Wowee - you researched all the way back to ? How did the records survive this long? Banana Bread Hot Daddy. Boy oh boy wowee. Merger by documents perhaps, but Brisbane took over Fitzroy. Still a disgrace what happened to Fitzroy. Black JuJu said:. In other news, I did some interesting research and the sun will be coming up today. ManOfClay Brownlow Medallist.
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JPetro83 Premiership Player. Still a takeover IMO Anybody else refreshing this page every few minutes in anticipation of Roylion 's appearance? Why did Brisbane do it though? Roylion Moderator. ManOfClay said:. Last edited: Apr 4, In , Fitzroy made further changes when they lightened the maroon to red and changed the white FFC to gold in readiness for colour television. They even wore gold shorts for away matches. From to , Fitzroy did not contest a VFL final series, with their highest position in that time, a respectable 6th in , in a year that John Murphy won the club's best and fairest.
However in that nineteen year period the club was blessed with some fantastic players including the lionhearted Kevin "Bulldog" Murray who in at the age of 31 became the oldest player to win a Brownlow. This second occurence has never been repeated by any other club since. Fitzroy's gradual improvement through the late 70's after such a long unsuccessful period was capped off in when Fitzroy shocked the football world by defeating a highly fancied North Melbourne the reigning day premiers by 76 points to win the Night Premiership.
In , Fitzroy with the aid of some big-name recruits, such as Robert Walls and Bernie Quinlan and also some home-grown talent made the finals for the first time since , under new coach Bill Stephen who had also coached the club previously from to It was a record-breaking and momentous year. Courageous rover Garry Wilson was one vote from winning the Brownlow Medal.
Fitzroy won nine games in a row a club record. Fitzroy thrashed Essendon by 81 points in the Elimination Final, their largest winning margin. Fitzroy kicked its highest ever score and VFL score against Melbourne, a whopping Widely regarded as the glamour team of the nineties they came agonizingly close to tasting the ultimate success twice, but fell at the final hurdles.
Fitzroy under new coach Robert Walls reached the finals in its season ended by a 1 point loss to Collingwood , and It is perhaps that is rued by those associated with the club as the one that got away. For the first time a Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked over a goals in a season, finishing with Fitzroy also defeated top of the ladder North Melbourne by points. Fitzroy also scored their highest ever aggregate score for a quarter Unfortunately the hugely successful and centenary year was ended by a heartbreaking and controversial four point loss to eventual premiers Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final.
At the end of , Fitzroy moved from the Junction Oval to a ground-sharing arrangement with Collingwood at Victoria Park. After a chaotic , Fitzroy now in considerable financial difficulty, started off slowly in , but eventually managed to win 13 straight to claw their way into the finals.
A 5 point victory over the Sydney Swans followed the week after and Fitzroy reached the Preliminary Final for the first time since Unfortunately injuries to Michael Reeves, Matt Rendell and Gary Pert took their toll and as in Hawthorn ended Fitzroy's dream to the tune of 56 points.
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