Melbourne City FC Thread

[bermudian goat]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

there doesn't seem to be a problem with Melbourne City F.C.

I thought that name change was to be disputed by a lower league club that is currently called Melbourne City?

they'll have a price ;)
didn't know that, no mention of it on the heart forums.

 

[aguero93:20]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

I thought that name change was to be disputed by a lower league club that is currently called Melbourne City?

they'll have a price ;)
didn't know that, no mention of it on the heart forums.

so rather than there being a lower league club, we've already reserved the name, just in case.

 

[bermudian goat]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

they'll have a price ;)
didn't know that, no mention of it on the heart forums.

so rather than there being a lower league club, we've already reserved the name, just in case.

Well its Melbourne heart who registered the name, and that was just last week, so the the name change must already be agreed.
I think there was an amateur team though called Melbourne City who said they would challenge a trademark application.

 

[Damocles]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Greetings all from Australia. Can I firstly say thank you for purchasing our club. We were only formed 4 years ago and our philosophy was to play youth and attacking football. Unfortunately, we hired a sh*t coach last season and his shocking results finally sealed his fate 3 weeks ago. We are called Melbourne Heart FC but the name change is imminent but if someone can pass over a message to MCFC management that we would like to keep our colors :) As the Australian Football League (A-league) is only 9 years old, it is growing at a steady rate despite media bringing it down at every opportunity when something minor occurs such as a flare being is popped. The headlines would read "soccer riot". I will keep this short, so I will sum this up by saying we look forward to the next season in working with you guys.

If you guys ever wish to visit your new club in Australia we are on mhfcsupporters.com

Rag.

Slays me at times this place.

Quality Bluemooning Kun

 

[Tony999]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

You realise you guys have caused a massive buzz amongst the football community in Australia, the Melbourne Heart supporters, made us go straight to front page of the biggest selling newspapers here, we are a major story on prime time news and even other teams are happy for us and excited. We don't expect MCFC to pour millions and millions into our club. All we want is for us to play attractive attacking football. And we believe with your help this will be achieved.

 

[aguero93:20]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

so rather than there being a lower league club, we've already reserved the name, just in case.

Well its Melbourne heart who registered the name, and that was just last week, so the the name change must already be agreed.
I think there was an amateur team though called Melbourne City who said they would challenge a trademark application.

not an expert on Aussie law but unless they've trademarked it themselves there's f all they can do, that 21st century fox case comes to mind<br /><br />-- Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:08 am --<br /><br />

Greetings all from Australia. Can I firstly say thank you for purchasing our club. We were only formed 4 years ago and our philosophy was to play youth and attacking football. Unfortunately, we hired a sh*t coach last season and his shocking results finally sealed his fate 3 weeks ago. We are called Melbourne Heart FC but the name change is imminent but if someone can pass over a message to MCFC management that we would like to keep our colors :) As the Australian Football League (A-league) is only 9 years old, it is growing at a steady rate despite media bringing it down at every opportunity when something minor occurs such as a flare being is popped. The headlines would read "soccer riot". I will keep this short, so I will sum this up by saying we look forward to the next season in working with you guys.

If you guys ever wish to visit your new club in Australia we are on mhfcsupporters.com

Rag.

Slays me at times this place.

Quality Bluemooning Kun

they were forewarned Damocles.

 

[kippax81]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Welcome to our cousins from down under. Strap yourselves in for the ride of your lives....you'll love it, just love it.

The City Football Group. Got quite a nice ring to it :-)

CTWD

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

You realise you guys have caused a massive buzz amongst the football community in Australia, the Melbourne Heart supporters, made us go straight to front page of the biggest selling newspapers here, we are a major story on prime time news and even other teams are happy for us and excited.

In 2008 on the day after the takeover, I was working away from home & walked into the pub oppsoite where I was staying and all I could hear were people talking about City and this time they weren't laughing at us. It was the most fantastic feeling.

 

[Damocles]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

I was sat in front of my computer working, clicked over on BBC and was trying to excitedly tell my house mates why this was a big deal. None of them were sports fans and it was wank. Bluemoon was good that day though. Marco and his balls.

 

[TrueToTheHeart]

Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)

Hello lads, I will introduce myself as a very passionate and loyal supporter of the Melbourne Heart football Club

The Heart is my main team in world sport. I support them more than anyone else, I am one of a small but like minded group.

Our story

Our club entered the A-League 5 years after our crosstown rivals Melbourne victory. By this point the victory had gained a large number of the available supporters and corporate sponsors. The heart attempted to provide a point of difference with a community focus, but the club was given little funding from the FFA when compared to the western Sydney wanderers who are a favorite son of the FFA now after their initial success- all due to a major cash influx from the FFA themselves.

Due to the abscence of major funding, our club quickly found themselves running on a shoestring budget and training at substandard facilities for which government funded upgrades had not occurred. Regardless of this, the team continued to have success but that came to an abrupt halt when the club signed John Aloisi- a socceroo who's main claim to fame was scoring a penalty to send Australia to ten World Cup. On the back of that single moment, Aloisi earring himself a 3 year deal in April 2012. despite never having coached a senior team before. As you can tell, things went downhill from there.

Fast forward to January 2014- the team has won 6 games of which 1 has come this season after the club finally sacked Aloisi and has not won a game away from home. Naturally this sees the club run into a very poor financial position, becoming the poorest club in the a-league.

This is where you lot come in to it- Manchester city; unable to buy into any other a-league team who decides to keep to themselves find the struggling Melbourne Heart. They easily purchase the team and turn what was a club of its own into an entity of the major club in its brilliant idea to achieve success by building a global monopoly.

I thank all of you for coming over to our forum and taking an interest in our club, but now it is effectively yours. We are now Melbourne City and soon we will be sponsored by emirates and playing in sky blue.

It's all very we'll you coming to us and telling us how well you club. has done under the new owner but

Did your owner attempt to totally rebrand the name and colors of your club?
Did your owner make your club seem like a small piece in a larger puzzle?

That is what is really feels like to me. I feel I have lost my club, my home my sporting family, all in someone else's master plan!


To conclude, our club was run by idiots who didn't believe that their supporters truly cared about the club and wanted the best for them over all other clubs. They believed in mediocrity and now we are in this position now.

I see that there are many potential positives for our club, but I really feel that the cost is that we are now a mini-man city and have lost our independence.


I am interested to hear what you guys think about this but please think of us- the supporters whose club is being rebranded and potentially knocked down to start again. We are loyal and proud supporters just like you.

Come on you Hearts!