CSM: Chapter 13.
13. Yet Another New Beginning. Essendon humiliated Hawthorn in the 1985 grand final by 78 points. It was Leigh Matthews’ last game. Matthews, a four-time premiership player, a premiership captain, eight-time Hawthorn Best & Fairest, the inaugural Players’ Association Most…
CSM: Chapter 12.
12. Trading: Part II (1983 – 1985). In my earliest years of high school, other things diluted my focus from football: beginning to socialise, girlfriends, schoolwork, just that whole angry, independent teenage thing where you start thinking about stuff for…