:: Reserves Report - By ‘The Red Leg’.
What do pyrite, chalcopyrite, weathered biotite mica and the OMs Magoos have in common? On Saturday morning, they all resembled fool’s gold, especially at quarter time.
Had there not been a scoreboard, any neutral observer would have thought St Kevins were in control. However our better conversion saw us […]

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:: Reserves Report - By ‘The Red Leg’.
The Old Melburnians’ Magoos are back in town, the punters cried from atop the Blackie Ironmonger Stand on Saturday night.
Old men were hugging each other, the children were cheering and the women were holding their babies and smiling. It’s amazing what a win against a top side can […]

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:: Reserves Report - By ‘The Red Leg’.
Football is a numbers game, they say. Get numbers to the ball and you win. It’s also a numbers game because everything is measured by them. Scores, inside 50s, tackles and everything else which gets measured these days. And in the words of one player, they also help […]

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Old Essendon:: Reserves Report - By ‘The Red Leg’. At half time in the 2s, a few goals would have been on the top of the list. In pristine conditions, we had managed just one goal. Supporters rolling in for the luncheon at this point would have been forgiven for being turned off their food […]

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