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...
REALITY BITES A double top-of-the-table clash confronted Fitzroy Men Senior and Reserves sides against St Bernards. With all four sides undefeated for the season, the car wound its way to the bottom of the Snake Pit. Perfect ground conditions and ...
In a club as old and distinguished as the Fitzroy Football Club we value our history and revere our trailblazers: the likes of Aussie Rules’ first Indigenous footballer Joe Johnson, the famous Haydn Bunton who at 20 became the club’s youngest capt...
ROYS ROLL ON, NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT I was inside the glass, having a spot of lunch, for the majority of the Fitzroy Reserves game against Beaumaris. For the first time this season, the Twos were challenged early, and were trailing at quarter time. N...
