cannavo
Binging the YT algorithm
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In an alternate timeline, this happened....
Our Timeline: In the 1900's, magenta became hard to obtain and maintain. So Port Adelaide switched to black and white
Altered Timeline: The 1900's saw a boom in magenta production and Port Adelaide decided to keep it
Poll will run for 3 days
The winner picks the next team from the list below or
can use their one-time self-imposed idea where they put forward an idea not listed below
Winner has 48 hours to choose or one will be chosen at random
Entry 1 Sam Hall
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Entry 2 cannavo
"It's the start of the 1900's and Port Adelaide are facing a crisis with their jumpers. The Magenta pigment was in short supply and was difficult to maintain in this era, until news broke that a ship washed ashore near North Haven. Police examined the wreckage and found that the ship came from France and inside were stockpiles of chemical dyes. The majority of them came from the Rafard factory in Lyon, France where the magenta dye originated. Port Adelaide officials caught wind of this and made the trip up north to acquire the dye and their issue was sorted. Faced with the possibility of switching to a more manageable black and white, the magenta pigment saw a boom in production all over the world in the coming years, even inside the clubs HQ! So they decided to keep the magenta to this day and even carrying it over into their switch to the AFL"
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Entry 3 KBLT
"The 1900s were a difficult time for many. Surprisingly however, an unexpected boom in the economy of the South Australian capital injected vital funding into the South Australian Football Association. The Port Adelaide Football Club, facing a shortage of magenta dye, had drawn up plans for a backup guernsey should they fail to obtain their desired colour. The much needed cash allowed the club to purchase a stockpile of the valuable resource. However, players liked the 'prison bar' design that had been created, pressuring the club to adopt a magenta version, becoming an instant classic. Ever since, barring a short period during the second world war, the Mariners, as they came to be known, have always worn magenta and blue prison bars. The gold made a return in the mid seventies with the advent of early colour TV. The sustained success of the Mariners made them the obvious choice for a first Adelaide based team in the VFL, officially joining in 1991 after a short dispute with Fitzroy over similar colours."
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Entry 4 _Damo_
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Entry 5 BigChippa52
"Nod to the old traffic poles and hoops port wore, now in magenta lined with white"
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Honourable mention
Pappagallo
Not sure if this was an entry or not but definitely worth a shout
I'll edit the poll if this was in fact an entry
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Alternate timeline categories
Bold - Completed with poll results
Mergers
- Melbourne - St Kilda merger (1995)
- Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
- Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
- Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
- Fitzroy - Brisbane (Fitzroy Bears)
- Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne
- Saints relocate to NZ
- Essendon relocate to NT to become Alice Springs
- Hawthorn relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)
- South Melbourne relocate to Tasmania
- South Melbourne relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy complete move to North Sydney - 1980
- Footscray relocate to Queensland - 1981
- West Coast Eagles to the SANFL
- Brisbane Bears to the SANFL
- Fitzroy to the SANFL - 1981
- Footscray to the SANFL - 1981
- Adelaide Uni to the SANFL - 1991 (cannot use only black and white)
- Collingwood to the SANFL - 1997
- East Perth to the VFL - 1980
- Norwood to the AFL
- Launceston to the AFL
- Essendon to the WAFL
- Port Adelaide crows join the AFL - 1991
- Papua New Guinea enter the AFL
- Mount Gambier join the SANFL
- Limestone Coast join the SANFL
- Sydney enter as a separate team (Bloods stay in Vic)
- Darwin join the AFL - 1991
- Public Service Football Club join the VFL
- Gold Coast fold, new North Queensland team take their place - 2030
- NZ enter 90's State of Origin
- Broome become the 2nd WA AFL team
- Gold Coast hijack Brisbane Bears VFL entry - 1986
- West Coast Eagles VFL kits altered due to Williamstown sharing the same colours
- GWS keep their 'Team GWS' colours
- Port Adelaide retain their Magenta
- Adelaide's hurried concept
(Adelaide board hastily attain clothes from local sport store and use the 5 colours to design their new AFL team)
- Hawthorn release Ochre jumper - 2000
- Skittle's sponsor Essendon and release special guernsey
- Heidelberg Warriors align with Collingwood for 1 season - 1996
- Melbourne remain as The Fuchsias
- Melbourne remain as The Invincible Whites
- Collingwood remain as Britannia
