Welcome to Grand Final History, a Podcast that explores every VFL and AFL premiership since 1897. Each episode takes you through a summary of the season, the changing rules, emerging trends, controversies and highlights. Then into the finals culminating in two teams challenging each other in a Grand Final to become the premiers for the year (Apart from the seasons where a round robin system replaced the Grand Final). From the early years of the VFL when 8 suburban clubs built a competition to a national league playing games in every state and territory across the country.
Grand Final History
Claim This Podcastby Kieran Magee
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65 episodes
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Welcome to Grand Final History, a Podcast that explores every VFL and AFL premiership since 1897. Each episode takes you through a summary of the season, the changing rules, emerging trends, controversies and highlights. Then into the finals culminating in two teams challenging each other in a Grand Final to become the premiers for the year (Apart from the seasons where a round robin system replaced the Grand Final). From the early years of the VFL when 8 suburban clubs built a competition to a national league playing games in every state and territory across the country.
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Recent Episodes
June 9, 2026
Jock McHale His Life In Football
Every Jock McHale Medal winner can trace their coaching DNA back to Jock McHale, yet who was this man, this Prince of Coaches. A man who held the games played record, a man who held the games coached record, a man whose 8 premierships as coach is unmatched, a man who coached Collingwood to an unprecedented and unmatched four premierships in a row. All of that and more, an author, a political campaigner, a husband, a father and an inspiration. He began his League career more than 120 years ago but his name will never be forgotten. Listen to this episode to learn more about the man his players always called Mr McHale.
May 31, 2026
Episode 54 1950 Goodbye Mr. McHale
Jock McHale coached Collingwood for almost 1,400 days. His successor lasted just 4 days. The man the players always called Mr McHale retired in 1950 and a civil war exploded at Collingwood. Hawthorn also had their own controversial, disruptive coaching replacement scandal, an experience that became a turning point for the club. It was a year of war in Korea and Communism reached the MCG on Grand Final Day and league footballers played the game under lights. Times were changing at the half way mark of the 20th Century.
April 29, 2026
Episode 53 1949 The End of the Dyer Era
Jack Dyer played the game hard until he could play no more, but none of the players were expecting a kiss from the big man after his last game. As his career came to an end John Coleman made a debut unlike any other in the history of V/AFL footy. The Russians exploded an atomic bomb but that was not the only big news on grand final day. The 1949 VFL season saw a new team top the ladder in a year four clubs appointed new coaches looking for success. Listen to the episode to find out what was happening in 1949 on and off the field and why Carlton took such a long time to get to Kardinia Park to play Geelong. www.grandfinalhistory.au/episode-53-1949-the-end-of-the-dyer-era/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AJI6862IImeCqE5PQ67Z4?si=8e473c5c970b4227 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grand-final-history/id1532640129
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