Games like the Heritage Match are played throughout the year to celebrate the history and anniversaries of clubs. To represent these matches clubs will wear throwback uniforms more commonly known as Heritage Guernsey's. During these matches clubs and fans can commemorate their succeses and also show football fans the old guernsey's that would have been worn in their first matches being part of VFL/AFL history.
Clubs and the Year they joined:
Carlton - 1897
Collingwood - 1897
Essenden - 1897
Brisbane Bears - 1987-1996 became Brisbane Lions in 1997
Geelong - 1897
Fitzroy - 1897-1996 Merged with Brisbane in 97
Melbourne - 1897
St Kilda - 1897
West Coast - 1987
Adelaide - 1991
North Melbourne - 1925- 1998, 2007-Present (Between 1999-2006 known as Kangaroos)
Footscray - 1925-1996 Renamed Western Bulldogs in 97
Hawthorn - 1925
Fremantle - 1995
Port Adelaide - 1997
Richmond - 1908
Gold Coast - 2011
Greater Western Sydney - 2012 These games are flash backs, football fans can get a glimpse of what their favourite team use to look like, and reminds clubs and fans of how far the AFL has come. Heritage Guernseys are available for football fans to buy during the year, these guernseys have become quite popular. …show more content…
Teams that have been around since the beginning will usually pick a guernsey from a different year to have made for these matches, these guernseys are then made available to the public for purchase. One of the most controversial heritage guernsey is Port Adeliade's because their design was black with white "prison bars" because of the clash with the Collingwood guernsey they were forced to change their design when they joined the Australian Football League in 1997. They have since been permitted to wear this guernsey in any match even those not played against Collingwood Football
Clubs and the Year they joined:
Carlton - 1897
Collingwood - 1897
Essenden - 1897
Brisbane Bears - 1987-1996 became Brisbane Lions in 1997
Geelong - 1897
Fitzroy - 1897-1996 Merged with Brisbane in 97
Melbourne - 1897
St Kilda - 1897
West Coast - 1987
Adelaide - 1991
North Melbourne - 1925- 1998, 2007-Present (Between 1999-2006 known as Kangaroos)
Footscray - 1925-1996 Renamed Western Bulldogs in 97
Hawthorn - 1925
Fremantle - 1995
Port Adelaide - 1997
Richmond - 1908
Gold Coast - 2011
Greater Western Sydney - 2012 These games are flash backs, football fans can get a glimpse of what their favourite team use to look like, and reminds clubs and fans of how far the AFL has come. Heritage Guernseys are available for football fans to buy during the year, these guernseys have become quite popular. …show more content…
Teams that have been around since the beginning will usually pick a guernsey from a different year to have made for these matches, these guernseys are then made available to the public for purchase. One of the most controversial heritage guernsey is Port Adeliade's because their design was black with white "prison bars" because of the clash with the Collingwood guernsey they were forced to change their design when they joined the Australian Football League in 1997. They have since been permitted to wear this guernsey in any match even those not played against Collingwood Football