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UNCOVERED: Kevin sheedy - The Untold Story

'Episode of Home and Away' as Bombers close in on coach

Interim Essendon coach Dean Solomon has addressed rumours of a rift between him and potential new Bombers leader Mark McVeigh.

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Hird's maturity key in Essendon coaching bid: Sheedy

Kevin Sheedy is firmly in James Hird's corner but wants Essendon to run a full process as they search for Brad Scott's replacement as coach.

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AFL:Lloyd says outsider can revive beleaguered Bombers

Essendon great Matthew Lloyd has noted his former teammate Damien Hardwick is a prime example of how an outsider can coach an AFL club to premierships.

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Lloyd says outsider can revive beleaguered Bombers

Essendon great Matthew Lloyd has noted his former teammate Damien Hardwick is a prime example of how an outsider can coach an AFL club to premierships.

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From the Pocket: Spectre of James Hird looms large but his return is the last thing Essendon need

Brad Scott’s departure has got some Bombers fans excited about one of the club’s favourite sons. But they should be careful what they wish for

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The AFL’s Anzac Day game: how a shared tradition became a two-club monopoly

On Anzac Day, Collingwood and Essendon will meet at the MCG for their annual blockbuster in front of more than 90,000 people.

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Victoria and WA shook the foundations as Origin hit a peak that it will never reach again

I’ve seen a lot of sport and nothing compares to Western Australia snatching victory from the Big V in 1986 in one of the greatest interstate football matches

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Young Aaron Cadman becomes a giant ahead of milestone

Inaugural GWS coach Kevin Sheedy had said an AFL player comes of age when he chalks up the 50-game milestone, and it's ringing true for youngster Aaron Cadman.

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Walls rode VFL's tough transition to national league

Robert Walls was a premiership player and coach and later a football commentator who was at the coalface as the AFL became a national competition.

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Thirty years on, Anzac Day blockbuster as big as ever

Collingwood and Essendon will face off in their annual Anzac Day fixture 30 years after the game was held for the first time.

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Kevin Sheedy to step down from Essendon board

AFL legend Kevin Sheedy will step down from Essendon's board in September, saying he feels the club is in safe hands now.

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Toby Greene: studs up, chest out and jaw jutted, the AFL star has done it his way

The GWS forward has walked a troubled track over the years but when at his brilliant best, like at the weekend, it’s easy to forget anyone else is on the field

The Guardian - AU

Damien Hardwick’s AFL legacy will endure – he changed how the game is played

The outgoing Richmond coach took the Tigers from a laughing stock to a colossus but his impact has reverberated much further afield

The Guardian - AU

'I am surprised I am alive' - Everton star retired at 21, lost years to cocaine but turned life around after tragedy

Billy Kenny had tried everything to get clean. In the end it took the sadness of his mum's death to provide the turning point after drink and drugs destroyed his career

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'Stigma of being a traitor' - Why we won't see transfers between Everton and Liverpool again

A new book Crossing the Park: The Men Who Dared to Play for Both Liverpool and Everton looks at footballers who turned out for the Blues and Reds

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Fundraiser launched for Tallaght crash victim as Gardai renew appeal for witnesses

An Garda Siochana are investigating the circumstances surrounding a road traffic collision, in which 23-year-old Kevin Sheedy was struck and killed by an SUV

Liverpool Echo

Everton's forgotten Dubai match as man supporters 'loved to hate' came back to haunt them

Everton played Rangers in Dubai for the unofficial British Championship 35 years ago today

Liverpool Echo

Everton nearly signed World Cup goalkeeper after 'unbuyable' star slapped in three transfer requests

Everton and the World Cup: The Blues brought in a goalkeeper from Italia '90 to replace Neville Southall but couldn't get the transfer done

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Everton legend's hidden role in beating Lionel Messi for World Cup's biggest ever shock

EXCLUSIVE - Everton and the World Cup: Kevin Sheedy explains how he helped Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Al-Tambakti on the road to stardom

Liverpool Echo

Everton confirm major new stadium development as exciting prediction revealed

The Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock is really beginning to take shape

Liverpool Echo

'That was the moment' - Everton goal of a lifetime shook the football world and tipped Merseyside on its axis

Graeme Sharp's thunderbolt volley against Liverpool, thumped beyond Bruce Grobbelaar on this day in 1984 to confirm a seismic shifting of the balance of power on Merseyside, remains arguably the most revered and important goal in Everton history

The Guardian - AU

The 10 best AFL grand finals of the last 50 years – sorted

Ahead of this year’s final on Saturday, Jonathan Horn looks back over 50 years of VFL and AFL to pick the most memorable, heartbreaking and exciting games

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Dons not distracted for Blues game: Wright

Essendon are undergoing a football review while Kevin Sheedy revisited the supplements saga, but Peter Wright says they remain focused on the Carlton tie.

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James Hird back for Dons' 150-year party

Former Essendon coach James Hird will return to the AFL club to take part in their 150-year celebrations.

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We live in a modern-day AFL era but hardmen history still haunts Bombers

When you’re a big, polarising club and nothing’s going right, it can feel like the footy world’s closing in on you

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