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2008 Euros
Italy are reigning world cup champions
France lost the world cup final on penalties to a team that beat Australia by a goal in the 2nd round
Spain Won their opening game by 3 goals
Top their group winning 3 from 3 games
Had a 4-1 victory along the way
Won another game by 3 goals in the k.o stages
Beat Italy
Best Germany by one goal in the knockouts
Won the Euro Final
A Spaniard Won Wimbledon
Boston Celtics Won the NBA title
2024 Euros
Italy are reigning European Champions
France lost the world cup final on penalties to a team that beat australia by a goal in the 2nd round
Spain Won their opening game by 3 goals
Won all their group games
Had a 4-1 win along the way
Won another game in the knock-out stages by 3 goals
Beat Italy
Beat Germany by a goal
Won the Euro Final
A Spaniard won Wimbledon
Boston celtics won the NBA Title
And both tournaments Portugal topped their group with a game to spare winning two from 2 games and both times they lost their last group game by a scoreline of two nil. Both times they played and beat Turkey and the Czech Republic in the group phase. Both times Italy went out in the first round of the knockouts. There'd be more too.
It's not footy but history repeats in sport. Big Vic just loves sports, history and stats.
Good on him.
Italy are reigning world cup champions
France lost the world cup final on penalties to a team that beat Australia by a goal in the 2nd round
Spain Won their opening game by 3 goals
Top their group winning 3 from 3 games
Had a 4-1 victory along the way
Won another game by 3 goals in the k.o stages
Beat Italy
Best Germany by one goal in the knockouts
Won the Euro Final
A Spaniard Won Wimbledon
Boston Celtics Won the NBA title
2024 Euros
Italy are reigning European Champions
France lost the world cup final on penalties to a team that beat australia by a goal in the 2nd round
Spain Won their opening game by 3 goals
Won all their group games
Had a 4-1 win along the way
Won another game in the knock-out stages by 3 goals
Beat Italy
Beat Germany by a goal
Won the Euro Final
A Spaniard won Wimbledon
Boston celtics won the NBA Title
And both tournaments Portugal topped their group with a game to spare winning two from 2 games and both times they lost their last group game by a scoreline of two nil. Both times they played and beat Turkey and the Czech Republic in the group phase. Both times Italy went out in the first round of the knockouts. There'd be more too.
It's not footy but history repeats in sport. Big Vic just loves sports, history and stats.
Good on him.
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2005 South Fremantle Beat Claremont in the WAFL Grand Final
2006 Italy Won the world cup on penalties
2006 south Fremantle lost to Subi in THE WAFL Grand Final
2020 South Fremantle Beat Claremont in The WAFL premiership
2021 Italy Won the euros on penalties
2021 south Fremantle lost the WAFL Grand Final to Subiaco
2006 Italy Won the world cup on penalties
2006 south Fremantle lost to Subi in THE WAFL Grand Final
2020 South Fremantle Beat Claremont in The WAFL premiership
2021 Italy Won the euros on penalties
2021 south Fremantle lost the WAFL Grand Final to Subiaco
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1994 West Coast win flag, Italy loses world cup on penalties
2006 West Coast win flag, Italy wins world cup on penalties vs France
2018 West Coast wins flag, France wins the world cup
2006 West Coast win flag, Italy wins world cup on penalties vs France
2018 West Coast wins flag, France wins the world cup
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2000 Melbourne demons lose AFL Grand Final, Italy loses euro final in extra time after leading I'm normal time
2021 Melbourne wins AFL grand final, Italy wins euro final on penaltie after trailing in normal time.
Only grand final and euro finals this century. Their last appearances games in the 60's before the 2000's.
2021 Melbourne wins AFL grand final, Italy wins euro final on penaltie after trailing in normal time.
Only grand final and euro finals this century. Their last appearances games in the 60's before the 2000's.
- After beating Geelong in their debut match, North Melbourne did not beat an eventual premier again until they beat Essendon (for their only loss in 33 games) in 1950. Gold Coast were 11 seasons short of that record
- The first team to lose to Footscray and win the premiership was Melbourne in 1941 — three years after Footscray first played in the finals
- The first team to lose to Hawthorn and win the premiership was Melbourne in 1940, so Gold Coast fell one year short of equalling that when they beat the Lions last season
- Melbourne did not defeat an eventual premier between defeating North Melbourne in 1975 and defeating Hawthorn in 1988
- St. Kilda did not defeat an eventual premier between beating Hawthorn in 1978 and again beating the Hawks in 1991, though they drew with Richmond in 1980 immediately before the Tigers won eleven on end
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2014 Hawthorn won the premiership
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Nick Riewoldt in 2001 had four different coaches in his first four games.
