Richmond v Fitzroy '96 - Victoria says farewell to Fitzroy
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- * The heart-rending aftermath of the Fitzroy Lions' penultimate game - Round 21, Sunday 25th August, 1996 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A sad day for football.
Ross Oakley was a deadset criminal. How the Lions were left to die is one of the darkest chapters in the league's history.
Yes very true...Ross Oakley was responsible for VFL park also and didn't give a stuff about what happened to Hawthorn, North melbourne or St.Kilda for that matter.. True cold bastard !
well fitzroy had not money
codeword Its a pathetic excuse and I say that as a longtime Sydney supporter. We got bailed out by the league twice in the 90’s until finally getting it right ironically in 1996. The league could’ve easily bailed Fitzroy out without leaving them to die.
he also had a 6 year long obsession with getting Port Adelaide into the AFL at Fitzroy's cost, as well as the cost of the Bears, that contributed to the rivalry the Brisbane Lions and Port have today
They literally won 1 game in their last season and lost their last game in vid by 130+ they also had no money they had to go
I put money in your cans, to help try and save, being a tiger supporter. No foundation club should be treated like that
This is the most appreciative comment I've seen.
Well said mate. Here here
i was at that game as a richmond supporter i felt sick watching those pricks from the afl destroy a proud club that should still be with us fitzroy youll never be forgotten.
I was born with Fitzroy FC running through my blood, my uncle coached them and played for the, at one stage. When they were destroyed by c&*ts who ran the comp our family literally divided in supporter between Footscray and Brisbane...My immediate family went straight for Footscray as myself and my siblings were born there and my aunties still persisted with Brisbane and my sister. And to this day it remains that way..hopefully this year it's the dogs v lions in the final. Im very bitter about Fitzroy and also being called the Western bulldogs, we are Footscray
My favorite line in the theme:
"Win or lose,we do or die!
In defeat we'll always try!"
I can't watch it without ever getting emotional I was there that day it was the first time I have ever seen opposition supporters singing a rival club song it was the worst game I've ever been to & I would never want to go though that day again 😢
Harry Williams
Why at least you got to see their last game. Too many Melbourne clubs for a national competition. Unfortunately one had to bite the dust. It should've remained the VFL, fuck the AFL, the game is shit anyways today.
Long live Fitzroy.
Thanks for the memories.
@M you’re a malaka
5:55 best banner I've seen
As a lifelong Fitzroy supporter I was at that match with my boys, I haven't been to an AFL match since. Have lost interest in footy nowadays with its political shit matches and greed.
AFL should have saved Fitzroy what a joke when they pump up millions for clubs like the Gold Coast & GWS.
@@Aka_daka you just proved there agenda
I’m a Rugby League man and I lost my team North Sydney Bears a foundation club for the purpose of expansion. These teams are the heart of the game. But at least Fitzroy is remembered in the back of Brisbane jersey. Sydney Swans have the logo of South Melbourne. To me that’s better than loosing your team completely
@@Aka_daka The AFL isn't the same as it was 30 years ago. It's much more financially stable, and has the power to prop those developing teams up.
@@clevelandwilliams5922 They DID do North Sydney real dirty in the NRL, didn't they? Like, I'm seeing the history of Manly and the way North was and has been obliterated from history...sad, really.
im crying im a doggie supporter and this is just herrendous . this is the era when the afl lost its sould rip fitzroy
I was there on that day,i am one eyed Richmond,but that was a very sad day for footy....i really love seeing Brisbane wear the old Fitzroy colours....
demetriou is a aggorant bugger . this was the saddest day for me . i was original a fitzroy supporter i cried so much . i have now go for the mighty brisbane lions . i miss our old club . LION FAN FOR EVER
OMG.. I've never seen anything like this in footy EVER!! Just so sad... :'( :'( :'(
This was before my time so i never got to see this and never understood what happened to them and why. Clearly this would not happen today. What a shame!
