Amazing coincidences in football

[RUNVS]

The Swans new draftee Will Hayward, well his 4th grade teacher is an assistant coach at the Swans.

 

[big_e]

The Swans new draftee Will Hayward, well his 4th grade teacher is an assistant coach at the Swans.

Drafted to the AFL and he's still in grade four - impressive!

 

[GetDimmaBack]

John Kennedy Snr coached against the Dogs in the 1961 GF.

At the Dogs' next GF appearance, John Kennedy's grandson (Josh P) played against them.

I am NOT making sh1t up.

 

[Mero]

John Kennedy Snr coached against the Dogs in the 1961 GF.

At the Dogs' next GF appearance, John Kennedy's grandson (Josh P) played against them.

I am NOT making sh1t up.

1985 Prelim they played Hawthorn and lost after two of the dodgiest free kicks you've ever seen.
John Kennedy Jnr played for Hawthorn and was the recipient of one of those free kicks.

 

[PerfectFooty]

I had a feeling this thread was going to be bumped after the draft

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The Swans new draftee Will Hayward, well his 4th grade teacher is an assistant coach at the Swans.

Josh Francou?

 

[RUNVS]

Josh Francou?

Yep. Would feel weird interacting with your 4th grade teacher as an adult.

 

[Raleigh98]

An almost coincidence.

Round 6 of 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900 occupy four of the bottom five lowest average scores in a round.

Round 6 1897 - 24.88
Round 6 1899 - 26.00
Round 6 1900 - 28.00
Round 3 1899 - 29.13
Round 6 1898 - 31.88

That is close to being right up there with the greatest.

 

[Wallaby]

Richmond's highest ever score was made against the Saints.
Richmond's lowest-ever score was made against the Saints.
Richmond' lowest ever score conceded (ie lowest score against) was the Saints.
Richmond's highest ever score conceded was by........well, Geelong can get stuffed.

 

[PowerForGood]

Up until 2011, both Port Adelaide's AFL team and SANFL team won games despite recording their lowest ever score.
Port Adelaide 4.8 v Richmond 3.12
Port Adelaide 1.4 v Norwood 0.5

 

[PCORF]

Adelaide losing 3 times to Fremantle by 1 point. All at Subiaco Oval. Happened in 1998, 2003 and 2007.

Adelaide lost to Fremantle 14.14.98 to 15.7.97 in 1998, won the premiership in 97 and 98.

 

[X_box_X]

Adelaide losing 3 times to Fremantle by 1 point. All at Subiaco Oval. Happened in 1998, 2003 and 2007.

Adelaide lost to Fremantle 14.14.98 to 15.7.97 in 1998, won the premiership in 97 and 98.

Not bad.

In 1928, the Bulldogs played in four games where the match was decided by one point.

In fact, nine of the Bulldogs' 18 games that season were decided by four points or less.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Can't be bothered looking this up, but since 1990 Collingwood has had 3 draws in the finals iirc

1990 prelim
2007? elimination finals v Westcoast
2010 GF

Not sure how many finals we've played over that period (guessing around 25-30?), but its a s**t load of draws.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

In the prelim final VFL, Footscray v Collingwood, at one point scores were 154 - 54

Then it blew out

 

[Gysenn]

1992:
Sydney go 0-7 after a mid-season bye, seventh loss comes on the same day St Kilda beat Hawthorn 130-55

2016-17:
Sydney go 0-7 from last year's Grand Final onwards, seventh loss comes on the same day St Kilda beat Hawthorn 130-55

Bonus round:
That Saints win happened on the 25th of July, 1992. 1992 was 25 years ago.
Today's date is 29/04. 29-4 = 25.

Thanks Michael Thompson for that beauty: https://www.facebook.com/mickeythompsonwrites/
More here:

 

[Exe Gesis]

The gods are trolling planet earth, such coincidences are impossible imo.

 

[Rotayjay]

The gods are trolling planet earth, such coincidences are impossible imo.

I'm no mathematician, but most of the countless things that happen every day are not amazing coincidences. But countless things happen every day on this planet, so some of them are bound to be amazing coincidences surely.

 

[iBeng]

Another amazing coincidence, the Lions are still s**t after their third coach post Matthews.

 

[PowerForGood]

I'm no mathematician, but most of the countless things that happen every day are not amazing coincidences. But countless things happen every day on this planet, so some of them are bound to be amazing coincidences surely.

One of my favourite sayings..... "You know why they call a coincidence a "one in a million" shot and not a "none in a million" shot? Because it DOES happen once in a million times. If you drive past one a billion times, then you will see 1000 "one in a million" shots".

