Footy: Then and Now
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Footy: Then and Now
Each Wednesday, Shane McInnes is joined by a champion of the game to step down memory lane and discuss a momentous edition of a corresponding match of that round. Never-before-heard stories about iconic footy moments, life after footy, and plenty of banter and insight to get you hyped for the round...
Recent Episodes
28 episodesLeo Barry - Grand Final: "You Star!"
In 2005, the Sydney Swans ended the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history and Leo Barry entered footy folklore.
Leo reveals he stills f...
Jason Akermanis - Preliminary Final: The AFL's "inside job" on the Lions
Heading into the 2004 season, the Brisbane Lions were on a quest to become just the second club in VFL/AFL history to win four premierships in a row.<...
Travis Cloke - Semi Final: The Draw
In 2007, for just the fifth time in VFL/AFL history, a final ended in a draw.
In this episode, Travis Cloke breaks down how the Pies knocked out...
Brad Green - Elimination Final: The Droughts
The first week of finals is often said to symbolise the start of a "new" season, but elimination finals in 2004 and 2006 also symbolise two of the lon...
David McKay and Tony Shaw - Carlton vs Collingwood: The Greatest Rivalry
In the 70s and 80s, the Magpies became known for the "Colliwobbles" as they were unable to salute on grand final day.
Standing in Collingwood's...
David Schwarz - Melbourne vs Carlton: The "biggest issue" in the game
In the 2000 AFL season, the Demons were on the path to try and bring the club its first premiership in 36 years. That grand final tilt started with a...
Cameron Mooney: Geelong vs St Kilda - two out of three ain't bad!
In 2009, the Cats were on the path to redemption after their shock grand final loss to the Hawks the year before.
In this episode, Cameron Moone...
Jason Johnson: Essendon vs North Melbourne - The Greatest Comeback. Ever.
Jason Johnson admits his teammates couldn't even look at each other in the eye at quarter-time.
It was Round 16, 2001, and North Melbourne was w...
Don Scott: Hawthorn vs North Melbourne – Sowing The Seeds
Hawthorn and North Melbourne met three times in the grand final in the late 1970s.
In the lead-up to the first of those meetings, in 1975, the H...
Ang Christou: Carlton vs Geelong - The easy beats
Carlton's 1995 premiership triumph took the Blues to a record 16 flags, a tally still yet to be topped.
In this episode, Ang Christou breaks dow...
Leigh Matthews: Brisbane Lions vs Essendon – "If it bleeds"
It almost seemed impossible at the time.
Essendon was in the midst of one of footy's greatest patches of dominance, flying again in the 2001 sea...
Rodney Eade: Sydney vs Essendon - Point to Prove
Sydney's thrilling preliminary final win over Essendon in 1996 remains one of the club's most famous.
It was Rodney Eade's first year as coach.<...
Kevin Sheedy: Essendon vs West Coast - The First Immortal
There haven't been many fiercer competitors in footy history than Kevin Sheedy.
And the West Coast Eagles have certainly been one of his rivals...
Peter Sumich: West Coast vs Geelong – Eagles Rock
West Coast was out to make amends after suffering grand final heartbreak in 1991.
And make amends they certainly did.
The Eagles lifted th...
Anthony Koutoufides: Essendon vs Carlton - Unwinnable
Ahead of the 1999 preliminary final, Essendon was seen as a virtual certainty against Carlton.
Few gave the Blues much hope of making the grand...
Josh Gibson: Collingwood vs Hawthorn - Foundation For Success
Hawthorn was given little chance of beating Collingwood in the 2011 preliminary final, but the Hawks found themselves three goals in front at three-qu...
Gavin Wanganeen: Port Adelaide vs Essendon - The Way It Was
In just his third AFL season, Gavin Wanganeen won the Brownlow Medal and helped lead the ‘Baby Bombers’ to an unexpected premiership in 1993.
Bu...
Steve Johnson: Geelong vs Port Adelaide – Call Me Norm
The 2007 AFL grand final was history-making for a number of reasons.
Not only did Geelong snap a 44-year premiership drought, the Cats also infl...
Justin Koschitzke: St Kilda vs Geelong – Undefeated
Round 14, 2009… Never before had two teams met undefeated this late in the season.
St Kilda were the hunters and Geelong, the hunted.
Matthew Lloyd and John Barker: Essendon vs Hawthorn – The Line In The Sand
Round 11, 2004… The Hawks had not beaten the Bombers since 1997, and by half-time that didn't look like changing.
Hawthorn coach Peter Schwab ha...
Terry Wallace: Essendon vs Western Bulldogs – The Super Flood
Round 21, 2000… Essendon had won 20 games straight, but the Western Bulldogs had devised a plan that all started with a trip to the United States and...
Saverio Rocca: Collingwood v Essendon on Anzac Day – The Lockout
The inaugural Anzac Day match between Collingwood and Essendon in Round 4, 1995, remains the second biggest home and away crowd, on record.
Robert DiPierdomenico: Hawthorn vs Geelong – Near death in the greatest GF
The 1989 Grand Final is often referred to as the greatest of all time. But as 'Dipper' reveals it was a day that nearly ended his life.
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Anthony Stevens: North Melbourne vs Sydney - The Breakthrough Flag
The 1996 grand final saw North Melbourne breakthrough for their first flag in almost two decades.
Now a North Melbourne board member, Stevens r...
Tom Boyd: Western Bulldogs vs Sydney – Pay Day
The 2016 grand final can only be described as the game of Tom Boyd's life.
The former No.1 draft pick starred as the Western Bulldogs broke a 62...
Nick Davis: Sydney vs Geelong – The Greatest Thieving Effort
2005 semi-final... Geelong lead the Sydney Swans by 23 points in the last quarter – enter Nick Davis and one of the greatest finals performances in AF...
Paul Salmon: Essendon vs Geelong — The Shootout
Round 6, 1993… Gary Ablett Snr at one end, Paul Salmon at the other. A haul of 24 goals between them. It was an iconic battle of the key forwards, but...
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