Given that Fitzroy Football Club is a separate legal entity, and given that the Brisbane Club (note I am no longer referring to them as the Lions) clearly no longer wants its Victorian members, is there any reason why Fitzroy Football Club could not negotiate a new merger agreement with another...
Great news.
Thank you to everyone connected with both clubs that has worked so hard to make this happen.
Fitzroy, we haven't gone away, we've just gone home!
Now this sounds like a good idea. Fitzroy Football Club and the Lions to merge. We could relocate to a fully developed Brunswick Street Oval (using all the money the AFL would surely provide for a merger) and return to the 1996 jerseys. In return we would let Brisbane bring their AFL place and...
I rarely post also, but still drop in from time to time.
I am British born and bred, but Fitzroy introduced me to this great sport and will always be my team.
Fitzroy still exists as a Club, it still has an AFL presence through the Lions and it's jumper will, again, be seen in the AFL this...
If you went for a Club with a similar recent history then it would have to be Wimbledon. Due to financial difficulties Wimbledon FC's owner decides to move the Club north to a new location (and a probable change of name as well). The supporters say no and leave en masse to form a new Club, AFC...
Just been busy with work. Not been to a game recently. Wouldn't mind going to the Federation game at the MCG if the Lions are going to wear Fitzroy jumpers.
Well be back!
My ultimate dream is not about if we were still in the AFL, but about when we return.
I refuse to give up on the belief that Fitzroy will return. However long it takes we will be back and we will win the flag. When we do it has to be the Pies in the Grand Final.
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