I’m an American who has discovered this amazing sport last year. I’m a huge history fan, so learning about the trials and tribulations, the ups and downs of these teams are fascinating to me.

When we needed him most he returned

As a Cats fan in the early 90s, the Bears was my 2nd fav team mostly because of the Theme Parks that were close by in the Gold Coast that I really wanted to go to back when I was a kid. So seeing the Bears struggle only to become a better team in 1995 was really good to see. Despite the fact that the year earlier in 1994, I saw the Brisbane Bears defeat the Geelong Cats at Kardinia Park that was a bit of an embarrassment for the Cats. But I can say without a doubt, that match in 94 was the first time the Bears really did prove they were capable of something special.

Never thought I needed a Brisbane Bears MF DOOM AMV but here we are

so proud of how far this club has come, been a supporter since i was 4 years old

How the hell were Fitzroy ever being kept afloat by the Naruan Government?! Geez it wouldve been special for the Bears to win in their final year

14:22 As a Carlton fan I can agree that trading away Brendon Fevola was the worst mistakes in the club’s history.

This club just played in one of the most beautiful amd exciting grand finals I've ever seen(I was at the 1989 GF so that that says something right there). The 2023 will go down as one of the greats...one of the very great VFL/AFL grand finals. Though the Lions didn't win....this grand final changed an often boring grand final procession, something we all get sick of(unless we follow the club doing the thumping)and the final result was under one goal. Brisbane indeed have returned to the top of the pile. Well done Fages and the boys.

I agree with you wholeheartedly about what happened to Fitzroy. It's a disgrace that the AFL just stood there and watched as a foundation club that had been there since the begining and had done so much for the VFL/AFL.

In the Brisbane Bears' first 3 seasons, they won 6, 7, and 8 matches which are far better than what the Suns and GWS Giants did. I think it is a bit overstated how bad the Bears were. Lots of teams today win less than 6, 7, and 8 matches.

great video on club that l bearly knew anything about. I'll see myself out

Great vid! I'm a life long Lions supporter but didn't really know much about the Bears success stories because they were before my time - learnt a lot about my club today! Thanks

These video essays are elite. The video quality is so good, plus the memes make the video more entertaining. Looking forward to seeing more AFL History Docos

The king is back, and just in time for the AFL Season

You need to make good vids to sit through a 33 minute vid about a club I don’t really care about, and you did it, legend!

Great vid mate. I'm a Richmond supporter but we played Fitzroy in their last game in Melbourne. I was a member of the old Grog Squad back in those days and to see the sign of the distraught Fitzroy supporters was surreal, hurt us Richmond supporters as well as it wasn't that long before that we were just about broke as well. At the end of the game even though the Tigers got up by 100+ the Fitzroy Song was played over and over which was sung by everyone in the stadium, never hugged so many opposition supporters and it was like we were all one big team. The most emotional day I've been to. But anyway, great work on compiling this content, it's network worthy...

Very good doco. I was at Fitzroy's final game and, whilst I was happy to see my Dockers win, it was a bittersweet feeling. Of course, we went down in history as the last side to lose to Fitzroy and the also the last side to beat them. Also, Paul Cronin is a national treasure

If it wasn't for Robert Walls the Brisbane Lions wouldn't be a powerhouse in the early 2000s.

Bears last jersey is probably my all time favourite

Gonna watch this once daily until the grand final. Up the Mighty Lions 🦁

The bit with the bears theme song had me dying, your editing is always amazing. Keep up the amazing work king

Geelong really have a history of utterly destroying clubs, they did serious damage to Brisbane, Melbourne, Richmond and Port Adelaide, all which took about 5 years each to fix

the Summoning Salt reference at 23:58 was legendary, absolutely sent me into hysterics. great vid

It's interesting to compare the Bears first 5 seasons with the Suns. The media was positive about the Gold Coast but critical of the Bears. Even though the Bears won a lot more games.

Only time will tell… watching this a few days before the Grand Final, go the lions!! 💪

Honestly, Ross Oakley should have been honoured to sit with Scoops.

Ive said it before but that mccarthy mark vs geelong where we won by a point is one of my all time favourite memories. Growing up the lions were shit for all i could remember and that was a truly special moment.

Fitzroy Lions Wiki says that the Lions do still exist even if its only an amateur team and going on their website they still have links to Brisbane Lions and vice versa so technically they aren't dead but it is sad to see a founding member relegated to local league footy

only seeing this channel now after one of your tweets. hope youre pulling up alright man, brisbane will be back was such a hard fought game. will definetly be hard for you to rewatch but i hope you are proud

You finally did it. Up the Egg. Up the Lions.

You're a fucking legend man. Watching this pre-prelim is the best vibe ever.

that old bears jumper with the triangle on it looks so much like a beehive to me. my theory is they were originally gonna be called the brisbane bumblebees but someone thought it wasn't intimidating enough

Goosebumps from this video. Bloody brilliant.

"Their 3-quarter time score of 27.17 179 was the highest 3-quarter score in VFL/AFL history, until the record was beaten in 2007." Me as a Tigers fan: *Vietnam flashbacks intensify*

“…and that’s a promise.” Chills, great video dude! Just awesome stuff.

