Scandal What's each clubs biggest scandal over the years?

[Sweetback]

Collingwood had the rape case involving Beams and McCarthy.

I would have thought the St Kilda schoolgirl fiasco was their watermark. That had more angles than a geodome.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Trying to think of one for Fremantle other then approaching Lyon during the season. Jeff Farmer has a section titled 'Controversial Incidents' on his wikipedia page, but every club has had at least one player with an alcohol problem and a short fuse.

Demolition Derby perhaps?

 

[Bennett.]

Hird's fine for calling Scott McLaren disgraceful?

That works

 

[Bennett.]

Salary cap cheats in a premiership year?

That worked

 

[Topkent]

Jesse Hogan on the smokes at a music festival also springs to mind.

Probably a bigger scandal than losing the 2 biggest figured in Melbourne history

 

[frenchconnection]

Worst 5
Essendon doping
WC mid 2000's drug abuse
Carlton Salary cap
Carey
Carlton Tanking

What about the Melbourne tanking also?

 

[Boomerfan99]

I suspect that the culture around such things would have given a woman no defence in the 70s/80s (or, come to think of it, even now).

So what were the facts in that case? Another bigfooty thread that it was hia girlfriend.

 

[iameviljez]

So what were the facts in that case? Another bigfooty thread that it was hia girlfriend.

I doubt anyone on BF knows the facts.

As a general rule - not necessarily relevant to this scenario - I should point out that it is very, very possible to rape your own girlfriend.

 

[Boomerfan99]

I doubt anyone on BF knows the facts.

As a general rule - not necessarily relevant to this scenario - I should point out that it is very, very possible to rape your own girlfriend.

Yep I understand that. But was just wondering if it was someone he knew or a complete random.

 

[Countrypie]

If the Alicia Horan tragedy had occurred in 2014 you wouldn't have a question mark there.

Also the origin of Micky Turner's nickname "Windows" is extremely dark.

I wondered if anyone remembered

 

[TerryWallet]

Lining up on the MCG in a Grand Final with Mark Athorn and Tim Powell on the wings.

Was the first sign of David Parkin's senility.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Western Bulldogs and Adelaide had that Tahlia brothers saga.

 

[Present Not Past]

That this photo exists representing our only flag win.

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

I watched my first VFL game in the early 80's as a young tacker, have seen plenty at the Swans:

Forced relocation to Sydney
Barry Round/Ricky Quade
Dr Geoffery Edelsten, where do I start?
Leanne Edelsten, where do I start?
You could have bought the club for $10 in the late 80s
Warwick Capper leaving for the Bears
Club almost folded in 92
If you thought Carlton where bad in the mid 2000s or Fitzroy in the mid 90s, we won about half a dozen games from 92-94.
Cross dressing Heuskes
Dunkley's court challenge to play 96 grand final
Fliandia biting someones testicle in reserves game
Richard Colless flipping the bird at Eddie on Footy Show
Recruiting Buddy

just to name a few

 

[sosos]

Carlton's litany of sins are numerous but the curse some Yorta Yorta elders laid on to John Elliot sticks out for me as pretty bad

Without knowing for sure, I have a feeling that the indigenous players gathered at Carlton, now at the club are in a better environment than their equivalents of the day during the Elliot reign. If that's actually the case I sometimes wonder if by some miracle the curse could one day be released by some kind Yorta Yorta elder.

Maybe someone should ask.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Carlton's litany of sins are numerous but the curse some Yorta Yorta elders laid on to John Elliot sticks out for me as pretty bad

Without knowing for sure, I have a feeling that the indigenous players gathered at Carlton, now at the club are in a better environment than their equivalents of the day during the Elliot reign. If that's actually the case I sometimes wonder if by some miracle the curse could one day be released by some kind Yorta Yorta elder.

Maybe someone should ask.

Nah, why mess with a good thing?

Some idiot purged the colliwobbles and those fools won a flag*. Let not make the same.mistake twice



*melbourne, stkilda, richmond, north, and even carlton did the right thing by humanity. The one time i wanted essendon to do good for the world...,...

 

[Benny78]

Probably retiring Johnson and Chapman early.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Post your suggestions below, we'll fill the blanks in and make a combined list


Adelaide: Kurt Tippett
Brisbane: Sackings
Carlton: Salary Cap
Collingwood: Collingwood against Muslims/The Rat Pack
Essendon: doping
Fremantle: Ross Lyon
Geelong:?
Gold Coast: Harley Benell
GWS: Lachie Whitfield
Hawthorn:?
Melbourne: Tanking
North Melbourne: Carey vs Stevens
Port Adelaide: drink driving
Richmond: steroids
St. Kilda: Stephen Milne
Sydney: Buddy Franklin "mental illness"
West Coast: 2006 Premiers/drugs
Western Bulldogs:?

Essendrugs where cap also

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

For Melbourne it's either sacking Norm Smith, recruiting Heretier Lamumba or trafficking arms to the apartheid government.

Wouldn't it be, ohh AFL please don't let our club do that nasty training camp fiasco?

 

[SCRAY72]

At the Dogs, Jakey and his snakey, his gambling addiction and other associated **** ups.

 

[Werewolf]

That this photo exists representing our only flag win.
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That's where Photoshop comes in handy. Is there a similar photo for 1965 or 1971?

 

[Timewaster]

Saints sacking Milne before he'd been investigated always sat badly with me. No presumption of innocence; ended the career of a long-time player who in the end was not convicted.

All to spare some headlines? Poor loyalty from the club I reckon.

 

[Carson Dial]

Saints sacking Milne before he'd been investigated always sat badly with me. No presumption of innocence; ended the career of a long-time player who in the end was not convicted.

All to spare some headlines? Poor loyalty from the club I reckon.

Yeh but he wasn’t fined $15k for getting confused about which room he was sleeping in. A first grade maggot that got off lightly.

 

[Timewaster]

Yeh but he wasn’t fined $15k for getting confused about which room he was sleeping in. A first grade maggot that got off lightly.

Yeah, sounds pretty grotty, no question. My point is that the club gave him no support at all, before he plead down or was fined for anything

 

[Carson Dial]

Yeah, sounds pretty grotty, no question. My point is that the club gave him no support at all, before he plead down or was fined for anything

Fair enough.