About Jakarta Bintangs: 25 Years of Perpetuating the Myth
In celebration of reaching the 25-year milestone since the club's inception, the Jakarta Bintangs podcast will be a 5-part series spanning the years 1995-2020, and covering the rich history, stories and characters that have been through the club over the years.
This is the Jakarta Bintangs AFL Grand Final Special Edition Podcast, featuring two legends of the Club, Kris Vandermeer, and Ben Corbett. Die hard Dogs and Dees supporters respectively, but only one will end the weekend a winner. They tell us where they believe they are going to win it!
23 Sept 2021
Episode 6: 2010-2012 — Cath and John Eddy, Brenton Harris, Greg Patching and Lee Van Gills
The dawn of a new era, out of the Hak run dictatorship, the Bintangs embarked on a rebirth guided by “the Force” and led by the Jedi Master. The super draft of 2010, BJ nights to never forget and tattoos never to be removed, the Bintangs 2010-2012 spawned a new generation.
27 May 2021
Episode 5 Part B: 2007-2009 — Chris Bandy, Marzio Da Re and Matt Stephens
Amongst a time of disaster in the club, the Bintangs spirit shone through to unite and embrace one and all and prove that the mate ship forged on the footy field wearing the Bintangs jumper is stronger than any fundamentalist ideologies.
27 May 2021
Episode 5 Part A: 2007-2009 — Chris Bandy, Marzio Da Re and Matt Stephens
Amongst a time of disaster in the club, the Bintangs spirit shone through to unite and embrace one and all and prove that the mate ship forged on the footy field wearing the Bintangs jumper is stronger than any fundamentalist ideologies.
19 Mar 2021
Episode 4: 2004-2007 — Jon "Ox" Palmer, John "Cocktails" Williams, Grant "Tom" Dooley and Matt "MJ" Jolly
Amidst another turbulent period in Indonesia that resulted in a high turnover of members, the Bintangs continued to be more than a footy club for those in Jakarta, while finding new ways to grow through alliances and development.
3 Feb 2021
Episode 3: 2000-2004 — Matt Stephens, Sean Keenihan & Mark Chadwick
Amidst a challenging environment, a new club grew. These three legends will share their experience and how they were part of building a culture and legacy that lives on!
19 Oct 2020
Episode 2: 1999-2002 — Tim Hakfoort, Rob Spurr, Neil Thompson & Sam Modica
Following the successful foundation period, the club grew and entered a golden era of tours, championships and characters. This episode looks at 1999-2002 and features club legends Tim Hakfoort, Rob Spurr, Neil Thompson and Sam Modica.
19 Oct 2020TRANSCRIPT
Episode 1: 1995-1999 — Bruce Morgan, Ken Allen & Julian "Rooster" Clark
Hosted by the Jakarta Bintangs President, Ben Giles, we've invited two revered Bintangs legends, Bruce Morgan and Ken Allen, and one notorious Bintangs & AFL Asia character, Julian "Rooster" Clark, onto the podcast to speak about the inauguration of the club and its humble beginnings, spanning the years 1995-1999. There are stories of epic Grand Final functions, games against visiting navy crews, pioneering tours to Bali and Singapore, the initiation of the AFL Asia Championships and the beginnings of AFL development in Indonesia. Listen now!
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Episode 1: 1995-1999 — Bruce Morgan, Ken Allen & Julian "Rooster" Clark
Published 19 Oct 2020 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And people made some very amusing comments on those on some of those questions. But we finally got a group of people together, the winners in playing football. When you say bars, bars is quite interesting call. Now Ken, you were talking about 1990, you know, the late 80s, early 90s, but when 40 was played at ESC in maybe country rules as well. How important were the pubs? And probably I think Australia network came on in 93. It was a pretty good congregation point, wasn't it, that you'd go to the pub and watch the 40. It was a pretty good catchment area to sort of recruit players. Well, yes and no really. […]
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