South Melbourne Relocation. Missed Opportunity?

[Taper]

South Melbourne should have been renamed to South Sydney when they relocated.

Q: Why?
A: The competition could have kept a club named South in the competition and you just know that South Sydney Swans rolls off the tongue well.

Thoughts?

 

[kane249]

They wanted to appeal to all of Sydney and not just the south side of it

No idea if it was going to be a success, let alone think that GWS would be a thing one day

 

[BallaratBulldog]

St Kilda FC trading publicly as the Southern Saints the other option

 

[Orange crush]

They wanted to appeal to all of Sydney and not just the south side of it

No idea if it was going to be a success, let alone think that GWS would be a thing one day

South Fremantle swans

 

[MF]

Jesus Christ

 

[kane249]

South Fremantle swans

The Bulldogs and Swans have the same colours, could have worked

 

[BF Tiger]

You’re only 40 years late with your big idea.

Keep ‘em coming.

 

[The King!]

What if your mum had a headache on that fateful night

 

[Altum Volantes]

Why stop at the the triple alliteration?

I think they missed the boat not going for ‘The Sensational Soaring Swans of South Sydney’.

5 S’s.

Still, it’s not too late is it?

 

[Taper]

They wanted to appeal to all of Sydney and not just the south side of it

No idea if it was going to be a success, let alone think that GWS would be a thing one day

With a North Melbourne relocation going ahead, they could have become North Sydney and kept the whole North v South rivalry going strong.

 

[kane249]

With a North Melbourne relocation going ahead, they could have become North Sydney and kept the whole North v South rivalry going strong.

Again though, that would have had to know the long term plan was to move North to Sydney.

Moving to Sydney was still a big unknown at that stage

 

[kozi]

Greater Southern Sydney

 

[MisterMarcus]

Taper not being banned from creating dumbarse threads. Missed Opportunity?

 

[Altum Volantes]

Greater Southern Sydney

Greatest*

So they’d always be better than their rivals?

 

[Billy ray]

If my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle

 

[Roobs321]

like the brethren Rabbitohs and Roosters they tend to be the Swans more than anything nowadays. The unequivocal mascots in the domestic top flight leagues helps. Nationalisation diminishes ye old single city NSEWness, y2k era Wests Magpies and North Bears were merged out, and North Melbourne and Footscray had more of a mascot rebranding around the same time. Easts had that Syd City phase too. And of course the Swans were still often deadnamed as ‘South’ in the VFL press early on.

 

[Orange crush]

If my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle

Hmmmmm ….

 

[Gavin Excell]

Does the Swans jumper still carry the name SMFC on its back?

 

[Roobs321]

Worth noting that Bob Hawke was initially the relocated Swans no.1 ticket holder and was at their first home win (which happened to be the first ever ‘Sydney v Melbourne’ in AFL/RL). The following year he became PM and also became the no.1 ticket holder of the Raiders in their sophomore season. Illawarra Steelers (82-98) were also introduced at the same time (i.e. South South Sydney). The City of Sydney Astronauts also merged and rebranded as the Sydney Supersonics in 1982, and Sydney City (Hakoah) won the NSL in 1980-82, so that sporting market at that time was very interesting.

 

[CURVE]

Does the Swans jumper still carry the name SMFC on its back?

No. But it does include the initials SMFC.

 

[Gavin Excell]

No. But it does include the initials SMFC.

Thanks Secret Agent Man

 

[JPetro83]

What if the SANFL weren't so arrogant in the 80s and accepted the VFL's invitation to join the VFL in 82 or 87 and the "Adelaide Football Club" entered the comp then? then none of that footy politics here in SA in 1990 would never have happened, the likes of Kernahan, Platten, Motley, Bradley, D. Jarman etc would have been in the inaugural Adelaide FC team.. could you imagine that side??? now that was a missed opportunity..

 

[Fizza]

South Melbourne should have been renamed to South Sydney when they relocated.

Q: Why?
A: The competition could have kept a club named South in the competition and you just know that South Sydney Swans rolls off the tongue well.

Thoughts?

Southport Sharks more of a missed opportunity, me and many others would have thought..

 

[Iago]

Jesus Christ

Sydney Sons of God?

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Don’t care for NRL but I image the South Sydney Rabbitohs would have really loved them coming in and taking that name.