Richmond Football Club celebrates its 125th birthday today. It was at a public meeting on the evening of February 20, 1885, at the Royal Hotel, directly opposite Punt Road Oval, that the Club was formed.
Richmond entered the premier football competition in the State, the Victorian Football Association, that year, but had to wait until the turn of the new century to become a force. In 1908, Richmond was invited to join the stronger Victorian Football League (VFL), which started as a breakaway group from the VFA in 1897.
The Tigers won their first league premiership in 1920 and made it two in-a-row in 1921. That famous “Eat ‘em Alive” spirit was born.
It’s now been 30 years since the last of the Tigers’ 10 league football premierships, Richmond is still a club with a mighty proud, successful history.
And I would like to wish the Tigers a very happy birthday!
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