No, not an advertisement for The Price is Right, but in what people are already talking about as 2008 AFL Mark Of The Year, Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd took a huge one against Melbourne on the weekend. Gotta love Tony Shaw – (vomit!) – calling it “That’s A Car” – in reference to the prize [...]
There is nothing better in football for an Essendon fan to beat Carlton or Collingwood. In recent weeks, Essendon has done both of those things. Knights Savours Most Satisfying Win Essendon struggled in the early part of the season. A new coach and new game plan still settling in with the players. Now, with some [...]
Here’s a fun video of James Hird undergoing a fitness test at Windy Hill during his final season. Since the demolition of the southern part of the ground, it’s pretty easy to get to the oval from the road outside. And as these gentlemen with the video camera soon discover, a “closed training session”, really [...]
Essendon champion James Hird retired from the AFL last weekend. Hoping for a fairytale win as a send off, things didn’t look good at three-quarter time when the Bombers were down to the Eagles by 50 points. At the huddle, Hird pleaded to the players for “one last memory” before he retired. The players, and [...]
There is almost nothing more important for an Essendon fan, than for the Bombers to beat Carlton at every possible opportunity. After losing to the Blues in dramatic circumstances earlier in the season, the Bombers were out to make sure the same did not happen again – and so it eventuated – with Essendon running [...]
After 27 years at the helm of the mighty Essendon Football Club, it was announced today that the club would not be renewing Kevin Sheedy’s contract when it expires at the end of the season. End Of A Bomber Dynasty “They’ve been absolutely fantastic as a club. You don’t often get to coach the club [...]
One from the archives here, Round 14, 2001. Essendon met the Western Bulldogs in an away game at the then Colonial Stadium, now Telstra Dome. More accurately, in the second quarter, the Western Bulldogs met Gary Moorcroft. I was there that night, unfortunately at the other end of the ground, but was proud to be [...]
