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It would funny watching people back out of everything they've said for years before. I'd absolve him 28 minutes into the last quarter of the Grand Final when we were 13 goals in front.

That goal from the boundary line against Essendon in the 2004 EF... Didn't do much else of note, but I loved him anyway.

The only thing I hate about the early contract signing is that there's no chance for a player to change their mind. If they're doing dodgy backroom deals and negotiations but aren't allowed to sign until a certain point then I'll cop that as 'progress' but I hate the idea of players signing at Round 7 then have second thoughts by the end of the year. Look at Mick Ennis in the NRL, I'm sure that when he got injured in the Prelim and couldn't captain his side to the Grand Final that he'd have considered staying instead of leaving but had no option but to make the most of it and move on. You're right though, the fans mean nothing in all of this. Rapidly losing interest in anything not MFC related.

NRL clubs don't always do it mid-season, one guy announced he was off after Round 1 last year. Shambolic.

He just did the new one at the corner of William/Little Bourke. As it was being built it had a sign with his details and a mobile number, wonder if anyone rang up and wasted his time chatting about footy?

Thanks George, I'm assuming C Harris is Spike but not confirmed yet.

Thanks anyway, I've got info on all the life members (at least a first and last name) except: W. Hislop, W. Murphy, R. Wynd (1945) L. D'Altera (1952) W. Neal (1953) A. Neal (1954 - Possibly Aubrey Neal) M. Hutchins (1961 - Possibly Merv Hutchins) KL Beard (2000 - A trainer in 1975) AJ Gardner (2002) L. Jones (2005 - Possibly Les Jones) JO Smith (2005) C. Harris (2006 - Spike Harris real name?) If anyone has info on these names I'd love to know.

Possibly the longest shot question of all time, but does anyone know what role H. S. (Dave) Stanley at the club? He was a life member as mentioned but I haven't come across anything which explains why.

Friends, it is my pleasure to announce that the results have been certified by our government supervisor and that we have a winner... But first the preliminary matches: In the Survivor Series the Brothers (James McDonald, Anthony McDonald, Gerard Healy and Greg Healy) d. The Unrelated (Glenn Lovett, Brett Lovett, David Williams and Luke Williams) by 120-43 In the Battle Royale your favourite ex-Demon at another club in 2015 was Jared Rivers with 31% of the vote from Stefan Martin (bless you all) with 25% and Scott Thompson with 17%. The third place playoff was an absolute ball-burster, with the Plate Final almost shared as Allen Jakovich nudged David Neitz out by a score of 82-81 And the result you've all been waiting for. In the final, Robert Flower was voted your favourite Demon of the last 50 years after a narrow 83-80 victory over Jim Stynes. Thanks everyone for your support of the tournament and your 2120 votes throughout. For the sake of probity the final results in all matchups can be seen here. See you in January/February for a return to the fourth installment of the traditional Demonbracket format for current players only, and in November 2018 for our next 'all time' ballot #demonbracket54

After that odd interlude into #aleaguechat it's my duty to inform you that the favourites have triumphed in the semi-final, and that the electoral commission has certified the following results Robert Flower 122 (60%) d. David Neitz 81 (40%) Jim Stynes 120 (59%) d. Allen Jakovich 83 (41%) The winners of the special challenge match were The Defenders and Ray Biffin took home the 10 man over the top first round losers battle royale. GRAND FINAL FIXTURE (vote here) #1 seed Robert Flower vs #2 seed Jim Stynes + third place playoff and special challenge matches.

I miss the videos, what I don't miss is trawling the Facebook page for the comments that went along with them.

Yes, but I don't bother looking as long as the vote total isn't massively increased. Not all that concerned by somebody voting once or twice but the peanut who tried to stack it by voting 150 times gave themselves away through lack of subtlety. Anyway, the quarter final votes are in and it's congratulations to the following winners: Robert Flower 107 (65%) d. David Schwarz 57 (35%) David Neitz 146 (89%) d. Jeff White 18 (11%) Allen Jakovich 85 (52%) d. James McDonald 79 (48%) Jim Stynes 128 (78%) d. Todd Viney 36 (22%) Which leaves us with the following semi-finals, with all the bookies pre-tournament favourites still involved. Voting is open from now until 7pm Monday night, with the Grand Final to follow on Tuesday. Robert Flower vs David Neitz Allen Jakovich vs Jim Stynes

Happy with the numbers considering it was held over 1 day rather than 2 (or more for the games that went across weekends).

