Andonis1997
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How good's the darker colours though?
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Sparkle
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As far as I know, it was a sparsely used secondary logo introduced to ensure we had some form of cat to use on merchandise and marketing materials. At the time, we were using the formal-looking 'Geelong Football Club' and 'GFC' logo as the primary logo
It's interesting to note that the secondary logo above never really caught on with many media sources, who continued using either the 'GFC' wordmark or the 80's-90's cat in graphics until late 2007 when the new logos were introduced
I haven't got any images unfortunately, but I do remember seeing the secondary logo on AFL Live 2003, as well as just the Cats eyes on a handful of old member caps. I don't think it was used any further than roughly 2004, and not long after the 2007 Premiership the ageing GFC logo was replaced by the two logos we see today, now with the snarling Cat featuring primarily and a silhouette Cat used fairly commonly, but I'd still refer to it as a secondary logo
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Someone's been on the trademarks website.
I seem to remember it being used in/on the "Cat Chat" magazine I used to receive but I couldn't find any examples just now.
However, I did find the following. A financial statement from 2002 and Select collector cards from 2002 and 2003.
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Not sure if this is from one of you guys but saw this on ‘Richmond Tigers Guernsey Collection’ FB page.. 2016 prototype
That post was from yours truly.
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Looks like it's from an anime or somethingSomeone's been on the trademarks website.
I seem to remember it being used in/on the "Cat Chat" magazine I used to receive but I couldn't find any examples just now.
However, I did find the following. A financial statement from 2002 and Select collector cards from 2002 and 2003.
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Not sure if this has been mentioned but this was on Front Bar last week - lycra jumper prototypes that Adelaide had produced in 1994 supposedly.
Freight Train
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Really not all that different to today’s player issue guernseys.
Same manufacturer and era as the Norwood bodysuits I assume?
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Worth mentioning that Geelong also moved away from the GFC moniker so as not to be mistaken with the global financial crisis.As far as I know, it was a sparsely used secondary logo introduced to ensure we had some form of cat to use on merchandise and marketing materials. At the time, we were using the formal-looking 'Geelong Football Club' and 'GFC' logo as the primary logo
It's interesting to note that the secondary logo above never really caught on with many media sources, who continued using either the 'GFC' wordmark or the 80's-90's cat in graphics until late 2007 when the new logos were introduced
I haven't got any images unfortunately, but I do remember seeing the secondary logo on AFL Live 2003, as well as just the Cats eyes on a handful of old member caps. I don't think it was used any further than roughly 2004, and not long after the 2007 Premiership the ageing GFC logo was replaced by the two logos we see today, now with the snarling Cat featuring primarily and a silhouette Cat used fairly commonly, but I'd still refer to it as a secondary logo
TheLoungeLizard
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Essendon experimented with this in the 80s as well.
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SJ
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Myth.
Red Crow
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Haha! Yep this is one of the biggest myths getting around. The new logos were implemented for the 2008 season, and in fact were even on some 2007 Premiers merch. Given the lead-in time for designing and implementing new logos, the process would likely have started in late 2006.
The GFC didn’t even start till mid-2007 and hit its peak in 2008, well after Geelong had commissioned the new logos.
Freight Train
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that actually looks really good IMO, and with some polish of the modern times and probably a more breathable type of lycra, would be a great modern version of the lace up.
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And I don’t think the financial crisis was called the “GFC” until after the logo was released (week after the 2007 GF), it was mostly called the “credit crunch” in late 2007.
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Interesting. I noticed AFL Brandzone specifically states not to refer to the club as GFC. I wonder if this is simply to distance themselves from their old logo and merchandise or if it’s a deliberate choice to not be likened to the Globak Financial Crisis. I assume it has nothing to do with the Global Financial Crisis however we can’t see when they decided they don’t want to be referred to by GFC, had they made this choice along with the new logo then it would have nothing to do with the crisis but it could easily have come in a few years later when GFC was the term to refer to the crisis.
