Who does your family support and how did you come to support the Bulldogs

[Eastdog]

Me: Western Bulldogs
Mum: Melbourne
Dad: Not interested in footy
Brother: Collingwood

I started supporting the Bulldogs in 2001. The story goes like this: I went to (I was 12 at the time) a match with my Uncle and Mum from memory who are both Melbourne supporters between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs at the MCG on a Friday Night. The Bulldogs won that match by 30 points and I remember clapping and cheering when the Dogs were going to win. 11 years on and I'm a very proud supporter of the Western Bulldogs and hopefully in the not to distant future we can win our 2nd premiership.
Be great to here your stories and who all your family support.

[LostDoggy]

I didn't have a choice in the matter. My mum's been taking me to the footy every week since I was born. Both of my sisters as well. Dad supports North Melbourne. So Mum and Dad had a deal, the daughters would support the Dogs and the sons North - mum did a great job of having only daughters! It also helped that Dad worked Saturday's when we were kids so it was always Mum that took as to the footy.

My Mum supports the Dogs because one of her older brothers would beat up his younger siblings if they didn't support them (he had 5 younger ones, pity he didn't convert the 5 older ones!). My Uncle only supported the Dogs because a friend of his at school did. So from one school yard friendship the Dogs got about 25 members! (yup, big extended family...)

[Bulldog4life]

My wife is a Doggie supporter as is both my parents, likewise my grandparents and also my great grandparents who all lived in Yarraville. Only one of my three daughters follows the dogs.

[LostDoggy]

I didn't have a choice in the matter. My mum's been taking me to the footy every week since I was born. Both of my sisters as well. Dad supports North Melbourne. So Mum and Dad had a deal, the daughters would support the Dogs and the sons North - mum did a great job of having only daughters! It also helped that Dad worked Saturday's when we were kids so it was always Mum that took as to the footy.

My Mum supports the Dogs because one of her older brothers would beat up his younger siblings if they didn't support them (he had 5 younger ones, pity he didn't convert the 5 older ones!). My Uncle only supported the Dogs because a friend of his at school did. So from one school yard friendship the Dogs got about 25 members! (yup, big extended family...)

Great story on ya mum, tell your mum your friends at Woof thinks she is quality!
Most Mums leave it to Dad so him not being able to take you and Mum does it and Every week that's Gold!

[AndrewP6]

My Dad provided the Bulldog influence on the family, moving from the country to St Albans and then living in various areas around Footscray. My mum follows the Dogs. Brothers only really followed footy when we were kids, but don't really now. Grandma on Mum's side followed Fitzroy and my late uncle played for South Melbourne (Swans) for 4 years.

[Remi Moses]

The Old Man's typical Irish Catholic follows Collingwood
Mum follows the Dogs as all of her side does.
Dad's family are a mixture of old Fitzroy and The Pies.

[LostDoggy]

Bulldogs all the way. Whole family.

Grandparents moved into the WEstern Suburbs when they came from Croatia. One lives around corner from Western Oval.

(May also have something to do with the dogs colors being the same as the Croatian flag colors)

[Desipura]

Bulldogs all the way. Whole family.

Grandparents moved into the WEstern Suburbs when they came from Croatia. One lives around corner from Western Oval.

(May also have something to do with the dogs colors being the same as the Croatian flag colors)

Heard a funny story many years ago when a Croatian family first arrived in Australia , they loved their soccer and would see all these supporters dressed in red white and blue head to the Western Oval as it was then called.

These immigrants thought it surely must be a Croatian soccer team playing so they excitedly went to the game.
They arrived watching this foreign game called VFL football that they had no idea what it was about, but fell in love with the game instantly.
Some 40 years on, they apparently still go to the games!

[BulldogBelle]

Heard a funny story many years ago when a Croatian family first arrived in Australia , they loved their soccer and would see all these supporters dressed in red white and blue head to the Western Oval as it was then called.

These immigrants thought it surely must be a Croatian soccer team playing so they excitedly went to the game.
They arrived watching this foreign game called VFL football that they had no idea what it was about, but fell in love with the game instantly.
Some 40 years on, they apparently still go to the games!

Ha ha ha

When my grandfather came to Australia from Croatia in '61 he started following the Bulldogs because of their colours being the same as the Croatian flag, and he lived locally - and now all of his descendants follow the club (bar 3 - grr) with passion

[LostDoggy]

Lived in Sunshine growing up in the 80's. No one in my family really cared for football. My grandfather had an interest in the Bulldogs living in Braybrook. I had free choice and liked the colours of Fitzroy and Footscray. I was young when I chose but i think it went like this
- Mack trucks are represented by the Bulldog(I loved trucks as a kid, western suburbs upbringing I guess you can't miss them)
- The Western Oval was 10 minutes by car so I thought at least I'll get to go because it was close.
-My grandparents were my carers while mum and dad worked before I was old enough to goto school and then during school holidays, so therefore I spent a large percentage of my youth shopping in Footscray. Remember when Coles had a foodcourt upsatirs accessed by escalator (I think). The plaza was a carpark and I sat with my Grandfather in His EK Holden at Sims on Barkly Street while grandma shopped and we listened to horseracing.
- I was a confirmed Bulldogs supporter before this, but I played for Footscray Hockey Club when i was young with the mascot and colours being the same. Close as I came to playing in the Red, white and blue.

I've got a couple of cousins to follow because I'm a supporter and definately influenced my niece. Her dad doesn't care for footy, so I got to pick for her.

[Hotdog60]

My family moved here from the UK around 67, I was 7 at the time. We were in the old Altona migrant hostel waiting for other accommodation when we took an interest in AFL, the decision came down to Geelong or Footscray.

I think it was because of the British Bulldog and the flag colours that we chose the Bulldogs and only my sister who was too young at the time went for Collingwood and that was more because she knew I despised them as a team.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

[QUOTE=Danstar;255717]Bulldogs all the way. Whole family.

Same here - lived in Barkly St. Dad v. upset if potential in-laws barracked for other teams. Took it personally when my brother married a Collingwood supporter.

[Sedat]

Mum: Carlton
Reason: Everyone who grew up in Brunswick in the 50's and 60's had to barrack for Carlton

Dad: North
Reason: Uncle best mates with Schimma, so Dad supported them

Older Brother: Carlton
Reason: Went along for the ride

Younger Sister: Geelong
Reason: Gary Ablett Senior

Me: Dogs
Reason: Kelvin Templeton kicking 15 goals against the Saints in 1978. Not even the dim dark Royce Hart years could sway me to another club.

[LostDoggy]

I'm fifth-gen Bulldog (my kids round out six generations of red white and blue!) and the only real options I had were Footscray, Essendon or Collingwood. My mum comes from a long line of Footscray, was born in Braybrook, and took me to games from birth and in my early years, despite numerous attempts by my Essendon-fanatic grandmother to convert me, I stuck by the Dogs. My uncle is a Magpie and had a similar crack in 1990 when I was 8, but I was far too gone by then and have never regretted staying with the Dogs.

Welcoming my children into the world, each wrapped in a Bulldogs scarf at birth, is of course the highlight of my life.

UPDATE: Sorry, just HAD to include this one:



My little girl. 10 weeks early. 3 minutes old.

[bornadog]

My father came to Australia in 1950 and eventually moved to West Footscray, just off Geelong rd and went to games with his mates, even though they could barely speak english, they loved the game.

When I was born and old enough I went along as well, I would have been around 3/4 years old.