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Author Archives: Mickey Gee

Rounding the corner into September moments Round 21

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Mickey Gee

Injuries gutted two teams this weekend with vastly different results. Fortunately there was a family dinner party at our home which gave my pie loving Erin a rare out to avoid the carnage in the medical room and on the … Continue reading →

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Merger Part 2 – Final fateful game

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Mickey Gee

Someone in the AFL in 1996 must have been obsessed with the idea of wholesale dispensing of history by brokering unions, takeovers and mergers of Melbourne clubs, presumably to ease the load in supporting loss making teams in Sydney and … Continue reading →

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Merger Fireworks – Part 1 1971 to 1996

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Mickey Gee

I’d only experienced once before that bewildering package of emotions when I heard the news in 1996 that the AFL has ratified a request to merge from Melbourne and my Hawthorn. Shock, fear, helplessness, despair. Like your heart was on … Continue reading →

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Brain fades to grey

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Mickey Gee

Just 12 months ago we celebrated the Kanga’s extraordinary win over then flag favourite Geelong. The bloke in front of me in the members hugged me joyously sensing he’d witnessed a rebirth.  A summer of ’67 descended upon Arden Street … Continue reading →

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Moments split in two duirng Round 18

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Mickey Gee
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Love dont live here anymore

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Mickey Gee

The air was distinctly clear. Light carried far from the MCG, over Port Phillip Bay a dark glow hinted at a potential dousing sometime during this blockbuster. A millimetre or two had peppered our seats on the half forward flank, … Continue reading →

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If you believe they put a man on the moon

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Mickey Gee

This week, 45 years ago, Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar module ladder and placed a tentative foot upon the surface of the moon. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” he said. Half a billion … Continue reading →

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Moments found wanting in Round 17

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Mickey Gee

I’ve long been found wanting – since time immemorial – like the time I was advised of this by my father under heavy harvest stress when I totally botched the corner raking on a hay windrow making it impossible for … Continue reading →

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Wall of Sound

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Mickey Gee

Everyone talks about the noise, the sheer wall of Adelaide oval sound. There’s over 50,000 stuffed into every seat, burrow and bow at the ground. It’s an unsettling surprise, reminds me of an incident last summer while in search of … Continue reading →

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Mick’s Round 16 RANT!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Mickey Gee

Upsets and boilovers, this round is beset by upside down results that raise the metabolism in July but be barely remembered in September. Well, that’s what I wanted to tell the Roo’s supporter who baited me on the siren. Hawthorn … Continue reading →

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