Webster Medal 2000



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Pictured above: some of the glamours at last year's Webster Medal presentation, giving a smile for the FBT's cameras.

Got a Webster Medal nomination? Then email The Great Crullers. He just loves receiving emails!

All contributions will be acknowledged on the FBT's website.

The Webster Medal is the most prestigious award in Australian Rules Football journalism. Named after the doyen of Aussie Rules reporting, Tim Webster, the medal was struck by the Footy Banter Team to honour those media identities who have made the most embarrassing AFL-related gaffes in their coverage of our great sport. The competition is fierce in the race for the Webster Medal - here is our list of nominees so far:

 




 Culpable Media Identity
 Embarrassing Aussie Rules Gaffe
Eagle-eyed FBT Spotter
1.
Tim Webster
Referred to Collingwood's “Robert” Betheras – but 
quickly corrected himself to say “Rupert” (14/2/00)
Leachy 
2.
Royce Hart (as quoted by 
Warwick Hadfield in the 
Australian)
Referred to Richmond's Nick Daffy as “Paul” Daffy 
(8/3/00)
Crullers 
3.
Michael Usher, 
Today Show
“By half time the Matera brothers had kicked 9 points 
between them.” 
(11/3/00) – errr…. we think he means 9 goals.
Leachy 
4.
Ian Robertson, Channel 
7 – the home of AFL
“If you could be on the ground, and watch it on the TV 
at the same time, you would see that it was a perfect
 piece of play. But, of course, that’s not possible.”
(Commentating on a mark taken by Stewart Loewe in the 
Saints v Swans Round 1 match, 12/3/00)
Not really a Webster Medal nomination but deserving of 
its own recognition!
Arma 
5.
Chris Mainwaring, Channel 
7 - the home of AFL
Repeated David Fordham’s Websterism from 1996 when 
he referred to Stuart Maxfield as “Maxwell” in the Swans 
v Eagles Round 2 clash. 
(12/3/00)
Crullers 
6.
Ian Ross, Ian Maurice and 
a Today Show sports 
reporter whose name 
escaped Crullers.
The Swans hadn’t won at Subiaco since 1987. However, 
Channel Nine’s Today Show on three occasions referred 
to this as the Swans’ first win in Perth since 1987. 
The Swans had in fact won at the WACA in 1998. 
(13/3/00)
Crullers 
7.
Jim Main, The Australian
Referred to Essendon’s “Joe” Solomon (17/3/00).
Crullers 
8.
The Australian
“The Saints have dropped the enigmatic Justin Charles.” 
(24/3/00)
Arma 
9.
Bill Fisher, Fox Sports
Referred to a goal kicked by the Bulldogs’ “Sean” Garlick. 
(26/3/00)
Leachy 
10.
Mike Tomilaris 
(SBS World Sport)
Summing up results of Round 2,

"The Kangaroos suffered their third consecutive loss of the 
season against a hard working Melbourne."
Arma 
11.
www.Sofcom
THE FOOTY SHOW (AFL)PG (90 mins)
Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman and Trevor Marmalade are 
bigger and better than ever in 2000 with The Footy Show. 
Joining them on the panel are some of the biggest stars in 
the AFL, including 1999 Brownlow Medalist Shane Crawford,
Essendon's Matthew Lloyd, Collingwood's David Schwartz 
and Richmond's Matthew Richardson as well as former 
greats Garry Lyon and Billy Brownless.

