From: marino@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.australian
Subject: AFL News (OLD) up to 8/12/1992
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:57:13 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

The AFL News up to Tuesday 8/12/1992.
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 Hello once again. Deceembeer is traditionally a quiet month for football news
except for the AGM's of most clubs. I do have some other miscellaneous news.
Here it is:

 - Hawthorn looks like Jonathon Robran will not come to Victoria in 1993. He
   initially stated he would come but now he has changed his mind like his
   brother.

 - Brisbane has released Tasmanian Nigel Palfreyman after he indicated he wanted
   to go vback home. Palfreyman is only 19 and played 15 games this year.

 - Carlton's Stephen Silvagni will stay at Carlton probably forever. Sydney and
   Brisbane had indicated that they would possibly draft him if he was out of
   contract. Yesterday Carlton awarded Silvagni life membership of the club
   (more on this later).

 - The resurfacing of the MCG and Waverley Park are now on schedule. The MCG
   will have a fantastic surface capable of immediately soaking the heaviest
   downpour. The surface had not been changed since the 1956 Olympics were held
   there.

 - Hawthorn's Dermott Brereton will sign on the dotted line to end his career
   with the Hawks. After the arthroscopic surgery on his hip joint he looks in
   peak condition for the 1993 season.

 - Geelong's captain Mark Bairstow will finish his career at Geelong.

 - Footscray's Scott Wynd and Carlton's Matthew Hogg have both recovered well
   from knee surgery after the season.

 - Collingwood is still to come to terms with Mick McGuane and Gavin Crosisca.
   Crosisca is a chance of leaving the 'Pies in 1993.

 - Many of the WA players drafted look like staying in the West in 1993. Only
   five of the WA players in Peter Quill (Footscray), Jeremy Silcock (NM),
   Michael Dunstan (Fitzroy), Scot Spalding (Carlton) and Wayne Hernaman (Rich-
   mond) will be making the trip over in 1993.

 - The South Australian Football League has formed a board to begin a second
   club from Adelaide. Port Adelaide still wants to take the position of the
   second club from Adelaide.

 - There is a growing amount of tension between the Player's Association and
   the AFL. The Player's Association have a log of claims that they want the
   AFL to act upon but nothing has happened yet. More on this as it occurs.

 - St.Kilda's caoch Ken Sheldon and West Coast's coach Mick Malthouse have gone
   to the USA to try to glean some information from the NFL clubs on how they
   run their operations.

 - St.Kilda is making overtures to David Grant to return to the fold for the
   1993 season. Grant looks like he will be wooed back to Moorabbin.

 - In early news of practice games for next year, Adelaide will play St.Kilda
   in a match on Saturday February 13. Tickets are already on sale for the game.

 - Fitzroy looks like they are in deep financial strife. The Lions have asked
   the AFL to guarantee a $400,000 loan. This is on top of expected accumulated
   debts of $1.5 million to the end of this year. This looks like the last
   financial help the Lions will get.

 - North Melbourne is also in a similar situation to Fitzroy. They owe approx-
   imately the same amount and have still not payed some of their senior players
   for the 1992 season.

 - Carlton's Peter 'Perc' Jones has been dumped from the Carlton board. He lost
   the election for the club's board, the first in 14 years, to long-time
   supporter Sam Schwartz.

 - Carlton announced a profit of $31,000 for the 1992 season. The profit was
   higher except for extraordinary losses on the "John Elliot Stand" built by
   Carlton and Hawthorn.At the AGM last night former player David Rhys-Jones
   received life membership of the club as did Stephen Silvagni, football
   manager Stephen Gough, and board member Richard Gough.

 - Hawthorn had bad news for its supporters announcing a $430,000 loss for the
   last season. Of the loss, $410,000 was made from an extraordinary payment
   for the "John Elliot Stand".

 - St.Kilda made a modest profit of $9,000 this year. The club still has
   accumulated debts of $690,000.

 That's enough for now. I will try to be little more regular with the news
bulletins from now on.

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