1. Yenda Blueheelers
The name of this Riverina club conjures up great imagery and it’s as country as it gets. It’s suggestive of a team that will not rest until the game is over and one that will nag away at its opposition all day long.
2. Dapto Canaries
This Illawarra club is unlikely to strike fear into rival teams with its yellow jersey and a singing bird for a mascot but Dapto has been a stronghold of the game for almost 100 years, producing countless state and international stars. The canary, of course, is synonymous with the coal mines that are prevalent in the region.
3. Warilla Gorillas
Generally speaking, footballers don’t take too kindly to the “gorilla” label, but in the case of this NSW South Coast club it is a badge of honour. The Gorillas have won six Group 7 titles since 1980.
4. Moree Porkchoppers
The north-west of New South Wales is prime country for wild pigs and the Porkchoppers was a natural for Moree, a prominent club in the area for more than 60 years. These days the club goes by the slightly more gentile name of the Boars.
5. Aramac Bush Pigs
Officials of the Aramac club in the central west of Queensland were thinking along the same lines as Moree officials when they came up with their rough and ready title. It’s doubtful there would be too many lawyers or accountants turning out for the Bush Pigs!
6. Kyogle Turkeys
It would seem like self-inflicted punishment for a club to style itself as the “Turkeys” but there was some method behind the thinking of officials from this northern NSW club. The aboriginal name for the town means “the place of the plain turkey”.
7. Quirindi Grasshoppers
The long-standing club from the Upper Hunter district of NSW would have to be one of the few outfits named after an agricultural pest.
8. Guyra Super Spuds
Coming up with a good team name is often about connecting with the local community and recognising its point of difference. Officials at this northern NSW club apparently had that in mind when they decided to style themselves as the Super Spuds.
9. Warialda Wombats
This one probably goes under the title of “a good idea at the time” – it’s got a nice ring to it and there’s the old “eats roots and leaves” joke – but how difficult would it be for a club known as the “Wombats” to attract new players? Would you respond to a call to “Come and be a Wombat in 2008”?
10. Kilcoy Yowies
According to local legend there have been sightings of a strange ape-man creature in the hills surrounding this small town north-west of Brisbane dating back many years. A statue of a wooden Yowie is the town’s main tourist attraction and the beastly creature was a natural as the local football mascot.
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