| Full name | Sydney Rovers Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Rovers |
| Founded | 2009 (Ceased 2010) |
| Ground | Parramatta Stadium (Capacity: 21,487) |
| Chairman | Ian Rowden |
| League | A-League |
Sydney Rovers Football Club[1] was a proposed professional football (soccer) club based in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and the 12th official franchise in the A-League.[2][3] The club was supposed to kick off in the 2011-2012 season.[4][5]
Led by businessman Ian Rowden, the bid for a new Sydney team in the A-League received the rights for the league's 12th licence in September 2009. Rowden's group was awarded the license to join the A-League's 2011-12 season on 29 September 2009. After many months of delays and scruntiny, the Sydney Rovers bid was declined entry into the 2011-12 A-league season, making way for a more financial and technically sound bid.[6]
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The Rovers foundation board members include Ian Rowden, his partner at law firm DLA Phillip Fox, Peter Tredinnick, former Socceroo John Moore, Director of Global Brands and former Olympic marketing executive and former Socceroo great, Charlie Yankos.[7]
The club badge features a traditional shield-like design divided vertically into three bars of red, white and black. Three white stars outlined in black form a triangle in the chief of the shield, with the top star lying partly outside it. These stars are said to represent the north, west and south of Sydney.
Underneath these are written the word Sydney in black. Below this, a banner across the centre of the shield has the word Rovers. In the base of the shield is written FC in red, directly underneath which is a traditional black and white football. The Rovers' colour scheme, based on the club's badge, is to be red, white and black.
The club's prototype kit was announced on February 19. It is a tri colour, consisting of red white and black thirds - similar to the club's badge, and the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL.[8]
It was undecided where the club would play home games but Parramatta Stadium and Penrith Stadium are the main grounds the club was looking at. The club also suggested that home games be alternated between Parramatta and Penrith to appeal to a wide range of fans across Western Sydney.
On 5 July 2010 it was confirmed that Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Showground, CUA Stadium and Campbelltown Stadium were bidding to be Sydney Rovers' home ground for the inaugural season in 2011-2012 with ANZ Stadium confirming they are only bidding for a handful or marquee games. [9]
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