The Death of Fitzroy Football Club

The Death of Fitzroy Football Club
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1743796587
ISBN-13 : 9781743796580
Rating : 4/5 (580 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Death of Fitzroy Football Club by : Russel Holmesby

Download or read book The Death of Fitzroy Football Club written by Russel Holmesby and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of Fitzroy Football Club is an oral history, outlining the reasons why Fitzroy FC, one of the founding clubs of the VFL in 1896, lost its way and eventually was merged with the Brisbane Bears. The book covers the spread of years from the seventies, through a period when the club was strong on the field in the early eighties, to the club's death, at the end of the 1996 season. Fitzroy FC never had a chance when the VFL moved into the professional era. Despite its heritage, despite some of its champion players and coaches, it never had the financial wherewithal to survive. The beginning of the end can be traced to the seventies, when finances became tight, and the club's best players had to be traded for cash. The author has curated contemporaneous interviews from Inside Football magazine and other publications, together with interviews with those intimately involved in the club's final days, including the AFL's CEO, Ross Oakley, who oversaw the club's final merge with the Brisbane Bears. The book describes the emotional fallout that saw families split, and supporters discarding their relationship with the AFL game.


The Death of Fitzroy Football Club Related Books

The Death of Fitzroy Football Club
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Russel Holmesby
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

The Death of Fitzroy Football Club is an oral history, outlining the reasons why Fitzroy FC, one of the founding clubs of the VFL in 1896, lost its way and even
The Death of Fitzroy
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Russell Holmesby
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-15 - Publisher: Slattery Media Group

GET EBOOK

Merger
Language: en
Pages: 490
Authors: William Westerman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-01 - Publisher: Melbourne Books

GET EBOOK

In 1996, the 113-year-old Fitzroy Football Club played its final game in the AFL. Financial pressures brought about by the steady professionalisation of the AFL
From the Outer
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Nicole Hayes
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-31 - Publisher: Black Inc.

GET EBOOK

A celebration of our great game, From​ the Outer brings together 30 personal stories about Aussie Rules from unexpected voices: those who are female, Indigeno
Dead Point
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Peter Temple
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-26 - Publisher: Text Publishing

GET EBOOK

Winner, Ned Kelly Award, Best Crime Novel, 2000 It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same