The Melbourne Demons joined the AFL in 1897 as one of its foundation members. The club itself was founded in 1858 making it the oldest club in VFL/AFL history. Melbourne have won 12 AFL flags but have constantly faced financial demolition and off field turmoil throughout its history. The Demons have coincidently finished with several wooden spoons in its history with its most recent being in season 2008.
See the 2010 Melbourne Demons fixtures.
Melbourne have described the AFL match review panel’s controversial decision not to charge Josh Kennedy as a precedent for the coming season.
Demons football manager Chris Connolly said the club would accept the panel’s decision on the incident that left their midfielder Colin Sylvia with a broken jaw.
Sylvia was chasing Chris Masten in Saturday’s practice match [...] Read article
Melbourne veteran Cameron Bruce is confident of a strong performance in the AFL season-opener against Hawthorn, despite the Demons’ shocking injury run.
Melbourne’s pre-season injury woes continued during the practice match on Saturday against West Coast when midfielder Colin Sylvia suffered a broken jaw which will sideline him for four-to-six weeks.
Livewire forward Austin Wonaeamirri also suffered [...] Read article
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey has challenged his players to step up to fill the vacancies left by injuries which have rocked the battling club.
The Demons will play West Coast on Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, which Bailey will use as an audition for their opening premiership match against Hawthorn later this month.
Exciting forward Liam Jurrah [...] Read article
Welcome to my preview of the 2010 AFL season. In part one of my series, I look at who will win the wooden spoon all the way up to those who will just miss out on the finals.
16. Richmond
For Tiger fans, I can’t see much happening this year for your club. Another new messiah [...] Read article
Melbourne expect to lose exciting forward Liam Jurrah for a huge chunk of the AFL season with a serious shoulder injury.
Jurrah will have reconstructive surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined for 16 weeks.
He sustained the injury when he fell awkwardly during the first quarter of Saturday’s loss to [...] Read article
They’re poles apart, but Melbourne’s aim will be the same as St Kilda’s in the 2010 AFL season – finding an extra 15 points.
Fifteen points more and St Kilda would have beaten Geelong in the 2009 grand final.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey is years away from thinking grand finals, but when your side has landed the [...] Read article
As we draw closer to kick-off in season 2010, anticipation is, naturally, high for the upcoming season. At this time of the year, there are more questions than answers.
These include:
Can Hawthorn re-discover the form that won it the 2008 premiership?
We all know the Hawks had a wretched run with injuries last season, but it goes [...] Read article
Melbourne lost Liam Jurrah and Daniel Bell to serious injuries in the space of a few ruinous minutes during their narrow loss to Adelaide in an AFL practice match on Saturday.
On an afternoon of fickle weather at Elizabeth Oval, the Demons impressed for long stretches before faltering enough to allow the Crows to win 9.15 [...] Read article
Less can often mean more but, in the case of the AFL, more is always best if it boosts the bottom line. As reported on The Roar on Saturday, the league is likely to move to a nine or 10-team finals series once the new clubs, Gold Coast (2011) and Greater Western Sydney (2012), enter [...]
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou last week floated the possibility of a 24-round season, an expanded finals series and the continuation of the NAB Cup once Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney enter the league.
Whilst the notion of the home and away season expanding to 24 rounds is nothing new, and seems fair enough considering the [...]
Collingwood are cautiously confident as they move into the second year of their self-proclaimed AFL premiership window. Off the field, the Magpies have reaffirmed their status as one of the league’s top clubs with a five-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship renewal.
On-field, they are desperate to break a 20-year premiership drought and will be one of the [...]
Less than two years after Collingwood suspended Heath Shaw for the AFL finals, he is being hailed as their potential captain.
The Magpies have added the 24-year-old defender to their leadership group, with the August, 2008 off-field disaster now just a bad memory.
Then, Collingwood suspended Shaw and Alan Didak for the rest of the season because [...]
Melbourne have described the AFL match review panel’s controversial decision not to charge Josh Kennedy as a precedent for the coming season.
Demons football manager Chris Connolly said the club would accept the panel’s decision on the incident that left their midfielder Colin Sylvia with a broken jaw.
Sylvia was chasing Chris Masten in Saturday’s practice match [...]
Admittedly it’s only the pre-season, but any objective analysis raises some serious question marks over St.Kilda this year. They haven’t played well in any NAB Cup game.
They scraped home by a point in two matches they could easily have lost (and would have been beaten by the Swans if not for Seaby’s brain [...]
Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon promises the “lid” will stay firmly on at Whitten Oval in the wake of their stirring victory in the AFL’s pre-season competition.
Saturday night’s memorable 40-point win over St Kilda at Etihad Stadium gave the Bulldogs their first premiership of any sort since 1970, when they won the league’s night series.
They [...]
St Kilda defender Sam Fisher is sidelined for up to a month after his ankle injury in the AFL NAB Cup final loss to the Western Bulldogs.
The 2008 All-Australian rolled his ankle in the first quarter of Saturday night’s game at Etihad Stadium and the injury is worse than what the Saints originally thought.
“It’s probably [...]
Barry Hall reaped the rewards of controlling his demons on Saturday night with the star performance in the Western Bulldogs’ AFL pre-season premiership.
Hall kicked seven goals, including five in the last term, and was named the Michael Tuck Medal as best afield as the Bulldogs beat St Kilda by 40 points in the NAB Cup [...]
Melbourne veteran Cameron Bruce is confident of a strong performance in the AFL season-opener against Hawthorn, despite the Demons’ shocking injury run.
Melbourne’s pre-season injury woes continued during the practice match on Saturday against West Coast when midfielder Colin Sylvia suffered a broken jaw which will sideline him for four-to-six weeks.
Livewire forward Austin Wonaeamirri also suffered [...]
