September 2 2010, 9:51 am
Freo look like keeping their young guns together for a few years with Greg Broughton the latest player rumoured to have commited to the club to 2013. With Hill and DeBoer also committing to the club it appears as thorugh the younger brigade can see a bright future at Freo.
September 2 2010, 5:16 am
By Mr Dandalooa News that Glenorchy Football Club has approached former AFL star Jason Akermanis to play in Tasmania could have many football punters on edge. The deposed former Western Bulldogs centre of attention has reportedly been offered a small salary in a package deal that could see him land a stable job possible sponsorship deals. Akermanis was sensationally sacked…
September 1 2010, 10:20 pm
by Ron Head Brian Ciccotosto has always been a dyed in the wool South Fremantle supporter, and his veins definitely are the containers of red and white blood. One of the personalities of the Western Australian football scene, he has been a dynamic, highly efficient, and well respected Chief Executive Officer of South Fremantle Football Club since 1989, and has…
August 30 2010, 11:00 pm
by Ron Head One of Subiaco's leading players of the early sixties, Mike Pethick, originally had no ambition of playing for the club. An Inglewood junior, in East Perth territory, until his family moved to City Beach when he was sixteen, Pethick had his heart set on joining the Royals, and seemed likely to, until the colts competition was set…
August 30 2010, 9:45 pm
It is understood that Port Adeliade's Daniel Motlop may not be at the club next year. It is rumoured that Motlop is unhappy over his treatment at the club and the lack of discipline he showed in Darwin where he went to the airport to pick up his girlfriend in the early hours of the morning led the stars fall…
August 30 2010, 7:59 am
Steven Salopek is on the hunt for a new club back in Melbourne having not agreed to any terms for a new contract and being rumoured to want to return to his home state of Melbourne. This set back adds to the drama unfolding at the Power with half back flanker Nathan Krakouer rumoured to have been offered around $450,000…
August 30 2010, 7:06 am
Avon: 2nd Semi-Final: League: Beverley 16.8 Quairading 10.12. Reserves: Federals 9.10 York 5.5. Central Kimberley: Grand Final: Walmatjarri Bombers 12.11 Bayulu Bulldogs 12.7. Central Midlands Coastal: Grand Final: Cervantes 17.13 Dandaragan 12.16. Reserves: Jurien Bay 9.10 Moora Rovers 6.14. Central Wheatbelt: Grand Final: Koorda 9.13 Beacon 9.12. Eastern Districts: Preliminary Final: League: Narembeen 15.11 Burracoppin 11.11. Reserves: Narembeen 11.14 Kulin-Kondinin…
August 30 2010, 6:23 am
The WAFL have released fixturing for this weeks finals series which sees the League teams to play on Father's Day, Sunday 5 September. East Fremantle will clash with East Perth at 2.15pm at East Fremantle Oval in the First Semi final with the reserves between East Perth and West Perth being played at 11.45am prior to the League. In the…
August 26 2010, 7:32 am
by Brendan Leicester SWAN Districts officials say coach Brian Dawson’s shock announcement to leave his position at season’s end will help, not hinder the club come finals time. Dawson, who is an Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry Professor at the University of Western Australia said he would be leaving in order to pursue overseas work commitments in 2011. Those work commitments…
August 26 2010, 1:21 am
By Mr Dandalooa The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has confirmed East Perth Football Club player Dean Cadwallader has returned a positive test for nandrolone. An ASADA spokesperson said both the “A” and “B” samples taken of Cadwallader have returned a positive result the anabolic steroid. FootyGoss understands that Cadwallader was provisionally suspended from playing WAFL pending the outcome of the…
August 25 2010, 9:52 pm
by Ron Head Although he never won a fairest and best award at Subiaco, Reg Hampson was one of the best rover/half forwards to represent the club, with his contributions recognised with selection in a Subiaco Champions Team 1946-76. Star full forward Austin Robertson has acknowledged Hampson's influence on his career, saying that Reg, along with Cam Blakemore, George Young,…
August 25 2010, 8:52 am
Due to late changes in the WAFL broadcast schedule, ABC TV will now cover the game at Medibank Stadium between East Perth and Claremont, instead of the South Fremantle and Subiaco game. WAFL MEDIA COVERAGE Round 23 Saturday 28th August - 2.15pm - Swan Districts v Peel Thunder (Steel Blue Oval) 990 AM Information Radio 2.15pm - West Perth…
August 25 2010, 6:08 am
By Mr Dandalooa Some Fremantle supporters have questioned the wisdom of coach mark Harvey’s policy of bulk resting players as the club embarks on a finals campaign. Several spoken to by FootyGoss, who declined to be named, wondered if it was better to risk playing injured ruckman Aaron Sandilands to secure a home finals, or pin all of the club’s…