Round 4 is OVER. Quarter Finals open (vote here won't you?) until 7pm tomorrow night. Results: Robert Flower 153 (96%) d. Brett Lovett 7 (4%) David Schwarz 129 (81%) d. Aaron Davey 31 (19%) David Neitz 110 (69%) d. Garry Lyon 50 (31%) Jeff White 102 (64%) d. Cameron Bruce 58 (36%) James McDonald 133 (83%) d. Greg Healy 27 (17%) Allen Jakovich 89 (56%) d. Adem Yze 71 (44%) Todd Viney 94 (59%) d. Jeff Farmer 66 (41%) Jim Stynes 129 (81%) d. Russell Robertson 31 (19%) Quarter Finals: Robert Flower vs David Schwarz David Neitz vs Jeff White James McDonald vs Allen Jakovich Todd Viney vs Jim Stynes.

The late great dance troupe were sadly missed in this year's end of year spectacular. Apparently they've gone to Syria to fight with ISIS. Anyway, Round 3 is now closed and you've got 23 hours (until 7pm Thursday) to vote on Round 4. (Updated tournament tree) RESULTS Robert Flower 184 (89%) d. Sean Wight 22 (11%) Brett Lovett 164 (80%) d. Peter Walsh 42 (20%) David Schwarz 149 (72%) d. Stephen Tingay 57 (28%) Aaron Davey 117 (57%) d. Steven Febey 89 (43%) David Neitz 199 (97%) d. Greg Hutchison 7 (3%) Garry Lyon 170 (83%) d. Matthew Febey 36 (17%) Cameron Bruce 120 (58%) d. Graeme Yeats 86 (42%) Jeff White 145 (70%) d. Liam Jurrah 61 (30%) James McDonald 165 (80%) d. Glenn Lovett 41 (20%) Greg Healy 137 (67%) d. Steven Smith 69 (33%) Allen Jakovich 193 (94%) d. Stephen Newport 13 (6%) Adem Yze 166 (81%) d. Darren Bennett 40 (19%) Jeff Farmer 181 (88%) d. Danny Hughes 25 (12%) Todd Viney 194 (94%) d. Paul Hopgood 12 (6%) Russell Robertson 187 (91%) d. Alistair Nicholson 19 (9%) Jim Stynes 190 (92%) d. Paul Wheatley 16 (8%) ROUND 4 MATCHES Robert Flower vs Brett Lovett David Schwarz vs Aaron Davey David Neitz vs Garry Lyon Cameron Bruce vs Jeff White James McDonald vs Greg Healy Allen Jakovich vs Adem Yze Jeff Farmer vs Todd Viney Russell Robertson vs Jim Stynes Good luck voters.

Reminder: Round 3 voting closes at 7pm tonight. The revised schedule for the rest of the competition is: Thursday 20 November - Round 4 (8 matches) Friday 21 November - Quarter Final (4 matches) Monday 24 November - Semi Final (2 matches) Tuesday 25 November - Grand Final (1 match + some novelty undercard events)

Not sure there is any footage of old games kept. They've been kind enought to let me into their archives as part of my research for Demonwiki and it's basically pictures/books/programs/memorabilia etc.. I've never seen any rogue VHS' or film reels in there (unless they're well hidden). They must get this stuff from somewhere for tribute videos and the like but I suspect it has to come from the broadcaster or the AFL rather than our own collection. What they could do is make a playlist out of all the MFC games other people have uploaded and embed it on the website. There are heaps of clips of anywhere between two minutes and entire matches that have been uploaded in various places across YouTube.