This was delivered by www.Sofcom, which incidentally is 
not a bad service. However, you can see that they have let 
two Websters slip in the above ... Schwartz doesn't play 
for Collingwood, and Brownless is not a former great.
Arma 
12.
Dave Carlson, 
National Nine Early News
"Debutant Adam Yze was one of 10 goalkickers for the 
Demons." (3/4/00) 
The Demons must be over the moon to have a debutant 
with 97 games under his belt! 
Saint 
13.
Tony "Slugger" Lockett, 
Channel 7 - the home 
of AFL
The victim of an infamous Websterism himself at the hands 
of Garry Wilkinson, Slugger has turned the tables now that 
he has joined the media corps, referring to Melbourne's 
Adam "Wizay" (gee that lad is causing some confusion 
early in the season) (2/4/00).
Saint 
14.
The Australian
Jim Main's report on the Melbourne - St Kilda clash was 
stated as being from Colonial Stadium. Jim did a 
remarkable job reporting the match accurately - especially 
considering it was played at the MCG! (3/4/00)
Leachy 
15.
Ian Ross,
Today Show
"Kangaroos forward Winston Campbell will find out today 
whether he must face the AFL Tribunal on an eye gouging 
charge." (5/4/00)
Crullers/ alFie 
16.
Sandy Roberts, 
Channel 7 - 
the home of AFL
"Steven Rode, the 19 year old Ruckman for Hawthorn who 
is playing his first senior game tonight is coming onto the 
ground, replacing Salmon. Steven turned 20 last Thursday 
and we wish him well." (9/4/00)
Mero 
17.
Stuart Rintoul, 
The Australian
(Attempting to quote the Bombers' theme song) "When the 
Bombers fly up, up, to win the Premiership flag." (10/4/00)
Crullers 
18.
Elaine Canty, 
"The Fat"
(ABC tv)
Referred to the coach of the Western Bulldogs as "Terry 
Lewis".
The other panellists on "The Fat" should be held equally 
culpable for not correcting her, but we think there was just 
stunned silence from Jim Stynes, Tony Squires and 
Dr Turf that the esteemed AFL Tribunal member could 
commit such a clanger. (10/4/00)
Crullers 
19.
John "Sam" Newman, 
"The Footy Show"
(Channel Eddie)
When discussing how pissed Steve Lawrence must have 
been to put his hand through a glass window, John 
referred to another piss-pot, Richmond's "Michael" Daffy...
Isn't the Duck causing confusion in this year's Webster 
Medal ranks?! (13/4/00)
alFie 
20.
Len Johnson,
The Age
"....Brisbane added the last three goals to lead by 31 
points at half-time. The Saints never got any closer, though 
they got back to within 19 points early in the final term."

Nice bit of self contradiction there Len. (16/4/00)
Saint 
21.
The Age 
tv guide
AFL Double Header
Today, Ch7, 12:35pm

"Five and half hours of footy begin with the Adelaide - 
Hawthorn clash from FP followed by the Geelong - 
Melbourne match..."

Hey Mr.Proof Reader, try Sydney - Richmond, followed by 
Adelaide - Hawthorn. (16/4/00)
Saint 
22.
Todd Viney, Channel 7 - 
the home of AFL
Referred to Trent Croad's "6 goal effort against St Kilda last 
week"... Not a bad effort considering the Hawks played Port 
Adelaide last week! (16/4/00)
Saint 

23.
The Football 
Record
Referred to the Swans' much-maligned #27 as Jason "Bell".  
(16/4/00)
Leachy 

24.
SCG Scoreboard
Brad Ottens:
Season Goals - 13
Career Goals - 5 (16/4/00)
Peter van der Kraan (non-FBT) 

25.
Channel 9 (Sydney) 
News
Referred to Richmond's "Mark" Ottens as being very 
dangerous up forward. (16/4/00)
Peter van der Kraan (non-FBT) 

26.
Mark Baretta, 
Channel 7 - the 
home of AFL
Interviewing Ben Graham at the end of the Round 7 Sydney v 
Geelong game, Baretta inquired "...you must be pretty happy 
with being 7 & 1, Ben".
Graham, a proponent of the FBT's "taking it one week at a 
time" principle, sent it back faster than one of his kick outs 
from full-back:
"We're trying not to get too far ahead of ourselves Mark, so 
we're happy with being 6 & 1 at this stage." (22/4/00)
Saint 

27.
Dipper & Gerard 
Healey, 
Channel 7 - the 
home of AFL
Dipper: "Spider Burton is lurking about in the Kangaroos' 
backline."
G.Healey: "Yes, and Corey McKernan is staying right with 
him."

Not quite sure who to attribute this one to. Was it one of 
Dipper's routine incorrect identification stuff ups, or was GH 
confused by the presence of multiple Spiders on the park? 
(22/4/00)
Saint 

28.
Steve Hart,
Sports Tonight
Covering the Sydney - Geelong game, reporter Steve Hart 
informed us that the winning goal was kicked by "100-gamer 
Fitzpatrick".

