The Western Bulldogs (formerly the Footscray Football Club) is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. The club's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval, nicknamed "The Kennel", its original home ground. The club began to improve after the VFL breakaway of 1896, finishing on top of the VFA ladder in 1898, 1899 and 1900.

After losing to West Melbourne in the 1906 VFA Grand Final, the club won its first premiership by defeating Brunswick in 1908. In the final round of the home-and-away season, the Bulldogs needed to defeat Collingwood by more than 22 points to reclaim third place on the ladder. The Bulldogs went into the 1954 VFL season as premiership contenders. The brand mark and word mark are completely separate – and the word mark would surely never be used on its own (I hope).
In 1996, the club changed its name from the "Footscray Football Club" to its nickname, the "Western Bulldogs". However, the season did not start well with losses St Kilda and Richmond, both of which finished in the bottom four the previous season.This success was in no small part due to two champions of the club – Charlie Sutton the wily and tough captain-coach at the time, and Ted Whitten snr., otherwise known as "E. The Bulldogs finished 2011 with a 9-win, 13-loss record for the season. The only exception is the men’s hockey team playing in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association at Division I. In October 2012, long-time president David Smorgon stepped down from the role to be replaced by former president Peter Gordon. However, the club broke its membership record in 2006 and continued to sustain these figures before another significant increase in 2010. The Bulldogs missed out on the finals over the next two seasons. In 2008, the Bulldogs were widely predicted for the bottom four after the pre-season, but had a successful home-and-away season, finishing in third place with fifteen wins, one draw and six losses (five of which occurred in the season's last seven games). Between 1938 and 1951, Footscray failed to win any finals matches, losing all six of its semi-final appearances. The club's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval, nicknamed "The Kennel", its original home ground. Promising South Australian import Neil Sachse had his neck broken in a freak accident while playing against Fitzroy at the Western Oval. The real-life mascot for the Western Bulldogs is a four-month old bulldog named Caesar.

Footscray players line up for the unfurling of the 1954 premiership flag. Previously the club used a shield-like shape with the Bulldog silhouette and stylised Bulldogs text.The current logo is passable. To try and improve the club's fortunes, the committee appointed former Richmond champion Royce Hart as coach for the 1980 VFL season. It began when Ryan Griffen, who was widely regarded as the club's best player and had only been captain for one season, shocked the football world by requesting a trade to Greater Western Sydney. The club went back-to-back in 1923 and 1924. They won the Elimination Final against Collingwood in front of 84,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and reached the semi-finals before being defeated by eventual Premiers the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval. The Bulldogs then notched up their first away win against Adelaide since 2001, kicking eight goals to one in the third quarter to win by 32 points. I can’t say I agree with either of those two assessments. The club's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval, nicknamed "The Kennel", its original home ground. Home to the club's training facilities and administrative headquarters, the oval, nicknamed "The Kennel", was officially renamed Whitten Oval in 1995 in honour of club legend Ted Whitten, who died earlier that year. The success flowed onto the field as well, with the club securing the VFL Premiership in its first season in the competition since 1924, defeating the Box Hill Hawks by 22 points in the VFL Grand Final. Sid, the club's previous real-life mascot, officially retired his club jumper at Etihad Stadium on 6 May 2017 and was given a lap of honour for his seven years of service to the Western Bulldogs.In 2014, the Bulldogs accepted an offer from comedian and supporter Danny McGinlay to write the messages that appear on the club's banners.

J." Western Bulldogs' club song is sung to the tune of "Sons of the Sea".

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