August 25 2010, 6:07 am
by Brendan Leicester AFTER just three seasons at the helm, Swan Districts coach Brian Dawson yesterday announced that 2010 would be his last with the black and whites. Dawson told the playing group of his decision before the start of training on Tuesday night, revealing that ongoing commitments next year had forced his hand. "It's in response to a lot…
August 25 2010, 5:55 am
By Mr Dandalooa Coach of the AFL’s wooden spooners John Worsfold says his is disappointed by Chad Fletcher's arrest this week on alleged drug possession. Woosha said the brush with the law was disappointing, but claims the former Eagle's behaviour in no way reflects the current culture of the AFL club. It came at an unfortunate time for Fletcher as…
August 25 2010, 5:42 am
By Mr Dandalooa Veteran Fremantle midfielder Paul Hasleby has announced his retirement from the AFL. The four-time Ross Glendinning medallist’s contract with the Dockers expires at season’s end with doubt lingering whether he would be offered another deal. The 29-year-old’s agent confirmed Hasleby will play out the Dockers' finals campaign. Anthony van der Wielen Hasleby agonised over whether to play…
August 25 2010, 5:20 am
By Mr Dandalooa Speculation is mounting that retiring AFL footballer Ben Cousins could assume a role in television in his life after footy. According to a Channel Seven source the network executives are keen to recruit the troubled recovering drug addict, possibly to host The Amazing Race, alongside Daniel MacPherson, Tom Williams and Luke Jacobz. As Cousins’ Such is Life:…
August 23 2010, 10:09 pm
by Ron Head Rex Townsend was all set to play football with University after finishing his schooling at Christ Church College when by chance he accompanied his mate, Ron Bennett, to East Fremantle Oval in the last weeks of the 1968 season. “Ron talked me into going along for the ride, and I ended up signing with them and playing…
August 23 2010, 4:45 am
Avon: 1st Semi-Final: League: Kellerberrin-Tammin 16.12 York 12.12. Reserves: Quairading 7.13 Kellerberrin-Tammin 6.4. Central Kimberley: Preliminary Final: Bayulu Bulldogs 14.15 Yiyili Tigers 7.2. Central Midlands Coastal: Preliminary Final: League: Cervantes 16.17 Moora Rovers 11.8. Reserves: Jurien Bay 5.18 Cervantes 2.9. Central Wheatbelt: Preliminary Final: Koorda 13.14 Mukinbudin 11.12. Eastern Districts: 2nd Semi-Final: League: Kulin-Kondinin 18.8 Burracoppin 5.6. Reserves: Nukarni 12.10…
August 23 2010, 12:14 am
By Mr Dandalooa West Coast Eagles John Worsfold has reviewed the coaching structure of the club and decided changes were necessary as the club plans to work its way up the premiership table. Defensive coach Daniel Metropolis and development coach Michael Broadbridge are the first to go in what is expected to be a tumultuous few years for the wooden…
August 20 2010, 7:21 am
Who reckons that sacked AFL player Jason Akermanis should shut his trap? What benefit he believes he is getting from continuing to throw dagger comments is beyond me. At a recent function in Hobart, the sacked former Western Bulldogs’ player told reporters the club "stank". He said the club’s president David Smorgan and captain Brad Johnson should move on and…
August 20 2010, 7:07 am
By Mr Dandalooa Essendon coach Matthew Knights already says he has no reason to believe he would lose his job to former club skipper James Hird, claiming the club has faith in him. This week Hird categorically ruled out coaching his former club in the near future and apparently apologised to the current coach for making his life difficult. Hird…
August 19 2010, 12:21 pm
WEST PERTH: BACKS: M Tedesco D Hunt D Burns HBACKS: T Crossland D Fleay S Bewick CENTRES: R Bewick J Pearce L Harvey HFORWARDS: A Saylor B Lecras C Shadbolt FORWARDS: J Salecic A Tsalikis J Darling RUCK: M Andrews R Bartholomew J Tindall INTERCHANGE: M.Guadagnin, C.Keunen, A.Black, C.Lasscock, J.Rice, C.Chambers, J.Gobbells IN: M.Tedesco, L.Harvey CLAREMONT: BACKS: B Anderson D…
August 19 2010, 1:52 am
By Mr Dandalooa As we wind on down the road to finals footy, FootyGoss has taken the time to reflect historically on this game we Australians have grown to love. Aussie Rules football might be big business nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. In WA, with the likes of the West Coast Eagles sporting an ooperating revenue of about…
August 19 2010, 1:12 am
Ruckman Aaron Sandilands is still not fit to play having already missed the past two AFL games. Fremantle senior coach Mark Harvey said the 211-centimetre giant was likely to miss Saturday's match against the Hawks. The All-Australian has a foot injury and club is unlikely to risk him going into the finals.
