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JT
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Footballing history enthusiast
The script has been written #AFL
September 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Exceptional piece on the Bellyache heading into his 600th #NRL game, absolutely loved reading this.
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Latest addition to the personal library
July 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MCG in the late 1870s - The main grandstand on the right side was an engineering marvel featuring reversible seating.

Football was often played on the adjacent Yarra Park, so the stand was made reversible for watching either game on either ground.
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Old #AFL #VFL football cartoons were something

Wells' take on Fitzroy sitting on top after winning their first four games in 1951. The Gorillas proceeded to lose their next game and eventually miss finals.
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The legacy of the terrifying Bradford fire of 1985 - in which 56 people died - includes the Bradford Burns Unit & research that has changed treatment around the world. Guardian feature
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
May 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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40 years ago a horrific fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground claimed the lives of 56 people. It took less than four minutes for a small fire to become a raging inferno. Warnings had been ignored.
May 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On this day 90 years ago, St George beat NSWRFL newcomers Canterbury 91-6 in the biggest win in premiership history. Every Saints player scored points to leave the Berries still chasing their maiden win after just their fifth premiership match. #NRL
May 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Records gone tumbling in #NRL and #SuperLeague
April 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
What a weekend it's been for Rugby League.
April 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That 1966 Balmain-St George took my interest as an apparent outlier.

So I only went and found that it was the first premiership match to be played at the SCG on a Sunday, when Sunday sport was gradually turning into a big thing.

#NRL
63,505 for todays #NRL game is the highest drawing stand alone home and away season match and the second highest drawing home and away fixture ever.

data: afltables
afltables.com/rl/crowds/su...
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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63,505 for todays #NRL game is the highest drawing stand alone home and away season match and the second highest drawing home and away fixture ever.

data: afltables
afltables.com/rl/crowds/su...
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
League "journalists" are the biggest stain on the game #NRL
April 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Arch of Victory pin - op shop find in #Ballarat from some weeks back. Great timing: I was researching the "Lucas girls" and an Australian rules #football match they played as part of fundraising to build this commemmorative landmark. #History #AFL

Canada pin a random thing that came with it
April 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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2024 is now as long ago as 2023 was in 2024.
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
TIL: Nero pulled all the stops to win the Olympic chariot race:
- Delayed the Games
- Bribed officials
- Had 10 horses draw his chariot (everyone else had four)

Only to crash out. But still be declared winner because obviously. #history #sports #olympics #rome
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Go home ladder you're drunk #NRL
March 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#Olympic diplomas exist, and are awarded to athletes who finish in the top eight in an event at the #Olympics.

Although it has existed since the 1896 games, the certificate is so obscure that even many who earn one have not heard of it.
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This #AFL pre-season schedule post from Fox Footy a few days ago just popped up on my Facebook feed. It's using the logo of the #NRL Indigenous All Stars
February 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I miss the year in review videos that ABC News used to do at this time of NYE. This one from 2022 I believe was the last proper one they did.
youtu.be/hFMZPK8_Wu4?...
2022 Year in Review | ABC News (Australia)
YouTube video by robertfrankin
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Best Christmas gift I could have received this year. Enjoyed learning about the great feud between rabbit farmers and golfers!

#Sport #History
December 25, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Dear #NRL,

The interrogative whose, not the contraction of who is.

Kind regards,
The greatly underappreciated Grammar Police.
December 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
A reminder from the start of this year of the legitimate risk a team of #NRL players face in Papua New Guinea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
Queensland Rugby League to review PNG home Queensland Cup games after unrest
Player safety will be paramount in deciding if PNG Hunters can host Queensland Cup games following deadly unrest in the nation, the state's governing body says.
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Welp. Took long enough for PNG #NRL team to get the official announcement.

Still have next to no faith in its success.
December 12, 2024 at 1:46 AM
December 10, 2024 at 11:12 PM