Firstly the analogy you give doesn't apply.United is a common name and no-one has rights to it.The Wanderers name could be owned by some other club currently in existence .All they have to do is operate and trade with the name to claim some intellectual property right.West Syd will need to do proper due diligence to avoid potential problems.In this respect it is strange Strikers is an option when Brisbane has a Football club of this name and has national awareness.

The AFL tried to stop the new Rugby team being called the Bombers due to it being an iconic brand. Not sure how far it went but would have been surprised if they were successful.

Nobody owns strikers and I doubt anybody owns wanderers.

Brisbane Lions had to buy the name because there was already a Brisbane Lions. I imagine it will be the same if there is already a Wanderers club in west sydney.

Well they do say that Western Sydney is ALP and Union heartland so 'Strikers' could be appropriate.

:lol:

looks like popovic will be our coach, with milicic as his assistant.
perfect appointments imo. well done ffa

There are many issues associated with TradeMark ownership.Rights are established by applying for registration or using the mark first.Many companies ,clubs etc use trade marks but never register.This creates a potential minefield.When you apply for registration you have to state what goods and services you wish to cover.This may result in clubs coverage being limited to their particular sport and sometimes to their area.Hence Essendon Bombers may not be able to stop an NRL club using a similar name.However the real problem is with selling merchandise.If you register the Trade Mark first you can stop a differrent sport selling the same merchandise.
As I said I am surprised if Brisbane Strikers haven't protected their brand.If they haven't ,maybe its because they also don't own it because many other people are using it or they just aren't aware of the registration system.Either way it is a potential problem for a new club.
Bottom line is it is very important for any new club to check the Trade Mark register and check if anyone is using a similar name.If not you are asking for trouble.Registering your Trade Mark is important to protect your rights in business.

I think a team name being chosen by the fans is a great talking point. It's probably a quicker way of getting the fans engaged so quickly. But I don't think the name should matter that much really, and it shouldn't mean they lose fans if certain people don't get the name they want. Wanderers seems like the most popular of the names left, and also sounds like it actually has some history behind it. I personally think West Sydney Athletic or even West Sydney Union sounds better, but that's just me. Just hope they sort this stuff out ASAP either way so they can start recruiting players sponsors etc. Time is ticking. They need to be competitive in year 1 no matter what.

Edited by asanchez: 14/5/2012 05:25:28 PM

Just posted by Australian football facebook page.
Western Sydney Wanderers FC, West Sydney Wanderers FC and Sydney West Wanderers FC names have all been registered by the FFA.

Western Sydney Wanderers FC sounds the best

No Unicorns? :cry:

i like west sydney personally

rolls off the tongue easier imo

Interesting....It was really going to be between Athletic and Wanderers really. I was always for Wanderers but the more I think of it I prefer Athletic. Anyways whatevs. Not my team, both good names which arent Americanised.

Apparently the following names have also been registered:



It appears they have just registered all the names on the short list apart from Rangers. They were all applied for on the 7th of May by the looks of it.

So yeah... nobody get your hopes up that the name is fully decided yet.

Agree, Western Sydney Wanderers. Too many syllables. West Sydney Wanderers, does indeed roll off the tongue quite well.

Edited by ben_roarfan: 14/5/2012 09:27:31 PM

Seems he's been offered a 5 year deal for Western Sydney

Great news, now hopefully Milicic to follow him home.

+1

at least they are not looking to do what the AFL did and have 'Greater Western' out the front

whether they go with west or western, i think you'll find people will be calling them either of them. i can just imagine the official name being West Sydney Wanderers & andy harper will say "that's a delectable through-ball from the enigmatic playmaker that is ali abbas there for westERN sydney".

OK, so we have some coaches. Can we start recruiting players?

Here is my shopping list, comprised mostly of NSW Premier League players, including those who played NYL elsewhere. Please add to it!

GOALKEEPERS
Vedran Janjetovic (Sydney United)
Ryan Norval (Rockdale City Suns)
Brody Crane (Blacktown City)

DEFENDERS
Shannon Cole (formerly Sydney FC)
David Vrankovic (Bonnyrigg White Eagles)
Umut Tokdogan (Marconi Stallions)
Hayden Morton (Sutherland Sharks / CCM NYL)
Nikola Stanojevic (Bonnyrigg White Eagles / CCM NYL)

MIDFIELDERS
Peter Triantis (Sydney Olympic)
Daniel Severino (Marconi Stallions)
Travis Major (Blacktown City)
Matt Bailey (Sutherland Sharks)
Adam Jenner (Blacktown City / CCM NYL)

STRIKERS
Bruno Cazarine (formerly Sydney FC) or some other tall, strong bloke
Luka Glavas (Sydney United)
Andrew Bevin (APIA Leichhardt Tigers)
Kwabena Appiah-Kubi (Parramatta FC)
Ryuji Miyazawa (Blacktown City)

I hope you don't think we can just have a NSWPL all star team. We are going to need A-League experience, sure we need those players but probably 5 or 6, we need to be competitive from the start.

Exciting stuff though, the wheels are in motion.

geez there are some god awefull selections there....!!!!!!! no thanks

joey gibbs - was playing with manly last year. quality.

For example? All the young guys have plenty of potential. Bevin is better than Chianese

Read the last paragraph.

I can not believe it.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1105777/Popovic-quits-Palace-to-go-west

Pride is god awful, even more awful than Heart.

Rovers!!! (or its brother Wanderers)

FFA better not call it Pride.. I swear to God.

Never mentioned once in the fan forums, would be stunning (AFL-Level) arrogance to go against the wishes of the majority of potential fans and not selecting Wanderers.


If they do go with Pride, it seems the lunatics are in charge of the asylum.
1 step forward 2 steps back in football's battle for respect in this country:(

Pride sounds so gay

pride
noun /prīd/
A group of lions forming a social unit

Brisbane 2.0?