August 19 2010, 12:55 am
By Mr Dandalooa In February, the AFL announced it will introduce various categories of free agency from 2012 for players who have served eight or more years at one club. The League and the AFL Players Association agreed to introduce the new scheme, which they say will allow delisted and long-serving players to easily move between clubs without necessarily…
August 18 2010, 10:30 pm
by Ron Head West Perth full forward Ross Ayre spent his first four years at the club as heir-in-waiting to star incumbent, Ray Scott, who kicked 901 goals for West Perth in a 198 game league career. Recruited from the Mt Hawthorn Metropolitans Juniors, where he had come under the able tuition of legendary West Perth coach, Joe Brooker, Ayre…
August 18 2010, 6:40 am
By Mr Dandalooa If you’ve got a big mouth like sacked AFL player Jason Akermanis “ya gotta take as good as ya give”. And nobody gives better than Aker. Not in a homosexual sense anyway because Aker is a homophobe, or was made out to be. Wasn’t he? This week, Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade has what other media outlets…
August 18 2010, 6:04 am
Mr Dandalooa What comes to mind when you think of the West Coast Eagles? For me: Arrogance. Aloofness. Audacity. Pomposity. Pretentiousness. Pride. Priggishness. Definitely not: Humility. Meekness. Servility. After repeated attempts by FootyGoss to interview the Eagles to get an insight to future plans on and off the field and to clear up all the negative publicity coach John…
August 17 2010, 3:56 am
By Mr Dandalooa Adelaide Crows’ Nathan Bock has been lured to the sunny coast of Queensland after incoming AFL team Gold Coast announced snaring the talented defender. The Suns, who can recruit one out-of-contract player from each of the existing 16 AFL clubs, chose the 27-year-old who was overlooked by the Crows for the remaining two games of the…
August 17 2010, 12:14 am
By Mr Dandalooa Ben Cousins has retired from AFL football. While many Richmond supporters will undoubtedly be disappointed the 2005 Brownlow medallist is moving on it appears he come to end of a very winding road. West Coast dual premiership player Glen Jakovich said Cousins made the right decision but comes just a week after he publicly suggested he should…
August 16 2010, 10:43 pm
by Ron Head When legendary East Perth administrator Hec Strempel received a phone call from former Royals star Don Langdon in 1963 recommending he talk to a young bloke from Merredin, little did he realise that he would be recruiting a future President, Club General Manager, and Chairman of Selectors. Jim Haines was not only to become an outstanding defender…
August 16 2010, 6:42 am
Avon: League: Beverley 14.13 Kellerberrin-Tammin 6.10; York 13.12 Cunderdin 11.15. Reserves: Kellerberin-Tammin 7.9 Beverley 4.10; York 9.9 Cunderdin 5.4. Central Kimberley: 1st Semi-Final: Yiyili Tigers 8.9 Wangkatjunka Crows 5.10. 2nd Semi-Finals: Walmatjarri Bombers 7.6 Bayulu Bulldogs 5.14. Central Midlands Coastal: 2nd Semi-Final: League: Dandaragan 13.15 Cervantes 4.12. Reserves: Moora Rovers 10.4 Jurien Bay 8.15. Central Wheatbelt: 1st Semi-Final: Mukinbudin…
August 16 2010, 6:10 am
By Mr Dandalooa As news circulates this week about the fate of former footy hero Ben Cousins, FootyGoss takes a look at the highs and lows of arguably one of the game’s greats. The controversial Richmond midfielder Ben Cousins has said there will be a press conference at Punt Road Oval tomorrow, with speculation rife that he will announce…
August 13 2010, 5:54 am
By Mr Dandalooa The Gold Coast will keep giving 24-year-old former Geelong premiership forward Nathan Ablett a chance to prove his worth to play at the new AFL club next year. Ablett has lost his form during the VFL season, but news reports this week suggest if there is one thing that has improved recently is his attitude and that…
August 13 2010, 5:43 am
By Mr Dandalooa Brisbane skipper Jonathan Brown could delay playing his 200th AFL match when the Lions take on the Crows at the Gabba on Sunday after knee injury to the champion forward. Although Brown was named in the squad this afternoon, the big man will have to pass a fitness test on Saturday if he is to get a…
August 12 2010, 11:55 am
SOUTH FREMANTLE: BACKS: K Hams S Hunt A Mccarrey HBACKS: M Miller C Bossong M Leece CENTRES: J Parry T Mcgrath J Head HFORWARDS: A Guglielmana R Murphy S Fielding FORWARDS: T Motlop P Mugambwa A Collica RUCK: S Delmenico K Miller T Bairstow INTERCHANGE: C.Amato, C.White, B.Dunkeld, S.Kersten WEST PERTH: BACKS: C.Amato, C.White, B.Dunkeld, S.Kersten HBACKS: D Burns…
August 12 2010, 12:44 am
By Mr Dandalooa Mark Williams could be headed to Essendon after it was confirmed this week former Port Adelaide coach had met with club officials. FootyGoss understands that senior coach Matthew Knights and football manager Paul Hamilton had a meeting with Williams on yesterday while he was visiting Melbourne. In a club statement Hamilton said the club took the opportunity…
August 12 2010, 12:29 am
By Mr Dandalooa The question is: Why? Why does the AFL need access to law enforcement data on players, coaches, board members and club staff? Why do league officials feel the need to invade privacy laws of those in the AFL? News has emerged that Victoria police will this wee; meet with the privacy watchdog to explain a controversial deal…
August 11 2010, 10:31 pm
by Ron Head “Barron has the ball...sends a wobbly punt into the forward line..the pack sets..and it's a WA mark!! Thirty yards out, and it's Fanchi, in front of the pack, still clasping the Chesson to his chest.” “And it's a goal!!. WA hit the front for a big Carnival win over Victoria!!” Brisbane, July, 1961. It was the moment…
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