Matty King It almost did happen again. North Melbourne only just escaped this same fate not so long ago.
zach336 You can largely thank Brayshaw for that. He put his foot down, and North haven't had to play a home game at Carrara since
Carlton almost folded in 2005
I just like to sing this song...
Ahem..
Oh we are the boys of old Fitzroy
We are the colours Red Gold and Blue.
We will always fight for victory.
And we'll always see it through.
Win or lose, do or die.
In the end, we'll always try.
Fitzroy, Fitzroy.
A club that we all hold dear,
Premiers we will be this year....
*Cries*
The sad irony is that the merged club is in a worse state now than the two separate clubs were back in 1996
Anthony Kernich your not wrong.
We've had some great days in between though, and all teams ebb and flow, that's the point of the draft.
This aged well
Now, Brisbane have finished joint first 2 years in a row and only finished 2nd bc of point difference. Richmond were in this position 10 years ago
Damn this hits me in the feels.
Fitzroy had their most experienced players retire, and many others also left to go elsewhere.
They lose Paul Broderick, John Blakey, Richard Osborne, Paul Roos and Alastair Lynch in the space of a few years and ripped the heart out of the core of the team.
If Fitzroy had several more years, they would have been a lot better.
And you clearly know nothing about the game about that 'worst club ever' statement.
Look up the club called, 'University'.
Fitzroy won 8 premierships by 1944.
University left out of desire. The VFL was not for them, and they required players to be in university, so they weren't all about footy. It was a very unique team.
Fitzroy's relocation was not due to malice or onfield performance, it was off-field financial management.
University also lost a lot of their players due to the war but yes, they were still the worst team ever. The results speak for themselves.
@@uraniumdeath Lost 52 in a row. But they were different, since you had to be in university to play in the club, and during the middle of the year, they were more focused on their exams than football, so of course their performance decreased. They did little training and had few supporters.
Nice info. I didn't know you strictly had to be a student to play, but thanks for that tidbit
Regardless, they're still the worst team ever to play and were seemingly at a broad disadvantage
Now we have 18 teams including GC$ and GW$.
Pretty crazy how the AFL creates teams in areas where they'd rather watch sniff bum or thugby just to try and get more money instead of saving one of the oldest clubs in the world.
2 great institutions: Fitzroy and Richo.
5th Line
FFC: Win Or Lose we do or die
BLFC: All for one and one for all
6th Line
FFC: In defeat we always try
BLFC: We will answer to the call
7th Line
FFC: Fitzroy, Fitzroy, The Club we hold so dear
BLFC: Go Lions, Brisbane Lions, We'll kick the winning score
8th Line
FFC: Premiers, We'll be this year
BLFC: You'll hear the mighty roar
The meaning of your statement can be taken several ways.
Their final match was against Fremantle, which they lost in round 22.
Their final win came earlier in the season (round 7?) against Fremantle.
Just thought I'd clarify that.
as a Fitzroy fan.. that;s never gonna happen
you can see me run on to the MCG here
@carnival111 yeah i was a fitzroy supporter there is hardly any fitzroy left in the lions, the AFL isnt the same without them.
Victoria says goodbye to Fitzroy?
I think everybody misses Fitzroy. They had some great youngsters coming through. They had Chris Johnson, Jarrod Molloy, Brad Boyd (shame about his career), Simon Hawking, Shane Clayton etc. They had a lot of promise. By 1998 they would have started to win more games.
A relocated Fitzroy, well said - I have always thought that Fitzroy and Tasmania were far more deserving of teams than GWS and Gold Coast.
As a Suns fan, and coming from the Gold Coast, I couldn't agree more.