From the footage it was clear that the matched was wrapped 
up thanks to a goal from Glen Kilpatrick!

The master has taught Steve a thing or two about timing. 
(22/4/00)
Leachy 

29.
Charles Happell,
The Age
Referred to Garry Hocking as the captain of Geelong.
(29/4/00)
Leachy 

30.
Andrew Plympton,
St Kilda President
Referred to the Saints' new recruit Sean Charles as "Justin" 
Charles.
Not really a Websterism because Mr Plympton isn't really a 
media identity, but gee a Club President should know who 
his players are! (30/4/00)
Mero 

31.
"The Fat" panel,
ABC tv
Tony Squires described Fraser Gehrig as "...The Bulldogs' 
Fraser Gehrig..." in his match against ".. West Coast..."

The panel then blabbered on for three minutes on how there 
was no report and that Gehrig had effectively got away 
without penalty.  No mention of the fact that the incident is 
still under investigation by the AFL.(1/5/00)
Leachy 

32.
Ian Ross,
Today Show
Stated that "Essendon have maintained their position at the 
top of the NFL ladder". (1/5/00)
alFie 

33 / 34.
Bill Fisher,
Fox Sports
Last night on the late edition of Fox Sports News, Bill again 
provided the AFL report.  Footballing brothers proved to be 
Bill's Achilles' heel last night.

His summary began with the Adelaide - Kangaroos game at 
Football Park.  Bill told us the Crows got away to great start 
after 'Andrew' Jarman came off the bench to kick their first 
goal.  The loud mouth Andrew would love to still be playing, 
but Bill - his last game was in 1996!  Obviously the footage 
was of Darren Jarman kicking the goal.

Bill didn't end there.  In covering the Richmond - West Coast 
game, Bill commented on a goal kicked by Peter Matera.  
From the footage that accompanied the voice-over it was quite 
clear that Phillip Matera had kicked the goal. (6/5/00)
Leachy

35.
Rohan Connolly,
The Age
"..the Eagles put the brakes on the Tigers magnificently in 
the second half to keep them goalless.."

The Tigers actually kicked two in the third quarter Rohan. 
(7/5/00)
Saint

36.
Greg Baum,
The Age
"..Chad Rintoul clumsily mowed down Richmond's Duncan 
Kellaway, was reported, conceded a 50m peanalty and a 
goal..."

Now we know those Kellaway boys look very much alike, but 
Matthew Rogers isn't one of them. (7/5/00)
Saint

37.
The Footy Record
A photo which was accompanied by the caption "Robran: 
Eased into top gear with a strong performance at Colonial 
Stadium last Sunday" showed a picture of Peter Vardy, not 
Matthew Robran.(7/5/00)
Leachy

38.
Nick McArdle,
Channel 7 (Sydney) News
Somebody stuffed up during the preview of the following day's 
Swans v Port game by saying it started at 2 o'clock on 
Sunday night. Nick McArdle buttered up after the report by 
saying to Wilko "And Garry I can guarantee you the Swans 
will be playing at 2 o'clock tomorrow AFTERNOON, not 
morning." 
Nick - official start time for AFL day matches is 2:10 unless 
advised otherwise. (6/5/00)
Crullers

39.
Scott Palmer,
Channel 7 Footy Panel
Scotty reported that Andrew Demetriou had firmed in betting to 
replace Collo as AFL head of operations, thereby providing 
disappointing news for other candidates "Greg Miller and Alan 
Schwab". 
Schwabby will be turning in his grave when he finds out that 
he has again been overlooked for a position at the AFL! 
(7/5/00)
Crullers

40.
AFL website
Listed Scott Cummings as leading goalkicker and Brett Ratten 
as leading possession getter when those honours are currently 
held by Matthew Lloyd and Scott Camporeale respectively. 
(9/5/00)
Leachy

41 / 42.
The Age
A photo of Michael Gardiner taking a grab over an unfortunate 
Hawthorn player with a 30 something jumper number who had 
blonde hair and was short was identified as Mark Graham in 
the Sunday Age. The Hawk player in question was Anthony 
Rock.

