AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game
Comment - Wonderful memories Mic, some brilliant footballers making their debuts that year (including Malcolm Blight) ,very underrated player young Ted, he had sublime foot skills. Also interested to see Stewy Gull get a mention for south, a terrifying individ
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Comment - Fantastic Mic, can’t wait for the next instalment, was shocked to read that Roy Jamieson had something negative to say about the Dogs , he tipped them every week, regardless of the strength of the opposition he would always finish with. “I’m
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Comment - Sheer Gold Mic!
Thanks for bringing the brilliant KT's name back where it should be, right at the forefront of the great names of the game, without peer as the best Footscray player i have seen.
Was always part of folklore that he offered himself u
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Comment - Mic, once again a brilliantly researched piece, would take a punt and say that was the only time in the Scraggers history that they pulled the Kardinia,Vic Park double off in a season.
Couple of names whose careers finished tragically there in Rose
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Comment - Great work Mic, Big 'spider'Welsh played some big games when switched to CHF. You seemed a little taken aback at the Geelong Advertiser review.
I'm shocked that the scraggers even got a mention by the sheep shaggers!
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Comment - Mic, wonderful piece,i felt compelled to read on though i knew the gruesome outcome. Had to hold myself in check from calling out a warning pontomime style 'look out..behind you!'.
I too have witnessed all 7, excrutiating....funny though how the dog
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Comment - Great memories Mic,a shard of light in a bleak history. From memory i would say this 'Good Burgher' celebrated with a mediocre burger from the Essex st chip shop and half a dozen watered down pots from Suttons pub over the road.
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Comment - Outstanding research Mic, Love it !
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Comment - Nice work again Mic. Andrew if you happen to have access to a copy of the 1985 final against Norffff at the 'G' in the last few minutes of the game (which the dogs had in their keeping) the ball was trickling towards the boundary line in front of the
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Peter Feehan
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A tragic 50 yo still waiting to see a Grand Final
Dave Darcy,Kelvin Templeton,Ted Whitten
The last game at Western Oval
