Amazing coincidences in football

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Are they really amazing coincidences though? Pretty common.

You think it is pretty common for a team containing that season’s Brownlow Medallist to lose the Grand Final to a team they beat in the Grand Final the previous season when that team contained that season’s Brownlow Medallist?

When did that happen before or since?

 

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Not a massive coincidence but Carlton had two unrelated ruck-men named Jones at the same time.

 

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Forgive me for one from Scottish soccer: Mr Douglas Park is the chairman of Rangers Football Club. Fellow Premier League team Hamilton plays at New Douglas Park, which was named after their previous stadium Douglas Park. Neither stadium has any connection to Mr Douglas Park.

 

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You're Lyon

The two best footballers of the last 40 years are both called Gary.

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A number of St Kilda and Adelaide coaches have had their tenures at these clubs end after matches between the Saints and Crows as follows:

Robert Shaw - Shaw ended a disappointing two year stint as Adelaide Crows coach in 1995 and 1996 with a heavy loss to St Kilda at Waverley Park in Round 22 1996.

Neil Craig - A disastrous 103-point defeat to St Kilda late in the 2011 season in which the Crows kicked just 3.6-24 saw Adelaide dismiss Neil Craig from the senior coaches role.

Brenton Sanderson

Brenton Sanderson

Age

46

Ht

185cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

4.6

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

22.4

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

- The Crows finished a mid ladder season in 2014 with a 14 goal demolition of hapless wooden spooner St Kilda, but despite having taken the Crows within a kick of the 2012 Grand Final it wasn't enough for Brenton Sanderson

Brenton Sanderson

Age

46

Ht

185cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

4.6

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

22.4

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

to keep his job as Adelaide Crows senior coach.

Malcolm Blight - The first and surprisingly to this day only Adelaide Crows' premiership coach in 1997 & 1998, Blight retired from coaching after the 1999 season, but returned as St Kilda coach in 2001. It didn't go very well, and after just 15 rounds Blight was sacked by the Saints after an abysmal 97 point thrashing by Adelaide.

 

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A number of St Kilda and Adelaide coaches have had their tenures at these clubs end after matches between the Saints and Crows as follows:

Robert Shaw - Shaw ended a disappointing two year stint as Adelaide Crows coach in 1995 and 1996 with a heavy loss to St Kilda at Waverley Park in Round 22 1996.

Neil Craig - A disastrous 103-point defeat to St Kilda late in the 2011 season in which the Crows kicked just 3.6-24 saw Adelaide dismiss Neil Craig from the senior coaches role.

Brenton Sanderson - The Crows finished a mid ladder season in 2014 with a 14 goal demolition of hapless wooden spooner St Kilda, but despite having taken the Crows within a kick of the 2012 Grand Final it wasn't enough for Brenton Sanderson to keep his job as Adelaide Crows senior coach.

Malcolm Blight - The first and surprisingly to this day only Adelaide Crows' premiership coach in 1997 & 1998, Blight retired from coaching after the 1999 season, but returned as St Kilda coach in 2001. It didn't go very well, and after just 15 rounds Blight was sacked by the Saints after an abysmal 97 point thrashing by Adelaide.

Phil Walsh - The last victory he coached at Adelaide oval was against St Kilda.

 

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Phil Walsh - The last victory he coached at Adelaide oval was against St Kilda.

Don Pyke's last win as Adelaide coach was against St Kilda

 

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Malcolm Blight - The first and surprisingly to this day only Adelaide Crows' premiership coach in 1997 & 1998, Blight retired from coaching after the 1999 season, but returned as St Kilda coach in 2001. It didn't go very well, and after just 15 rounds Blight was sacked by the Saints after an abysmal 97 point thrashing by Adelaide.

And Adelaide's first premiership was won against St Kilda.

 

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And Adelaide's first premiership was won against St Kilda.

St Kilda and Adelaide's first encounter was in Round 7 1991 at Moorabbin, and saw Tony Lockett playing his first match of the year having been injured in the pre-season. Lockett kicked 12.6 and St Kilda won by 131-points, 24.18-162 to 4.7-31, a record winning margin for the Saints at the time.

 

[BigVic]

And Adelaide's first premiership was won against St Kilda.

Lots of coincidences there with St Kilda and Adelaide.

 

[BigVic]

St Kilda lost to Port Adelaide in a PF in 2004 and best Adelaide in a QF Final in 2005 at Football Park.

 

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At Sydney, Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

28

Ht

183cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

wears No. 26.

At Carlton, Luke Parks has just been given No. 26.

 

[BigVic]

When Joel Selwood won his first V/AFL premiership in 2007 the oldest living V/AFL premiership player was 96 year old Joe Sellwood (GEEL 1937) Joe Sellwood was born on this day in 1911

 

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1900 Melbourne win premiership..... 100 years later (2000) Melbourne lose Grand Final
1901 Essendon win premiership....... 100 years later (2001) Essendon lose Grand Final
1902 Collingwood win premiership....... 100 years later (2002) Collingwood lose Grand Final
1903 Collingwood win premiership....... 100 years later (2003) Collingwood lose Grand Final
1904 Fitzroy win premiership....... 100 years later (2004) Brisbane Lions lose Grand Final

Dan , you either have too much spare time
or
access to a very good data base of results
or

(more likely) both