Because I love Fitzroy more
MRB16th I'm from Tasmania but it cost way too much to run a club RIP BRANX HOLM 1868-2014
Fitzroy was almost relocated to Brisbane at the end of 1986 but the club wanted to be privately owned & stay here in Melbourne. Ross Oakley stop that moved. In 1990 Fitzroy pushed a proposal to relocate to Tasmania but he yet again blocked that move
That is why I said in my original comment a year ago that Ross Oakley was an absolute criminal. A relocated Fitzroy with the name of Brisbane Lions would've been more readily accepted by Fitzroy supporters in the same way the Sydney Swans have with old South Melbourne supporters than having a fresh team from Brisbane come in and then merge with them and dissolve their identity a decade later.
48,884 turned up to this game.
Fitzroy's 1996 side would beat Carlton and Melbourne today. Shame that a club founded 113 years earlier with a desire to defeat neighbouring suburbs having to play their last game 2500km away in Perth against Fremantle, a club barely 18 months old.
At the time, Freo was young, but in the 1890s, Collingwood was young.
@@bearmarco1944 That is a pretty good way of putting it. In fact, there was nine years between Collingwood and Fitzroy being formed.
@@MRB16th Cheers.
If the afl just let Fitzroy merge with north Melbourne you would of had 2 struggling Melbourne clubs turn into a big financial club... i feel sorry for all the lions fans that we lost to the game. They were only 1.5 million in debt. Look at st.kilda Has Carlton who are both over 6 million in debt and the Gold Coast and gws who can only draw 10,000 per game yet they get rid of Fitzroy a club who won 8 premierships....
I was there that day as a 12 yo and was lucky enough to run out with the boys. A day I’ll never forget ❤️
Is there any possibility of Fitzroy reentering the league?
My first game I went to was Geelong and Fitzroy in 1993, even though I went for Geelong, I had a place in my heart for Fitzroy.
You know that song by Greg Champion?
Deep in our hearts everyone goes for Fitzroy.
Because Fitzroy is the most loveable team we have got.
i miss fitzroy.
it was the day a foundation club died a club whos shoulders the competition we enjoy today was built on .
and im wondering how many games did blokes like kevin murray and mick conlan play for the brisbane lions the answer is zero
Also emjoi, interested to know - how much did Fitzroy's song change from Brisbane Lions song? Words sound a bit different. Can i hear the original anywhere somehow??
You cut more teams like this you lose more fans. We need to fight other codes ie soccer. This never should have happened and must never happen again.
Ps good to see Richmond supporters show their support
Long Live the Roys!
at 4:18 u can see me in the crowd on the fence...He he so exciting
that was cruel of richmond. they had already won convincingly, they didn't have 2 completely humiliate them
Apparently, The AFL had to make room for Port Adelaide at the Expense of Fitzroy, Financial Pressures in the Early 1990's led to the Lions Merging with the Equally Strapped Brisbane Bears at the end of 1996.
They had earlier tried to get Footscray and Fitzroy to merge in 1989
Brad Boyd had back problems. He was probably one of the highest rated youngsters to go to Brisbane from Fitzroy too. But yeah...his back gave him problems for a while and he eventually succumbed. In some sense, a football tragedy.
Agreed, I always wished brisbane would have just came to fitzroy, it was a sad sad day and im a tiger fan.
No way I’m from Queensland and I don’t know what I would of done without afl but the afl should of tried harder instead of just giving up
Does anyone know were i can download the whole game?
Interesting to see Richmond win a match.
no but you still give it a go but if the afl had a heart your game against freo should of been played in melbourne but if you ask me the afl should have done more to protect one of the vfls foundation members
I don't understand why the AFL has to merge clubs & then create brand new clubs, why couldn't have relegated Fitzroy to the VFL & promote a new team in Brisbane from their state league? Lol it makes our game look unorganized
This is the only time I can think of that the losing team’s song was played after the game
For a good reason too!
151 points to think 11 years later richmond were pumped similar like that yet whose still playing footy.
For those who left fitzroy and never watch footy again i hope you read this and be ashamed at yourselves for being degenerates and not supporting the game in general for those who stayed on you should be proud
for those who support other teams now well you done well.