And that's it for Round 2 (updated tournament tree). Classified results from the electoral commission are as follows: Robert Flower 205 (97%) d. Clint Bartram 7 (3%) Sean Wight 167 (79%) d. Anthony Ingerson 45 (21%) Peter Walsh 188 (89%) d. Henry Coles 24 (11%) Brett Lovett 172 (81%) d. Andrew Obst 40 (19%) Stephen Tingay 208 (98%) d. Alan Jarrott 4 (2%) David Schwarz 200 (94%) d. Brian Wilson 12 (6%) Aaron Davey 190 (90%) d. Darren Kowal 22 (10%) Steven Febey 205 (97%) d. Graham Osborne 7 (3%) David Neitz 189 (89%) d. Guy Rigoni 23 (11%) Greg Hutchison 116 (55%) d. Laurie Fowler 96 (45%) Matthew Febey 155 (73%) d. Gary Baker 57 (27%) Garry Lyon 167 (79%) d. Shane Woewodin 45 (21%) Cameron Bruce 179 (84%) d. Bret Bailey 33 (16%) Graeme Yeats 125 (59%) d. Gary Hardeman 87 (41%) Liam Jurrah 130 (61%) d. Kevin Dyson 82 (39%) Jeff White 149 (70%) d. Earl Spalding 63 (30%) James McDonald 156 (74%) d. Travis Johnstone 56 (26%) Glenn Lovett 113 (53%) d. Steven Stretch 99 (47%) Steven Smith 126 (59%) d. Paul Prymke 86 (41%) Greg Healy 129 (61%) d. Greg Wells 83 (39%) Allen Jakovich 155 (73%) d. Matthew Whelan 57 (27%) Stephen Newport 135 (64%) d. Andrew Lamprill 77 (36%) Darren Bennett 136 (64%) d. Brad Miller 76 (36%) Adem Yze 202 (95%) d. Matthew Bate 10 (5%) Jeff Farmer 144 (68%) d. Rod Grinter 68 (32%) Danny Hughes 172 (81%) d. David Williams 40 (19%) Paul Hopgood 110 (52%) d. Peter Moore 102 (48%) Todd Viney 187 (88%) d. Alan Johnson 25 (12%) Russell Robertson 164 (77%) d. Steve O'Dwyer 48 (23%) Alistair Nicholson 107 (51%) d. Ricky Jackson 105 (49%) Paul Wheatley 173 (82%) d. Ross Dillon 39 (18%) Jim Stynes 197 (93%) d. Max Walker 15 (7%) Vote here anytime until 7pm Wednesday night on these sweet Round 3 matches to determine your sweet 16: Robert Flower vs Sean Wight Peter Walsh vs Brett Lovett Stephen Tingay vs David Schwarz Aaron Davey vs Steven Febey David Neitz vs Greg Hutchison Matthew Febey vs Garry Lyon Cameron Bruce vs Graeme Yeats Liam Jurrah vs Jeff White James McDonald vs Glenn Lovett Steven Smith vs Greg Healy Allen Jakovich vs Stephen Newport Darren Bennett vs Adem Yze Jeff Farmer vs Danny Hughes Paul Hopgood vs Todd Viney Russell Robertson vs Alistair Nicholson Paul Wheatley vs Jim Stynes Good luck, and remember your criteria for voting is whichever player you prefer for whatever reason best makes sense to you.

If this is anybody but [everyone who has done this sort of thing a thousand times before] you're stealing my bit.

And Round 1 is now complete (updated tournament tree). Thanks for your votes, the last section went as follows: Jeff Farmer 153 (63%) d. Brad Green 91 (37%) Rod Grinter 235 (96%) d. Stephen Icke 9 (4%) David Williams 161 (66%) d. Graham Gaunt 83 (34%) Danny Hughes 203 (83%) d. Russell Richards 41 (17%) Paul Hopgood 225 (92%) d. Luke Williams 19 (8%) Peter Moore 165 (68%) d. Tony Campbell 79 (32%) Alan Johnson 170 (70%) d Brent Crosswell 74 (30%) Todd Viney 204 (84%) d. Nathan Brown 40 (16%) Russell Robertson 205 (84%) d. Trevor Rollinson 39 (16%) Steve O'Dwyer 175 (72%) d. Daniel Ward 69 (28%) Ricky Jackson 178 (73%) d. Tony Sullivan 66 (27%) Alistair Nicholson 192 (79%) d. John Tilbrook 52 (21%) Paul Wheatley 219 (90%) d. Brent Grgic 25 (10%) Ross Dillon 205 (84%) d. Des Campbell 39 (16%) Max Walker 136 (56%) d. Chris Connolly 108 (44%) Jim Stynes 235 (96%) d. David Cordner 9 (4%) Round 2 will take place from right now until 7pm Monday (VOTE HERE). All 32 games at once, no time for gimmicks and novelty descriptions just red hot electoral biff. Matches are: Robert Flower vs Clint Bartram Sean Wight vs Anthony Ingerson Peter Walsh vs Henry Coles Brett Lovett vs Andrew Obst Stephen Tingay vs Alan Jarrott David Schwarz vs Brian Wilson Darren Kowal vs Aaron Davey Steven Febey vs Graham Osborne David Neitz vs Guy Rigoni Greg Hutchison vs Laurie Fowler Matthew Febey vs Gary Baker Garry Lyon vs Shane Woewodin Cameron Bruce vs Bret Bailey Graeme Yeats vs Gary Hardeman Liam Jurrah vs Kevin Dyson Jeff White vs Earl Spalding James McDonald vs Travis Johnstone Steven Stretch vs Glenn Lovett Paul Prymke vs Stephen Smith Greg Healy vs Greg Wells Allen Jakovich vs Matthew Whelan Andrew Lamprill vs Stephen Newport Darren Bennett vs Brad Miller Matthew Bate vs Adem Yze Jeff Farmer vs Rod Grinter David Williams vs Danny Hughes Paul Hopgood vs Peter Moore Alan Johnson vs Todd Viney Russell Robertson vs Steve O'Dwyer Ricky Jackson vs Alistair Nicholson Paul Wheatley vs Ross Dillon Max Walker vs Jim Stynes It's a marathon lineup, but you've got three days to fill your ballot paper so have at it.

