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Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts is the historian for the Collingwood Football Club, and the curator of its museum. A former journalist with The Sun and Sunday Age newspapers, Michael has written or edited more than fifteen books on Australian football. He is also the President of the Australian Football Heritage Group.

Michael Roberts reviews ‘The Football War: The VFA and VFL’s battle for supremacy’ by Xavier Fowler

December 2024, no. 471 27 November 2024
Imagine the uproar if Nick Daicos left Collingwood tomorrow, seduced by a huge financial offer from a rival Australian football competition. Imagine if the reigning Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Cripps, followed suit, then Christian Petracca and Charlie Curnow and more. Chaos would ensue. Welcome to the world of football in the late 1930s. The Victorian Football League (VFL) was as dominant then as ... (read more)