Melbourne City FC Thread

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Burtonblue said:
mancity111 said:
Puppet Master Silva said:
A new team/league to follow for us blues which is always fun, keeping tabs on our New York and Melbourne brothers. Can't be getting one of those naff Kappa kits though, I'll wait 'til they get Nike or Adidas ta.

It won't be the last team the owners buy either you can be assured of that.

Other large organisations will do the same and in fact have been doing so for some time.
It's off to the Far East next I suspect.
Now that's one huge market they will deffo want a slice of.

If I could I'd place a bet on China being the next league the City group delve into.
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Burtonblue said:
alexiano said:
What a buzz. Still on a high from all this news even after having a few hours sleep. I've read through these 25 pages with much excitement to peer over the fence.

Being a foundation member of MHFC, and being involved heavily with the club through the terrific active support Yarraside, making two-sticks, making apps for the club and the active support, I'm thoroughly grateful that we have new owners. As such a fanatical fan, it's been a painful 4 years.

The one thing that I'm most excited about this is that Heart to date have really been innovative from creating fan-based 3rd strips, the best community grass-roots engagement, fan engagement activities. Finally, someone who can financially back these initiatives; the biggest win in my opinion.

Some innovations
* Season 4: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/news-display/Melbourne-Heart-FC-reveals-unique-Third-Kit/80497" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/mel ... -Kit/80497</a>
* Season 3: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/news-display/Heart-set-to-launch-unprecedented-digital-initiative/60089" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/mel ... tive/60089</a>
* Playing FIFA14 on Big screen on game day
* <a class="postlink" href="http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/a-league-first-as-heartzone-wifi-platform-launched/77179" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/new ... ched/77179</a>


What I'd love to see is:
* City buy out AAMI park (which is expandable btw beyond the 30K capacity) and kick out Victory.
* Heart become Melbourne City FC, Melbourne City Heart (MCHFC) (giving a geographic point of difference)
* Heart keep the current home strip and adopt a sky-blue stripe equivalent as connection to City (or sky-blue and red stripes)
* Continue with the fan engagement
* Continue with grass-roots clinics
Great to hear of your excitement.
I hope most of your fans feel the same positivity and embrace becoming part of the City fraternity like you.
I think our owners are well on the way to developing a world beating brand which will dwarf anything that preceded it.
It confirms their intent to become the dominant force in world football and the best bit is we are all going to feel part of it.
So now you are officially my favourite football team in Oz.
Happy days!


It is great to see the exitement is shared both ways. I am very exited for the future of what Melbourne City FC will be. Also it is great to now have ties with such a powerful well known and well respected club. This is the start of something big.
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Tony999 said:
You guys have just added more fuel to the fire with our cross-town rivals :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/melbourne-victory-neighbourhood-set-to-get-very-noisy-as-man-city-move-in/story-e6frf4gl-1226809035720" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a- ... 6809035720</a>

I had posted that a short while ago.

I wonder where MCFC go next? ;-)
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

johan_anders said:
It's interesting to see how well this has been received by you Man City fans. Certainly it's a boost for us and our little antipodean club.
It's partly because we know what you're in for ;-)
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

mancity111 said:
greasedupdeafguy said:
Yaya_Tony said:
Huge news this. On the colours change thing, although it may face resistance initially the club's fanbase will grow to match Victory eventually and looking at the Abu Dhabi F1 track it seems inevitable;

http://circuitprodigital.com/wp-con...L-DAY-SPIRITS-HIGH-AT-YAS-MARINA-CIRCUIT2.jpg

The City Footballing Group. Unbelievable.
Bit of red and white in there to represent Melbourne Hearts?

Personally I don't see a colour change happening as Sydney fc already play in sky blue and I can't see Soriano and co wanting to piss a section of an already small fanbase.

Pretty sure their will be a colour change GUG sooner rather than later.

May not be identical to our home strip but close enough for fans and onlookers to identify it with Man City.

Perhaps Sky Blue with White but the predominant colour will be blue.

Doesn't really matter that Sydney where blue as all A League sides have away strips.
Im sure the Melbourne Hearts fans will be consulted as ADUG seemed to have a lot of respect for the history and traditions of manchester city when they tookover us.

Going by their forum it seems most are dead set against a colour change as would supporters of any club if their own team got took over. Furthermore their main rivals play in a shade of blue and there is another club nicknamed 'sky blues' so I wouldnt say its a certainty their will be colour change. In very crowded market in Melbourne with football being a minority sport (or at least the A-league) and with an already much bigger Melbourne side I don't think it would a good idea to antagonise the core support that they already have. Guess we will see in a few months
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

I'm not sure why we'd call them Melbourne City, as we'd have 2 MCFC's and that leads to the potential for Brand confusion.

So I don't know whether we'd change them to Melbourne City AFC, or Melbourne City Hearts, or maybe do what Hearts do and call them Heart of Melbourne City.
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Puppet Master Silva said:
Burtonblue said:
mancity111 said:
It won't be the last team the owners buy either you can be assured of that.

Other large organisations will do the same and in fact have been doing so for some time.
It's off to the Far East next I suspect.
Now that's one huge market they will deffo want a slice of.

If I could I'd place a bet on China being the next league the City group delve into.

Sun Ji Hai!
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

S04 said:
So City football group Ltd got a Manchester branch, a New York branch and now a Melbourne branch.. Each one in a separate confederation which hardly is a coincidence.
Can we expect south-America and Africa soon?

I was surprised we didn't buy a Chinese club.
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Hey all.

Im a Melbourne Based Melbourne Heart *Cough Cough* CITY FAN and wish my deepest gratitude to merge with such a big club.
( i have the same username on the Heart Forums)

WE (melbourne) have as much reputation as a button on a shirt - THANK YOU FOR REPLENISHING THIS WELL STRUCTURED CLUB AND SAVED US FROM ANY MORE HEART ACHE . I know you are going to get alot of youngsters coming on here and overly showing passion but lets be honest - we wouldnt be here without you.

Together Forever - City till we die.
 
Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Let's not forget our Sierra Leone brethrens in Africa. It has been only almost 4 years chaps. I wonder how they are faring now.
 

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