Football Club. The League bosses who presided over the affair, not yet fully insulated by the billions of dollars in TV revenue that would flood the game with riches across the next two decades, sold it as a story of partial survival: Fitzroy would merge with the ugly duckling Bears to become the Brisbane Lions. It was in this year, under captain-coach However, it was also to be their last senior premiership, as the club, which became known as the Lions in 1957, entered one of the least successful periods any VFL/AFL club has had. Great football - great community - great culture. Become a club sponsor. The other AFL club presidents rejected the North Melbourne-Fitzroy merger by a vote of 14–1. The club finished in the bottom three 11 times in the 1960s and 1970s, including three By the mid 1960s, Fitzroy's traditional home ground, the Brunswick Street Oval was in a state of disrepair. Australian Football is the sport for everyone. The decision of the club to change its nickname to the Lions in 1957 coincided with what history now records as the beginning of decades of poor on-field performance and financial losses that eventually resulted in the club being placed into administration, ultimately leaving the AFL at the end of the Fitzroy largely resumed its original VFL/AFL identity through its continued use of their 1975–1996 VFL/AFL jumper, their theme song and their 1884–1966 home ground at the The Fitzroy Football Club was formed at a meeting at the They quickly became one of the most successful clubs, drawing large crowds to their home at the Fitzroy's season-by-season records throughout its thirteen seasons at VFA level are given below. The Fitzroy City Council, despite repeated requests from the Football Club, also refused to help, even rejecting the idea of a $400,000 loan to Fitzroy Football Club, and a 40-year leaseThe football club put forward various ideas to try and change the situation, including the amalgamation of the Football and Cricket Clubs to form one club as in the manner of the Carlton Social Club. With a stake in the ground, the football club could have better agitated for improvements to the ground by sourcing funds from other organisations such as the VFL. Order all your Fitzroy merchandise online. The strong support and frequent attendance of club greats such as In 2015 the club initiated in a partnership with the In 2018, Fitzroy won both the VAFA Premier C and the VAFA Premier C reserves competitions.Fitzroy FC Ltd improved its relationship with the Brisbane Lions in the ten years from 1999–2009. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. They had held discussions with the Northcote and Preston VFA clubs and also had approached the Heidelberg Council about relocating to the Olympic Training Ground.The club was evicted from Junction Oval at the end of 1984 after a fifteen-year tenure, and entered another nomadic period of existence. This is a complete list of players to have represented the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League.. Players are listed by the date of their VFL/AFL debut with the club. The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. CLUB ADDRESS: SWAN COURT RENOWN PARK . ABN: 20 005 881 201 FITZROY MEN'S SEASON 2020 INFORMATION CLICK PHOTO BELOW . For other uses, see Maroon was lightened close to red for colour TV from 1975 onwards, and the FFC logo changed from white to gold in 1974 (see Despite being the first club to win a VFL Grand Final, they were not the first … It played its home games at Talk of the death of the club due to financial troubles occurred as early as 1986. The shareholders voted to continue the club, and Fitzroy then developed a partnership with the Fitzroy began a sponsorship arrangement with the Fitzroy Reds (formerly University Reds) in the Fitzroy lost in the VAFA D1 Grand Final to Rupertswood in 2009, but as a Grand Finalist was promoted to C-Grade for the 2010 season. FITZROY MEN'S SEASON 2020 INFORMATION CLICK PHOTO BELOW Book for upcoming events online.