The Lion's Roar – Page 7 – GIVING VOICE TO BRISBANE LIONS SUPPORTERS

Get the original Guernsey back

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

I am writing this letter to bring my feelings about the changed lions jersey into light. I am a 27 year old man who grew up playing Australian Rules football. I went to Brisbane Bears games as a kid and was a Member myself of the Brisbane Lions for almost 8 years through my teenage years. I watched the bears transform into the mighty Brisbane Lions after joining Fitzroy Football Club. As i sit here now writing this letter, I recall all the fond memories I have had over the...

It saddens me

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

To whom it may concern,It saddens me that it has got to this point, were we have to individually submit a heartfelt letter to get the management of the Brisbane Lions to try and get them to listen to us. My letter might be a little different to the rest of the members and supporters as I am only twenty-two years old, and was only five when Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane Bears, so although as a kid I was sad when it happened, I didn’t understand what was really...

Return OUR Lion

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

To the Administration,I have been a Lions member for the last 13 years. Even during the numerous years I lived overseas and was unable to personally attend games, I continued to pay for a full Premium level membership in order to financially support the club I love. Unfortunately the actions of the administration (both past and present) over the last few years have left me disillusioned and angry with what I perceive to be a lack of respect and care for the Club’s history and its many loyal supporters.When the...

Attn: Mr Malcolm Holmes, Mr Angus Johnson and the board of the Brisbane Bears Fitzroy Football Club

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

"It is with no small sense of disappointment and bewilderment that I find myself writing this letter. By the time this reaches you I am sure you will have a full grasp of the matter this letter is addressing, having no doubt experienced a surge in similar correspondence in the last few days.Of course I am speaking about the state of our current guernsey and the process (or lack thereof) undertaken in 2009/10 that brought about the introduction of what has come to be mocked throughout mainstream football circles as...

The Brisbane Lions jumper

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

The following letter was written and submitted to the club via email on 24/10/2009:To whom it may concern,I am writing to express my extreme disapointment at hearing the news of apparant changes to our club jumper. As a Brisbane Lions Lions AND ex Fitzroy member, I would personally see it as a disgrace if the tradition Fitzroy logo was scrapped from our jumper. To me, and many other Fitzroy supporters that I know, this is the last truly recogniseable symbol of Fitzroy connection to the Brisbane Lions. The Lion should...

Make us proud again

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

To the Brisbane Lions Board,While I grew up in North Queensland and, therefore, didn’t grow up following Australian Rules football I have become a passionate Australian Rules fan who dearly loves the Brisbane Lions. When I first became exposed to the Lions around about 2003 I didn’t understand the unique history behind our club and didn’t fully appreciate the significance of our success at that time.Over time, being surrounded by Lions friends & family, I learned all that was great about our club and it helped implant in me a...

Time to Reunite a Fractured Supporter Base

28.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

"To the Brisbane Lions Administration,I am writing to express my support of the recent movement by a select group of passionate Brisbane Lions supporters to have the club’s traditional Guernsey reinstated.As a Brisbane Bears/Lions member for 19 years I have been extremely fortunate. I have been witness to the greatest team ever to play the game; I have been witness to the development and success of some of the most talented players of the modern era; I have been witness to 3 outstanding premiership victories; and I have been witness...

It is time to put this mistake in the past

27.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

"This was written on 20/06/2011, to Angus JohnsonDear Mr Johnson,It has been with great joy I have watched the club re-engage its Victorian members, listen to its Queensland members, and show real signs of getting back to what it really is to be a footy club. Whilst there are business realities to deal with in this world, the emotional aspect of football can never be ignored, as with any member based organisation, it's members are it's heart and soul. Our rich history, from the Bears & Fitzroy, is something I...

Return the jumper

27.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

The old jumper not only represents Brisbanes premiership success but has a far greater connection and affinity with us old Fitzroy supporters. It must changed back not only for it superior look, but it's history and what it means to Victorian based supporters, that guernsey oozes THE PRIDE WITHIN more than anything else.I love it my father a Fitzroy member for 30 years loves it and my son the new generation of Brisbane supporters loves it. Return Brisbanes guernsey to it's former glory.Ron D. Member no. #######...

Reverting to the Brisbane Lions traditional jumper

27.05.2013 Uncategorized 0

Dear Mr HolmesRe: Reverting to the Brisbane Lions traditional jumperI write to request the club and the board seek to address the Club jumper and return the Fitzroy Lion to the jumper for Season 2014. I am a Fitzroy supporter, I grew up in the clubs former recruiting zone and played against many players who had represented the Lions. There are many Lions supporters in my region and we are conscious of the last real link with the Fitzroy Lions in Jonathon Brown, the Club’s Captain no less. I am...