Tag: Football
Roos to part ways with Gembrook favourite son
By Russell Bennett
GEMBROOK favourite son Michael 'Spud' Firrito’s North Melbourne career will draw to a close at the end of the 2016 AFL season,...
Power too strong for Knights
By Russell Bennett
A HOST of local young guns have spurred the Gippsland Power to an impressive 47-point win over the Northern Knights at Preston...
Back to the future
By David Nagel
PAKENHAM Football Club will be hoping newly-appointed coach Ash Green can wind back the clock and once again lead it to premiership...
In honour of Caz
By Russell Bennett
“IF you didn’t know Caz, picture someone else - a friend, an uncle, a nanna, an aunty. Someone you know has passed...
Coach looks back on a turbulent season
Tooradin’s season is finished for another year. Gazette Sports Editor DAVID NAGEL spoke with coach Lachie Gillespie about a turbulent and emotional season that ended...
Stingrays win a nail-biter
By David Nagel
THE Dandenong Stingrays will launch its TAC Cup premiership assault from a top-two position after a thrilling one-point victory over Murray Bushrangers at...
New chapter for Brookers icon
By RUSSELL BENNETT
AFTER almost 30 years of lacing the boots up and having a kick, Gembrook Cockatoo favourite son Andrew Shipp has called time...
Death threats over Mudgate
By RUSSELL BENNETT
DEATH threats and potential board spills - that’s the latest to come from the Ellinbank and District Football League’s incredible ‘Mudgate’ saga.
League...
Wayne’s World
By RUSSELL BENNETT
WAYNE Schwass is many things to many people - a premiership hero, a team-mate, a son, a father, a husband and a...
Stingrays to spring off
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE four Dandenong Stingrays invited to participate in this year’s NAB AFL draft combine will be hoping the event helps to springboard...
Verdict lights fire under Wickers
By DAVID NAGEL
REIGNING premier Berwick is seething after premiership skipper Madi Andrews received a four-match suspension at a South East Football Netball League independent...
Power’s late season surge continues
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE boys from the Gippsland Power have seemingly put the pain of a 0-7 start to their season well and truly behind...
Kangaroo slaughter stirs call for action
The business of Pakenham’s Robert Portbury is centred around building roads, but the kangaroo killing field of Pakenham Road has become so severe that...
