Classic Game Review – 1980 Escort Cup Grand Final
The Mongrel jumps in his time machine and heads back to the 80s.
North Melbourne and Collingwood lock horns in the Escort Cup Grand Final, and the Mongrel has tracked down a great copy
Footy History
Fighting Father Time – The lure of one more year
The desire to play just one more year is a powerful one, and it is one that can lead to glory or disaster.
The Mongrel takes a look at some of the players who may have made a different decision if they had their time over again.
With the benefit of Hindsight – Redrafting the Suns.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If Stuart Dew could go back and change things at the Gold Coast eight years ago, what strings would he pull?
The Mongrel takes a look at the options he’d have, and what the Suns could now look like.
Not Close Enough – how 150 goals in a season has remained unbroken.
Only two men have ever topped 150 goals in a season.
The Mongrel takes a look at those who could've, and perhaps should've topped that mystical mark.
Has Buddy Franklin gone past Wayne Carey?
For many, Wayne Carey is the greatest footballer of the modern era, but there is a bloke closing in fast.
He may have already gone past him.
Who Missed out on the Hall of Fame?
This week we welcomed the class of 2018 into the Hall of Fame, and celebrated the elevation of Kevin Sheedy to Legendary status.
The Mongrel takes a look at some who were unlucky to miss out on an induction into the Hall.
An Oral History of Hawthorn v Geelong – The Curse
We've done Matthews-Bruns. We've done 1989. Only one remains. The Kennett Curse.
The Mongrel Presents - The Oral History of Hawthorn v Geelong.
An Oral History of the Geelong v Hawthorn Rivalry Part Two – 1989
We whet your appetite with Part One, but now The Mongrel's Oral History of Hawthorn v Geelong moves onto the main course - 1989
An Oral History of the Geelong v Hawthorn Rivalry Part One – The Bruns Incident
The Geelong-Hawthorn rivalry is one of the best in modern football, but this has roots many years before.
In the first of a three-part series, The Mongrel presents an oral history of 'The Bruns Incident'.