Not to try and influence my own competition, but I'll be sad if Crosswell loses because he was an epic comedy figure. I remember Johnson showing up and having a whinge when we delisted his average kid

Round 1, Part 3 has now concluded. Updated tournament tree. Results as follows: Surprised by the landslide win for Stretch over Smith (possibly on the pro-Billy vote), and by Brewer doing so well against the mythical Prymke. James McDonald 171 (84%) d. Carl Ditterich 33 (16%) Travis Johnstone 187 (92%) d. Graham Molloy 17 (8%) Glenn Lovett 147 (72%) d. Mark Jackson 57 (28%) Steven Stretch 133 (65%) d. Shaun Smith 71 (35%) Paul Prymke 117 (57%) d. Ross Brewer 87 (43%) Steven Smith 138 (68%) d. Brent Moloney 66 (32%) Greg Healy 137 (67%) d. Troy Broadbridge 67 (33%) Greg Wells 140 (69%) d. Anthony McDonald 64 (31%) Allen Jakovich 192 (94%) d. Marcus Seecamp 12 (6%) Matthew Whelan 181 (89%) d. Peter Giles 23 (11%) Stephen Newport 138 (68%) d. Tony Elshaug 66 (32%) Andrew Lamprill 106 (52%) d. Paul Johnson 98 (48%) Darren Bennett 198 (97%) d. Paul Hamilton 6 (3%) Brad Miller 155 (76%) d. Ben Holland 49 (24%) Matthew Bate 118 (58%) d. Warren Dean 86 (42%) Adem Yze 196 (96%) d. Peter Rohde 8 (4% Round 1, Part 4 voting is open until 7pm Friday Brad Green vs Jeff Farmer Stephen Icke vs Rod Grinter Graham Gaunt vs David Williams Russell Richards vs Danny Hughes Paul Hopgood vs Luke Williams Peter Moore vs Tony Campbell Alan Johnson vs Brent Crosswell Nathan Brown vs Todd Viney Russell Robertson vs Trevor Rollinson Daniel Ward vs Steve O'Dwyer Ricky Jackson vs Tony Sullivan Alistair Nicholson vs John Tilbrook Brent Grgic vs Paul Wheatley David Cordner vs Jim Stynes

Might be people less enthused about voting 10 times to try and rort the system. It's a marathon competition so just happy that anyone shows an interest in the early rounds.

And polls are closed. Your certified results are as follows - with the group of death matchup of Woewodin vs Leoncelli going right down to the wire. Updated tournament tree David Neitz 211 (94%) d. Sean Charles 13 (6%) Guy Rigoni 191 (85%) d. Simon Godfrey 33 (15%) Greg Hutchison 189 (84%) d. Michael O'Sullivan 35 (16%) Laurie Fowler 166 (74%) d. Frank Giampaolo 58 (26%) Matthew Febey 206 (92%) d. Denis Clark 18 (8%) Gary Baker 189 (84%) d. Brock McLean 35 (16%) Shane Woewodin 115 (51%) d. Andrew Leoncelli 109 (49%) Garry Lyon 162 (72%) d. Clint Bizzell 62 (28%) Cameron Bruce 191 (85%) d. Adrian Battiston 33 (15%) Bret Bailey 137 (61%) d. Simon Eishold 87 (39%) Graeme Yeats 119 (53%) d. Andy Lovell 105 (47%) Gary Hardeman 171 (76%) d. Gerard Healy 53 (24%) Liam Jurrah 190 (85%) d. Cale Morton 34 (15%) Kevin Dyson 175 (78%) d. Michael Byrne 49 (22%) Earl Spalding 182 (81%) d. Daniel Bell 42 (19%) Jeff White 188 (84%) d. Peter Keenan 36 (16%) Vote now (until 7pm Wednesday) on the following hotter than the sun Round 1.3 matchups. There are some solid gold crackers in this lot (and the customary several probable landslides) so rope in your non-forum Demon chums as well in the name of deemocracy. 7. James McDonald vs Carl Ditterich Travis Johnstone vs Graham Molloy Mark Jackson vs Glenn Lovett Steven Stretch vs Shaun Smith Paul Prymke vs Ross Brewer Brent Moloney vs Steven Smith Troy Broadbridge vs Greg Healy Anthony McDonald vs 14. Greg Wells 16. Allen Jakovich vs Marcus Seecamp Matthew Whelan vs Peter Giles Stephen Newport vs Tony Elshaug Paul Johnson vs Andrew Lamprill Darren Bennett vs Paul Hamilton Brad Miller vs Ben Holland Matthew Bate vs Warren Dean Peter Rohde vs 4. Adem Yze