Matt Watson has his late grandfather’s unopened bottle of 1980 Richmond Premiership port. How much potential in a bottle of alcohol? As he uncovers the story behind the bottle, Matt pledges to open it if the Tigers salute on Saturday.
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Round 23 – Brisbane v North Melbourne: The wooden spoon – a useless utensil
August 28, 2017 by 7 Comments
Matt Watson dissects the history of the wooden spoon in AFL as the Lions and Kangas battled it out this weekend to avoid the dreaded tag of wooden spooners.
Doug Gott – deep connections to football
August 9, 2017 by 6 Comments
Matt Watson brings us Doug Gott’s sporting story, from the days when each year had two seasons (cricket and footy). Gott succeeded at both.
Graham Carbery – a man who stood up
July 9, 2017 by 17 Comments
Graham Carbery, the boundary umpire head butted by Phil Carman passed away recently. As Matt Watson highlights, this was a man who should not be defined by one fleeting moment.
Historical similarities
April 21, 2017 by Leave a Comment
If Hawthorn is looking for a way out of the 2017 season they might need to look back 30 years or so to Matt Watson’s Kangaroos
Girl footy – Don’t You Dare Laugh
February 8, 2017 by 7 Comments
The success of the weekend has Matt Watson reaching back to his primary school days and his involvement with girls’ footy.
Darryl Sutton – underrated poise and consistency
February 3, 2017 by 17 Comments
North Melbourne premiership player Darryl Sutton passed away last week. Matt Watson provides this touching tribute.
Ancient Caribbean Memories
December 29, 2015 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson is not happy. He wants the old Windies back.
2015 AFL Grand Final – No ticket, no worries – part two
October 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
In the second part of his Grand Final ticket odyssey, Matt Watson heads from Brisbane to Melbourne for work, but without a ticket to the game. When all seems lost, however, Matt becomes involved in a ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ style race to Melbourne’s outer west in search of the gold. [SPOILER ALERT: Matt’s available to help with your Lotto and Quaddie numbers for Caulfield this weekend. – Ed]
No ticket no worries
October 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
After a slow start, Matt Watson has now attended many Grand Finals in many and varied guises. Bt this year he will be watching from a pub somewhere in Melbourne.
Preliminary Finals – West Coast v North Melbourne: Eagles Do Eat Roo Meat
September 29, 2015 by 2 Comments
Matt Watson had to lie about the eating habits of Eagles, when assessing the chances of his Roos. Will he get a ticket for this weekend?
Preliminary Final – West Coast v North Melbourne Preview: Difficult, not impossible
September 25, 2015 by 2 Comments
We defy you not hear the theme music from “The Godfather” playing in your mind, as you read Matt Watson’s thoughts on North Melbourne’s “impossible” task in Perth. Can they get out alive?
Finals Week 2 – Sydney v North Melboourne: An empty forward line, space in cupboards
September 23, 2015 by 1 Comment
Matt Watson had played the Semi-Final over dozens of times before the match. It unfolds here.
Crazy fantasies about victory
September 18, 2015 by 2 Comments
There are many different ways in which North Melbourne could win on Saturday night. Matt Watson has fantasised about them all.
Finals Week 1 – Richmond v North Melbourne: The Tigers of old – for the vanquished
September 17, 2015 by 2 Comments
Matt Watson enjoyed North’s win over the Tigers, but with close family ties to Richmond, he was more than able to empathise with the LSPRF (The Long Suffering Punt Rd Faithful – to borrow from The Wrap).
Finals Week 1 – Richmond v North Melbourne preview: Do Tigers eat kangaroo?
September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Matt Watson uses a past experience and knowledge about Tigers and Kangaroos (the animals) to explain what may happen between the two clubs with said animals as mascots.
Round 23 – Richmond v North Melbourne: Desperation without demand for victory
September 7, 2015 by 3 Comments
Matt Watson had a fundamental disagreement with the strategy employed by North Melbourne at selection last week, so he too had a less than full-strength commitment to supporting North against Richmond. Friday night’s result was hardly a surprise, but the self-imposed additional pressure it now places on the club heading into an Elimination final showdown with the same opponent nine days later is unwelcome and distracting, argues Matt.
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