Monday 6th February, 2012
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Our success as Western Bulldogs

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There are some people in the football media who endorse and promote the view of how much we have come along since changing our name from Footscray to Western Bulldogs? Well in what way? It certainly isn’t on the field. A few more isolated finals wins- but still not two consecutive finals victories in the same campaign since the Footscray team that was leading at half time of the 1961 Grand... Read More
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Grand Final Coaches

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Recently I was thinking about how the opposing coaches for the 2007 Grand Final had the same Christian or given name. These two men are actually both legally Marks, yet both of them are 95% of the time referred to as “Choco” and “Bomber” Mark is not usually the first thought for either- they are just Choco and Bomber. This is so different from Tommy Hafey- he is always Tommy.  No one... Read More
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Footscray Players in Chronological Order 1925-2010

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Here is a modified listing taken directly from the AFL TABLES Website. To go straight to the AFL Tables Website you can reach it by clicking this link below. This sub-chapter presents all the men to have played at least one senior game for Footscray between 1925 and up to the end of May 2010. It takes in all the different names of both competition and club. The full comprehensive list can be... Read More
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Footscray Numbers 1925-2009

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This chapter mentions every number between 1-60 and the Footscray player who wore that particular guernsey. Only the number 56 has not been recorded as being on the back of a Footscray footballer in a senior game between 1925 and the end of 2009. It needs to be mentioned that the games and goals are for all Footscray games and goals in all numbers for the individual player, not just that specific... Read More
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Footscray and the F.A. Cup Final

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Results from 1925 to 2010 Below is the table that explains what Footscray were doing (or not doing in some years) on the weekend of the F.A. Cup Final from England (and Wales in the 2001-2006 years inclusive) from the 1925 season. This being our first in the Victorian Football League (V.F.L) after crossing over from the Victorian Football Association (V.F.A) I began to take in interest in English... Read More