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Something's Coming...
In an alternate timeline, this happened....
Our Timeline: Fitzroy Lions merged with Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions
Altered Timeline: Brisbane Bears merged with Fitzroy Lions to become the Fitzroy Bears
Poll will run for 3 days
The winner picks the next team from the list below or
can use their one-time self-imposed idea where they put forward an idea not listed below
Winner has 48 hours to choose or one will be chosen at random
Entry 1 cannavo
"It's 1996 and with years upon years of talks about possible mergers amongst various AFL clubs, the struggling Brisbane Bears seek a lifeline in the Fitzroy Lions whose team had an incredible resurgence, claiming the reserves premiership in recent years but dwindling crowds and crippling debt put their name amongst the clubs in need of some support. The Bears and Lions board got together and after some months of deliberation and considerations of all options, the two parties agreed to merge and have the Bears name move south into Victoria to become the Fitzroy Bears. This would unfortunately leave Queensland without a footy team, but years later, they would finally get another under a different name. Their inaugural jumper comprised of a mix between the Bears recent Vee and the first Fitzroy jumper with old chamois reinforcing with the red changing to the old maroon, as well as the standard blue yoke that sits on top. The bear head was an unused Brisbane Bears logo which finally saw some purpose as the centrepiece"
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Entry 2 Nickimus Rex
"Found this in the cupboard - pretty sure it's an old Fitzroy-Brisbane Bears Football Club one from the 90s"
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Entry 3 Sam Hall
"Its 1990 and and the Bears make a bid to take over the struggling Fitzroy at the request of the AFL. The AFL offer the Bears 6 million in cash to take over the struggling Lions and another 6 million to Fitzroy which will pay off their debts and remove them from administration. The Fitzroy board accept but due to being stuck on the Gold Coast and unable to build a successful fanbase in Brisbane the AFL decide to pull out of south-east Queensland and move the Bears to Victoria. The Bears would play their first season based in Melbourne in 1991 and this would allow Fremantle and Port Adelaide to join the AFL together in 1995. The Bears would go on to win three premierships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Co-Captain and 2003 Brownlow Medalist Nathan Buckley won his second Norm Smith Medal after the 2003 Grand Final where the Bears beat Collingwood by 50 points. The Bears were unable to win a 4th Grand Final in a row as they would lose the 2004 Grand Final to St Kilda, who had beaten Port Adelaide the week earlier. St Kilda would end a 38 year drought."
Alternate timeline categories
Bold - Completed with poll results
Mergers
- Melbourne - St Kilda merger (1995)
- Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
- Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
- Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
- Fitzroy - Brisbane (Fitzroy Bears)
- Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne
- Saints relocate to NZ
- Essendon relocate to NT to become Alice Springs
- Hawthorn relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)
- South Melbourne relocate to Tasmania
- South Melbourne relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy complete move to North Sydney - 1980
- Footscray relocate to Queensland - 1981
- West Coast Eagles to the SANFL
- Brisbane Bears to the SANFL
- Fitzroy to the SANFL - 1981
- Footscray to the SANFL - 1981
- Adelaide Uni to the SANFL - 1991 (cannot use only black and white)
- Collingwood to the SANFL - 1997
- East Perth to the VFL - 1980
- Norwood to the AFL
- Launceston to the AFL
- Essendon to the WAFL
- Port Adelaide crows join the AFL - 1991
- Papua New Guinea enter the AFL
- Mount Gambier join the SANFL
- Limestone Coast join the SANFL
- Sydney enter as a separate team (Bloods stay in Vic)
- Darwin join the AFL - 1991
- Public Service Football Club join the VFL
- Gold Coast fold, new North Queensland team take their place - 2030
- NZ enter 90's State of Origin
- Broome become the 2nd WA AFL team
- Gold Coast hijack Brisbane Bears VFL entry - 1986
- West Coast Eagles VFL kits altered due to Williamstown sharing the same colours
- GWS keep their 'Team GWS' colours
- Port Adelaide retain their Magenta
- Adelaide's hurried concept
(Adelaide board hastily attain clothes from local sport store and use the 5 colours to design their new AFL team)
- Hawthorn release Ochre jumper - 2000
- Skittle's sponsor Essendon and release special guernsey
- Heidelberg Warriors align with Collingwood for 1 season - 1996
- Melbourne remain as The Fuchsias
- Melbourne remain as The Invincible Whites
- Collingwood remain as Britannia
