Official Team Thread S32 – Alberton Qootball Club, the Sin City Swamprats [B&F Winner: philreich]

[Marlowe]

I am gonna tag map-crafter and all around Sweet FA geography nerd Mobbs to see what he knows of the link between Alberton and Sin City.

 

[MP_]

I am gonna tag map-crafter and all around Sweet FA geography nerd Mobbs to see what he knows of the link between Alberton and Sin City.

I always thought we rebranded from Alberton to Sin City and created a new stadium as we burnt Alberton down.

 

[GremioPower]

I am gonna tag map-crafter and all around Sweet FA geography nerd Mobbs to see what he knows of the link between Alberton and Sin City.

There should be an underground road linking the two grounds.

 

[Marlowe]

I always thought we rebranded from Alberton to Sin City and created a new stadium as we burnt Alberton down.

That was the impression I was under, too. So is Alberton Qooty Club a symbolic gesture to the past or has it been rebuilt?

 

[MP_]

That was the impression I was under, too. So is Alberton Qooty Club a symbolic gesture to the past or has it been rebuilt?

Not sure GremioPower has his hands all over this

 

[GremioPower]

That was the impression I was under, too. So is Alberton Qooty Club a symbolic gesture to the past or has it been rebuilt?

From our S30 Official Club Thread:

Official Team Thread - [Nunez – ‘Toots Hibbert’ Winner] S30 - Sin City Swamprats: "A Rats' Dinasty is Nasty in Double”

The Sin City Swamprats is not a club for crying one’s own misery, but for overcoming it with the aid of fellow wretched souls. There is no judgment on anyone’s past. This is the club of perpetual renewal; the place for new beginnings. Here, it is always possible to start over. The doors are...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[MP_]

I don’t get how we can be the Alberton qootball club and the sin city Swamprats??

 

[GremioPower]

I don’t get how we can be the Alberton qootball club and the sin city Swamprats??

Just like the Footscray Football Club is the Western Bulldogs.

 

[MP_]

Just like the Footscray Football Club is the Western Bulldogs.

But their website and logo both currently refer to western bulldogs.

 

[GremioPower]

But their website and logo both currently refer to western bulldogs.

It’s an option to give emphasis to their current brand, but they are still the Footscray FC.

We are not abandoning the Sin City Swamprats, which is an awesome brand; but simply acknowledging the club’s name.

 

[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– Playing at Home –​

The Swamprats have played a total of 202 SFA home matches, including Finals, in 4 different stadia:

- Alberton Oval: 88 (from S04 to S18; plus S24R06, S28R08, and S29R05)​

- The Underground Stadium: 111 (since S19)​

- SFA Park: 2 (S25GF; S29GF)​

- Meneng Stadium: 1 (S29R15)​

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Our overall record is 100 wins, 97 losses, and 5 draws (W% 50.74). Splitting it by the stadia:

- Alberton Oval: 45-42-1 (51.70)​

- The Underground Stadium: 53-54-4 (49.55)​

- SFA Park: 1-1 (50.00)​

- Meneng Stadium: 1-0 (100.00)​

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Our club has changed its brand between S18 and S19, although it has always been known as "the Swamprats."

- the Alberton Swamprats had a 44-40-1 (52.35) home record​

- the Sin City Swamprats has a 56-57-4 (49.57) home record​

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We are confident that our home record under the current denomination is going to be over 50% after this season.

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[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– Playing at Home –​

The Swamprats have played a total of 21 SFA seasons. Out of those:

- 9 had a winning home record (S06, S07, S16, S18, S20, S27, S28, S29, S30)​

- made Finals 7 times (S06, S16, S20, S27, S28, S29, S30);​

- played in 4 GF (S06, S27, S29, S30);​

- won 3 major premierships (S06, S27, S29);​

- won 3 minor premierships (S20, S28, S29).​

- 9 had a losing home record (S04, S05, S17, S19, S23, S24, S25, S26, S31)​

- made Finals 5 times (S04, S05, S23, S25, S26);​

- played in 2 GF (S05, S25);​

- won 2 wooden spoons (S17, S24).​

- 3 had a 50% home record (S09, S21, S22)​

- made Finals once (S22).​

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Our three worst seasons at home were:

- S31: 0-6-1 (7.14)​

- S24/S26: 1-7 (12.50)​

Our three best seasons at home were:

- S30: 7-2 (77.78)​

- S29: 10-3 (76.92)​

- S06: 10-4 (71.43)​

In our worst seasons, we have missed Finals twice, and got one Wooden Spoon (S24); but have reached the Preliminary Finals in S26.

