AFL Premiership
The schedule for Western Bulldogs includes events in the AFL. In the last 12 months, Western Bulldogs have participated in 24 events listed on Koobit. You can find the schedule of upcoming events below.
Footscray Football Club, now better known as the Western Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football team which competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The side is based in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne. Footscray Football Club's home colours are blue, red, and white. The club plays home matches at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and at Mars Stadium in Ballarat.
A football team based in Footscray is documented as early as the 1870's; the Footscray Football Club which still exists today was likely formed between 1870 and 1876, though the club's official formation date of 1877 coincides with the establishment of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), when official records began to be more meticulously kept.
Footscray enjoyed success in the early 1900's, including winning VFA premierships, and in 1925 the team joined the then-Victorian Football League (VFL), which served as a direct antecedent of the AFL. By then, Footscray was already known colloquially as the "Bulldogs", with the first live bulldog mascot appearing on the field in 1928. The team reached its first finals in 1938, won its first premiership in 1954, and would lose the grand final in 1961.
For a while, Footscray's 1954 victory would be its only one: the club would have to wait 62 years for its second premiership, which came in 2016, following a grand final victory against the Sydney Swans. Footscray also reached the 2021 grand final, but were beaten emphatically by Melbourne.
Match tickets for Western Bulldogs home games generally go on sale at 2 or 3 intervals throughout the season. At the beginning of the season, when the Australian Football League (AFL) schedule is announced, tickets for the first fixtures of the season go on sale, and then further ticket sales then open throughout the campaign.
Tickets for Western Bulldogs home games can be purchased online. Select tickets for some matches may also be available to buy at a stadium ticket office, but buying tickets online is typically the best means of securing tickets, as there is likely to be a wider range of seating options available in advance of match day, and fans can conveniently compare prices from across the venue and from different ticket suppliers. Purchasing tickets in-person at the stadium may result in there being fewer tickets available – tickets may even be sold out. Koobit provides links to purchase tickets online directly from official suppliers and resellers.
Western Bulldogs home matches are mostly held at the Marvel Stadium, which is situated in Melbourne. There is on-site parking at the stadium, and multiple off-site parking options in the vicinity, too. Information about match day car parking, as well as other venue travel information such as recommended public transport connections, can be found on the Marvel Stadium page as well as by clicking through to a specific fixture and viewing the Travel & Parking tab.
As Western Bulldogs home fixtures are staged in the city of Melbourne, there is a good range of accommodation options within close proximity to the stadium. Local hotel and accommodation options can be found on the Marvel Stadium page, or by clicking through to a specific game and viewing the Accommodation tab.
Only thing wasn’t happy about not being able to bring our chairs in when other people had there’s so was good for some wasn’t for others so that’s my only concern
