Swans chat 2024: 150 years of the Swans

[goswannies]

Next year will see 150 years of the Swans as an entity.

What will the club do to recognise/acknowledge it?

I’d love to see the club pick a “Team of the Century and a Half”. Some recent players would be worthy.

I’d love to see us wear a different heritage jumper for every Melbourne away game … every jumper that the club has worn as South Melbourne (even that orange one we wore against South Fremantle in the 1979 Escort Cup night series … maybe we could wear it in a Friday night game against Freo?). I’d buy every replica heritage jumper they put out!

We haven’t had a Swan autobiography/biography in a while, and In the Blood could use a little updating.

A jumper with every VFA, VFL, AFL Swans player/coach name on it?

Try to gather every living Swan to the SCG?

A big ask, but a team portrait featuring every Swan. That would be hard as I doubt there would be many images of players from 1874, but imagine what it would look like!

Movie length documentary detailing the proud history (significant events, players etc) of the club from inception?

What else could the Swans do to celebrate 150 years?

[mcs]

What else could the Swans do to celebrate 150 years?

Win the flag!

Other than that, some great initial thoughts goswannies. I'll be really keen to see what the club does to celebrate as well - a big milestone for a proud club with a great shared history between two cities.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Fantastic.

Your reference to a team of the Century and a Half is a fascinating one. Here's the 2003 announced Team of the Century.

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My guess is Buddy and Goodes definitely go in. I don't know enough about some of the older players as to who goes out, or does a JPK get a look in?

[Kafka's Ghost]

Buddy, Goodes, Mickey O and Jude Bolton would all have to come into contention.
But we’ve been blessed with some mighty players this century.


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[KSAS]

I would like us to play on the Norwood Ground in Gather Round (as the stand resembles so much to the Lakeside Oval stand), playing night game in the Red V jumper against either Melbourne (who we played in our first VFL match in 1897) or Brisbane in the original Fitzroy Maroon jumper with the white ensigina.

Playing on the Lakeside Oval i imagine would not be feasible due to it's current soccer/Athletics configuration, but nice to have some 150th celebrations held there and training runs (which they've done previously).

Without meaning to derail thread, I did find RNR's validation convincing on this board several years ago, that the club was truly formed 7 years earlier in 1867. Nevertheless not being too hanged up about that and looking forward to our "official" 150th next year. As MCS pointed out.....winning the flag would be ultimate!

[barry]

I'd love to see two teams selected. Beat of south Melbourne Vs best of Sydney.
Matchups would be fascinating

[0918330512]

I'd love to see two teams selected. Beat of south Melbourne Vs best of Sydney.
Matchups would be fascinating

Barry Round rucking against himself would be a sight to behold. Tony Morwood and Dennis Carroll also played for both. The vast majority of Dennis’ were while in Sydney I guess

[barry]

Barry Round rucking against himself would be a sight to behold. Tony Morwood and Dennis Carroll also played for both. The vast majority of Dennis’ were while in Sydney I guess

Barry Round vs Tom Hickey you mean.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Next year will see 150 years of the Swans as an entity.

Nope it isn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, I am sure 2024 will be celebrated, but it is not the sesquicentenary of the Swans as an entity.

[goswannies]

Nope it isn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, I am sure 2024 will be celebrated, but it is not the sesquicentenary of the Swans as an entity.

Apologies. I guess I should have titled the thread Officially Club Endorsed 150th Celebrations which is probably and realistically the only thing that counts for most supporters and merchandise produced, regardless of any contrary viewpoints or evidence, no matter how compelling

[Ruck'n'Roll]

That would indeed be a more accurate title goswannies.
I think the real impetus for the celebration (other than the natural desire to celebrate) is that the club started putting 1874 on their jumpers - and once you've made such a public commitment like that there's no going back on that - regardless of the facts.
I sincerely hope the marketing department do pull their fingers out for next year - in part to make up for their faiilure 6 years ago, but mainly because I like celebrations.

[Matty10]

I think the real impetus for the celebration (other than the natural desire to celebrate) is that the club started putting 1874 on their jumpers - and once you've made such a public commitment like that there's no going back on that - regardless of the facts.

That’s probably true, to a large degree, but South Melbourne did publicly celebrate 1924 as its 50th season, in retrospect, in early 1925. So they have been honouring 1874 for nearly a century.

Although I do agree that they are certainly older than this date, as you have pointed out before.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

I think the real impetus for the celebration (other than the natural desire to celebrate) is that the club started putting 1874 on their jumpers - and once you've made such a public commitment like that there's no going back on that - regardless of the facts.

The club writes "1874" on the back of our jerseys, in colours that have been worn since 1867. You have to appreciate the irony of that act if nothing else - it's special.
And I don't see why we can't enjoy the irony and the celebrations.

That’s probably true, to a large degree, but South Melbourne did publicly celebrate 1924 as its 50th season, in retrospect, in early 1925. So they have been honouring 1874 for nearly a century.

Absolutely correct about the 1924 celebration.
Need to consider the context though, 1924 was slap bang in the midddle of Australia's period of daliance with prohibition. The demon drink was successfully banned in some areas and availability was severely restricted in others - these are some images of materials promoting the cause https://www.australianculture.org/wp...e1710x1112.jpg and https://www.rmit.edu.au/content/dam/...ote%20YES.jpeg
So the Upstanding Citizens (or wowsers, it depends on your point of view) of the increasingly gentrified suburbs south of the Yarra were extremely keen to celebrate the anniversary of a club that was founded in a Temperance Hall. They certainly weren't going to celebrate a club that was founded in a pub!
The 1874 foundation story is just that, a story, a half truth that grew from a particular political/social imperative, but after a century in place - it's traditional.