Fulham F.C. of the early grounds listed below are likely to have been parks and parkland, which have now been developed. Even when the club purchased Craven Cottage and the surrounding land in 1894, they had to wait two years before they could play a game there. The Fulham mascot is Billy the Badger, who was the winning design sent in by Kyle Jackson after an online competition by the club. Billy the Badger wears the number 79 Fulham shirt, in reference to the club's year of founding, 1879. Controversy first surrounded Billy when he tried to cheer up Chelsea manager Avram
History of the Geelong Football Club with Brisbane Lions behind West Coast Eagles (four premierships; 1992, 1994, 2006, 2018) and (five premierships; 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015). The Geelong Football Club was formally established at a meeting held in the Victoria Hotel on 18 July 1859. The club is one of the oldest football clubs in the world; however, many of its official records before 1920 have disappeared. The club contested its first match of Australian rules football against Melbourne at Argyle Square in 1860, which finished as a scoreless draw. In 1863, Geelong travelled to Melbourne to contest the Caledonian Challenge Cup. Although the competition