The A-League’s new club for the 2020-21 season will bear a classical rather than original football name and will be called Macarthur FC.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, with the name decided on after extensive community consultation.
The third Sydney-based team’s colours will be black, white and ochre, and their logo will include a bull.
Someone
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lol
Buddy
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In the mud at Edgar Street with Supermac and hhe giant sideburns on the opposite side!
Working Class Rugger
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Mate, I was born and raised in this region. I say this as I still live here to this day. And I'm telling you. Western Sydney ends and the Macartur begins where the M5 meets the Hume. I'm telling you. While if you are looking at a map of Sydney and were to draw a line separating it into two east/west halves at Parramatta then, yes, it would fall in the western half. But so would the likes of Castle Hill which is just as geographically western as Parramatta. Do you count The Hills District as part of Western Sydney because I know many of those living there certainly wouldn't. It is its own distinct region of the larger City of Sydney as is the Macarthur.
Nick Symonds
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It's not just the colours that are similar, but Juventus previously had a bull which is now gone https://i.cbc.ca/1.3939182.1484674276!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/juventus-fc-logo.jpg - I also found this concept redesign merging the two https://dcassetcdn.com/design_img/2529999/43852/43852_13548470_2529999_88d7b7cf_image.png
Franko
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This is a real step up on Western United. Hopefully they go with a primary black and white, with just a yellow trim. https://store.juventus.com/en/602/25562/juventus-third-jersey-201819
Ben of Phnom Penh
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Lovely colours, though the first time I've seen them on a team outside of the NT.
Nick Symonds
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Either that or it has bovine influenza.
Josh
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They're not 40km away Nemesis they're 7km from my front door. The area is Wanderers territory, who didn't pay it lip service like Sydney FC did. People from the area are on board with the Wanderers.
Josh
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There's only one Western Sydney. It stretches from Campbelltown all the way across to Penrith. I dont need people who don't even live there trying to tell me what Western Sydney is I've lived in the area my whole life.
Josh
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Based on what Waz ?
Beach
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The inference is of course that this actually a Minotaur and eats flesh
Beach
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Macarthur ran sheep of course... But I suppose both animals have four legs and eat grass.
JT
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They're from the Southern Cross constellation and are supposed to represent the Australian soccer community, the NPL, and the A-League.
Sydneysideliner
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This is a strength of Sydney IMO, it's always been a collection of distinct communities. Western Sydney may be an umbrella term for anything west of Olympic Park, but it's actually describing several areas that are developing identities of their own over time. Melbourne, on the other hand is Melbourne CBD with suburbia gradually radiating outwards in different directions, approximating general 'areas' according to what trainline, tramline or motorway you're nearest to.
Sydneysideliner
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Not bad. A name that actually has the name of the area, not a compass point. A distinctive logo that infers the mascot without shouting it at you in capital letters larger than the rest of the name. No "United" in sight! What are the stars at the bottom? Looks like it's grazing on championships.
Fadida
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I really like it. For some reason I'm thinking if Hereford , Ronnie Radford blasting one in
Nick Symonds
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The sharp modernist angular silhouette reminds me a bit of Wolverhampton's logo.
Jordan Klingsporn
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Love it.
Jordan Klingsporn
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Negative Nancy.
Nemesis
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If you follow a club & are scared about another club based 40km away you really have no faith in you own club. In Dundee, there are 2 rival clubs situated on opposite sides of Tannadice Street, Dundee... 290 metres apart. When will Australian football fans grow up?