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Brighton Rock ; while Beeched wailers waltz Jack Beech, Fitzroy life member, club stalwart and recently retired from 4 years of reserves grade Club captaincy after a stellar senior career got married last Saturday. This was the highlight of the Fitzroy football community when the reception...

Category 5 El Nino shipwrecks Pirates Strategy insights as to team preparation for the season ahead were unravelled by senior coach Nick Mitchell at the pre game talk he gave to the assembled faithful at the President’s luncheon last Saturday afternoon. It was apparent to those whom had...

Vultures D(r)own’d at Gerry Green Gurgler; Rory 7 Chuck 0 since 2012 “SCENE II. Another part of the heath. Storm still. Enter KING LEAR and Fool King Lear Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the...

The battle of midfield on mudfield in perspective Keith Frearson, deceased, World War 11 RAAF Lancaster navigator (D.F.C.) and afterwards respected lecturer to cohorts of students at Melbourne and Monash Universities, the latter where he retired as Associate Professor of Economics, himself...

Triple J Triple L Arriving to the joyous ‘Luna Park smile’ welcome and personal salutation of jestful greeter Peter Hille (RFC,FPPR), as I’m sure did all attendees to the President’s Luncheon, Saturday instantaneously promised to be a bottler. It was in all respects. Unlike our current...

Go Green? Oh’ Al For the second time in three weeks Fitzroy voted green; both times for no apparent benefit. The first time, on 2 July, they freely put faith in one of the candidates for federal selection and it was again the coupling of Adam Bandt for a damn band together of Green...

Maldonald Trumpbull or Billary Shorton - any difference? Saturday produced a good win for the Club (Fitzroy 23.18.156 V Hampton Rovers 7.10.52) but remarkably there was no difference, margin wise (104pts), on the home fixture victory over Hampton Rovers last year (2015 R15 Fitzroy 24.16.160 V...

Phil you dream of Toorak Park R18 2017? You better see the Holy Father for a plenary indulgence but beware he was trained by Jesuits just like you.

Thankyou Mobbs. Parkdale Vultures should be Parkdale V. W12 D1 W5 D1 W5 W2 4W/3L I have corrected this on my original. Thanks also for the advice I'll get one of my sons to explain!

This site does not preserve tabulations even when in edit it comes up correctly. Explanation take St Bede's Qtrs won in last 7 games =19 + 2 Drawn i.e 20/28 1st Qtrs Won 3/DRAWN 1 , 2nd Qtrs Won 5, 3rd Qtrs Won 5,4th Qtrs Won 6/Drawn 1, Games won 7

Give no quarter; especially not the third or last The quarter by quarter win/draw breakdown for the teams in current finals contention over the previous seven rounds is as follows:- Qtrs 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Games W/L St Bede’s...

The FFC club through Joan Eddy and Peter Hille have, I understand, good ongoing relationships with two current Brisbane Lions Directors namely Andrew Wellington and Ross Thornton as well as Kevin Murray and the prospect of what you suggest has been mooted for some years by many members . If it...

Stocktake hotcake or draft your Wills Fitzroy’s current 4th position is it’s 2nd best half year turn in Premier B after that of 2014 when we turned in 3rd position (5W 1D 3L 104.4%) after losing to then bottom side Ivanhoe Grammar in R9.The Roys only won one more game that season after a spate...

Is the Clydesdale faster than the Ox? After ‘Beauy’s’ welcome down Tramway Parade (Mel M86 F7), provided at Banksia Reserve by Beaumaris FC, to the Tram Conductors a fortnight ago that band of lively, cheerful men and women congregated again at the Brunswick Street Oval to watch the Roys take...

Of Politicians and Pickering. W At the Fitzroy Reds Foundation Poli Mark III lunch President’s table, together with our President Joan , others from the Director team of the local Bendigo Bank sponsor (Rod and Adrian), local Mayor Robert were President Shane and Committee man David representing...

Show your real clobber and take your chances “Being There”, an American dark comedy movie starring Peter Sellers as ‘Chance’ the gardener (corrupted later by others to Chauncey Gardiner) tells the story of an affable middle aged ‘simple Simon’ who loses his lifelong job as a gardener when his...

