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 over recent eras, with its most recent spoon being in the 2009 season.
by Andrew Slevison, 22 May 2013
AFL Round 8 threw up some interesting results as we begin to get a clearer indication of the ladder. Well, that may not be true as apart from the bottom four, there are plenty of spots in the top eight and just outside still to be sorted as the weeks progress. One thing for sure [...]
by Greg Buckle, 20 May 2013
Melbourne AFL recruit Chris Dawes is promising supporters the Demons won’t lapse into another lacklustre display like the one they gave in last week’s embarrassing loss to Gold Coast. The Demons suffered their seventh loss from eight rounds on Sunday at the MCG against Richmond, but Melbourne gave a good account of themselves against a [...]
by Simon McInerney, 19 May 2013
Richmond get the opportunity to continue their move up the AFL ladder when they meet lowly Melbourne at the MCG this afternoon. We’ll have live scores and commentary from 3.20pm AEST. It was Saturday June 25, 2011. 61,900 people flocked to the MCG that day to see ninth-placed Melbourne face Richmond, perched one spot below [...]
by Robert Grant, 19 May 2013
Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has warned frustrated supporters it could be up to five years before the Demons are competitive in the AFL. Melbourne sunk to a low point when they were whipped by the Gold Coast Suns last week and face another hammering on Sunday when they meet Richmond at the MCG. Neeld admitted [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio, 15 May 2013
There was an odd build-up to Sunday’s Melbourne-Gold Coast clash. It seemed like one of those games where the interest levels rose out of sheer voyeurism. “Imagine the pressure the losing coach will be under” – or words to that effect – were repeated ad nausea. We’ve come to expect comments like these, but they [...]
by Dan Lonergan, 14 May 2013
The simple answer for me to that question is no, despite that disgraceful performance on the weekend against the Gold Coast. The Suns are a team that is on the improve, but one that Melbourne even in their current parlous state would have fancied themselves to win at home at the MCG. However, they put [...]
by Brent Ford, 14 May 2013
When the siren sounded at the MCG on Sunday, it wasn’t just a sad day for the Melbourne Football Club but also for the entire AFL community. When the game had ended Melbourne finished 10 goals behind a Gold Coast team that they failed to compete with. At stages they made the Suns look like [...]
by Damo, 14 May 2013
When the AFL opened the issue of expansion it was very clear who the front runners were for the next set of licenses. But it was also clear the AFL and the general footy public were not on the same page – Andrew Demetriou wanted Gold Coast and West Sydney in that order and the [...]
by Jakus, 14 May 2013
Mark Neeld told the media that the Gold Coast ‘out-muscled’ Melbourne in Sunday’s game. This is a preposterous statement. Melbourne has been around for a long time and has had many opportunities to find bigger bodied players or ‘build-up’ some of the young draft picks. This is starting to sound like an excuse and a [...]
by AAP, 14 May 2013
Former Melbourne AFL club champion David Schwarz says the painful truth is the Demons are rotting away and facing the prospect of becoming the next Fitzroy. The struggling Fitzroy merged with Brisbane to form the Brisbane Lions in 1996. Schwarz says Melbourne, who have lost six of their seven games in 2013 including an embarrassing [...]
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