SEASON REVIEW – ALEXANDRA
By Matt Fotia It was a year of being close, but ultimately not close enough for Alexandra, as both their Senior Football side and A Grade Netballers threatened to burst their way into the finals makeup, before fading in the end, albeit at different times. Here’s a quick look at their 2019. Football Position : […]
SEASON REVIEW – EMERALD FNC
By Matt Fotia The Bombers may not have featured heavily across (all) of the Division One Finals Series in 2019, but they did build themselves a nice platform to take off from in the years to come, on both the football field and the netball court. Here’s a look at their 2019 Season. Football Position: 6th […]
MICK’S MISSION
By Matt Fotia Just weeks after he parted ways with his long time (footballing) partner in Noble Park, Mick Fogarty has jumped back on the horse, signing on to become senior coach of the Beaconsfield Football Club for season 2020. Fogarty was (and still is) the longest serving coach in Noble Park’s storied history, having […]
CARRY ON
By Matt Fotia Newly elected Doveton Football Netball Club President John Stapleton wants to ensure that the club continues to carry on the good work it got done in 2019, after he officially took over from outgoing President Aaron Henwood at the club’s Annual General Meeting last Sunday. Stapleton, who is the father of Doves […]
BEACONSFIELD – SEASON REVIEW
By Matt Fotia If you’d offered Beaconsfield two Preliminary Finals at the start of the 2019 AFL Outer East Premier Division season would they have taken the deal? We’ll never know, but that’s what they ended up with, and if it wasn’t for a pair of fade outs it could’ve been two Grand Final berths. […]
AFLW DRAFT RECAP
By Matt Fotia The AFL Outer East is proud to have another four representatives on AFLW lists after Laura McClelland, Serena Gibbs, Emma Horne and Tamara Luke were taken in the AFLW draft on Tuesday Afternoon. McClelland was the first to find a home with new AFLW club Richmond taking the marking defender at Pick […]
THE BIG DANCE
By Matt Fotia They kicked off the AFL Outer East era almost six months ago, and this Friday they close off the first chapter in the new leagues history with one of the more highly anticipated Grand Finals in recent memory. Berwick watched on last weekend as Narre Warren and Beaconsfield went to battle for […]
HUG IT OUT
By Matt Fotia It’s been an incredible journey for the Doveton Football Netball Club and its senior coach Daniel Charles, with the club having endured the lowest of lows in 2018, before experiencing the highest of highs on Sunday after they knocked off Pakenham by six points at the Woori Yallock Football Ground in the […]
BLEEDING BLACK AND GREEN
By Matt Fotia It’s been a year he described as ‘up and down’ on a personal level, but Lachlan Batten saved his best ‘up’ for the most important day of the year after the diminutive forward/midfielder walked away from Woori Yallock Recreation Reserve with two medals, one for a premiership with his beloved Doves and […]
PREMIER DIVISION NETBALL PREVIEW
By Alyce Collett After a long season, the end is nigh, but who will emerge victorious? Will the Premiership Cup head up the mountain back to Olinda Ferny Creek for a three-peat? Or will it be heading to Cranbourne, who are the firm underdogs? Before the Grand Final, there were two meetings between the two […]