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The club became the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club (trading as Brisbane Lions), [22] remained at the Gabba, and were coached by Bears coach John Northey. However, the club's identity, logo, song, and guernsey were based on those of Fitzroy, three Fitzroy representatives served on the board, and the Lions kept an office in Melbourne.
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.
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.
Home of the Queensland Bulls (Cricket) and the Brisbane Lions (Australian rules football), the Gabba hosted Olympic football matches for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and was the site of the famous tied test of 1960 between the West Indies and Australia. Teams based there include: Queensland Bulls and Brisbane Lions (Australian rules football).
Brisbane Lions; 2008 season; ... Brisbane Lions: def. Collingwood: The Gabba (crowd: 33,867) ... Official Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club;
The Miracle on Grass is the nickname given to the round 13, 2013 match between Australian Football League (AFL) clubs Brisbane Lions and Geelong.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 Gabba (Capacity: 42,000) AFL season: 2nd: ... Club membership: ... ← 2000: 2002 →: The Brisbane Lions' 2001 season was its fifth season in the Australian ...
The club also participated in the pre-season ... The crowd of 17,276 was the lowest crowd for a Brisbane Lions home game at the Gabba since Round 22, 1998. Round 16