Popular footy show shuts down amid league crackdown
A local football league’s decision to limit its clubs’ access to outside media, threatening fines or disqualification, has forced a popular fan-driven footy show on Facebook to shut down.
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Ranked: The top 70 local footy clubs of 2024
After a stunning year of local footy we’ve ranked our top 70 clubs as the best in Melbourne. Did we get it right? See who we say is number one and lodge your own vote.
Ex-AFL gun takes Fitzroy Stars coaching reins
Following the disappointment of grand final defeat, Fitzroy Stars have received a massive boost with the appointment of Neville Jetta as coach for 2025.
Laurimar lands local footy goalkicking great
Laurimar has joined the NFNL Division 3 arms race, securing one of the Northern league’s greatest goalkickers for its return to the competition in 2025.
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Borough ride wave of momentum into prelim
A couple of weeks ago it looked like Greensborough would miss finals, on Saturday it booked its place in the preliminary final, guided by its young guns.
Diamond Creek back on big stage after demolition job
The biggest NFNL Division 2 finals win since 1998 sees Diamond Creek return to the grand final stage, ending Whittlesea’s season in brutal fashion.
Heidelberg cruises into third straight grand final
Heidelberg remains on track for a NFNL Division 1 premiership hat-trick after booking its grand final place with a comfortable win over Montmorency.
Grand final wins and a shock or two
Finals accelerated in local footy with plenty of grand final winners as elsewhere there were stunning results as teams looked to qualify for the decider. Here are the talking points from Saturday’s football.
History as Paradians claim first-year flag
An eight-goal Patrick Farrant blitz couldn’t stop Old Paradians claiming a history-making NFNL Division 3 premiership, winning the title in its first season in the league.
‘It clicked’: Watsonia secures new coach
Having secured its place in NFNL Division 2 for 2025, Watsonia has appointed a new coach with extensive experience in the Northern and Eastern leagues.
Fitzroy Stars, Old Paradians have history in hands
One club will make history and end a long drought. Will it be Fitzroy Stars or Old Paradians? We look at the key players and predict who wins the NFNL Division 3 grand final.
‘Embarrassing’ oversight at awards night leaves club fuming
A glaring awards oversight, the high-speed dummy-spit, end-of-season high jinks and a top umpire returning to the ‘burbs…our weekly local footy column Quick Kicks has all the goss.
Ranked: the top-30 players in NFNL Division 3
The NFNL Division 3 season was epic and our top-30 players of 2024 is stacked with elite talent, with several more squeezed out. Who will win the league best-and-fairest?
Last goal wins: Borough survive Preston ‘slugfest’
Efficiency was the name of the game in a howling Preston City Oval wind and it was Greensborough that kicked the last goal to claim victory.
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