Hey all,
Sorry if this is a semi-repeated post, but I did have a browse and couldn't find anything similar. I'm looking for exactly what the title says, and then some if people have little online obscure goldmines or even scrapbooks in the garage!
Been away from this site for 17 years, like a few Devils supporters I'd imagine...! Hello to anyone who remembers me from before...I do have fond memories of the chats from the noughties back then. Had to add a 2 to my name, because who knows what password I was using back then, plus the site wouldn't let me update the password before my attention span gave up on a couple of rejections...!
In that time, I have gotten into Tasmanian footy history in a huuuuge way, compiling a lot of historical info with the lofty/possibly futile ambition of recording every game ever played in the state...ever. Absolutely definitive. Everything from the top seniors and reps, all the way down to scratch matches in the 1870's in paddocks where the players had to avoid the owners' cows...and one day it'll all be published - not internet, but something tangible with actual pages. Could see it coming even back then, when associations would upload their info thinking it would be available forever, but right now I'm on a mad mission copying everything I can find from Sportingpulse, who themselves have a "get bent" attitude to anyone who left them for PlayHQ...! There are huge information gaps in the 2000's, because the loss (a more accurate way to describe "archiving") of those sites coincided with reduced newspaper coverage in many places...again, it was all supposed to last forever...
The current focus is the Devils from 2001-08. Have just completed all the matches, which I had but lost due to a hard drive accident. The way I recorded that info way back then though wasn't as good as it is now, so I was always going to revisit those 8 seasons sometime, so kind of a blessing in disguise. Because the Devils are at the top level for our state, they get the full treatment for analysis, so I'm currently on a mission to get:
1) Every goalscorer.
2) Every accurate start time (Australian Football .com isn't accurate).
3) Every attendance.
4) Every team lineup (not the squad, but the actual onfield 22/23), Devils and opposition, complete with numbers and captains.
5) Extended player lists, detailing player previous clubs, bdates, ht and wt, full names.
6) Any medals won, such as the ones Tassie v Frankston games had.
7) Little miscellaneous details (e.g. Frankston sold home games - which of the two in 2007 was the sold match, and was it still a Frankston home game or did they just give the whole thing to the Devils lock, stock and barrel...?)...
That drive accident corrupted most of a lengthy list of VFL Record PDF's I'd collected over time, so is there a site today where they are archived (there's that word again)...or does someone have a stash they could help a brother out with...?