Has anyone else received the latest propaganda from Smorgon's board?
The Hall of Fame will be announced soon, and a lot of new propaganda is being spouted about how the WB board is committed to honouring our heritage.
THEN HOW ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME BACK???
The only upside is some T-shirts that say footscray rather than WB are being released.
I think FNWB members should be making our cause be known before this sham of a night.
[I'm feeling pretty indignant, I think it's mostly due to David Cameron being announced as PM of UK, but Smorgon annoys me too]
Hall of Fame
Started by DMcG, May 12 2010 09:20 AM
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Posted 13 May 2010 - 05:46 PM
So true. Talking about our heritage and then still calling us by our incorrect name. Go back to Footscray which is the name that our legends played under.
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Posted 15 May 2010 - 12:22 AM
So true. Talking about our heritage and then still calling us by our incorrect name. Go back to Footscray which is the name that our legends played under.
Any FNWB folk going to this?
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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:21 PM
Dangerous:
I might be going to it- not confirmed yet.
Amelia Jane:
exactly and preaching to the converted
D.McG-
The word Bulldogs taking the main billing is WRONG for this event. That is because the first group 'The Pioneers' NEVER played for the Bulldogs. That was NOT the clubs nickname in the days of David Mitchell(1), John Cuming, William 'Ching' Harris, Johnny Craddock and many others. John Cuming died in 1911 well before our nickname changed to the Bulldogs from the Tricolours.
So on the front page where it says- BULLDOG GREATS TO BE HONOURED, they wouldn't be able to include that magnificent man William 'Ching' Harris because he was never 'a bulldog!'
Many of the pioneers from the clubs inception died before we became the bulldogs.
The same applies to Fitzroy- Haydn Bunton and Wilfrid 'Chicken' Smallhorn couldn't be considered LION greats, because Fitzroy wasn't the LIONS when they played for them in the 1930's. Especially Haydn Bunton as he sadly died prematurely (in a car crash) in the late 1950's, before Fitzroy changed their nickname to the LIONS.
This is another issue I had with the official Footscray/ Werder Bremen Team Of the Century. It should have been called the 'TEAM OF 3/4's OF THE CENTURY, because only one player (Allan Hopkins) was selected in the Team Of The Century who had played for the club before 1925. He was selected for his deeds after 1925 anyway, so the fact that he was involved in our 1924 'double event' is seemingly coincidental. Surely at least one bloke that played the majority of his football for Footscray before 1925 would have been one of the clubs best 21 players of all time.
The book will still be great and everyone should buy it- but these supposedly 'little' things just get on my goat.
I might be going to it- not confirmed yet.
Amelia Jane:
exactly and preaching to the converted
D.McG-
The word Bulldogs taking the main billing is WRONG for this event. That is because the first group 'The Pioneers' NEVER played for the Bulldogs. That was NOT the clubs nickname in the days of David Mitchell(1), John Cuming, William 'Ching' Harris, Johnny Craddock and many others. John Cuming died in 1911 well before our nickname changed to the Bulldogs from the Tricolours.
So on the front page where it says- BULLDOG GREATS TO BE HONOURED, they wouldn't be able to include that magnificent man William 'Ching' Harris because he was never 'a bulldog!'
Many of the pioneers from the clubs inception died before we became the bulldogs.
The same applies to Fitzroy- Haydn Bunton and Wilfrid 'Chicken' Smallhorn couldn't be considered LION greats, because Fitzroy wasn't the LIONS when they played for them in the 1930's. Especially Haydn Bunton as he sadly died prematurely (in a car crash) in the late 1950's, before Fitzroy changed their nickname to the LIONS.
This is another issue I had with the official Footscray/ Werder Bremen Team Of the Century. It should have been called the 'TEAM OF 3/4's OF THE CENTURY, because only one player (Allan Hopkins) was selected in the Team Of The Century who had played for the club before 1925. He was selected for his deeds after 1925 anyway, so the fact that he was involved in our 1924 'double event' is seemingly coincidental. Surely at least one bloke that played the majority of his football for Footscray before 1925 would have been one of the clubs best 21 players of all time.
The book will still be great and everyone should buy it- but these supposedly 'little' things just get on my goat.
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