Skip 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.

Hallelujah - Umpire #6 Dean Margetts announces retirement

In Harmes Way
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 
 

Get the hell out! and close the door on your way out - Angry Obama | Make a Meme

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 1

    12 finals but no GF in 376 games indicates the AFL might not have wanted him around much at the business end of seasons 

    Edited by John Crow Batty

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    "... he will be retiring following this Sunday’s Round 22 match between Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles to be played at Optus Stadium in Perth"

    Words that must strike terror into the collective heart of the Freo footy club.

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Haha 1
     
    11 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    "... he will be retiring following this Sunday’s Round 22 match between Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles to be played at Optus Stadium in Perth"

    Words that must strike terror into the collective heart of the Freo footy club.

    Remember that time he was banned from umpiring the western derby’s?! 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Who’s the umpire who says “staaaand”?

    Could he staaaaand down too?

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1

    Those stats don’t do him any favours, you can’t argue with the numbers 

  • Quote

    How he was able to Umpire his favourite team on so many occassions is an indictment on the AFL.

    Shocking.

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    • Author
    3 hours ago, Ethan Trembley said:

    Remember that time he was banned from umpiring the western derby’s?! 

    Maybe the AFL asked him what his dream last game to umpire might be and temporarily forgot there might be an issue. 

    I reckon he might just blow the pea right out of the whistle this weekend.

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Dean (White) Margotts

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    1 hour ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    When's Nichols retiring?

    Hasn't been announced yet, so not soon enough.

    Total muppet and provided a shocking umpiring combo against us yet again.

    Edited by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    7 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Hasn't been announced yet, so not soon enough.

    Total muppet and provided a shocking umpiring combo against us yet again.

    I admit though he is now more likeable after drawing all the WC fan hate. Like I detest cockroaches but the sad song La Cucaracha makes them kind of likeable for a few minutes.

    Edited by John Crow Batty

  • Quote
    • Love 1
    • Haha 1

    Margetts was one of the 2015 prelim final umpires where WC beat North. WC 24 frees and North 18. Josh Kennedy got 6 free kicks. I wonder who paid them? 

  • Quote
    •  

    I wish Nicholls would pack it in.

    Ist qrt five frees to wc ...one to us.

    Second...four frees to wc ...one to us including a howler against rivers for pushing out darling in front of goal....rivers pinkie may have touched him. And a strange insufficient intent.

    Second half he wasn't so bad (maybe looked at his stats at halftime)with only a couple more frees to wc but they were pretty much accurate.

    His first half was poor....missing a couple of in the backs and htm to us and not paying marks.

  • Quote

    • 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...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • POSTGAME: Gold Coast

      The Demons put four quarters of hard contested, fast running and high pressure football to knock off the ladder leaders and early premiership contenders the Gold Suns by 20 points at the MCG on Easter Sunday.

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Like
      • 282 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Gold Coast

      I’ll be away for the next few weeks, so Binman will be holding the fort for our podcasts covering the Suns, Bombers and Lions matches. As a result, there will be no live podcasts during this period, and we won’t be taking calls or voicemails. Binman will still be dipping into this thread to select a few questions to answer, while also combining the long-form Stats Files podcast with the Demonland Podcast for these shows. Your questions and comments are a huge part of what makes the podcast work, so please post anything you’d like to ask or say below and we’ll do our best to give you a shout-out on the show. Please try to keep each post focused on one specific topic or player to make podcast preparation a little easier. If you have multiple topics you’d like to raise, please put them in separate posts.

      • 10 replies
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Gold Coast

      Dual Reigning Champion Max Gawn has an early lead in the Demonland Player of the Year Award. He leads new recruit Jack Steele, forward Jacob van Rooyen and veteran Christian Salem. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1.

        • Thanks
      • 49 replies
      Demonland

    • GAMEDAY: Gold Coast

      It's Game Day and the Demons are back at the MCG and have a massive challenge ahead of them as they take on Premiership contender the Gold Coast Suns. What do you want to see from the Dees today?

        • Thanks
      • 431 replies
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Gold Coast

      Melbourne’s slow starts have been a troubling theme for a while. Against the Suns, they started slowly in both of their games, they trailed by 5.7.37 to 0.1.1 at quarter time at Peoples First Stadium in Round 16. This season, the story has remained the same and if the Demons fail to shake off this issue against the unbeaten Gold Coast Suns, they will be in serious danger of capitulating once again in their Easter Sunday showdown.

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 10 replies
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 04

      Round 4 of the 2026 AFL Premiership Season is upon us and it is the last week of the early season byes. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Dees Finals chances? 😜

        • Haha
      • 357 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Account

    Navigation

    Search

    Search

    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.