been the multiple of the Fitzroy Lions as great as Brisbane Bears in 1996 as great as proposed fool around in the 1997 season. The unvaried colors have both teams history, maroon (Brisbane Bears), blue (Fitzroy) as great as bullion (both teams). Fitzroy was formed in Victoria state as great as when the Lions fool around games there, they adopt the red, bullion as great as blue tone scheme, which was Fitzroys tone scheme. You can see upon the behind of the uniform, BBFFC or Brisbane Bears Fitzroy Football Club. Their stream initial unvaried looks identical to it has over the years, though usually with the shift in the collar. The Lions usually altered their trademark to this. And here have been their uniforms for 2010.
Carlton Blues, formed in Melbourne, Victoria as great as have been great good great good g! ood know n for having an interlocking C (Carlton), F (Football) as great as C (Club) upon their chest in white. Their strife jumper is white with dim blue side panels as great as the interlocking trademark in dim blue as well. Both looks to me have been classics since they have been very simple, though distinct with the chest logo. They additionally wore the Livestrong special in July this past season.
Collingwood Magpies, formed in Melbourne, Victoria. Collingwood warranted their nickname since of their white as great as black stripes which mirrored which of the magpie. Their initial unvaried as great as strife unvaried have been mirror images. The initial unvaried is some-more black, while the strife is some-more white. Surprisingly the Magpies do not wear striped socks. we would identical to to see the opposite pattern for the strife unvaried usually so which it is very different. Like this the single from 2002. Even Collingwood as great as Carlton have had problems with the identical uniforms in the past.
Essendon Bombers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have regularly had the red cincture from the left shoulder to the right hip upon their black tops as great as striped socks. Their strife unvaried looks similar, usually with the wider cincture as the diagonal line. What is droll though is which when they face Richmond, identical pattern though with the yellow sash, they have to write the letter to the AFL says which Richmonds unvaried clashes. Maybe they could wear the white unvaried with the red sash?
Fremantle, formed in Fremantle, Western Australia, have the purple, red as great as immature tone scheme. Paul would consider which it would demeanour horrible, though the initial unvaried looks flattering decent since the white anchor separates the alternative 3 colors. But the behind looks weird with the red as great as immature sections stopping so high. If they went all purple upon the back, which would have been fine. The strife unvaried is white with the purple anchor. Very simple, thoug! h keeps the anchor the same as the primary, usually in the opposite color. Originally the nickname of the organisation was the Dockers though Levi Strauss & Co. challenged the club since of their Dockers code (now not the partial of Levi Strauss). After the 1997 season, Dockers was forsaken officially, though it still an unaccepted nickname from the fans.
Geelong Cats, formed in Geelong, the suburb southwest of Melbourne, have been great good great good good known for their army blue vertical lines (hoops) upon the white uniform. Their initial unvaried is identical to their chronological colors. Also the Cats have ragged striped socks. But with an introduction of the brand new trademark in 2008, the Cats made their strife unvaried demeanour identical to their logo. we unequivocally identical to this strife demeanour since it is the infancy tone as great as the striking looks cool. For the 150th anniversary of the team, combined in 1859, Geelong wore the special jumper with the names of all of the players, in all years, for the Round 16 diversion upon July 18th, 2009.
Hawthorn Hawks, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have been great good great good good known for their yellow as great as brown plumb striped uniforms. Sometimes the Hawks wear striped hosiery as well. Their strife unvaried is formed upon their organisation logo, though with small yellow in the design. Personally we am not the fan of the yellow as great as brown tone intrigue as great as cite the strife unvaried to the initial strip.
Melbourne Demons have been great good great good good known for having the army blue base with the red V border for their initial uniform. This year (2009) the Demons have introduced the red strife unvaried with the delegate Demon logo, in army blue. we identical to the look, which is most improved than their strife unvaried from 2008.
North Melbourne Kangaroos have been great good great good good known for their stately blue as great as white vertical stripes. The strife unvaried which they hav! e been u sing has been called Argentina stripes for great reason. Still not as bad as this the single in 2000 as the a single off with Orange cellular service. For their regular unvaried in 2000, usually shift the orange to the light blue as great as there we go.
