• • • • IAN STEWART WILL COACH CARLTON fi RichmOnd player and for111er Former St. Kildacopalcahye:lllo:e~he 1978 coach of Carlton. south Melbourne accepted the Carlton offer on November 5 and alr~adg • Newsletter of the Aussie Rules Footy Fan Club Stewart . training with the VFL Blues a has taken charge of surmner Sydney , Novemb~r , 197~ • No. 2 Princes Park • • BARRY GOODINGHAM TO LEAD WOODVILLE Whether the final terms of the agreement has been reached , with the Southerners , is another story. • VFL veteran Barry Goodingharn has been signed to coach the lowly f next season for s.A.N.F.L. team Woodville for the next two seasons . c uth appointed Des TUddenham as coach or ;he0 VFL swans after Stewart failed ~o de~ermine that he • The Adelaide "Peckers" f i nis Ped se~nd-last in 1977, winning wanted the job again at Albert Park, even after he had been only six matches. only the second coach in 30 years to have South make the Good.ingham 32, wa s a reserve in North Mellx:Jurne's first ~remier ­ finals . ship team before joinin~ south Melbourne a year later, in 1976. that The triple Brownlow Medalist will surely give the sting South are not expected to stand-out on a clearance fee, but no car1 ton have lost since the departure of John Nicholls·. transfer amount has been announced . • V.F.L. DISTRIBUTES $1)720,452 ---FI TZROY CHAMPION JO HN MURP H' TO SO UT H MELB.?? The Collingwood-North Melbourne replay was a key factor in An announcement expected for some time wa s made on November 7th t/,e huge boost of receipts for the VFL in season 1977 • that the VFL Lions captain for past five seasons, John Murphy, would play for south Melbourne in 1978. A record payment of $143 ,371 was made to each of the twelve • • VFL clubs recently, totalling $1,720,452. This compares However, the matter is far f rom resolved and is like ly to tdk& with the 1976 distribution of $1 , 083,780., a long time being finalised. HSV Channel 7 paid $200,000 for the grand finals telecasts. Murphy 27 , has played 223 VFL games in 11 years with Fitzroy, and could become the highest paid VFL player in 1978. South are The four matches at the MCG brought in ticket sales of trying a deal reported to be worth more than $25,000 but Fitzroy $1,793,636 , plus $866,049 from the three games at VFL Park. say he would be just as well off by staying with them. Total attendances for the finals matches was 531,073 - Murphy will be cleared to South, but only if Fitzroy get certain Elimi nation Final 63,663 (VFL Park) players in return from the Swans, rather than a transfer fee. Qualifying Final 64 ,052 (M .C .G.) The battle for him started when Richmond, Collingwood, Footscray First Semi-Final 87 ,421 (M .C .G .) and South Melbourne all sought permission to interview Murphy. Second Semi-Final 48,105 (VFL Park) Preliminary Final 61,242 (VFL Park) It appears certain that this will be one case that could well Grand Final 108 ,224 (M .C .G.) end with a hearing by the VFL Appeals Board. Grand Final Replay 98,366 (M.C.G.) FOOTY-TIME IS MOVIE-TIME From the television receipts the Victorian Country Football Some of Australia's leading footballers may be seen on the League was paid $37,000, whilst the VFL contributed $25 434 screens of theatres next year. to the Nati o~ al Football League to assist in the develo;ment of the game in other states. cig~rettes Philip Horris, the ntdkers of Marlboro and wide spon­ • s~rs of spoz:t are reported to ha\1e spent almost $88 ,000 to pro­ NIGHT FOOTBALL PROPOSAL FOR 24 TEAMS duce a 20-nunute featurette titled, "The Greatest Game". The National Football League were .c;cheduled to meet in Melbo ~ rne on Monday, Ncvember 21 to discuss a VFL propoeal Exciting action shots of the 1977 VFL finals will be ho 1 and the pr~ucers have re-created one of the earliest rec:rd:; games for ~n Australia-wide competition in which the winner w:ll played .in 1858 when masters of Scotch college and Melbourne receive $100,000 and the runner-up $60,000. Grammar decided to play a 40-a-side game Mi. th th f . , ~ . e irst team 24 clubs throughout Australia would compete for the to score two goals to be the winner G 1 fr~m . • oa posts were placed sponsored night competition worth $400,000. rrore than a aul~ apart, one set