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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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1897 Season (VFA) Fixture

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Footscray's 1897 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Footscray 1.04.24.54.5 29 WON Williamstown 2.33.33.43.4 22 7 WCG May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Footscray 2.25.46.96.12 48 WON Brunswick 0.00.43.43.4 22 26 WES May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A Footscray 5.56.58.1110.13 73 WON Richmond 0.13.63.85.10 40 33 RCR May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A Footscray 2.35.57.59.8 62 WON North Melbourne 4.46.68.68.7 55 7 EME May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Footscray 1.31.32.52.5 17 LOST Port Melbourne 0.13.53.57.9 51 -34 WES May 24 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
6 H Footscray 2.12.42.82.10 22 WON Williamstown 0.20.20.30.4 4 18 WES May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Footscray 2.54.58.68.8 56 WON Brunswick 2.12.12.14.2 26 30 BWP Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Footscray 1.56.107.138.13 61 WON Richmond 1.31.62.66.8 44 17 WES Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Footscray 0.11.31.32.4 16 LOST North Melbourne 1.22.52.103.12 30 -14 EME Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A Footscray 0.10.32.43.6 24 LOST Port Melbourne 2.22.73.93.11 29 -5 NPO Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Footscray 0.20.60.62.9 21 LOST Williamstown 1.12.12.43.5 23 -2 WCG Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Footscray 4.47.89.1010.13 73 WON Brunswick 0.12.12.13.8 26 47 BWP Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Footscray 1.63.126.157.17 59 WON Richmond 0.00.10.30.5 5 54 WES Jul 17 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 H Footscray 1.01.13.34.4 28 WON North Melbourne 0.30.31.31.4 10 18 WES Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Footscray 0.20.31.71.8 14 LOST Port Melbourne 0.20.60.71.11 17 -3 NPO Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Footscray 0.00.41.53.6 24 LOST Williamstown 2.22.23.73.7 25 -1 WES Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Footscray 0.10.41.63.10 28 WON Brunswick 0.41.51.72.8 20 8 WES Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A Footscray 0.26.66.79.12 66 WON Richmond 1.22.34.85.10 40 26 PUN Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H Footscray 0.02.32.34.6 30 LOST North Melbourne 3.23.27.57.5 47 -17 WES Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Footscray 1.22.76.87.12 54 WON Port Melbourne 0.32.33.43.6 24 30 WES Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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