The Western Bulldogs, officially the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. The club draws its supporter base from this traditionally working class area and plays its home matches at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Docklands, also in the city's inner west.
Historically one of the league's less successful clubs, both in terms of on-fiel...
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The Western Bulldogs, officially the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. The club draws its supporter base from this traditionally working class area and plays its home matches at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Docklands, also in the city's inner west.
Historically one of the league's less successful clubs, both in terms of on-field success and off-field resources, the club has taken significant steps to all but eliminate this stigma. The club has had stable sponsorship and consistently strengthening membership figures (28,725 members in 2007). The Whitten Oval is also undergoing a $20m redevelopment - set to make its headquarters and training facility among the best in the league.
In recent years, the club has been finding increasing popularity within the football community for its highly skillful and attacking style of play - a style that saw it reach the semi-finals...
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