Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club from Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Club song
The club song, Sons of the West, is sung to the tune of Sons of the Sea.
Sons of the west,
Red, white and blue,
We come out snarling, Bulldogs through and through.
Bulldogs bite and Bulldogs roar, we give our very best.
But you can't beat the boys of the Bulldog breed,
We're the team of the mighty West!
Western Bulldogs Media
The team that won Footscray's first premiership in 1898
Con McCarthy captained the club to VFA premierships in 1923 and 1924, as well as a victory in the 1924 Championship of Victoria.
Footscray players line up for the unfurling of the 1954 VFL Grand Final premiership flag
Footscray legend E. J. Whitten played his 321st and final game in 1970 to become the VFL games record holder. (Pictured: Statue of Whitten outside Whitten Oval.)
Western Bulldogs players during warm-up against Collingwood in 2004
Brad Johnson was the club's captain from 2007 to 2010.
Western Bulldogs cheer squad
Allan Hopkins, the club's first Brownlow Medalist
Leigh Matthews Trophy winner Luke Darcy
The team is led through the banner by vice-captain Ellie Blackburn in round 5, 2017
