Category Archives: Essendon

Bomber Chapters Of My Life

Having pulled off a series of inspirational wins in 2011, Essendon supporters have definitely gotten value for their money this year – and none was better than the gutsy defeat of the previously unbeaten Geelong several weeks ago, as shown below: Sitting in my usual seat, it came after a couple of difficult weeks in [...]

The Mayor of Essendon Returns

In a fairly corny piece put together by Seven Nightly News in 1993, Mark Thompson was named “the new Mayor of Essendon” for a day, after captaining the Essendon Football Club to the 1993 AFL premiership. With the return of Thompson to Windy Hill in December as the senior assistant to new head coach James [...]

AFL Gains 19th Team!

In breaking news, it appears that a 19th team will join the AFL, after the Gold Coast Suns join in 2011, and Greater Western Sydney join in 2012. As reported in today’s Herald Sun, it appears that the new team will be called “Essdeon”, which defeated St Kilda last night – (must have been a [...]

Double Standard Saints

In what is likely – (unfortunately) – to turn into one of those messy “nobody wins” situation, two players from AFL club St Kilda have been accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl – who also claims she is pregnant as a result of the relationship(s). Pregnant Schoolgirl Claims She Had Sex [...]

Kennett Has Convenient Memory

Well, Jeff Kennett is flapping his gums once again, and is displaying his carefully convenient memory – especially when it comes to the defection of former Hawthorn CEO Ian Robson to Essendon. Kennett Says Robson ‘Wasn’t Totally Focused on Doing His Job’ In today’s media, Kennett states that: Ian came to me at the beginning [...]

Scoreboard!

Three words – “Essendon defeated Carlton”. Kyle Reimers even had a chance to point out the condition of the scoreboard to Dennis Armfield, who felt it was a good idea to give Reimers a mouthful, even after kicking the match sealing goal!

James Hird Rises to the Challenge

History channel time again, and a flashback to AFL Round 3, 2004. After publicly slamming the performance of a particular umpire in the media the previous week, superstar James Hird was under the spotlight from all corners of the football world. But champions know how to respond, and in an astoundingly intense game of football, [...]

From the Vault: New Essendon “Mayor”

Although pretty corny (really), here’s another classic snippet I’ve recovered out of my old video collection. On the Wednesday evening after the 1993 AFL Premiership win, here is captain Mark Thompson becoming the “Mayor of Essendon” for the day. Also included is some great footage of the boys lining up for the official team portrait. [...]