Alongside this photo was a photo depicting a dark haired Box 
Hill Hawk player taking a screamer. The player in question was 
identified as Glen Bowyer who has blond hair and wasn't even 
playing in that game. The player was in fact Michael Collica. 
(14/5/00)
Krakatoa

43.
Some Sports Tonight 
jabroni whose name was 
missed by Crullers
Referred to Geelong's "John" Stoneham. 
(20/5/00)
Crullers

44.
Graham Cornes,
Channel 7 - 
the home of AFL
Noted that "Terry Daniher has moved Adam Yze into the centre" 
during the Adelaide - Melbourne game at Moronic Park. Gee TD 
has a lot of influence in footy if he's making positional changes 
in another team's game halfway across the country! 
(21/5/00)
Crullers

45.
Tony "Slugger" Lockett,
Channel 7 - 
the home of AFL
Referred to Brisbane's "Jason" Leppitsch. 
(21/5/00)
Crullers

46/47.
The Australian
The Australian reports that Melb & the Bulldogs are playing at 
2:10 on Sunday at the SCG.  While North is playing Port at 
2:10 at Colonial Stadium. Both the time and venue are wrong 
for the North game. (26/5/00)
Leachy

48.
John Longmire, 
Gameday Half Time, 
Roos v Port
"..there's a clever tap by Port to Burgoyne who strolls in and 
kicks a goal" says Horse to vision clearly showing the ball 
slewing off the side of Burgoyne's boot into the post, and the 
goal umpire slapping the woodwork. (28/5/00)
Saint

49.
Sandy Roberts, 
pre-game Lions v 
Tigers
Commenting on the shot from the blimp above the Gabba, 
Sandy solemnly intoned that the AFL had painted the 
Australian and Aboriginal flags on the grounds this week in 
honour of Sunday's "recreation march" in Sydney. 
(Not really a Websterism in the strictest sense because Sandy 
didn't get his footy facts wrong - but an embarrassing slip of the 
tongue from the man who introduced us to Miss Australia, 
Leanne Cock, at the Mount Gambier races in 1981.) 
(28/5/00)
Saint

50.
John Longmire, 
Gameday Half Time
Johnny also threw up an interesting one at half time between
Carlton and the Weagles, when the Horse said "if Carlton are 
going to get back into this one, Whitnall is gonna have to find 
more of the footy...." Carlton were already in front by this stage. 
(28/5/00)
Mopsy

51.
Kevin Bartlett,
Big Sports Brekky 927
Referred to Adelaide's "Anthony" MacLeod.
(2/6/00)
Boydy

52.
Jim Stynes,
ABC Radio
"I only think of it as a centre clearance when you actually take 
the ball outside the centre square, so I just think of an 
imaginary line across the ground..."
 
Stop imagining Jim, it's painted on the turf! (3/6/00)
Saint

53.
Anthony Hudson,
Channel 7 - 
the home of AFL
"Gee, the Eagles really need to hang on here or it could turn 
into a blow-out". 
 
This comment was made halfway through the 4th quarter, 
with the Lions over 70 points ahead. We'd hate to think 
what constitutes a blow-out in Huddo's mind. (3/6/00)
Saint

54.
Jim Waley,
"Sunday", Channel 9
"And in Adelaide last night Port Adelaide handed an eighth 
straight loss to Hollywood...errr Collingwood".
 
Could it be that Eddie has plans that he has discussed with 
Ch9 but not the board? (4/6/00)
Saint

55.
Channel 9 News
The highlights of the Hawthorn v Sydney game showed the 
Swans kicking a goal with the scores at Syd 77, Haw 69. 

The next clip showed another Swans goal with the scores 
at 71, 69. Somebody has been messing with the ol' time-
space continuum.  (4/6/00)
Saint

56.
Chris McAsey,
AFL website
According to Chris McAsey the Bombers went into this 
game with a 13-0 record and as you could see from the 
headline, they have improved their record to 14-0.
 
