Category 3. Fitzroy

Footy and Family – Life is Good (Syd v Bris)

May 7, 2013 · by · in 1. Game Day Stories, 2. Sydney Swans, 3. Fitzroy · Leave a comment

It’s Round 6 and both Fitzroy and South Melbourne are highly fancied for the 1944 flag. Fluctuating form makes it difficult to forecast the winner. Fitzroy has strengthened its line-up with the inclusion of Claude Curtain and Noel Price. They’ve been up north for 18 months engaged in the war effort. They’ll receive a rousing […]

A Cherished Gift and a Case of Mistaken Identity

November 9, 2012 · by · in 3. Fitzroy · Leave a comment

I was convinced that I had spent many Saturday afternoons watching the football with Les “Wally” Walsh at the Junction Oval in the 1970s. We both loved Fitzroy. We’d shared some victories and many more defeats. Now I know that I was wrong; we had never met. Not once.  I’m pretty sharp – it only […]