Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs was one of the oldest football club founded in 1883 based at Whitten Oval an inner Suburb of Melbourne. One of the achievements some people said of the Western Bulldogs that they have drawn the supporters from working class so that they take an interest in football. The Bulldogs played their matches at Docklands Stadium which is also their home ground as well.

Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs is one of the most famous football clubs ofAustralia. Western Bulldogs won 9 Premiership titles from 1898 to 1924. Western Bulldogs have started its membership and now they have more than 34 000 members due to which club is very stable. Ground of Whitten Oval is now one of the most developed facilities of its players so that players can practice and perform efficiently.

Quick Facts:

• Founded: 1883
• Home Ground Capacity: Dockland Stadium (matches) & Whitten Oval (Practice) Capacity 56 347 and 15 000 respectively
• Nick Name: Dogs  Doggies  Bullies  The Scraggers  The Scray
• Colour: Blue  Red and White
• Best Player of All times: Ted Whitten Sr.
• Premierships: 1898  1899  1900  1908  1913  1919  1920  1923  1924, 1954 (VFL)

Team:

Chairman:        David Smorgon
Coach:             Brendan McCartney
Captain:           Matthew Boyd

Current Squad:

Dylan Addison           Matthew Boyd            Adam Cooney             Ayce Cordy
Daniel Cross                Nathan Djerkurra        Daniel Giansiracusa    Lindsay Gilbee
Jarrad Grant                Ryan Griffen               Barry Hall                   Ryan Hargrave
Shaun Higgins             Josh Hill                      Tom Hill                      Andrew Hooper
Christian Howard       Ben Hudson                Liam Jones                  Brian Lake
Tom Liberatore           Lukas Markovic          Will Minson                Brodie Moles
Dale Morris                 James Mulligan           Robert Murphy           Liam Picken
Sam Reid                    Jordan Roughead        Jayden Schofield        Justin Sherman
Zeph Skinner               Brennan Stack           Jason Tutt                  Patrick Veszpremi
Mitch Wallis                Callan Ward                Tom Williams              Easton Wood
Ed Barlow                   Luke Dahlaus              Mitch Hahn                 Jason Johannissen
Matthew Panos           Eddie Prato.

History:

Before officially changing the name of Footscray it is also known as “Prince Imperials” from 1880 to 1882 while playing in the junior division of the then Victorian Football Association (VFA) and after joining the senior division they changed their name to the Footscray Football club in 1886. The former name of Western Bulldogs is a Footscray Football Club. Bulldogs achieved a hat trick of premierships during the 1898 to 1900 and then their fourth win of premiership was between 1919 and 1924.

After joining the Victorian Football League (VFL) in they have lost a number of good players and also the team was not performing well till 1946 when they won first 9 games of the season. From 1938 to 1951, Footscray has lost 6 semi-finals but in these 6 defeats they have created record like 959 points in the home and away games which is record by Jim Gallagher, Herb Henderson and Wally Donald. This Club has also the player like Ted Whitten Sr. known as one of the best player ever played in football, also known Mr Football or E.J. won the Premiership in 1954 under the Victorian Football League.

In 1970 EJ retired and held the record of most played games 321. But after him BullDogs have not won any title or any big game.

Leading goal player in the 2011 season is Barry Halls with 55 goals while the club has 11^th position.

Mascot:

Sid, the real life mascot of Western BullDogs is Australian bulldog age about 2 and half year.