After overcoming injury he played for the Sandringham reserves in his first game as an AFL listed player. The next week he played in the Sandringham senior side. A week later in R15 he made his AFL debut under Malcolm Blight in his last game as an AFL coach. Then in his second AFL game in R16 he was coached by Grant Thomas.
After overcoming injury he played for the Sandringham reserves in his first game as an AFL listed player. The next week he played in the Sandringham senior side. A week later in R15 he made his AFL debut under Malcolm Blight in his last game as an AFL coach. Then in his second AFL game in R16 he was coached by Grant Thomas.
The two men named Paul who represented Geelong in the 1994 and 1995 losing GF sides both had sons named Tom who would play in the AFL but not for the Cats.
Tom Brown is currently with Richmond and Tom Couch played three games for Melbourne in 2012.
As a bonus these two surnames might make the reader of this post think about a chocolate coloured sofa.
Tom Brown is currently with Richmond and Tom Couch played three games for Melbourne in 2012.
As a bonus these two surnames might make the reader of this post think about a chocolate coloured sofa.
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the two Jamie’s in the afl are both 1992 born small forwards in Jamie Cripps and Jamie Elliott and both broke their ankles against arch rivals with Cripps against Freo in 2023 and Elliott against Carlton in 2021
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Both Jamies born in 1992 won their premierships by 5 in 2018 (Cripps) and 4 in 2023 (Elliott). Both were decided by under a goal
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Still hard to believe this happened over 18 years ago now, but on 22 February 2008 Western Bulldogs rookie Jarrad Grant missed a pre-season game against the Essendon Bombers after being stung by a stingray in Port Phillip Bay that morning. Grant had been recruited to the Bulldogs from the Dandenong Southern Stingrays in the previous year's draft with his original club being the Frankston Bombers, and the incident happened on what would have been the late Steve Irwin's 46th birthday, Irwin having been a life-long supporter of the Essendon Bombers.
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2003. US at war in middle east. Noah Wylie stars in medical tv show. Lions win threepeat
2026. US at war in middle east. Noah Wylie stars in medical tv show. Lions ???
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Sydney 1996 made Grand Final vs North Melbourne and lost
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Sydney 2006 made Grand Final vs West Coast and lost
Sydney 2016 made Grand Final vs Western Bulldogs and lost
Dustin Fletcher is the only player who has ever played against, Fitzroy, Gold Coast and GWS in the AFL.
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2005: won their season opener vs Hawthorn by 63 points, won the flag
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2012: won their season opener vs GWS by 63 points, won the flag
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St Kilda last night
Scored 66 points - their first and only premiership
Were given 27 free kicks - how many wooden spoons they're on
Collingwood had 16 free kicks - same number of premiership we are on
Scored 66 points - their first and only premiership
Were given 27 free kicks - how many wooden spoons they're on
Collingwood had 16 free kicks - same number of premiership we are on
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this core riff eerily similar here ,slightly slower,this is from 1983,wonder which came first ?
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Craziest coincidence came with John Butcher's surname, because just like his surname Butcher he'd always "butcher" his kicks.
Many players have participated in AFL games for the Cats and then for the Dockers: Andrew Wills, Stephen O’Reilly, Adrian Fletcher (indirectly), Shane Kersten and Jordan Clark.
However, AFAIK, not one player has gone from playing senior football for Fremantle to doing so at Geelong.
There have been two players I can think of who moved from the Dockers to the Cats but neither of them played in AFL games for both clubs. Marcus Drum played 22 games for Fremantle and joined Geelong but never made a senior appearance while at KP. Sam Menegola was (rookie) listed, but never selected, at the Dockers and then played 117 games for Geelong.
For context the Dockers’ first season was 1995 and have never had a player become a Cat and the Suns started in 2011 and have already had four of their players become Cats. Two of them were boomerangs: GAJ going Cats-Suns-Cats and Zac Smith going Suns-Cats-Suns.
However, AFAIK, not one player has gone from playing senior football for Fremantle to doing so at Geelong.
There have been two players I can think of who moved from the Dockers to the Cats but neither of them played in AFL games for both clubs. Marcus Drum played 22 games for Fremantle and joined Geelong but never made a senior appearance while at KP. Sam Menegola was (rookie) listed, but never selected, at the Dockers and then played 117 games for Geelong.
For context the Dockers’ first season was 1995 and have never had a player become a Cat and the Suns started in 2011 and have already had four of their players become Cats. Two of them were boomerangs: GAJ going Cats-Suns-Cats and Zac Smith going Suns-Cats-Suns.
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