By Malaya RodeznoRoys Women’s squad This was more than just a game of football, it was a community standing together. On Round 8, the Fitzroy Women’s program decided to take a stand and wear two red armbands in protest against the State Governme...

I’ve got a feeling By Garry Gorilla Walking along McKean Street, heading to the game, and there was a line from The Beatles that was playing on a loop in my mind. I’ve got a feeling, a feeling deep inside. That feeling was that this was the Saturd...

By Lauren Atkinson Football is more than just the game, and Saturday was a powerful reminder of that for the Roygirls, who traveled to Banksia Reserve to face Beaumaris in the inaugural ‘Shining Bright for Holly and Bianca’ round. The ...

After two weeks on the road the Senior Men returned to Brunswick St to take on one of Premier B's top side, writes Garry Gorilla  After Tottenham Hotspur’s triumph in European soccer last week, I found myself beginning to wonder: could Fitzro...

Club president David Leydon reflects on the career and passing of AFL great and former Fitzroy player and coach Robert Walls. After a stellar career at Carlton, Robert came to Fitzroy in 1978. He played a big part in our ’78 Night Premiershi...

Committed. Loyal. Tough. Quiet. Humble. Reliable. Bloody good. These are just some of the superlatives that describe club legend Max ‘E Dog’ Ellis, who plays his 250th game this weekend. The triple best and fairest ,and two-time premiership player...

Opening the account By Garry Gorilla Occasionally a Fitzroy game takes us to the deep south. And so it was with Round 5 of the season, when the Roys men travelled for an away game against Hampton Rovers at the quaintly titled Boss James Reser...

This week marks the 70th anniversary of Club Legend Kevin Murray’s first ever senior game for Fitzroy on May 7th, 1955, writes Club President David Leydon. The whole course of Fitzroy Football Club history was changed in this very week 70 years a...

Lest we forget By Guy Gorilla Before the game on Friday, I took a quiet moment to stand in front of the Sportsman’s Memorial in Edinburgh Gardens and contemplate the faces looking back at me. There seemed to be a glint in their eyes, and a certain...

When Nathan Ligris was 18 he thought very seriously about giving footy away and throwing himself fully into the workforce. "Thank God I didn't do that. That was something, but dad talked me out of it,'' 'Liga' tells RedRoyMail after his 200th game...