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VFL alignment ‘working well’: McPhee

By NorthPort May 26, 2014

From the St Kilda FC website
Reported by Tom Morris
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SANDRINGHAM coach and St Kilda development coach Simon McPhee believes the alignment between the two clubs has been a success so far this year, following an impressive start to the season in which the Zebras have lost just two games.

Sandringham won four of its first five games this year, with a draw against Box Hill the only minor hiccup in what was an outstanding response to a lacklustre 2013 campaign.

“We were very happy with the way the team was playing early. The first month was great with everyone up and running,” McPhee told SAINTS.com.au this week.

“We didn’t have too many injuries and our side was full of quality players pushing for higher honours.”

However St Kilda’s spate of casualties began to take its toll before the bye last weekend and the effects filtered through to Sandringham against Footscray and Werribee in consecutive losses earlier this month.

“We lost our way a little bit in the last couple of weeks and we’ve had a few selection issues because we lost so many players to injury,” McPhee said.

2014 - R8 - Box Hill v Port Melbourne (1st v 2nd)

By NorthPort May 25, 2014

Both sides undefeated going into the 8th round of the season. This will be a game that could shed some light on whether both teams are genuine premiership contenders.

The weather has cleared and it should be a good game on a soft ground after overnight rain.

Radio 3WBC are covering the game for those that want to listen in online.

VFL Radio are also covering the game and it can be heard via 1179 AM RPH or online at:
http://streaming.gohosting.com.au/bpmmedia.m3u

Box Hill Hawks vs. Port Melbourne
Sunday 25th
May
Box Hill City Oval at 2:00pm

Dwyer's VFL milestone

By NorthPort May 25, 2014

From Collingwood FC website
Reported by Luke Mason
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Saturday’s VFL-AFL doubleheader marks two 100 game milestones.

The one we know about is Dayne Beams. His week has included a press conference, clippings dotted through the newspapers and highlight reels online.

The other will receive less attention. It’s certainly off broadway as far as the mainstream football public is concerned, but it’s no less significant than Beams’ AFL ton.

Saturday’s VFL match against Geelong marks Sam Dwyer’s 100th match in the Victorian Football League.

The 27-year-old played 97 senior VFL games for Port Melbourne between 2005 and 2012 before finally winding up on an AFL list ahead of last season.

Remarkably, given his experience in the competition and status as a mature aged rookie, Dwyer did not play one VFL match for Collingwood in 2013. Instead, he carved out a niche in the senior side that saw him average 16.57 disposals across 21 games.

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VFL Round 8

By Robbo May 18, 2014

TUESDAY MAY 20
(Foxtel Cup 3rdQF) Williamstown vs Aspley at MCG 8:35pm(Fox Footy)

SATURDAY MAY 24
Collingwood vs Geelong at Victoria Park 12pm
Essendon vs Northern Blues at Windy Hill 1pm
Werribee vs Richmond at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
Coburg vs Footscray at Piranha Park,Coburg 2pm

SUNDAY MAY 25
(Dev League)Werribee vs Northern Blues at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 11am
Bendigo Gold vs North Ballarat at Allen Garden Reserve,Swan Hill 1:30pm
Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne at Box Hill 2pm(VFL Radio,3WBC)
(Development League match starts at 11am)

VFL Byes:Casey Scorpions,Frankston,Sandringham and Williamstown

Development League Byes:Casey Scorpions,Coburg,Frankston,Sandringham and Williamstown

From end to end, Borough salutes goalkicking greats Cook and Bonnett

By NorthPort May 15, 2014

From the Port Phillip Leader.
Reported by Paul Amy
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THEY were different players and different men.

For all his success in the old VFA, Bob Bonnett remained a humble and gracious figure, as grounded as the Norm L Goss grandstand at North Port Oval.

He’s lived 76 of his 81 years in Port Melbourne.

Fred Cook was charismatic and colourful, and his life plunged out of control after his football career, a drug addiction and pretty crime inevitably lead him to prison.

What they had in common was seasons of spectacular service for Port Melbourne and a gift for kicking goals: between them they put through 2171 for the Borough.

Next month, Port Melbourne will name the ends of the North Port Oval after its champion spearheads and two of the players who featured in its team of the century, Bonnett in a forward pocket and Cook, 66, at full forward.

Cook — “Fabulous Fred’’ to his many adoring supporters — kicked 1238 goals from a club-record 258 matches between 1971-84.

He topped the century seven times and led the association count on five occasions.

All this from a player who was an unreliable kick.

Tall, strong and surprisingly speedy, he compensated by playing close to the goals and taking mark after mark.

All his teammates said it: you wouldn’t see better hands on a footballer.

When the ball went into them, it never came out.

In the 1970s, as Sunday television coverage lifted the VFA’s popularity to heights it hadn’t known, his public profile exceeded those of many league footballers.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/central/from-end-to-end-borough-salut...

Port champion Sam Pleming hits 200-match milestone

By NorthPort May 15, 2014

Media roundup of coverage of Sam Pleming reaching 200 VFL games.

From the Port Phillip Leader
Reported by Paul Amy
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IT’S as if his name is rusted to the Port Melbourne results.

In the past few years, more often than not S Pleming has featured in the Borough best.

When Sam Pleming played his 150th senior VFL game a couple of years ago, Port board man Les Quarrell reckoned the defender they call “Plum’’ had been in the list of best players at least 100 times.

Year-by-year results on the VFL website go back only to 2010, but they suggest Quarrell was close to the mark.

In 2010 Pleming has 13 mentions in the top six players. In 2011 he had 10 mentions. In 2012 it was 12. Last year he got up to 15.

The numbers bear out Pleming’s consistency. He has been a remarkably productive player for Port since joining it in 2006 after spending 2004 and ’05 on Carlton’s rookie list.

The sight of him taking intercepting marks across the half back line and turning defence into attack with canny disposal has been a staple of Port games for close to a decade. He reads the game as if it’s an alphabet book for kinder kids.

Durability is another asset: he’s missed only three matches in nine seasons, two with a finger he cut at work in 2008 and one with a rolled ankle in 2010.

Honours have piled up around Pleming: Port’s 2011 premiership, state jumpers in 2012-13, best and fairests in 2010-11, team of-the-year selections from 2010-13 and VFL life membership.


Port Melbourne have also released a highlights video capturing some of the Plemings TV highlights.

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