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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) 1925–2024

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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1903 Season (VFA) Fixture

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Footscray's 1903 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Footscray 2.23.55.107.16 58 WON Williamstown 1.34.46.46.6 42 16 WCG May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Footscray 1.31.52.64.7 31 LOST North Melbourne 1.13.35.47.4 46 -15 WES May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Footscray 2.03.04.15.3 33 LOST Richmond 1.14.36.39.4 58 -25 PUN May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Footscray 1.22.35.57.7 49 WON Preston 0.10.10.31.7 13 36 WES May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Footscray 3.17.59.713.12 90 WON Port Melbourne 0.11.31.52.6 18 72 WES May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Footscray 3.35.510.911.10 76 WON Prahran 0.03.35.47.10 52 24 TOO Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Footscray 1.31.43.73.7 25 WON West Melbourne 0.00.10.33.4 22 3 WES Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Footscray 2.25.28.69.7 61 WON Brunswick 0.00.00.01.2 8 53 WES Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Footscray 4.47.89.1413.16 94 WON Essendon Town 0.01.02.04.1 25 69 WIN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Footscray 1.42.55.66.8 44 WON Williamstown 1.02.22.33.5 23 21 WES Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Footscray 2.55.107.118.11 59 WON North Melbourne 0.02.13.26.3 39 20 ARD Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Footscray 1.71.73.93.9 27 LOST Richmond 0.03.43.45.6 36 -9 WES Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Footscray 2.24.85.86.12 48 WON Preston 0.31.73.73.9 27 21 PRE Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Footscray 2.24.34.66.9 45 WON Port Melbourne 1.42.82.144.15 39 6 NPO Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Footscray 3.43.56.910.16 76 WON Prahran 0.10.11.11.1 7 69 WES Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Footscray 0.01.11.11.2 8 LOST West Melbourne 3.23.34.44.5 29 -21 ARD Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Footscray 0.12.64.86.10 46 WON Brunswick 0.11.22.33.6 24 22 BWP Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Footscray 6.46.511.812.12 84 WON Essendon Town 0.01.01.01.1 7 77 WES Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
SF A Footscray 2.33.47.88.8 56 WON Richmond 0.13.43.45.10 40 16 ARD Sep 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
F A Footscray 3.43.53.64.9 33 LOST North Melbourne 0.04.75.97.11 53 -20 EME Sep 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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