What is Geelong Football Club?
[[Image:Joel Selwood in 2009.jpg|thumb|220px|Joel Selwood, 2009, in a Geelong jersey.]] The '''Geelong Football Club''', the Cats, is an [[Australian Rules Football]] team that plays in the [[Australian Football League]]. The club is based in the city of [[Geelong, Victoria]]. The club started in July 1859, and had played continuously since then, which makes it the second oldest club in any code, in the world.<ref name=gfchist>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gfc.com.au/detailed%20history/tabid/4015/default.aspx|title=Detailed History - Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club|work=gfc.com.au|accessdate=27 October 2010|archive-date=29 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029220912/http://www.gfc.com.au/detailed%20history/tabid/4015/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The club was an original member of the Victorian Football Association which formed in 1877.<ref name=gfchist/> It left the association with a number of other clubs to form the Victorian Football League in 1897. It is now a member of the Australian Football League. ==Club song== <poem> ''We are Geelong, the greatest team of all'' ''We are Geelong, we're always on the ball'' ''We play the game as it should be played'' ''At home or far away'' ''Our banners fly high, from dawn to dark'' ''Down at Kardinia Park'' ''So! Stand up and fight, remember our tradition'' ''Stand up and fight, it's always our ambition'' ''Throughout the game to fight with all our might'' ''Because we're the mighty blue and white ''And when the ball is bounced, to the final bell'' ''Stand up and fight like hell.'' </poem> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.geelongcats.com.au/ The Geelong Football Club website] {{sport-stub}} [[Category:Australian rules football clubs in Victoria]] [[Category:Geelong]]