Footscray Football Club
| Western Bulldogs | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Western Bulldogs | |
| Nickname(s) | Bulldogs, Doggies, Dogs, Bullies, Pups, The Scray, Scraggers | |
| Motto | Cede Nullis ("Yield To None") | |
| 2016 season | ||
| After finals | 1st (Premiers) | |
| Home-and-away season | 7th | |
| Leading goalkicker | Jake Stringer (42 goals) | |
| Best and fairest | Marcus Bontempelli | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1877 (entered 1925) | |
| Colours | Red White Blue | |
| Competition | Australian Football League | |
| Chairman | Peter Gordon | |
| Coach | Luke Beveridge | |
| Captain(s) | Robert Murphy | |
| Premierships |
VFL/AFL (2): 1954, 2016 Championship of Victoria (1): 1924 VFA/VFL (11): 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 2014, 2016 |
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| Ground(s) | Docklands Stadium (capacity: 56,347) | |
| Eureka Stadium (capacity: 11,000) | ||
| Training ground(s) | Whitten Oval (training base) currently known as Victoria University Whitten Oval | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | westernbulldogs.com.au | |
The Western Bulldogs (formerly the Footscray Football Club) is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL) in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961.
The Western Bulldogs' home guernsey features two thick horizontal hoops—one red and one white—on a royal blue background. The club's traditional rivals include St Kilda and geographical rival Essendon.
The club's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval, nicknamed "The Kennel", its original home ground. The club draws much of its supporter base from Melbourne's traditionally working class western region, and plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium (currently known as Etihad Stadium) in the Docklands area, also in the city's inner-west. In 1996, the club changed its name from the "Footscray Football Club" to its nickname, the "Western Bulldogs".
Newspapers record Australian rules football being played in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray in the mid-1870s, during which time a local junior football club was formed. In 1880, the club changed its name to the Prince Imperials in honour of Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the heir to French throne, who had recently died in battle. The club reverted to Footscray a few years later. In 1886, Footscray gained admission to the Victorian Football Association (VFA) after amalgamating with the Footscray Cricket Club to form a senior football club. The club tended to struggle over the next decade, occupying the lower rungs of the VFA ladder.
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