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	Fitzroy Lions - Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
		This followed a breakdown in negotiations with the Fitzroy City Council over the club's request for a 40-year lease and a $400,000 loan to develop the Brunswick Street ground that was still their training headquarters.
		Fitzroy won the 1978 VFL night premiership, beating Tasmania, South Melbourne and Richmond in the qualifying rounds before upsetting North Melbourne 13-18-96 to 2-8-20 at Waverley.
		Fitzroy, a foundation member of the VFL/AFL, ceased to exist as a separate entity.
	www.lions.com.au /TheClub/History/FitzroyLions/tabid/5170/Default.aspx (1318 words)

	Fitzroy
		Fitzroy were too good for the Pivotonians though, and when they tied with Essendon in their penultimate match it left an intriguing scenario for the final week of the season.
		Fitzroy ruckman Mick Grace, who had taken numerous marks, some of them spectacular, and whose long goal in the 3rd term had effectively snuffed out the last hopes of an Essendon recovery, was awarded a gold medal as the best player afield.
		Fitzroy duly beat Collingwood in a semi final and Carlton in both the final and challenge final to clinch a premiership pennant to hang alongside the 1916 wooden spoon.
	www.fullpointsfooty.net /fitzroy_(1).htm (2711 words)

	love lions
		Fitzroy bowed out of the AFL in 1996 but in recent years there's been a footy revival in the old suburb.
		The Fitzroy junior football club is a raging success story and the Reds, who play in Fitzroy jumpers and train at Brunswick Street Oval give the kids somewhere to go when they get out of juniors.
		Murray wasn't the first Lion to have WA connections - Trotter came to East Fremantle and Bunton to Subiaco - but he is a good initial focal point for examining the firm link between the Fitzroy and East Perth football clubs.
	www.australianrules.com.au /2004stories/lovelions.html (647 words)

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		The Brisbane Lions on the other hand by word and deed are slowly showing a real commitment to the spirit of the 'merger' and further developments that may help to heal some of the wounds of 1996 are in prospect.
		Yes Fitzroy is no longer part of the AFL, and we may have to bide our time in 2001 in AFL/VFL terms because of the Richmond takeover of Coburg, but we continue to be a 700 strong shareholder based club with significant cash flow potential through the trustee controlled Rising Sun Hotel in Carlton.
		He said Fitzroy still had a shareholder membership base in excess of 700 and membership potential in the thousands as well as the prospects for strong revenues as lease holder, by trustee, of the Rising Sun Hotel in Lygon Street Carlton.
	www.angelfire.com /me/fitzroy (2868 words)

	Fitzroy Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as "the Lions", was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897.
		In 1897, Fitzroy were one of the eight clubs who broke away from the VFA to form the Victorian Football League (VFL).
		Fitzroy FC honour roll - for coaches, captains, leading goalkickers and team position.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club (1570 words)

	Brisbane Lions FC: Made & Hosted By Steven Barnes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This followed a breakdown in negotiations with the Fitzroy City Council over the club’s request for a 40-year lease and a $400,000 loan to develop the Brunswick Street ground that was still their training headquarters.
		Fitzroy won the 1978 VFL night premiership, beating Tasmania, South Melbourne and Richmond in the qualifying rounds before upsetting North Melbourne 13-18-96 to 2-8-20 at Waverley.
		Fitzroy, a foundation member of the VFL/AFL, ceased to exist as a separate entity.
	www.freewebs.com /brisbane-lions/fitzroylions.htm (1344 words)

	Berlin Crocodiles - Berlin Australian Football Club
		It was the birth day of the Brisbane Lions, formed via an historic merger between the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions.
		So, on 1 November, 1996, after Fitzroy supporters had bid farewell to their club as it was known, and Brisbane Bears supporters had prepared for the change, the merger club was officially introduced to the AFL.
		The Lions continuing struggle for success saw a board cleanout and Merrett passed over for the ongoing coaching job at the end of the season.
	www.berlin-crocodiles.de /about_afl/faqs_04.html (5997 words)

	Fitzroy Lions
		Fitzroy Football Club was formed as an off shoot of the cricketers club and played in the VFA in 1884.
		One Fitzroy player was included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps of the globe and map issue.
		One Fitzroy players were included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps of the sand, sea and sky overlaid by the Southern Cross issue.
	www.footystamps.com /fitzroy_lions.htm (592 words)

	Brisbane lions - everyone's second team
		Fitzroy's colours were more aesthetic than the hideous brown and yellow of the Bears.
		Ironically, it was the actions of clubs like Fitzroy that led to the creation of an independent VFL administration that aimed to stop clubs acting recklessly in the future, yet then evolved to cull Fitzroy from the league.
		And for all those old time residents of Fitzroy who fondly remembered the days when rain carried their sewage off into Collingwood, they can now continue to take pleasure at seeing the Lions of today continue to shit over the Pies.
	www.convictcreations.com /football/brisbanelions.htm (1461 words)

