Nothing like beating a Foundation club

[samuraisaint]

So far this season, Collingwood, Swans, and Essendon.

Geelong and Carlton - Beware!

[Life Long Saint]

We were humbled by the OG though.
And we're not counting the Lions (Fitzroy)?

[saynta]

Love beating drug cheats.

[The Fireman]

Love beating drug cheats.

Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon…. The big 3 most disliked
For all the right reasons, cheating, being obnoxious ,feral and simply being detestable

[Saint 58]

Love beating drug cheats.

Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon…. The big 3 most disliked
For all the right reasons, cheating, being obnoxious ,feral and simply being detestable

I'll have to start calling the Injectors the Pretenders
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.
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Nah, still the Injectors

[SaintPav]

We were humbled by the OG though.
And we're not counting the Lions (Fitzroy)?

What the f*** does that even mean

[Life Long Saint]

We were humbled by the OG though.
And we're not counting the Lions (Fitzroy)?

What the f*** does that even mean

OG = "Original Gangster" but commonly used for just the original
The first club was Melbourne.

I assume that you get the Lions/Fitzroy connection, or do you need that explained?

[samuraisaint]

We were humbled by the OG though.
And we're not counting the Lions (Fitzroy)?

The Lions - tricky one. Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane Bears and have taken their history, records, etc. Only half a dozen or so Fitzroy players went up there when they merged. They kept their nickname but not much else it has to be said. In contrast, Sydney didn't even rebrand themselves as much else than what they were at South Melbourne/Albert Park for many years, in fact they were just called 'The Swans' for a decade.

I don't know how many Fitzroy supporters stuck with them, but they seem to get better support when we play them down here than many of the other interstate sides, so I will go with a fair few.

The answer is; technically no, because of the reasons above, and because I don't know if many of their supporters could even find Fitzroy on a map of Melbourne.

What do others think?

[samuraisaint]

Still got Geelong (1859) and Carlton (1860) to come! Be a nice way to finish off the season...

[samuraisaint]

We were humbled by the OG though.
And we're not counting the Lions (Fitzroy)?

I posted this in the week leading up to the last time we played the Lions:
https://www.saintsational.net/viewtopic.php?t=113580

[samuraisaint]

Looks like RTB might be treating this one against the Cats as our Grand Final. Hoping that we go all out to get the big 'W' here. Good to see!

[SaintPav]

Tough ask.

[saynta]

Two to go.

[samuraisaint]

Two to go.

One down ...

[samuraisaint]

[samuraisaint]

[samuraisaint]

'Nuff said.

[TheGreatZacsby]

So that’s all of them?

[saynta]

Two to go.

One down ...

Bump...happy as a pig in poo.

[Life Long Saint]

So that’s all of them?

No...Didn't get Melbourne or Fitzroy (Bris).
Humbled by both.

[samuraisaint]

So that’s all of them?

No...Didn't get Melbourne or Fitzroy (Bris).
Humbled by both.

The Lions one isn't technically a foundation club TGZ. Fitzroy merged with Brisbane Bears and absorbed Brisbane's history and match records. Fitzroy weren't even really called the Lions before the 70s when they moved to (ironically the Junction Oval). Before that they were the Maroons, and for a brief period, The Gorillas, in the 50s. Unfortunately, Fitzroy as they were no longer exist, except as a D-Grade ammos team, called the Fitzroy Reds - so called because Fitzroy changed their colours with the introduction of colour TV in 1975.

That is the difference between them and The Swans, who moved as South Melbourne, to Sydney as an entity.

But yes, we couldn't beat Melbourne unfortunately.