But we've only now completed 13 games!  After 12 games 
they had a 13-0 record?  Doesn't quite add up. (4/6/00)
Leachy

57.
Chip Le Grand,
The Australian
Reporting on Sydney's win over Hawthorn:

"Andrew Schauble also played a key role on Ben Holland, 
who failed to exert an influence at any stage of the 
afternoon." 

We're not surprised that Ben Holland had no impact on 
yesterday's game! (4/6/00)
Leachy

58.
Tony Shaw,
Gameday, Channel 7
When wrapping up the day's play on Gameday, Tony Shaw 
referred to Gary Moorcroft's last goal as "...putting another 
nail in the Bombers' coffin". 

Depending which way you look at it and how gramatically 
technical you wish to get, we still think he should have 
said "Kangaroos' coffin"! (4/6/00)
Mopsy

59.
The Australian
A caption to a photograph stated that "Port's Matthew 
Primus lays a tackle on Saverio Rocca". 

Not a bad effort to tackle a bloke who wasn't even playing 
that game. The Rocca in question in the picture seemed to 
have #23 on his back, not #36. (5/6/00)
Crullers

60.
Brian Taylor, 
Fox Sports
The panel of Steve Quartermain, BT, Kouta & Michael Voss 
were previewing the WCE - Port game.  The dialogue went 
something like this:

BT: I'm going for West Coast.  Did you blokes know that Port 
Melbourne have never beaten West Coast?

Kouta: Yeah, West Coast for me.

Voss: Hmmm...BT, I'm not surprised that Port Melbourne 
has never beaten West Coast.

BT: Did I say Port Melbourne?  (Turns to Quarters) Why 
didn't you tell me?

Quarters:  Everyone was laughing at you and I was 
enjoying it! (8/6/00)
Leachy

61.
The Herald Sun
It was reported TV vet Katrina Warren is going to wed "former 
AFL star" Craig Nettlebeck. We take offence to the blatant 
misuse of the word "star" in this context !! (8/6/00)
Mopsy

62.
Nathan Buckley,
The Footy Show
When previewing the North v Bris game, Nathan Buckley's 
assessment began with "North have been playing pretty good 
football".  Without stating the obvious, two thumpings and an 
ugly, scrappy win against the bottom side in the last 3 weeks 
could hardly constitute "pretty good football" from a reigning 
premier could it ?!?!? (8/6/00)
Mopsy

63.
Mike Sheahan,
Talking Footy
On "Talking Footy", the Monday after Anthony Stevens had 
been speared by the pane of broken glass, Mike Sheahan 
referred to him more than once as "Andrew". 
Tingles (non-FBT)

64.
The Sunday Age
The Sunday Age listed the VFL/AFL matches that had been 
postponed over the years.

"June 8, 1996: St.Kilda v Essendon Ansett Cup match at 
Waverley Park abandoned in the third term because of power 
failure.  The remaining 24 minutes played three days later."

An Ansett Cup game in June? Late for a pre-season match.  
Takes us back to the days of the Escort Cup having those 
sorts of games on during the actual season. (11/6/00)
Leachy

65.
ABC News (Melb)
Reported the scores from the Sydney v Essendon round 14 
clash as:

Essendon 12.17.89
Brisbane  11.10.76

Losing two heartbreakers in the one week must really hurt! 
(11/6/00)
Mopsy

66.
Mike Sheahan,
Talking Footy
On three occasions Mike referred to Russell Robertson as 
"Robinson" and even said "I really like this bloke".
Well Mike, if you like him so much, learn his name!
(12/6/00)
Crullers

67.
Dermott Brereton,
The Game
Speaking about the Fish's 300th this weekend, Dermie tried 
to impress us all with his knowledge of footy trivia. Dermie 
informed us that only 2 players who have played 300 games 
have never won either a Brownlow or a Premiership - John 
"Sam" Newman and Ian Nankervis. If Dermie had bothered 
to do his research and check Leachy's Weird Footy Facts, 
he would know that Paul Roos (undeservedly) and Doug 
Hawkins are also members of this "elite" club. 

