Photo: The new badge for the New Town White Eagles Soccer Club
Southern Championship club New
Town Eagles today decided to rename the club New Town White Eagles Soccer Club.
The change was made at the
club’s AGM for 2019, which was held today.
The club will also adopt a
new badge in line with the name change.
Photo: The original badge of the new White Eagle Soccer Club in 1961
The club was formed in 1961 by Polish migrants as the White Eagle Sports Club and football was only just one sport that was
played under its auspices.
Volleyball, basketball and
table-tennis were other sports under the umbrella of the White Eagle Sports
Club.
That was in line with the
European tradition of a club having teams in a number of sports.
Barcelona and Real Madrid,
for example, also have basketball and other sports teams in addition to their
world-famous football teams.
In 1997, White Eagle, together
with dozens of other clubs in Australia, were forced by the Australian national
governing body to remove all ethnic connotations in their names.
Photo: The New Town Eagles badge after the enforced name change in 1997
White Eagle thus became New
Town Eagles.
Football Federation Australia
recently allowed clubs to switch back to
their former names and emblems and the white eagle of Poland is prominent in the new badge.
New Town White Eagles Soccer
Club president, Grant Nutting, said: “The
aim of the name change and alternate emblem is to pay respect to the founding
White Eagle Sports Club and former New Town Eagles Soccer Club, whilst providing
a design that is modern and representative of the club’s promising future in
preparation for our 60th anniversary in 2021.
“The feedback we received
from past and current players and officials was extremely positive and we
couldn’t be more delighted with the final result.
“There was a significant amount
of work involved prior to the transition and it will be some time before we
fully implement the changes.
“The club would also like to
take this opportunity to thank Domin8 Designs for their assistance in bringing
this emblem to life.
“The club would like to thank
everyone for their input and we are excited for what the future holds.”
6 comments:
Grant, are you able to explain to readers the rationale behind using 'soccer club' rather than 'football club'? This is not meant as any form of criticism but a genuine query from someone who follows the sport and the club's fortunes.
Why eagles - plural? There is only one eagle on the Polish flag.
The White Eagle volleyball team was one of the strongest in the state in the late 1960s- mid-70s. Ervin Miezitis, Ed Kremzer, John Straatsma are a few of the names I remember. Henry Rybak and Rod Scott played for Hobart.
Question does anyone know why White Eagles are not in the Laka Cup his year? Seems very strange
White Eagle doesn't sound right just like west Coast Eagle doesn't sound right and doesn't roll of the tongue
One of my favourite phrases when I played.
Come on eagle, you can do it❤️❤️❤️
It ain't eagles.
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