Essendon By The Numbers – Number 5 Jimmy Ayres·February 26, 2023There are two distinguishing features that identify an AFL player when they take the field: The Colours...Footy History·1 Comment·0
Mongrel Book Review – Between The Flags – Making Sense of 57 Years of Heartache HB Meyers·February 17, 2023 To truly appreciate the warmth, one must first experience the cold. As I sat and delved into...AFL Season 2021Footy History·0 Comments·0
Ten Years… Ten Long Years HB Meyers·February 5, 2023I woke up this morning to a throwback article from Mark Robinson in the The Australian, about the...Footy History·4 Comments·0
Nice Move, Coach – The Moves That Worked… And Didn’t HB Meyers·February 3, 2023We all love when a coach tinkers with the lineup, don’t we? You take a good forward, throw...Footy History·7 Comments·0
The Second Place Brownlow HB Meyers·December 30, 2022When I think of the Brownlow medal, images of the winners spring to mind. There they stand, on...Footy History·1 Comment·0
Barry Round’s Legacy to the Bloods Mongrel Staff·December 26, 2022Christmas 1981 was to all South Melbourne supporters and players the bleakest Christmas of all time, as coaches...Footy History·1 Comment·0
The (Almost) Five-Year Draft Grades – 2018 HB Meyers·December 2, 2022I know, I’m going a bit early with this. I could have waited until the start of the...Footy History·7 Comments·0
Superstar Villiains – Rene Kink HB Meyers·November 22, 2022There were two points in my life when I was afraid of Rene Kink. The first was as...Footy History·3 Comments·0
Not Even The Best Drummer In The Beatles? HB Meyers·November 21, 2022There is a famous story regarding The Beatles that may or may not be true depending on what...Footy History·1 Comment·1
Mongrel Time Machine – West Coast v North Melbourne R6 1994 HB Meyers·November 15, 2022I have several of the North Melbourne v West Coast Eagles games from the 1990s tucked away on...Footy History·1 Comment·0
