Sydney FC had ample opportunity to forge its identity but opted not to have one.

Let this be a lesson to teams who think xx FC or xx United is all they need to brand a team

Fuck 'em, mate.

We're the only team that stood on our own two feet, never asked for a handout from anyone.

Not sure if I agree with another Sky Blue in the competition. Red has been identifiable with Melbourne Heart now they want to erase it because it doesn't suit there global branding.

I think it shows disrespect to the A-league and it's short but still important history. I feel like the A-league may stop this for now and they will possibly go inverted for home and away compared to the Man City city but when promotion and relegation is introduced here they will probably go Sky Blue. Without Man City backing them this would be suicide and really shows they are not trying keep the Melbourne Heart part of the clubs history around.

Some other kits they could go with are the original black with white shorts which would probably just be a copy of Man City's away kit but using white shorts. More interestingly they could go with their 1956 FA cup final kit of Maroon. This would also give them a good slogan to use (From Wikipedia)





This again would most likely just be temporary until they can use more teams in a pyramid system to change to Sky Blue. Also if they get blocked I could still see them using sky blue home kits for ACL home games which they would see as more important than A-league games as mainland Asia is a lot bigger than Australia.

Indeed.

Non-SFC fans just trolling SFC again - Barlow makes fair points. Sobowski you have got to be kidding, the traditional top 4 tiers (alone) of the English football league pyramid equals 92 clubs. Never mind the Conference tiers and co below.

The A-League is 10.

Many of those clubs are more than a century old, immersed in their local communities. We know the A-League's story and it's clubs' attempts to set up roots too, including the likes of 'expansion clubs' Wanderers and 'Heart'!

The contrasts, contrasting contexts, are clear for all - It's Apples and Oranges.

All the 10 and eventually 12-14 teams need to be distinct, especially in this market-place. The seconds of screen-time on the commercial media etc... they need to be identifiable and relatively unique - for both the local support base and the wider league supporters and even random punters. It's just practically appropriate, let alone other reasons.

Edited by GloryPerth: 15/4/2014 09:11:43 PM

It's Manchester City, one of the world's richest clubs, who have bought out one of a start up leagues poorest performing (off field) clubs. Money talks and if Cardiff City, a Premier League club with 115 years of history, known as 'The Blue Birds can have their colours changed to Red than Heart sure as hell have theirs changed to blue.

I'm with Barlow on this one. Fuck off Man City, play with the colours of the club you brought. Change the name maybe but the colours at least make sense.

Indeed.

Non-SFC fans just trolling SFC again - Barlow makes fair points. Sobowski you have got to be kidding, the traditional top 4 tiers (alone) of the English football league pyramid equals 92 clubs. Never mind the Conference tiers and co below.

The A-League is 10.

Many of those clubs are more than a century old, immersed in their local communities. We know the A-League's story and it's clubs' attempts to set up roots too, including the likes of 'expansion clubs' Wanderers and 'Heart'!

The contrasts, contrasting contexts, are clear for all - It's Apples and Oranges.

All the 10 and eventually 12-14 teams need to be distinct, especially in this market-place. The seconds of screen-time on the commercial media etc... they need to be identifiable and relatively unique - for both the local support base and the wider league supporters and even random punters. It's just practically appropriate, let alone other reasons.

Edited by GloryPerth: 15/4/2014 09:11:43 PM

I was messing around on a design a kit website today and came up with this. This way we keep the red and white and incorporate the sky blue.

Does this mean we will never see the Azzuri play here due to SFC's "official protest at clashing colours"?

Sydney FC had ample opportunity to forge its identity but opted not to have one.

Let this be a lesson to teams who think xx FC or xx United is all they need to brand a team

Gawd :lol: :roll:

Did you come up with that one all by yourself?

Yeah quite stupid, shows Sydney's insecurity :lol:

Yeah, we should have gone with a tackier name, much like 'Victory'.

I like "Sydney Courage FC"

#MelbourneisSkyBlue
#SydneyFCisFeelingBlue

Aren't you a clever little Sydtard.

Yep, the retarded team you support are the ones that seem to think that they invented and own the colour of sky blue, which I'm sure fits in perfectly with your own little myopic view of the football world :)

I'm guessing that Uruguay should be expecting an angry letter soon?

Sky blue for home, red and black stripes for away strip like Man City away circa 2003-2004. How will the Wanderers cope?

Sky blue for home, red and black stripes for away strip like Man City away circa 2003-2004. How will the Wanderers cope?

My myopic view of the football world? You don't even know what colour Italy's jersey is.

At least Uruguay are sky blue.

MELBOURNE Heart’s foundation colours will remain integral to the club’s identity, although the club looks set to adopt the sky blue home strip next season.

The red and white will be retained in some form, possibly in an away strip and/or the new logo, under the new owner’s plans which have been submitted to FFA.

The City Football Group’s vision is to create a consistency in both branding and name across its clubs, although the proposed changes have been met with backlash from Sydney FC.

But the proposals are likely to the green light from the governing body, which owns the trademarks for the 10 A-League clubs.

Hence Melbourne City, as they will be called next season, will almost certainly have a strong dose of light blue in its logo.

Heart’s fan representative group met with club officials on Monday prior to the club’s presentation night at Crown Palladium to discuss its plans.

Chief executive Scott Munn and City board member Simon Pearce acknowledged that the fan’s message about retaining the colours.

The key announcements won’t be made until after the A-League grand final on May 4.

But they are hoping to get proposals ratified by FFA by the end of the month to commence making merchandise for the 2014-15 season.

Heart issued a statement last night, but remained tight-lipped.

”The Club doesn’t comment on media speculation. All decisions about the future of the Club will be based on respect for the traditions and ambitions of our existing fan base, as well as the opportunities provided by our new ownership,’’ the statement said.

City Group officials met Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow several weeks ago to outline their plans, and an official complaint to FFA ensued.

“FFA has received a submission from the new ownership group of Melbourne Heart relating to name, colours and logo for next season,” said an FFA spokesperson.

“FFA will work through the details and the IP issues with the club. In the near term a decision will be taken.

“Sydney FC has made a submission on this issue and as a courtesy that will be taken into consideration.”

Do you really want to continue to argue over the "shade" of light blue? I know your club is clutching at straws, but do you want to continue being a light blue lemming?

I challenge any REAL supporter of their club to say they would be happy with another team using very similar colours.
This topic should be a non issue and really highlights what is wrong with these forums.
Lonely people that need to get out more, pimply faced teenagers that know sweet fuck all but believe they hold the key to the universe and some genuinely sad people that will grasp at any opportunity to glow in the limelight, even if it is using a nom-de plume and a picture of ET as an avatar,in a corner of the internet that is frequented by only a handful of people.!