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Whoever dreamed like a Western Bulldogs supporter? Almost certainly, no-one has dreamed like their president Peter Gordon.Through all the years of struggle as he likes to call them, sandbagging the club from folding in the early 1990s and more recently fighting to build a football machine capable of contending in September, Gordon has hung onto his dream of a grand final.The last time the Bulldogs got there was 1961. Gordons first memories of the club are as a seven-year-old in 1965, when they finished 10th of 12 clubs with just four wins. The following year they finished in identical position, and the year after that, last. Yet Gordon had grown to love them, as he said at the Norm Smith Oration in 2015: Somehow the Bulldogs in that critical formative period got me for life. Somewhere my psychotherapist is laughing until he wets his pants!That night 15 months ago, Gordon recalled a dinner with Robert Murphy and their wives, in which he let his imagination take full flight. After a few glasses of wine, which Ill admit were all consumed by me, Rob and I were moved to confess to the table we had both fantasised about what a 21st century Bulldogs premiership might look like, Gordon said. Neither of us have any experience of what a Bulldogs Grand Final might look like because while Im nearly twice his age, neither of us have ever seen our club in a Grand Final.For my part I was able to provide the entire table with a kick-by-kick description of what our Grand Final would look like. Itll be against Hawthorn. We will come from 22 points down at three-quarter-time. We will get to the front at the 20-minute mark and we will storm away to win by 28 points. I can actually provide you with multiple choice options for who puts us in front.But it always ends in the same way. With Murph having marked on his chest, 45 metres out from goal when the siren goes. His teammates, Matty Boyd and Roughy, they just want him to throw away the ball and celebrate. But he insists on taking the kick, even though the game is won. His teammates want him to just drop it, but Bob, no doubt driven by pure narcissism, insists on kicking the last goal of the premiership so he can say he had that honour. He puts it through.Somewhere in the background, Bruce McAvaney or Tim Lane or someone can be heard saying everyone in the whole worlds a Bulldog today! Thats my fantasy.The passion inherent in Gordons dream was what drove him to get involved formally with the club in 1989 when they were, in his words, a matter of days from extinction. The then VFL was about to become the AFL, and with ideas of national expansion there was little interest in safeguarding the future of a struggling club west of docklands. Melbourne and Victoria were at the time falling into the grips of recession, and blue-blooded administrators to the north and the east felt Footscray an obvious target for downsizing.Well it was in receivership and it was days away from being wound up, Gordon recalled. The then VFL had plans to raffle off the players to various other clubs and it was Im sure closer to extinction than any other club has ever been that has survived. Its not the only time its been close, in 1996 we had our struggles, and I know in the 16 years of David Smorgons presidency before I came back there were various moments there where the sheriff was nearly at the door.Its been a history of struggle, but the moral to the story is that if you continue to struggle and continue to believe eventually a week like this will come along.As a young and energetic lawyer, Gordons passion for the Bulldogs was writ large across seven years as club president, from 1989 to 1996. That final year was another grim one, immortalised by the documentary Year Of The Dogs. Exhausted and burnt out, Gordon departed the club and spent some years apart from it, concentrating on his expanding legal practice.It was his successor Smorgon who prevailed upon Gordon in 2012 to return, making a lengthy sales pitch in his city office. By now the AFLs attitude had shifted from one of Darwinism to that of equalisation, with better awareness of how Melbournes evolution and growth had made 10 Victorian clubs a far more sustainable concept.Older and a little less fiery than he had had been, Gordon recently found himself launching the autobiography of the former AFL chief executive Ross Oakley, the man he had once sparred with on a daily basis during the 1989 crisis. It was a moment symbolic of the changed relationship between club and league.Ive made the point on several occasions that with a really strong Western Bulldogs football club representing the western region of Melbourne in Victoria, the biggest beneficiary of that is the AFL, Gordon said. Im really pleased with the partnership weve got with Gill [McLachlan, CEO] and the AFL, they recognise that every bit as we do.It is the sort of message we tried to send the AFL back in the 1990s when they had a different philosophy and different priorities. The single biggest difference I think is that we see the AFL now as a really constructive and co-operative partner, rather than someone to be looking over our shoulder worrying about what theyre going to do to us next.Gordon is a demanding figure, having overseen the enormous turnover in terms of staff and players since his return. The appointment of Gary Kent earlier this year made him the third chief executive in the space of 12 months. But at the same time Gordon is also very close to those with whom he shares a similar vision - he has not been shy in singing the praises of the coach Luke Beveridge and the captain Murphy, almost since the day the former joined ahead of last season.Its a story of if you keep pushing hard enough the wall breaks down, Gordon said. Im very proud of everyone at the club. I couldnt be prouder of Bevo, and