	Allan "The Baron" Ruthven - Fitzroy Great!!
		He was involved in the official unfurling ceremony of the Brisbane Lions' 2001 premiership flag in Melbourne in April last year, and until his health deteriorated recently had planned to be part of the club's successful country tour with the 2002 premiership cup this week.
		Fitzroy, though, refused him a clearance, claiming that Imperial had approached Ruthven after they had denied permission to interview him, and eventually they won a protracted battle to keep him.
		Chosen in a forward pocket in the Fitzroy Team of the Century, he won the B&F five times in 1944-45-46-48-49, was captain for six years in 1948-50-51-52-53-54, was coach for three years in 1952-53-54 and was leading goal-kicker three times in 1944-45-54.
	www.allstars.com.au /ruthven.htm (1021 words)

	Season 2007 - Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
		Lions fans attending the next four Gabba matches can test their racing skills on the Vodafone Tri...
		Ashley McGrath returns to the Lions senior team this week at the expense of Irish recruit Colm Be...
		Lions aim to spoil the honeymoon for Melbourne’s new coach...
	lions.com.au (609 words)

	The pride of Brisbane town . . . and Fitzroy - realfooty.com.au
		When the Fitzroy Football Club looked like going under in the mid-1990s, fair-dinkum Fitzroy fans were stricken with that dark grief that is visited upon us when there is a death in the family, or when our partner runs off with the local accountant.
		According to communications manager at the Brisbane Lions, Peter Blucher, the club operates within a mindset that Brisbane is the continuation of Fitzroy.
		Some are bitter, still appalled that Fitzroy members were never given the opportunity to have their say; that the decision about the future of a community organisation was made by a man of commerce from outside of that community - a Pontius Pilate acting on behalf of a larger force.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/28/1048653854647.html (1145 words)

	Brisbane Lions FC: Made & Hosted By Steven Barnes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Brennan represented Fitzroy, with Hore-Lacy permitted to attend as an on-looker, and Oakley was a special guest.
		On 18 July, 1996, the Lions unveiled their ±new° jumper, featuring a maroon body, with a gold Lion on the front, blue shoulders, a gold collar and gold trim.
		It was also confirmed that the Brisbane Lions' club song would be similar to the old Fitzroy club song, to the stirring tune of the Marseillaise, or the French National Anthem.
	www.freewebs.com /brisbane-lions/themerger.htm (2879 words)

	Brisbane Lions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fitzroy was formed on 26 September 1883 at the Brunswick Hotel and was a founding member of the VFL.
		Lions began the 2006 season optimistically, but injuries again plagued the club, whose players recorded an AFL record total of 200 matches lost to injury for the season.
		The Brisbane Lions team of the decade fullback Mal Michael announced his retirement from football on Thursday 5 October due to lack of motivation and desire to pursue other non-football related activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brisbane_Lions (2123 words)

	The merger that never got across the line - realfooty.com.au
		Fitzroy fans make clear that they would prefer their club to stay in Melbourne.
		The deal was so unexpected that Fitzroy’s then coach, Mike Nunan, only learnt of the Brisbane coup that night when he rang the AFL with the Roys team to play Essendon that weekend.
		Fitzroy was massively in debt (about $4.5 million, including $1.2 million owing to the Nauru Insurance Corporation), reportedly wasn’t paying its group tax, and had required a $400,000 cheque from the AFL to cover its player payments in that final year.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/12/1057979655688.html (1839 words)

	AM - AFL grand rivalry
		The Brisbane Lions came into being with the merger of the old Brisbane Bears and the former Fitzroy Lions.
		Fitzroy club historian Arthur Wilson used to run out onto the field with the team as a mascot when he was a boy in the 1940s.
		The fact that most of the players that played for Fitzroy, and going back to the fifties and the sixties, were players that lived very close to this ground.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s687424.htm (595 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Her Highness saw the Fitzroy Lions defeat the Richmond Tigers 16.20 (116) to 14.12 (96).
		Fitzroy played their first game at the Junction Oval the next week (where they stayed till the end of the 1984 season), losing to the previous tenants (St. Kilda) by the alarming margin of 110 points.
		Fitzroy started to be the nomads of the VFL when they left Brunswick Oval in 1966 and shared Princes Park with Carlton for the next three years.
	homepages.picknowl.com.au /sparda/Articles/ArticleFFC.htm (411 words)

	Welcome to the Victorian Lions Supporters Group
		Former Fitzroy player Chris Johnson has been confirmed, at the Victorian Lions Supporters Group's Annual General Meeting on Saturday 20th April, as the VLSG sponsored Brisbane Lions player for Season 2002.
		The VLSG Annual General Meeting was held yesterday (April 20th) at 5pm, shortly before the Lions vs Bulldogs match and was attended by a number of VLSG members and supporters, as well as Brisbane Lions director Mac Tolliday, who ran the election of 2002-03 officebearers.
		The Victorian Lions Supporters Group Official Logo was adopted by a vote of VLSG members in August 1999.
	www.viclions.com /vlsg.htm (850 words)

