After two weeks on the road the Senior Men returned to Brunswick St to take on one of Premier B's top side, writes Garry Gorilla After Tottenham Hotspur’s triumph in European soccer last week, I found myself beginning to wonder: could Fitzro...
Club president David Leydon reflects on the career and passing of AFL great and former Fitzroy player and coach Robert Walls. After a stellar career at Carlton, Robert came to Fitzroy in 1978. He played a big part in our ’78 Night Premiershi...
Committed. Loyal. Tough. Quiet. Humble. Reliable. Bloody good. These are just some of the superlatives that describe club legend Max ‘E Dog’ Ellis, who plays his 250th game this weekend. The triple best and fairest ,and two-time premiership player...
Opening the account By Garry Gorilla Occasionally a Fitzroy game takes us to the deep south. And so it was with Round 5 of the season, when the Roys men travelled for an away game against Hampton Rovers at the quaintly titled Boss James Reser...
This week marks the 70th anniversary of Club Legend Kevin Murray’s first ever senior game for Fitzroy on May 7th, 1955, writes Club President David Leydon. The whole course of Fitzroy Football Club history was changed in this very week 70 years a...
Lest we forget By Guy Gorilla Before the game on Friday, I took a quiet moment to stand in front of the Sportsman’s Memorial in Edinburgh Gardens and contemplate the faces looking back at me. There seemed to be a glint in their eyes, and a certain...
When Nathan Ligris was 18 he thought very seriously about giving footy away and throwing himself fully into the workforce. "Thank God I didn't do that. That was something, but dad talked me out of it,'' 'Liga' tells RedRoyMail after his 200th game...
The club celebrated champion Nathan "Liga" Ligris' 200th game for the club, but as Guy Gorilla writes a flat first quarter meant a win was always going to be a challenge. AFTER an off-season that seemed to drag on for an eternity, suddenly the loc...
Fitzroy’s women’s side is better prepared than ever before for an assault on the VAFA’s Premier division, captain Steph Pitt says, thanks to an injection of new talent and group ambition to compete at the top level. After a heartbreaking grand fin...
Hello to all Fitzroy supporters and welcome to season 2025. To say that we're all itching to get things started is a massive understatement. Round one on April 5 can’t come quick enough. Our magnificent playing group has been preparing since pre-s...
