Fantastic bit of AFL history

The VFL did create a monster with the AFL and new teams.....and then stupidly handed the controls to an interstate loser, a wallflower. ( think he was Sth Australian but might have been from WA ). Everything Ross Oakley touched turned to shyte.....worse if he originated it. Every team i know of had just as difficult a start as The Eagles, and most VFL clubs had it even tougher. No way they would make it easy for a new club to be established easily. To make it to the top you must earn it. All the VFL expansion clubs did it a lot tougher than the Eagles or any other interstate club that followed. Footscray ( the Western Bulldogs ) are still fighting to be established, Nth Melbourne got themselves established in the 1970's via dubious political manouvering, but are now back to square one.....now the political support is no longer propping them up. Fitzroy built themselves into a powerhouse from nothing.....a poor club in the poorest of locations that succeeded until politics and bad management killed it. Sth Melbourne was originally gilded with gold leaf , until bad management turned the gold to marzac. Then politics ( Jeff Kennett ) sold the club out in favour of his preferred Soccer club . Jeff tried to do worse to Hawthorn but the members defeated him. Then the Hawthorn board was bought out by Kennett and his gangster bosses from the Demons, and Kennett was made president of Hawthorn, the club he had just tried to destroy by giving it and all its wealth ( property ) to the Demons. There was never any sale here, the Melbourne Footy Club was to inherit all of Hawthorns recent success, history, glory and wealth for nothing.....a gift. Thank god the members voted NO while the vichy committee was demanding and then pleading for the YES vote . I hope none of those traitors ever got paid what they were promissed for a YES vote.

What a story! Great job on this series fellas.

“Been truly incredible” 😂

No dockers?!!

I don’t understand the Graeme Moss story - he didn’t play for the Eagles…

What about Freo?

West Coast Eagles was the original team for anyone that love the WAFL and supported WA football. Bizarrely increasingly over time, people returned to Victorian supported teams. Especially those that didn't like Malthouse's temperament and those who tended to be conservative and preferred the status quo pre AFL. But fact is that VFL was ripping off WA footy and without the Eagles the WAFL and WA football industry would have gone under. If you're a believer in WA football and a Sandgroper then there should be little alternative but to barrack for the Eagles or Dockers - its that simple. To barrack for the 16 other teams, is basically supporting a club 2000km away who rarely plays in Perth and tries to avoid it where possible. And furthermore does anything in its power to weaken the WA footy industry.

Do you think Oberon Pirak played a part in the move?

It’s still the VFL. It ridiculous really.

Far cough clown, absolutely clueless

Good work on these videos

Imagine the AFL doing an equality study back then hahaha.

Great work, this was very insightful.

Outstanding work man. Keep up the good work.

So hawks top trade targets include a bloke contracted till 2028, a struggling forward that’s had little impact in 4 years and a defender from Perth whom I’ve never heard of. Nice try boys

Great doco, lads 👍 our history makes me a proud WCE supporter: 7 GF's for 4 premierships, that despite a history, especially early days, of Victorian biases, lack of concessions, home finals in Victoria. A great club 💙🦅💛

Nice work on the West Coast Eagles, and thank you. BUT Our first Premiership was 1992 not 1991. Second 1994.

The AFL hierarchy being Victorian centric have not appreciated what The Swans have done to grow the game in a Rugby League environment and Isaac a local product , a very fair player has helped grow AFL when at times The Swans were lucky to stay afloat .

A bit ahead of ourselves, perhaps if Hawks are out of the 8, let's chat.

Harrison Jones would make a great thitd tall.... At BoxHill

Hey rake peter write off our Hans

I remember the early days of The Bears, it was a blessing and a curse. Being an Adelaide boy growing up I loved the "Footy" and followed the Glenelg Tigers all my childhood years. Port Adelaide being the perpetual enemy. My parents moved us to Brisbane in 1980 when I was 15 yrs. old. First thing I did on the weekend was watch t.v. to see how the local Brisbane league worked and what the teams were. I don't need to tell you just how disappointed I was to find that there was ZERO Aussie Rules played here and if you wanted to watch a VFL game you had to wait until about 1:00 in the morning on a Sunday night (Monday morning) and they might have a replay of one game from that weekend. Aussie Rules was (although not unheard of) frowned upon by the general public and referred to as that stupid game from down south. It was a nightmare, just talking about Aussie Rules in those days in Brisbane marked you as an outsider. Then the Swans moved to Sydney (the other NRL State) and I saw a glimmer of light. Finally when I read (in a newspaper story buried in the middle pages of the paper) that the VFL / AFL were considering a Brisbane team, it was like Christmas all over again. No need to tell you the team I've been barracking for ever since, and there were some dark days boy, some terribly dark days.........

