Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Featured Replies

Posted

I've been waiting all day for another of Demonstone's excellent challenges. While I've been waiting I have put together one of my own. What does this team have in common? (Apologies to Demonstone for stealing his thunder...but it's a long time between last Thursday and next Saturday).

 

B:           Colin Garland (Melb)      Peter Giles (Melb)           Charlie Payne (Ess)

HB:        Nathan Brown (Melb)    Mark Graham (Haw/Rich)           Trent Rivers (Melb)

C:           Brad [censored] (Coll)                Taylor Adams (GWS/Coll)            Daniel Chick (Haw/WC)

HF:        Matthew Bate (Melb)    Ken Hunter (Carlton)      Maverick Weller (GC/St K)

F:           Oscar Allen (WCE)           Doug Wade (Geelong)   Maddie Gay (Melb)

Foll:       Stefan Martin (Melb/Bris/WB)   Clayton Oliver (Melb)     Daisy Pearce (Melb)

Inter:    Bill Sykes (Fitz), Chester Read (Sth Melb/St K), Charles Brownlow (Geel), Marley Williams (Coll/Nth)

Coach: Chris Fagan (Demons)

Edit: The thought never occurred to me that the wingman, Brad, would have his surname censored. It's a common abbreviation of Richard.

Edited by La Dee-vina Comedia

 
Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I've been waiting all day for another of Demonstone's excellent challenges. While I've been waiting I have put together one of my own. What does this team have in common? (Apologies to Demonstone for stealing his thunder...but it's a long time between last Thursday and next Saturday).

 

B:           Colin Garland (Melb)      Peter Giles (Melb)           Charlie Payne (Ess)

HB:        Nathan Brown (Melb)    Mark Graham (Haw/Rich)           Trent Rivers (Melb)

C:           Brad [censored] (Coll)                Taylor Adams (GWS/Coll)            Daniel Chick (Haw/WC)

HF:        Matthew Bate (Melb)    Ken Hunter (Carlton)      Maverick Weller (GC/St K)

F:           Oscar Allen (WCE)           Doug Wade (Geelong)   Maddie Gay (Melb)

Foll:       Stefan Martin (Melb/Bris/WB)   Clayton Oliver (Melb)     Daisy Pearce (Melb)

Inter:    Bill Sykes (Fitz), Chester Read (Sth Melb/St K), Charles Brownlow (Geel), Marley Williams (Coll/Nth)

Coach: Chris Fagan (Demons)

 

1. Can we assume that one of the wingmen is an appendage?

2. Does this have anything to do with the author, Charles [censored]ens?

I think Jack may have it with the Charles Dickens link and all those players' names presumably appear in his books.

I'm not long home and coffee calls, but I'll put my own effort up fairly soon.

 
  • Author
12 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

1. Can we assume that one of the wingmen is an appendage?

2. Does this have anything to do with the author, Charles [censored]ens?

Well done. All have the same names as characters in the works of Charles Dickens. All bar one have only one of the names correct, but Bill Sykes (the footballer) gets maximum points for having the same name as Bill Sikes in 'Oliver Twist'.   

I wanted to find a way to include the hero of 'Tale of Two Cities', Sydney Carton, as it seemed that the closeness to the names of two teams warranted inclusion but decided not to cloud the issue. 

Edited by La Dee-vina Comedia


  • Author

Here's the full list:

AFL/W Footballer

Character

From

Marley Williams

Jacob Marley

A Christmas Carol

Daisy Pearce

Solomon Daisy

Barnaby Rudge

Chester Read

Edward Chester

Barnaby Rudge

Taylor Adams

? Adams

David Copperfield

Brad [censored]

Mr [censored]

David Copperfield

Nathan Brown

Alice Brown

Dombey and Son

Maddie Gay

Walter Gay

Dombey and Son

Daniel Chick

Louisa Chick

Dombey and Son

Doug Wade

Miss Wade

Little Dorrit

Mark Graham

Mary Graham

Martin Chuzzlewit

Stefan Martin

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Clayton Oliver

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Bill Sykes

Bill Sikes

Oliver Twist

Charles Brownlow

Mr Brownlow

Oliver Twist

Mathew Bate

Charley Bates

Oliver Twist

Peter Giles

Butler Giles

Oliver Twist

Maverick Weller

Samuel Weller

Pickwick Papers

Ken Hunter

Leo Hunter

Pickwick Papers

Oscar Allen

Benjamin Allen

Pickwick Papers

Charlie Payne

Dr Payne

Pickwick Papers

Colin Garland

Abe Garland

The Old Curiosity Shop

Trent Rivers

Nelly Trent

The Old Curiosity Shop

Probably no surprise that there was no AFL footballer with the names Pecksniff, Pumblechook, M'Choakumchild or Cheeryble.

  • Author
8 minutes ago, demonstone said:

Lovely quiz LDVC which demonstrates your thorough knowledge of Dickens' works.  ;)

Actually, demonstrates my thorough knowledge of how to use Google.