A Funeral, a Baptism, Ergodic Subsystems and Schadenfreude Old Brighton Grammarians 14.7-91 v Fitzroy FC 11.14-80 Leaving the Brighton Beach Oval on Saturday at 4.24 pm (for a family baptism), passing our Centre half back position I saw Tom Biscaro collect “Le Pair” of 25 m penalties...

Fitzroy 24.16.160 v Hampton Rovers 8.8.56- Peta’s Providore ,Willingham’s Poli Blancmange, Premier Vintage Redders, Kerry’s burgers and Roysters Natural ice the cake for Jimmy O’Reilly and Val Allpress’ (2nd) inductions to life membership Arriving late at the BSO for the President’s lunch, due...

Roys faint hopes Tyquinated in feint battle at Brindisi St Bedes Mentone Tigers 21.15. 141 v Fitzroy 8.9.57 What a backyard it must have been as the Tyquin brothers grew up in their Mentone family home. I envisage young Pat, Jimmy and Tom smashing home windows with pressure passes to each...

Scrubbers scare Skobbers but Coach cares for the young cobbers The day started with a humble and heart warming interview given by Co Captain Rory Angiolella on 96.5 inner FM Radio. Questioned by Ken Petrucco, John Kanis et al, Rory gave a history of the current composition of the Fitzroy team...

From Hampton Reserve to Hallam Fields- Marshalls march all troops to victory All Fitzroy teams (non gender specific) had victories in last weekend’s games. Big shout out especially to Coaches John Marshall and his Fitzroy- ACU “Heroes” on their first win and Michael Pickering’s...

Queens rule the Co-op; Princes the Park The Fitzroy Femocracy with the recent co-opting of two new Directors Ms’s Kate Nolan (Menzies Foundation ) and Kelly Bembridge (Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services) continues to thrive. Big shout out and welcome aboard girls?, ladies ? women from all...

Newsflash: Itinerant Italian Imbiber too far from Lourdes to get holy water for Roys but big Matt beginning to give us a taste of “Gator…- aid…” Matt “ ’gator” Gaite doubled over with whole body cramps and was gasping for air at times in last Saturday’s match against Old Melburnians; even in...

Gnocc, Gnocc, Gnoccing on Mother’s door Laurie Serafini, Fitzroy Great, was key note speaker at the invitation of Caulfield Grammarians to their Mothers’ Day luncheon last Saturday. His anecdotes from bygone days enthralled the full house so much that he promised he would come back at half time...

Carlton may have a mountain to climb but Fitzroy only needs a Hill(e)(y) Peter Hille local raconteur, Chairman of the Reds Foundation, Past President of Fitzroy Rotary (now Senior Active), current Director of Fitzroy Bowls Club and Board member of Fitzroy (Clifton Hill) Bendigo Community Bank...

Truth Justice and the Canadian Way There is something about a first game – anticipation – the rustle of autumn leaves along the pathway- the still warm but not so body penetrating April sunshine-the undefeated human spirit of the footy fan. Ever ‘twas and will forever be. Then the chasm of...

Seven or fold; what is your dream to be? A dream that came to me when old I dreamt I saw them win sevenfold standing there both proud and bold wearing colours red and gold Was it but fancy thoughts and free or did I really ,really see twenty two warriors that fought for we fighting furious...

Groundhog day revisited Did not see the game only watched the replay so this report is restricted to what was observed therein. Our current injury list includes:- Tall Forwards: Corbin Stevic , Will Pickering (missed all games and bye since R6 vs Mazenod) Centres/small forwards: L Baker(missed...

The battle of bet your cloak at the Junction No mistake we beat a good opponent on last Saturday. Old Melburnians have the third best defence at the half way mark and the sixth best attack. Their position on the ladder in no way represents their ability. Two losses by 4 points (OC and FFC) and...

Football 101 -Doctors and Nurses –Learn ,earn or burn- no excuses is the new paradigm Round 3 we lose to University Blues by 101 points ; round 7 we beat AJAX by the exact same margin 101 points- square the ledger. Learn a lesson and give one. After the first mentioned game Uni Blues go down...