An Australian Football League team song is traditionally sung by members of the winning team after an AFL game. The first team song was the Collingwood song Good Old Collingwood Forever written by player Tom Nelson in 1906 to the tune of Goodbye, Dolly Gray, an American music hall song.[1] Other clubs have continued to rewrite other songs' lyrics to suit their team, with very few songs having both original lyrics and music.
Club Name | Name of Team Song | Basis for Team Song | First Used as Team Song | Writer/Composer |
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Adelaide Crows | The Pride of South Australia | US Marines' Hymn | 1992 | Bill Sanders |
Brisbane Lions | The Pride of Brisbane Town | La Marseillaise | 1955 | Fitzroy players* |
Carlton Blues | We are the Navy Blues | Lily of Laguna | circa 1930 | Carlton players |
Collingwood Magpies | Good Old Collingwood Forever | Goodbye, Dolly Gray | 1906 | Tom Nelson |
Essendon Bombers | See the Bombers Fly Up | (Keep Your) Sunny Side Up | 1960s | |
Fremantle Dockers | Freo Way To Go | The Song of the Volga Boatmen | 1995 | Ken Walther |
Geelong Cats | We Are Geelong | The Toreador Song | 1963 | Geelong players |
Gold Coast Suns | We Are the Suns of the Gold Coast Sky[2] | original | 2010 | unknown |
Hawthorn Hawks | The Mighty Fighting Hawks | The Yankee Doodle Boy | circa 1956 | Chick Lander |
Melbourne Demons | It's a Grand Old Flag | You're a Grand Old Flag | circa 1912 | unknown (second verse by Keith "Bluey" Truscott) |
North Melbourne Kangaroos | Join in the Chorus | Wee Deoch an Doris[3] | 1920s | unknown |
Port Adelaide Power | The Power to Win[4] | original | 1997 | Quentin Eyers and Les Kaczmarek |
Richmond Tigers | We're from Tiger Land | Row, Row, Row | 1962 | Jack Malcolmson |
St. Kilda Saints | When the Saints Go Marching In | When the Saints Go Marching In | circa 1965 | - |
Sydney Swans | The Red and the White | Notre Dame Victory March | 1950s | Larry Spokes |
West Coast Eagles | We're Flying High | original | 1987 | Kevin Peek and Ken Walther |
Western Bulldogs | Sons of the West** | Sons of the Sea | 1940s | unknown |