Grand Final History
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A podcast about the history of VFL and AFL taking it one season at a time
Group chats were more complicated and expensive in 1946. A 3 way telephone call for 30 minutes between Melb. Adel. & Perth to discuss a player clearance cost £10 Equivalent to about $860 today. Your phone bills looking better now?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Group chats were more complicated and expensive in 1946. A 3 way telephone call for 30 minutes between Melb. Adel. & Perth to discuss a player clearance cost £10 Equivalent to about $860 today. Your phone bills looking better now?
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Not many moved this quickly from park footy to League. Max Piggott released from the army in 1946 One game with South Districts then one for South Melbourne 2nds then Full Forward for South Melbourne
Park to League 3 games
4 goals on debut against Keith Miller!
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Park to League 3 games
4 goals on debut against Keith Miller!
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November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Not many moved this quickly from park footy to League. Max Piggott released from the army in 1946 One game with South Districts then one for South Melbourne 2nds then Full Forward for South Melbourne
Park to League 3 games
4 goals on debut against Keith Miller!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Park to League 3 games
4 goals on debut against Keith Miller!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Lots of complaints about the #AFL introducing a #Wildcard round and Americanising the game. Long time
Richmond and Melbourne administrator Percy Page wanted to Americanise the game back in 1942. So this Americanisation push has a long history!
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Richmond and Melbourne administrator Percy Page wanted to Americanise the game back in 1942. So this Americanisation push has a long history!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Lots of complaints about the #AFL introducing a #Wildcard round and Americanising the game. Long time
Richmond and Melbourne administrator Percy Page wanted to Americanise the game back in 1942. So this Americanisation push has a long history!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Richmond and Melbourne administrator Percy Page wanted to Americanise the game back in 1942. So this Americanisation push has a long history!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
The footy season is over but maybe you need to know who kicked the first goal in every V/AFL Grand Final. Thanks to Tim
@Kicktokickpod
now you can. Its one of the many items in the Grand Final Database, everything you need to know about Grand Final Day
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@Kicktokickpod
now you can. Its one of the many items in the Grand Final Database, everything you need to know about Grand Final Day
grandfinalhistory.au/grand-final-...
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The footy season is over but maybe you need to know who kicked the first goal in every V/AFL Grand Final. Thanks to Tim
@Kicktokickpod
now you can. Its one of the many items in the Grand Final Database, everything you need to know about Grand Final Day
grandfinalhistory.au/grand-final-...
@Kicktokickpod
now you can. Its one of the many items in the Grand Final Database, everything you need to know about Grand Final Day
grandfinalhistory.au/grand-final-...
Essendon playing Gold Coast due to storm delayed start of the season. Maybe follow South Melbourne Reserves 1939 team who forfeited last game of the season when R18 was rain delayed South 2nds had booked a trip away, paid a deposit & couldn't make finals. They chose the holiday!
August 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Essendon playing Gold Coast due to storm delayed start of the season. Maybe follow South Melbourne Reserves 1939 team who forfeited last game of the season when R18 was rain delayed South 2nds had booked a trip away, paid a deposit & couldn't make finals. They chose the holiday!
Jack Dyer was a legend. In 1944, at the tribunal in yet another case of a possibly unprovoked attack by an opponent. Footscray Secretary & player rep. Mr Ramsay was unhappy about the guilty verdict & penalty. He said "Any player who strikes Jack Dyer deserves a Victoria Cross"
July 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jack Dyer was a legend. In 1944, at the tribunal in yet another case of a possibly unprovoked attack by an opponent. Footscray Secretary & player rep. Mr Ramsay was unhappy about the guilty verdict & penalty. He said "Any player who strikes Jack Dyer deserves a Victoria Cross"
Pleased to see a great player of an earlier generation recognised in the Australian Football Hall of Fame
And here is some observations from the 1930s
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And here is some observations from the 1930s
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June 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Pleased to see a great player of an earlier generation recognised in the Australian Football Hall of Fame
And here is some observations from the 1930s
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
And here is some observations from the 1930s
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#AFL should the player have more time or less time to get rid of the ball when tackled? Its always been a problem. Here is the advice from Round 1 1943 Footy Record. It was sure to fix the problem 😁
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June 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#AFL should the player have more time or less time to get rid of the ball when tackled? Its always been a problem. Here is the advice from Round 1 1943 Footy Record. It was sure to fix the problem 😁
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au?entity=IE846...
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au?entity=IE846...
