Unforgettable: This century’s best local footy matches
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Eastern league club hunting new coach
An Eastern league Division 1 club has begun its search for its next senior coach, with its existing mentor stepping away at season’s end.
‘An opportunity lost’: Pioneers rue top-two scalp
Whitehorse coach Duncan Jones has weighed in on his side’s missed opportunity against a top team on Saturday, with the result consigning his side to a fifth-straight loss.
Templestowe shock sets up hot finals race
The Dockers staged one of the upsets of the EFL Division 2 season on Saturday, setting up a monster run home with a raft of sides vying for the fifth and last finals spot.
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Tigers keep remote finals hopes alive
BALWYN recorded its eighth victory of the Eastern Football League Division 1 season to keep its slim finals hopes alive on Saturday against East Ringwood.
Redbacks keep undefeated record intact
RINGWOOD remains the only undefeated team in the Eastern Football League this year after a come-from-behind victory over Scoresby.
Hodges helps Hawks emerge as flag favourite
GLEN Waverley Hawks midfielder Brandon Hodges has come of age in 2018, becoming an important cog in his side’s engine room as it pushes for a breakthrough premiership.
Eagles concede they are ‘definitely gettable’
VERMONT’S drop off in form has thrown the Eastern Football League premiership race wide open, with the Eagles looking to reassert themselves as a flag fancy.
Tigers look to lift themselves out of drop zone
THE Division 2 relegation battle is set to run to the wire with Mitcham’s Round 17 clash against Mooroolbark set to possibly decide who will be demoted from the second tier.
Quiet achievers roar into flag contention
UPPER Ferntree Gully has flown under the radar in the Eastern Football League this year but its latest win has it among the Division 2 premiership contenders.
Riddle eyeing flag success at the Hawks
FOUNDATION Glen Waverley Hawks player Brad Riddle is eyeing premiership success at the Division 4 club as his side enjoys a 12-game winning streak.
Injuries derail Moyle’s hopes for finals berth
NORTH Ringwood’s push for its first top-flight finals appearance in more than a quarter of a century will have to wait until at least 2019.
Bowden to depart at season’s end
NORWOOD coach Patrick Bowden will stand down as coach of the Norsemen at the end of the year as his father fights motor neuron disease.
Bulldogs stage stunning comeback
SOUTH Croydon reeled in a 55-point halftime deficit to stage a stunning come-from-behind win against Norwood after Norsemen swingman David Johnson missed a shot after the siren to pinch victory for his side.
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