Round 1 by Opponent
Footscray Opening Day by Opponent 1925-2008
Here is how Footscray has gone against all the other clubs since 1925 on the Round One of each year. The 1943 No Footscray Game on Round 1 is also included for academic reasons and to make it the even 84 seasons. Port Power is included in this list despite there having been no Round 1 game between the two clubs.
Brisbane is recorded with their relevant nickname in brackets to distinguish whether it was Brisbane in the days when their nickname was the Bears or from 1997 when Brisbane’s nickname changed to the Lions. There is also a space between South Melbourne and Sydney, to distinguish the two different entities.
Year | Season | Opponent | Venue | Result | By | Day | Date |
1992 | 68/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 27 | Sunday | 22 March 1992 |
1999 | 75/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 13 | Saturday | 27 March 1999 |
2000 | 76/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 23 | Saturday | 11 March 2000 |
2002 | 78/84 | Adelaide | Docklands | Loss | 19 | Sunday | 31 March 2002 |
2008 | 84/84 | Adelaide | Docklands | WIN | 3 | Sunday | 23 March 2008 |
1996 | 72/84 | Brisbane (as Bears) | Gabba | Loss | 87 | Saturday | 30 March 1996 |
1998 | 74/84 | Brisbane (as Lions) | Gabba | WIN | 46 | Saturday | 28 March 1998 |
1953 | 29/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 5 | Saturday | 18 April 1953 |
1985 | 61/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 30 | Saturday | 30 March 1985 |
1989 | 65/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 59 | Saturday | 01 April 1989 |
1955 | 31/84 | Collingwood | Victoria Park | WIN | 56 | Saturday | 16 April 1955 |
1958 | 34/84 | Collingwood | Western Oval | Loss | 54 | Saturday | 12 April 1958 |
1970 | 46/84 | Collingwood | Western Oval | Loss | 64 | Saturday | 04 April 1970 |
1971 | 47/84 | Collingwood | Victoria Park | Loss | 83 | Saturday | 03 April 1971 |
1977 | 53/84 | Collingwood | Victoria Park | Loss | 11 | Saturday | 02 April 1977 |
1991 | 67/84 | Collingwood | Waverley | Loss | 70 | Sunday | 24 March 1991 |
1993 | 69/84 | Collingwood | M.C.G | Loss | 20 | Friday | 26 March 1993 |
2005 | 81/84 | Eastern Magpies | M.C.G | WIN | 32 | Monday | 28 March 2005 |
1927 | 3/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | Loss | 47 | Saturday | 30 April 1927 |
1932 | 8/84 | Essendon | Windy Hill | Loss | 51 | Saturday | 30 April 1932 |
1933 | 9/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 6 | Saturday | 29 April 1933 |
1934 | 10/84 | Essendon | Windy Hill | Loss | 11 | Saturday | 05 May 1934 |
1937 | 13/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 4 | Saturday | 24 April 1937 |
1939 | 15/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | Loss | 5 | Saturday | 22 April 1939 |
1946 | 22/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 2 | Saturday | 20 April 1946 |
1952 | 28/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 5 | Saturday | 19 April 1952 |
1972 | 48/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | Loss | 61 | Monday | 03 April 1972 |
1976 | 52/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | Loss | 1 | Saturday | 03 April 1976 |
1982 | 58/84 | Essendon | Windy Hill | Loss | 109 | Saturday | 27 March 1982 |
1987 | 63/84 | Essendon | Waverley | Loss | 59 | Saturday | 28 March 1987 |
1925 | 1/84 | Fitzroy | Brunswick Street | Loss | 9 | Saturday | 02 May 1925 |
1929 | 5/84 | Fitzroy | Western Oval | WIN | 9 | Saturday | 27 April 1929 |
1930 | 6/84 | Fitzroy | Brunswick Street | Loss | 14 | Saturday | 03 May 1930 |
1956 | 32/84 | Fitzroy | Western Oval | WIN | 29 | Saturday | 14 April 1956 |
1969 | 45/84 | Fitzroy | Princes Park | WIN | 56 | Monday | 07 April 1969 |
1973 | 49/84 | Fitzroy | Junction Oval | Loss | 50 | Saturday | 07 April 1973 |
1980 | 56/84 | Fitzroy | Western Oval | Loss | 12 | Saturday | 29 March 1980 |
1997 | 73/84 | Fremantle | Princes Park | Loss | 4 | Saturday | 29 March 1997 |
1926 | 2/84 | Geelong | Corio Oval | Loss | 66 | Saturday | 01 May 1926 |
