Friday 29th March, 2024
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Where are the fans won over to the name changed Western Bulldogs?

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Does anyone really know someone in particular from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne or anywhere for that matter that changed club allegiance FROM their own non- Footscray team, TO the Western Bulldogs AFTER and BECAUSE Footscray became the Western Bulldogs? Well I always believed no-one at all who was a resident of the “Western Region” changed their support for Collingwood, Carlton,... Read More
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City of Footscray 150 years 1859-2009

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It is the 150th anniversary of Footscray the municipality With the disappearance of the old Footscray Council- it now dispenses services under the name of the City of Maribyrnong, the upcoming 150th anniversary of Footscray being awarded the status of a municipality will not receive the kudos and fanfare that it deserves. If the City of Maribyrnong was still the City of Footscray there would... Read More
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What’s In a Name? Plenty: AGE article from Tuesday 8th June 2008

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This article by Peter Hanlon- who is a good quality journalist / feature writer for THE AGE Newspaper appeared in the sport lift out section of ‘The Age’ on Tuesday 3rd June 2008. You can read it also in the REAL FOOTY archive. TOMORROW morning, at a not-so-long-ago decaying ground in Melbourne’s inner-west, another step will be taken in a football club’s rejuvenation.... Read More
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Views From Other Footscray Fans

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Views From Other Footscray Fans Here are the views of another aggrieved fan – So to read PJ Zee’s extract just click the link. Sympathy Number Ron by (From chapter 25 of ‘Sympathy Number Ron) by PJ Zee SYMPATHY NUMBER RON Views From Other Footscray Fans – PJ Zee (From chapter 24 of ‘Sympathy Number Ron’) It was Saturday; time to unwind. Time to kick up your... Read More
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Reverting Back to Footscray

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Honestly, who would give the club away? Hypothetically the club is thinking of changing the name back to Footscray. They consider the arguments for and against. The main argument against would be the members that would be lost from changing back. Now honestly- who is going to walk away from the Western Bulldogs if they change their scoreboard name back to Footscray? What member is going to pull... Read More