In a few weeks the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs return to Belmore, our spiritual home.
The historic event has certainly stirred up many emotions among Bulldogs members and supporters. It has caused many to reflect on what Belmore means to them. Fond memories, family and identity - this is what the return to Belmore brings home to the Bulldogs faithful.
Earlier in the week, the Army received an email from a young member in relation to a video we're shooting with Baa about the return to Belmore. Our words cannot express how moved we all were to discover what the return to Belmore means to this beautiful girl and her family, so we just had to share it with you all.
Hi guys,
I just wanted to ask you, if you get the time when you are doing your video with Terry Lamb next week, if you could please just tell him how much Belmore Oval and the Doggies legends like himself, meant to my Dad Michael, who died last year aged just 39.
Both my parents have supported the Doggies all their lives and so I was born a bulldog supporter. My mum went to heaps of games at Belmore and so did my Dad when they were both young, before they met. Baa was one of my Dad's heroes and we even have old footy cards from the chewing gum sets from the 1980's with Baa on them which my dad kept all these years.
I never got to go to a game with my Dad at Belmore, I am only 13 and so for me it has always been ANZ, but he always talked about the day in 2012 when his beloved Doggies would come back home. just thinking about it made him happy.
Just a few months ago we scattered my Dad's ashes at Belmore Oval, just like he asked us to do. He wanted to be there for when the Doggies came home , and so Mum and I will be there too on the 12th of February, to share this precious game with my Dad. It's going to be a pretty emotional day I guess, but it's the day my dad talked about and it's one we wouldn't miss for the world. Thank you Bulldogs Army for being as passionate as my dad was, and thanks Baa for being such a great role model, I loved having my photo taken with you at the Christmas Party.
Hope your video goes really well, see you all at the game I hope
thank you,
Nicole Sutton
The historic event has certainly stirred up many emotions among Bulldogs members and supporters. It has caused many to reflect on what Belmore means to them. Fond memories, family and identity - this is what the return to Belmore brings home to the Bulldogs faithful.
Earlier in the week, the Army received an email from a young member in relation to a video we're shooting with Baa about the return to Belmore. Our words cannot express how moved we all were to discover what the return to Belmore means to this beautiful girl and her family, so we just had to share it with you all.
Hi guys,
I just wanted to ask you, if you get the time when you are doing your video with Terry Lamb next week, if you could please just tell him how much Belmore Oval and the Doggies legends like himself, meant to my Dad Michael, who died last year aged just 39.
Both my parents have supported the Doggies all their lives and so I was born a bulldog supporter. My mum went to heaps of games at Belmore and so did my Dad when they were both young, before they met. Baa was one of my Dad's heroes and we even have old footy cards from the chewing gum sets from the 1980's with Baa on them which my dad kept all these years.
I never got to go to a game with my Dad at Belmore, I am only 13 and so for me it has always been ANZ, but he always talked about the day in 2012 when his beloved Doggies would come back home. just thinking about it made him happy.
Just a few months ago we scattered my Dad's ashes at Belmore Oval, just like he asked us to do. He wanted to be there for when the Doggies came home , and so Mum and I will be there too on the 12th of February, to share this precious game with my Dad. It's going to be a pretty emotional day I guess, but it's the day my dad talked about and it's one we wouldn't miss for the world. Thank you Bulldogs Army for being as passionate as my dad was, and thanks Baa for being such a great role model, I loved having my photo taken with you at the Christmas Party.
Hope your video goes really well, see you all at the game I hope
thank you,
Nicole Sutton
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