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The highest margin recorded in any of the 92 games played on September 1 came on this day 11 years ago when Adelaide thrashed the Gold Coast Suns by 91 points at Football Park. — Andrew Gigacz
Six of the 94 V/AFL games games played on August 31 were decided by a single point. This six one-point winners were Essendon in 1901 and 1946, South Melbourne in 1935, Hawthorn in 1966, and both Carlton and Geelong in 2013. — Andrew Gigacz
Exactly 100 V/AFL matches have been played on August 30 and West Coast holds the record of the highest score registered in those games. The Eagles kicked 26.19.175 on this day in 1987, defeating St Kilda by 88 points. — Andrew Gigacz
Adelaide holds the record for highest score kicked in any of the 95 V/AFL matches played on August 29. The Crows kicked 27.14.176 on this day in 2009, thrashing Carlton by 72 points at Docklands. — Andrew Gigacz
Happy 150th birthday to Carlton's Charlie Brown. In his one and only season in the VFL, in 1898, Brown played 12 games for the Blues and kicked one goal. — Andrew Gigacz
St Kilda holds the unenviable twin record of the 'lowest score' and 'highest score against' in the 107 V/AFL matches played on August 24. The Saints managed just 15 on this day in 1901 and conceded 184 to Essendon on the same date in 1985. — Andrew Gigacz
Happy 121st birthday to North Melbourne's Tim Trevaskis. Joining North when it was still a VFA club in 1923, Trevaskis played 64 VFL games for the Shinboners from 1925 to 1929. – Andrew Gigacz
Happy 150th birthday to Port Adelaide's Arch Hosie, born on this day in 1873. Hosie played 183 games over 14 seasons for Port, the last of which was a premiership win over South Adelaide in 1903. — Andrew Gigacz
Today's Melbourne vs Hawthorn match marks the third meeting of the two sides to take place on August 20. The Hawks won the previous two, by 11 points in 1977 and by 115 points in 1983. — Andrew Gigacz
Tonight's Adelaide vs Sydney match marks the second occasion the two sides have met on August 19. On the previous occasion the Swans prevailed, winning by 46 points at Football Park in 1995. — Andrew Gigacz
Only one of the 102 V/AFL games played on August 8 has been decided by more than 100 points. On this day 15 years ago Geelong thrashed Melbourne by 116 points in a Friday night thrashing at the MCG. — Andrew Gigacz
Essendon's Ray Powell was born 100 years ago today. Powell played 49 games for the Dons from 1942 to 1947 but unfortunately was not part of the four Grand Finals (for two flags) the club played in those seasons. — Andrew Gigacz
Carlton holds the unenviable record of having kicked the lowest score in any of the 90 V/AFL games played on August 2. The Blues managed just 2.3.15 on this day in 1902, going down to Collingwood by 37 points. — Andrew Gigacz
Three of the 107 V/AFL matches played on August 1 have ended in a draw. The first came in 1959 when Melbourne and Fitzroy both scored 11.11.77. Five years later, Essendon and Geelong drew 43 apiece, and in 2015, Gold Coast drew West Coast 83-83. — Andrew Gigacz
Essendon's 'Rugged' Ronnie Andrews made his VFL debut on this day 50 years ago. Andrews went on to play 157 matches, 151 of those for the Bombers and six for Collingwood in his final season. — Andrew Gigacz
Over 127 V/AFL seasons, the scores 27.7 and 7.27 have only been recorded once each in home and away matches. Incredibly, both instances came in the same season. Geelong kicked 7.27.69 in Round 9, 1984 and in Round 22 Essendon scored 27.7.169. – Andrew Gigacz
Two of the 99 V/AFL matches played on July 26 have ended in a draw. Both of them involved South Melbourne and were played at the Lake Oval. The Swans drew 69-69 with Collingwood on this day in 1947 and 76-76 with Carlton exactly five years later. — Andrew Gigacz
First recorded by Geelong in 1971 and most recently by Carlton in 2014, 24.7 has been a final score four times in 127 V/AFL seasons. Its reverse, 7.24, has been recorded three times. — Andrew Gigacz
Today's St Kilda vs North Melbourne match will mark the second time the two sides have crossed swords on July 23. St Kilda won the first time around, defeating North by 15 points. — Andrew Gigacz
Happy 121st birthday to Geelong's Don Hickey. Unrelated to the club's famous Reg Hickey, Don played two games for the Cats in 1926, for one win and one loss. — Andrew Gigacz
Carlton's Ron Hines was born 100 years ago today. Hines played 58 games for the Blues for 1943 to 1948, but heartbreakingly missed out on the 1945 premiership after being dropped for the Grand Final. — Andrew Gigacz
North Melbourne holds the unenviable record of the lowest score registered in any of the 105 V/AFL games played on 28 June. The Roos had a scoreless second half against Geelong on this day in 1980, finishing on 4.3.27. — Andrew Gigacz
Three of the 97 V/AFL matches played on June 27 have been decided by one point. Hawthorn beat Carlton by that margin in 1987, Richmond did the same to Fremantle in 1999, and the Blues had a one-point win over Essendon in 2020. — Andrew Gigacz
The biggest win in any of the 97 V/AFL matches played on June 21 came on this day in 2008 when Geelong defeated West Coast by 135 points at Subiaco Oval. Gary Ablett had 37 disposals and kicked two goals for the winners. — Andrew Gigacz
Port Melbourne and South Melbourne star Billy McGee made his VFL debut with South 120 years ago. Having won VFA premierships with Port in 1897 and 1901, McGee played 51 games over four seasons for the Bloods before returning to the Borough in 1907. — Andrew Gigacz
Kicking off a premiership defence with five wins on the trot is a good thing, yeah? Maybe not, says Gigs.