1936 | 12/84 | Geelong | Corio Oval | Loss | 75 | Saturday | 02 May 1936 |
1944 | 20/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 58 | Saturday | 06 May 1944 |
1957 | 33/84 | Geelong | Kardinia Park | Draw | – | Monday | 22 April 1957 |
1960 | 36/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 31 | Monday | 18 April 1960 |
1965 | 41/84 | Geelong | Kardinia Park | Loss | 2 | Monday | 19 April 1965 |
1974 | 50/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 45 | Saturday | 06 April 1974 |
1983 | 59/84 | Geelong | Waverley | Loss | 31 | Saturday | 26 March 1983 |
2003 | 79/84 | Country Cats | Docklands | WIN | 39 | Sunday | 30 March 2003 |
2007 | 83/84 | Country Cats | Docklands | WIN | 20 | Sunday | 01 April 2007 |
1931 | 7/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 1 | Saturday | 02 May 1931 |
1941 | 17/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 41 | Saturday | 26 April 1941 |
1962 | 38/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 33 | Saturday | 21 April 1962 |
1975 | 51/84 | Melbourne | M.C.G | Loss | 11 | Saturday | 05 April 1975 |
1979 | 55/84 | Melbourne | M.C.G | Loss | 12 | Saturday | 07 April 1979 |
1963 | 39/84 | North Melbourne | Arden Street | Loss | 37 | Saturday | 20 April 1963 |
1966 | 42/84 | North Melbourne | Western Oval | Loss | 12 | Monday | 25 April 1966 |
1968 | 44/84 | North Melbourne | Western Oval | Loss | 16 | Monday | 15 April 1968 |
1978 | 54/84 | North Melbourne | Western Oval | Loss | 69 | Saturday | 01 April 1978 |
Not | Played | Port Power | In Round 1 | NA | NA | Still to | Happen |
1935 | 11/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | Loss | 35 | Saturday | 27 April 1935 |
1940 | 16/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 12 | Saturday | 27 April 1940 |
1942 | 18/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | Loss | 20 | Saturday | 09 May 1942 |
1945 | 21/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 10 | Saturday | 21 April 1945 |
1949 | 25/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | Loss | 69 | Monday | 18 April 1949 |
1951 | 27/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 1 | Saturday | 21 April 1951 |
1961 | 37/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 28 | Saturday | 15 April 1961 |
1964 | 40/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 30 | Saturday | 18 April 1964 |
1984 | 60/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 39 | Saturday | 31 March 1984 |
1994 | 70/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 2 | Saturday | 26 March 1994 |
2006 | 82/84 | Eastern Tigers | Docklands | WIN | 115 | Friday | 31 March 2006 |
1928 | 4/84 | South Melbourne | Lakeside Oval | Loss | 1 | Saturday | 21 April 1928 |
1938 | 14/84 | South Melbourne | Lakeside Oval | Loss | 29 | Saturday | 23 April 1938 |
1988 | 64/84 | Sydney | Waverley | WIN | 26 | Monday | 04 April 1988 |
1995 | 71/84 | Sydney | Western Oval | WIN | 17 | Sunday | 02 April 1995 |
1947 | 23/84 | St Kilda | Junction Oval | WIN | 61 | Saturday | 19 April 1947 |
1948 | 24/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | WIN | 80 | Saturday | 17 April 1948 |
1950 | 26/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | Loss | 9 | Saturday | 22 April 1950 |
1954 | 30/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | Loss | 11 | Saturday | 17 April 1954 |
1959 | 35/84 | St Kilda | Junction Oval | Loss | 20 | Saturday | 18 April 1959 |
1967 | 43/84 | St Kilda | Moorabbin | Loss | 81 | Saturday | 15 April 1967 |
1981 | 57/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | Loss | 49 | Saturday | 28 March 1981 |
1986 | 62/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | WIN | 17 | Monday | 31 March 1986 |
1990 | 66/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | Loss | 63 | Sunday | 01 April 1990 |
2001 | 77/84 | Southern Saints | Docklands | Loss | 5 | Saturday | 31 March 2001 |
2004 | 80/84 | West Coast | Docklands | Loss | 7 | Sunday | 28 March 2004 |
1943 | 19/84 | NO ONE | NOWHERE | BYE | – | Saturday | 08 May 1943 |