What would everyone think if the Fitzroy Lions made a comeback in the VFL as a stand alone club. I know that they would be extremely well supported.
Think it would be good if they had proper backing. Didn't all the Roys fans go follow the Fitzroy Reds for awhile?
When the Lions were having crisis meetings at the Fitzroy Town Hall, they were asking for ideas from the floor as to what they could do to save the club.
I suggested at the time that they should consider playing in the VFA/VFL, but it did not get much support.
I thought the Coburg-Fitzroy Lions venture was showing some promise in its last year, crowds were up, and some of Fitzroy's jumpers were used as clash strips. When Richmond came along, it quickly put an end to all that.
I think the Reds get a reasonable level of support from those that didn't go along with the Brisbane move.
I don't think so. Crowds seem about the same
as when Richmond first started. As no one keeps
(or kept) any official crowd figures (I asked about
it one day and apparently it's just too difficult), it's
hard to say for sure. Nevertheless, things can't
have been all rosy - it was about to all go completely
under and then Richmond showed up, and still
things are in the balance.
As for jumpers, they now hardy ever use Richmond
type jumpers and have their own new ugly inverse
colour clash strip - but I suppose it's needed.
I'd really love to see this.
I was at a number of Coburg games that year, i remember we had 3,500
for the Coburg-Fitz v Box Hill game at City Oval (when they still printed crowds), and I'd say half of them were Fitzroy fans. That's out at Box Hill remember!
They had nearly 4,000 to a number of games, and it would be great to get Fitzroy playing at the highest level possible.
Where would they play? maybe Coburg, maybe a re-jigged Junction Oval? I know we're talking money here, but it would be fantastic to see the Roy Boys back. It'd also draw some people through the gates just to see a Fitzroy jumper again!
And what a fantastic jumper it is!
As the Coodabeens would say
BRING IT BACK!!!!!!
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Fitzroy Reds are curently playing D1 of the ammos.
Thy would need to pick up a heap of players to even go close to competing in the VFL.
Might seem a strange sugestion, but playing in the VFL reserves competition might be a good start.
Would be great if thye could get the local council to put a fence around the old Brunswick Street oval and play there again.
It would be awesome for the VFL to have Fitzroy in it as the league needs a breath of fresh air. Will at least be 3 years before anything like this happens though.
No way known that the council would refence the Brunswick St, ground. They are trying to minimize their costs. Fitzroy cricket club had to move to Doncaster because the council wouldn't support them.