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The Brisbane Lions are an Australian rules football club. The Queensland-based expansion club was formed in 1987, as the Brisbane Bears. [1] In late 1996, via a deal with the administrator of the 1883 VFL/AFL foundation club Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy's club operations at the AFL level were merged with that of the Bears. Subsequently, in ...
The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the reigning AFL premiers , having won the 2024 Grand Final by sixty points.
The Brisbane Bears would then change their name to Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club (trading as Brisbane Lions), playing at The Gabba in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba. The arrangement ensured that all creditors were repaid, at least eight Fitzroy players were to be selected by the Brisbane Lions before the 1996 National Draft and ...
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In 2006, support for the Brisbane Lions waned substantially due to two successive seasons out of the finals. From 2005 to 2006 total memberships decreased from 30,027 to 26,429 and the average home crowd fell from 33,101 to 28,305. The impact of the Brisbane Lions fall from grace was felt at grassroots level by the sport in Brisbane.
Brisbane † Brisbane: Queensland: Defunct (1887c) Formed under Victorian rules. Club disbanded at the end of the 1887 season. Switched to soccer in 1870 then back to Australian rules and switched to rugby in 1879 and back to Australian rules again before disappearing around 1887-88. No connection to Brisbane Bears or Brisbane Lions [31] 1867 April
Reserves teams for the VFA clubs competed in a dedicated competition from 1928 until 2017. This competition was known as the Victorian Junior Football Association until 1932, then throughout most of its history as the VFA Seconds, then later as the VFA Reserves, VFL Reserves and finally as the VFL Development League .
In the match, the Lions came back from a 52-point deficit during the third quarter to clinch a 5-point win with a goal after the siren. [1] The win was the eighth-biggest comeback in VFL/AFL history, and the largest in the history of the Brisbane Lions. [2] The game was given its name by commentator Anthony Hudson. [3]