	FITZROY COLEMAN
		Ideally, there should be dancing in the streets to celebrate the return to the local stage of guitar virtuoso, Fitzroy Coleman.
		It was Eddy Grant who, after hearing a cassette with one of the Roaring Lions' old calypsoes, sought to find the guitarists (he thought it had t be more than one person) playing on the track.
		But at age 19, Fitzroy could take it no more and made for the guitar each time his father was out working, and began to teach himself to play.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography\bio_FitzroyColeman.html (1079 words)

	Scott Sigler audio novels: BloodCast » Bloodcast - intro to EarthCore II: Mt. Fitzroy
		Scott Sigler audio novels: BloodCast » Bloodcast - intro to EarthCore II: Mt. Fitzroy
		Bloodcast - intro to EarthCore II: Mt. Fitzroy
		The first voice you hear is Lee Gibbons of Podango, who hosted a booth at the PME and gave several podcasters a chance to talk to a live audience.
	scottsigler.podshow.com /2006/10/17/bloodcast-intro-to-earthcore-ii-mt-fitzroy (526 words)

	Fitzroy Lions Lineup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Fitzroy Lions have rookie listed two key position players, a ruckman and two medium sized runners in the recently conducted rookie draft.
		First rookie listed player by the Lions who were desperate for some depth to their key position players.
		Glass was a member of the WA team which won the 1999 national 18s title and is highly regarded at Fitzroy, although it appears not at other clubs.
	aflgames.5.forumer.com /a/fitzroy-lions-lineup_post46.html (980 words)

	Brisbane - Aussie Rules in Brisbane - ourbrisbane.com
		The Brisbane Lions are unequivocally the best team of the modern era and one of the most widely followed teams in the AFL.
		It was the perfect ‘mix’ with the Bears, a young and emerging force in AFL football, and the Fitzroy Lions, a Melbourne-based foundation club boasting more than 100 years experience.
		Now, with strong and ever-growing supporter bases in Brisbane and Melbourne, the Lions are the only legitimate ‘two-town team’ in the AFL and enjoy an outstanding profile in each city.
	www.ourbrisbane.com /activeandhealthy/sport/aussierules (1420 words)

	Nickname - Australian Football League
		The merger with Fitzroy at the end of the 1996 season saw the 'Bears' nickname dropped in favour of the 'Lions'.
		As this nickname increasingly became a target for derision, the 'Lions' emblem was adopted in 1957 and immediately became popular².
		The merge of Fitzroy with Brisbane at the end of the 1996 season saw the 'Lions' nickname retained.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~nickname/afl.html (2143 words)

	FFC - Fitzroy Reds
		The Fitzroy Reds are an inner suburban football club representing the oldest suburb in Melbourne.
		Evolving from the University Reds Football Club, the Fitzroy Reds are a club that aims to represent the wider community of Fitzroy.
		The Fitzroy Foundation saw this as a good opportunity to become a supporter of the Reds.
	www.fitzroyfc.com.au /reds.htm (434 words)

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		The former Fitzroy chairman wrote to Brisbane Graeme Downie on Wednesday on behalf of the directors and members of the Fitzroy Football Club, which still remains active.
		He expressed his gratitude to Brisbane for embracing Fitzroy supporters and for keeping the Fitzroy identity alive as much as possible.
		Brisbane had previously sent a good luck message to the amateurs D-grade club the Fitzroy Reds in their quest for a premiership.
	www.afana.com /netpaper/sep27-63886.html (186 words)

	Keks: Celebrate the Magpies Loss
		Collingwood are the most hated team in the AFL, hated so much that Victorians that usually support the local side when an interstate team makes the final, found themselves barracking for the team from Queensland.
		Largely because of the fact that my mum supported the Fitzroy Lions before their merger with the Brisbane Bears back in 1996, to become the Brisbane Lions, so you might say I'm half Fitzroy fan, genetically anyway.
		Lions are the greatest team of all time.
	kekoc.com /mt/archives/000575.html (1715 words)

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		The Lions jumper, which has carried the AAPT Cellular One logo throughout the season and for the past three years, has been re-branded “AAPT Mobile” for the grand final.
		The Fitzroy Past Players Association is calling for Victorians to ignore the “Go Magpies” push for Saturday’s Grand Final, and to remember the Lions’ Fitzroy roots.
		Smith, who played with Fitzroy in 1956, expects hundreds of old Lions fans to be Brunswick Street Oval (Fitzroy’s home ground until 1966) on Sunday, regardless of the result.
	www.afana.com /netpaper/sep27-11243.html (2760 words)

	AM Archive - AFL Grand Final
		The game will have special significance for thousands of supporters of the now defunct, debt-ridden Fitzroy Lions which five years ago merged with the Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions.
		It was an acrimonious deal, and hundreds of Fitzroy fans severed their ties.
		It took her a while to warm to her new team, but now she reckons seeing Brisbane play tomorrow will be just as thrilling as that day in 1944 when she saw Fitzroy win its last premiership.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s377972.htm (549 words)

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