To be 20 points in front with five minutes to go was bliss for Bulldog supporter Neil Anderson, who has witnessed the Eagles bully his boys far too much over the past 20 years.
AFL Round 18 – Western Bulldogs v West Coast: Sons of the Scray fight back
August 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
AFL Round 16 – Western Bulldogs v Essendon: Bulldogs hang in (again) but Dons do enough
July 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Much like their history as a club, the Bulldogs hung in there but it wasn’t quite enough for success, writes Rod Oaten.
Lunch with Ian Morrison
April 26, 2013 by 11 Comments
Bill Ellis and a motley crew spent the day with former Footscray player Ian “Morro” Morrison. His insights into the club and the events leading up to the 1974 preliminary final were mesmerizing.
Cheers and jeers: what makes a fan?
April 12, 2013 by 5 Comments
Remember mother and daughter Pat and Jenny Hodgson from Year of the Dogs? Think they would have booed their team after a hiding? Kerrie Soraghan thinks not. She wouldn’t either.
AFL Round 1 – Footscray v Brisbane Lions: Hope Versus Hope
April 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
There’s various levels of hope for each footy fan and dependent on the stage of the season, isn’t there?
The Slightly-Late-But-Thanks-To-The-Split-Round-Not-Too-Late 2013 Preview: Western Bulldogs
March 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
They have an impressive midfield but kicking enough goals to win games is going to be the biggest issue for the Bulldogs this season, writes Adam Ritchie.
Look what they’ve done to my club, ma!
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Open letter to the Western Bulldogs hierarchy…if there’s anyone still running the asylum. Bulldogs you’ve finally broken me. After 60years as a supporter and twenty years as a member, I saw the Bulldogs play one of the worst games ever at the Gabba on the weekend. No wonder David Smorgon has gone missing. About the [Read more]
Migrants and Footy Excerpts
May 31, 2012 by 4 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis The stories have started to come in for the upcoming book about migrants and footy. Today we feature passages from Peter Zitterschlager and Roy Hay. Peter’s background is a mix of German, Slovenian and Footscratian while Roy hails from Scotland and has ties with soccer royalty in the old country, while supporting Geelong [Read more]
Lethal or Mick? A hypothetical
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Jeff Dowsing If you flat out refuse to deal in hypotheticals, then by all means click the ‘back’ button now. Fair enough too, I’m not usually one for hypotheticals either, it’s a bit too Bruce McAvaney for my liking. Actually Bruce, or more so his employer, lead me to my subject. Seven has certainly [Read more]
Larceny, Labour Day and Lakeside
November 8, 2011 by 20 Comments
by Mic Rees Victorian Premier Cricket’s Country Round, traditionally played in early January, was brought forward to the final weekend in October this season with the North Victorian town of Numurkah hosting the clash between Casey-South Melbourne and Footscray Edgewater Cricket clubs. Casey-South Melbourne spinner Clive Rose’s figures of 5/43 included a hat trick [Read more]
Saying goodbye to the Dogs: 2011
September 6, 2011 by 10 Comments
by Kerrie Soraghan It’s the second last week of the season, and we’re at the ‘G’, watching the Dogs take on the Hawks. We’ve gone along, not thinking we’re a chance to win, but because that’s just what you do when you’re a Dogs fan. You turn up with stoicism, switch on the self-deprecating humour, [Read more]
Footscray and Collingwood: now that takes me back
April 27, 2011 by 19 Comments
On Sunday the reigning premier Collingwood take on the artist formerly known as Footscray, the “twilight” game bringing down the curtain on the Sixth Round of AFL for Season 2011. For me clashes between these two teams have always been special. My father, Thomas William Kevin Rees, split his childhood years between the one time [Read more]
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