Editing Adelaide Football Club (section)

====Past====
In previous seasons, the Crows have had variations of alternate guernseys.

The club briefly used an alternate design in the pre-season competition. It was still in the club colours, but featured the club logo prominently on the front and continuing over onto the back.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adelaide Pre-Season Jumpers|url=http://footyjumpers.com/adelaidePS.htm|website=FootyJumpers.com|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908064940/http://footyjumpers.com/adelaidePS.htm|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This design would go on to inspire multiple [[#Past clash guernseys (2006—2023)|clash guernseys]] and the [[#Clash guernsey and Gather Round guernsey|Gather Round guernsey]].

The away guernsey was originally intended for use in all matches designated as away games, except finals. The design had changed several times over the years since it was first used in 1999.<ref name="footyjumpers.com">{{cite web|title=Adelaide Away Jumpers|url=http://footyjumpers.com/adelaideaway.htm|website=FootyJumpers.com|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065833/http://footyjumpers.com/adelaideaway.htm|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2006 the red was removed from the top of the guernsey, moving it closer to the home guernsey. Its usage had waned since the introduction of the "clash" guernsey, to the point where it was only used twice in 2007, against the [[Western Bulldogs]] in round 2 and [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in round 22. In a few away matches that year, the club also continued to use the traditional "home" guernsey, something which had rarely been done since the away strip was introduced. In response to this, a new away guernsey was introduced in 2008 featuring more red and yellow with a flying crow on the front – similar in design to the mid-90s pre-season jumper.

The clash guernsey was first introduced for season 2006 and was radically different from the "home" and "away" designs at the time.<ref name="footyjumpers.com" /> It was worn at all away games where the AFL deemed there to be a clash with the home team's guernsey design. Initially, the only clubs officially on the "clash list" were [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]], [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]], [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]], [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] and [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]. Despite this, the AFL forced the club to wear it against other teams, such as [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] and [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in 2007, [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]] in 2008 and the [[Brisbane Lions]] in 2008 and 2009. Eventually, the clash jumper was required to be worn in nearly all away games.

The first clash guernsey was red, and was worn from 2006 to 2009. The club first adopted a white clash guernsey in 2010. It featured the club logo on the front with stylised curves in club colours on the front and back with navy stripes down the sides. The design continued to be changed a number of times over the years, but remained predominantly white until the end of the 2020 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Away Jumpers |url=http://www.footyjumpers.com/adelaideaway.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731204653/http://footyjumpers.com/adelaideaway.htm |archive-date=31 July 2020 |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>

There were yellow and red clash guernseys for 2021, before solely moving to the red guernsey for 2022 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Away Jumpers |url=https://www.footyjumpers.com/adelaideaway.htm |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.footyjumpers.com}}</ref> These designs were similar to the [[#Alternative guernsey (2016–2017)|alternative guernsey]] used from 2016 to 2017.
In 2024, Adelaide wore a retro-style design for their clash guernsey. It features the flying crow found on the club's old logo. The crow is in blue, the above background yellow and the below background red.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theaflstore.com.au/products/adel-onf24-mens-clash-gsy#:~:text=Introducing%20the%20latest%202024%20Adelaide,sweat%20absorption%20and%20faster%20evaporation.|title=Adelaide Crows 2024 Authentic Mens Clash Guernsey|access-date=8 February 2024|website=AFL Store}}</ref> The design derives from the [[1996 AFL season|1996 preseason]] design, also found in the club's away guernsey from 2008 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crowshistory.afc.com.au/jumpers-year-by-year-afl|title=Adelaide Jumpers (AFL)|website=Adelaide Football Club - Crows History Locker|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> A key factor behind this change is the popularity for the club's '''''[[Gather Round]]''''' guernsey, which debuted in 2023 and featured the same crow design in a "stealth" style.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/1305252/crows-unveil-bespoke-guernsey-for-gather-round|website=Adelaide Football Club|date=11 April 2023|title=Crows unveil bespoke guernsey for Gather Round}}</ref>

The '''''alternative''''' guernsey, worn in 2016 and 2017 was the same design as the white clash guernsey of the time, but with a gold base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FootyJumpers - Adelaide |url=http://footyjumpers.com/images/Adelaide-Alt-2017.gif |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125704/http://footyjumpers.com/images/Adelaide-Alt-2017.gif |archive-date=21 August 2017 |access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> It was worn in away games in which it provided a greater contrast with the home team than either the home or white clash guernseys. Those teams were [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]], [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]], [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] and [[Western Bulldogs]] football clubs. It was always worn with white shorts.

During the mid-2000s, the Crows adopted three different guernsey designs to wear during the AFL's [[Heritage Round (AFL)|Heritage Round]]. The 2004 iteration featured the tri-colour home guernsey but with the AFC crest on the chest and removal of white stroke to the numbers. All heritage guernseys featured each player's name and debut number above the manufacturer's jock tag. Controversially during the 2005 heritage round, the Crows wore an adaptation of a 1930s [[South Australian state football team|South Australian]] state guernsey, with the AFC monogram replacing the SA monogram, which prompted outrage from Port Adelaide coach [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)|Mark Williams]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-06-15|title=Crows' heritage guernsey raises Power's hackles|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-06-16/crows-heritage-guernsey-raises-powers-hackles/1593748|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> The club returned to a similar home design for the 2006 and 2007 Heritage Rounds, with the left panel of the guernsey featuring the colours of all SANFL clubs, before the Heritage Round was scrapped by the AFL.