In our best seasons, we have reached the Grand Final in all of them; winning the SFA flag twice (S06/S29).

When we are strong at home, we are virtually unstoppable!

 

[Mobbs]

I am gonna tag map-crafter and all around Sweet FA geography nerd Mobbs to see what he knows of the link between Alberton and Sin City.

I don't know what Sin City refers to. Swamprats Into New digs?

Alberton is on the coast to the east next to Alberton Swamp. Just north of Abu Ghraib and just south of the River Sweet which splits Sweet into northside and southside. Attenboro lies to the west of most of Alberton, Docklands to the South-west and Sweet CBD to the North-west. Major thoroughfares in Alberton include Alberton Road, Sandola Avenue, Magpie Road (named after Alberton_Magpie ). The Alberton Hotel, a low-lying brick structure, is the first licenced premises to be built in the Sweet Municipality. The Last Port of Call is still available as a backup in case you get booted from the Alberton pub.

The following is an aerial view of Alberton suburb, with Alberton Oval on the right-hand edge. The suburb extends from the foreground back to where the high-rise offices introduce the CBD beyond.


Underground Stadium lies in Nou Camp suburb further west, in the basement of the Los Carraras Shopping Complex. The Las Vegas Bears' Stadium in the Sky is situated on the roof of the same complex.

 

[Catsnlakers]

So what does Sin City refer to? A suburb/region of Alberton? A nickname for the town?

It refers to the benchmark of Season 32

 

[jackster83]

I don't know what Sin City refers to. Swamprats Into New digs?

Alberton is on the coast to the east next to Alberton Swamp. Just north of Abu Ghraib and just south of the River Sweet which splits Sweet into northside and southside. Attenboro lies to the west of most of Alberton, Docklands to the South-west and Sweet CBD to the North-west. Major thoroughfares in Alberton include Alberton Road, Sandola Avenue, Magpie Road (named after Alberton_Magpie ). The Alberton Hotel, a low-lying brick structure, is the first licenced premises to be built in the Sweet Municipality. The Last Port of Call is still available as a backup in case you get booted from the Alberton pub.

The following is an aerial view of Alberton suburb, with Alberton Oval on the right-hand edge. The suburb extends from the foreground back to where the high-rise offices introduce the CBD beyond.
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Underground Stadium lies in Nou Camp suburb further west, in the basement of the Los Carraras Shopping Complex. The Las Vegas Bears' Stadium in the Sky is situated on the roof of the same complex.

You might need to update the map as there's a new Qostco and a Qunnings currently being built in the area.

 

[GremioPower]

So what does Sin City refer to? A suburb/region of Alberton? A nickname for the town?

It has many meanings.

Our neighbors upstairs are the “Las Vegas Bears.” So, it’s also probably related to our new address in Sweet.

Nou Camp might be quite a fun place!

 

[GremioPower]

I tried to explain the name, colours, and their meanings in our S30 thread:

Official Team Thread - [Nunez – ‘Toots Hibbert’ Winner] S30 - Sin City Swamprats: "A Rats' Dinasty is Nasty in Double”

The Sin City Swamprats is not a club for crying one’s own misery, but for overcoming it with the aid of fellow wretched souls. There is no judgment on anyone’s past. This is the club of perpetual renewal; the place for new beginnings. Here, it is always possible to start over. The doors are...

www.bigfooty.com

Spoiler: Text

The Swamprats, or simply Rats, was founded in 2004, playing its inaugural season in S4. The club was born in black-and-white and was called the Alberton Swamprats. In its inception, it was the representative of BigFooty’s Port Adelaide board in the SFA. As such, it won a premiership in S6.

The club has folded a couple of times, but has been brought back again. It has played every season since S16, when it became open for barrackers of other teams (there are currently even Crows among us!). Later, it has been rebranded as the Sin City Swamprats and added red and silver its colours. Since then, the club has changed the silver to gold, and added two flags and three minor premierships to its laurels.

It must be said that, in a sense, the Swamprats have never left Alberton. The club has physically moved out, for sure; but, spiritually, the link hasn't been fully broken. It is hidden, but it still there. The old Alberton Swamprats still lives on; only more embracive and sombrer than before.

The rebranding came out of necessity. There was a need to reinforce a detachment from the Port board. At the time, names were suggested, and a vote was taken. “Sin City” won, and that has been the club’s name since S19.

There are many different theories about the origin and meaning of the current name:
- some say it is related to Las Vegas, Nevada;
- others, to Sydney;
- some others, to Frank Miller’s ‘Sin City;’
- and so on.

