North Melbourne Football Club more viable than The AgeThe Age published an agenda-driven story this week about the finances of the North Melbourne Football Club. It’s a shame they didn’t observe the most basic tenet of journalism and check the story with its target, writes Jamie Johnstone.
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This isn’t the first time Buckley’s snubbed the Roos
Nathan Buckley’s decision yesterday to spurn North Melbourne — one of the AFL clubs hoping to secure him as senior coach in 2010 -– in favour of an assistant coaching role at Collingwood had many old-time Kangaroo officials shaking their heads ruefully.
Hot Form Charts: North Melbourne FC’s hopes fading away
North Melbourne, as the Form Chart confirms, are fading faster than Gretel Killeen’s hopes of a Friars Club nomination, writes Crikey’s resident footy nerd.
Hot Form Charts: Manly v Storm will be no grand final preview
Tonight’s Manly v Storm clash may be the grand final re-match, but it sure won’t be the grand final preview, while North Melbourne could rise above injuries in their clash with Collingwood.
Triple M puts the root into grassroots footy
Perhaps the AFL should also be having a little word with their official broadcast partner Triple M in the wake of Chookgate, writes Neil Walker.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Crikey / Wednesday, 19 December 2007
On Monday, Crikey published an account of a conversation between AFL chief Andrew Demetriou and the code’s player association head Brendan Gale. Since then they’ve been denying it, a sad reflection of the conduct of public life.