Awesome work from a west coast supporter since 1989.

Love your vids mate, would love to see a whole video on Fitzroy and the unfortunate mess that unfolded

Wow mate this is such a high quality video!

Scoops makes an appearance haha gold. Great video mate

Good video but disappointed you didn't show Fitzroy's last banner

That LS jumper the reserves premiers were wearing is ELITE. The BL need to have a club exclusive where they bring in LS versions of Brisbane Bears retro jumpers that have the sleeve designs & are made of modern playing jumper material & priced at no more than $100. Leave off the vfl/afl & sponsor badges & the club have a winner. The early Bears should be, both the dark maroon & the cerise versions.

*_Beautiful work! The editing is amazing! I reckon you should do a fitzroy one for us vics looool_*

I hope to god they win on Saturday, Brisbane is definitely my #2 after the crows were robbed just before the finals

Love the channel mate! Fantastic deep dive

Another awesome video mate, loving these docos of yours keep it up! As a diehard Simpsons fan, it just needs a few more Simpsons memes to make it complete. 😏😅

This video was lit asf love these doco style videos u should do Carltons salary cap cheating or some other club next regardless if that team struggled or not also u should do a ladder and round 1 predictions video or individual players like Gary Ablett snr bomber Thompson Ben cousins Daniel Kerr

What a tune that theme is

The Summoning Salt music was a nice touch.

Good video. Very good. What about mentioning the coach Leigh Mathews and his rivalry with the Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy? They were adversaries in many Grand Finals, '83, '84, '85, 1990 & 2001.

Been waiting for this one!! 2023 is our year!! Let’s goooo Brissy

Fuck I love this type of content mate. Please don’t ever stop the doco type vids

Great doco - Been a Lions fan for 20 years

Awesome work egg man

9:38 Mike Brady when he composed the Brisbane Bears theme song be like

What a strange story. I love it!

I was there when that kick hit the post and bears beat bombers by 1pt. The crazy thing is bombers still made the prelim - but lost it by 1pt.

Can't stop rewatching this and the port adelaide mini doco. Loving the brilliant content mate, keep up the good work :)

As a Roys fan if I ever see Ross Oakley on the street he better run

Awesome video, nice work mate!

I was so happy to see you’ve uploaded!

Absolutely fantastic video mate great work 👍

Brilliant stuff Egg Footy!!!

The lions will play in a grand final in a Fitzroy inspired strip. If they can win this it’ll be phenomenal!

Its like an Aussie EmpLemon video essay but its about my team!!!!!! love it!

These are awesome. Thanks for the effort you put into this, was exactly what I needed with my coffee this morning

Great video! If we get a Tasmanian club, hopefully Fitzroy come back as the 20th club.

Great video. Didnt know about the VFL tv rights. You might have skipped past some details involving the SANFL there. Also why didnt you put in back to back Granny wins against Collingwood🤷‍♂️.

Great video mate, really well put together!

Just got up to the Rapp Snitch Knishes instrumental bit. Already 10/10.

gotaa be one of the best afl "influencers"

Good stuff mate, you love to see it.

I thought the big big sound was the best theme song ever. The Brisbane Bears theme song has me convinced otherwise.

This video is 10/10 this amazing

Thanks Eggward Foopyball, very cool.

7 months later they will play Collingwood in the Grand Final

only. time. will. tell. watching this days before the prelims still giving me chills, come on the bears

IT’S FINALLY HERE.

Great vid. The edited in clips were just distracting. The content for me was engaging enough on its own

yesss mate! love seeing a long eggfooty video!

awesome video mate, love the edits

I see what you did there with Martin pike and off season reference lol 😂

please please do a history on the crom

elite video, keep them up

Another top video 🦁

22:56 damn that's a face of heartbreak. can't imagine feeling that.

Your Editing is unmatched in the AFL online space. You should post your highlights as shorts (apparently, they are more "visible") and you deserve all the visibility you can get with another 10/10 video like this. It also makes it easier to show to me mates the reason why footy is clearly the ultimate sport.

Love the song at 23:58 and the editing at this part

honestly what happened to fitzroy was exactly what happened to newtown and north sydney for the arl/nrl.

Watching this after 2023 Grand Final - Go pies

Your Wong, Brisbane Bears didn’t play their first and last home at MCG because the Bears was the away team

the footie heavens open up then you hear dare to beat the bear

Good vid

this video connected the dots in family history how the fuck has that happened

This is so good.

not the summoning salt music

Fitzroy's players in mid 1986 voted in favour of moving lock, stop & barrel to Brisbane when the Lions were technically bankrupt & were looking to either merge with Melbourne or move to Brisbane. So, the Brisbane Lions could have started in 1987, instead of 1997.

I went for the Bears as a 4 year old kindergarten kid but hated the merger with Fitzroy

whos is that at 27:12 yelling at the umpire? hahaha

Honestly you weren’t the overhyping the Brisbane bears song!

3:24 Jezza! That is all.