‘S*** themselves’: Why Croad left midway through VFL game
Trent Croad ended up in the reserves after an article was written about him, a decision he describes as ‘absolute crap’. And he didn’t even stay for the full game.
Glenn Mcfarlane
Get remote out for Friday night fizzer
The floating fixture was meant to give us the best of the best in prime time, but the AFL has fixtured Essendon on three Friday nights in a row. See the schedule plus round 12 hot topics.
Sacked: The stress of footy brought legend to tears
Denis Pagan’s famously tough coaching style wore Corey McKernan down over his years at North Melbourne leading him to head to Carlton. And then Denis followed him to the Navy Blues a year later.
Brain seizures: Day Balmey woke in back of ambulance
Neil Balme says, at 70, he is “all good”, but the Richmond father figure has told the Sacked Podcast he requires ongoing medication to control brain seizures.
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Shaw: How Pendles can be better than Bucks
Could Scott Pendlebury finish his career as the greatest Magpie ever? Collingwood great Tony Shaw has Peter Daicos at No.1 but says one thing could elevate the Pies skipper into rarefied air. SACKED PODCAST
Complete chaos: The old score that wasn’t settled
It might be 30 years since the infamous 1989 Grand Final, but it’s still the match many believe is the greatest of all time. Glenn McFarlane looks back at the brutal opening minutes that sparked the carnage.
‘Dermott went whack’: What sparked ‘89 GF carnage
It was one of the craziest starts to a Grand Final in AFL history. But what was really behind the violent scenes in 1989 between Hawthorn and Geelong? To find out, you’ve got to go back 147 days earlier.
‘89 GF revisited: The footy freak from Boggy Creek
Paul Couch’s sudden passing in March 2016 is still painful. He is the only one of the 40 who played in the 1989 Grand Final no longer with us. His absence leaves a void but he’s not forgotten.
How Hird blindsided mate Choco
Mark ‘Choco’ Williams says he attended James Hird’s wedding and considered him a “very good friend”. The Bombers legend perhaps had other ideas as he chased the Essendon coaching job in 2010.
How Cy Walsh is helping Choco heal
Cy Walsh was found to have been mentally incompetent when he killed his father, then Adelaide coach Phil in 2015. While he remains shattered by his friend’s death, Mark Williams finds solace in his son’s visits to Cy’s psychiatric facility.
‘I’m worried he is going to swear in front of the kids’
Mark Williams says his mate Dustin Martin has always been misunderstood, recalling the time a school headmaster was worried about having the Tigers’ star present to a Year 9 class.
Choco: Folau could have made it in AFL
The Israel Folau AFL experiment cost millions of dollars and lasted 13 games. But former GWS assistant coach Mark Williams says it didn’t have to end that way as he reveals the Folau he knew.
Big mistake: How Power could have kept Burgoyne
Mark Williams admits Shaun Burgoyne challenged the norms at Port Adelaide but believes the club could have kept them, had they made one easy decision. LISTEN TO FIND OUT
‘Why us?’ Coach against Hunt experiment
Former Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna says he tried to convince AFL and club powerbrokers to send rugby convert Karmichael Hunt to a more established club. But his arrival wasn’t all bad. LISTEN
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