Amazing coincidences in football

[Franc de Borges]

What? How was it not?

A normal year is defined as 365 days. However, if you measure the exact amount of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun, the number is actually 365.242199 days. By adding one extra day to every fourth year, we get an average of 365.25 days per year, which is fairly close to the actual number. To get even closer to the actual number, every 100 years is not a leap year, but every 400 years is a leap year. That brings the average length of the year to 365.2425 days, which is very close to the actual number.

Putting all of these rules together, you can see that a year is a leap year not only if it is divisible by 4 - it also has to be divisible by 400 if it is a centurial year. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was.

 

[LiterallyNobody]

A normal year is defined as 365 days. However, if you measure the exact amount of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun, the number is actually 365.242199 days. By adding one extra day to every fourth year, we get an average of 365.25 days per year, which is fairly close to the actual number. To get even closer to the actual number, every 100 years is not a leap year, but every 400 years is a leap year. That brings the average length of the year to 365.2425 days, which is very close to the actual number.

Putting all of these rules together, you can see that a year is a leap year not only if it is divisible by 4 - it also has to be divisible by 400 if it is a centurial year. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was.

Interesting I never thought of it that way. Will bump this on the eve of 2100 if I am still alive - hopefully I am coz I need as many years as possible to see my team win a premiership.

 

[queensberryrules]

What? How was it not?

Must be divisible by 400.

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[Wallaby]

A normal year is defined as 365 days. However, if you measure the exact amount of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun, the number is actually 365.242199 days. By adding one extra day to every fourth year, we get an average of 365.25 days per year, which is fairly close to the actual number. To get even closer to the actual number, every 100 years is not a leap year, but every 400 years is a leap year. That brings the average length of the year to 365.2425 days, which is very close to the actual number.

Putting all of these rules together, you can see that a year is a leap year not only if it is divisible by 4 - it also has to be divisible by 400 if it is a centurial year. So 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was.

Even that's not 100% correct - there is still a small discrepancy. It has been proposed that years divisible by 4000 are not leap years, or that there is some adjustment made around years 40,000.
We've only had the current Leap Year 'rules' going for less than 500 years, so there's plenty of time to sort it out. However, I might dust off my COBOL skills, because there's sure to be some highly-paid work available for IT contractors with the 'Y4K' problem.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Collingwood's 2 picks born in 1991 in the 2009 AFLM Draft, Ben Sinclair and Josh Thomas, were both born on October 1.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Also that same draft, Nathan Fyfe (20) was taken one pick after Ben Griffiths (19.)

In a case of draft imitating life, Fyfe (18-09-1991) was born one day after Ben Griffiths (17-09-1991.)

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Make this a 2009 Draft trifecta.

Jack Trengove was born on the 2nd day in September 1991.

He was pick 2 in the '09 draft.

 

[Bastyy]

Aaron Sandilands previously had the number 31, standing at 211cm

Liam Henry, standing at 180cm has now got the number 31

That's a 31cm height difference for these 2 31's!

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Make this a 2009 Draft trifecta.

Jack Trengove was born on the 2nd day in September 1991.

He was pick 2 in the '09 draft.

s**t!
Just realised September's the 9th month of the year.

And Trengove wore No. 09 at the Dees.

Carry on guys.

 

[The_Irony]

1994: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name john, who were twins.
2007: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name jim who were twins.
2013: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name billy who were twins.

 

[The_Irony]

since 1995 every year the anzac day match has been played on anzac day

 

[emuboy]

Mark Williams was a very busy man in 2004.

He lead the goal-kicking for Hawthorn, coached Port Adelaide Power to the AFL premiership and also coached the Sandringham Zebras to the VFL flag.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Some observations on how the number 27 was prominent in North Melbourne's grand final appearances of 1977.

• 1977 marked 27 years since North Melbourne first appeared in a grand final
• They were forced to play both grand finals without their captain Keith Greig, who had a knee injury. Greig's guernsey number was 27
• In the draw, North were trailing by 27 points at 3/4 time
• At 3/4 time in the draw, there were a combined total of 27 behinds (North 15, Collingwood 12)
• At 3/4 time in the replay, there were a combined total of 27 goals (North 15, Collingwood 12)
• The replay was North Melbourne's 27th game of the season, the only time a team has played this many
• John Cassin was the only player to play all 27 games, again, the only time this has occurred
• North won the replay by 27 points

And amazingly, the margin in that GF was
.
.
.
38 points.