Bob Murphy the two men I credit more than anyone else with the turnaround in the club the last two years. I wasnt always sure wed ever get to this point, but we are at this point, and I couldnt be happier.Equally, Gordon has overseen an upsurge in support to the point that the club now boasts 40,000 members, 10 times as many as in 1989. Were really grateful to all of our new corporate partners and to the number of people who wanted to get a womens membership for next year and who are coming along and joining in the fun and jumping on the bandwagon. Theres plenty of room, and if we run out of room well just build more bandwagon.Injury, of course, means that Gordons captain and dinner partner Murphy will not be running out on Saturday afternoon. But that does not mean that the dream he shared with Gordon will not take place. Prophetically, Gordon related Murphy speaking less of the game itself than the possible aftermath.Singing the song, holding up the cup, and then of the team, the club staff, the members and all of our supporters walking the cup through he city together, down Footscray Road, to the Footscray town hall where it last was in 1954, and finally to the Whitten Oval, as the sun sets.After saying those words at the Norm Smith Oration, Gordon sighed deeply. Not even his dreams depicted such a sight in prospect for 2016. Adidas Boty Pánské Nmd .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Adidas Nmd Sleva . 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Inside the clubhouse, his teammates showered him with more of the same.Bryant hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning to go with an earlier solo shot, lifting the Cubs over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night in the series opener between NL division leaders.Its humbling and just keeps me going and keeps me determined to do all I can, Bryant said. Its pretty cool to hear.Bryants NL-leading 35th homer capped a comeback from an earlier two-run deficit and extended the Cubs winning streak to four games. Bryant heard the crowds chants as he scored behind Dexter Fowler, who singled leading off.Bryant went 2 for 4 and scored three runs to increase his major league-leading total to 107.His swing has gotten shorter, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Its more contact oriented, he is not chasing as much. He is able to put the ball in play with two strikes. That for me is the biggest difference over last year.Chicago improved to 19-4 in August while earning its major league-leading 82nd victory.We never give up, Bryant said. We always believe we can win in the final innings.Travis Wood (4-0) got the victory with one inning of relief. Aroldis Chapman tossed a scoreless 10th with two strikeouts for his 10th save in 12 chances since being acquired on July 25 from the Yankees.Adam Liberatore (2-1) took the loss, allowing two runs and four hits in one inning. The Dodgers had their NL West lead cut to one game after San Francisco won.Bryants first homer leading off the eighth pulled the Cubs to 4-3.Chicago tied the game 4-all in the ninth on a wild pitch by closer Kenley Jansen that allowed Jayson Heyward, who led off with a double, to score from third.A misfire with the cutter, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Kenley is tough for anyone to catch. His ball does a lot of different things.The Dodgers took a 4-2 lead on Adrian Gonzalezs homer leading off the seventh.New Dodgers catcher Carlos Ruiz went 1 for 3 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in his first at-bat after being acquired Thursday from the Phillies for catcher A.J. Ellis, a popular and well-regarded player in the clubhouse. Ruiz failed to catchh Jansens wild pitch that led to the tying run.ddddddddddddHis ball was moving real good and it surprised me, Ruiz said. I have no excuse.The Dodgers led 3-1 in the fourth when a run scored when Howie Kendrick grounded into a double play. They got runs in the third on Justin Turners RBI groundout and another by Chase Utley in the second.The Cubs closed to 3-2 in the fifth on Anthony Rizzos RBI single with two outs.Utley made a diving stop on Ben Zobrist in the fifth, when he threw on his back to Gonzalez for an inning-ending out that stranded two runners.Dodgers starter Bud Norris allowed two runs and three hits in five innings, struck out six and walked four.Cubs starter Mike Montgomery gave up three runs and six hits in five innings, struck out five and walked four.JANSEN MOVES UPDespite blowing his sixth save of the season, Jansen struck out two to surpass Jim Brewer for most strikeouts by a reliever in Dodgers franchise history with 606.MAKING MOVESThe Dodgers recalled pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A Oklahoma City to start Sundays series finale. The 24-year-old right-hander has appeared in three games (two starts) with the team this season, going 0-2 with an 11.25 ERA. He is a combined 9-3 with a 1.68 ERA in 20 minor league starts with three different teams, including Oklahoma City. To make room on the roster, the Dodgers optioned C Shawn Zarraga to OKC and RHP Kenta Maeda to the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers, whose season ends Sunday.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw threw a 60-pitch bullpen session Friday. Hes been on the DL for nearly two months with a herniated disk in his back. Next he will face hitters. ... LHP Brett Anderson, on the DL with a finger blister, threw a bullpen session and expects to face hitters next week.UP NEXTCubs: RHP Jason Hammel (13-6, 3.07 ERA) starts the middle game of the series. He is winless in eight games (five starts) at Dodger Stadium. In his last outing, he allowed a season-high-tying 10 runs (six earned) in 3 1/3 innings of an 11-4 loss at Colorado.Dodgers: LHP Julio Urias (4-2, 3.95) has won his last three decisions. ' ' '