Where The Seagulls Nest

In 2009 Jesse Maskell made a ten-minute documentary called Where The Seagulls Nest, as part of his VCE media studies. The documentary is a short history of the Williamstown football ground featuring archival footage and interviews with a handful of diehard long-time fans. Where The Seagulls Nest: http://vimeo.com/9752058

Home is where the grandstand is

VFL club Williamstown won’t be playing at home next year due to major works on the 80 year old grandstand, and on the playing surface.The Seagulls ‘home’ ground for next year, for six games, is at arch-rival Werribee’s ground. The three other ‘home’ games will be at Torquay (vs Geelong),  Keilor (vs North Ballarat) and [Read more]

Between a rock and a VFL grand final

by Vin Maskell After Williamstown’s lame loss last Saturday in the VFL preliminary final against Northern Bullants I went looking for a big rock. I figured if I banged my head against a big rock long enough the memory of the game would disappear. So I went down to the Williamstown ground and found a [Read more]

A Day Out at the Footy

VFL – 2nd Semi Final Casey Scorpions vs. Northern Bullants Saturday 4/09/10 On a very wet but surprisingly mild Saturday afternoon that saw NO AFL final match being played in Melbourne, my daughter and I decided to experiment. To take a step back in time and taste the excitement of football at a more ‘local’ [Read more]