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David wrote:...
I checked the footage and he's telling the truth, in the sense that he kicked our last goal of the day. Luke Power kicked the last goal for Brisbane soon after.
I mean, yes, but "last goal by a Collingwood player at Victoria Park" is still something to hang your hat on I reckon.
What astonishes me is that he was responsible for not only our last goal but also our last kick (and, indeed, disposal of any kind) at the venue in unrelated pieces of play, minutes apart. I don't recall him achieving much else in his career, but that's certainly a worthy piece of trivia if nothing else.
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
David wrote:... Luke Power kicked the last goal for Brisbane soon after.
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Good thing it wasn't Akermanis (0 goals).
David wrote:...
*Mal Michael had the ball in his hands at the end, but clearly kicked it after the siren sounded.
Oddball Adam Heuskes was playing that day. Turns out his walking out on Brissy the next year let them recruit Mal Michael.
Matthews:
“So clearly you try and find out where he is and track him down … eventually we found out lunch time Monday he was back in Adelaide and didn’t want to play football anymore.
“I tried to ring him to see what he’s thinking was, didn’t return my calls, so can you believe I coached a player and have never seen him since that post-game because he didn’t return my calls.
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“He had a year to go on his contract, so he walked out on the year to go on his contract, but that money we devoted to Mal Michael, who we recruited from Collingwood.”
I remember that last game at Victoria Park with mixed emotions but it was a very eventful day, accompanied by my brother (Little Wonder) and mate (LazzaDeSilva)
Hated the result, nearly got chucked-out because my brother grabbed an obnoxious, arrogant prick by the throat and he ran to the Police, stirred a couple of old boilers into threatening Lazza after he was mildly critical of Andrew Schauble then to cap it off, fell over in the shower back at the motel and damaged my sciatic nerve
Don't remember much of the game at all but put it down to dementia
Every year, usually at some point in the opening quarter of Round 1, someone kicks our first goal of the season. Since 2000, nineteen different players have done this, and only four have achieved it on multiple occasions. Can you guess who those four players are, and which of the four has kicked our opening goal three times?
(Hint: the same player also holds the record for kicking our last goal of the season the most times this century.)
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
Two out of four, CPtechno! Dale Thomas did it twice (in 2006 and 2010), and Steele Sidebottom holds the modern record, having done it three times (2013, 2015 and 2017). Sidey has also kicked our last goal of the season on four occasions, including the last two years running (2010, 2011, 2022 and 2023). Even more remarkably, three of those were in grand finals!
Some hints for the other two players, if it helps: one kicked our first goal of the season two years running (2019 and 2020), and the other achieved his double in the early Malthouse years.
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
