Well folks, it's Friday and still two days until the mighty Demons play again.  Given that it's been a while since we had one of these, not to mention the need for something to lighten the mood of the site somewhat, here is another puzzle for you.

This one is pretty easy and, if it goes off as quickly as I suspect, I have another, trickier one to post.

What do the players in this team have in common?  (You will notice that former Melbourne players are named in red.)

B:  Ross Thornton   Peter Hamilton   Alistair Nicholson

H/B:  Ryan Ferguson   Peter Foster   Peter Dean

C:  Lachie Whitfield   Terry Wallace   Wayne Linton

H/F:  Terry Bright   Lance Arnold   Doug Heywood

F:  Shai Bolton   Darryl Sutton    Steven Armstrong

R:  Rhys Stanley   Nathan Buckley   Noah Anderson

I/C:  Wally Donald   Phil Seaton   Wayne Gordon   Les Woodford.

 

4 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

(You will notice that former Melbourne players are named in red.)

Is that relevant to the solution, or is that a 'red' herring?

This won't be the answer, but I've noticed that 10 of those names end in -on.

Are they all the names of criminals?  I hasten to add (to avoid defamation proceedings), that I don't mean the footballers themselves. Peter Foster (not the footballer!) certainly is.  

 

In response to Hardtack:  Yes.  

Sorry LDVC, not crims.

Edited August 13, 20214 yr by Demonstone

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

In response to Hardtack:  Yes.  

Hey, hang on.... yes to which part of my question? 😂

i haven't checked anything with dr google but are they all multiple club players?

Incorrect I'm afraid, dc.

If you combine all of the letters in their names, they form an anagram that when solved, reveals the name of that railway station in Wales?

Sorry hardtack, you still wouldn't have enough letters for that railway station!

6 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Sorry hardtack, you still wouldn't have enough letters for that railway station!

the letters when converted to numbers contain the coordinates of the location of the covenant of the ark

Here's another clue for you all ... the walrus was Paul

You're all just being silly now.  

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

You're all just being silly now.  

And now, how to defend yourself against an assailant armed with a banana!

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

You're all just being silly now.  

we're all too busy getting gee'd (dee'd?) up for sunday's game to concentrate

Sunday Too Far Away.

57 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

This one is pretty easy

 

Uhm, no it’s not. 
Also you once pulled me up for using non-words, remember? So what’s the go with “flabbergastation” ????

 I can think of another word beginning with F that applies to this puzzle. Yep, starts with F and ends with K and it’s not firetruck. 😉

3 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Sunday Too Far Away.

Is this a clue?

Fetlock?  

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Is this a clue?

No, just a response to dc's comment.

3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Uhm, no it’s not. 
Also you once pulled me up for using non-words, remember? So what’s the go with “flabbergastation” ????

 I can think of another word beginning with F that applies to this puzzle. Yep, starts with F and ends with K and it’s not firetruck. 😉

feedback?

fiddlestick?

flack?

flask?

freak?

fieldwork ....... that must be it

All the surnames are shared with a famous person who's first name is Barry.

Possibly vice presidents of the United States?

No, no.  I'm afraid my gabber is truly flastered.

2 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

feedback?

fiddlestick?

flack?

flask?

freak?

fieldwork ....... that must be it

I’ll give you a clue. It’s got four letters and it rhymes with Buck. 
If you still can’t work it out here’s another clue: the second letter is U and the third letter is C. 
You’ll work it out eventually, Mazer. 😁

They are all towns or areas of Victoria?

Has it got anything to do with colour of hair? In particular, red hair?

12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

So what’s the go with “flabbergastation” ????

Flabbergastation (flabber + gas station) is a word usually only heard in the USA and it refers to the sensation of scratching your head and thinking "WTF?" when you see something like this.