I have read a few of the books above (I recommend Martin Chuzzlewit, by the way, and Great Expectations, although it's not in the list above.)

 

I know that Dickens is revered as an all-time great author, but I've never been able to get into his books.

My current reading pile consists of a few of Bill Bryson's, a few of Titus O'Reily's and a couple of MFC related ones ("The Red Fox"  and Neale Daniher's "When All Is Said And Done").  That's not to mention both of Supermercado's efforts which are on order and will hopefully arrive in the next few days.

bill bryson is a good read.  read them all.  we even  named a dog bryson

you'd enjoy his 2 books on the english language (if you haven't already read them)


7 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

bill bryson is a good read.  read them all.  we even  named a dog bryson

you'd enjoy his 2 books on the english language (if you haven't already read them)

Mother Tounge is a ripper - reckon I have read it 10 times.

Isle of View @daisycutter

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Here's the full list:

AFL/W Footballer

Character

From

Marley Williams

Jacob Marley

A Christmas Carol

Daisy Pearce

Solomon Daisy

Barnaby Rudge

Chester Read

Edward Chester

Barnaby Rudge

Taylor Adams

? Adams

David Copperfield

Brad [censored]

Mr [censored]

David Copperfield

Nathan Brown

Alice Brown

Dombey and Son

Maddie Gay

Walter Gay

Dombey and Son

Daniel Chick

Louisa Chick

Dombey and Son

Doug Wade

Miss Wade

Little Dorrit

Mark Graham

Mary Graham

Martin Chuzzlewit

Stefan Martin

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Clayton Oliver

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Bill Sykes

Bill Sikes

Oliver Twist

Charles Brownlow

Mr Brownlow

Oliver Twist

Mathew Bate

Charley Bates

Oliver Twist

Peter Giles

Butler Giles

Oliver Twist

Maverick Weller

Samuel Weller

Pickwick Papers

Ken Hunter

Leo Hunter

Pickwick Papers

Oscar Allen

Benjamin Allen

Pickwick Papers

Charlie Payne

Dr Payne

Pickwick Papers

Colin Garland

Abe Garland

The Old Curiosity Shop

Trent Rivers

Nelly Trent

The Old Curiosity Shop

Probably no surprise that there was no AFL footballer with the names Pecksniff, Pumblechook, M'Choakumchild or Cheeryble.

A symptomatic John Peck? (GET TESTED, JOHN!)

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • Welcome to Demonland: Steven King

    The Melbourne Football Club has selected a new coach for the 2026 season appointing Geelong Football Club assistant coach Steven King to the head role.

      • Clap
      • Love
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 216 replies
  • AFLW PREVIEW: Port Adelaide

    The undefeated Demons venture across the continent to the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural match for premiership points between these long-historied clubs. Alberton Oval will however, be a ground familiar to our players following a practice match there last year. We lost both the game and Liv Purcell, who missed 7 home and away matches after suffering facial fractures in the dying moments of the game.

    • 0 replies
  • AFLW REPORT: Richmond

    A glorious sunny afternoon with a typically strong Casey Fields breeze favouring the city end greeted this round four clash of the undefeated Narrm against the winless Tigers. Pre-match, the teams entered the ground through the Deearmy’s inclusive banner—"Narrm Football Weaving Communities Together and then Warumungu/Yawuru woman and Fox Boundary Rider, Megan Waters, gave the official acknowledgement of country. Any concerns that Collingwood’s strategy of last week to discombobulate the Dees would be replicated by Ryan Ferguson and his Tigers evaporated in the second quarter when Richmond failed to use the wind advantage and Narrm scored three unanswered goals. 

    • 4 replies
  • CASEY: Frankston

    The late-season run of Casey wins was broken in their first semifinal against Frankston in a heartbreaking end at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday night that in many respects reflected their entire season. When they were bad, they committed all of the football transgressions, including poor disposal, indiscipline, an inability to exert pressure, and some terrible decision-making, as exemplified by the period in the game when they conceded nine unanswered goals from early in the second quarter until halfway through the third term. You rarely win when you do this.

    • 0 replies
  • AFLW PREVIEW: Richmond

    Round four kicks off early Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, as the mighty Narrm host the winless Richmond Tigers in the second week of Indigenous Round celebrations. With ideal footy conditions forecast—20 degrees, overcast skies, and a gentle breeze — expect a fast-paced contest. Narrm enters with momentum and a dangerous forward line, while Richmond is still searching for its first win. With key injuries on both sides and pride on the line, this clash promises plenty.

    • 3 replies
  • AFLW REPORT: Collingwood

    Expectations of a comfortable win for Narrm at Victoria Park quickly evaporated as the match turned into a tense nail-biter. After a confident start by the Demons, the Pies piled on pressure and forced red and blue supporters to hold their collective breath until after the final siren. In a frenetic, physical contest, it was Captain Kate’s clutch last quarter goal and a missed shot from Collingwood’s Grace Campbell after the siren which sealed a thrilling 4-point win. Finally, Narrm supporters could breathe easy.

    • 2 replies

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.