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Relationships between Fitzroy and Brisbane were strained in late 2009, when Brisbane announced that it was adopting a new logo for season 2010 and beyond, which contravened Section 7.2 c) of the Deed of Arrangement between Fitzroy and Brisbane. The new logo, a lion's head facing forward, replaced the former Fitzroy logo of a passant lion with a ...
On 22 December 2009, Fitzroy lodged a Statement of Claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria, seeking an order that the Brisbane Lions be restrained from using as its logo, the new logo or any other logo other than 'the Fitzroy lion logo', in line with Brisbane's legal obligations as specified in the Deed of Arrangement, including their obligation ...
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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.
Although Fitzroy's financial position had improved since it almost relocated to Brisbane in 1987, [10] its position was still weak, with around $600,000 of debts, and while its immediate solvency was secure, its long-term viability was not, meaning that Fitzroy president Leon Wiegard was willing to merge.
The rivalry between the Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide can be traced back to July 1996 when the Fitzroy Football Club and the Brisbane Bears merged to form the Brisbane Lions as Port Adelaide were due to enter the AFL with the Brisbane Lions in 1997. Fans of both Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears were disappointed at losing their clubs as ...
The ground is the home of the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.It was also Fitzroy's home in the Victorian Football Association from 1884 to 1896, and in the Victorian Football League from 1897 until 1966, with the last game being played there on Saturday 20 August 1966 against St Kilda, a game which the Lions lost by 84 points.
Freake was a member of two Fitzroy premiership sides, the first in 1913 and the other in 1922, when he kicked four goals in the Grand Final. He won the club's best and fairest award in 1918. His career tally of 442 goals is the fourth most achieved by a Fitzroy player and was a club record when he retired in 1924.