• • • • IAN STEWART WILL COACH CARLTON fi RichmOnd player and for111er Former St. Kildacopalcahye:lllo:e~he 1978 coach of Carlton. south 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 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 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. 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, of v · t . 1 n the program include - Australia and Graham Hoss coa hicforia, of South 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 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 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. clubs invited t o join when the VFL was formed i n 1896. In t heir Taking up what was the old position of Secretary has meant that 81 s e a sons of VFL f ootball Fitzroy have won a t otal of eight Andrews has turned his back on his own real-estate business, premierships but only one of them ha s be en won in t he last SO but he still remains a director of the company. years . The VFL Lions won pennants i n 1898 , 1899 , 1904, 1905 , over the last 12 m::>nths, the Tigers have lost two secretaries, 1913, 1916 , 1922 and 1944. Since t heir las t major victory they Alan Schwab and Max Scales, plus who had a very succ­ hav~ made the fina l s on only f our occasions in 1947 when they essful year whe n he took over at Collingwood. finished third , 1952 (3rd}, 1958 (4th ) and 1960 (3rd) • • FOOTY ROUND-UP Perhaps the mo s t unusual Premiers hip\,\<\i n came to Fitzroy in 1916. STAB KICKS · During that sea son t he i mpac t of Wor l d War One r educ ed t he VFL • competition t o only 12 r ounds with only f our clubs co~p eting, Former top Adelaide umpire Murray Ducker has been re- appointed meeting each other four time s . SANFL umpiring director for 1978. Assistants will be Morrie • Smith and Mark Posa • ••• • Footscray are considering hiring Fitzroy finished last in the list of four - the great as a specialist coach to , w L D For Agst Pts. and that would re-unite the great ruck and rover team that had Carlton 10 -? - 918 665 40 a big say in Geelong's 1963 pennant win - Farmer lost the last Collingwood 6 5 1 803 802 26 year of his three-season contract with East when the WA Richmond 5 7 - 787 881 20 side chose as coach for 1978 ••••• Bruce Duperouzal has decided not t o return to WA and will stay on at St . Kilda Fitzroy 2 9 1 711 871 10 ' But the Maroons staged an amazing• r eversal o f form in the round ••••• Essendon centreman Neville Fields wants to transfer to of finals matches. South Melbourne, but Essendon has refused the required permiss­ lst Semi Fitzroy 9 .9 (63) d. Collingwood 8.9 (57) ion to interview ••• • • under the current VFL anti-poaching laws 2nd Semi Carlton 10.15 (75) d. Ric hmond 10.12 (72) a club found guilty of approaching players without permission Preliminary Fitzroy 9.11 (65) d. Carlton 5 .12 (42) i s liable to a fine of $100,000, and that's a lot of bickies •• ••• the former Collingwood and Footscray coach turned Prior to 1931 the finals were decided with the 4th t eam meet ing down an offer to join South Melbourne's coaching panel to act t he sec6nd t eam in the lst semi-final; the first team meeting mainly as advisor on match days to Des Tuddenham, Rose said at the 3rd team in the 2nd semi . The two winner s then played off 49, "I'm too old" • •••• the high-flying has signed in the final. However if the 'mi nor premier s ' the club f i nish­ a two-year contract and will stay with Glenelg after rumors that ing on t op of the ladder were defeated in either a semi- final he would more to West Torrens next year ••••• Richmond ha ve or final they had the right of challenge and a grand final wa s signed former Footscray centreman Peter Featherby who played for played. Subiaco this year. Featherby asked to be rele ased from the VFL Fitzroy continued their winning s treak and in the Grand Final Bulldogs after a disagreement with coach Bill Goggin ••••• the played at the MCG before 20,953, the scor es were - SANFL club Norwood will celebrate their centenary in '78 and Fitzroy 12.13 (85) , Carlton 8.8 (56) have been on the search for players to lift them out of the It will no doubt be the only time in football history that a doldrums and up the ladder. Coach Bob Harranond toge ther .,,.,;i th • team who ~~n only two home-and-home matches went on t o win a Wa lly Miller and Bob Farnham were on the hunt in Melbo~rne in