Jack Titus was a champion full forward for the Tigers but in 1943 he was also busy jumping from his car and climbing on to a run away cart pulled by two horses in Punt Rd. Any nominations of which of today's players could do the same?
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May 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Jack Titus was a champion full forward for the Tigers but in 1943 he was also busy jumping from his car and climbing on to a run away cart pulled by two horses in Punt Rd. Any nominations of which of today's players could do the same?
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Sad week for the AFL with untimely deaths of Robert Walls and Adam Selwood. Robert Walls had many memories of the MCG including Premierships as a player and coach and more. Worth a look at this 2013 Grand Final Record article. Vale Robert & Adam
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May 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sad week for the AFL with untimely deaths of Robert Walls and Adam Selwood. Robert Walls had many memories of the MCG including Premierships as a player and coach and more. Worth a look at this 2013 Grand Final Record article. Vale Robert & Adam
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#AFLPowerRoos share a common bond that can be honoured this Anzac Day. George Brock played 24 games for Port and 4 with North. Saturday 2nd Aug 1942 he rang North to advising he could not play that afternoon. That afternoon his RAAF training plane crashed and he was killed. RIP
April 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#AFLPowerRoos share a common bond that can be honoured this Anzac Day. George Brock played 24 games for Port and 4 with North. Saturday 2nd Aug 1942 he rang North to advising he could not play that afternoon. That afternoon his RAAF training plane crashed and he was killed. RIP
The Collingwood Essendon Anzac Day game is a fine tradition but the biggest legacy to the game is the strength of Michael Long in 1995 standing up against racist abuse and the work of the late Tony Peek to change the rules of the game resulting in a fundamental improvement in the games culture
April 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Collingwood Essendon Anzac Day game is a fine tradition but the biggest legacy to the game is the strength of Michael Long in 1995 standing up against racist abuse and the work of the late Tony Peek to change the rules of the game resulting in a fundamental improvement in the games culture
Unusual ruling by the VFL tribunal in 1942 meant that a bye would count as a playing week when a player was suspended. Teams got 4 points for a bye so it was the equivalent of a playing week. Don't think that will still apply when Tasmania joins the AFL?
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March 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Unusual ruling by the VFL tribunal in 1942 meant that a bye would count as a playing week when a player was suspended. Teams got 4 points for a bye so it was the equivalent of a playing week. Don't think that will still apply when Tasmania joins the AFL?
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Great article on a long rivalry between Cambridge & Oxford Australian Football clubs www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
The clubs also hold the record for the 1st TV broadcast of Australian Football. A BBC broadcast in 1954, two years before TV started in Australia
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The clubs also hold the record for the 1st TV broadcast of Australian Football. A BBC broadcast in 1954, two years before TV started in Australia
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March 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Great article on a long rivalry between Cambridge & Oxford Australian Football clubs www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
The clubs also hold the record for the 1st TV broadcast of Australian Football. A BBC broadcast in 1954, two years before TV started in Australia
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
The clubs also hold the record for the 1st TV broadcast of Australian Football. A BBC broadcast in 1954, two years before TV started in Australia
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Football history has many flavours and the movie Ange and the Boss, about Soccer Legend Ferenc Puskás is an absolute delight. Do your self a favour and check session times below
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angeandtheboss.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Football history has many flavours and the movie Ange and the Boss, about Soccer Legend Ferenc Puskás is an absolute delight. Do your self a favour and check session times below
angeandtheboss.com
angeandtheboss.com
Footy crowds Melbourne v Sydney 1934 or 2025 little changed
1934 report how VFL club games get big crowds each week but Sydney Rugby League only international, Interstate or finals get a crowd. 90 years on the same
AFL Origin unlikely to gain traction long term
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1934 report how VFL club games get big crowds each week but Sydney Rugby League only international, Interstate or finals get a crowd. 90 years on the same
AFL Origin unlikely to gain traction long term
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Footy crowds Melbourne v Sydney 1934 or 2025 little changed
1934 report how VFL club games get big crowds each week but Sydney Rugby League only international, Interstate or finals get a crowd. 90 years on the same
AFL Origin unlikely to gain traction long term
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
1934 report how VFL club games get big crowds each week but Sydney Rugby League only international, Interstate or finals get a crowd. 90 years on the same
AFL Origin unlikely to gain traction long term
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
@rhettrospective.bsky.social Is the 1940 membership card that was returned from Tobruk still in the club files?
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February 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
@rhettrospective.bsky.social Is the 1940 membership card that was returned from Tobruk still in the club files?
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...