Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, the Cats, is an Australian Rules Football team that plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in the city of Geelong, Victoria. The club started in July 1859, and had played continuously since then, which makes it the second oldest club in any code, in the world.[1] The club was an original member of the Victorian Football Association which formed in 1877.[1] It left the association with a number of other clubs to form the Victorian Football League in 1897. It is now a member of the Australian Football League.
Club song
We are Geelong, the greatest team of all
We are Geelong, we're always on the ball
We play the game as it should be played
At home or far away
Our banners fly high, from dawn to dark
Down at Kardinia Park
So! Stand up and fight, remember our tradition
Stand up and fight, it's always our ambition
Throughout the game to fight with all our might
Because we're the mighty blue and white
And when the ball is bounced, to the final bell
Stand up and fight like hell.
Geelong Football Club Media
Club attire in 1895 (Jim McShane pictured)
Geelong's supporters came out in force in the 2009 Grand Final against St Kilda
Well-known supporter Troy West, nicknamed "Catman"
Geelong players prepare to break a banner, which is created by its supporters, before a match against Template:AFL GWS in June 2013.
Chris Scott is the club's current head coach.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Detailed History - Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club". gfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
