Adelaide’s guernsey was created in a rush at the end of 1990 but the original design has now lasted 25 seasons.
Interim board member Ed Betro led the guernsey development team when the Adelaide Football Club was formed late in 1990 but despite the production urgency, their legacy is an iconic AFL guernsey.
Across the past 25 years there have been changes to the collars, numbers, fabric, manufacturer template, fit and the shape of the horizontal red, gold and blue stripes and hoops.
For the first five seasons, the original style was the only guernsey worn by the Crows in games
Then, in 1996, the Crows experimented with a new guernsey for the pre-season competition.
It was not until the 1999 season that Adelaide developed its first ‘away’ guernsey and then in 2006 a red ‘clash’ guernsey was introduced.
Next season, full hoops will return to the BLK produced home guernsey for the first time since 2005.
CROWS GUERNSEY TIMELINE
1991: Adelaide’s original wool jumper featured full hoops.
1996: The gold numbers were first outlined in white. For the pre-season competition, the Crows wore a new guernsey featuring a large Crow on a gold and red background.
1999: First away guernsey launched, with larger red section on the front, red numbers and a Crow across the chest.
2004: First Heritage Round guernsey, with the Club's crest added to the front.
2006: Extra blue panels added to the sides of the home guernsey, splitting the hoops. The gold sleeve edging also was removed. The Club also launched a new predominantly red ‘clash’ guernsey and added more blue to the away guernsey.
2008: New away guernsey, based on the 1996 pre-season guernsey.
2009: A gold bib added at the collar, gold sleeving returned and the top red stripe (below the numbers) was removed off the back, replaced by a thin, red curved line.
2010: The red stripe returned below the numbers on the back of the home guernsey. For the first time, a white-based clash guernsey was introduced featuring the Club’s new logo
2013: The blue side panels on the home guernsey were positioned further towards the back of the guernsey. The “murder of Crows” away guernsey launched. Also, for the first time, wore an Indigenous Round guernsey.
2015: Red, blue and gold claw marks featured on the front of a new white clash guernsey.
