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I was also Team Manager under Coach Carl Ditterich in 1979, as well as Legal adviser to the staff and players for many years. Also dabbled in recruiting many years ago, before the draft existed and s

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This is the current staff list. I was on the Board in 1985 and the staff then would have been about 10% of the current number. Then again so was the turnover. For those that don't know the names of

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What probably would have been the greatest, was having Wayne "the Dominator" Johnston sitting outside the G in the car with WJ, while I was inside the MFC offices trying to convince our General Manage

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I found a list of of (2014) part-time support staff and volunteers (most of the 'fitness & conditoniing staff appear in the opening post):

Fitness & Conditioning

Zeeshan Arain – Head Doctor

Paul Blackman – Doctor

Bianca Scotney – Doctor

James Pope – Podiatrist

Joel Ames – Physiotherapist

Jo Shinewell – Nutritionist

James McGeoch – Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

James McLaren – VFL Doctor

Jimmy Kostaras – Boxing Coach

Player Welfare

Dave Williams – Sports Psychologist

Simon McCormick – Club Chaplin

Volunteers

Brian Dobson - Property

Marty Dobson - Property

James Lockhart - Property

Josh Meddings - Property

James Brown - Property

John Clare - Property

Barry King – Doorman

Mark Wilkinson – Doorman

Joe Cardamone – Doorman

Matthew Hannan - Statistician

Michael Tye - Statistician

Alex Murgaski - Statistician

Geoff Muscat - Statistician

Andrew Wilson - Statistician

Karen Woodroofe – Volunteer

Kaye Hargreaves – Volunteer

Julie Lockhart – Volunteer

Trainers &Therapists

John Stanaway – Head Trainer

James Yatomi Clark

Ian Nathan

Chris Heddle

Kara Pratt

Djeke Hoedemaker

Shimon Goldman

Shelley Placek

Nick Trapini

Nick Kodric

Daniel Mckay

Jake Treacy

Joshua Vaughan

Kim Hamer

Elisa Ringeri

Edward Gurry

Elizabeth Leggett

Dylan Langes

Julia Caplan

Eleni Frossynos

Tim Webber

Maria Teseriotis

We have quite a contingent to support the team but probably a lot less than the 'bigger' clubs. Its easy to see where the Football Department budget goes and why the AFL has introduced a 'tax' on clubs who exceed a certain 'football department' spend.

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I was also Team Manager under Coach Carl Ditterich in 1979, as well as Legal adviser to the staff and players for many years.

Also dabbled in recruiting many years ago, before the draft existed and started the club's first members magazine, Demon's World. The first player interviewed was either the great Robbie or the current MCC President Steven Smith.

Happy to share some stories if they don't bore people and don't get me in too much trouble.

Actually I will share one now.

In 1979, as I said, I was Team Manager and we were playing at the old South Melbourne Lakeside ground. Phil Carman approached me in the rooms and said he had a bad case of the runs and didn't think he could play. He was of course very concerned and didn't know what to do. I grabbed the Doctor who gave him either an injection or a tablet, just before the game and he played. At each break he would leave the ground and hit the WC. By game's end thankfully he was feeling better.

BTW, he kicked 5 goals and was our best player.

Come out Redleg, who are you? Regarding Fabulous Phil, was that the day he took a screamer over the pack at the Members end of the ground? I was on the fence in the pocket and it was something to behold. My guess is that it probably was the day because apart from the mark, Phil looked listless all day and played a poor game. The whole team was poor and we lost surprise surprise. But it was worth enduring the loss just to see that mark. From memory Fabulous walked back from 30-35 metres and missed. He was an enigma.

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Come out Redleg, who are you? Regarding Fabulous Phil, was that the day he took a screamer over the pack at the Members end of the ground? I was on the fence in the pocket and it was something to behold. My guess is that it probably was the day because apart from the mark, Phil looked listless all day and played a poor game. The whole team was poor and we lost surprise surprise. But it was worth enduring the loss just to see that mark. From memory Fabulous walked back from 30-35 metres and missed. He was an enigma.

Tony Sullivan let go in the back end taking a big mark one game back in the 70's!