Yer you can get out of here with rotham, he is an absolute crab

Amazingly enough she is listed as being 45 but looks about 28. So beautiful cheezus.

Shultz wanted to go home Henry was a feeble player for Freo, and would not be picked in preference to sharp today The 5 players who left in 2022 were all redundant, none of them were in the best 22 Think your trope through before carelessly regurgitating how Freo lost so many players lately Since the midseason draft came in, all teams are shedding at least 8 players per season

Calsher Dear already ahead of Jones

Would Max or Ben King be better players at a better club in Hawthorn? Trade a 1st round draft pick, and get one of the king boys and an early 2nd round in return. Maybe I'm dreaming, but there may not be anymore genuinely good forwards by the time it's Hawthorns turn at the draft...... Their midfield looks good. A couple more good defenders, and they look ready for a premiership window to open in the next 2 years

Harry Jones?.. HAHAHAHAHAHA...

You folks should "read the room" once in a while. The days of Melbourne & Geelong type top ups are OVER! The only clubs interested in letting FA's move on are the one's heading in to a heavy rebuild who are looking to pad out their draft hands (Richmond). Hawthorn has to compete with 10 other clubs, many of which are more preferable destinations when it comes to out of state Victorians. They have no draft hand and are literally "stuck" in the middle, so it's no wonder they send off posse's to seduce the likes of Perryman.

jones has triggered a year extension at Essendon

Silly boy. When will they learn. Violence will rub you out. Any sight of blood on your victim...... you're guaranteed suspended. This is why I don't watch football anymore. It more a women's game now.....more feminine not masculine as it should be

Don McLean sang about the day the music died, this is the day that footy died...

Thank you Isaac for inspiring me everyday! I love you (as a player) and without you in this world. Only Buddy Franklin would help me! ❤️❤️❤️! I started playing AFL in 2015 when I was 4 and you started in 2015 for Sydney Swans when you were 18 turning 19. Thx Isaac, Hopefully I’ll see you at the game in the stands! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊 Lots of Love Tara! PS: Have a lovely day!

All good. He will just take out the Norm Smith medal instead on Grand Final day.

With or without a Brownlow he’s a true champion of the game

No way langdon leaves the dees!

I lived in Sydney ages ago and could never understand why the NRL got horrible crowds (in comparison to the VFL/AFL and even VFA crowds back in the 70s, 80s and 90s). The Swans move made much more sense than most people realised either in NSW or in VIC. The Swans finals record since their move is nothing short of incredible and despite the nostalgia for South, it's great to see them come into their own in Sin City.

I wouldn't take any of these players for free 😂

So who are freos trade targets who are gettabale

Himmelberg is a given surely!

Heppell will never leave Essendon.

The Bears won 21 matches in their first 3 seasons. This was a much better start than both the GWS and Gold Coast Suns. The Bears got a fraction of the help that the GWS and Suns got.

I met Peter Knights GF eve 2017. A thorough gentleman he was so happy to talk about his time in Queensland.

The Carrara Koalas. That is what a few of us called them. Also glad Jason Dunstall said No.

neil hein took all the money!!!

bring back brisbane bears with dark brown and grey and white with gold numbers new club and new teams and new colour for Queensland third teams please after northern territory new darwin dingoes hope will be in afl competition by 2033 or 2035

Wow! How they survived sketchy Skase I dont know...

Geelong do not need any more small fwds Close,Stengle, Mannagh, Miers. Dont need Wingers - Ollie Dempsey & Mitch Knevitt for next decade Samson Ryan are you kidding Toby Conway & Mitch Edwards would be better options than Ryan. Smith is a must

wee need a midfield and backline we have forward covered