Grand Final History
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A podcast about the history of VFL and AFL taking it one season at a time
The VFL celebrates its 50th Jubilee season with the return of the MCG & the Brownlow The game is a “Gigantic Industry’ according to VFL Secretary Like McBrien but clubs are still having trouble getting enough jumpers
Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry
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Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry
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Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry | Grand Final History
The VFL celebrates its 50th Jubilee season with the return of the MCG and the Brownlow and some changes including the addition of a 20th man. The game has become a “Gigantic Industry’ according to VFL...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The VFL celebrates its 50th Jubilee season with the return of the MCG & the Brownlow The game is a “Gigantic Industry’ according to VFL Secretary Like McBrien but clubs are still having trouble getting enough jumpers
Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry
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Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry
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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?
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
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!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
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-...
Want to know what happened on #AFLGrandFinal day since 1897 and get more than the scores. What medals were available and who presented them, entertainment that started long before Barry Crocker & much more
Check out the Grand Final Database
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Check out the Grand Final Database
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Grand Final Database - Grand Final History
The Ultimate V/AFL Grand Finals Database! Explore every Grand Final, every premier, and every runner-up. Dive into the details of captains, coaches, medal winners, presenters, curtain raisers, and ent...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Want to know what happened on #AFLGrandFinal day since 1897 and get more than the scores. What medals were available and who presented them, entertainment that started long before Barry Crocker & much more
Check out the Grand Final Database
grandfinalhistory.au/grand-final-...
Check out the Grand Final Database
grandfinalhistory.au/grand-final-...
#aflgrandfinal worth remembering that 2025 is the 100th anniversary of Broadcasting football behind a Paywall. 1925 was the first Grand Final broadcast on radio but you had to pay the license fee
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
Almanac Footy (History): The 100th Anniversary of the first footy (radio) paywall.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#aflgrandfinal worth remembering that 2025 is the 100th anniversary of Broadcasting football behind a Paywall. 1925 was the first Grand Final broadcast on radio but you had to pay the license fee
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
Episode 49 1945 The Bloodbath, please check it out
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Episode 49 1945 The Bloodbath
Ted Whitten said it was the best game he ever saw, several of the players had no memory of what happened, a suspended player got reported and Ted Whitfield’s pre-match routine was to drink 6 beers wit...
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August 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Episode 49 1945 The Bloodbath, please check it out
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While we wait for the AFL Finals we recognise @westernbulldogs achieving their 7th AlmostUs Award for just missing out on the finals by one spot. A Silver AlmostUs for 2025 because they went into the final round in the Top 8
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AlmostUs Awards - Grand Final History
Missing the finals by just one position on the ladder The team that almost makes the finals is one of the enduring elements of football, a club that breaks their supporters hearts as they almost achie...
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August 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
While we wait for the AFL Finals we recognise @westernbulldogs achieving their 7th AlmostUs Award for just missing out on the finals by one spot. A Silver AlmostUs for 2025 because they went into the final round in the Top 8
grandfinalhistory.au/almostus-awa...
grandfinalhistory.au/almostus-awa...
The premiership coach gets the Jock McHale medal & if you look into it most premiership coaches trace their coaching DNA back to the Collingwood legend (Chris Fagan a notable exception to the rule)
Pick a premiership and follow the track back to Jock
www.footyalmanac.com.au/almanac-foot...
Pick a premiership and follow the track back to Jock
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Almanac Footy (History) – The McHale (and Dan Minogue) V/AFL Premiership DNA Coaching Game
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August 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The premiership coach gets the Jock McHale medal & if you look into it most premiership coaches trace their coaching DNA back to the Collingwood legend (Chris Fagan a notable exception to the rule)
Pick a premiership and follow the track back to Jock
www.footyalmanac.com.au/almanac-foot...
Pick a premiership and follow the track back to Jock
www.footyalmanac.com.au/almanac-foot...
As Saturday AFL games have disappeared behind the paywall in 2025 we can celebrate the 100th anniversary of football broadcasts - Behind a paywall!
You had to pay for radio in 1925
My first Almanac article
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
You had to pay for radio in 1925
My first Almanac article
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
Almanac Footy (History): The 100th Anniversary of the first footy (radio) paywall.
www.footyalmanac.com.au
August 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As Saturday AFL games have disappeared behind the paywall in 2025 we can celebrate the 100th anniversary of football broadcasts - Behind a paywall!
You had to pay for radio in 1925
My first Almanac article
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
You had to pay for radio in 1925
My first Almanac article
www.footyalmanac.com.au/100th-annive...
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!
Great football history story about Brendan Campbell getting photos of every Fitzroy Football Club player.
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‘It’s addictive’: Historian hunts for photos of every Fitzroy player
Brenden Campbell is on a quest to immortalise every one of Fitzroy’s VFL players, and hopes Victoria’s footy loving public can help complete the mission.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Great football history story about Brendan Campbell getting photos of every Fitzroy Football Club player.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Supporters were “Up the Junction” in 1944, making their way to the Junction Oval, baked by hot winds on a 30C day with trams and busses on strike. It had been another tough wartime season, so tough even Jack Dyer got suspended
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Episode 48 1944 Up the Junction
Supporters were “Up the Junction” in 1944, making their way to the Junction Oval, hosting the Grand Final for the first time since 1899, baked by hot winds on a 30C day with trams and busses on strike...
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August 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Supporters were “Up the Junction” in 1944, making their way to the Junction Oval, baked by hot winds on a 30C day with trams and busses on strike. It had been another tough wartime season, so tough even Jack Dyer got suspended
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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"
@rhettrospective.bsky.social might be time to start building the Maurice Rioli Jr run down tackle highlight collection. It's going to be a big one
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@rhettrospective.bsky.social might be time to start building the Maurice Rioli Jr run down tackle highlight collection. It's going to be a big one
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#RIP Barrie Robran, 77.
The South Australian legend, who many agree was the greatest player never to play over here in the VFL/AFL.
For those, like me, who never saw him play - I've uploaded his 1h doco 'The Man and His Football'.
youtu.be/CVMfAs1MTWI
The South Australian legend, who many agree was the greatest player never to play over here in the VFL/AFL.
For those, like me, who never saw him play - I've uploaded his 1h doco 'The Man and His Football'.
youtu.be/CVMfAs1MTWI
Barrie Robran documentary "The Man and His Football" SANFL (64mins)
YouTube video by Rhettrospective
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July 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
#RIP Barrie Robran, 77.
The South Australian legend, who many agree was the greatest player never to play over here in the VFL/AFL.
For those, like me, who never saw him play - I've uploaded his 1h doco 'The Man and His Football'.
youtu.be/CVMfAs1MTWI
The South Australian legend, who many agree was the greatest player never to play over here in the VFL/AFL.
For those, like me, who never saw him play - I've uploaded his 1h doco 'The Man and His Football'.
youtu.be/CVMfAs1MTWI