The other AFL club presidents rejected the North Melbourne-Fitzroy merger by a vote of 14–1.
I like what Chopperduck and Mr Rip said above. No, we shouldn't. Fitzroy lost in the VAFA D1 Grand Final to Rupertswood in 2009, but as a Grand Finalist was promoted to C-Grade for the 2010 season. Given they already have to put the words to the song up on the screen at the Gabba it's probably not a good idea to start changing things. In 1994, the club moved its home matches to Western Oval, its fourth match-day home ground in 10 years. During this time, highlights for the club were individual achievements of their players, especially Haydn Bunton, Sr. In 2018, Fitzroy won both the VAFA Premier C and the VAFA Premier C reserves competitions.[15]. THe cheesy 70's songs are a thousand times better than the modern synthesizer and drum machine songs. No to all the time, but if we ever considered changing the arrangement, the Roys arrangement (especially the opening) works a treat. Due to economic difficulties imposed on the VFL clubs due to World War I, only four teams contested the premiership that year, and at the end of the home and away rounds all teams made the finals. In that time Brisbane acknowledged the two parent clubs for the merger with the letters BBFFC printed below the back of the neck of the club's guernseys from 2002. At other times, joining with Melbourne or relocating to Brisbane was suggested.
Both wear the old Fitzroy jumper, play the old theme song, and play from Brunswick Street Oval in the heart of Fitzroy. All the teams were made up mainly of Fitzroy Reds personnel.[13]. It eventually came out of administration in 1998, and proceeded to commence playing in the VAFA in 2009. In 1989 the directors agreed to amalgamation with equally troubled Footscray to form the Fitzroy Bulldogs, but a fightback from Footscray supporters, in which almost two million dollars was raised in three weeks, averted the merger. The Victorian Football Association (VFA) made changes to their rules, allowing Fitzroy to join as the seventh club in 1884, playing in the maroon and blue colours of the local Normanby Junior Football Club. Further problems with the Cricket Club and the high cost of rent imposed by Carlton saw Fitzroy move to the Junction Oval, where they had a short-lived promising start to the decade. All four teams qualified for the finals, and Fitzroy won their next three games to win one of the strangest VFL premierships. It's already bad enough to have our jumper and logo bastardised.
Despite pressure from the Lions and other VFL clubs, the Cricket Club refused to make the needed upgrades. we wear the colours maroon and blue, We are the boys from old Fitzroy, wish I could have listened to it at the MCG Damn good song though. It was commonly thought, and claimed by then Richmond president Leon Daphne, that an all-Victorian merge would create a superteam with on-field and off-field strength out of all proportion to the rest of the league. As well as trying several fund-raising ventures, the Lions experimented with playing four home matches in Tasmania in 1991 and 1992, but lost money in the process.