@17mintz Found myself thinking that. There used to be a vid up, but for some stupid copyright law, the vid can only be viewed inside the US. Fancy that, a freaking AFL video and *we* can't watch it!
Its sad when footy teams are "franchises" and not clubs anymore..
Long gone is "SPORT" - welcome big business.. GIve it 5-10 yrs, will be like soccer with $10,000,000 transfer fees and wages and clubs burning up faster than a paddle pop stick hitting the suns surface.
Yeah, I wasn't 100% sure...hence the question mark next to the 7.
i dont think it was richmond being good, poor old fitzroy just weren't that great. VERY sad to see something like that. fuck the AFL for making Fitzroy play their last game in WA against a team that had been around for 2 seasons.
Farewell Fitzroy
Does anybody know where can I get this entire game to watch?
Sportsdelivered have it on DVD if you're willing to part with $35.
www.sportsdelivered.com/dvd/1996-round-21-richmond-def-fitzroy/13095.html
Thanks for watching!
Wow thanks heaps for that. Yesss I am willing to pay $35. I also want to get the rd4 1995 tiges vs north game, I will check the same site.
Chris its on TH-cam ive watched it.
Whish that they were still here.
Why exactly couldn't raise the money to stay in comp?
Why can't the dam AFL donate us money. At least give us half a million bucks.
Because there where too many teams in Melbourne. They wanted Port Adelaide into the competition since the early 1990’s. Fitzroy survived for 10 years out of the back of the members & supporters but at the end of the day Ross Oakley got what he wanted
4.35 Simon Atkins was shocked
If it wasn't for Fitzroy the lions would not have 3 grandfinals
bullshit, how many Fitzroy players played in 01-03 Premierships????? 1 Chris Johnson
The Cheer Squad Said it best in there banner at Victoria Park Seduced by North, Raped by Brisbane, F####D the AFL. If u wanna see it google image Fitzroy Banner its Awesome.
dam we had a good side then, now we are on the rebuild :)
Disgraceful coverage. Let's talk to Richo after the game. Fair dinks
The game was over, though.
they were trying to make the finals it didnt happen maybe we should of
Big shame that the club couldn't do a 'South Sydney" and get back in...
financially they wouldn't have made it to the 99 draft to get brown.
but i miss fitzroy.
Totally right. Why must we expand? We have a presence in all the big 5 cities. Why GWS? Pointless. It was OK as 10 Vic 2 WA 2 SA Brissy and Swans. But no the AFL had to attack NRL in its back yard and create a pointless franchise.
that is the truth no dobt about it
@uraniumdeath round 8 mate. haha sorry just thought id corect it.
Hawthorn didn't merge with Fitzroy.
As a blues supporter i was there to see good old fitzroy , Richmond got the jump and went on with it ,
stuff the AFL Now we got a gold coast team and not a team in tassie $ $
Brisbane bears & Fitzroy football club aka bbffc is an insult to the roys diehards
Well, it was better than what Collingwood offered the, wasn't it?
How could Fitzroy lose by 151 pts in there very last game??? ...and against Richmond of all clubs, thank god there is no Fitzroy anymore. Worst club ever in the VFL/AFL!
Michael, this statement is ridiculous. Fitzroy won 8 Premierships, and made the finals 3 times in the 80's. They had 11 Brownlow winners, and the biggest loser in this statement is you, because this WASN'T OUR LAST GAME, we played a week later against Fremantle.
Do not Rory Collingwood will get revenge!,
@y0utubemetube thats what i always say the AFL is now about the money, not the people, i loved fitzroy but they were too much about the people and thats why they died due to debt, they tried to keep footy about the people and it didnt work. how quickly things change just 14 years ago they were 6million in debt, port adelaide just received a 5 million dollar grant beacuse they are in debt.
well stop talking crap, richmond have the wood on brisbane...next you'll be telling me that richmond actually have some decent players.....god damn
Now the Koalas 🤔😕
haha geezz fire up
No, mate, the Roys were $7.5m in debt when the book closed on them in '96. Had they continued, it would have got to the point where they would have been forfeiting games... They were all good players though.
