Editing Richmond Football Club (section)

==Club identity and culture==
Initially, Richmond saw itself as a gentlemanly and sportsman-like club; it even went to the extent of sacking a player who used poor language. During the early 1900s, the club used the press as a forum to publicise a campaign against violence in the game, which earned the derision of some rival clubs. This image followed the club into the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] in 1908 and during the First World War the club emphasised the number of men associated with the club who had enlisted and served overseas. But the club's actions in 1916, when it voted with three other clubs seen as representative of the working class ([[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]], [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] and [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]) to continue playing football, left no doubt as to which side of the class divide that the Tigers belonged. The club's self-consciously non-confrontational image can be partly attributed to two of its long serving presidents—[[George Henry Bennett|George Bennett]] (1887–1908) and [[Frank Tudor]] (1909–1918). Both were Richmond men and respected parliamentarians who took the view that how the game was played was more important than whether the game was won.

After World War I, the club's attitude hardened as they attempted to match it with the then power clubs Collingwood and Carlton. Eventually, the Tigers became more prosaic in their approach to recruiting and training.

The Hafey era transformed Richmond into one of the most feared combinations in the then VFL. The club's football administrator, Graeme Richmond, drove the "win at all costs" mentality across the whole club, making Richmond a formidable force, winning five premierships from 1967 to 1980.

Since the Tigers' grand final appearance in 1982, the club appeared in five finals series (1995, 2001, 2013, 2014 and 2015) before winning another preliminary final and eventually breaking their Premiership drought as board and coaching instability during the 1980s and 1990s distracted the club and forced its focus away from becoming an on-field force.

The club also hosts the Korin Gamadji Institute (KGI) at Punt Road, which has delivered highly-unique and innovative leadership and well-being programming for young Indigenous boys and girls since 2008. In 2018, Richmond became the first sports club to present at the [[United Nations]] Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.<ref>[https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-04-04/richmond-invited-to-present-at-the-united-nations Richmond invited to present at the United Nations] Richmond Football Club</ref>

===Guernseys===
The club's current home jumper design is black and features a yellow sash running from the top left of the jumper to the bottom right. For away games against teams with dark coloured jumpers, the club wears a clash strip with a reverse of this design, a black sash on a yellow base. In its first season, Richmond wore a blue jumper with a thin yellow-and-black sash running from right to left. Between 2011 and 2016, the club guernseys were manufactured by sportswear company [[KooGa|BLK]], who were known as KooGa Australia prior to 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-10-21/richmond-renews-partnership-with-blk |title=Richmond renews partnership with BLK |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 October 2013 |website=Richmond Football Club |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> before it went into receivership in November 2016. [[Puma SE|Puma]] manufactures the club's on-and-off field apparel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-12-01/richmond-partner-with-puma|title=Richmond partner with world leading sports brand PUMA|publisher=richmondfc.com.au|date=1 December 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> With the change to [[Puma SE|Puma]], the yellow used is reasonably lighter than the sash seen in the past few years.

====Uniform evolution====
Richmond's uniform changes throughout their history.
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|{{Australian rules football kit box
|pattern_b= _goldrightsash|pattern_so=_hoops_black|body= 000000|shorts= 002D62 |socks= FED102|title= 1924–28}}
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|pattern_b= _goldrightsash|pattern_so=_hoops_black|body= 000000|shorts= 000000|socks= FED102|title= 1929–77}}
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|pattern_b= _goldrightsash|pattern_sh=_goldsides|pattern_so=_hoops_black|body= 000000|shorts= 000000|socks= FED102|title= 1978–2000}}
|{{Australian rules football kit box
|pattern_b= _yellowrightsash|pattern_sh=_yellowsides|pattern_so=_hoops_black|body= 000000|shorts= 000000|socks= FCFF00|title= 2001–03}}
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===Song===
Prior to 1962, the Richmond Football Club did not have an official club song. Instead, on away trips players would sing from a large collection of well-known ditties like "With a Hat on One Side",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartlett |first1=Rhett |title=Richmond F.C "The Tigers" |date=2019 |publisher=Slattery Media Group |location=Australia |isbn=9780958029063 |pages=85 |edition=3rd |chapter=William "Polly" Perkins}}</ref> and "Barefoot Days".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartlett |first1=Rhett |title=Richmond F.C "The Tigers" |date=2019 |publisher=Slattery Media Group |location=Australia |isbn=9780958029063 |pages=168 |chapter=Jack Malcomson}}</ref> A record, endorsed or officially adopted by the club, was released in the 1950s by The Thinmen and The Party Allstars called "Onward the Tigers" (before 1962),<ref>{{cite web |title=Onward the Tigers |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/583390/onward-the-tigers |website=Richmond Football Club|date=6 April 2020 }}</ref> set to the tune of the traditional Australian [[bush ballad]] "[[Waltzing Matilda]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbu_9mip7sU | title=Onward the tigers | date=28 February 2011 | via=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> In 1962, Jack Malcomson, a cabaret singer, tapdancer, and bit actor,<ref>{{cite web |first=Rhett |last=Bartlett |title=Jack Malcomson: The man behind the theme song |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1141298/jack-malcomson-the-man-behind-the-theme-song |publisher=[[Richmond Football Club]] |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> who was performing regularly at the Richmond Football Club Pleasant Sunday Morning events, was approached by committeeman Alf Barnett to write an official club song, so he adapted "Row, Row, Row" ([[James V. Monaco|Monaco]]/[[William Jerome|Jerome]]), a show tune from the [[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1912]], to create "We're From Tigerland". The current version of the song used by the club is a modified version of the 1972 recording performed by the Fable Singers, released for the start of season 2018; [[Richmond Football Club#Richmond Team of the Century|Richmond Team of the Century]] players [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] and [[Matthew Richardson (footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]'s voices were incorporated into the new mix.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-16 |title=Tigers tune-up for Club song |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/279351/tigers-tune-up-for-club-song |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=richmondfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0pvzvD7CY |title=Richmond Tigers Theme Song 2021 Version HQ |date=2021-07-14 |last=H |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The song replaces "skin" with "shin", which was Malcomson's original lyric.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-tunes-to-remember-20100723-10nyh.html AFL Tunes to Remember]—The Melbourne Age, 23 July 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3kvY6wzXI |title=Jack Malcomson, who wrote the Richmond Themesong in 1962, sings it at the 2002 Hall of Fame. |date=2024-05-11 |last=Rhettrospective |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In 2014, the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' named it the top club song of any AFL team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/glenn-mcfarlane/glenns-18-special-edition-we-give-you-the-definitive-ranking-of-the-afl-club-songs/news-story/4e67021bc1849696bbff4674e00b5fb0|last1=MacFarlane|first1=Glenn|title=Every AFL song ranked from best to worst|website=Herald Sun|year=2014|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> "Tigerland" is noted for the line "Yellow and black", which fans of the club shout when the song is performed at games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/04/03/worst-best-definitive-ranking-afl-club-songs|title=Worst to Best: The definitive ranking of AFL club songs|website=SBS|last1=Manovic|first1=Adam|date=10 April 2019|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>

: ''Oh, we're from Tigerland''
: ''A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland''
: ''In any weather, you will see us with a grin''
: ''Risking head and shin''
: ''If we're behind, then never mind''
: ''We'll fight and fight and win''
: ''For we're from Tigerland''
: ''We never weaken 'till the final siren's gone''
: ''Like the tiger of old''
: ''We're strong and we're bold''
: ''For we're from Tiger''
: ''Yellow and black''
: ''We're from Tigerland''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/club-song |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=richmondfc.com.au}}</ref>