Kick to Kick

Episode 46 - 1934

The team to beat in 1934 were the reigning premiers, South Melbourne or as some called them, The Foreign Legion, with their team of talented imports, taking the flag from Richmond in 1933.

Other teams started to employ a similar tactic to build their teams up.

Richmond got off to a flyer, looking very dangerous, while South’s form was actually up and down. Collingwood was back near the top with an injection of youth. North Melbourne’s optimism doesn’t last long, and Footscray’s coach finds himself in an interesting predicament. The Brownlow race ends in interesting circumstances and Carlton and Collingwood revisit the animosity of the 1910 grand Final. 

 

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Episode 45 - 1933

We dive deeply into the 1933 season....

Richmond come off the back of a premiership and look to make it back to back, however Melbourne have poached their premiership coach in their own attempt to achieve success. Hawthorn have to deal with not 1, but 2 tragedies throughout the season. Fitzroy charge towards a top 4 finish, Essendon, despite the poor year, unearth a future champion, Collingwood look towards a rebuild, South Melbourne continue their recruiting spree and half of the teams in the league have new coaches. And to top all that we get some new team nicknames.

 

The Kick to Kick Podcast aims to go through each year of the VFL/AFL season and bring out the stories, highlights, winner and losers of days gone by. 

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Episode 44 - 1932

This is the 1932 episode, also known as 'Frankenpod', it has been a busy few weeks for those of us that run this podcast, so we have recorded bits here and there when we could, we weren't always in the same room together. This is the result, not as smooth as we would like, but ready to go. 

We also officially welcome new kick to kick host Anna (AKA; Moz) to the show!

Here is a rundown for the episode. Things once again implode at Stkilda, while South Melbourne have devised a genius plan to lure new recruits over to play for them. Speaking of new recruits a well known one begins at Fitzroy, while new captain Haydn Bunton takes over. Geelong struggle to maintain the same form they had in the previous year and are in doubt of playing finals. Collingwood continue to play at a high standard and Carlton unearth their own new recruits that help them stay up the top.

The hit songs played over the history section are Louis Armstrong's All of Me, and Bing Crosby singing "Brother can you spare a dime". 

 

The Kick to Kick Podcast aims to go through each year of the VFL/AFL season and bring out the stories, highlights, winner and losers of days gone by. 

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Episode 43 - Slattery Media Group

Earlier this year we sat down with Geoff Slattery to talk about publishing football books, reporting on the footy and the best way to tell the history of the game. 

It was a great chat, and great for us to meet the man responsible for publishing so many of the books that we use in our research. 

Check out the collection of books available here - https://books.slatterymedia.com/

The Kick to Kick Podcast aims to go through each year of the VFL/AFL season and bring out the stories, highlights, winner and losers of days gone by. 

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Episode 42 - 1931

The 1931 season saw a few major changes come into effect across the league, the most interesting one being the Page McIntyre finals system….finally. There was also an amendment to the Brownlow voting. And the introduction of the 3-2-1 season that we now know. Could Collingwood pull off the impossible and win 5 premierships in a row? Could the Blues or the Tigers finally overcome a faltering Collingwood, or would a new coach help Geelong over the machine. Plus Haydn Bunton finally pulls on the boots, Hackenschmidt closes the curtain on an amazing VFL run, and Footscray push for an improbable finals run.

 

 

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Episode 41 - The Machine Years

We recently sat down with official Collingwood Historian Michael Roberts to talk about the Collingwood machine years, 1927-1930.

We discuss....

• the players
• the coach
• the administrators
• the records broken
• the champions
• the challenges

and more. 

 

 

Episode 40 - 1930

Collingwood were able to equal Carlton’s record of 3 in a row the previous year, so 1930 would be their opportunity to make history.  The depression was really hitting the country hard and supporters looked more than ever to their sporting heroes for a distractions from the hardships of everyday life. Checker Hughes at Richmond and Dan Minouge at Carlton were coming for Jock McHale's team, along with everyone else who wanted to knock off the machine.

Now we are in the 1930’s we begin to mention several big names, who will later be hall of fame legends.

Add to that The VFL had to work out what do to with a 3 way tie in the Brownlow, all make for a very interesting year. 

 

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Episode 39 - 1929

On the 1929 Episode, the Collingwood machine chugs along, more finely tuned than either of the previous 2 seasons. Richmond, smarting from the last 2 grand final loses, plot their downfall. Carlton think they have the right coach to give them an edge, and StKilda begin to make a move towards the finals as well. New grandstands are opened, record goals are kicked and the league loses another historical figure.

 

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Episode 38 - 1928

Collingwood come into this new season riding the success of their first flag in 8 years, which is a big relief to the club, yet through the adversity of the 1928 season they search for more success.

Finally one of the new teams finishes above the bottom three, but which one…..

StKilda bring in an old favorite to hopefully bring their team some success.

Plus we give Kaz more suggestions to see if anyone can usurp the McKraken name award from Jazzlegs Gambetta. All that and more….

 

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Episode 37 - 1927

With Melbourne claiming their first flag since 1900, expectations for the 1927 season were high. However, if you think expectations at Melbourne were high, Collingwood had lost the last 2 grand finals, the fans were busting down the door for a premiership, their drought now going back to 1919. Richmond were ready to start roaring again with a strong list and "Checker" Huges in charge. Carlton, no longer wanted to sing to be out of finals. North were looking for their first win in well over a year. There was optimism at Fitzroy with some new recruits bought in. We also introduce a new segment lead by the Kazman. 

 

The Kick to Kick Podcast aims to go through each year of the VFL/AFL season and bring out the stories, highlights, winner and losers of days gone by. 

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