The fact that there are so many different answers is evidence that the rebranding’s goal was achieved. However, there is a common theme to all of them, which reveals the club’s identity.

The club’s name is not just “Sin City;” but “Sin City Swamprats.” The moniker has been preserved. Considering the club’s full name, combining rats and sins, it points towards the underworld. The Rats even host their homes games at “The Underground.”

Thus, the name implies that the club is about the rejects, the outcasts, the pariahs, the socially unwanted. It presents the club as a home for the homeless; a country for the exile; a sanctuary for the forsaken; a port for the adrift. It stresses darkness, fear, and despair; but also freedom, power, and hope. It entails being bent, but never broken.

The club’s colours add meaning to such a symbolism. Where the shadows prevail, there are practically no colours. It is almost all black-and-white. Almost. The dimness over Sin City reveals strokes of red and gold; invoking both passion and glory. The club may pull its strength from the deepest parts of the soul, but its aim is always at the Highest.

 

[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


Season Record
8 - 9
Home: 5-4
Away: 3-5

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S32 Fixture
Match Threads and Results

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– Minor Round
R01 - Warm [20.7:127 - 12.14:86] (1-0, 1st)
W, Roys at Underground Stadium
R02 - Cloudy [25.10:160 - 22.12:144] (1-1, 5th)
L, Mount Buller Demons at Snow Dome
R03 - Warm [12.9:81 - 22.4:136] (1-2, 9th)
L, Coney Island Warriors at Underground Stadium
R04 - Warm [20.9:129 - 19.9:105] (2-2, 7th)
W, Baghdad Bombers at Underground Stadium
R05 - Warm [18.9:117 - 16.12:108] (2-3, 7th)
L, East Side Phoenix at The Eyrie
R06 - Rainy [9.6:60 - 10.4:64] (3-3, 5th)
W, West Coast Wonders at The Colosseum [Fathers' Day Round]
R07 - Rainy [14.5:89 - 6.13:49] (3-4, 8th)
L, Las Vegas Bears at The Stadium in the Sky
R08 - Warm [9.8:62 - 8.11:59] (4-4, 8th)
W, Fighting Furies at Underground Stadium
R09 - Warm [10.10:70 - 16.12:108] (4-5, 8th)
L, Dragons at Underground Stadium [AFL GF Round]
R10 - Cloudy [17.13:115 - 10.11:71] (5-5, 7th)
W, Gumbies at Underground Stadium
R11 - Rainy [9.7:61 - 13.11:89] (6-5, 6th)
W, Gold City Royals at The Golden Throne
R12 - Warm [21.7:133 - 11.5:71] (6-6, 7th)
L, Roys at Renown Park
R13 - Warm [11.14:80 - 12.5:77] (7-6, 6th)
W, Mount Buller Demons at Underground Stadium
R14 - Rainy [13.10:88 - 15.4:94] (7-7, 6th)
L, East Side Phoenix at Underground Stadium
R15 - Cloudy [25.12:162 - 20.5:125] (7-8, 6th)
L, Coney Island Warriors at Van Cortlandt Park [Heritage Round]
R16 - Warm [11.8:74 - 16.18:114] (8-8, 6th)
W, Baghdad Bombers at Abdu Prison [Remembrance Day Round]
– Finals
EF - Warm [15.13:103 - 16.9:105] (8-9, 8th)
L, Gumbies at Underground Stadium

Sin City Swamprats
Alberton Qootball Club - Underground Stadium
Los Carraras Shopping Center, Nou Camp, Sweet​

 

[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– S32 SQUAD –





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Spoiler: >150 games

26. Quadzilla



88. Power Raid



69. Ant Bear



4. MannumPower

 

[MP_]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– S32 SQUAD –


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26. Quadzilla
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88. Power Raid
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69. Ant Bear
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4. MannumPower
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My first club was Baghdad bombers

 

[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– S32 SQUAD –
Part II

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Spoiler: >115 games

1. philreich (Captain)



45. ant555 (Leader)



64. Firestarter



14. GotTheGoodes



23. sataris

 

[Firestarter]

I keep forgetting that my profile pic has words on it.

 

[GremioPower]

My first club was Baghdad bombers

I asked about it more than once...

 

[MP_]

I asked about it more than once...

I’m giggling, you sound like my wife

 

[GremioPower]

Alberton Qootball Club
The Swamprats


– S32 SQUAD –
Part III

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Spoiler: >100 games

36. SarahSmiles (Leader)



2. jackster83 (Vice-Captain)



05. edgie