Woah, dude, it’s like that 3D anchor is coming right at me! Not so for the whacky Fremantle Dockers, whose theme song sounds like they were striving for a late 80s big hair rock Cheap Trick-style that went shockingly, shockingly wrong. There are about 15 teeth between the whole Tigers cheer squad. Do you agree with our list? What makes an AFL club song good, you ask? Simon Goodwin looks happy despite wearing this 2006/07 away guernsey.
The song was adapted from the USA army marching song “Goodbye Dolly Gray” which accounts for its infectious, driving, big band feel.
BEST: Thankfully for everyone’s eyes, the Tigers haven’t strayed from the classic sash on their home guernseys since 1914. I’m pretty sure he’s not an AFL fan. It’s Clive Waterhouse — in three dimensions, duuuuuuude. BEST: The Bombers have donned the sash for years. The popular and very well-known song “When The Saints Go Marching In” will have you wishing you were in St Kilda as the lyrics strongly suggest you should be.
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WORST: It’s almost like Hawthorn tried to produce a new worst Hawks guernsey with the ridiculously bad Power Rangers look from the last few seasons. And for anyone who knows anything of the club’s history the lyric, “we’re the Eagles, we’re flying high” is retrospectively, a terrible line. Originally from a tune called, “Row Row Row” from the 1912 season of US variety show The Ziegfeld Follies, even a non-Richmond supporter has to admit that this club song is right on the money as far as proud football songs go. This isn’t so much about the colour scheme as the entire design. A sash should never be 80 per cent of the guernsey.
When Ken Hinkley’s men are belting it out after a hard-fought win, it really comes into its own. BEST: When Port Adelaide came into the AFL their guernseys looked so pointy they could’ve probably taken your eye out. An incredibly bland and stale tune. There’s no specific deadline on that statement. BEST: Collingwood’s home guernsey has been nearly identical for decades, with only slight changes. Adam Manovic is a Goreng Goreng/Latji Latji man, father, producer, and host of 'The Podcast We Had To Have'. ), this is a really nice footy song with many regional clubs throughout the country having some variation of it as their own club song. Danny Frawley, an assistant coach at the Magpies in 1996, models their classic home guernsey complete with Spicers sponsorship. Ranking AFL Guernseys 2019 (TierMaker) Davidoff Productions. Designed by: Local Yugambeh man Luther Cora in conjunction with the clubs Indigenous AFL players. Are they Swans? Lots of energy, easy to belt out, good rhyming throughout the song (‘grin’ ‘skin’ and ‘win’). But the reigning champion hasn’t been dethroned yet — this blue monstrosity with brown and gold diamonds worn against Sydney in the 1995 preseason. Adding one of those goal umpire hats would probably improve the look. Indeed, the graceful, beautiful bird that is the Swan seems a far cry away from their nickname of ‘The Bloods’, which evokes somewhat of a savage outlook. Stephen Schwerdt models the Crows’ home guernsey of 1991-5. They have some helpful features and if you don’t want to pay, there’s also a free version you can try out. Luna Park! This gradient-infused mess was worn in away games from 2000-02; perhaps it’s not a coincidence this was one of the club’s least successful periods. They decided to embrace the wider Western Suburbs of Melbourne as opposed to just working-class Footscray. Maybe it’s a mythical place with actual Tigers running around everywhere, frolicking gayly on the countryside? Prince of Wales hotel ahoy!
Is there anything more divisive than deciding which AFL guernseys are the best? It just feels so much like a football song. It stars James Cagney, who performs the song in the film. From 2001 to 2003 the Saints wore this yellow mess as an away top — not even as a special one-off like some previously mentioned. Western Bulldogs legend Doug Hawkins’s view, aired on SEN Breakfast on Wednesday morning, is shared by many; the club’s new top isn’t its best. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. So Richmond’s worst look comes from a time they didn’t wear it.