A good number of you know I'm a fan of Australian rules football; don't ask me what it's like. Suffice it to say it's a very unique game!!! This morning (our time), the Australian Football League announced it's 19th club starting in 2028. May I present...the Tasmania Devils: https://tasmaniafc.com/
My pleasure Audrey!! It's certainly a favorite of mine; one of the first things I saw on ESPN when we first got cable in 1980!!
Thanks Amara!! Been a fan for 40-plus years now; I've even umpired for a footy club here in St. Louis, where I live. There's a organization for Aussie Rules here in the States. the USAFL (usafl.com)
Thanks!! I was a goal umpire for the club; those are the guys who point two fingers for a goal. Not as easy as it looks, believe me.
Also, one of the great traditions of AFL, which BTW, was originally known as the Victorian Football League, as the original clubs were from the Melbourne area, with the exception of the port city of Geelong, is that each team has their own club song. Here's the 18 club songs, one for teach team in the competition. Incidentally, the Brisbane Lions were a merger of two failing clubs, the Fitzroy Lions in Melbourne, and the Brisbane Bears, a 1987 expansion team, the Sydney Swans were originally known as South Melbourne FC, who relocated to Sydney in 1982, and the Western Bulldogs were originally called Footscrey FC. So with that in mind. . .
Speaking of which... Here's the club songs no longer in the VFL/AFL: Fitzroy Lions: Brisbane Bears: Footscray Bulldogs: South Melbourne Swans:
Thanks Audrey!! These days the matches are on Fox Soccer Plus if you want to watch it...comes with my highest recommendation!!!!