Crackers Keenan told the story in his first book "Crackers" hilarious read, i leant it to someone and never got it back. Would love to read it again..

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I wonder how many DLanders registered work inside the club (excluding Satyr) I would be interested to hear how harmonious and different the club is now.

PJ is doing a superb job from the outside....

My sister worked there on reception in the mid 80's.

There was a lot of fun at that time apparently. One was Synes and co locking Sis in a cupboard from memory (all innocent fun mind you!!)

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Come out Redleg, who are you? Regarding Fabulous Phil, was that the day he took a screamer over the pack at the Members end of the ground? I was on the fence in the pocket and it was something to behold. My guess is that it probably was the day because apart from the mark, Phil looked listless all day and played a poor game. The whole team was poor and we lost surprise surprise. But it was worth enduring the loss just to see that mark. From memory Fabulous walked back from 30-35 metres and missed. He was an enigma.

I think that was a different day.

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It's a very big list - I wonder how many are part-time, or even casual? But I'm very pleased to see we have a Head Doctor.

Agree Tunna. The medicos are really important. They need to be medicos who have excellent diagnostic skills and of high integrity. Ever since Andrew Daff left several years ago we have had a problem. Not helped by Dan Bates link with Dank. These guys play a critical role in injury management and it cannot be left to people like Misson and para medical people including physios to manage alone.

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What probably would have been the greatest, was having Wayne "the Dominator" Johnston sitting outside the G in the car with WJ, while I was inside the MFC offices trying to convince our General Manager, to recruit him.

He agreed to take him, but the deal fell over when Carlton asked for Tom Flower as a trade. Tom had kicked 5 goals in the last game the year before and he was of course Robbie's brother. It was of course dismissed out of hand.

Wayne at that stage had not played a game for Carlton, was rejected twice by them and was a Prahran player. Typical of the scum to seek a fair player for a rejected player who wasn't even on their list.

It clearly worked out well for them.

I was also heavily into Jimmy Buckley early in his career and we again couldn't get the deal over the line.

Graham Yeats would be my biggest success, bringing him over from Prahran under 19's after a tip from his Coach, a mate of mine.

John Dellamarta and the late Wayne "Flash" Gordon were among a few other players I helped bring to the club.

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We are currently about 2500 members short of our record. An unexpected win and maybe a couple of new players debuting, could lift the excitement and get us to a record level.

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My sister worked there on reception in the mid 80's.

There was a lot of fun at that time apparently. One was Synes and co locking Sis in a cupboard from memory (all innocent fun mind you!!)

When Stuie Spencer was in charge.

Great man Stuie he almost got us the 13th...

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I wonder how many DLanders registered work inside the club (excluding Satyr) I would be interested to hear how harmonious and different the club is now.

PJ is doing a superb job from the outside....

A lot of the staff I interact with have stayed the same, PJ trimmed at the top, the staff have always been a good team and helped the club drag itself back from the edge

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What probably would have been the greatest, was having Wayne "the Dominator" Johnston sitting outside the G in the car with WJ, while I was inside the MFC offices trying to convince our General Manager, to recruit him.

He agreed to take him, but the deal fell over when Carlton asked for Tom Flower as a trade. Tom had kicked 5 goals in the last game the year before and he was of course Robbie's brother. It was of course dismissed out of hand.

Wayne at that stage had not played a game for Carlton, was rejected twice by them and was a Prahran player. Typical of the scum to seek a fair player for a rejected player who wasn't even on their list.

It clearly worked out well for them.

I was also heavily into Jimmy Buckley early in his career and we again couldn't get the deal over the line.

Graham Yeats would be my biggest success, bringing him over from Prahran under 19's after a tip from his Coach, a mate of mine.

John Dellamarta and the late Wayne "Flash" Gordon were among a few other players I helped bring to the club.

Yeata! One of my favorites. Thanks.

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You mean we won 12 premierships with ten percent less staff and a tenth of the income. Sack the lot of them now! Just like big Government most of them are just siting on Facebook.

Should we be paying all of our players the equivalent wages that they would have been earning in 1964 (adjusted for inflation of course) until they bring us No.13?

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