I can see this with Melbourne in 10 years.
You got 5 more years on that prophecy m8, lets hope they can win a GF in 5 years.
Stick it up em and create the Fitzroy Bears!
who is watching this after the dogs won the 2016 grand final bte eagles supporter
Hawthorn should've merged with Melbourne not fitzroy!
wah wah wah
stop replying
these are comments to fitzroy 1944 lets see ok carlton got out of it but they were heaps in debt which technically is worse then a million or two whatever it was their is more to life then football your comments make me think football is the be all and end all for you sad to think these are your views but comon if jesus can comeback from the dead. a fan like you could so to but its your choice you can self pitter or support the lions your other half your call maestro.
Sad day indeed - I was there.
Thanks for the memories
Fitzroy Football Club 1883-1996
R.I.P.
@J G Soccer: beloved by lady boys the world over.....
@J G Yeah but in Europe
Disgraceful coverage. Let's talk to Richo after the game. Fair dinks
Wish he’d shut up talking to Richardson and let Fitzroy enjoy the moment
It wasn't their last game, after all.
@@bearmarco1944was in Melbourne so it was for the vast majority of the crowd
@@sliat1981 fair enough
@LukaRulez-mz1ht knew
20 years ago today 😔😢
Although i'm a diehard tigers fan, i almost wanted fitzroy to win this game... i was sickened by what i saw, very sad day indeed. Great club song & jumper.
At 5.54 a sign is being held up "F--K the AFL" true then and now ... Long live poor Fitzroy .... Go Demons thank God we didn't merge that same year with the much respected but I dont want to marry Hawks =/
'Oi Ross Oakley go f--k yourself because you trashed the AFL". I'll write on his obituary.
Did Ch7 really have to speak to Richo for that long? Should have cut that as soon as Fitzroy started their lap.
It wasn't Fitzroy's last game.
Imagine doing a lap after getting out down by 151 points hahaha
Sad to see the demise of Fitzroy. As a Richmond man I didn’t get any satisfaction from that match at all.
The VFL/AFL pouring Millions into Gold Coast suns & GWS could not save a club with so much History is absolutely disgusting... *Collingwood Fan*
absoultely true
I’m a blues supporter and I 100% agree. Fitzroy should still be apart of the AFL
Many of the Fitzroy players who played in this game agree that the fans of both teams were terrific, however the Richmond players treated them very poorly during the game, with extremely spiteful sledging.
that's typical of Richmond
I was on the ground when they ran for the last time. Was 5 years old but still remains one of my best memories.
Kevin Sheedy and James Hird went out the same way. Losing to Richmond in the 2nd last game and having to travel to Perth for the last time ever!
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Fitzroy could have easily been saved. If it was possible to make the new teams in Port Adelaide and what not, why couldn't they save the club that set up the fucking comp!
If Fitzroy could hold out a few more years, perhaps just until the 2000s era, they may have survived, especially with the money that entered the game around then. Shame to see them gone, and who knows what the AFL would be like now, if they stayed around
God they copped some thrashing in 96
So sad
Fitzroy was a young club. Experienced players had ditched the place for security, leaving the club with a skeleton crew.
Had they continued for a few more seasons, they would have had success, but they would never have any support. But the books was not my argument. It was about the talent and a shame that the full talent was never realised under the Fitzroy banner.
Disrespectful that they interviewed Richo straight after the siren when a 100+ year old club was dying in front of their eyes.
I've never warmed to the Brisbane Lions. It was like the death of 2 clubs in 1996 and I still occasionally call them the Bears.
In 30 years time it won't matter, all us 'old-timers' will be gone No one remembers University.
I have the same pathetic nostalgia for the New Zealand Knights in the A-League!
I completely forgot they used to be called the Bears😆
They also want to close or move the Footscray Bulldogs, was it merely a coincidence it was the two working class suburbs teams?