bcziff
Rookie
I’d like to preface this by saying that I’m 17, so I wasn’t around when the Super League war broke, and when I was born (2005) the Sea Eagles were back to their stand-alone form (fortunately).
I’m a fanatic Manly fan and I’m also a massive league fan in general, and lately I’ve decided to educate myself more in depth on the league’s history — as well as Manly’s, of course.
I’ve found plenty of material on Manly’s foundation, their history from 1946 to 1999, on the Super League War, the merger debacle, the relationship between the Bears and Sea Eagles (pre-merger), but I’m struggling to find material about those 3 years in which the club was a merged entity. I guess part of it is because no one wants to remember such a dark time/boneheaded merger, still, I believe that if I’m to learn Manly’s history in full, I should have a broader knowledge of 2000-02 and what happened to cause the Bears fallout and the Sea Eagles re-emerging as a stand-alone entity.
Most places (who just hates us) just want to blame everything on a maligne architected plan from Bozo and Arko to put an end to the Bears (which I believe to be ludicrous) and I truly believe there’s way more to this story. Just today i’ve read a four-piece article on the Daily Telegraph about the 90s Bears and they barely touch on how exactly Norths folded, the only mention is that they were in a $4 million debth and Arko would do anything to make their lives worse.
So if anyone has any articles/videos/books to recommend me about the subject, it would be gladly appreciated
I’m a fanatic Manly fan and I’m also a massive league fan in general, and lately I’ve decided to educate myself more in depth on the league’s history — as well as Manly’s, of course.
I’ve found plenty of material on Manly’s foundation, their history from 1946 to 1999, on the Super League War, the merger debacle, the relationship between the Bears and Sea Eagles (pre-merger), but I’m struggling to find material about those 3 years in which the club was a merged entity. I guess part of it is because no one wants to remember such a dark time/boneheaded merger, still, I believe that if I’m to learn Manly’s history in full, I should have a broader knowledge of 2000-02 and what happened to cause the Bears fallout and the Sea Eagles re-emerging as a stand-alone entity.
Most places (who just hates us) just want to blame everything on a maligne architected plan from Bozo and Arko to put an end to the Bears (which I believe to be ludicrous) and I truly believe there’s way more to this story. Just today i’ve read a four-piece article on the Daily Telegraph about the 90s Bears and they barely touch on how exactly Norths folded, the only mention is that they were in a $4 million debth and Arko would do anything to make their lives worse.
So if anyone has any articles/videos/books to recommend me about the subject, it would be gladly appreciated