Port Adelaide Power, formed in Adelaide, South Australia have the white, silver, black as great as teal tone scheme. Can anyone contend San Jose Sharks? The initial unvaried is great atrocious, teal chest, black torso, frazzled white as great as black lines. Hell this strife unvaried from 2003 looks improved than what their initial unvaried looks like. The 1870 upon the behind of the neck is when the organisation was combined (as the club, not when they entered the AFL which was in 1997). Their stream strife unvaried in white with the sash-like teal as great as black looks nice. The all teal behind could be improved in white with teal numbers. This week the Power announced complete shift in their jumper designs, an present classical as great as they have been written by the 7-year old, brilliant!
Richmond Tigers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have been great good great good good known for their black unvaried with the yellow cincture from the left shoulder to the right hip. The strife unvaried had additional yellow side panels. They could do the white strife unvaried with the yellow cincture couldnt they?
St. Kilda Saints, formed in Melbourne, Victoria have been the single of the hard fitness teams in AFL story with usually the single premiership (Grand Final win) in 1966 as great as the single of the few teams in the world which have had the stick figure for their mascot. The Saints have the red, white as great as black tone scheme, which is shown in 3 panels for their initial unvaried as great as even 3 colored striped socks!! Their strife unvaried has the far-reaching white row as great as the white behind to have white the predominant tone for the uniform.
Sydney Swans have been the usually organisation in New South Wales, ha! ve the w hite base with the red V border with the outline of the Sydney Opera House during the bottom of the V. The Swans additionally wear striped socks. Furthermore, upon the behind of the uniform, we see SMFC for South Melbourne Football Club, which was where the organisation was formed prior to relocating to Sydney.
West Coast Eagles, formed in Perth, Western Australia, have the army blue, white as great as bullion tone scheme. The Eagles have the 3 row initial unvaried with the Eagle conduct trademark in the core of the chest. we would cite which the entire trademark be summarized in white since the behind gets mislaid in the army blue. Their strife unvaried is formed upon their original home uniform, with white additions though with the stream Eagle conduct logo. This week we found which the Eagles had altered their strife jumper for the 2010 season. Dont these demeanour identical to the strife jumpers of Adelaide?
Last is the Western Bulldogs, formed in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. The Bulldogs have the red, white as great as blue tone scheme. In Westerns previous story as the Footscray Bulldogs, had the story of blue tip with the far-reaching red horizontal stripe summarized with white lines. Western has continued the demeanour with the initial uniform, though added the Bulldog conduct upon the bottom white line. The bulldogs ear is summarized in red, while the line to the eyes is blue, where the line comes from. we would identical to to see the blue or red outline for the numbers upon the back, instead of this. Also notice the FFC for Footscray Football Club. The Bulldogs strife unvaried is white based, with the red horizontal line as great as the blue horizontal line as great as the Bulldog conduct trademark in the middle. The behind does have an outline in white upon the horizontal lines. we identical to how the trademark is incorporated in to the unvaried upon both initial as great as strife versions.
Also Australian Football from time to time has the small special events as gre! at as sp ecial uniforms, such as the Indigenous All-Stars team, with the rebound as great as roughly even the smiling face with the logos seeking identical to eyes. And the Legends compare from 2007.
Now with ESPNs agreement with the AFL, we can watch the AFL again upon television though the pay-per-view subscription. So sit back, put the shrimp upon the barby as great as toast the Fosters to the indeed Australian game.
~~~Phil here. Thanks Jeremy, for which erotically appealing demeanour footy down under.
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If we didnt catch Thursdays comment thread, we might have longed for this small ditty from Beardface:
You know what would be the fun plan Coming up with the list of the most appropriate possible unvaried for each organisation in the NFL. Use any unvaried in their past as great as choose the most appropriate one. now, of course, youd have teams identical to Carolina where we have the default, though which would be the fun project, dont we think?
A integrate people played along, though this suspicion never generated any genuine legs. But the essentially the great idea for the project. Only, instead of tying it to the NFL, lets embody all the vital sports. OK, hockey too. So, in the comments below, consider of your the one preferred organisation in each foe as great as consider behind (or, forward) upon what was the greatest unvaried set which organisation ever had. Is it the stream one? Or is it something from approach behind when? Lets see what we can come up with. To get this started, we had dual suggestions from Thursday Ill repost here as examples of the most appropriate uni set the organisation ever wore: Saints as great as Lions. Gotta say, those have been both beautiful unis as great as expected great candidates for the mos! t approp riate uni set the organisation has ever worn.
