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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 20, 2020, 04:07:02 AM

Title: Happy Birthday RFC .... 135 old years today!
Post by: one-eyed on February 20, 2020, 04:07:02 AM

 :birthday

The Richmond Football Club was officially formed at the Royal Hotel in Richmond on 20 February 1885.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/RoyalHotel1874.jpg)

12 VFL/AFL premierships
10 Reserves premierships
11 U19 premierships
8 McClelland trophies
3 'Champions of Australia' trophies
2 VFA premierships
1 Night premiership
1 VWFL premiership

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club

Title: Re: Happy Birthday RFC .... 135 old years today!
Post by: one-eyed on February 20, 2020, 01:52:27 PM

Since 1967, the Tigers have captured seven premierships, with only Carlton (eight) and Hawthorn (12) winning more in that time.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/565061/happy-birthday-to-us

Not bad for a club that was 37 years in the wilderness during that time.