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The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier competition.
The team that won Footscray's first premiership in 1898
Con McCarthy captained the club to VFA premierships in 1923 and 1924, as well as a victory in the 1924 Championship of Victoria.
Footscray players line up for the unfurling of the 1954 VFL Grand Final premiership flag
Footscray legend E. J. Whitten played his 321st and final game in 1970 to become the VFL games record holder. (Pictured: Statue of Whitten outside Whitten Oval.)
2016 AFL Grand Final
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The 2016 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Sydney and the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. It was the 121st annual Grand Final
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…before gaining admission to the Victorian Football League (which became the AFL in 1990) in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016 and was runner-up in 1961 and 2021. The club has developed a strong support base to the west of the city, traditionally a working-class area. Docklands…
The two teams in their huddles prior to the first bounce
The reaction of the players and supporters moments after the final siren
The Bulldogs team on the podium with the premiership cup
2016 AFL Grand Final Bulldogs banner 2