Random thoughts and observations
There were some interesting articles in The Australian on Saturday about suburban football and the future of the rugby codes. Regarding suburban football, the report described how it continues to some extent in Sydney rugby league, but no longer exists in Australian football. There was mention of the Newtown Jets playing in a minor division. [...]
Bernie Quinlan came from my home town of Traralgon. He was zoned to Footscray and played there before he went to my VFL team Fitzroy. I don’t remember much about those early days, but I do recall Quinlan kicking bags of goals for Fitzroy in the 1980s. He was known as “Superboot” because of the [...]
The only year I lived in Melbourne and got to see football whenever I pleased was 1991. Fitzroy had a very good team, but failed to put it all together on most occasions and finished second bottom. It was the year after we lost Gary Pert to Collingwood in a bitter pay dispute, and with [...]
These memories are in no particular order. An obvious highlight of my time following Fitzroy was their last senior premiership, a night flag in 1978. The picture above comes from Full Points Footy. It shows skipper Ron Alexander, coach Graham Campbell and one of my favorite all-time Lions Garry Wilson. I wanted to introduce Graham [...]
Carlton unbelievably played its last game at Princes Park today and the focus has rightly been on that club and its memories. I’d like to contribute something from the perspective of a boy who barracked for Carlton, and later turned Fitzroy supporter while they played at the venue. My father used to barrack for Carlton. [...]
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