Dermie - now you can join a not-so-elite club. (15/6/00)
Crullers

68.
Dermott Brereton,
Channel 7 - 
The Home of AFL
At the half time wrap up of tonight's game, Dermott referred 
to the Maggies #1 draft pick as Josh Frazier. He then tried to 
retract but too late - it was already out there. 
(16/6/00)
Crooksy

69.
Peter Daicos,
3AW
Peter Daicos in his wrap up from the rooms on 3AW referred 
to "Jason" Blumfield on two occassions.
(17/6/00)
Crooksy

70.
Nick McArdle,
Sportsworld
Nick McArdle did the voiceover on the AFL highlights 
package on Sportsworld this morning. Showing vision of of the 
Johnson/White/Sheedy incident they referred to Jason 
Johnson as the the victim when you could clearly see the #1 
of Mark Johnson. (18/6/00)
Crooksy

71.
Drew Morphett,
Channel 7
Late in the second quarter of the Freo-Sydney game, Drew 
Morphett referred to some "...good play from Stephen Michael."

Drew, it's probably fifteen or twenty years since Stephen 
Michael graced Subiaco Oval! (18/6/00)
Leachy

72.
Malcolm Blight,
Talking Footy
Referred to the Bullies' President as "Graham" Smorgon. 
Was corrected after the break by Gerard, but the damage 
had been done! (19/6/00)
WALDO 7/0

73.
The Age
The "Your Club" run down for Sydney (v St Kilda):

"Last time the two teams met, the Swans were the victors, 
taking the game by 29 points at Waverley Park."

Errr...no.  Last time the two sides met, the Swans were the 
victors, taking the game by 34 points at Colonial Stadium!
(22/6/00)
Leachy

74.
Eddie McGuire,
The Footy Show
Eddie let this one go when introducing Paul Dimmatina:

"A big welcome for his Footy Show debut, in sensational form 
after back to back BOGs blah, blah, blah - Paul Dimmatina."

Now while young Dimma may have had a fair game against 
the Roos last weekend (5th best for the Scraggers) against 
the Tigers the week before he was fairly ordinary amongst a 
big group of mates.

Eddie even managed to include the word "champion".
(22/6/00)
WALDO 7/0

75.
Some Fox Sports 
jabroni whose name 
escaped Leachy
Referred to the Bulldogs' Matthew Robbins as Matthew 
"Robinson". (25/6/00)
Leachy

76.
Peter Jenkins, 2UE
Repeated Billy Woods' Websterism from 1996 when he 
referred to Port Adelaide's Gavin "Wonganeen". He later 
corrected himself, but the damage had been done! (28/6/00)
Leachy

77.
AFL Website
The profile of Gary Moorcroft referred to him as "Jason 
Moorecroft".  (28/6/00)
Mero

78.
Gerard Healy,3AW
Gerard was discussing with Mike Sheahan the list of 
St Kilda players who MS reckoned were 'gorn'.
Gerard: "What about D.Ryan?", "Desmond Ryan?"
MS: "Oh you mean Damien Ryan?"
Gerard says "Oh no, I've done it again."
(29/6/00)
Boydy

79.
Sydney Swans
In an email from the Swans, giving a bit of information 
regarding the upcoming match, the "Interchange From" 
had four players' names spelt incorrectly:

Ahmatt
O'keeffe
Mcpherson
Saymour

In their own publication !!!! (30/6/00)
Arma

80/81.
Dermott Brereton,
Channel 7
Dermie let rip with back to back Websterisms in the 
Saints v Geelong call. First, as the camera panned the 
crowd The Kid announced "there's Saints president 
Andrew Plympton with the CEO "John" Hanley".

He followed up shortly after when player Charles snapped 
the sealer by saying that "Justin" Charles has done 
alright tonight. He quickly corrected himself, but we here 
at the Webster Police are an unforgiving lot, so guilty as 
charged. (30/6/00)
Crooksy

82.
Des Dowling,
Sportsworld
In his Round 17 round-up, Des reported that "Essendon 
cruised to their record-breaking 18th consecutive win".

They seem to have trouble counting down there at 
Channel 7!

With 18 consecutive wins from 17 matches, we're not 
surprised it's a record! (1/7/00)
alFie

83.
Brad Boyd,
ABC Radio
Boydy said that "Colin" Croft was clearly the Bulldogs' 
best player against the Lions.

He was picked up by the other boys at the end of his 
summary, and came back with, "I knew that I did it, I just 
didn't want to insult the intelligence of our listeners by 
correcting myself."

