Biggest scandals for each club?

[Dry Rot]

One for the older guys/good footy historians here.

Saw this discussion elsewhere, but most of the responses were from people who only know footy this century.

So fire away - what are the biggest scandals over the years for each club?

Including ours...

[Twodogs]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

The bribing of he Essendon players in the Chamoinship match in 1924. Except it didn't happen. They are lies made up a decade later to explain their embarrassment at being beaten by an Association team on the MCG in front of a monster crowd.

The bribing of Port Melbourne players in the 1922 VFA grand final. Not much doubt about this one. Some of the attempted bribing took place on the ground just before the last quarter started, there was an investigation and Footscray players were suspended.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

I read the opening thread as "biggest sandals"

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

I read the opening thread as "biggest sandals"

ijlia Grgic?

[westdog54]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Off the top of my head:

Adelaide: Kurt Tippett trade/ draft deal.
Brisbane: The merger
Carlton: Salary Cap Scandal
Collingwood: Take your pick, they've had a few
Essendon: Supplements saga.
Freo: Ryan Crowley drug ban
Geelong: Matthew Stokes cocaine charge
Hawthorn: Leigh Matthews charged with assaulting Neville Bruns
Melbourne: Tanking scandal
North: The fall of Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide: Eddie Betts racism incidents.
Richmond: topless selfie
StKilda: StKilda schoolgirl.
Sydney: Barry Hall king hit
West coast: 2006 drug culture

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Off the top of my head:

Adelaide: Kurt Tippett trade/ draft deal.
Brisbane: The merger
Carlton: Salary Cap Scandal
Collingwood: Take your pick, they've had a few
Essendon: Supplements saga.
Freo: Ryan Crowley drug ban
Geelong: Matthew Stokes cocaine charge
Hawthorn: Leigh Matthews charged with assaulting Neville Bruns
Melbourne: Tanking scandal
North: The fall of Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide: Eddie Betts racism incidents.
Richmond: topless selfie
StKilda: StKilda schoolgirl.
Sydney: Barry Hall king hit
West coast: 2006 drug culture

I take issue with that one. Melbourne were never good enough to "tank".

[Dry Rot]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

What about the sacking of Norm Smith?

And wasn't there some Dogs incident in the 1980s aboard a plane and someone taking over the intercom?

[Rocket Science]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

What about the sacking of Norm Smith?

And wasn't there some Dogs incident in the 1980s aboard a plane and someone taking over the intercom?

"G'day passengers *swigs from a tinnie* this is Captain Groenewegen speaking ..."

[Remi Moses]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Even though I was a mere kid I remember the Social club v footy club scandal at our club .

[Twodogs]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

What about the sacking of Norm Smith?

And wasn't there some Dogs incident in the 1980s aboard a plane and someone taking over the intercom?

Good call with Norm Smith. Politics got him. Smith's biggest supporter and the man who used to run interference with the committee for him, Ivor Warne-Smith died in late 1964 and Smith and the committee had a big falling out. Committees never sack themselves so Norm got the chop despite Melbourne being the reigning premiers, on top of the ladder and Norm being a Six time premiership coach.

[Bornadog]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

The biggest scandal for us was the merger and will always be the merger ( I hope nothing worse happens)

We were all but gone but rescued by Peter Gordon and the save the dogs committee. We are in a strong position now , but let's never ever get complacent.

[Flamethrower]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Gold Coast Suns - Karmichael Hunt "white line fever"

GWS Giants - Lachie Whitfield

[GVGjr]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Brad Hardie's failed bid to come back to us and subsequent fine for the club wasn't great.

[Twodogs]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

Brad Hardie's failed bid to come back to us and subsequent fine for the club wasn't great.

His departure wasn't overly flash either.

[The Doctor]

Re: Biggest scandals for each club?

His departure wasn't overly flash either.

broke my heart.

hated Malthouse for that at the time.