Seriously, very nice work on the number 27.

 

[emuboy]

Essendon has had two 122-point victories in its history and remarkably with the same scoreline - 27.20-182 to 8.12-60.

Both wins were at the MCG and nine years apart, the Bombers defeating Melbourne in Round 15 1986 and then the Adelaide Crows in Round 14 1995. Only one player was present in both matches - Paul Salmon from Essendon.

 

[BigVic]

Richmond‘s women’s side is goalless in the first half, in their first ever game.

Richmond were goalless in the first half, of their first ever game in 1885.

History repeats itself.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Richmond‘s women’s side is goalless in the first half, in their first ever game.

Richmond were goalless in the first half, of their first ever game in 1885.

History repeats itself.

Richmond goalless half has a nice ring to it.

 

[situationz]

1994: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name john, who were twins.
2007: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name jim who were twins.
2013: carlton vs collingwood had 2 runners from with the name billy who were twins.

Who names both their twins the same name?

 

[BigVic]

May 5 1900: St Kilda’s men beat Melbourne to record the club’s first win in the VFL.

February 21 2020: St Kilda’s women beat Melbourne to record the club’s first win in AFLW.

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Richmond’s 2017 and 2019 GF teams have a very peculiar characteristic.

In 2017 Jack Graham earns NSM votes in just his fifth AFL game. OMG WTF. (Does any statistician superstar [Ron_the_Bear?] reading this know the next least experienced player to ever do this?)

Fast forward two years and a more epic example of this phenomenon happens when Marlion Pickett earns NSM votes in just his first AFL game FFS.

That’s not all.

It was Jack Graham’s unavailability for the 2019 GF through injury that allowed Pickett to participate. Amazing.

 

[boncer34]

Who names both their twins the same name?

My guess is not each other's twin.

 

[jarrod_island_doggies]

May 5 1900: St Kilda’s men beat Melbourne to record the club’s first win in the VFL.

February 21 2020: St Kilda’s women beat Melbourne to record the club’s first win in AFLW.

Just amazing to think the VFL Saints went three whole seasons winless before that...then backed it up with 24 losses too!

 

[Mofra]

From the Bulldogs board:

E.J. Whitten was 21 when he won his best and fairest in the 1954 premiership year. Bont was months shy of his 21st when he did the same.

E.J. Whitten became captain in 1957 which depending on dates was 23 or 24. Bont became captain weeks after his 24th birthday.

Bont was also born exactly 100 days after E.J. passed away...

 

[emuboy]

John Hutton was a pretty handy key position player of the early to mid 1990s who strangely played three seasons in four seasons for three different teams - Brisbane Bears (1992), Sydney Swans (1993) and Fremantle Dockers (1995) despite being the No 1 draft pick of 1991.

He famously kicked three bags of eight goals - two of which were against his future team Sydney for Brisbane in Round 23 1992 (last Bears game at Carrara) and then for Fremantle against his former club Sydney in Round 6 1995, a rare day game at the Perth WACA Ground.

Hutton's other eight goal haul was achieved against Geelong in Round 7 1992 in a game in which the Brisbane Bears were beaten by 164 points. Just over a year later, the Brisbane Bears demolished Sydney by 162-points at the GABBA - and by this stage Hutton was a Swan, although he didn't play against the Bears that day. However, in his limited appearances for Sydney Hutton's best game was a four goal hall and winning plenty of the ball against North Melbourne in Round 6 1993 at Princes Park, a game where the Kangaroos demolished the Swans by 124 points, 35.19-229 to 16.9-105.

Along with Hutton, there were two other members of WAFL club Claremont's 1991 premiership team in this Swans team thrashed by North - Tony Begovich and Andrew McGovern. Hutton and McGovern would go on to be teammates again at the Dockers in 1995, along with fellow Swan Scott Watters.

 

[emuboy]

In Round 17 1979, Fitzroy kicked a league record score of 36.22-238 in crushing Melbourne 6.12-48 by 190-points. Playing for the Lions that day is Robert Walls, while Greg Wells was in the beaten Demons' team.

Thirteen years later in Round 7 1992 Geelong break the record score with 37.17-239 in a 164-point win over the Brisbane Bears 11.9-75 at Carrara. Robert Walls is coach of the Brisbane Bears, and Greg Wells is an assistant coach/runner for the Geelong Cats.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Who names both their twins the same name?

Superb!