Men's AFL is back, and so is Micro Noises. Andrew Gigacz looks at Hawthorn's one-point win and invokes Mozart to describe Gold Coast's AFLW loss.
Media Release: Eight new members have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In response to a question from a fan, Andrew Gigacz looks at past V/AFL teams that have flown out of the blocks before falling short of finals.
WCE 16.13 (109) | RICH 10.10 (70) Round 5
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox FootyCOMMENTATORS: Adam Papalia, Matthew Pavlich, Will Schofield, Kath Loughnan ..
GEEL 21.13 (139) | NTH 10.4 (64) Round 5
GOALS Geelong: Cameron 6; Close 4; Neale 3; Holmes, Stengle 2; Blicavs, Dempsey, Henry, O'Connor North Melbourne: Ford 3; Drury, Larkey 2; Curtis, Davies-Uniacke, Sheezel BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Alison O'Connor) Geelong: Cameron, Holmes, Miers, ..
SUNS 16.13 (109) | HAW 8.8 (56) Round 5
GOALS Gold Coast: King 4; Swallow 3; Clohesy, Read, Walter 2; Rowell, Rosas Jnr, Anderson Hawthorn: Maginness 3; Moore, Macdonald, Hardwick, Ginnivan, Chol BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Michael Whiting) Gold Coast: Anderson, Rowell, King, Ainsworth, Clohe ..
PORT 9.12 (66) | FREO 9.9 (63) Round 5
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox FootyCOMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Leigh Montagna, Jason Duntstall, Mark Ricciuto, Kath Loughnan ..
CARL 14.14 (98) | ADEL 16.4 (100) Round 5
GOALS Carlton: Curnow 4; McKay 2; Pittonet, Owies, E. Hollands, Fantasia, Durdin, Cripps, Cottrell, Acres Adelaide: Walker 4; Rankine, Keays 3; Rachele 2; Gollant, Dawson, Cook, Berry BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Dejan Kalinic) Carlton: Walsh, Curn ..
GWS 11.14 (80) | STK 12.7 (79) Round 5
GOALS Greater Western Sydney: Hogan, Greene 2; Thomas, Riccardi, Kelly, Green, Daniels, Coniglio, Cadman St. Kilda: Owens, Membrey, Higgins, Caminiti 2; Wilson, Steele, Sinclair, Hill BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Martin Smith) Greater Western Sydney: Whi ..
WBULL 9.13 (67) | ESS 15.6 (96) Round 5
GOALS Western Bulldogs: Ugle-Hagan 3; West, Naughton 2; Vandermeer, Darcy Essendon: Langford 3; Jones, Stringer, Duursma 2; Goldstein, Caldwell, Martin, A. Davey, Gresham, Durham BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Sarah Black) Western Bulldogs: Treloar, Macrae ..
MELB 8.12 (60) | BRIS 12.10 (82) Round 5
GOALS Melbourne: Fritsch 2; van Rooyen, Neal-Bullen, Lever, Gawn, Chandler, Brown Brisbane: Cameron 3; McCluggage, Hipwood, Daniher 2; Lohmann, Fletcher, Bailey BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Gemma Bastiani) Melbourne: Gawn, Chandler, Viney, Rive ..
COLL 11.11 (77) | HAW 11.6 (72) Round 4
GOALS Collingwood: Schultz, Mihocek 2; Pendlebury, McInnes, Hoskin-Elliott, Elliott, De Goey, N. Daicos, Crisp Hawthorn: Hardwick 4; Moore 3; Ginnivan 2; Ramsden, Newcombe BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Josh Gabelich) Collingwood: De Goey, J. Dai ..