 

[X_box_X]

In the four matches Footscray and Fitzroy played between 1992-1995, Footscray's scores were 146, 146, 144 and 146.

Looking specifically at the 1992 and 1993 matches, Chris Mitchell umpired in those two matches, both of which Footscray won 146-84. Footscray was on 64 at half time in both matches.

 

[beert]

One of my favourite sayings..... "You know why they call a coincidence a "one in a million" shot and not a "none in a million" shot? Because it DOES happen once in a million times. If you drive past one a billion times, then you will see 1000 "one in a million" shots".

As The Whitlams sang...

She's one in a million...
which means there's five more like her just in New South Wales!

 

[Rack Watts]

The Swans new draftee Will Hayward, well his 4th grade teacher is an assistant coach at the Swans.

Brendan Bolton was my PE teacher.

 

[Heardy_101]

Travis Cooke's uncle was a relief teacher at my second high school.

 

[X_box_X]

Echoes of '55

The challenge confronting the Bulldogs this weekend bears a remarkable resemblance to the one faced by the Doggies in 1955.

Consider the following final home-and-away round scenario for the Western Bulldogs.

The Doggies - the reigning premiers - have a slight chance of making the finals, but need several things to go their way if they are to do so. Firstly, they'll need to beat a team that, while out of the premiership race, will be looking to send off a long-term stalwart player on a high. Mind you, the Dogs will also have an old stager (or two) of their own playing their last game if they can't sneak into the finals.

Even if the Bulldogs do get over the line for a 12th win of the season, the chances are they'll be pipped in the race to play finals by Essendon, who will be taking on another team that can't make the finals, one which has lost its last couple of matches and has won only eight games for the season. A Bombers victory will see them into the finals, also with 12 wins, but ahead of the Dogs by virtue of a better percentage, even if the red, white and blue can conjure up a big win.

This is, of course, the scenario that most current Doggies fans will recognise as the one that confronts their team this weekend. What many won't realise, however, is that the two paragraphs above also describe exactly what the Bulldogs faced going into the last home-and-away round of the 1955 season, the year after they won a drought-breaking flag.

That season saw the Bulldogs taking on also-rans North Melbourne in the last round, the Kangaroos' farewelling veteran Vic Lawrence who was playing his last VFL match, just as Luke Hodge will be playing his last for Hawthorn, the Bulldogs’ opponent this Friday. For the Dogs, missing out on the finals would mean that old stager Dave Bryden would have played his last game, as will be the case for Bob Murphy and Matthew Boyd this week.

The retiring veteran players of 1955 were perhaps not quite of the ilk of the 2017 crop, and the 2017 Bulldogs' scenario is complicated by the chances of a couple of other teams also being in the mix but the parallels between the two season climaxes are nonetheless quite remarkable.

History shows that the Dogs and the Dons both got up to win in the final round of ’55, with Essendon sneaking into the finals on percentage as expected. Should the Dogs get up against Hawthorn on Friday night, the sad likelihood for them is that that they will still miss out on September action, because the odds are heavily in favour of Essendon defeating the out-of-sorts Fremantle, just as it defeated the out-of-sorts Hawthorn in the final round of 1955 to finish on 12 wins, the same total as the Bulldogs, but with a better percentage.

So for fans of red, white and blue this week, it’s very much a case of Doggy déjà vu, with the Dons standing between the Sons of the West and another shot at premiership glory, just as they did 62 years ago.

The good news for the Bulldogs is that the first time this scenario played out in 1955, they bounced back in 1956 to make the finals (falling a game short of making the Grand Final), with one of their young stars (Peter Box) winning the Brownlow Medal. If things don't work out for the Dogs this weekend, their fans will be hoping the team can emulate - and then exceed -the 1956 effort, by bringing home another premiership in 2018 and maybe a Brownlow Medal to boot.

 

[JCHolmes]

OK to elaborate on West Coast and Sydney mid 2000s;


They played against each other in 5 finals games across 3 seasons 2004-2006. They have only played 5 in total against each other in their history.

2005 - WC beat Syd by 4 points in QF, Syd then beat WC by 4 points in the GF. Cousins wins Brownlow.

2006 – Syd beat WC by 1 point in QF, WC then beat Syd by 1 point in the GF. Goodes wins Brownlow.

2007 Rd 1 WC Beat Syd by 1 point.

Both teams had a 1994 West Coast Eagles premiership player on their team, Sydney Jason Ball 2005, WC Drew Banfield 2005 & 2006.

The records say that they have the most consecutive games where the margin is 1 point (3 games, 2006 QF, 2006 GF, 2007 RD 1), next best is 2 games shared by 6 pairings.

They also have the records of lowest points difference across 4 & 5 & 6 consecutive games with daylight between the rest.