Gold Coast Bears/Nth Sydney/Gosford

[siv]

Didnt they default on the payments due to the Northern Eagles?

Seems less like they got shafted and more like they just went broke....

Timing was the key

We weather stopped the Bears from playing out of Gosford

Then they got cut in 99

With no team meant no dponsors match gates or no NRL grant

They had no means to service their CC stadium debt so were put in administration

The administrator then convinced Manly to become a merger so he could get hold of $2 mil of the $8mil merger money on offer by the NRL

 

[siv]

Titans colour scheme should be 2 shades of blue (light and dark) and silver. Ditch the gold/yellow.

A simple T style logo with "Gold Coast" underneath would look cool too I reckon.

Gold Coast wore the Seagulls black white and red for a number of years

Thought I did prefer their original silver white and black unique colour scheme

 

[siv]

• Keep the Titans current colours as they are actually quite close to the 'traditional' 1970's Gold Coast colours/

Is this a council thing or a BRL thing??

• Don't rebrand the Coast with any new logo. Titans was not my preference when they chose it and a logo / emblem more reflective of the region would have been great.....but hey don't see too many bears, tigers or dragons roaming around Sydney town.

I agree they shouldnt totally change the name or brng in a different mascot, but that doesnt mean the logo should be held a sacred...

The current badge is easily the worst in the NRL and should be fixed.

• If the Bears do get resurrected somewhere in some form.......the NRL work with the QRL to have the same happen with former Brisbane RL clubs Valleys, Brothers and Western Suburbs

Forget the Bears, just bring back the old BRL teams...

Each would have 80+ years of history behind them and im sure there would be a few little rivalries to grow.

Maybe we should just disband the NRL and have all FG teams play in the Qld or NSW Cups

 

[Diesel]

Didnt they default on the payments due to the Northern Eagles?

Seems less like they got shafted and more like they just went broke....

100% but in the eyes of a RL fan, they were all set to move to Gosford but their stadium had massive delays from weather IIRC and were nomads for the 1998 and/or 99 and that didn't help their cause. In hindsight they should've just stayed at NSO

 

[Diesel]

Maybe we should just disband the NRL and have all FG teams play in the Qld or NSW Cups

This may be in jest but it's an interesting idea. Have two conferences of 12-14 with the top 3-4 of each qualifying and then 2 wildcard entries from the left over teams with most wins (which could be from one conference). 5 weeks of finals and teams cross over in week one i.e. QLD Cup v NSW Cup and then just take it from there

 

[Perth Red]

yep because a two state sport is going to do gangbusters in the modern era lol

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The Gold Coast Bears look isn't without precedence from either team, both wearing similar jerseys 20-25 years apart:

Ken Irvine at Norths :




Gold Coast Seagulls 1993-1995 jersey:

 

[taipan]

yep because a two state sport is going to do gangbusters in the modern era lol

So the Melbourne storm, and their 18,000 plus member don't exist LOL.A typical fumbler comment.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Storm's TV viewing figures aren't bad either, if I'm not wrong.

And what about NZ?

 

[taipan]

Storm's TV viewing figures aren't bad either, if I'm not wrong.

And what about NZ?

Nah Mad Hatter rugby league is only played in two states.Fumbler spin doctors tell us so, therefore it must be true.

 

[Perth Red]

So the Melbourne storm, and their 18,000 plus member don't exist LOL.A typical fumbler comment.

This may be in jest but it's an interesting idea. Have two conferences of 12-14 with the top 3-4 of each qualifying and then 2 wildcard entries from the left over teams with most wins (which could be from one conference). 5 weeks of finals and teams cross over in week one i.e. QLD Cup v NSW Cup and then just take it from there

What you talking about? he was sugggeting the nrl should split into a nsw and Queensland competition. Good luck not looking like a myopic two state game with the odd team thrown into the nsw or qland league to the rest of the world. It's bad enough at the moment with origin seen as pinnacle of game, 13 teams out of 16 in nsw and qland, language like "affiliated states".

 

[taipan]

I'm not talking I'm typing just for clarification.Unfortunately melad you are so negative it would make a genius confused.

We have an expansion team in Melbourne not due to the ARL/NRL but bleeding News .One in NZ,one in the ACT Some needing large sums to underpin them,some having financial issues.Lessons still not learned.

 

[mistertaylor]

Titans colour scheme should be 2 shades of blue (light and dark) and silver. Ditch the gold/yellow.

A simple T style logo with "Gold Coast" underneath would look cool too I reckon.

Rough mockup of a Titans "2 Blue" jersey...

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Rough mockup of a Titans "2 Blue" jersey...

Or Cabra Two Blues:




But for a SEQ team, isn't it a case of too blue?

 

[mistertaylor]

Maroon isnt a mandatory requirement on all Qld nased team jerseys.

No maroon on Cowboys jerseys and they have done just fine without it.

 

[siv]

This may be in jest but it's an interesting idea. Have two conferences of 12-14 with the top 3-4 of each qualifying and then 2 wildcard entries from the left over teams with most wins (which could be from one conference). 5 weeks of finals and teams cross over in week one i.e. QLD Cup v NSW Cup and then just take it from there

I know

Its more in frustraion to QLD road blocking also every corner of RL expansion.

So Qld'rs want to break away from Australia like in the commercial

Maybe we should just continue the realignment of the grades

U16 is already a Qld v NSW winners playiff
U18 is as well
Reserve Grade has also been setup

U20s will soon be setup in the same manner

So that just leaves FG

And we have had this Australian Championship match in the past every 20 years

It is surprising how many expansion issues it solves overnight

I dont think we need a crossover fonals system - just a FG superbowl

You could then handover a % of TV rights based upon viewing numbers to each state body to issue out grants

Then the only question will be do Perth Wellington and Fiji join NSW based comp as the plan is today or go over to QLD based comp

 

[Diesel]

yep because a two state sport is going to do gangbusters in the modern era lol

f**k it, call it north and south, NRL and ARL or WA and not WA, it doesn't have to be called QLD and NSW.

 

[flippikat]

Gold Coast Seagulls 1993-1995 jersey:

View attachment 12254

I'd love to see this "thick striped" Seagulls jersey done as a Titans heritage jersey in Titans colours - they've already done the better known butcher stripes Seagulls one.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Titans colour scheme should be 2 shades of blue (light and dark) and silver. Ditch the gold/yellow.

A simple T style logo with "Gold Coast" underneath would look cool too I reckon.

Yeh, i think GC desperately need to fix up their branding (they look like a shitty NSW/Parra/low quality NFL blend). But at the same time they need to maintain a bit of consistency (im dead against this Black-Red Bears shit) so any changes would be seen as a update rather than a rebranding...

I dont like the idea of Blue-Blue; they already struggle with the perception of being a Northern NSW team, giving them the same colours as the NSW State team would just be crazy.

Id love to see them just go back to the original GC Dolphines colours. It is consistent with the Blue-Gold combo but it would give them a genuinely unique look

 

[flippikat]

Id love to see them just go back to the original GC Dolphines colours. It is consistent with the Blue-Gold combo but it would give them a genuinely unique look

YES!!

When the bid dropped the Dolphins name, they were too rash in chucking away the colours too. The teal, orange and white would be unique (the Tigers are the only other team featuring orange, and half the time you struggle to find it on their jersey anyway...).

The current Titans colours just seem to be stranded somewhere between the Eels & Sharks.