on Jolimont Hill and the others at Punt Rood, Richmond. The game was played from noo · The VFL proposal if accepted b d l for three Saturdays and after 15 hours of l h n t.il dusk from each of Ne w South Wal Ouy e egates would see one club one goal all and th P ay t e scores were . es, eensland Canbe . ' e game was abandoned. Pus1 five t eams from South Aust 1 . , - rra, Tasmania, Australia and the 12 VFL t ra .ia, three rrom ~·estern . eams. The top ht Produ~ez:s of the film for Marlboro are the renowned makers of would automatically go into the las eig VFL teams television programs, Crawford Produ~tions. would play each other . l . t 15 teams while the rest in e imination matches . A three-year program worth $120,000 has been anno NFL general manager, Keith Webb. Sponsored b unced by the The Channel 7 Network was . planned 15-game night .likely to televise all of the Banking Corporation, a national traini 'l the .corrrr:onwealth series with three matches a 30-minute film, four film st . ng .program will .involve .N orwood OVal i n Adelaide d Planned for an the balance played skills of the game. Players i~~~~v:d v.ideo tapes on basic at VFL Park. Kevin Sheedy, Peter Knights of v · t . 1 n the program include - Australia and Graham Hoss coa hicforia, Russell Ebert of South LEN THOMPSON TO RETIRE? low Medalist of 1976. ' c Claremont and former Brown- After 13 seasons with Colli • . ° that he will retire becausen~od, Len Thompson has said time required for VFL footbal~.could no longer devote the Later, booklets and charts will be produced for juniors. Len's time is take territo n up conducting a h t 1 ' PITURA SEEKING CLEARANCE FROM RICHMOND business in Woods I ting a ~~lldAnother consideration is ~h=t A recent Melbourne report stated that Jo . next February. his wife is· expec- l to have been made a coaching off b hn Pi tura was believed er Y the New South w. l In recent years Thom Jene pson has been tr b fbe Richnond utility player ha a es A.F.L. ~s . and Collingwood officials ou led by arthritic ager, but didn't mention the N•Sm:t with the Tigers general man­ position, but would lik say they understand , • •.... offer. e to talk to hi Len s fhe •tranger thing is that ~hompson who won the B m about his future . 11 s 11 A ' no one at an off· i • • • .F .L. seem to know an thi ic al level of the J.n 1972 , h as played 247rownlow as. the VF L Best and F . Y ng about such an Offer. games with the M . airest A three-near agpies. ~ contract on hi JOHN NORTHEY TO ASSIST PATTERSON s services expired roraer Riclmond teat-mate John Nort AT ST• KILDA this yea.r. •••i•t•nt co.ch to #ilea P t hey h.ta been appointed ....z..-... a teraon in the i as S,A,N,f ,L, MAY PLAY 23 " ..- tOSJ•ther in RJ..clwond , • l 967 ccm ng season • The•~7 The South Austral· . -GAME SER I ES prenaiershin 'd to ian National F Jfort:b•!I pl•51ed 120 r .S.1 e. to are lf6g JNtnnant tum• "1.th RiclAJntJ inclUding the 1967 meet shortly finalise the'::.tix;,11 League expected D•J t1 , g::•ore coaching West and Under cons ·d Pans for the 197 COllpe tioa W/JJ.ch J.ncludad the 197 •rn SU.burbs in the Syd- foo ha.z i e.ration is the . 8 season • t l, April l with a r earliest-aver start for Ad . .90z'tlaef tllsn ..,~ to l premierahip. Each f ecord 23-match . elaide l• ~ ol a.dAn in the a.Jlu•t League which 0 the ten cl b . zru.nor round •t. Uld•':°:. including one on thu ~ will probably Plau t~- • J..-. ,reaJ.c-111,.,. I.a l•1s-1i.11~ohn took ••dsn to thr• •ucces.s- Sunda eir home g ~ ~u.. ee Sunda 'J play using th s round, however . Y games, JfQrt.IJ•• ...... .. -~ WOUld require the e ANFL Football P k , increased tlat • •lrMd11 .U. --r tr•.1n1ng local councils. consent of the S .A• :~ and suburban ovals W'J~ •«l~• .......~ ._ ate Government Deci•ions should be and • available for the Deceznbe r Newsletter• • • BIG TASK AHEAD OF CAMPBELL NE WG ENERAL MANAGER AT RICHMOND Gareth Andrews has been appointed as General Manager of the Graham Campbell i s taking on a tall order when he re-enters VFL RichrnOnd football Club. Andrew·s 30, played 136 games with ranks as coac h of Fitzroy in 1978. Geelong before joining the VFL Tigers in 1974 where he played The Fitzroy c lub was f ormed in 1884 and were one of the fir st 33 games.