Coodabeens Saturday Soiree

We were back in studio for a grand final washup - with Laraine the Demon supporter and Michael Happell, President of the MCC. Also joining the show, Andrew Rule.

All the flavour and excitement of the Grand Final on the air from the Coodabeens' ABC studios.

Coodabeens' Westralia correspondent, Sue Bullen gives us the mood of Perth a week pre-grand final and an old Academic Thinktank colleague of Torchy (and former Demon) Bob Stewart talks his new footy book.

We celebrated (or lamented depending on which Coodabeen you were) Friday night's preliminary final along with chatting to Nancy Patterson, Vanuatu footy administrator and Jane Wines, mum of Port star and Brownlow favourite, Ollie.

The CountryFootyScores.com.au most popular country footy nickname is announced and the Coodabeens chat to former Lion and Dog, Simon 'Axe' Atkins.

Two Cobden All-Australians and a long forgotten Demons pop song.

Narelle Smith coaches Woodville West-Torrens women's team and Ann-Maree Heppell is Dyson's mum!

The Coodabeens journeyed to Tyabb to chat about Yabbies (the footy kind) and chatted with Steve 'Supa' MacPherson about his very talented sons.

Col delivers breaking news, 300 games for the ‘Timbercutters’ and the power of 6. 

Chris Ross is the president of Phillip Island FNC and Harry Taylor is a Premiership champion Cat who retired just last year.

An I was there at the Timmy Watson hurdle match in 1981 with Garry Foulds, a D Baldock from Tasmania and our old friend, Peter 'Crackers' Keenan

Samantha Bice is the Nangiloc women’s side footy coach and player and Adrian 'Gags' Gallagher is a Carlton legend

Cory Goodwin plays footy for Moulamein ... on one leg after losing his right in a car accident four years ago. And Darren Bewick is an Essendon premiership champion who fondly remembers the 1993 Preliminary Final comeback against the Crows.

Drysdale believe their football ground is the best in the country and Vane Lindsay, the legendary cartoonist and Swans fan is turning 100!

Scott Henderson will play his 400th game for Lismore Derrinallum today and Robert Shaw remembers coaching Tasmania to defeat a Victorian side in 1990.

Sandy Breen was there in the St Kilda cheer squad through the '60s as was her namesake (no relation), Saints star Barry. And Simon Whelan is from AFL Gippsland. The other Simon Whelan. Hope we don't confuse you too much!

Peter Schwab knows what it feels like to resign as an AFL coach and Leesa Catto knows all the ins and outs of the AFLW trade period.

The history of the Fitzroy Stars and Guy Rigoni, Grand Final Demon.

Caramut FNC is struggling in 2021 and last week, lost by 317 points to Tatyoon. But everything is not lost for the Mutters. And Tommy Floyd played for Geelong and Collingwood in his VFL career ... in the same season, 1982!

Paul Newman is a Kyabram footy legend and now a life member, and Greg Phillips was a star in the SANFL for Port Adelaide but is best known now as AFLW Crow Erin's dad.