Whilst a very innovative excuse, Boydy, that is a Webster. 
(2/7/00)
Arma

84/85.
Kevin Jones,
The Australian
Kevin filed a report on the Sydney - West Coast game.

"And with doubts over the futures of Morrison, Fraser 
Gehrig and Michael Braune - the last two unsighted 
yesterday - Judge may face some tough decisions at the 
end of the season."

We think you'll find that "Braune" should actually be 
"Braun".

And there is a very good reason as to why he was 
unsighted in yesterday's game - he wasn't selected!  Braun 
missed the game with a knee injury.
(3/7/00)
Leachy

86.
Dermott Brereton,
Channel 7
Dermott opined "I reckon Guy Rioli played all right tonight".

Quick as a flash JD pinged him with "Close cousin of Dean?" 
(1/7/00)
Boydy

87.
Simon O'Donnell,
Radio 3UZ
Simon O'Donnell, during a discussion of North's last quarter 
fall aways, provided us with "The Careys, the Blakeys, the 
Crockers, these guys are getting on and are found to be 
leg-weary towards the end of the game..."

Err, Crocks must be doing some pretty hard work up there in 
the Tigers' Coaches box.... (3/7/00)
Boydy
88.
Richard Osborne,
Channel 7
Richard noted that a streaky soccered goal to Melbourne's 
Travis Johnstone was "more a stroke of good luck than good 
fortune". 

...This isn't really a Websterism because it doesn't show a 
distinct lack of knowledge of the game, but we think it worthy 
of an honourable mention. (8/7/00)
Leachy
89.
Karen Lyon,
The Age
"Yesterday spearhead Matthew Lloyd, playing in his 100th 
match, booted five goals to take his season's tally to 87, and 
is now poised to become the Dons' first century goalkicker 
since Geoff Blethyn in 1982."
 
1982 or 1972, Karen?  (15/7/00)
Leachy
90.
Drew Morphett,
Channel 7
"(Simon) Garlick’s kicked 5 goals today – 2 in the first, 1 in 
the second and 3 in the third." (15/7/00)
Leachy
91.
John Deeks,
Colonial Ground 
Announcer
John Deeks was thrust into the ground announcing spotlight 
due to the absence of Craig Willis who was otherwise 
occupied in Qld at the Davis Cup.

"Deeksy" was churning through the Bomber social notes when 
it came to the testomonial dinner for FBT favorite D Bewick.

Not once, not twice, but three times he referred to him as one of 
Essendon's favorite sons "Darren Berwick" (pronounced the 
same way as the outer easten suburb of Melb). He finished off 
with "Make sure you are there to honour this Bomber legend 
Darren Berwick". (14/7/00)
Crooksy
92.
David Parkin,
Optus "Footy
Feedback"
Referred to Carlton's Ryan Houlihan as "Rohan".
Mero
93.
Andrew Ramsay,
The Australian
"Carlton coach David Parkin said the team would be improved by 
the return of Ang Christou and Matthew Owen after knee 
injuries."
 
We think that Parko may have been referring to Matthew Allan, 
Andrew. (22/7/00)
Arma
94.
Dermott Brereton,
Channel 7
"Scott O'Reilly hasn't really cut it with the Blues this year." 
(21/7/00)
alFie
95.
Craig Willis,
Colonial Ground 
Announcer
"Sydney with 5.2 have 5 individual goalkickers to quarter time, 
O'Loughlin with 2..." (29/7/00)
FBT CVII crew
96.
The Australian
In the Melbourne "Ins and outs" column, the Australian listed:

"In: S Febey
Out: Bradley (Hamstring)
Koutoufides (Knee)" (4/8/00)
Leachy
97.
Greg Baum
The Age
"At the final siren, nearly every Essendon player made to 
shake the hand of one or both of the Magpies, and John 
Barnard, Brown's immediate opponent said: "You've had a 
great career.  I've always followed it."  
Brown was lost for words." (6/8/00)
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