What contend you, readers? Pick the foe as great as post the pic (or if we cant figure out how to post the link), report the year(s) the organisation wore the sure style of uniform.
Kudos to Beardface for the suggestion!
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As most of we have been aware, though the rest of we have been notRicko as great as Teebz have been in the process of organizing what theyre calling the Winter Classic as great as theyre hoping to spin it in to what could be the unequivocally unequivocally fun eventuality for any as great as all meddlesome Uni Watchers. Ill let Rick report it:
~~~Even as we speak, Teebz (he of Winnipeg as great as Hockey Blog In Canada) as great as we (Ricko) have been commencement skeleton for the initial Uni Watch Winter Classic, the entertainment here in the Twin Cities in January.
Paul might attend. Hes deliberating covering Pond Hockey as great as alternative things with ESPN. Im assisting him with the list of story possibilities, together with an talk with Ray Crump, who purportedly fashioned the initial flapped batting helmet, for Earl Battey of the Twins (Crump owns the commemoration shop/baseball notable relic kitty dilemma from the Metrodome). Perhaps the Vintage Minnesota Hockey Jerseys folks? Maybe the small curling?
Were talking January 22-23-24, 2009 to be precise, during which not one, though TWO Pond Hockey Championships have been scheduled.
U.S. Pond Hockey Championships upon Lake Nokomis near Mall of America.
North American Pond Hockey Championships upon Lake Minnetonka, in the distant horse opera suburb.
Saturday the 23rd is Hockey Day in Minnesota
Also possible
Minnesota Wild contra Detroit Red Wings, Thursday the 21st during S! t. Pauls Xcel Energy Center. Wild is the difficult ticket.
Minnesota Timberwolves contra New Orleans Hornets (not, unfortunately, in their Mardi Gras unis), Friday the 22nd during Minneapolis Target Center. Special upon tickets, $20, together with the small kind of selected t-shirt.
Wild contra Columbus Blue Jackets, Saturday the 23rd during the X with Hockey Day in Minnesota patch giveaway. Not as difficult as Thursdays Red Wings game, though still tough.
Possibility of NFC Championship during Metrodome which week end (said possibility, lol). Tickets flattering most impossible though we could tailgate.
Teebz cant get any info upon road house organisation rates until we have the small idea of how most bedrooms great need. The most appropriate bet right away is which great concentration upon the Lake Nokomis Tournament. Its older, has some-more rinks as great as teams, as great as is the bit some-more whimsical, perhaps. Plenty of places to eat in the neighborhood, together with the span of joints which explain the Juicy Lucy as their signature snack as great as an additional with fabulous pizza.
Lodgings would afterwards expected be in the area of the airport./Mall of America. That means easy light rail connections to the airport, the mall as great as downtown (Target Center for Wolves as great as Metrodome).
When the time comes, possibly Teebz as great as we can hoop bedrooms as great as tickets by the PayPal accounts.
So distant we have half dozen or so locals committed, plus Teebz as great as rpm (Robert Marshall) from out-of-town, as great as Phil is working upon ways to precedence the small of his inheritance early so which he can swing it, too.
For now, wed identical to the small feel for who would be interested. Any some-more form Chicago? Wisconsin? Hey, the Teebz, Grand Poobah of the UW Hockey Wing, as great as with any luck, the beautiful Mr. Marshall, Phil, as great as might be even the Fearless Leader/Founder.
Some links:Lak e Nokomis
Lake Minnetonka
Vintage Minnesota Hockey
Curling
Crumps. Baseball Museum
Elsies, voted Twin Cities most appropriate bowling (near downtown)
So post if youre meddlesome email me as great as we or Teebz will be in touch.
Looking brazen to meeting as most of we as possible,
Ricko
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OK, thats gonna do it for today. Obviously, we didnt get to the Clarksville Design-A-Uniform contest entries in time for this weekend, though we will have the lot of time this entrance week to get to those so all of we who sent me your submissions, theyre coming. Lots of college football, with riflery games aplenty today. Lets see if those superhero costumes Nike is outfitting their tip programs with perform as great as they have been hyping them. Dont dont consider abou! t to pos t your suggestions for most appropriate uni matchups in the comments for Jimmy Vilk, (or your worst, as the case might be), as great as lets have your suggestions for your the one preferred teams most appropriate unvaried demeanour in their unvaried history. Everyone have the great Saturday!
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