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88000 people attended the Carlton Collingwood game. The match was a sellout (a few days prior to the match) 12000 empty seats. So how do we explain the 12000 empty seats? 1. Presumably some AFL/club members did not attend and did not pass their tickets on to friends/family. 2. Presumably MCC...

In the NRL, the NRL head of football elite competitions provides a public review each Monday of the weekend's controversial decisions. Here is an example Annesley analyses Verrills tackle on Sorensen Is this a good idea or bad idea for the AFL?

A new book on the history of Australian football has just been released. https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/australia_s-game-by-matthew-nicholson/9781743796573 'Australia's Game' is based on almost 25 years of research and the collective effort of four historians (and...

25 years ago today, the Fitzroy Football Club played their last game of AFL football. For mine, it is the second saddest day in the history of the VFL/AFL. Lest we forget.

Recently, I have been thinking about the pathway from AFL player to AFL head coach. Do you think that playing position has any effect on the likelihood of a player becoming an AFL coach? Put another way, what playing positions (narrowly or broadly defined) are over represented or...

I am keen to establish to team list sizes in the 1980s and 1990s. My understanding is that list sizes came into effect in 1987, to complement the draft introduced in late 1986. The more recent CBA agreements are available here: http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=4537 .... but only the...

You don't change a winning team. A player is only as good as his last game. You can't drop a player for only one bad game. It's harder for a player to get out of the team than it is to get into it. Or put another way, a prospective player has to be better by some considerable margin to...

Who was the last AFL Head Coach who did not first serve "an apprenticeship" as an assistant coach? Was it Voss at Brisbane? And whilst I am here... I would like to document the growth in the number of AFL assistant coaches. Is there a better/faster way of doing this other than trawling...

So you are in the commentary booth calling Friday night footy....a fight breaks out. What are you going to call it, other than a fight? Stoush Stink Blue Donnybrook Exchanging pleasantries Ruckus Brouhaha ...

You may recall Usman Khawaja (Australian cricketer) gaining an exemption from wearing the VB logo in his cricket uniforms. Similarly, Sonny Bill Williams distanced himself from the Bank of New Zealand, the sponsor the Auckland Blue Super Rugby team. Whilst both of these examples are underpinned...

I am interested in understanding the influence of VFL/AFL head coaches on the subsequent VFL/AFL head coaching careers of their players. For example, Alan Jeans ("master coach") coached these players ("proteges") who would also play VFL/AFL football: Rodney Eade, Leigh Matthews, Gary Ayers...

The short story: Three male spectators target All Blacks fan after she objects to their homophobic jibes. Stadium bosses respnd by saying that it is not their job to be the PC police. Full story here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10889946 Would stadium...

This article provides a contrast between the business model underpinning the Bundesliga clubs and the EPL clubs: http://www.soccerissue.com/2012/02/03/the-bundesliga-understands-football-better-2/ ...average crowd size for the Bundesliga is 42,101...which is more than the EPL.

New Zealand Hawks to take on Australia The AIS-AFL Academy will send a squad of Australia’s brightest future AFL stars to New Zealand for a nine day tour in January 2012. An amazing list of players with New Zealand heritage have been listed in the initial New Zealand squad in a move that...

I am keen to identify examples where a club and a player have been in conflict over sponsorships. For example, players wants to sign a deal with X but club has an agreement with Y (who is a competitor of X). Thanks.

I am trying to connect the dots on a bit of 'ancient Tiger history'. TAC decided the end the sponsorship agreement on April 2, 2005. This would have been about Round 1 of the season. I know that it was agreed that Richmond would retain the first AUS$200,000 installment from TAC, but would...

Jeff Kennett was in Auckland yesterday and took the time to spread the gospel: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10715850

Gold Coast will soon begin the next chapter of their short history. Looking back on their short history, what would you consider the most interesting parts of their journey? Would it be fair to say that the Gold Coast expansion process had little in common with the processes that lead to the...

I am desperate to locate any photos that showcase TAC's sponsorship of Collingwood....google searches have proved unsuccessful..ideally looking for the 'back of the jersey' photo with the 'wipe off 5' slogan visible. Can you either post a link to this thread or send photo to me at...

I am desperate to locate any photos that showcase TAC's sponsorship of Richmond....google searches have proved unsuccessful..ideally looking for the 'back of the jersey' photo with the 'drink drive bloody idiot' slogan visible. Can you either post a lik to this thread or send photo to me at...

Alternate history asks the question, "What if history had developed differently?" Given the exodus of players from Rugby League to play in Europe (see here for a quick reminder...

What do you think are the five biggest, on-field, tactical innovations in the AFL over the last 10 years? What do you think was the source of this innovation? In other words, where did these ideas come from?

Mick 'The Galloping Gasometer' Nolan died overnight at age 59. http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/cancer-claims-genial-north-giant/2008/05/27/1211654037445.html...what Watched Mick play for Mayne in the QAFL for many years after his VFL career. Favourite memory was in a Queensland vs...

The executive summary of the report is available here: http://westcoasteagles.com.au/tabid/7155/News/NewsArticle/Default.aspx?newsId=55280 Presumably the full report - and not just the executive summary - is not being made available for public consumption. Is tis correct?

http://www.nzafl.co.nz/News/HurricanesLearnAussieRulestheHardWay/tabid/239/Default.aspx

The following details is a press release issued by New Zealand Australian Football League Inc. 10/1/2008 1.30pm Battle of the codes In what could be viewed as a first in New Zealand the Wellington Hurricanes Super 14 Franchise will take on the Wellington Tigers Australian...

It is obvious that from time all the AFL clubs will meet with each other to discuss matters of mutual interest. Are there occassions when only certain clubs get together to discuss matters independently of some other clubs. An obvious grouping might be Victorian vs non-Victorian clubs...

Given that the AFL is both manager of the elite competiton and keeper of the code, do you think it 1) appropriate and 2) feasible/likely that the state football organisations (e.g. WAFL, SANFL, AFLV) will one day be able to appoint (alongside of the AFL clubs) the commissioners? Will the AFL...

Australian Football does not have an an established 'hybrid' format of the game in the same way that Rugby League and Rugby Union have 7-a-side versions of the game, and soccer has Futsal and other 'reduced numbers' versions of the game. In terms of non-football sport, cricket and its test...

I was just looking at at the Lions website where Matthews is listed as 'Head of Football Operations' and Graeme Allan is the 'Football Manager'. Presumably Matthews is king of the football department and reports to the CEO. Amongst the AFL clubs, is it ever the case where the coach reports...