It went for a bold name change (The Footscray Bulldogs became Western Bulldogs), a slight change of their Guernsey to include their beloved Bulldog mascot and, of course, the lyrics of their team song was amended to reflect the club’s new overall identity.What a lazy tune (in a good way). It was saving face via songwriting.
400th game at the SCG. Your everyday household power outlet? Incoming Sydney Swans CEO Tom Harley is thrilled with the 2019 fixture. When the Richmond faithful get up, open their mouths wide and scream “YELLOW AND BLACK” at the top of their lungs after a win, it’s something to behold. Now, if they could just start winning regularly again, the Blues faithful will really have the motivation to belt out this ditty.What a cool football song. Awesome.What makes an AFL club song good, you ask?Ross Lyon, club administrators — ANYONE — please do something about this abomination now!Also suffering from the same the big hair rock/Cheap Trick illness as their fellow Western Australian brethren; this song makes clear that the Eagles joined the then-VFL in 1987.AFL songs are a big part of AFL and more broadly, Australian Rules football culture.
They are straight to the point – “The Roos are on the ball”. When Ken Hinkley’s men are belting it out after a hard-fought win, it really comes into its own.Similar to Freo, the Swans have been criticised over the years of having something of an identity crisis. So when it comes to signing the words to your favourite footy club theme song after a victory this AFL team Sherrin is the perfect training buddy The football is perfect for juniors made from PVC and size 2 this football will have the kids singing along in no time.
It’s as though they paid a session musician $100 to come up with something in a 24-hour turn-around on a lazy Sunday.But let’s all be clear – both Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears died in 1996 and no amount of frankenstiening their clubs histories will bring them back.It can be about culture: From North Melbourne’s “shinboner spirit” to Sydney’s Swan’s “Bloods culture”, these often-spoken, yet rarely explained, club ethos’s claim body parts as though every other human player exists without them.It’s very inspiring, regardless of your allegiance.
The lyrics are so patriotic, it just makes you wish you could be a South Australian to sing the song and feel damn good about being a South Australian.This anthem was written on the Dockers arrival into the AFL in the mid-90s, and ironically, despite their rival clubs’ songs being 100+ years-old, this one sounds the most aged and outdated of the lot.Now all they need is a supporter base of more than 500 people to watch their games live and actually sing it.The older version is arguably better; with unforgettable canine/coming-of-age-related lyrics such as these:This song definitely reflects the club’s often alleged, but never quite proven, identity crisis.But let’s open up another round of seemingly petty AFL arguments: club songs.As most AFL fans would no doubt be aware, Port Adelaide Football Club had a cosmetic makeover/rebrand to be able to join the AFL in the late-90s, as they were (and still are in the SANFL competition) The Port Adelaide Magpies.The Swans rivals from the Western Suburbs – and the AFL’s newest club — has, perhaps surprisingly, one of best club tunes.An incredibly bland and stale tune. So they had a re-birth as Port Adelaide “Power”… What that represents exactly, I’m not sure. And boy — do the Sydney Swans need it.Like Brisbane’s on-field performance in past years, this is nothing special.St Kilda have only won 1 premiership in their entire VFL/AFL history, and have won the most wooden spoons, that’s a whopping 27 for those playing at home.The song tells the story of a bomber flying up to win a premiership flag — which if you think about for more than five seconds, doesn’t make logistic sense, as a plane would have to be flying dangerously low to the terra firma to capture a flag. Whatever your feelings about the Collingwood Football Club – this is a truly great football song.However, the current song still holds its own and they continue to really own their club’s name/mascot the ‘mighty Bulldog’:Footy clubs always want to be the best. Jimi Hendrix nod his head in respect.“We are the pride of South Australia, we are the mighty Adelaide Crows”. However, this version never caught on among the Collingwood faithful and was reverted back to the original cakewalk version after Collingwood was victorious in the 1990 AFL Grand Final. Also, is that a banjo?
So when it comes to signing the words to your favourite footy club theme song after a victory this AFL team Sherrin is the perfect training buddy And nobody can say for sure that they’re never going to win the premiership ever again, could they? Also the line “We’ll keep our ends up”, how positive!It does the trick, it’s not the best theme, but it’s definitely not the worst either.
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A Power station? They say practice makes perfect. And in the spirit of Australian Rules culture: which of these is the best?“North Melbourne will be premiers, just you wait and see”. Is it the suburb Richmond itself? “Our home draw will see some of the game’s biggest clubs travel to Sydney, headlined by Marn Grook at the SCG against Collingwood, while the annual Pride Game will once again be a showpiece event in the city.