Premiership. · · • recent weeks • • • • • Campbell has the gusty coaching experience and i s a dedicated team man who played 158 games in the Fitzroy guernsey. If they 100 YEARS UP IN SOUTH AUSTRAL I A are to win another VFL pennant soon, Campbell will be the man Au stralian Football celebrated its Centenary in south Australia ~w_h_o~w_1_1_1~1_e_a_d~t_h_ern~·~_A_1_1~t_h_e~b_e_s_t~t-o~G_r_a_h_am~_c_am~p-b_e_1_1_·~~~~~~ d~i~g ~ 97 7. The game was played ~der the banner of the "Asso- c iation f r om 1878 to 1898, as "District Football" from 1899 to BIG SHAKE- UP AT CENTRALS 1906 ~ nd a s the 11 League" from 1907 until the present-day. . Org~ ni sed football was discontinued in the years of 1916-17-18 Hoves t o l:ldke Adelaide club Centr al Distr icts a football power during Wor ld War One. have brought about the dismissal of their coach Ga r y Wi ndow. During Wor ld War Two the eight clubs continued for th f Members unhappy about the SANFL Bulldogs performances me t 1 942 --4 3 44 i. n a '' Patriotic". . competition. The teams unitede years as o - recently and appointed a new board of directors who declared 1) Por t Adelaide-West Torrens, premiers in 1942 t he coachi ng position vacant even though Win6ow' s contrac t had 2) Norwood- North Adelaide, premiers in 1943 and 1944 another year t o run. The posi t i on has since been nationally 3) Sturt - South Adelaide advertised. At last count , Gary was no t an applicant . . :--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__::..:...~:...... ::~=--~~~~-J 4) West Adelaide-Glenelg GEELONG TO GET $1. 6M GRANDSTAtJD FxcAludi ng · t he war. years of 1916-18 and 1942-44 , ninety· -four 5 • • pr ern i e r s~ip~ have been decided with the Port Adelaide and Geelong F.C. signed a new 40- year lease of wit h Norwood c lubs being the outstanding participants. the local council on October 28 and reached agreement with Outside of t he pr esent 10- tearn competition onl local authorities to construct a new grandstand reported to be . Y one c 1 ub, long worth Sl,600,000 . since gone, won a n S.A. pennant, Adelaide in 1886 • Set out below ar e the winners of the south Austr i· · The new football club stand will connect with the existin h ' · a ian premier- ~ ips s ince 1878 and pl acements in the period 1897-1 77 1 "Ross Dr ew Stand" and extend around the back of the sou th~ rn ing 1942-43-44. 9 , exc u- • goal posts. The new construction will r eplace the existing old players stand and the old press box. s.A. PREMIERSHIPS SINCE 1878 Extende~ facilities are expected to be provided for both T.V. Port Adelaide • •• • • • 24 last win, 1977 and rad~o commentators , as well as journalists. Norwood .. . • •• • • • • •• 23 1975 The new stand is expected to be ready in time for the start of Sturt • • • • • • • • • • • • 12 1976 the the 1978 season when Geelong will meet colling\lilOod on first North Adelaide ••• • • • 11 1972 day of the VFL season on Saturday, April 1. South Adelaide ••• • • • 10 1964 West Ade laide • •• ••• 7 1961 INDEC ISION ON INTER - CHANGE West Torrens ••• • • • 4 1 953 Glenelg What ~eemed certain to become a new part of the Australian • • • • ••• • •• 2 1 973 game is now under challenge. The inter-change rule which Adelaide • • • • • • ••• l 1 886 • enables the two res~rves t o be inter-changed freely durin • PLACINGS 1897-1977 (exc. 1942-3-4) • ga~e may not receive full support by all .states at th g meeting on November 21. It has alreadn be e NFL Premiers R- Up 3rd 4th 5th Finals play f, 1977 . ':I en a part of the or in the VFA and was used in the 'Stat f .. , Central Districts ••• - 2 game at Subiaco on OC tober 8. One of th t e o Origin - - - 2 t · es ates who are cer- Glenelg • • • ••••• • • • 2 6 4 2 14 ain not to support t he introduction of the pro ed . N6rth Adelaide .•• - • • • 11 9 9 13 1 43 be . pos rule will Norwood • • • 12 12 16 12 l 53 ~T;h~1~s~N~e:w:s~l:e;~;t:e:r~i :s-c=~~p~il;~~-f;o:r~t:~~~A~u-s_s_i~. e~R-u_l_e_s~F-oo~t-y~F-~~~~~ Port Adel;id;· · ::: • • • 22 26 15 5 - 68 Club by Kevin Tcylor, who wishes to thank his Adel .d South Adelaide • •• • • • s 6 5 6 - 22 ••pondent Tony Azzopardi and Sue Richardson in Per~~ . e corr- Sturt •• • • • • • • • • •• 12 7 8 12 - 39 ______:__nth. 'f'ha best bet ls that the VF• plan & is. expecte.d t o meet and report wi th.i'n t he ~ ~or a 24-team, 15-match nigh t series will be adopted in full.