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KEY FACTS

Official name
Footscray Football Club (trading as Western Bulldogs Football Club)

Known as
Western Bulldogs

Nickname
Bulldogs

Former name
Footscray

Former name date
1997-01-01

Formed
1883 (as Footscray); 1997 (named changed to Western Bulldogs)

Colours
Red, white and blue

Associated clubs
Footscray; Western Bulldogs WFC; Western Bulldogs WFC (VFLW); Footscray U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1886–1924

Home Ground
Docklands

AFL Premierships
2016 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1954 (1 total)

VFA Premierships
1898-9-1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-4 (9 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Victoria - 1924 (1 total); V/AFL Night Series: 1963-4, 1967, 1970, 2010 (5 total)

Most Games
364 - Brad Johnson (1994-2010)

Most Goals
575 - Simon Beasley (1982-1989)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Collins (84) 1954 & (74) 1957; K.Templeton (118) 1978 & (91) 1979; S.Beasley (105) 1985; B.Hall (80) 2010 (4 winners/6 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Alan Hopkins 1930; Norm Ware 1941; Peter Box 1956; John Schultz 1960; Gary Dempsey 1975; Kelvin Templeton 1980; Brad Hardie 1985; Tony Liberatore 1990; Scott Wynd 1992; Adam Cooney 2008 (10 total)

Headquarters
417 Barkly St, Footscray, VIC 3011

Postal Address
PO Box 4112 DC, Footscray West, VIC, 3012

Phone: (03) 9680 6100 

Email
godogs@westernbulldogs.com.au

Website
westernbulldogs.com.au

Western Bulldogs



"In actuality, Footscray in the 1950s was gradually assembling its greatest array of talent ever, and an inability to perform under pressure was certainly never an issue for players like Herb Henderson, Jack Collins, Charlie Sutton or Ted Whitten ... Collins, the VFL's top goalkicker in 1954 and 1957, was arguably Footscray's greatest ever full forward; Sutton, although best remembered as a highly accomplished back pocket player, was capable of playing almost anywhere, and indeed jointly topped the club's goalkicking list in 1951. Whitten, of course, was simply incomparable..."

John Devaney extols the virtues of the blue-collar Bulldogs, Footscray - the team of the mighty west.

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1924 Season (VFA) Fixture

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Footscray's 1924 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Footscray 4.56.109.1410.16 76 WON Geelong Association 2.15.48.511.6 72 4 KAR Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Footscray 2.14.35.68.10 58 WON Brunswick 3.03.23.67.8 50 8 WES May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Footscray 3.19.410.616.11 107 WON Brighton 3.05.17.88.9 57 50 WES May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Footscray 0.03.44.96.14 50 DRAW Northcote 3.15.57.77.8 50 0 NOR May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Footscray 2.15.67.108.14 62 WON Williamstown 3.24.37.67.8 50 12 WCG May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Footscray 5.108.1715.2519.29 143 WON Prahran 0.11.23.36.5 41 102 TOO May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Footscray 5.08.711.914.10 94 WON Port Melbourne 5.26.27.610.8 68 26 WES Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Footscray 4.76.87.1411.20 86 WON Hawthorn 1.14.55.95.10 40 46 GLE Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Footscray 1.07.38.310.9 69 WON North Melbourne 4.64.78.138.13 61 8 WES Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Footscray 0.06.78.1012.17 89 WON Geelong Association 3.113.116.116.11 47 42 WES Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Footscray 3.75.128.149.14 68 WON Brunswick 1.12.34.65.8 38 30 BWP Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Footscray 3.16.1111.1314.16 100 WON Brighton 3.35.86.106.14 50 50 BBO Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Footscray 3.43.610.1314.14 98 WON Northcote 0.02.72.83.11 29 69 WES Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Footscray 3.35.69.911.10 76 WON Williamstown 3.15.28.410.6 66 10 WES Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Footscray 7.58.1511.2012.29 101 WON Prahran 0.02.33.64.6 30 71 WES Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Footscray 6.410.712.1013.10 88 WON Port Melbourne 3.15.59.910.12 72 16 NPO Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Footscray 2.52.65.137.13 55 WON Hawthorn 0.01.51.52.12 24 31 WES Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Footscray 4.36.107.128.16 64 LOST North Melbourne 2.16.211.511.6 72 -8 ARD Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Footscray 1.03.43.59.7 61 WON Northcote 3.23.24.44.8 32 29 ARD Sep 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
GF H Footscray 3.54.69.911.11 77 WON Williamstown 0.10.40.43.4 22 55 ARD Sep 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.