The Fitzroy Football Club is fortunate to receive the financial and moral assistance of many business and community partners without whose support we would not be able to get our teams of the ground, much less run important programs that assi...
When Marcel Laidlaw debuted for Fitzroy Senior Men’s against Old Geelong on Saturday July 1 he joined 10 others who are playing now, or have played One’s footy for the Roys from the 2017 Division 1 Colts side. This underlines the i...
ANOTHER GREAT SONG, BUT LET’S CHANGE THE ENDING! In what turned out to be a very close – and after last week – very courageous match, the Twos had some of their best performers step up to the Seniors (Steph Amy, Jess Anticaglia, Liz Olney and Asp...
ROYS OFF AS OG’S DO IT THEIR WAY Old Geelong Men are thereabouts in challenging for a top four spot in the VAFA B Grade. Fitzroy Senior’s previous encounter this year with OGs at Como Park resulted in a nail-biting one-point win to the Roys. The v...
By David Leydon Supporters of the Fitzroy Football Club are devastated to hear of the passing of our former star ruckman and captain Matt Rendell who has passed away after a heart attack earlier this week. Matt was a Fitzroy star and legend of the...
A State Funeral Service for the Honourable Thomas (Tom) William Roper will be held at 2.00pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023 at the Immigration Museum. The Honourable Thomas Roper was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1973 as the member f...
BACK HOME, BUT STILL A WAY TO GO By JG Gorilla It was with high hopes that the Roy Girls headed back home to face West Brunswick on Saturday. The wind was still blowing and the weather gods were not particularly welcoming, but the crowd was large ...
ROYS MAKE IT 9 OUT OF 10 AT THE WIND FARM By Garry Gorilla Driving into Monash University, a line from the English humorist Douglas Adams came to mind: “It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression ‘as ...
DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO A turbulent cross breeze confronted players, coaches and supporters alike for the Brunswick Street Oval clash between Fitzroy Men and St Bede’s Mentone. The breeze blew from behind the grandstand to the city side; the skies we...
WINDY AWAY It’s always with a sinking feeling that this Gorilla wakes up on a footy morning to hear the wind rattling the rafters and shaking the tree tops. It’s bad enough when we’re playing at home surrounded by friends and supporters and unde...
