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The A-league football season in Australia is gradually drawing to a close, so
I thought I'd mention a few of the flags flown by different club supporter
groups. In general, each club has one semi-official fan flag, which is usually
simply the team's badge placed in the centre of a background in the colour or
colours of the team's playing strip. Not all of the 11 teams in the league seem
to have these "unofficial official" flags, but many do. There are images of some
of them at the following pages:
http://www.goodscore.com.au/images/pics/aleague/aleagueflags/adelaide.jpg
http://www.rebelsport.com.au/ecom/rebel/artwork/product_images/large/15300020700020005542.jpg
http://www.rebelsport.com.au/ecom/rebel/artwork/product_images/large/15300020700020005545.jpg
http://www.goodscore.com.au/central-coast-mariners-medium-flag-p-17888.html
http://www.goodscore.com.au/sydney-medium-flag-p-17885.html
http://www.goodscore.com.au/queensland-roar-medium-flag-p-17889.html
One further flag definitely deserves mention - of the eleven teams in the
league, the most organised supporters' club is almost certainly the Yellow Fever, the
supporters of Wellington Phoenix (the only New Zealand side in the league). The
yellow fever have their own banner-like flag, and at all home games one section
of the ground has quite a large number of these "Yellow army flags". The flags
are taller than they are wide, and contain a fairly odd image in the centre: a
moustache and hair. Club manager, Ricki Herbert was - as a player - a member of
the 1982 national team, the first New Zealand side ever to qualify for the FIFA
world cup. At that time, he wore shoulder-length hair and moustache, as was
common at the time. The flag shows Herbert's hair as it appeared in 1982!
James Dignan, 18 February, 2011
