Footscray Bulldogs vs. Williamstown
Sunday, Jun 07
VU Whitten Oval at 2pm
Footscray Bulldogs
B Biggs Talia R. Smith
HB Darley Russell Prudden
C Prismall Honeychurch Greenwood
HF Austin Redpath Daniel
F Hamilton Campbell Hunter
R Cordy Pearce Fogarty
Int Keras Jamieson Coughlan*
Iaccarino Fort Sharp
Buchanan Jensen W. Hayes
Williamstown
B Lockwood Faulks Johnstone
HB E. Carr Mangan Charleston
C Gibbons Jolley Dorgan
HF Bugeja Dunell Di Ciero*
F McKenzie Masters Gallucci
R Meese Marcon Hetherington
Int Fahey Casley Banner
Anastasio Tighe Bench
Bewley Deery Currie
Freezing and very windy. Seagulls outstanding with tackling, team work, discipline and attitude.
A couple of snaps of the quite healthy crowd at Whitten Oval yesterday, despite the inclement weather, ie brass monkey ...
One of the best defensive efforts by Williamstown in quite a while. Will give them massive confidence against the dogs if they happen to meet in September
A couple of interesting observations from Whitten Oval on Sunday - are they killing off a potential golden goose?
I was of the belief that anyone holding an AFL membership ticket could gain free entry to that club's VFL home game free of charge (or aligned team's home game in the case of Werribee, Nth Ballarat, Sandringham, Box Hill, Northern Crap & Casey). Not so at Footscray! You have to purchase a separate Footscray VFL season's ticket to gain free entry at Whitten Oval. A Western Bulldogs season's ticket holder still has to pay $10 to gain entry to the ground. I heard from quite a few people that Footscray supporters stay away from the games on principle, for this reason.
Secondly, they charge people $5 to sit in the Whitten Stand, charge $6 for a sausage roll, $5.50 for a can of VB or Draught, $4 for a take-away coffee, etc.
The games at Whitten Oval are a potential boon for the Bulldogs but if they continue to treat their supporters as a cash cow the numbers will soon fall away, which will be disappointing for them & the competition as there is always a great atmosphere at Whitten Oval.
Otherwise they will get home crowds to what Yarraville got at Western Oval in 1983 ??
Williamstown had quite a bit of support on Sunday. There are many that follow both and I would say that if Footscray don't make the GF and Williamstown do quite a few of the dogs fans will follow the seagulls in the GF especially against a side like Box Hill.