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Demonstone

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  1. I think Coco may have been Neil Roberts, another Brownlow Medallist from St Kilda who won it the year after Brian Gleeson.
  2. Gee, you're not wrong. I can only pick out Nathan Jones on the right and Max Gawn at the back in the cap. Any others?
  3. Do mean Adam or Hassa?
  4. Quite a complex person, I've been led to believe. There were many layers to him.
  5. Ted Fidge played 42 games for us, and in last year of 1988 only played the one game ... but what a game! We were playing Collingwood at Waverley and Fidgey snotted Magpie star and matchwinner Darren Millane hard enough for Pants to have no further impact on the game (may have even been carried off). Young Ted copped six weeks from the tribunal and we never saw him again. We won the game by the way!
  6. Yep, John Fidge played for us. We had very high hopes for him, but alas ... This from Demonwiki: The 1982 Victorian Teal Cup player and younger brother of Ted Fidge debuted two years later as a 17-year-old, and was a reliable forward in his first two seasons until right foot stress fractures kept him to just six games in 1986. He had been rumoured to be pursued by another league club earlier that season, but for 1987 was cleared to the newly formed Brisbane Bears at the end of that season for $125,000 - their fifth highest transfer fee for a recruit. Fidge played in the Bears winning first match, and appeared 16 times for them in 1987. After eight matches the next year he was sacked by the Bears three weeks into the 1989 season, apparently after punching Warwick Capper in an intra-club game and abusing coach Peter Knights. He then threatened to take the Bears to court for full payment of his contract. At the end of the year he was drafted by the Sydney Swans but instead chose to join SANFL side Glenelg where he became their full-forward. In 1990 he booted 124 goals. At the end of that year Essendon picked him with selection 24 in the National Draft, but he did not play a game for them. Returning to Glenelg in 1992 he kicked 92 goals out of a total of 316 in 69 games for the Bays, then joined Frankston in 1994. During his playing career Fidge had 20 operations, and later revealed that he played with spondiolythesis (back injury) throughout his time in the game.
  7. I'll kick it off with guernsey numbers 1 to 10: Maysy, Jonesy, Saley, Harmesy, Traccy, Jacko, Vinny, Levery, Spargy and Brayshawy.
  8. I really hope they don't do this. We need Western Australia. It's somewhere to keep the West Australians.
  9. Try asking at Carlton. They're fond of a fiddle.
  10. Well there you go. I never realised that Henry was indigenous. Have to be a brave man to take on Big Carl!
  11. Just remembered another. Les "Lally" Bamblett won the Under 19s Morrish Medal then had one undistinguished year in the seniors and ended being traded to Footscray in return for Steven "Strawbs" O'Dwyer. He kicked 51 goals for The Dogs in his second year before his career was ruined by injury.
  12. You talking about Scott Chisholm, JJC? I think the only ones that haven't been mentioned are the Cockatoo-Collins twins (and not without reason).
  13. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Please be careful. There’s a link going around for a stream of Bono from U2 doing a live gig from his home. Do NOT click the link! It will take you to a stream of Bono from U2 doing a live gig from his home.
  14. You should let Gus Brayshaw peel your onions, old dee. ?
  15. Is that the AFL or the (soccer) A League or Rugby League, Cards?
  16. This is a bit premature. April Fools Day isn't until Wednesday.
  17. Ooooh, a hyphenated surname. That's a good start!
  18. How's Leanne Edelsten looking these days?
  19. Reckon I'd rather drench my eyes with sanitiser than watch either of those horror shows again.
  20. Come again? Well, somebody had to say it.
  21. You're not wrong Luci, some people are even taking my posts seriously! Think we're all becoming a little stir crazy.?
  22. I'd just like to congratulate Jumping Jack Clennett for being the first to ever use that wonderful word "vicissitude" in a post.
  23. We'd have 28 premierships! 28!!! And Patrick Cripps!
  24. We could merge with Carlton and call ourselves Melton... (ducks for cover!) ?
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